At the class meeting the students discussed three different _______ to the study of English.
A．means B．approaches C．methods D．ways
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It’s better to express your anger ______ bottle it up.
A．more than B．other than C．rather than D．or rather
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If law and order as well as rules and regulations ______, neither the citizen nor his property is safe.
A．are not observed B．is not observed
C．were not observed D．was not observed
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--- Did you return the book you borrowed from Tom?
--- Yes, I gave it to him ______ I saw him.
A．for the moment B．the moment C．for a moment D．at the moment
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I was caught in the traffic jam this morning; ______, I would have come on time.
A．otherwise B．besides C．however D．therefore
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______ helping the situation, you’ve just make it worse.
A．Except for B．Along with C．Apart from D．Far from
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Don’t lend them the car --- they are taking ______ of you.
A．advantage B．notice C．photo D．control
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--- How about your new book?
--- It won’t be long before it ______.
A．publish B．come out C．give out D．take out
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It is the first time I ______ this kind of music.
A．heard B．am hearing C．have heard D．had heard
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---How did you _____ the old valuable house?
---It used to be _____my uncle. He left it to me in his will.
A．take possession of ; in possession of
B．take the possession of ; in the possession of
C．take possession of ; in the possession of
D．take the possession of; in possession of
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The newly-discovered star was named _____a Chinese astronomer _____ honor of his contributions to astronomy.
A．for; in B．after; for C．as; in D．after; in
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---What’s the matter with your boyfriend?
---I can’t stand _____when he often ignores me and talks with other girls.
A．one B．that C．him D．it
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Reciting does much good in language learning and it _____helps to learn science subjects better.
A．on the contrary B．in turn C．by chance D．in return
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The new comers found it impossible to _____themselves to the climate to make permanent homes in the new countries.
A．suit B．adopt C．adapt D．match
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---Please sit down and have a break. You have been working for three hours.
---No, thank you. _____.
A．I am not a little tired B．I am not in the least tired
C．You go ahead please D．I’ll stop and rest together with you
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Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __36__ play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed, __37__ she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively. __38__ she stopped, he asked, “Is there __39__ else?” Dahlia added more details and began __40__ bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia __41__ talking, he said, “It must __42__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia __43__ her father’s embrace（拥抱）and support as she cried __44__ more in his arms. Then as __45__ as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and __46__ announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are __47__ a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I __48__ ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be __49__ to me. ”
Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __50__ her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __51__ her own?
There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that __52__ : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __53__ attention and took her seriously as she __54__ her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated（证实）the feelings she __55__ . And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.
1. A．hardly B．seldom C．ever D．never
2. A．so B．but C．and D．then
3. A．Before B．When C．While D．Since
4. A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
5. A．crying B．running C．talking D．saying
6. A．kept B．started C．stopped D．hated
7. A．hurt B．ache C．injure D．wound
8. A．got B．received C．accepted D．admitted
9. A．many B．some C．any D．no
10. A．soon B．quickly C．suddenly D．fast
11. A．surprisingly B．angrily C．sadly D．cheerfully
12. A．building B．buying C．making D．repairing
13. A．shouldn’t B．won’t C．daren’t D．can’t
14. A．polite B．cruel C．rude D．nice
15. A．get over B．get away C．get along D．get through
16. A．for B．on C．by D．in
17. A．did B．followed C．went D．worked
18. A．full B．incomplete C．half D．undivided
19. A．sent out B．threw out C．put out D．poured out
20. A．expressed B．showed C．said D．strengthened
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Divorces in Japan have more than doubled, according to health ministry statistics. One in three Japanese marriages now ends in divorce.
Atsuko Okano was in one of those failed marriages. Three years ago, she found herself alone in her 30s, with children to raise and a future full of question marks and social shame. But she also saw an opening, and became an advisor helping people like herself.
“My husband was cheating on me,” she recalled. ‘I did everything to bring him back to me but it didn’t work, so I dumped him.” Such frankness is a major characteristic of Japan’s recently divorced.
Divorced people – particularly woman – have long been looked down upon in Japan, where self-sacrifice and family stability are regarded as ideals. In the past, bored housewives remained bored. The security of the family unit was the most important thing. Now, young Japanese are increasingly choosing satisfaction in life over the demands of tradition, and more woman are financially independent. As a result, Japanese divorce rates are flying. Experts attribute this to the erosion of a long-standing double standard that granted divorced men respectability, but branded(gave somebody a bad name) divorced women as damaged goods.
Over the past decade, growing numbers of highly educated and successful professional women have challenged that assumption(something taken for granted) by turning their backs on unhappy marriages and paying no attention to the taboo（禁忌）of divorce. The majority of divorce behavior now is started by women.
1.This passage mainly talks about the fact that nowadays Japanese women _________.
A．are granted respectability after they get divorced
B．are becoming brave enough to challenge the taboo of divorce
C．still consider the security of the family unit to be very important
D．are becoming more financially independent
2.It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Atsuko Okano __________.
A．had some children to raise
B．was very confident with her future
C．was not greatly respected by Japanese society
D．might have found a job to help divorced people
3.The underlined word “dumped” in paragraph 3 probably means _________.
A．looked down upon
B．had a quarrel with
C．hated
D．divorced
4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the reason for rising rate of Japanese divorces?
A．Self-sacrifice and family stability are not much appreciated in Japan as before.
B．More women can support themselves financially.
C．Divorced men and women can quickly find their new partners
D．Young Japanese care more about satisfaction in life than their elders did.
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She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.
The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre museum(卢浮宫博物馆)where it is housed.
“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed the changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state.
Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision(视觉)is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”
However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519.
In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later.
During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.
Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.
1.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means the Mona Lisa ________.
A．is losing its value
B．is being damaged after so many years
C．is getting more valuable with years passing
D．will rot away
2.Experts haven’t any repairs on the Mona Lisa because______.
A．it is now in a poor chemical state
B．they don’t know how to replace the wooden panel
C．they don’t have the materials Da Vinci used
D．they are afraid it will be done further damage.
3.The smile of the Mona Lisa can only be seen_______.
A．by indirect vision
B．at a distance
C．by direct vision
D．in shadows
4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that______.
A．many interesting stories have been written about the Mona Lisa
B．people are interested in the stories about the Mona Lisa.
C．some mysteries still remain to be solved about the Mona Lisa.
D．Many more stories will be told about the Mona Lisa.
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There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external (外在的) result or a product that can easily be identified and measured．The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language—all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts．
By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way．The process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feelings people have , and their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties．In this process, the journey never really ends；there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept．
In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first．How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to grow．Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and be more open to unfamiliar experiences．Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and we think we are slow to adapt change or that we’re not smart enough to deal with a new challenge．Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all．
These feelings of insecurity (不安全) and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow．If we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing．We become trapped inside a shell of our own making．
1.In the author’s eye, one who views personal growth as a process would ______．
A．succeed in climbing up the social ladder
B．grow up from his own achievements
C．face difficulties and take up challenges
D．aim high and reach his goal each time
2.Which of the following can be viewed as the process of personal growing?
A．Our manager was always willing to accept new challenges．
B．Jane won the first prize in the speech competition．
C．Jerry picked up French during his stay in Paris．
D．Father’s salary rose from 5, 000 to 7,000．
3.For personal growth, the author is in favor of all the following EXCEPT _______．
A．being curious about more changes
B．being quick in self-adaptation
C．having an open mind to new experiences
D．staying away from failures and challenges
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．It is not so easy to measure personal growth
B．To try and fail on the new road facing the unknown is unavoidable
C．There are only two ways to see a person’s growth
D．If you are too shy to take any risks in life, you cannot grow up
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Forest guards in western India are using cell phones with ringtones of cows mooing, goats bleating and roosters crowing to attract leopards that have wandered into human settlements, officials said on Monday.
The wild cats in the state of Gujarat often get into villages near forests in search of food, say officials, adding that this results in attacks on people. But rather than use methods such as live bait(诱惑物) like goats tied to trees to lure the leopards, which then fall into large pits dug by guards, officials say they have found a safer method to trap the cats.
“The moos of a cow, bleating of a goat from the phone has proved effective to trap leopards,” said D. Vasani, a senior forest official in Gujarat. “This trick works.” Vasani said forest guards have downloaded the sounds of over a dozen animals as ringtones on their mobiles which they attach to speakers and fix behind a cage. They then play the ringtone continuously for up to two hours until the curious leopard appears and moves into the cage looking for its easy meal.
At least five leopards have so far been lured from villages since the new ringtone method was introduced three months ago. The cats have all been released back into forest areas.
Wildlife activists welcomed the new initiative saying that previous methods of trapping the cats using pits often resulted in the animals getting injured.
1.What can be the best title of the passage?
A．Cell Phones to Hunt Animals
B．Practical Uses of Cell Phones
C．Wildlife and New Technology
D．Phone Ringtones to Catch Leopards
2.Forest guards in India try to catch leopards mainly because ______.
A．leopards attack villagers
B．they want leopard fur
C．leopards attack animals
D．they have new ringtones
3.What will be needed to trap the leopards using the new method?
① cell phones ②animals ③ sounds of animals ④ cages ⑤large pits
A．①②③④ B．①③④ C．①④⑤ D．②③⑤
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With your workload growing, you may be telling yourself a vacation is one luxury you can’t afford. ________1. A vacation allows you the opportunity to recharge your physical and motional batteries, disconnect from everyday concerns, and return to work rested and refreshed. Some facts have proved employees are more productive after a vacation than before one. Here are some tips for you to plan your vacation to make sure that your time away from the office is worry free.
Time is right. A Robert Half survey shows that July and August are the most favorable months for employees to take a break because these months offer ideal beach weather and many businesses slow down during this time. ________2. For instance, if a big task is planned for the summer, you may consider postponing your trip until the fall.
Ask others for assistance. ________3. Your supervisor can help you determine who is the most qualified for a particular task.
Let your contacts know. Give colleagues and customers you frequently work with a few weeks’ notice before you start off. ________4.
Conduct a technical review. Before you leave, make sure there is plenty of room in your e-mail inbox so you don’t exceed (超越) your storage limit while you’re out of the office, which might prevent you from sending messages when you return. ________5.
In short, taking vacation is necessary and beneficial for your job. But you must plan your vacation properly in order to work free and worry free on holiday.
A．Ask trusted colleagues to handle your projects while you’re away.
B．A summertime beach vacation includes so much more than what you desire these days.
C．But the truth is that you can’t afford not to take one.
D．This will give them enough time to plan for your absence.
E. Also make sure passwords won’t expire(期满) while you are away.
F. What’s more, find your pet a temporary home when you are on vacation.
G. When planning your vacation, remember to take into account any activity that your department will be focused on during that time.
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短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
Recently I read an article in a magazine. It was of a mother who was worried about his son just because of he always kept his hair long. The mother thought that was not right, but the son felt there was nothing unusually about it. Different generations have different opinions on the same thing. That is what is meaning by “ the generation gap”. We can see them in our daily lives. Most of our parents like listening to old song while young people prefer pop songs. Every time my father finds me listen to rock music, he always shouted, “Shut it off. It’s awful!” How can we deal the generation gap?
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目前地球面临水资源危机， 请你以Global Shortage of Fresh Water 为题，根据以下提示写一篇短文。
提示：1. 人们以为淡水是取之不尽的（雨水，河水，井水……）
2. 实际上淡水是非常紧缺的（人口增加，工业用水增加，污染……）
3. 人类应该怎么办？
注意：
1.词数100左右。
2.可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
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