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| 1. What did Bob get last week? |
| A. A new job. B. A rise. C. A prize. |
| 2. How many people did they expect to stay in the Ice Hotel? |
| A. 500. B. 1,500. C. 4,500. |
| 3. What's the cause of the heavy sandstorms? |
| A. Too many tourists. B. Lack of rain. C. Cutting down trees. |
| 4. What is the man's suggestion to protect the soil? |
| A. To plant grasses. B. To hold the soil tightly together. C. To stop rain water falling on the rich soil. |
| 5. What does the woman mean? |
| A. The man should not go abroad. B. IT engineers can earn a lot more money in China. C. IT engineers are badly needed in foreign countries. |
| 听下面一段材料, 回答第1至3题. |
| 1. What does the man want to do? |
| A. Buy a car. B. Rent a car. C. Borrow a car. |
| 2. How much will the man have to pay for the car? |
| A. 16 dollars a day. B. 60 dollars altogether. C. 180 dollars altogether. |
| 3. What does the man have to do before he can get the car? |
| A. He has to pay for it immediately. B. He has to hand in his license. C. He has to fill in a form. |
| 听下面一段材料, 回答第1至2题. |
| 1. What happened last night? |
| A. Ben's phone line was busy all the time. B. Ben found it hard to call back. C. The man wanted to visit Ben. |
| 2. What did the woman think Ben should do? |
| A. He should get call waiting. B. He should be waiting all the time. C. He should call back. |
| 听下面一段材料, 回答第1至3题. |
| 1. What's wrong with the woman's watch? |
| A. It is too fast. B. It is too slow. C. It is broken. |
| 2. What does the man do with his watch every day? |
| A. He puts it back ten minutes. B. He puts it ahead ten minutes. C. He always repairs it. |
| 3. What do you think the woman will do? |
| A. She will take the man's advice. B. She will buy a new watch. C. She doesn't know what to do. |
| 听下面一段材料, 回答第1至3题. |
| 14. Why did the woman look pale? |
| A. She had the flu. B. She ate something bad. C. She overslept. |
| 15. Who had the same kind of problem as the woman? |
| A. Jerry. B. The man who is speaking. C. No one. |
| 16. Where did the woman eat? |
| A. At home. B. At a new restaurant. C. In the office. |
| 听下面一段材料, 回答第1至4题. |
| 1. Where did the British ships land in 1607? |
| A. The Atlantic Ocean. B. The Mississippi. C. Virginia. |
| 2. How did people find names for areas of the new land? |
| A. They invented their own names. B. They used native American words. C. They used words from English. |
| 3. Who honoured three gods with special days each week? |
| A. Americans. B. Indians. C. Northern Europeans. |
| 4. What is the text mainly about? |
| A. The development of the English language. B. Native American words. C. Place names. |
| Chongqing and Wuhan are among the most important cities in China ________ size and population. |
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| A. in favor of B. in case of C. in view of D. in terms of |
| Martin was once ________ the title of Advanced Worker for his excellent work in his company. |
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| A. offered B. awarded C. rewarded D. supplied |
| It is quite ________ that Tom hurts her deeply and he must apologize to her. |
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| A. obvious B. usual C. different D. normal |
| Out of his ________, he was attracted by the knowledge of science. |
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| A. carelessness B. determination C. curiosity D. patience |
| Jane's behavior ________ Paul. He has never thought she wants to go back to the company again. |
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| A. limits B. benefits C. contains D. puzzles |
| The more depressed he got, the more he ________ drink. |
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| A. watched out B. believed in C. turned to D. stuck to |
| The news that the students would put off the outing until the next week was ________ yesterday. |
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| A. confirmed B. impressed C. observed D. delivered |
| The contract is very important for both of you, so studying it________before signing is necessary. |
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| A. in return B. in exchange C. in detail D. in turn |
| —Do the Olympic champions________regularly after the Olympic Games? —Yes, they do. They'll get fat easily if they don't. |
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| A. work out B. cool off C. stay up D. break off |
| At the end of last year, New York's stock market fell, ________a global financial crisis. |
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| A. setting off B. driving off C. giving off D. laying off |
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| It was her giggling that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn't all that funny. Walking over to the offender, I asked for the __1__. Frozen, she refused to give it to me.I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet __2__ between the teacher and the student. When she finally __3__ it over she whispered, "Okay, but I didn't draw it." It was a handdrawn __4__ of me, teeth blackened and the words "I'm stupid" coming out of my mouth. I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind, __5__, was working angrily as I struggled not to __6__.I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some __7__ to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it! Thankfully, I was able to keep myself __8__. When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how __9__ this was for me.I told them there must be a reason __10__ and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom. As I __11__ the notes later, many of them said something like, "I've got nothing against you, " or "I'm sorry you were hurt." Some kids said, "We're __12__ of you." But two notes, from the girls who I __13__ were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too __14__, too strict... Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of __15__ my students, I had begun commanding them to __16__.Where I thought I was driving them to success I was __17__ driving them away. I had some apologizing to do. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one __18__ by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for __19__. This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the __20__. | ||||
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| William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony (和睦) that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered "little of childhood but its pain". In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family-both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama (戏剧) and poetry. Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn't lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama. Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats's poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition. He had not enjoyed a major public lift since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats's death in 1939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines: Earth, receive an honoured guest: William Yeats is laid to rest. Let the Irish vessel (船) lie. Emptied of its poetry. |
| 1. Which of the following can describe Yeats's family? |
| A. It filled Yeats's childhood with laughter. B. It was shocked by Yeats's choice. C. It was a typically wealthy family. D. It had an artistic atmosphere. |
| 2. According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats's life? |
| A. Yeats founded the first Irish theater. B. Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry. C. Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s. D. Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Nobel Prize. |
| 3. What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H.Auden's lines? |
| A. Envy. B. Sympathy. C. Emptiness. D. Admiration. |
| 4. What is the passage mainly about? |
| A. Yeats's literary achievements. B. Yeats's historical influence. C. Yeats's artistic ambition. D. Yeats's national honour. |
| Exploit your parking space An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to￡200 or￡300 a week. Put an advertisement (广告) for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark. Rent (出租)a room Spar  e room? Not only will a lodger (房客)earn you an income, but also, thanks to the governmentbacked "rent a room" program, you won't have to pay any tax on the first ￡4,500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy. Make money during special events Don't want a fulltime lodger? Then rent on a shortterm basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money. Grashpadder can advertise your space. Live on set Renting your home out as a "film set" could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free-but you will be charged if your home gets picked. Use your roof You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment (around ￡14,000)and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof. |
| 1. If you earn ￡5,000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on ________. |
| A. ￡300 B. ￡500 C. ￡4,500 D. ￡5,000 |
| 2. Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event? |
| A. On Letpark. B. On Roomspare. C. On Grashpadder. D. On Roommateeasy. |
| 3. If you want to use energy free, you have to ________. |
A. sign a n agreement with the governmentB. pay around ￡14,000 for the equipment C. sell the roof to some energy companies D. keep the roof unchanged within 25 years |
| 4. For whom is the text most probably written? |
| A. Lodgers. B. Advertisers. C. House owners. D. Online companies. |
| Squirrels often communicate with whistles, chirps and chucks, which sound like the word "chuck". Whistles and chirps are like the sounds that many birds make. Now scientists have translated some of their squirrel-speak. Hare, a professor of zoology at the University of Maniloha in Winnipeg, and his team managed to record squirrels' alarm calls. The researchers studied the sounds and then played them back to 60 wild squirrels, which the scientists approached individually with a video recorder to capture(抓拍)their responses. Some squirrels lifted their heads up and became. alert(警惕的). Creatures that were more frightened simply ran for their lives and dived into caves. "In effect then, whistles that mix with chucks say 'there's an enemy of average threat that's here', and whistles without chucks say 'there's an enemy of seemingly average threat around here somewhere', while pure chirps say, 'I'm hiding here because there's an immediate danger.'" Hare told Discovery News. Hare and some other researchers believe such sounds are part of an advanced language that develops just as all other communication systems. Although squirrels risk their lives when they call out to warn others of threats, other squirrels might admire this behaviour, thus increasingly the caller's social status, like humans who look up to heroes. Hare added that other animals, such as birds, probably understand at least some squirrel language, since they also may benefit from the alarm calls. In fact, another Canadian study found that deep-voiced, black-capped chickadees have their own language too. According to certain research, there are a lot of tidings in chickadees' calls, such as directing fellows' activities, keeping in contact between mates, and raising alarms. While chickadees and other birds are often welcomed into gardens by homeowners, squirrels are frequently viewed as pests(害兽) . Hare wishes a greater understanding of the complex social lives and communication systems of squirrels will provide hope that humans will gain a greater appreciation and stop doing harm to these animals. |
| 1. The text mainly talks about ________. |
| A. the study on the language of squirrels B. the comparison between squirrels and chickadees C. the calling for the protection of squirrels D. the ways for squirrels to escape from their enemies |
| 2. If a squirrel is in a very dangerous situation, it would probably make ________. |
| A. whistles with chucks B. pure chirps C. whistles without chucks D. repeated chucks |
3. The underlined  word"tidings"in Paragraph 6 probably means________. |
| A. difficulties B. praises C. messages D. languages |
| 4. What can be learned from this text? |
| A. Squirrels communicate with each other as humans do. B. Some squirrels understand the recorded alarm calls. C. Other animals also well understand the language of squirrels. D. Birds such as chickadees don't have their own language. |
| While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage. The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to complete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important. I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was worng. I'm not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was ev  ident that the man was not out for gold-his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitior. I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back.It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out. But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed. No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout "Come on, you can do it!" and he did. A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors. Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney. In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it_is_nice_to_watch_an_underdog. |
| 1. From the passage we can learn that the young man ______. |
| A. made his turn to start back pitifully B. was skillful in freestyle in the game C. swam faster than the average swimmer D. was not capable enough to win the medal |
| 2. The crowd changed their attitudes because ________. |
| A. they felt sorry for the young man B. they were moved by the young man C. they wanted to show their sympathy D. they meant to please the young man |
| 3. According to the passage, "it_is_nice_to_watch_an_underdog" probably means ________. |
| A. it's amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skills B. it's amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself C. it's cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors D. it's brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals |
| 4. What's the best title for the passage? |
| A. Compete for Gold! B. Try again! C. Break a Record! D. Go for it! |
| Vans, Keds, Dollies-they sound like the names of rock bands, but if you have teenagers, you'll know they're actually the latest in teenage footwear. But experts are now warning that the current shoe fashions will be causing teenagers discomfort in the short term and storing up years of foot, knee and back pain in the future. Here, the experts identify the problems caused by teenagers' shoe choice. KEDS/VANS  Slipon shoes with elastic (弹性的) sides are particularly popular among teenage boys-with Keds and Vans the most soughtafter brands. The main problem is that they are just too flat-so flat that the heel, which strikes the ground first, also becomes damaged and painful.  BALLET PUMPS The worst shoes of all are such light and thin dolly shoes. The problem is partly their flatness, as with Keds and Vans. However ballet pumps, which have no string or heel, have other specific problems. "As the shoe has no fastening device, it relies on the toes to keep the shoe on, causing an awkward gait (步法) , this leads to short-and longterm problems such as calluses (茧子), heel and knee pain."  WEDGES AND STILETTOS These shoes can also cause problems with gait. They may look good, but the heels on these are so high they can force the wearer's body weight forward, making them very unstable. Teens who wear these shoes regularly are also in danger of joining those millions of women with constant back pain. SCHOOL SHOES So what do podiatrists (足科医生)have on their wish list, especially for everyday wear? Something in a natural, breathable fabric, with a string to hold it on, with a small heel and a deep toebox that does not press the toes, such as Clark's, Marks & Spencer or Rhino. If your teen insists on wearing 'bad' shoes, get them some simple foot orthotics(矫形器) in the shoes. These support and correct the movement of the foot and, properly fitted by a podiatrist, can often transform their walk and halt the damage. |
| 1. Of all the shoes mentioned in the passage, which can cause the worst problems? |
| A. Marks & Spencer. B. Wedges & Stilettos. C. Keds and Vans. D. Ballet Pumps. |
| 2. Which pair of shoes may NOT be found on the podiatrists' wish list? |
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| 3. The underlined word" halt" in the last paragraph probably means________. |
| A. increase B. worsen C. stop D. cure |
| 4. From this passage we can infer________. |
| A. trendy shoes may ruin teenagers' health B. fashionable shoes all have orthotics in them C. experts are strongly against wearing popular shoes D. podiatrists are expert at producing branded shoes |
| 完成句子 阅读下列各小题, 根据所给的整句汉语提示, 用句末括号的英语单词完成句子, 并将答案写在相应题号后。 1. Every year one million tourists visit Stonehenge, which is believed_ _ __ _ _ _ _before the Pyramids, about 4000 years ago. (construct) 每年大约有一百万游客参观巨石阵, 据说它是在四千年以前被修建, 早于埃及的金字塔。 2. I am afraid you had better n  ot call me at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of tomorrow. I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _then. (have) 你最好不要在明天下午三点钟给我打电话。那时我在开会。 3. Greatly loved in Chinese adolescence____ ____Korean TV plays. (romantic) 浪漫的韩剧极受中国青少年欢迎。 4. The iphone functions well. I'll buy it, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. (cost) 这款iphone 功能不错, 无论多贵, 我都要买。 5. _ __ _ _ _ _ _, many animals are facing the danger of dying out. (destroy) 大部分森林毁掉了, 很多动物面临着灭绝的危险。 6. _ _ __ _ _ _ _to the conference surprised us, since he was an important figure in this field after all. (invite) 他没有被邀请参加会议很让我们吃惊, 毕竟他是这一行业的重要人物。 7. But for your timely encouragement , I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _after going through so much difficulty. (lose) 要不是你的及时鼓励, 经历这么多的困难之后我早就灰心了。 8. He is going to spend the Spring Festival in his home village, ____ ____his parents and some relatives. (live) 他打算到他的家乡过春节, 他的父母和亲戚还生活在那里。 9. The king of Prussia_ _ _ _ _ _ __ that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. (imagine) 普鲁士的国王决不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的这件伟大礼物会经历这么一段惊奇的历史。 10. When the survivor came to life, he was eager to know_ _ _ __ ___ saved him from the burning house. (be) 当生还者醒过来后, 他急切的想知道是谁把他从燃烧的房子里救出来的。 |
| 短文写作 仔细阅读下面四幅图画, 根据其内容和汉语提示写一篇英语短文。要求120  词左右。短文的第一句话已经为你写好。 Nowadays, many school children are addicted to computer games. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ |