| Frank studied ____ English language in London for four years, so he gets ____ good knowledge of London. |
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| A. a; the B. /; / C. /; a D. the; a |
| Straight away I went to buy the tickets, but there were ____ left for the next public holiday. |
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| A. none B. nothing C. neither D. no one |
| His first book is of great use for our course. But his latest one is _____ worth reading. |
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A. better B. more C. much D. very |
| He appears to be strong and healthy, but, ____ he suffers from a very weak heart. |
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| A. in other words B. on the other hand C. as a matter of fact D. for one thing |
| Jerry promised that he would be back ____ 2 o'clock while Rodman promised that he would turn up ____ 2 hours. |
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| A. after; after B. after; in C. at; after D. in; in |
| James took the magazines off the little table to make ____ for the television. |
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| A. room B. area C. field D. position |
| The coal miners ____ in the coal mine for 10 hours before we came to their rescue. |
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A. had trapped B. had been trapping C. had been trapped D. would have been trapped |
| Dogs have a very good ____ of smell and are often used to search for survivors in an earthquake. |
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| A. sense B. view C. means D. idea |
| She's having a lot of trouble with the new computer, but she doesn't know whom to ____. |
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| A. turn to B. look for C. deal with D. talk about |
| Our former teacher has changed so much that she is out of our ____. |
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| A. sight B. impression C. memory D. recognition |
| Hearing the exciting news, he was too excited to ____ himself. |
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| A. contain B. include C. manage D. command |
| We were ____ giving up ____ they came to help us out. |
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| A. at the point of; when B. on the point of; when C. on the point of; while D. about to; when |
| As most of their houses were badly damaged after the earthquake, many people had to be ____ in a stadium. |
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| A. put away B. put out C. put up D. put off |
| The young teacher came to her class every week, but his attitude ____ he was not really interested in the subject. |
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| A. expressed B. described C. explained D. suggested |
| He explained to the class what he suggested ____ his idea ____. |
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A. to make; accepted B. making; agreed to C. should make; receive D. make; passed |
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| A man was exploring caves by the seashore when he found a bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had 1 the balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they 2 the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he walked along the beach, he 3 the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it 4 he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open (裂开) on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! 5 , the man started breaking open the 6 balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars 7 of jewels in the 20 or so leftover ones. Then it 8 him. He'd been on the beach a long time, throwing maybe 50 or 60 of the balls, with their hidden treasure, into the 9 . Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he 10 have taken home tens of thousands but he had just thrown it away! It's like that 11 people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, but we 12 see the clay shell. It doesn't look like much from the 13 . It isn't always beautiful or shining, so we 14 it. We see that person as less important than someone more 15 or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we haven't taken the time to find the treasure 16 inside that person. There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person and ask God to show us that person the 17 he sees them, then the clay begins to 18 and the brilliant jewel begins to shine forth. May we not come to the 19 of our lives and find out that we've thrown away a 20 in friendships because the gems (宝石) were hidden in balls of clay! May we see the people in our world as God sees them. | ||||
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| In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard. That was the first photograph. The next important date in the history of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another French, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype. Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains. In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to carry lots of films and processing equipment. But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States. After 1840s daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities. Mathew Brady was a well-known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual because they were very life-like and full of personality (个性). Brady was also the first person to take pictures of war. His 1862 Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and ruined cities. They made the war seem more real and more terrible. In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography. Photographers could buy films readymade in rolls (卷). So they did not have to make the film themselves. Also, they did not have to process the film immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later meaning that they did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small handheld camera made photography less expensive. With the small camera, anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just for fun. They took pictures of their families, friends and favorite places. They called these pictures "snapshot". Photographs became very popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon magazines and books also used documentary photographs. These pictures showed true events and people. They were much more real than drawing. Photography also turned into a form of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photographs were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms. |
| 1. The passage is mainly about _____. |
| A. the invention of cameras B. a kind of new art-photography C. the development of photography D. the important dates in the history of photography |
| 2. The first pictures of a war were taken by _____. |
| A. a French photographer in the 1840s B. an American photographer in the 1860s C. a German reporter in the 1880s D. a French artist in the 1890s |
| 3. Photography can also be an art form because artists can _____. |
| A. take anything they like B. keep a record of real life C. take photos of the famous people D. show ideas and feelings in pictures |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Suppose a key man in your firm had just met with a terrible accident. The doctor tell you that this man upon whom you depend for directing sales, checking your books or for performing some other important roles, will be laid up for months. You'd have to replace him, wouldn't you? And probably at a pay about equal to his? Then you'd be faced with double paying for one job because stopping the pay of an injured man would simply be out of the question. You can prevent this kind of unproductive outgo (支出) on your payroll (薪水册) by providing your key man with the protection of Travelers Business Accident Insurance! This insurance provides total medical expense and a weekly income in case a key man is disabled for some time. Should the disability prove everlasting, an income for life is certainty. Why not make out a list of your key men now? Then get together with Travelers Insurance Company, and let us tell you how little it costs to apply this much needed protection to your business. Write and we'll serve you! |
| 1. The above is most probably _____. |
| A. a report B. a letter C. an announcement D. an advertisement |
| 2. What is really true according to the above? |
| A. Travelers Insurance Company provides services of accident insurance. B. An important person of the firm has just had an accident. C. Accident Insurance will protect the important person from accident. D. Unfortunately the important person has become disabled. |
| 3. Whom might the writing be mainly for? |
| A. An important person in a firm. B. An employee of a firm. C. The boss of a company. D. Readers of a newspaper. |
| 4. Why would the pay be doubled? |
| A. Because two persons are doing one job of the same. B. Because the important job is worth double pay. C. Because it is necessary that the injured person should be paid. D. Because the double pay is for two persons. |
| 5. Travelers Insurance Company _____ for a person insured. |
| A. will pay for all the cost of treatment B. will pay the weekly income or even that of lifetime C. won't get much from the firm D. will provide everlasting pension as well as medical expense |
| 阅读理解。 |
| The Fourth "21th Century Cup" National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai. Organizers: China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network. Co-ordinator: China University English Speaking Association (CUESA). Co-sponsors (联办单位): English Speaking Union ( ESU), Lotus Software (China) Co. Ltd., Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press. Date: March 26 (Friday), 1999. Place: Hilton Shanghai. Competition Format (形式): Each student will present a prepared speech on the given topic, followed by a three-minute off-hand speech and a three-minute question and answer period with the judges. Prepared speech period: six minutes. Q&A period: three minutes. Speech topic: People and Nature: In search of harmony (和谐) in a new age + your personal opinion. (Topic for the off-hand speech will be given on the day of competition.) Prizes: Besides books and certificates (证书), the top two winners will be offered scholarships (奖学金) to travel to the annual international English-speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May, 1999. The third and fourth place winners will be offered a study trip to Singapore, sponsored by the Times Publishing Group. The fifth through tenth place winners will be offered cash prizes. All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press. The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one-year membership to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL). |
| 1. The main purpose of this passage is ____. |
| A. to invite you to take part in the competition B. to tell you some information of the competition C. to help to improve your spoken English D. to show you how to win the competition |
| 2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition? |
| A. Where and when it will take place. B. Its program. C. What each winner will be offered. D. The number of its competitors. |
| 3. Suppose you get the sixth place, you'll ____. |
| A. travel to London for free B. become a one-year member of IATEFL C. get some money, some books and a certificate D. get a chance to study in Singapore |
| 4. An "off-hand speech" is ____. |
| A. a speech not longer than three minutes B. a speech without preparation C. a speech with a piece of paper in hand D. a speech which is well prepared |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy (值得表扬的). Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages (婚姻) and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive (主管的) circle, beauty can become a liability. While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome (帅的) male executives were considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of the attractive overnight successes. Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman considered to be more feminine has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the "manly" qualities required. This is true even in politics. "When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently," says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates(候选人). She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them. The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes. |
| 1. The word "liability" most probably means ____. |
| A. disadvantage B. advantage C. misfortune D. trouble |
| 2. Bowman's experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness ____. |
| A. turns out to be a disadvantage to men B. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women C. has as little effect on men as on women D. affects men and women alike |
| 3. It can be inferred from the passage that people's views on beauty are often ____. |
| A. practical B. supportive C. old-fashioned D. one-sided |
| 4. The author writes this passage to ____. |
| A. give advice to job-seekers who are attractive B. discuss the disadvantages of being attractive C. demand equal rights for women D. state the importance of appearance |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Some people believe that international sport brings about good will between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the terrible incident (事件) with the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by those incidents caused mainly by minor national contests. One country received its second-place medal with great anger after the hockey (曲棍球) final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were certain that one of their goals should not have been dismissed and that the opposite side's victory was unfair. Their manager was angry when he said:"This wasn't hockey. Hockey and the Intemational Hockey Society are finished." The president of the society said later that such words could result in the pause of the team for at least three years. The American basketball team announced that they would not give away first place to Russia, after a fighting end to their contest. The game had ended in quarrel. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player beat it into the basket. It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. The judges discussed the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then decided not to receive the silver medals. Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played for honors or money rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that sportsmen should compete as individuals (个人), or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages dangerous nationalism. |
| 1. According to the author, recent Olympic Games have ____. |
| A. brought about goodwill between the nations B. made only false national pride C. hardly showed any international friendship D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred |
| 2. What did the manager mean by saying "...Hockey and the International Hockey Society are finished"? |
| A. His team would no longer take part in international games. B. Hockey and the society are both ruined by the unfair decisions. C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the society. D. The society should be dismissed. |
| 3. The author gives the two examples in Paragraphs 2 and 3 to show ____. |
| A. how false national pride leads to undesirable incidents in international games B. that sport men have been more troublesome than they used to be C. that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendship D. that unfair decisions are common in Olympic Games |
| 4. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage? |
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A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved. |
| 阅读表达。 |
| I like watching TV very much for I think it has many advantages. First of all, watching TV is a good rest. After a day of hard work, we need a good rest. Watching TV can make our mind and body not tired any more because of the pleasant music and TV plays. Besides, watching TV is entertaining. There are many kinds of entertainments, such as sports activities, singing and dancing concerts, plays and the activities within a short time. We need at least ten hours to fly from New York to Paris, a week by train from Beijing to Moscow and an hour to drive from Queens District to Manhattan District. But within just one second, TV can bring us from an NBA game in New York to a fashion show in Paris by changing the channels. Most important, watching TV is educational. Our children can learn every kind of subjects through the educational programs and the special reports on TV, and it's easy for them to learn Chinese from a Chinese teacher in Beijing and to learn Russian lessons from a Russian teacher in Moscow. Even we can learn how to behave well from the TV plays. Meanwhile, a teacher can teach millions of students without a huge classroom. |
| 1. What's the best title for the text? ________________________________________________________________________________. 2. According to the writer what's the most important reason for watching TV? ________________________________________________________________________________. 3. Why can watching TV make the writer have a good rest? ________________________________________________________________________________. 4. Why is it not possible for us to go to every place to enjoy all the activities within a short time? ________________________________________________________________________________. 5. Why is watching TV educational? ________________________________________________________________________________. |
| 情景作文。 |
| 假设你是红星中学高三(1)班的学生李华，10月25日你和你的朋友王伟参加了“2009北京外语游园会 ( Beijing Foreign Language Festival 2009)”，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，以日记的形式记录当天的活 动。词数不少于60。  October 25 Sunday Sunny Today I took part in Beijing Foreign Language Festival with my friend Wang Wei. ___________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 开放作文。 |
| 请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。 In your spoken English class, your teacher shows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ |