| Being able to afford ______ drink would be ______ comfort in those tough times. |
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| The Harry Potter books are quite popular; they are in great ______ in this city. |
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| It is important to have your eyes examined regularly to check for any sign of eye disease that may not have any ______. |
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| A. symptom B. similarity C. sample D. shadow |
| You’d better write down the phone number of that restaurant for future ______. |
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| A. purpose B. reference C. progress D. memory |
| The basketball coach, as well as his team, ______interviewed shortly after the match for their outstanding performance. |
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| - John, when shall we meet again, Thursday or Friday? - ______. I’ll be off to London then. |
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| Studying Wendy's menu, I found that many of the items are similar to ______ of McDonald's. |
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| A. those B. ones C. any D. all |
| - Thank God you’re safe! - I stepped back, just ______ to avoid the racing car. |
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| A. in time B. in case C. in need D. in vain |
| The secretary arranged a(n) ______ time and space for the applicants to have an interview. |
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| A. important B. spare C. public D. convenient |
| - Can you lend me the book Gone with the Wind? - Sorry. I returned it to the library just now. Maybe it is still ______. |
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| A. available B. affordable C. acceptable D. valuable |
| The furniture, with its modern style and bright colors, suits modern houses and their gardens, but looks _______ in the garden of a traditional home. |
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| A. out of question B. out of order C. out of sight D. out of place |
| We used to see each other ______, but I haven’t heard from him since last year. |
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| A. especially B. regularly C. particularly D. approximately |
| We ______ to paint the whole house but finished only the front part that day. |
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| A. set about B. set up C. set out D. set down |
| Parents and children should communicate more to ______ the gap between them so that they can understand each other better. |
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| A. open B. narrow C. widen D. leave |
| Rod loves ______ clocks. However, he never manages to put them together again. |
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| A. taking apart B. giving away C. making up D. turning off |
| By the time you have finished this book, your meal ______ cold. |
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| A. gets B. has got C. will get D. is getting |
| George said that he would come to school to see me the next day, but he ______. |
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| A. wouldn't B. didn't C. hasn't D. hadn't |
| - Have you heard about that fire in the market? - Yes, fortunately no one ______. |
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| A. hurt B. was hurt C. has hurt D. had been hurt |
| - I hear that Jason is planning to buy a car. - I know. By next month, he ______ enough for a used one. |
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| A. will have saved B. will be saving C. has saved D. saves |
| - When did the computer crash? - This morning, while I ______ the reading materials downloaded from some websites. |
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| A. have sorted B. was sorting C. am sorting D. had sorted |
| “The moment ______ soon,” he thought to himself, waiting nervously. |
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| A. came B. has tome C. was coming D. is coming |
| The manager is said to have arrived back from Paris where he ______ some European partners. |
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| A. would meet B. is meeting C. meets D. had met |
| We ______ the difficulty together, but why didn’t tell me? |
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| We wouldn't have called a taxi yesterday if Harold ______ us a ride home. |
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| A. didn't offer B. wouldn't offer C. hasn't offered D. hadn't offered |
| ______ with care, one tin will last for six weeks. |
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| A. Use B. Using C. Used D. To use |
| When Peter speaks in public, he always has trouble ______ the right things to say. |
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| A. thinking of B. to think of C. thought of D. think of |
| China recently tightened its waters controls near the Huangyan Island to prevent Chinese fishing boats from ______ in the South China Sea. |
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| A. attacking B. having attacked C. being attacked D. having been attacked |
| After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope ________. |
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| A. providing B. provided C. having provided D. provide |
| I wish to thank Professor Smith, without ______ help I would never have got this far. |
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| A. who B. whose C. whom D. which |
| Sales director is a position ______ communication ability is just as important as sales |
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| A. which B. that C. when D. where |
| By 16:30, ______ was almost closing time, nearly all the paintings had been sold. |
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| A. which B. when C. what D. that |
| In our class there are 46 students, ______ half wear glasses. |
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| A. in whom B. in them C. of whom D. of them |
| Everything was placed exactly ______ he wanted it for the graduation ceremony. |
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| A. while B. when C. where D. though |
| It is hard for the Greek government to get over the present difficulties ______ it gets more financial support from the European Union. |
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| A. if B. unless C. because D. since |
| ______ I always felt I would pass the exam, I never thought I would get an A. |
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| Evidence has been found through years of study ______ children’s early sleeping problems are likely to continue when they grow up. |
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| A. why B. how C. whether D. that |
| It suddenly occurred to him ______ he had left his keys in the office. |
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| A. whether B. where C. which D. that |
| The headmaster will not permit the change in the course, nor ______ it a thought. |
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| A. does he even given B. he even gives C. will he even give D. he will even given |
| Hot ______ the night air was, we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey. |
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| - Goodbye, John. Come back again sometime. - Sure. ______. |
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| A. I did B. I do C. I shall D. I will |
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| Born in London to a writer and an engineer with a passion for car racing, Goodall received their daring and imagination 1 that, along with her curiosity, would 2 her well in her future occupation.She was 3 at seven by the stories of Dr Dolittle, the scientist who could talk to animals. And with her stuffed toy chimpanzee(黑猩猩) by her side, the young girl spent hours studying worms in the garden, hens in the henhouse, and whatever insects she could find. After she graduated from high school in 1952, Goodall worked as a secretary at Oxford University. 4 then she knew she wanted to go to Africa. In 1957 she was invited to Kenya to visit a friend, where she 5 the world-renowned anthropologist(人类学者) Louis S.B. Leakey. Goodall's enthusiasm 6 him and he 7 her as an assistant. Leakey later 8 her to a two-year research project studying chimpanzees in Gombe. It was a difficult 9 to send a young woman, with neither a college degree nor scientific 10 on such a 11 task. Leakey had trust in her, but his colleagues 12 the young woman would fail. Goodall 13 them wrong. Goodall tried hard to observe the chimpanzees and to be 14 in return. Eventually, the chimps 15 to regard "this white-skinned ape" as their friend. Goodall made a number of 16 discoveries and collected more information about chimps than all other scientists 17 She found that chimps used tools to dig ants out of their hills for food. Goodall found that chimps experience a wide 18 of emotions like anger and grief as humans do. Her discovery was a 19 breakthrough. Among her famous works are: My friends: the Wild Chimpanzees (1967), and In the Shadow of Man (1971). These, along with her 20 films, TV specials and articles, made her one of the best-known scientists of the 20th century. | |||
| ( )1.A. quantities ( )2.A. use ( )3.A. inspired ( )4.A. So ( )5.A. met ( )6.A. influenced ( )7.A. fired ( )8.A. suggested ( )9.A. idea ( )10.A. work ( )11.A. interesting ( )12.A. prevented ( )13.A. said ( )14.A. observed ( )15.A. lived ( )16.A. surprising ( )17.A. gathered together ( )18.A. numb er ( )19.A. small ( )20.A. number |
B. qualifications B. teach B. required B. But B. visited B. impressed B. hired B. advised B. determination B. study B. demanding B. protected B. announced B. watched B. grew B. amusing B. put together B. amount B. large B. numerous |
C. qualities C. help C. requested C. And C. helped C. affected C. used C. promoted C. decision C. job C. amazing C. predicted C. proved C. seen C. developed C. shocking C. added C. sum C. unforgettable C. countable |
D. necessities D. serve D. acquired D. Even D. interviewed D. effected D. helped D. recommended D. thought D. training D. astonishing D. perfected D. made D. glanced D. increased D. interesting D. calculated D. range D. significant D. few |
| 阅读理解。 |
