| It's ________ good feeling for people to admire the Shanghai World Expo that gives them ________ pleasure. |
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| A. /; a B. a; / C. the; a D. a; the |
| He looked around nervously to ________ that there was nobody following him. |
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| A. defend B. confirm C. doubt D. insist |
| —Why do you suggest we buy a new machine? —Because the old one has been damaged ________. |
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| A. beyond reach B. beyond repair C. beyond control D. beyond description |
| —I' m surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have ________. —So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them. |
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| A. broken up B. finished up C. divided up D. closed up |
| —Do you enjoy your present job? —________. I just do it for a living. |
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| A. Of course B. Not really C. Not likely D. Not a little |
| We give dogs time, space and love we can spare, and ________, dogs give us their all. |
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| A. in all B. in fact C. in short D. in return |
| John promised his doctor he ________ not smoke, and he has never smoked ever since. |
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| A. might B. should C. could D. would |
| My cousin came to see me from the country, ________ me a full basket of fresh fruits. |
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| A. brought B. bringing C. to bring D. had brought |
| Although he is wise and intelligent, he fails to be elected as the manager. After all, ________ men can be masters. |
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| A. not every B. each C. all D. not all |
| —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 |
| The traffic is heavy these days. I ________ arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place? |
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| A. can B. must C. need D. might |
| —Where shall we go to spend the weekend? —Nowhere ________. Anywhere you like. |
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| A. in all B. in general C. in case D. in particular |
| Eliza remembers everything exactly as if it ________ yesterday. |
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| A. was happening B. happens C. has happened D. happened |
| A notice was ________ in order to remind the students of the changed lecture time. |
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| A. sent up B. given up C. set up D. put up |
| —I'm sorry. That wasn't of much help. —Oh, ________. As a matter of fact, it was most helpful. |
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| A. sure it was B. it doesn't matter C. of course not D. thanks anyway |
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| Pete Rose was a great baseball player.Though I have never met him, he taught me something __1__ that changed my life. Pete was being __2__ in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb's alltime hits record. Suddenly one reporter asked him, "Pete, you only need 78 hits to reach your nearest __3__. How many atbats(击球)do you think it'll take you to get the 78 hits?" Without hesitation, Pete just __4__ at the reporter and said, "78." The reporter yelled back, "Ah, come on, Pete, you don't think you'll get 78 hits in 78 atbats, do you?" Mr.Rose calmly __5__ his philosophy with the reporters who were __6__ waiting for his reply to the claim. "Every time I __7__ up to the plate (击球区), I __8__ to get a hit! __9__ I have it in mind, I have no right to step into the batter's (击球手) box! It is __10__ expectation that has enabled me to get all of the hits in the first place." When I thought about Pete Rose's __11__ and how it applied to everyday __12__, I felt a little embarrassed. As a business person, I was hoping to increase my __13__. As a father, I was hoping to be a good dad. As a married man, I was hoping to be a good husband. The truth was that I was a fairly good salesperson, I was not so __4__ a father, and I was an okay husband.I immediately decided that being okay was not __15__! I wanted to be a great salesperson, a great father and a great husband. I __16__ my attitude to a positive one, and the results were __17__. I was fortunate enough to win a few sales trips, I won Coach of the Year in my __18__ baseball league, and I share a loving relationship with my wife, Karen, with whom I am __19__ to enjoy the rest of my life! __20__, Mr Rose! | ||||
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| A new research has uncovered that culture is a determining factor when interpreting facial emotions (情感). The study reveals that in cultures where emotional control is the standard, such as Japan, focus is placed on the eyes to interpret emotions. Whereas in cultures where emotion is openly expressed, such as the United States, the focus is on the mouth to interpret emotion. "These findings go against the popular theory that the facial expressions of basic emotions can be universally recognized," said University of Alberta researcher Dr Takahiko Masuda. "A person's culture plays a very strong role in determining how they will read emotions and needs to be considered when interpreting facial expressions." These cultural differences are even noticeable in computer emotions(情感符号), which are used to convey a writer's emotions over email and text message. The Japanese emotions for happiness and sadness vary in terms of how the eyes are drawn, while American emotions vary with the direction of the mouth. In the United States the emotions: ) and: －)show a happy face，whereas the emotions: (or: －( show a sad face. However, Japanese tend to use the symbol (??) to indicate a happy face, and (; _;) to indicate a sad face. "We think it is quite interesting and appropriate that a culture tends to mask its emotions. The Japanese would focus on a person's eyes when determining emotions, as eyes tend to be quite subtle (微妙的)," said Masuda. "In the United States, where open emotion is quite common, it makes sense to focus on the mouth, which is the most expressive feature on a person's face." |
| 1. The text mainly tells us that ________. |
| A. cultural differences are expressed in emotions B. culture is the key to interpreting facial emotions C. different emotions are preferred in different cultures D. people from different cultures express emotions differently |
| 2. Which emotion is used by Americans to show a happy face? |
| A. (; _; ) B. : －) C. : －( D. : ( |
| 3. If a Japanese wants to detect whether a smile is true or false, he will probably ________. |
| A. read the whole face B. focus on the mouth C. look into the eyes D. judge by the voice |
| 4. People used to believe that ________. |
| A. some facial expressions of emotions were too complex to be recognized B. people in the world interpreted basic emotions in different ways C. people could only recognize the facial expressions of basic emotions D. people all over the world understood basic emotions in the same way |