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| — The Chinese education system rather than the teachers ______ to answer for the overburden on the students. — I agree. I hope the reform being carried out in our country at present will bring about the ______ results. |
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| It was at the school ______ was named after a hero ______ he spent his childhood. |
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| Things of ______ kind come together; people of ______ kind fall into ______ same group. |
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| _____ the help ______ my teacher, I made progress ______ all subjects ______ English. |
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| Great efforts must be ______ in order to improve your spoken English. |
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| Don't hesitate to ______ us if he doesn't ______ in time. |
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| I ______ to take a holiday this summer, but I had to change my plan. |
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| He ______ full marks, but he was so careless as to make a spelling mistake. |
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| Mr. Green lives in a ______ village far away from the town. He lives ______, but he doesn't feel ______. |
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| Yesterday I saw a woman ______ in the street, with a little boy ______ on her shoulder. |
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| _____ good his English is, he still has a long way to go. |
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| I will take you to the newly opened museum ______ you may see ______. |
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| — Are you going there with us? — If Tom wants to go, ______. |
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| Mobile phones are everywhere in big cities. It seems that 1 can survive without one. Mobile phones are a great 2 to stay connected with friends and family. 3 , it is important to remember that there are certain times 4 you should not be using your phone, especially as a student, during school. 5 you are in class, you should not be sending your friends text messages 6 taking phone calls. Your classmates and teacher should not have to deal with this rude 7 . Aren't you at school to learn? In the United States, students would never be allowed to 8 their mobile phones during class. If you were to send or 9 a text message you would probably be kicked 10 class. It is very disturbing to hear a lot of tones and ringing during 11 . There are many more rules for mobile phone use in America and it is to 12 respect for those around you. As a teacher in China, I have to 13 students using mobile phones every day. I have told my class to 14 their phones, but many students do not listen. The 15 to be connected all the time seems to be more 16 than the desire to learn. It's easy to understand 17 it is so tempting(诱惑人的)to have your phone on during class. It seems so easy just to send a short text message; it's not hurting anyone, is it? But you may actually be hurting 18 when you do this. Your teacher knows when you use your phone and may give you a 19 grade. Sending a text message also takes your attention away from what's going on in class, you may 20 something important. | ||||
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| I'll be the first to admit that I am a technophobe (对技术有恐惧感的人).Who would have guessed that a website would help repay a 20-year-old loan? I'1l always remember my last day at school. My best friend, Jenny, had organized a party in the Sixth Form Common Room; Jenny asked me to go to the supermarket with her to buy all the snacks. "I'm really looking forward to this party, Stingy," she said. Everyone called me Stingy instead of Debbie because they thought I didn't like to spend money. Actually, it was true. "There's lots of money in the kitty (零星凑起的一笔钱). Let's go crazy!" Going crazy meant buying enough snacks to feed an army. It came to ?19.90, which was a lot of money in 1982. Jenny gave me a guilty(内疚的)look. "I've left-the kitty money in the common room. Can you pay and I'll give you back the money?" "Sure," I replied, trying to look relaxed. 'Neither a lender or a borrower be' was my motto but I didn't want to look stingy(小气). I gave ?20 to the impatient shop assistant. Well, the Party was a great success. So great that I completely forgot about my loan until I was flying to America the next day. I was going to live with my uncle's family until I started university. I tried to get in touch with Jenny but her family had moved. My ?20 was lost. Until. I'd heard about a website called Friends Reunited which helped people contact old school friends. My husband helped me log on and find my school. There she was, Jenny Frost. I'm now married with a beautiful daughter called Debbie. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Debbie 'Stingy' Jones? I still owe her ?20! We met two months later and the ?20 was returned, plus interest(利息)of course. After all, I'm a bank manager now, so loans are my business. |
| 1. Why did Jenny spend a lot of money on the snacks? |
| A. Debbie had money. B. There was money she could use. C. She wanted Debbie to stop being stingy. D. She wanted to be crazy. |
| 2. How did Debbie get her money at last? |
| A. Her husband found Jenny. B. Jenny had a website on the Internet. C. Debbie met Jenny. D. Debbie put a message on the Friends Reunited website. |
| 3. Which sentence best describes Debbie Jones? |
| A. She didn't like to spend money at school and often uses computers. B. She sometimes lends money and doesn't like using computers. C. She sometimes lends money and uses, the computer whenever she can. D. She only lends money to friends and doesn't like using computers. |
| 4. We know from the passage that Jenny . |
| A. liked parties at school and felt guilty about borrowing money B. had fun at school but soon forgot about her school friends C. forgot her best friend at school until she saw the Friends Reunited website D. was forgetful about the money |
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| Solomon Shereshevski was a man with an amazing memory. He was one of the world's most famous me-monists (记忆能手). Born in Russia in about 1900, he spent much of his life performing memory skills that people found difficult to believe. He could memorize long lists of numbers after reading them through once, and he could then recite them forwards or back-wards. He could also remember the same numbers months later. He could easily remember lists of names, dozens of playing cards or hundreds of cities. Although he had a wonderful memory, he found some normal skills very difficult. For example, he found it difficult to learn to read. He also found it difficult to recognize patterns in words or numbers. When presented with a long list of numbers like this: 1234 4231 5678 8765 6789 9876 he could not see that there was a pattern. If he could see or hear a collection of numbers, he could remember it. However, this did not mean that he could understand what he was looking at. He could remember long complex mathematical formulas, but could not understand what the numbers meant. Solomon suffered from a condition known as Synaesthesia. This meant that all of his senses were connected in a special way. In other words, when he heard a particular word he also experienced a unique taste, or saw a unique color. Each word that he heard brought a particular description into his mind. Each word for him was unique, because he remembered it as a taste, a smell, a color or a sound, or all of them together. He was not a clever man except this ability and people found him rather stupid. He found it difficult to become friends with other people because his mind was so different. In a way, his memory was a curse (祸根). He remembered everything, and that made it difficult for him to understand anything. |
| 1. We know from the first paragraph that ____. |
| A. all of his life, Solomon was kept busy doing memory tricks B. if Solomon read a list of numbers he could immediately remember them C. Solomon could memorize long list of numbers and found their patterns D. people thought Solomon could remember the most things in the world |
| 2. Solomon had very powerful memory, but he _____. |
| A. could not read or write B. never knew what people meant when they said to him C. could not work out some simple math problems D. found everything he did was meaningless |
| 3. When a person suffers from Synaesthesia, he (or she) _____. |
| A. senses things usually in a wrong way B. confuses feelings with c61ors or tastes C. often connects words he (or she) hears with things he (or she) experienced D. each word he (or she) hears changes its meaning completely |
| 4. The author wants to express an idea that _____. |
| A. one cannot be good at both memorizing and understanding things B. some people are actually quite stupid though they seem clever C. having a good memory does not mean having good intelligence D. the more you can memorize, the more stupid you will certainly be |
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| Last year, my boyfriend suggested that I should run the London marathon, and I laughed. He laughed too, but he laughed too long and too loud. That made me think. I realized that he didn't believe that I could do it. That made me angry, and determined; now he knows that I can! Training wasn't easy, but I kept going. I didn't need special training but I did need to buy very good shoes. Each day, I went a little further. By the end of three months, I was running five days a week. Some-times in the evenings I ran 10 km; on Sunday mornings, I sometimes ran about 30 kin. I used to come home, have a shower and eat my breakfast. I felt wonderful! On the day of the race in London, I lined up with about 30,000 other runners. The faster runners were at the front, while slower runners like me were placed further back. In that way, the professional runners and club runners were not slowed down by the amateurs. At first, there were so many runners close together that we were almost falling over each other. We could only run very slowly but that was a good thing because it meant that we didn't rush off too quickly. Gradually the runners spread out and there was more space. There were thousands of people watching us along the route and they cheered and clapped everyone, even the slowest runner. It was wonderful! For the first 10 km I felt very happy and my legs felt very comfortable. However, at 15 km I got a pain in my side and running became difficult, but I kept going and the pain disappeared. At the 30 km mark, I felt extremely tired, and wanted to stop, but I kept on going. I covered another 3 km and then I began to feel better again. By the time I reached the 35 km mark, I knew I was going to get to the end of the course. Somehow that confidence made me feel lighter and faster and it seemed as if my legs flew over the last few kilometers. I passed hundreds of slower runners, some of whom had passed me earlier, and I felt wonderful! AS I came round the last bend and saw the finishing line, I could see three runners ahead of me. I raced past all of them to finish the race in just under four hours. The winner had completed the race in 2 hours and 10 minutes, but I didn't care! I had run 42 km and completed my first marathon! |
| 1. The writer's boyfriend laughed at her because_____ . |
| A. he thought she could run the marathon B. he .didn't think she could run the marathon C. he wanted her to run the marathon D. she wanted to run the marathon |
| 2. When the race began _____. |
| A. all the faster runners were asked to stand before those slower ones B. many runners fell over each other C. all the runners were asked to run slowly D. the professional runners and club runners ran very fast |
| 3. The hardest time for the writer was when she _____. |
| A. had run for 15 kilometers B. got a pain in her side C. reached the 30 kilometer mark D. was about to reach the finish line |
| 4. The passage suggests that it is better to start a long race slowly _____. |
| A. than to run at the same speed all the time B. than to run too fast at the beginning C. than to run slowly at the end D. than to run very fast all the time |
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| The rising costs of health care have become a problem for many countries in the world. To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the government's health budget be used for health education and disease prevention instead of treatment. Actually, many kinds of diseases are preventable in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could avoid catching a cold if they dressed warmly when the weather starts getting cold. But many people get sick because they fail to do so, and have to spend money seeing a doctor. Daily habits like eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming bankrupt if the patients had taken measures for early prevention. For instance, keeping a balanced diet, such as not consuming too much animal fat and insuring a steady intake of vegetables and fruits, seems to be quite important. One very effective and costless way of prevention is regular exercise, which is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Regular exercise, such as running, walking, and playing sports is a good way to make people feel better or reduce stress. In addition, health education plays a key role in improving people's health. By giving people more information about health, countries could help people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve it. For example, knowing one's family medical history is an effective way to help keep healthy. Information about health problems among close relatives will make them aware of what they should do to prevent certain diseases through lifestyle changes, which will work before it is too late. However, stressing disease prevention does not mean medical treatment is unimportant. After all, prevention and treatment are just two different means toward the same effect. In conclusion, we could save money on health care and treat patients more successfully if our country spends more money on health prevention and education. |
| 1. What's the best title of the passage? |
| A. Prevention or Education? B. Prevention or Treatment? C. Health or Illness? D. Exercise or Illness? |
| 2. Which of the following can replace the underlined word "bankrupt"? |
| A. Unable to be cured B. Unable to pay one's debts C. Stronger than ever before D. More successful than ever before |
| 3. We learn from the passage that ______. |
| A. dressing warmly can prevent diseases B. a balanced diet is cheaper than regular exercise C. the more health education, the better D. the government's health budget should be increased |
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| The Beijing Hutong (old lane) areas have a very special and important position in the rich history and culture of Beijing. While visiting the Beijing Hutong, you can appreciate the dramatic changes that the rest of Beijing has undergone. You can see evidence of the history of Beijing, experience the old way of life and experience traditional Beijing culture. The Beijing Hutong is made up of lanes or alleys formed by lines of pre-modern quadrangles (siheyuan), four-sided dwelling compounds or quadrangles consist of one-story courtyard houses, which make up old Beijing, and feature typical Chinese residential architecture. Beijing road classification was once s follow: A 36-foot-wide road was called a standard, street, an 18-foot-wide one was a small street and a 9-foot-wide lane was named a hutong. In fact, the Beijing Hutongs are unclassifiable by the traditional standard, ranging from 40 centimeters to 10 feet in width. The longest hutong has more than 20 turns. It is easy to get lost in the maze of winding lanes hat is the hutong, with the gray-tiled houses and deep alleys crossing each other, all identical in appearance, with many blind hutongs or culdesacs. Hutongs were first named as such in the Yuan Dynasty(1271-1368), with its Mongolian rulers having an influence on the Chinese language. However, siheyuan or quadrangles have probably been around much longer. The name of a hutong represents its origin, location or history. It is in the gray-tiled deep lanes that families play, travel, buy goods, gossip and connect. In beijingers'eyes, hutong means a period of history, a cordial lifestyle and even an "encyclopedia (百科全书) of Beijing". When urban construction threatens the existence of these hutongs, Beijingers become worried. Beijing still has about 400 000 residential quadrangles now, mainly distribute over the East, West, Xuanwu and Chongwen districts. The municipal government has marked a number of these compounds for protection. If you would like to have a glimpse into Beijing' Yesterday, you are highly recommended to have a short adventure trip to the Hutongs. Beijing Hutong Tour (Rickshaw Hutong, Bike Hutong and Walk Hutong) is organized by Beijing Xinhua International Tours. |
| 1. The characteristics of Beijing Hutongs are the following except ______. |
| A. the name of Hutong dates back to the Yuan Dynasty B. the width of all the hutongs is 9 feet C. siheyuans are lined along the two sides of the Beijing Hutongs D. it is difficult for people, especially a stronger not to be lost in Hutongs |
| 2. From the 3rd and 4th paragraphs, we can infer ______. |
| A. several famous persons once lived in the Beijing siheyuan B. "Four Generations under One Roof" is set in old Beijing Hutongs C. Siheyuan has a longer history than Hutong D. Beijing appreciate the lifestyle in Hutong |
| 3. What will happen to Beijing hutongs? |
| A. All the hutongs will be protected. B. All the hutongs will become places of interest. C. Government has taken measures to tp protect some of the hutongs. D. Some of the hutongs will be rebuilt. |
| 4. Where can this passage be found? |
| A. In tourist handbooks. B. In geographic magazines. C. In history books. D. In books about Chinese culture. |
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