| There is a lot of misunderstanding about studying. Most students have not been taught the principles behind really effective working. Imagine a graph showing the amount a person learns against the number of hours he works in a day. If he doesn't do any work, he learns nothing (point 0). If he does an hour's work he learns a certain amount (point 1). If he does two hours' work he learns about twice as much (point 2). If he does more work he'll learn still more (point 3). However, if he tries to do twenty-three and a half hours' work in a day, he will be so tired that he'll hardly remember anything: what he learns will be very little (point 4). If he did less work he'd learn more (point 5). Now whatever the exact shape of the graph's curve(曲线), made by joining these points, it must have a high point. Point "X" is the very maximum anyone can learn in the day. And this represents the optimum, the best, amount of work to do. It is the best possible compromise between adequate time at the books and fatigue(劳累). Fatigue is an absolutely real thing; one can't escape it or ignore it. If you try to ignore it and press yourself to work past the optimum(最适度), you will only get on this downward slope and achieve less than the best - and then become very tired and lose your power of concentration. The skill in being a student consists of getting one's daily study as near the optimum point as possible. I cannot tell you what the optimum is. It differs with the type of work, it differs from person to person, and even in the same person it varies from week to week. You must try to find your own. Every day you study, bear this principle of the optimum in mind. When you feel yourself getting fatigued, if you find yourself reading the same paragraph over and over again and not taking it in, that's a pretty good sign you've reached your highest point for the day and should stop. Most ordinary students find their optimum at five hours a day. Yours may be a little more or a little less - but if you get in five hours' good work a day, you will be doing well. Now, what are you doing with yourself when you aren't working? Before examinations some students do nothing at all except sit in a chair and worry. Here is another misunderstanding. People often think that the mind works like the body; it does not. If one wanted to save one's physical energy in order to cut the maximum amount of firewood, one would lie flat on a bed and rest when one wasn't chopping. But the mind cannot rest. Even in sleep you dream, even if you forget your dreams. The mind is always turning. It gets its relaxation only by variety. That is what makes the mind rest. When you've finished your optimum number of hours you must stop. You must not then sit around in the chair thinking about the work - that only tires without any learning. You must get out and do something. It doesn't matter what - anything so long as you are actively doing something else but work. |
| 1. According to the passage, _______. |
| A. the longer you study every day, the more you will learn B. you'll achieve better learning results if you work three hours every day C. the less work you do, the better you will learn D. your work efficiency will decrease once you exceed a certain point of work |
| 2. Fatigue can result in ________. |
| A. loss of memory B. a need for relaxation C. a lot of anxiety D. loss of concentration |
| 3. The passage tells us that a person's optimum number of working hours _______. |
| A. follows a regular pattern with each individual B. changes regularly from week to week C. can be partly determined by the sort of work he is doing D. should be determined before he gets too tired |
| 4. The only way the mind can relax is by ________. |
| A. doing a variety of things in turn B. not thinking about anything C. turning continuously D. getting oneself in a state of fatigue |
| 5. After you have reached the optimum point of study in a day, you should ________. |
| A. lie in bed and rest B. do something else actively C. do some physical labor D. stop thinking about your studies |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Have you ever felt so anxious during an examination that you couldn't even put down the answers you knew? If so, you were suffering from what is known as test anxiety. According to psychologist Ralph Trimble, test anxiety is a very real problem for many people. When you're worried over your performance on an exam, your heart beats faster and your pulse speeds up. These reactions start others: You may sweat more than normal or suffer from a stomachache or headache. Your field of vision narrows and becomes tunnel-like. Before you know it, you're having difficulty focusing. "What I hear students say over and over again," says Dr. Trimble, who is working at the Psychological and Counseling Center at the University of Illinois, "is, 'My mind went blank.'" For a number of years, Dr. Trimble helped many students learn how to perform better during exams and to bring up their grades. Some of these students were interested in sharing what they learned and, with Trimble's help, began holding workshops on overcoming test anxiety. For many students, just being in a workshop(讨论会,实验班) with other sufferers made them feel better. They realized that they were not the only ones who had done poorly on tests because of tension. The workshops were so successful that they are still given. In the workshops, students are taught that anxiety is normal. You just have to prevent it from getting the best of you. The first step is to learn to relax. If before or during an examination you start to panic, stretch as hard as you can, tensing the muscles in your arms and legs; then suddenly relax all of them. This will help relieve tension. But keep in mind that you don't want to be too relaxed. Being completely relaxed is no better than being too tense. "If you are so calm you don't care how you do on an examination, you won't do well," Trimble says. "There is an optimum level of concern when you perform at your best. Some stress helps. There are people who can't take even slight stress. They have to learn that in a challenging situation, being anxiously excited is good and will help them to do better. But if they call it anxiety and say, 'It's going to hit me again,' that will make them nervous and worried." As a student you must also realize that if you leave too much studying until a day or two before the examination, you can't do the impossible and learn it all. Instead, concentrate on what you can do and try to think what questions are likely to be asked and what you can do in the time left for studying. When you sit down to study, set a moderate pace and vary it by reading, writing notes, and going over any papers you have already written for the course, as well as the textbooks and notes you took in class. Review what you know. Take breaks and go to sleep early enough to get a good night's rest before the exam. You should also eat a moderate breakfast or lunch, avoid drinks like coffee and stay away from fellow students who get tense. Panic spreads easily. Get to the exam room a few minutes early so that you will have a chance to familiarize yourself with the surroundings and get out your supplies. When the examination is handed out, read the directions twice and underline the significant instructions, making sure you understand them. Ask the teacher to explain if you don't. First answer the easiest questions, then go back to the more difficult. On essay questions, instead of starting right away, take a few minutes to organize your thoughts, make a brief outline, and then start off with a summary sentence. Keep working steadily, and even when time starts to run out, don't speed up. |
| 1. We learn from the passage that test anxiety ___________. |
| A. affects a small number of people B. can lead to physical discomfort C. can have a negative effect on a person's eyesight D. often affects those who are physically weak |
| 2. Dr. Trimble often heard students say that _________. |
| A. their mind failed to work when faced with a test B. they had difficulty focusing on the test items C. they could not think of a way to get rid of text anxiety D. they began panicking well ahead of a test |
| 3. In Trimble's workshop the students learned __________. |
| A. how to avoid being controlled by test anxiety B. that test anxiety is normal and would go away in time C. certain mental exercises that would help them relax D. how to concentrate on what they could do |
| 4. According to the passage, being completely relaxed before a test _________. |
| A. helps a student to perform better in the test B. can also be harmful to a person's performance in the test C. helps a student to cope with a challenging situation better D. may be more harmful that getting too worried over tests |
| 5. The author suggests that before a test ___________. |
| A. you should avoid staying with a fellow student who suffers test anxiety. B. you should not think that you will be affected by your fellow student's anxiety C. you should get together with other sufferers of test anxiety in order to feel better D. you should eat a big meal and drink some coffee to keep yourself in high spirits |
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There were red faces at one of Britain's biggest banks recently. They had accepted a telephone |
| 1. One of Britain's biggest banks recently _________. |
| A. received a telephone order to buy shares for a twenty-one year old B. lost a lot of money because the shares they bought fell in value C. bought quite a lot of shares for a customer and caused him to lose money D. lost money as its young customer did not have the money to pay his debts |
| 2. According to the passage, the young customer would have _________. |
| A. earned ￡20,000, if the shares had gone up in value by the same amount they fell B. paid his debts, if he had had the money to do so C. continued to cheat banks, if he had not been found out D. to go to prison, if he did not pay the money back |
| 3. The writer's attitude to the example of the two boys who cheated the banks is ______. |
| A. positive B. questioning C. neutral D. negative |
| 4. The reason why the man paid his daughter ￡ 300 a week pocket money and then required her to pay for her living expenses was that he wanted her to learn _________. |
| A. to bear the hardships of life B. how to live comfortably on her own pocket money C. the value of money D. how to save money |
| 5. It can be concluded from the article that the writer believes that _______. |
| A. parents should give more pocket money to their children B. children should leave the parental nest as soon as possible C. grown-up children should support themselves D. children should learn to be economical |