— I heard that as many as 100 people were killed in the disaster.
—Yes, ________ news came as ________ shock to me.
A. the; a B. 不填；the C. the; 不填 D. the; the
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My father admitted that when ________ comes to pop music, he had little knowledge of it.
A. he B. that C. this D. it
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The thing that ________ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.
A. considers B. cares C. matters D. minds
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She was nearly well-known to everyone because of the ________ that she played in the film.
A. work B. section C. scene D. role
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. Her health ________ under the pressure of work and she had to stay in hospital for a month.
A. broke up B. broke down C. broke out D. broke away
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The company designed a new car last month and about 500 cars of this type ________ in the
factory next month.
A. were produced B. will produce
C. have been produced D. will be produced
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—Excuse me, do you have the time?
—________.
A. Of course, I have B. No problem C. Yes, I do D. A quarter to ten
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A 3G mobile phone, ________ to be most useful and fashionable, is popular with some teenagers.
A. consider B. considering C. considered D. to be considered
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— Mike is often absent from class.
— Tell him he ________ answer for it if he goes on behaving like that.
A. shall B. will C. would D. can
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________ she tells him the truth now, he'll simply keep on asking her until she does.
A. Unless B. Once C. If D. Immediately
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—Mum, I’ve got a headache.
—You ________ long, dear. Go out and take a break.
A. had read B. have been reading C. are reading D. read
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I shall never forget the days ________ I spent in Beijing University, ________ has a great effect on my life.
A. that; which B. which; that C. when; that D. when; which
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—Shall we phone Mary and say sorry to her?
—________ It was our fault.
A. No way. B. Why not? C. Not at all. D. Not possible.
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There is nothing more I can try ________ you to stay, so I wish you good luck.
A. persuading B. to be persuaded C. to persuade D. persuading
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It is none of your business ________ other people think about you. Believe yourself.
A. which B. what C. how D. when
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Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun 36 — to draw a picture of somebody or something for which they were 37. When the students 38
their assignment, she found most of them drew some pictures of their family, teachers, friends or neighbors.
Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a 39 boy. He didn’t act the same as others. He always seemed to be shy and sad. He 40 played with other children during the break 41 they kindly invited him to. Lucy treated him very well. She always helped him and 42 him to be confident. Yes, his picture was different. He just drew a 43 . Nothing else. His abstract image 44 the imagination of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother’s hand, for mother’s hand gives children warmth and 45. Another child guessed it was a police officer’s hand, because the police 46 people and care for people. And so the discussion 47 .
When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas’ desk, 48 down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy murmured, “It’s 49 , teacher.” Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was 50 and felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She 51 how often she had said to him, “Take my 52 , Douglas. We’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.”
The story speaks of 53 thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship. They might not always say “54 ” out, but they’ll remember the hand that you 55 out to give them love and be grateful to you always.
1... A. assignment B. question C. suggestion D. solution
2.. A. sorry B. regretful C. thankful D. responsible
3.. A. gave in B. handed in C. put off D. called off
4... A. strong B. kind C. different D. humorous
5... A. often B. usually C. seldom D. ever
6... A. because B. though C. as D. since
7... A. encouraged B. discouraged C. cheered D. praised
8... A. hand B. face C. ear D. leg
9.. A. reduced B. ruined C. inspired D. used
10... A. comfort B. praise C. sorrow D. coldness
11... A. search B. question C. meet D. protect
12... A. ended B. succeeded C. continued D. failed
13... A. broke B. pulled C. looked D. bent
14... A. his B. yours C. my mother’s D. my father’s
15... A. disappointed B. annoyed C. tired D. touched
16... A. forgot B. regretted C. recalled D. understood
17... A. hand B. book C. lesson D. gift
18... A. rather than B. more than C. anything but D. nothing but
19... A. I’m sorry B. Take care C. I’m all right D. Thank you
20... A. get B. reach C. put D. make
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Word Power
Author(s): Kaplan $13.95
You’ll never be at a loss for words again. Energize your vocabulary with must-know everyday words that are the essentials of a good vocabulary, engaging lessons to help you use words in text, hot words often found on tests, tips to help you figure out new words, roots, and more.
Grades: 8 & up Ages: 13 & up
Word Smart Junior
Author(s): Russell Stauffer $ 17.95
Now this is the way to add new words to your vocabulary! Word Smart Junior will make you laugh so much. You’ll be amazed that you’ve just learned more than 120 fascinating and very useful words! Parents, teachers, and friends will marvel at your eloquence (口才)!
Grades: 3-5 Ages: 8-10
Grammar Smart Junior
Author(s): Marcia Reynolds $ 16.85
Do you quake when your teacher says, “Now it’s time for grammar”? Do your verbs agree with your subjects?
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Grades: 7-9 Ages: 12-14
Grammar Smart: An Audio Guide to Perfect Usage
Author(s): Julian Fleisher $ 12.68
The words you use say a lot about you … but the way you put them together says even more. Your grammar makes an immediate and lasting impression on your teachers, and even your friends. So don’t make the mistake of thinking that grammar is too complicated. We’ve created Grammar Smart to help you write and speak with clarity and confidence.
Grades: 6-8 Ages: 11-13
1..
If a ten-year-old boy wants himself to be admired because of his speech ability, he may buy ________.
A. Word Power B. Word Smart Junior
C. Grammar Smart Junior D. Grammar Smart: An Audio Guide to Perfect Usage
2..
By saying “You’ll finally know your grammar backwards and forwards”, the writer means “________”.
A. You will be clearly familiar with grammar
B. You will know the history of grammar
C. You will know the make-up of grammar
D. You will learn about the future of grammar
3..
The four books are all about ________.
A. fiction and mysteries B. parenting and teaching
C. literature and arts D. language study
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One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like "I was wrong about that," and it is even harder to say, "I was wrong, and you were right about that."
I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighbourhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg boxes. Then he related an incident and I began to remember vaguely the incident he was describing.
I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have found my way to the dairy food department where the incident took place.
There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen boxes. The boxes were stacked three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of boxes. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to work.
The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my knees inspecting some of the boxes to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as if I was the culprit (做错事的人). He severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I tried to explain it wasn’t me who had broken them, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, obviously the manager did not.
1..
. How old was the author when he wrote this article?
A. About 8. B. About 18. C. About 23. D. About 15.
2..
Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of boxes?
A. The author. B. The manager. C. A woman. D. The author's mother.
3..
. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. The woman who knocked off the stacks of boxes was seriously criticized by the manager.
B. The author was severely criticized by the manager.
C. A woman carelessly knocked off the stacks of boxes.
D. It was the author who put the display back together.
4..
. The tone of the article expresses the author's ________.
A. regret for the mistake he made in the store
B. admiration for the manager's willingness to admit mistakes
C. anger against the woman who knocked off the stacks of boxes
D. anger to the manager for his wrong accusation
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One Saturday afternoon in February, 1943, a farmer in Mexico stopped working for a moment and looked across his fields of corn. Suddenly he saw a thin line of white smoke curling up out of his field, about 200 feet from where he stood. As he went toward the smoke to see what it was, he heard a strange noise. The line of smoke became bigger. It looked as if some great force were pushing it up into the sky.
The farmer rushed home to get his wife. While he was urging his wife to hurry from the house, the earth shook violently. When he stood up after the earth stopped shaking, he looked across the field and saw that great flames were rising from his cornfield. A volcano was being born!
They hurried across the shaking earth to the village of Particutin, which was toward their farm. They found the village was seriously destroyed and the road from the village was filled with frightened people hurrying to safety.
Particutin did not become dark that night. The volcano lighted up the sky for miles around. Flames rushed out of the ground. The volcano threw hot stones a thousand feet through the air. Great explosion shook the earth and heavy black ashes fell from the sky, covering the roofs in Mexico city, 180 miles away.
But that was not all. On the third evening a float of lava（火山岩）began to boil up from the centre of the volcano. It came over the edge in a heavy flow, 2,000 feet wide, and travelled slowly across the valley, bringing certain death to everything that could not move from its path.
1..
. From the passage we can conclude EXCEPT that ________.
A. the volcano threw out a lot of ashes and hot stones
B. the volcano lasted several days
C. many people had to escape from the village
D. it caused many deaths and great loss
2..
. You can find the passage in a ________.
A. newspaper B. government report
C. leaflet for travellers D. handbook
3..
. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. At the beginning the farmer heard a strange cry.
B. The farmer was working in the field when the disaster happened.
C. The farmer’s wife was working in the field at that moment.
D. The village was badly damaged.
4..
What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. The damage of a volcano. B. A terrible volcano.
C. An unforgettable memory. D. A farmer’s experience.
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Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realise you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment—without buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will disturb you with usual greetings, "Can I help you, sir?" Of course you may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. However, when he has led you there, the assistant should retire carefully and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.
You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.
1..
. Which may not be included in the writer's experiences while he is in a bookshop?
A. Getting relaxed without buying a book.
B. Quarrelling with the shop assistant.
C. Buying other books instead of those he wanted.
D. Forgetting some important appointment.
2..
. What does the writer mean by saying "time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable"?
A. You may free yourself from the real life.
B. Reading is free of charge there.
C. There is nobody disturbing you there.
D. You can enter without any certain reason.
3..
What does the underlined word engrossed most probably mean in the first paragraph?
A. Lost. B. Forbidden. C. Puzzled. D. Impressed.
4..
. The writer wrote the passage in order to ________.
A. suggest a good way of running a bookshop
B. encourage people to do some reading in bookshops
C. share his experience in bookshops
D. give some advice on buying books in a bookshop
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Let children learn to judge their work. 71 If corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. 72 They learn to do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle, compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes.
But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. 73 we act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. 74 Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work?75 Let the children learn what all educated people must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, and how to know what they know or do not know.
A. Children learn to do all the other things in the same way.
B. Let him correct his own papers.
C. Point out his mistakes.
D. We do it all for him.
E. We allow him to learn from other children.
F. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time.
G. Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer.
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英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下小短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧ ），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
3．必须按答题要求做题。否则不给分。
Dear Andy,
I am glad to learn from that you are coming to China and will stay at my home. My parents and I are very pleasing to have you with me. Now let me tell you that we have arranged for you. I know the school would organize a lot of things for you do in the morning. In the afternoon, I’ll show you around and take you to some place of interest. We’ll mostly stay at home in the evening watch TV, playing games, and meeting people. I’m sure we’ll have a wonderful time or enjoy each other’s company.
I’m looking forward very much to meet you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Zhao Mei
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