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— Jack, would you like a cigarette? — _____ I've quit. |
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A. My pleasure. B. Well, it depends. C. No, thanks. D. Of course. |
| Tom woke up late and left home without breakfast, _____ another long and boring day at school. |
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| A. having anticipated B. anticipated C. being anticipated D. anticipating |
| Thanks to Mrs. Smith, the father and son eventually _____ after ten years' cold relationship between them. |
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| A. took up B. made up C. looked up D. turned up |
| Everyone was on time for the meeting _____ Mike, who's usually ten minutes late for everything. |
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| A. even B. only C. but D. yet |
| As the popular saying _____, "Laugh and the whole world laugh with you. Cry and you cry alone." |
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| I visited Mr. Johnson during his stay in Shanghai _____ he attended a most important conference there. |
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| Just in front of the temple _____ with a history of l, 000 years. |
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| A. a tall tree stands B. a tall tree is standing C. does a tall tree stand D. stands a tall tree |
| — Jenny bought a new mobile phone the other day. — _____? That's her third one in just one month. |
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| A. Had she B. Did she C. Does she D. Has she |
| Nowadays students can enjoy easy _____ to various learning resources through the Internet. |
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| A. description B. introduction C. way D. access |
| We can't move in the new house now because it _____. |
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A. has been painted B. was painted C. is being painted D. is painted |
| — Will you stay for lunch? — Sorry, _____. My sister is coming to see me. |
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| A. I mustn't B. I needn't C. I can't D. I won't |
| _____ a solution to the problem of water shortage, we have to put all our efforts together. |
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| A. To work out B. Working out C. Work out D. Being worked out |
| Skipping breakfast can also cause you to overeat. _____ your body is in a slow state, it won't be able to burn the extra calories very efficiently. |
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| Parents should be aware that communication between parents and their children is important, _____ their heavy work loads. |
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| She hasn't finished the work, so there is little chance _____ she will be back in time. |
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| The first time I (Jimmy Carter) fully realized how much our lives had changed was when I approached my seventieth birthday. In one of her hour-long special 1 Barbara Waiters spoke with me about things I had done. She covered all the 2 of my life, from the farm to submarines, and from business to the governor's mansion. Most of all, she asked me about my life of 3 in the White House as president and my return home. Then she asked me a question that 4 some serious thought. "Mr. President," she said, "you have had a number of exciting and challenging 5 . What have been your best years?" After a few moments I responded with 6 certainty:"Now is the best time of all." She was 7 and asked, "Why?" I fumbled with (笨嘴拙舌地说出) some thoughts about time. I also said something about spending more time with my family, and finding time to 8 some of my former errors. Afterward I realized how 9 my glib (口齿伶俐的) answer had been. Then I discussed with Rosalynn how 10 different-and pleasant-was the reality of our senior years. This book is my expanded attempt, 11 on our personal experience, to answer that question. I described, 12 , the virtues of aging. This is, after all, the name of the book: The Virtues of Aging. We are not 13 in our worry about the physical aspects of aging. Neither are we by ourselves in the prejudice that 14 toward the elderly. It is similar to racism or sexism. 15 makes it different is that the prejudice also exists among those of us who are either within this group or rapidly approaching it. When I 16 the title of this book to a few people, most of them responded with the same answer. " 17 ?" they asked. "What could possibly be good about 18 old?" The most 19 answer, of course, is to consider the alternative to aging. But there are 20 of other good answers. Many of them included in this book are based on our personal experiences and observations. | ||||
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| To Whom It May Concern: Your address was forwarded to us by Why Bother Magazine. All of us here think The International Institute Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activities! We closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service. After all, we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employee sauna. Next, we sold the computers of, to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our electricity bill went way down. Big savings! The boss is impressed. We have completely embraced paper technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencilwomanship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us. We can erase and reuse it. Just tie it to Maggie's leg and she'll know where to take it. Now it's very calm and quiet here. You can notice the di fference. No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter- office correspondence by paper airplane. Wonderful! I've always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl. Now it's perfect. Sincerely yours, Eleanor Lightly Spokeswoman and ComPany Hair Stylist ABC Activity Insurance: Insure against overdoing it |
| 1. Where is Eleanor's letter sent to? |
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| A. Why Bother Magazine. B. ABC Activity Insurance Company. C. Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm. D. The International Institute of Not Doing Much. |
| 2. Which of the following is practiced in the author's company? |
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| A. Replacing the manual work system with modern technology. B. Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity. C. Recycling paper resources whenever possible. D. Buying birds and pets as company for the staff. |
| 3. What is true about Maggie? |
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| A. She works as a manager in the author's company. B. She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna. C. She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail. D. Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the company. |
| 4. What does it refer to in Paragraph 3? |
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| A. Pencil. B. Letter. C. Telephone. D. Computer. |
| 5. Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading? |
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| A. A simple, slow-paced life. B. A life of hard work and security. C. A religious, peasant-like life. D. A life away from paper and pencils. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Isaac Stern was more than a great violin player. He was one of the most honored musicians in the world, an international cultural ambassador. And he was also a teacher and activist. For more than sixty years, Mr. Stern performed excellent music. He performed in concerts around the world and on recordings. Isaac Stern was born in 1920 in Ukraine. His parents moved to California the following year. He began taking violin lessons after hearing a friend play the instrument. Later, he began studying music at the San Francisco Conservatory (旧金山音乐学院). He progressed quickly. When he was sixteen, he played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. The next year, he performed in New York and was praised by music critics. Isaac Stern became one of the busiest musicians of his day. He played more than one hundred concerts a year. He also became one of the most recorded musicians in history. Isaac Stern also supported artistic development and freedom. In 1979, ISaac Stern visited China. He met with Chinese musicians and students. He taught them about classical Western music. His visit was made into a film. It is called From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China. It won an Academy Award for best documentary film. In 1984, Isaac Stern received the Kennedy Center Honors Award for his gifts to American culture through music. He expressed his thoughts about the part that music plays in life. He said music is an important part of a civilized life. He said people need music as much as they need bread. Isaac Stem died in 2001 at the age of eighty-one. He was a major influence on music in the twentieth century. He leaves the world richer with his many recordings. |
| 1. What did Isaac Stern think of music? |
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| A. Necessary. B. Difficult. C. Entertaining. D. Interesting. |
| 2. The passage mentioned Isaac Stern's visit to China mainly to _____. |
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| A. encourage people to develop the international relationship B. advise the readers to take up music C. introduce more achievements of Isaac Stern D. show he acted as an international cultural ambassador |
| 3. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Isaac Stern? |
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| A. He was born in California in the 1920s. B. He had visited many countries to advertise his recordings. C. He played less than one hundred concerts in all. D. His excellent music life lasted over 60 years. |
| 4. From the passage, we can infer that _____. |
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| A. Isaac Stern influenced the culture in the 20th century a lot B. Isaac Stern was one of the most active musicians of his day C. Isaac Stern was so busy that he couldn't spare time to educate the youth D. Isaac Stern led a rich life in his later life |
| 5. What will be the best title for the passage? |
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| A. Isaac Stern and the awards he got. B. Isaac Stern's life of pursuing music. C. Isaac Stern: one of the most honored musicians. D. Isaac Stern's visit to China. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Fear is an emotion like others such as happiness, anger, hurt, sadness. We need emotions to process information we receive and decide how to respond. Being afraid of fast cars, for example, is something that might protect us from harm Being afraid of the consequence of a choice may prevent us getting into trouble. Fears in young children commonly center on certain animals like snakes or big dogs. Fears are caused often because of experiences or ideas expressed by others, and at times, the media. Many normal fears during the early years, like men with beards, or large dogs, disappear with age. Those relating to personal failure and ridicule (嘲笑) remain through adulthood and may need special help to overcome. Children's fears are often small, but that doesn't mean they should be dismissed as trivial (微不足道的). They need to be recognized and accepted as real for that child. Only when we help children understand their fears can they grow normally in their ability to settle them. Research shows that as a child grows up, the center of his fears changes a lot. Things like divorce, a teacher who "shouted at me", people with guns, bullies, big boys, or "making fun of me" top the list of childhood fears. We cannot always prevent these experiences from happening, but it is essential that children be allowed to freely express their emotions without judgment. Sympathy and a caring listener will help ease pain of these fears. Read books and stories to your child about children who have experienced similar fears. This helps children talk about their fears and find ways to cope. With all emotions, fears become less of a problem for children as they gain self-confidence and they find that fear is normal and can be dealt with. |
| 1. According to Paragraph 2, we can know that fears in young children _____. |
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| A. only center on frightening animals B. are not born but learned C. can make sure of their safety D. need special help to deal with |
| 2. Children's fears are often ignored because _____. |
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| A. they exist widely in the world B. they will disappear with age C. people thought they are not worth considering D. they are often imaginary |
| 3. In dealing with children's fears, the final goal of the parents is to _____. |
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| A. stop unpleasant experiences happening to children B. let children know about the nature of fear C. create an environment where there is nothing to fear D. develop children's ability to treat their fears on their own |
| 4. From the passage we can learn that _____. |
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| A. some childhood fears may have a lasting influence B. children should avoid the media to reduce their fear C. fears can be judged according to the environment D. children with similar fears can communicate easily |
| 5. What's the best title for this passage? |
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| A. Children's fears. B. How to overcome children's fears. C. The kind of children's fears. D. The bad effects of fears. |
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| Diving At the Sydney Olympics in 2000 there were eight diving events for men and women. In these events, individual and synchronised competitors performed a set number of compulsory and voluntary dives, each of which was given a point score. Platform The platform is a non-bending board 10m high-the same height as a three-storey building. Springboard
Free-The free position is only used in dives that include twists. Synchronised Diving Pairs of divers perform a combination of dives at the same time. Nine judges award points with four judges rating the execution of the dive and five judges assessing the synchronisation of the two divers. | ||||||
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| 2. When there are more than sixteen competitors in a diving competition, there must be _____. | ||||||
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| 4. According to the information presented, which of the following statements about armstand dives is TRUE? | ||||||
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| A. An armstand dive should be performed from a platform. B. An armstand dive should be performed from a springboard. C. Armstand dives are not usually performed at Olympic level. D. Armstand dives cannot be performed by synchronised divers. | ||||||
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| A. indicate that the rules for diving changed for the 2000 Olympics B. argue that diving is the most popular Olympic sport C. show that diving can be a dangerous sport D. give specific details' about the sport of diving |
| 阅读表达。阅读下面短文，按照要求完成阅读任务。 |
| It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they always have the final say; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems; and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often form too low an estimate of their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young. Young people often anger their parents with their choices in clothes, hairstyles, entertainment, and music. This is not their intention. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or language or clothes or hairstyles anger their parents, this gives them additional pleasure. They feel they are better, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste. Sometimes you are a rebel, and proud because you do not want your parents' praise of what you do. If they did give praise, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are oppressed; you can't win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of childhood, when you are completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself. If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do. Because you have the ability to make decisions and do things without to be told what to do. |
| 1. What do the examples of parents given in the first paragraph show? (No more than 10 words) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. According to the passage, why teenagers don't want their parents. praise of what they do? (No more than 15 words) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the writer's advice to teenagers to improve parent-child relationship? (Only l word) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Please explain the underlined word "initiative" in English (No more than 15 words) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Do you often have strange clothes and hairstyles? Please give your reasons. (No more than 15 words) ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 书面表达。 |
| 下面是摘选的英语诗句，请围绕“Life”这个主题，展开适当的想象，将其改写成一篇英语短文。 Life is Beauty Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is life, fight for it. 注意：1. 不得照抄短诗原文； 2. 必须结合短诗的内容，发挥想象，适当展开； 3. 必须突出短诗的主题，结构完整，语意连贯； 4. 短文字数不少于100词，不能写成诗歌形式。 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ |
