| 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 |
| Speaking in public is most people's least favorite thing. The reason is that we are all afraid of making fool of ourselves. 1_____. But stop biting your finger-nails. Public speaking is easy. It's just plain talking, and you talk all the time. Although I'm basically shy (honest!). I've been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. And I can tell you that public speaking is not a "gift" like musical talent, so 2_____. Here are some of the lessons I have learned: Your audience is going to go away with one or two of your main ideas. One or two. Not ten or twenty. 3_____. And if you don't have a clear idea of what you want to say, there's no way your audience will. 4_____-how you are going to open, what major points you want to make and how you're going to close. When I do a radio or TV piece, I often write the last sentence first. 5_____. A strong close is critical; the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember. The standard length of a audio-visual act is usually 12 minutes. If all those performers singing and dancing their hearts out couldn't go on longer without boring the audience, what makes you think you can? |
| A. Some people are born to be good at making speech B. Anybody who can talk can speak in public C. Try to relax yourself before making the speech D. The more important the speech is, the more frightened we become E. If you can't express in a sentence or two what you intend to get across, then your speech is not focused well enough. F. When you know where you're heading, you can choose any route to get there G. No matter how long or short your speech is, you've got to get your ideas organized. |
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| Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need. A. Goods for auction (拍卖) sales B. Definition of bidding C. Ways to sell more goods by auction D. Auction sales in history E. Brief introduction to auctions F. Making a larger profit as an auctioneer |
| 1. _____ Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction- room to make offers, or "bids", for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called "knocking down" the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small hammer on a table at which he stands. 2. _____ The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning "increasing". The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth century, goods were often sold "by the candle": a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight. 3. _____ Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs, silk and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art. 4. _____ An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a "lot", is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in the order of numbers; he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in. 5. _____ The auctioneer's services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other. |
| 短文改错。 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中 共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 |
| Dear Sir, How are you? As a exchange student, I am writing to tell you I would prefer to move into a single room in next term, as I find it inconvenient to share a room with others. My roommate often held parties at night, made much noise. Besides, his friends are always visiting him, that disturbs me a lot. So I hope to draw your attentions to this problem. If you think in my position, I am sure he will agree that the only solution for me is get a room of my own, one not in the same building and as near to the school campus as possible. I would be gratefully if you could do me the favor. Best wishes. Yours sincerely, Li Ming _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| It is reported that many a new house _____ at present in the disaster area. |
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| A. are being built B. were being built C. was being built D. is being built |
| Tired, Jim was fast asleep with his back _____ a big tree. |
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| A. in B. below C. beside D. against |
| The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only _____, but students became more interested in the lessons. |
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| A. saved was teachers' energy B. was teachers' energy saved C. teachers' energy was saved D. was saved teachers' energy |
| In April, 2009, President Hu inspected the warships in Qingdao, _____ the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy. |
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| A. marking B. marked C. having marked D. being marked |
| The government plans to bring in new laws _____ parents to take more responsibility for the education of their children. |
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| A. forced B. forcing C. to be forced D. having forced |
| At the age of 29, Dave was a worker, _____ in a small apartment near Boston and _____ what to do about his future. |
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| A. living; wondering B. lived; wondering C. lived; wondered D. living; wondered |
| _____ in the fields on a March afternoon, he could feel the warmth of spring. |
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| A. To walk B. Walking C. Walked D. Having walked |
| _____ in the queue for half an hour, the old man suddenly realized he had left the cheque in the car. |
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| A. Waiting B. To wait C. Having waited D. To have waited |
| — Have you _____ some new ideas? — Yeah. I'll tell you later. |
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| A. come about B. come into C. come up with D. come out with |
| In my opinion, life in the twenty-first century is much easier than _____. |
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| A. that used to be B. it is used to C. it was used to D. it used to be |
| Sean's strong love for his country is _____ in his recently published poems. |
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| A. relieved B. reflected C. responded D. recovered |
| — I don't think this TV set is of good quality. Can you replace it with a new one? — _____. But I have to talk to my manager first. |
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| A. I'm sorry B. No way C. No problem D. That's a question |
| One of the judges _____ to Gana's film festival was a famous actress from China, Zhang Ziyi. |
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| A. invited B. to invite C. had been invited D. being invited |
| I was scared ____ when I saw the tiger jumped out of the cage and ran to the little child. |
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| A. to the death B. of death C. into the death D. to death |
| Please post this letter in the post office nearby, and _____, get two tickets for me in the train station. |
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| A. in meantime B. on the meanwhile C. in meanwhile D. in the meantime |
| Don't turn the room _____, as I have just tidied it. |
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| A. upside down B. inside C. outside D. inside down |
| Most parents are not _____ the danger of their babies' eating jelly, which causes most unfortunate incidents to happen. |
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| A. well aware to B. very aware of C. aware that D. well aware of |
| Wang Gang is considering buying a computer, _____ is considered to be a great help in our work and study. |
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| A. as B. which C. that D. what |
| As we grow up, it always _____ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. |
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| A. suggests B. promises C. requires D. seems |
| The English are proud of the 30th Olympic Games _____ in London in 2012. |
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| A. hold B. being held C. held D. to be held |
| They _____ the _____ snake by using a special kind of powder. |
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| A. poisoned; poisoned B. poisoned; poisonous C. poisonous; poisoned D. poisonous; poison |
| I need time to _____ on what you offered. |
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| A. consider B. reflect C. imagine D. suggest |
| While shopping, people sometimes can't help _____ into buying something they don't really need. |
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| A. to persuade B. persuading C. being persuaded D. be persuaded |
| Getting a notebook to help you keep a schedule of the things will _____ you putting things off. |
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| A. stop B. keep C. make D. allow |
| Can you imagine a person _____ in the cultural revolution for doing nothing wrong? |
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| A. putting into prison B. to stay in the prison C. being put into prison D. to put into prison |
| — I'm dead tired. I can't walk any farther, Jenny. — _____, Tommy. You can do it! |
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| A. No problem B. No hurry C. Come on D. That's OK |
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| The purpose of a letter of application (求职信) is to help you to "sell" yourself. It should state 1 the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and you have 2 . It should be simple, human, personal and brief without 3 out any necessary fact. In writing a letter of application, keep in 4 that the things a possible employer is most 5 to want to know about are your qualifications and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. 6 the first few sentences fail to 7 the reader's attention, the rest of the letter may not be 8 at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not 9 your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with "I saw your 10 in today's paper," you might say "I have made a careful 11 of your advertising during the past six months" or "I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives 12 your product and why they like it." Try to 13 generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now 14 . College graduates looking for their first positions often ask "What can I 15 in a letter? Employers want experience-which, naturally, no 16 has." The answer is that everything you have ever done is 17 . It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. 18 a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent 19 is to enclose (内附) a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it 20 for a possible employer to get in touch with you. | ||||
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| About 97% of the world's water is salty and is found in our oceans and seas. But, as we can't drink seawater, how can it be important? Every part of our seas and oceans contains an amazing number of animals and fish that live at different ocean depths. Most of the different species of animals and fish depend on simple plants for their food. These simple plants called algae (海藻) drift near the surface of the ocean and use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into food and oxygen. In fact, algae produce over half of the oxygen people breathe. How important seawater is! Each plant or animal in our seas and oceans is an important link in a food chain. The algae are eaten in large amounts by microscopic animals, which are in turn consumed by larger animals. These food chains are delicately balanced. The bad news about the food chains in the oceans is that they are under threat because of man. People once thought that the oceans were so big that it didn't matter if we dumped rubbish into them or caught huge quantities of fish and whales for food. But we now know this is not true and fish stocks in the oceans have started to drop. Thankfully, the world is taking steps to protect the future of our oceans by introducing international agreements to protect marine habitats (海域). Most countries have introduced fishing restrictions (限制) to protect fish stocks in the oceans and new techniques are being pioneered to deal with pollution. Finally, the importance of protecting oceans is being made known to more people. This is just the beginning of a long process to protect the oceans for our future. We depend on the oceans for fish which are an important part of the human diet. How important seawater is! |
| 1. Which of the following is the proper order of the food chain? |
| A. small animals→algae→microscopic animals→large animals man B. algae→microscopic animals→large animals→larger animals→man C. small animals→algae→large animals→microscopic animals→man D. microscopic animals→algae→large animals→larger animals→man |
| 2. People used to think that the rubbish thrown into the sea ____. |
| A. wouldn't harm the fish in the sea B. would change the balance of the food chain C. would be broken down in the sea D. wouldn't do much harm to the sea |
| 3. From the passage, we learn that ____. |
| A. most fish and sea animals live at the surface of the seas B. it is very difficult to break the balance of a food chain C. too much fishing has caused the decrease in fish stocks D. it won't be long before the problems concerning oceans will be solved |
| 4. Which of the following is NOT a way being used to protect oceans? |
| A. The use of international agreements. B. Forbidding fishing to protect fish stocks. C. The use of new techniques. D. Raising people's awareness of the need to protect oceans. |
| 5. What would be the best title of the passage? |
| A. The importance of seawater. B. Life in the oceans. C. How to protect food chains. D. How to deal with seawater pollution. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River.lt joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation's largest city. The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. It cost $7,143,789, but it soon gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges (过运河费) were stopped, the state collected $ 121,461,891. For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it "Clinton's Ditch (沟)". Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it. He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful. Clinton became governor of New. York in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4,1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome, N. Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast. The length of the canal is 363 miles. |
| 1. We can see that the Erie Canal _____. |
| A. joined the Great Lakes together B. crossed New York from north to south C. played an important part in developing New York City D. was the first waterway built in the US |
| 2. It can be inferred that _____ into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| A. the Great Lakes flow B. the Hudson River flows C. Lake Erie flows D. the Erie Canal flows |
| 3. Which of the following is true according to the passage? |
| A. The Erie Canal brought profits of over $114,000,000. B. It's 363 miles from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. C. The West was more advanced than the East when the canal was built. D. Many other states helped New York build the canal. |
| 4. Which of the following is true according to the passage? |
| A. Clinton broke ground for the canal at both ends. B. Clinton started building the canal before he became governor. C. All parts of the canal were completed at the same time. D. Construction of the canal took eight years. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| The most frightening words in the English language are, "Our computer is down." You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, "I'm sorry, I can't sell you a ticket.Our computer is down." "If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket." "I can't write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so." I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?" "We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not." "So when it goes down, you go down with it." "That's good, sir." "How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know. "I have no idea. Sometimes it's down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There's no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it's down it won't answer us." After the girl told me they had no backup (备用) computer, I said. "Let's forget the computer. What about your planes? They're still flying, aren't they?" "I couldn't tell without asking the computer." "Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he's flying to Washington," I suggested. "I wouldn't know what gate to send you to.Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn't take you if you didn't have a ticket." "Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?" "I wouldn't know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only it knows. It can't tell me." By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage. |
| 1. The best title for the article is _____. |
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| A. When the Computer Is Down B. The Most Frightening Words C. The Computer of the Airport D. Asking the Computer |
| 2. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer? |
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| A. She could sell a ticket. B. She could write out a ticket. C. She could answer the passengers' questions. D. She could do nothing. |
| 3. Why do you think they had not a backup computer? |
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| A. Because it was easy down B. Because it was very expensive. C. Because it was not advanced enough. D. Because it was not as big as the main computer. |
| 4. The last paragraph suggests that _____. |
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| A. a modern computer won't be down. B. computers can take the place of humans C. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people D. there will be great changes in computers |
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| Narcissus was a beautiful looking boy. He had long, flowing, blond hair, beautiful, bright, blue eyes and even, white teeth. Many young ladies fell in love with him including the nymph (女神): Echo. Nymphs were lively spirits who lived near streams and lakes and protected trees in the forest. Echo had upset the Queen of the Gods: Hera. As a punishment Hera made Echo unable to speak except to repeat the last three words of the person she was talking to. Poor Echo fell in love with Narcissus but could never tell him how she felt. Narcissus teased her and she ran away with tears pouring down her face. Aphrodite, the goddess of love saw what happened and decided to punish Narcissus. As he came to a pool of water Narcissus saw his reflection (影子) and fell in love with the vision he saw. It was of course his own reflection. Poor Narcissus watched his own reflection, but every time he tried to touch the face of the vision he loved it broke up on the shimmering surface of the water. Narcissus stopped eating, lost his beautiful looks and desired to get his love. In the end he anguished gradually and died. Aphrodite took pity on him and made a flower grow in his place on the bank of the lake. Narcissus flowers (水仙花) can be found to this day growing wherever you can find water and trees. |
| 1. Echo fell in love with Narcissus because _____. |
| A. Narcissus was good-looking B. Echo was a lively spirit C. Narcissus loved her, too D. Echo took pity on Narcissus |
| 2. Why did Aphrodite, the goddess of love, punish Narcissus? |
| A. Aphrodite envied Echo because she loved Narcissus. B. She thought Narcissus didn't respect and made Echo sad. C. Narcissus fell in love with the vision, not Echo. D. Echo was trapped in love and didn't protect trees in the forest any longer. |
| 3. What does the underlined word "anguished" in the fourth paragraph mean? |
| A. Become increasingly thin and weak. B. Become very hungry. C. Become very fat. D. Become out of mind. |
| 4. What is the main purpose of writing the passage? |
| A. To tell people a sad love story. B. To tell people how Narcissus flowers came. C. To tell the true meaning of beauty and ugliness. D. To tell people not to affect others' love. |
| 阅读理解。 |
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Use your American Express Card to enjoy one-day privileges at four of America's greatest museums. |
| 1. Which of the following websites offers information about the furniture show? |
| A. www.pafa.org B. www.Museumofglass.org C. www.noguchi.org D. www.Gardnermuseum.org |
| 2. We learn from the text that Martha Graham is _______. |
| A. a dancer B. a glassblower C. a painter D. a photographer |
| 3. If you want to know the history of American painting, you may visit ______. |
| A. the Noguchi Museum B. Seattle Museum of Glass C. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum D. Pennsylvania Academy of the fine Arts |
| 书面表达。 |
| 假设你是卜曼宜，你购买了一部某外国公司生产的手机，因有质量问题，要求该公司更换。 请根据下列要点，用英文写一封电子邮件。 要点： 1. 问题：手机不响铃，不能发短信； 该产品已售完，无法更换； 型号新，无配件，无法维修。 2. 要求：公司应尽快予以更换。 注意： 1. 词数为100左右； 2. 参考词汇：配件-spare part 3. 电子邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好（不计入总词数）。 |
| Dear Sir, _____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Sincerely yours, Bu Manyi |