In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, there is major difference between two of the characters, Brutus and Mark Antony, Brutus was very honorable and Antony was very persuasive. When Brutus spoke at Caesar’s funeral, he appealed to the people’s logic and Antony spoke to the emotions of the people. Antony was very smart and used his brain frequently during the play and Brutus was very naive(天真的,率直的) about many of things.
Brutus was very honorable in the way that he always told people the truth. Antony was persuasive in the way that he used people to get whatever he wanted. For example, Antony used Lepidus to seek revenge on all of the conspirators (同谋者,阴谋者) to take the blame for their deaths. Brutus’ speech at Caesar’s funeral was very short and to the point and spoke to the logic of the people in the crowd. For example, Brutus spoke in a detached way about Caesar’s death while Antony spoke to the emotions of the crowd by crying and talking about all the good things that Caesar did for Rome. Antony’s intelligence was very apparent throughout the play and Brutus appeared to be naive about many things. Antony as smart in the way that he controlled people to his own advantage. Brutus appeared to be naive throughout the whole play because he believed everyone was as honorable as he. Brutus did not question what he was told, assuming it was always true.
In conclusion, in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, there is a major difference between the two characters, Brutus and Mark Antony. The strongest contrast between the two characters appears to be their ability and inability to be both honorable and persuasive.
46. The author wrote this passage by _____
A. number B. contrast C. question D. narration
47. A lot of difference is mentioned in the passage between _____
A. Shakespeare and Antony B. Julius and Antony
C. Brutus and Antony D. Julius and Brutus
48. Which of the following adjectives can be used to describe Antony’s character?
A. Honorable and naïve
B. Persuasive and smart
C. Honorable and smart
D. Simple and frank
49. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined “to the point”?
A. 离题的 B. 中肯的 C. 优美的 D.动听的
50. From the passage, we can conclude that ______
A. Shakespeare was a great scientist
B. Shakespeare was a well-known musician
C. Shakespeare was a famous artist
D. Shakespeare was a famed playwright
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One day two young men are walking in a big forest. One is fat , and the other is thin.” We are good friends. We must help each other. If we meet any beast(野兽), I’ll help you,” the thin man says. “I’ll help you, too,” the fat one says. They walk on. After a while they hear a great noise. It is a big bear. It is coming this way.
The two young men run away quickly. One of them climbs up a tree, and hides among the leaves. He forgets all about his friend. What about the fat one? He is too fat to climb up a tree. So he throws himself on the ground, closes his eyes, and pretends(假装) to be dead. “ The bear will think I’m dead,” he thinks to himself.
Soon the bear comes up to the fat man, and even puts its nose to his mouth and ears. The fat man holds his breath.
The bear thinks he is dead, so it goes away, because bears never touch the dead. The man in the tree comes down. With a smile he asks his friend, “ The bear puts its nose so close to your ears. What does it say to you?”
The friend answers, “ The bear says, ‘ Don’t trust your friend. He runs away from you when you need his help most.”
1.What is the best title of this passage?
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed
B. Two friends in the forest
C. Don’t trust(相信) your friend
D. An unlucky day in a big forest
2.What do you know about the bear according to the passage?
A. The bear is waiting for the two friends.
B. The bear isn’t hungry at all at that time.
C. The bear does tell the fat one something he can understand.
D. The bear doesn’t like to eat something dead.
3.What does the thin man do in this passage?
A. He breaks his promise.
B. He fails to climb up the tree.
C. He cares much about his friend.
D. He also knows what the bear says.
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A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you want to be good at English, you have to read stories in English and speak English as much as possible. A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not stay up late(熬夜)for the exam. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper, try to understand the exact meaning of each question. When you have finished your exam at last, read over your answers. Correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you have not missed anything out.
1.If students want to do well in an exam, they have to work hard________.
A. for most of the month
B. every day of the year
C. for only a few days
D. late at night
2.If students want to learn English well, they________.
A. only need to learn grammar
B. must often practise (练习)English
C. have to go to England
D. should go to bed early
3.It’s important to ________a few days before the exam.
A. play too much
B. have a good sleep
C. read the questions papers
D. have a good drink
4.When students have finished the exam, they should________.
A. stand up and leave the classroom at once
B. check your answers with the other students in class
C. make sure they haven’t missed anything out
D. ask the teacher for the right answers in class
5.The best title for this passage is ________.
A. An Important Exam
B. How to Pass An Exam
C. The Importance of English
D. Get Ready for An Exam
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Estival Wire The cure-all for hot August days is the 10th annual Austin Ice Cream Festival, taking place on Saturday, August 13 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Fiesta Gardens. Enjoy local favoritesAmy’s Ice Cream, dairy-free NadaMoo and more, plus live entertainment, games and contests. Tickets are $15 and include three ice cream tasting/activity tickets. Children aged 8 and under are free.
North Austin Rock Rose All Access event is happening on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.. The $5 all-access pass gets you bites from wonderful restaurants and bars like ThaiKun, General Tso’s Boy, and more. The pass also includes a free morning yoga class from Corepower Yoga. To top it off, those who attend the event will be entered for a chance to win a prize package. Get your allaccess ticket online.
East Cesar ChavezKerlin BBQ is celebrating its 3rd anniversary on Sunday, August 14, beginning at 11 a.m.. Visit the barbecue truck, and enjoy smoked meats as well as beer and live music. No admission fee is charged.
San Antonio Barbecue WireFormer La Barbecue master Esaul Ramos is hosting a barbecue on August 13, Saturday on White Road from 11 a.m. until sold out. Ramos is opening up his own smoked meat shop, 2M Smokehouse, which he and his brother Joe have been raising funds to help build. Get a taste of what’s to come with barbecue and desserts. Plan ahead and come free.
Contigo Beer CarnivalOn Sunday, Contigo is hosting a fivecourse Indian beer pairing dinner at 6:30 p.m.. Enjoy special IPAs from Austin Beerworks and Jester King Brewery. Tickets are $60 per person for common seating and $75 per person for a private table.
1.What can a visitor do with an allaccess pass at North Austin?
A. Eat in many famous restaurants and bars.
B. Enter a competition for a prize package.
C. Eat smoked meats from a barbecue truck.
D. Attend a yoga course from General Tso’ Boy.
2.When will Esaul Ramos host his barbecue?
A. From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on August 13. B. Since 11 a.m. on August 13.
C. From noon to 5 p.m. on August 14. D. At 11 a.m. on August 14.
3.What makes Contigo Beer Carnival different from the other events?
A. It’s held on Sunday so that all can take part.
B. It starts at a time when the others are closing.
C. It has frozen snacks, barbecue and desserts.
D. It charges the most among the five ads.
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Cafe Hub
Next to the Castle lies The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town. Our cafe is open every day for mouth-watering lunches, snacks and fine dining. Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of The Hub or watch the world go by from our beautiful terrace.
The Hub, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh. Open every day from 9:30 a.m. till late.
Tel: 0131 473 2067 www.thehub-edinburgh. com
Farm World
Enjoy being "A Farmer for a Day". Join in delivering and feeding our spring babies -- bottle feeding sessions twice daily. Fun for all family. Horse Rides, BMX Bikes Cross Country Course, Tractor Ride through 600 acres, New Adventure Playground, Nature Trails. Full details on website.
Open: May—Oct Wednesdays to Saturdays and daily during school holidays 11 a. m.--5 p. m.
Tel: 01797 260256/260321 www. farmworld-rye, co. uk
Enter the Europe-wide student competition!
Are you curious, creative and energetic? Are you interested in the new media? Are you between 12 and 19 years of age? Then Join Multimedia 2006 is for you!
Your challenge will be to build a team and develop a multimedia presentation in English -- based on one of three different topics. You can register(报名) between May I and June 15, 2006 and will bare to turn in your entry before September 15, 2006.
The rewards are wonderful: £150,000 in prize for schools and teams and the chance to attend a European student camp -- plus new experiences, an opportunity to make friends throughout Europe!
For further information and registration forms go to: www. siemens, com/join _ multimedia.
1. You' 11 have to register first if you want ________.
A. to enter the Europe-wide student competition
B. to try Tractor Ride through 600 acres
C. to enjoy delicious food
D. to watch the world go by from the beautiful terrace
2. According to the passage, there will be _______ rewards for the Europe-wide student competition.
A. three B. only one C. two D. four
3. You can visit Farm World________.
A. at 2 p.m. at Christmas
B. at 10:30 a.m. during school holidays
C. on Monday in May
D. any day in October
4. From the advertisements above, we can learn that ________
A. families can enjoy Horse Rides on New Adventure Playground
B. the Europe-wide student competition will be held on June 15, 2006
C. Farm World provides lunches, snacks and fine dining
D. Cafe Hub is a popular place in the local area
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The young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.
No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that “village life” is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline about a hundred years ago. When many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing numbers in search of work, and home was where work was. There are still a number of people alive today who can remember what “village life” meant in the early years of the present century. It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp oil and coal.
Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed(展现)to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare(福利)for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life.” It is just life, and a better life.
Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid-morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. 0bviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.
1.By saying that village is not dead, but “village life” is dead, the writer suggests that_______ .
A.those young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are wrong
B.the two statements are against each other
C.“village life” today is rather uninteresting
D.“village life” today is no longer like what it used to be
2.As is suggested in paragraph 2, villages in the past______________.
A.lived a simpler life than villagers today
B.knew fewer people than villagers today
C.found it difficult to enjoy themselves
D.like to wash themselves with cold water
3.The expression “…there is no point whatever in talking about…” in paragraph 3 means that______________.
A.there is no end to the talking about …
B.it is harmful to talk about …
C.it is not meaningless to talk about …
D.there is no reason for talking about …
4.What does the writer think of the “village life today”?
A.Dead. B.Worse C.Better. D.Unclear.
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A new enemy is threatening Japanese traditions: leisure(闲暇). As part of its attempt to increase imports, the government is trying to get people to work less and spend more. The workers are disgusted.
The figures support the western prejudice(偏见) that the Japanese are all work and no play. Trying to force workers away from their desks and machines, the government said last April that the country should cut down from its 2,100 hours average work year to 1,899 hours and a five-day week by 1992. Beginning in February, banks and stock markets will be closed on Saturdays, staff of civil service will be forced out of their offices two Saturdays a month. The government hopes that others will follow that practice.
But some persuasion will be needed. Small companies are very angry about it and they fear competitors may not cut hours. The unions are no happier: they have even advertised in newspapers arguing their case against the foreign pressure that is forcing leisure upon them. They say that shorter hours are a disguised(隐性的) pay cut. The industrialists, who have no objection to the government’s plans, admit that shorter hours will help them cut costs. Younger Japanese who are supposed to be acting against their hard-working parents, show no sign of wanting time off, either. But unlike older workers, they do spend money in their spare time. Not content with watching television, they dance, dress up, sit in cafes, go to pop concerts and generally drive the leisure-industry boom. Now that they know how to consume, maybe the West can teach them to relax and enjoy themselves, too.
1.The purpose of getting the Japanese to have more spare time is that ______________.
A.the government wants to show more concern for the health of the people
B.the government needs to get more goods from abroad
C.the Japanese have been working too hard
D.the Japanese hope to change the western prejudice
2.The group of people who welcome the shorter-hour system in Japan is______________.
A.the small companies B.the industrialists
C.the unions D.the younger generation
3.The unions think that______________.
A.the shorter hours they work, the higher pay the can get
B.the more they work, the less leisure they can enjoy
C.the shorter hours they work, the less pay they can have
D.the greater pressure the government is forcing on them, the less happy they can be
4.The best title for this passage can be ______________
A.Oh no! Not Saturday Again! B.Leisure: the Greatest Threat!
C.Enjoy While You are Young! D.Less Work and More Play!
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The following conversation is between Susan Russell-Robinson from the US Geological (地质学的)Survey and Barbara Reynolds from USA Today .
Q: Why , after 600 years of no activity , did Mount Pinatubo in Philippines erupt(喷发)in 1991 ?
A: Volcanoes (火山)each have their own eruption styles . This volcano probably has a rule which makes it erupt in the order of every 500 to 1000 years , but a volcano in Hawaii seems to erupt every year , and some of the Alaskan volcanoes might erupt every 10 or 20 years .
Q: So nothing caused it ?
A: There’s nothing out of the ordinary . If you were to take an ordinary calendar year , 50 to 75 or 80 volcanoes erupt around the world every year . There are 20 to 30 volcanoes every month that show signs of unrest . That might be a full-blown eruption or a whole host of activities like that .
Q: What is “the ring of fire” ?
A: If you look at where active volcanoes are placed around the world , there are somewhere between 500 and 600 of them . There is what appears to be almost a necklace that goes around the Pacific Ocean . It makes a ring where 60% of the world’s volcanoes lie .
Q: Why such a concentration(集中)there ?
A: That’s based on a theory that the oceans and the continents are like separate pieces . When they move , one might ride up over the other one . In this case , the Pacific Ocean goes under the continents and when that happens it seems to produce magma (熔岩)at depth and then you have volcanoes in the same ring .
1.What kind of writing do you think this passage is ?
A.A text taken from a geography book . B.An interview published in the press .
C.A conversation carried out in a film . D.An oral test recorded as an example .
2.Which of the following statements can correctly explain why we have so many volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean ?
A.The movement of the surface of the earth makes it possible.
B.The Pacific Ocean produces magma and presses it everywhere.
C.The oceans and the continents are separated from each other.
D.The earth’s surface around the Pacific is thinner than any other part.
3.Barbara Reynolds’ main purpose here is______________ .
A.to show how dangerous volcanoes are to the world
B.to learn what signs a volcano gives us before its eruption
C.to warn the world of the existence of “the ring of fire”
D.to introduce some general idea of volcanoes to the public
4.Which of the following can be considered as the best conclusion of the conversation?
A.There are so many volcanoes in the world and we are always in danger.
B.Volcanoes have erupted more frequently than ever before.
C.Volcanoes are waiting to be better known.
D.Something must be done to protect the people near the ring of fire.
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We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life , but most of us don’t do a very good job . This article gives some suggestions on how to give an effective speech .
So , you have to give a speech—and you’re terrified . You get nervous , you forget what you want to say , you stumble over words , you talk too long , and you bore your audience . Later you think , “Thank goodness , it’s over . I’m just no good at public speaking . I hope I never have to do that again .”
Cheer up ! It doesn’t have to be that bad . Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speech making . Ask yourself the purpose of your speech . What is the occasion ? Why are you speaking ? Then , gather as many facts as you can on your subject . Spend plenty of time doing your research . Then spend plenty of time organizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow . Use as many examples as possible , and use pictures , charts , and graphs if they will help you make your points more clearly . Never forget your audience . Don’t talk over their heads , and don’t talk down to them . Treat your audience with respect . They will appreciate your thoughtfulness .
Just remember : be prepared . Know your subject , your audience , and the occasion . Be brief . Say what you have to say and then stop . And be yourself . Let your personality come through so that you make person-to-person contact with your audience .
If you follow these simple steps , you’ll see that you don’t have to be afraid of public speaking . In fact , you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches! You’re not convinced yet ? Give it a try and see what happens .
1.The main idea of this article is______________ .
A.you can improve your speaking ability B.a poor speaker can never change
C.always make a short speech D.it is hard to make a speech
2.Paragraph 2 implies that______________ .
A.many people are afraid of giving a speech
B.many people are happy to give a speech
C.many people do not prepare for a speech
D.many people talk too long
3.The phrase “talk over their heads” means______________.
A.speak too loudly B.look at the ceiling
C.look down upon them D.use words and ideas that are too difficult
4.All of the following statements are true except that______________.
A.few people know how to make good speeches
B.a lecturer does not need to organize his speech
C.research is important in preparing a speech
D.there are simple steps you can take to improve your speaking ability
5.The title for this passage may be ______________.
A.Do Not Make a Long Speech B.How to Give a Good Speech
C.How to Prepare for a Speech D.Try to Enjoy a Speech
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第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
The human body is a living machine , and , like all machines , it needs “fuel” (燃料) to supply it with energy . This is provided by the food we eat . But how much do we need to stay healthy ?
The energy value of food is usually measured in calories . A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1℃. The number of calories people need per day is different , as the pictures show . Also , the number of calories you use at any one moment normally depends on the activity you are in . For example , you need more calories for standing than for sitting , more for running than for walking , and so on .
The energy in food is in the form of three kinds of chemical materials-carbohydrate (碳水化合物), protein(蛋白质)and fat . Carbohydrate provides 3.8 Cal/gm , protein4.0 Cal/gm , and fat 8.8 Cal/gm . Each food contains different amount of these materials , as the round pictures show .
1.The amount of calories supplied by equal amounts of milk , rice , and peanuts is the largest in the case of .
A.milk B.rice C.peanuts D.rice or peanuts
2.Choose one statement from among A-D that agrees with the passage and the pictures above .
A.You need more calories for swimming than for mountain climbing .
B.Food contains energy in the form of carbohydres , proteins and fuel .
C.Different people need different amounts of energy depending on their age , sex and the activities they are in .
D.3 grams of milk provides 16.6 calories because carbohydrate provides 3.8 Cal/gm , protein 4.0 Cal/gm and fat 8.8 Cal/gm .
3.This article mainly tells us ________________.
A.all the energy is in food
B.the human body needs energy
C.the number of calories depends on your activity
D.we must only eat peanuts to get calories
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