| 语音知识。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其音标与所给单词的读音相同的选项。 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 单词拼写。 |
| 1. In the Torch Festival, the Yi people danced in their national c_____. 2. The black people were no longer bought and sold as slaves after the slave trade was a_____. 3. The lazy guy w_____ around the town day after day with nothing to do, dreaming of unexpected fortune. 4. I don't feel like getting involved in any New Year's c_____ at present. 5. Although it has been years, that event is still fresh in my m_____. 6. This disease is thought to have _____ (起源) in the tropics and can't be cured completely. 7. As far as I'm concerned, all the foreign visitors will be _____ (运送) to the Great Wall by coach next week. 8. The poor boy stopped in _____ (困惑) when his classmates watched him with scorn. 9. The guests were deeply impressed with the girl's _____ (优雅的) manners. 10. China is a country with an age old history, a brilliant civilization, and _____ (壮丽的) landscapes. |
| 辨析填空。 | ||
2. Do you know the pretty woman _____ sunglasses _____ in white over there? 3. I washed and _____ and sat by the fire waiting for him. 4. It's cold outside. You'd better _____ the overcoat before leaving.
6. In no time he wrapped a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison _____ to his heart. 7. They signed an agreement that they should _____ the trade between the two countries. 8. Australia _____ for about 4000 km from east to west and for about 3700 km from north to south. |
| 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。 |
| 1. A committee _____ (consist) of nine members has been sent there to look into the matter. 2. Little Tom stood up, opened his note-book and _____ (pretend) that he had understand everything. In fact, it was quite difficult. 3. We are going to visit an old temple _____ (date) back to 12th century. 4. I would rather you _____ (meet) her at the airport tomorrow morning. 5. I need one more stamp before my collection _____ (complete). |
| 翻译句子。 |
| 1. 我们中国人把春节看作是一年的开始。(see...as) ___________________________________________________ 2. 六月一日，孩子们盛装打扮来庆祝自己的节日。(dress up) ___________________________________________________ 3. 我的大衣掉了一颗扣子。(come off) ___________________________________________________ 4. 我们必须等到他们之间的讨论结束。(come to an end) ___________________________________________________ 5. 该企业已被美国一家公司接管。(take over) ___________________________________________________ |
| The coming of the railways in the 1830s _____ our society and economic life. |
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A. transformed B. transported C. transferred D. transmitted |
| What a pity! The little girl had to drop out of school and _____ the responsibilities that most parents can take, after her parents passed away in the earthquake. |
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| A. take on B. take in C. take off D. take after |
| During the Spring Festival, the _____ family will reunite and celebrate the arrival of the new year happily. |
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| A. extended B. expanded C. registered D. revived |
| They would tell how the slaves _____ on a ship to an American port on a rainy day. |
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A. being brought B. could have brought C. had been brought D. was to be brought |
| — What do you suppose I should wear for the party? — Don't bother to _____. Nobody will care about it. |
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| A. turn up B. take up C. dress up D. put up |
| I found the naughty boy _____ behind the door to frighten his sister. |
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| A. hide B. to hide C. hiding D. hidden |
| To be frankly speaking, it is thoroughly _____ to sit on the sofa and watch some entertaining TV programmes after a hard day's work. |
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| A. confusing B. relaxing C. terrifying D. surprising |
| Having noticed that she was followed by someone, she stopped and looked at the shop window, _____ to be enjoying the beautiful clothes. |
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| A. preventing B. pretending C. permitting D. persuading |
| I learned that tomorrow's performance would _____ a ballet entitled The Golden Harvest and a musical. |
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| A. compose of B. consist of C. make of D. tell of |
| — These days you are always reading fantasy stories. What's up? — Well, you can't imagine how wonderful they are. I have _____ about them. |
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| A. walked off B. washed down C. become high spot D. gone wild |
| 阅读理解。 |
| There are a number of special days of the year that are celebrated in different countries. The origins of most of the days are unknown. They were certainly not created by individual people. Other days, however, especially those celebrated in western countries, often owe their origins to a particular person. One of the most popular of these, even though it is fairly recent, is Mother's Day. Mothers have always been highly regarded in all cultures. The ancient Romans had a festival known as Hilaria, during which children took presents to the temple of the "Mother of the Gods". The Christian Church adopted this idea and called it Mothering Sunday. However, over the years this custom was gradually forgotten and almost disappeared by the end of the 19th century. Born in 1864 in Virginia, USA, Anna Jarvis was a school teacher and believed children should show gratitude to their mothers for all their love and care. Encouraged by a friend, she wrote to thousands of important people- politicians, churchmen, doctors, city officials-and asked them to support her idea: a special day of the year for thanking mothers. In 1910 the Governor of West Virginia introduced Mother's Day into the state. The date chosen was May 10-the second Sunday in May, which is still observed in America today. This date was chosen because May 10 was the date on which in 1908 Anna Jarvis's mother had died. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson made May 10 the official date for Mother's Day throughout the United States. Soon there was a Mother's Day International Association and the custom began to be adopted in many countries of the world. Anna Jarvis, a sad and disillusioned woman, died in 1948. The custom she had worked so hard to establish and which had become almost universal had lost its original purpose. It had been taken over by business. As with Christmas, the giving of presents and the sending of cards had become a multi-million-dollar industry. |
| 1. The story is about _____. |
| A. Mothering Sunday for Christmas B. the origin of a special day for mothers C. President Wilson and Anna Jarvis D. how people celebrate Mother's Day |
| 2. Hilaria was a festival in _____. |
| A. ancient Rome B. America C. China D. the Christian Church |
| 3. Anna Jarvis wanted to _____. |
| A. thank her mother for her care B. introduce a celebration for mothers C. meet thousands of important people D. make her pupils celebrate her on Mother's Day |
| 4. May 10 became the date for Mother's Day because _____. |
| A. May is in the American spring B. it was the second Sunday in May in 1910 C. President Wilson liked the date D. this was the date that Anna Jarvis's mother died |
| 5. Unfortunately, Anna Jarvis was not happy with Mother's Day when she died because _____. |
| A. her mother was not there to see it B. she had never been a mother herself C. people were too interested in making it a business D. no one gave any presents or cards to their mothers |
| 任务型阅读。 根据短文内容，从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括每一段的主题最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。 |
| 1.______ Culture consists of all shaped products of human society. This means not only such materials things as cities, organizations and schools, but also non-material things such as ideas, customs, family patterns, and languages. Putting it simply, culture refers to the entire way of life of a society, "the ways of people". 2.______ Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some social scientists consider it the keystone of culture. Without language, the maintaining of culture would not be possible. On the other hand, language is shaped and influenced by culture. In broadest scene, language is the symbolic representation of a people and it comprises their historical and cultural backgrounds as well as their approach to life and their ways of living and thinking. 3.______ We should not go further into the relationship between language and culture. What we need to be stressed is that the two interact, and that understanding of one requires understanding of the other. Language carries culture and culture gives language characteristics. There is no language living without culture or culture without language. 4.______ Social scientists tell us that cultures differ from one another, that is to say, each culture is unique. As cultures are diverse, languages are diverse. It is only natural that with differences in cultures and differences in languages, difficulties often arise in communicating between cultures and across cultures. Thus understanding is not always easy. 5.______ Learning a foreign language well means more than merely mastering the pronunciation, grammar, words and idioms. It also means learning to see the world as speakers of that language see it. Learning the ways in which their language reflects the ideas, customs and behaviors of their society, learning to understand "their language of the mind." Learning a language, in fact, is inseparatable from learning its culture. |
| A. Understanding is not always easy due to diversity of both culture and language. B. Learn its culture when learning the language. C. The close relationship between language and culture. D. What is culture? E. Culture and language are interactive and unseparated. F. The important role that language plays in culture. |
