How did the man come to work?
A. By car. B. By bike. C. By bus.
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What does the woman want?
A. Coffee. B. Tea. C. Juice.
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What are the speakers most probably?
A. Students. B. Doctors. C. Teachers.
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Where is the bookstore?
A. Behind the bank. B. Next to the bank. C. Far from the bank.
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Where can the man buy the stamps?
A. At Window No. 1. B. At Window No. 2. C. At Window No. 3.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Why does the man want to go to Chicago?
A. To go on business.
B. To pick up his brother.
C. To attend his brother’s wedding.
2.Which flight will the man take in the end?
A. The 7:30 flight. B. The 9:00 flight. C. The 11:00 flight.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In the woman’s home. B. In a restaurant. C. In the man’s home.
2.What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Bring his wife next time. B. Teach his wife to cook. C. Have more soup.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What is the woman’s problem?
A. She can’t find the pictures.
B. She can’t decide which country to visit.
C. She doesn’t know how to do her homework.
2.What is the man’s suggestion for the woman?
A. Taking a trip. B. Writing about a trip. C. Drawing some pictures.
3.Why does the man have to leave?
A. He’s not feeling well.
B. He has to write his articles.
C. He’s going to pack his bags.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Neighbors. B. Husband and wife. C. Boss and secretary.
2.What does Buster often do?
A. Wait for the man in the park.
B. Walk with Lily to school.
C. Play with the woman.
3.What is the woman’s dog’s name?
A. Spot. B. Ben. C. Forest.
4.Why does Buster usually go to Mr. Johnson’s yard?
A. To find food.
B. To be with Mr. Johnson.
C. To run after a cat.
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.When did the robbery (抢劫) happen?
A. At 9:00 on Tuesday morning.
B. On Thursday afternoon.
C. At 9:00 on Wednesday morning.
2.What did the man look like?
A. He was thin. B. He was short. C. He was fat.
3.What did the speaker plan to do the next day afternoon?
A. Borrow some money.
B. Meet a policeman.
C. See a film.
4.Why was the speaker very happy?
A. The film was worth watching.
B. He got $ 100 from the bank.
C. He bought the delicious chocolate.
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We offer some kinds of courses. Each course has been designed to help students according to their needs.
Course 1: High School ESL
Why not make the most of your time studying in Australia with the help from TIES? We have High School ESL classes each week specifically designed for international students. Tuesday to Friday: 10:00 am to 12:00 am, $25 per hour.
Course 2: One on One
If you are interested in some One on One lessons with TIES teachers, we can design a course to meet your needs. One on One lessons can improve your English language skills more quickly and help students who want to take TOEFL. Tuesday to Friday: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, $ 80 per hour.
Course 3: General English
General English is designed to develop students’ basic communication skills in speaking and pronunciation, reading, listening, writing, grammar and vocabulary. Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 am to 11:00 am, $ 288 per week.
Course 4: Night Classes
Do you want to improve your English and get the best possible results in your GRE test? We have two night classes each week designed to meet your needs. Tuesday and Thursday evenings: 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm, $60 per day.
1.Which course is for students who come abroad?
A. Course 1. B. Course 2.
C. Course 3. D. Course 4.
2.What time is suitable if students want to develop their basic communication skills?
A. At 10:00 pm on Tuesday. B. At 10:00 am on Wednesday.
C. At 3:00 pm on Friday. D. At 9:30 pm on Thursday.
3.A person wanting to take night classes for two weeks should pay ________.
A. $50 B. $160 C. $ 240 D. $576
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Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758, in the West Division of Hartford. At that time, few people went to college, but Noah loved to learn so his parents let him go to Yale, Connecticut’s only college. He left for New Haven in 1774. Noah’s years at Yale were the years of the Revolutionary War.
Sometimes 70 children of all ages were in one-room schoolhouses with no desks, poor books, and untrained teachers. Noah did not like that. Their books came from England. Noah thought that Americans should learn from American books, so in 1783, Noah wrote his own textbook: A Grammatical Institute of the English Language.
For 100 years, Noah’s book taught children how to read, spell, and pronounce words. It was the most popular American book of its time. Ben Franklin used Noah’s book to teach his granddaughter to read.
When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently. He thought that all Americans should speak the same way. He also thought that Americans should not speak and spell just like the English. Noah used American spellings like “color” instead of the English “colour”, “music” instead of “musick” and “center” instead of “centre”. He also added American words that weren’t in English dictionaries like “skunk” and “squash”. It took him over 27 years to write his book. When finished in 1828, Noah’s dictionary had 70,000 words in it.
Noah did many things in his life. He worked for copyright laws, wrote textbooks, Americanized the English language, and edited (编辑) magazines. When Noah Webster died in 1843, he was regarded an American hero.
1.How old was Noah Webster when he went to New Haven?
A. 13 B. 16 C. 20 D. 25
2.How did Noah Webster like American schools in the 1770s?
A. It was impressive. B. It was unusual.
C. It was great. D. It was dissatisfying.
3.Why did Noah write the first American dictionary?
A. He was asked to do it by Ben Franklin.
B. He didn’t like the words used in English dictionaries.
C. He wanted all Americans to speak the same way.
D. He was aware of the fact that the dictionary would make him famous.
4.What can we infer from the text?
A. Noah was a most productive author.
B. Noah studied in Hartford during the Revolutionary War.
C. There had been no books before Noah wrote his textbook.
D. Noah was thought of a hero because of his first American dictionary.
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Ottawa is the capital of Canada. It is the second largest city in Ontario and the fourth largest city in the country.
The Centre Block is the main building on Parliament Hill (国会山). There also stand several ceremonial spaces, such as the Hall of Honor and the Memorial Chamber. The present Centre Block is the second copy of the building, after the first was undermined by a big fire in 1916, and it is one of the most recognizable buildings in Canada.
Downtown Ottawa is the commercial and economic centre of the city. Most of the buildings are office towers. While most of Ottawa’s high tech industry is based elsewhere, it has an important presence in the downtown center. The downtown also contains a number of apartments, hotels, and the older single family homes and townhouses along its edges (边缘).
The National Gallery of Canada is one of Canada’s earliest art galleries. The Gallery has a large and varied collection of paintings, drawings, sculpture and photographs. Although its focus is on Canadian art, it also holds works by some well-known American and European artists.
The Rideau Canal is the oldest continuously operated canal (运河) system in North America. At the very beginning, it was used to provide a safe supply and communication route between Montreal and the British naval (海军的) base in Kingston. It remains in use today mainly for people to boat and enjoy themselves, with most of its original structures undamaged. The locks on the system open for navigation (航海) in mid-May and close in mid-October.
1.What does the underlined word “undermined” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Destroyed. B. Overcome. C. Completed. D. Checked.
2.What are the main collections of the National Gallery of Canada?
A. Paintings from Europe. B. Sculpture and photographs.
C. Drawings by American artists. D. Artworks by Canadian artists.
3.The Rideau Canal at present is mainly used for ________.
A. public transportation B. pleasure boating
C. safe supply D. communication route
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A. Reasons for Visiting Ottawa B. The Long History of Ottawa
C. Some Famous Places in Ottawa D. An Unforgettable Trip to Ottawa
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As most people know, in the last few years, sandstorms have swept across many cities and areas of North China, polluting the air and disturbing daily lives of human beings. People look dirty and suffer many kinds of illnesses, such as breath difficulty. The sandstorm is such a serious problem that it has not only weakened the industrial and agricultural development of our country but also caused a lot of trouble to the living conditions of the Chinese people.
Therefore, effective measures should be taken as soon as possible to stop its happening. So how should we deal with the frightening sandstorms?
Some experts offer practical advice as follows: For one thing, more money ought to be put into tree planting and forest protection in order to keep more water on the Earth. For another, government of all countries should make laws on environment protection. For example, banning the use of throw-away chopsticks and punishing illegal tree cutting. Scientists should also study and find ways to lower the grade of its destruction and to improve the environment. As for some schools, education about sandstorms should be spread properly and timely to make more and more people attach great importance to this problem.
How people look forward to sunny days with soft wind touching their faces now and forever! The golden days can come back so long as we try our best to protect the natural environment from today on. And the fact is that what I expect is not just a dream. There are some sweet fruits from the early efforts.
1.What’s the first paragraph mainly about?
A. Bad influences sandstorms bring.
B. Ways to protect the environment.
C. The biggest cause of sandstorms.
D. The fast development of China.
2.How many ways to deal with sandstorms are mentioned by some experts?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
3.What can we infer from the text?
A. The damage sandstorms cause can never be avoided.
B. The author has confidence in fighting against sandstorms.
C. The author is unsure about the future of the environment.
D. The improvement of the environment is especially relaxing.
4.What will the author probably write about in the following part?
A. Why people should always carry on with dreams.
B. A bright world with no sandstorms anymore.
C. How to realize our dream to live a happy life.
D. Successful examples of stopping sandstorms.
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Four Habits to Help You Succeed Everyone hopes to be successful, whether it’s in losing weight or learning the piano. For those who have tried and failed, success seems hard to understand. 1. I’ve made a list of habits to help you set goals and achieve them.
Identify your key values.
Finding your key values is in line with (符合) creating inner intention. Sit and think about what you value most. Pick some things and actually write them down.2. Then think about whether you are honoring those values through your work.
Pick a goal and concentrate on it.
Choose one goal to start something large enough that will give you a sense of achievement, while adjusting well to your core values.3. The more focused you are on one goal, the higher chance you have of success. If you perform many tasks at a time, you might never finish your projects because they will take far too long.
4.
Set a date for success. Identify when you hope to achieve your goal. Keep it realistic, while not giving you too much time. By setting a time limit, you are making the process more real.
Stick to your goal.
Failure can’t be avoided when you take risks. By its very definition (定义), the desire to succeed means you are risking failure. Many people tend to give up far too early. Don’t fail into this trap! Remember your goal earlier. Know it will happen. A failure is only you working out the details, and learning what works and what doesn’t. Use failure.5.
A. Focus is key here.
B. Make the right decision.
C. Set a deadline for success.
D. Treat it as a good thing, and move on!
E. Remind yourself of your values every day.
F. Push yourself to be courageous, and take that next step.
G. Why does one person succeed while another person fails?
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One afternoon, as I was driving back home, I stopped at a busy crossing as the traffic light turned red. I waited _______ for the light to turn green.
Suddenly, an old woman _______ and started asking for money. That day, I had unknowingly _______ the air conditioner in the car and my window was down. The old woman was _______ very close to my car. As she begged, I closely _______ her weather-beaten face, which had lots of wrinkles (皱纹) on it. Her eyes showed lots of sadness and her _______ body was shaking. I _______ that there was no one to _______ after her, which forced her to beg on the streets.
Seeing her condition, I immediately felt from within my being a huge surge (凶涌) of _______ for her. It was coming deep from within my ________. I normally gave change to ________. However, that day my inner self strongly urged me that I give her something substantial (大量的)________ she could have a good ________ that evening.
Without any hesitation, I took ________ a substantial amount from my wallet and ________ it in her hand. Her weather-beaten face lit up with a toothless ________ and she blessed (祝福) me and went on her way. In the meantime the traffic light had turned green, and it was time to ________ on.
As I drove back home I felt within myself a sense of joy and ________ surging through me because I was able to do something for ________ one person on this planet. Her blessings will be one of the most treasured ________ in my life.
1.A. patiently B. partly C. sadly D. curiously
2.A. wandered B. appeared C. escaped D. removed
3.A. settled down B. gave away C. picked out D. turned off
4.A. lying B. chatting C. standing D. sitting
5.A. touched B. observed C. got D. mixed
6.A. whole B. particular C. broad D. familiar
7.A. convinced B. achieved C. admired D. sensed
8.A. run B. take C. look D. go
9.A. manner B. pity C. respect D. terror
10.A. heart B. head C. hand D. leg
11.A. poets B. customers C. kids D. beggars
12.A. even though B. as if C. so that D. in case
13.A. life B. meal C. attitude D. digest
14.A. out B. of C. on D. in
15.A. awarded B. produced C. threw D. placed
16.A. hunger B. anger C. smile D. shock
17.A. rely B. move C. defend D. switch
18.A. happiness B. excitement C. forgiveness D. attraction
19.A. at ease B. by accident C. in use D. at least
20.A. incidents B. topics C. memories D. concepts
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Icebreaker to the North Pole is a new book 1. the well-known Chinese writer Bi Shumin. It describes her special trip to the North Pole last year.
Longing to go to the North Pole, she always heard about it when she was young. Bi, now in her 60s, has at last realized the dream to see it for 2. (she).
“This dream was hidden in my heart by myself in the past. It gradually became dusty, but it never disappeared.3. I dreamed has finally come true.” Up to now, Bi 4. (travel) to 73 countries worldwide. Besides the North Pole, she made a trip to Easter Island, which is around 3,700 kilometres off the western coast of Chile. In the same year, she went to the South Pole. And she intends 5. (go) to other places in the near future.
As a writer 6. (show) a great interest in travel, Bi thinks traveling 7. (be) a part of our life. She also believes it is 8. only way to see different cultures and histories.
“If the view is the same every day, we will easily become 9. (bore). But if we go to a strange place, we will soon enter a condition of experiencing and thinking about different cultures. Travelling gives me much 10. (free).”
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I had an amazed experience last Spring Festival. On the second day of the holiday, it was snowing heavily but we had a very important relative to visit, which lived in a distant mountain village. We had to taking risks to drive on our journey. The road was bad, but they arrived safely.
The family welcomed us warm. We were treated with good dinner. Later in the afternoon, after saying goodbye, we start back home.
Sadly, our car was stuck in the snow halfway and wouldn’t moved. Just then, two villager walked by and offered to push our car. Their helping us out of made our trip unforgettable.
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假定你是李华，你所在学校的英语倶乐部(English Club)将举行一个英语晚会，你准备邀请你的外国朋友Jack一同参加。请根据下列要点提示给Jack写一封信。
1. 时间与地点：本周四6:30—8:30学校会议厅；
2. 内容:英语歌舞表演、英语游戏；
3. 可以结交新朋友。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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