—Could I speak to Miss Smith, please?
—______． She’s gone to the post office．
A．I’m afraid not B．I think so C．Certainly you can. D．I’m not sure．
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
I don’t think she will come to the meeting on time, ______?
A．do I B．do you C．will she D．won’t she
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
I simply couldn’t understand how it _____ that you did so much work within such a short time．
A．came about B．came back C．came up D．came along
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
—Do you have _____ trouble finishing the work?
—The work is not so difficult as you think． We have finished it already．
A．much B．any C．some D．no
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
They considered ______a computer, which was considered ______a great help in their work．
A．to buy; to be B．buying; being C．to buy; being D．buying; to be
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
I still remember the house _____my mother and I used to stay in that evening．
A．where B．which C．in that D．the one
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
I prefer studying English at home ______the match
A．to watching B．to watch
C．rather than watch D．rather than to watch
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
The arrival of the European settlers had a great________on the life of the Native Americans.
A．fault B．change C．effect D．result.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
______ surprised the hostess most is _______ one of her friends left the party without saying a word.
A．What, what B．What, that C．That, that D．That, what
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
Some people get in touch with each other by mobile phones__________ others keep contact with each other by e-mail.
A．when B．before C．while D．since
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
__________knowledge comes from practice is known to all.
A．If B．What C．Where D．That
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
— Should I talk in English or French?
— Do as you _________ . We understand both.
A．think B．please C．care D．feel
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
In face of failure, it’s the most important to _______ a positive state of mind.
A．pick up B．make up C．keep up D．put up
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
No regular advertiser dare produce anything that fails to stick to the _______ of his advertisement.
A．situation B．level C．text D．promise
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
It won’t be a very long time _________ he is in business for himself.
A．until B．when C．before D．that
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
My First Job
I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula. Okla. 36 the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up old furniture. He gave me a cent for every nail I 37 out of old boards.
I got my first 38 job, at JM’s Restaurant in town, when I was 12. My main responsibilities (职责) were 39 tables and washing dishes, 40 sometimes I helped cook.
Every day after school I would 41 to JM’s and work until ten. Even on Saturdays I 42 from two until eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and 43 my friends run off to swim or play. I didn’t necessarily like work, but I loved what working
44 me to have. Because of my 45 I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Taste Freeze. This made me 46 .
Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working 47 around town. A local clothing store offered me credit (赊帐) 48 I was only in seventh grade. I immediately 49 a $68 sports coat and a $22 pair of shoes. I was 50 only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed(欠) the storekeeper $90! So I learned 51 the danger of easy credit. I paid it 52 as soon as I could.
My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a 53 of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced. As my father, 54 worked three jobs, once told me, “If you 55 sacrifice (奉献) and responsibility, there are not many things in life you can’t have.”How right he was.
1. A．Before B．Within C．From D．By
2. A．pulled B．put C．picked D．pressed
3. A．usual B．real C．main D．particular
4. A．sweeping B．packing C．clearing D．emptying
5. A．or B．so C．but D．even
6. A．head B．turn C．change D．move
7. A．studied B．worked C．played D．slept
8. A．helping B．having C．watching D．letting
9. A．asked B．told C．promised D．allowed
10. A．study B．power C．age D．job
11. A．proud B．friendly C．lucky D．hopeful
12. A．ran B．got C．flew D．carried
13. A．although B．while C．if D．since
14. A．sold B．borrowed C．charged D．wore
15. A．keeping B．making C．paying D．taking
16. A．gradually B．greatly C．hardly D．early
17. A．out B．over C．away D．off
18. A．point B．level C．part D．sign
19. A．he B．that C．who D．whoever
20. A．understand B．demand C．offer D．fear
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
Now I’d like to talk to you about your final exam. The exam will be held next Thursday, the last day of the exam week. Remember to bring two or three pens in case you run out of ink. And unlike the mid-term exam, this test will not include multiple-choice questions; it will consist entirely of essays(文章). You’ll have to answer three of the five essay questions. The exam will be comprehensive (全面的), which means you’ll be responsible for all of the subject matters we covered in class this term, I would suggest you review your mid-term exam as well as textbooks and your class notes. The final exam will count as 50 percent of your grade of the course. The research project (项目) will count as 20 percent and the mid-term exam 30 percent. I’ll be in my office almost all day next Tuesday. If you run into any problems, please drop in. Good luck to you and I’ll see you on Tuesday. （words: 176）
1.What will be included in the exam?
A．There will be only multiple-choice questions.
B．The exam will contain both multiple-choice and essay questions.
C．The exam will have an oral and a written sections.
D．Therewill be only essay questions.
2.Why does the teacher call the exam comprehensive?
A．It will be easy to understand.
B．Students will be tested on all the materials discussed in class.
C．It will cover topics from a wide variety of subjects.
D．Students must complete all parts of it.
3.The underlined phrase run into probably means________.
A．go into B．meet somebody unexpectedly
C．come up against something with force D．come across
4.When was this talk most likely given?
A．During the first week of class B．During mid-term week
C．On the last day of class D．On the last day of the exam week
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a self-effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.
Sometimes you remember things that did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remembered locking it carefully the night before.
Memory “trick” works the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber(理发师) shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barber shop across the street from my office.
We always seem to find something funny in incidents（小事） caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness(心不在焉). Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “trick” of our memory can cause us great trouble. （words: 169）
1.If you want to have a good memory, ________.
A．you should force yourself to remember things
B．you should make a self-effort of practice and exercise
C．you should never stop learning
D．you should try hard to remember things
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．One night the writer forgot to lock the front door.
B．One night the writer forgot having locked the front door.
C．The writer remembered to lock the door.
D．The writer remembered unlocking the front door.
3.From the sentence "We never get tired of hearing new ones", we can infer that______.
A．we enjoy hearing new stories about absent-mindedness of professors
B．we don’t want to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors
C．we will never get rid of（摆脱） listening to new stories about absent-mindedness
D．absent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
Everyone has got two personalities(性格)—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control your behavior, but when you’re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.
If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to upset people, so you never express your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive(不坦率的)person. You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset. You’re very stubborn, but you aren’t very ambitious(有雄心的). You usually live for today not for tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.
If you sleep curled up(卷曲), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive（提防的）. You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You’re easily hurt.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You’re usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t often get depressed（压抑）. You always say what you think even if it annoys people.（words: 278）
1.According to the writer，you naturally show your secret and real personality _______.
A．only in a normal night
B．only when you go to sleep
C．only when you refuse to show yourself to the world
D．only when you change sleeping position
2.Which is NOT mentioned in the second paragraph about a person’s personality?
A．He or she is always open with others.
B．He or she always likes new ideas earlier than others.
C．He or she is always easily upset.
D．He or she tends（倾向） to believe in others.
3.Point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleeping on his or her stomach?
A．He or she is careful not to offend（冒犯） others.
B．He or she doesn’t want to stick to his or her opinion.
C．He or she likes to bring others happiness.
D．He or she can’t be successful in any business.
4.Maybe you don’t want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up. Why?
A．He or she would rather be alone than communicate with you.
B．He or she is rarely ready to help you.
C．He or she prefers staying at home to going out.
D．He or she wouldn’t like to get help from you.
5.It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because __________.
A．he or she always shows sympathy for people
B．he or she is confident，but not stubborn
C．he or she has more strengths than weaknesses
D．he or she often considers annoying people
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
Did you ever look up at the moon and think you saw a man’s face there? When the moon is round and full, the shadows(影子) of the moon mountains and the lines of the moon valleys sometimes seem to show a giant nose and mouth and eyes. At least, some people think so.
If there were a man on the moon—instead of mountains and valleys that just look like the face of a man—what would he be like?
He would not be like anyone you know. He would not be like anyone anybody knows.
If the man on the moon were bothered by too much heat or cold the way Earth people are, he could not stay on the moon.
The moon becomes very, very hot. It becomes as hot as boiling water. And the moon becomes very, very cold. It becomes colder than ice.
Whatever part of the moon the sun shines on is hot and bright. The rest of the moon is cold and dark.
If the man on the moon had to breathe to stay alive, he couldn’t live on the moon because there’s no air there. He’d have to carry an oxygen tank, as astronauts do. There’s no food on the moon, either. Nothing grows—not even weeds（grass）.
If the man on the moon liked to climb mountains, he would be very happy. There are many high places there, such as the raised land around the holes, or craters(火山口), of the moon. Some of these rims are as tall as Earth’s highest mountains.
But if the man on the moon liked to swim, he would be unhappy. There is no water on the moon—just dust and rock.
When you think of what it’s like on the moon, you may wonder why it interests our scientists. One reason is that the moon is Earth’s nearest neighbor—it is the easiest place in space to get to.
Going back and forth between the moon and Earth, astronauts will get a lot of practice in space travel. Things learned on moon trips will be of great help to astronauts who later take long, long trips to some of the planets.
Scientists are also interested in the moon because it has no air. The air that surrounds Earth cuts down the view of the scientists who look at the stars through telescopes. A telescope on the moon would give them a clearer, closer view of the stars.（words: 411）
1.What is the reason why our scientists are interested in the moon.?
A．The moon is beautiful.
B．The moon is different from the earth.
C．The moon is Earth’s nearest neighbor—it is the easiest place in space to get to.
D．The moon is the easiest place in space to get to and it has no air, unlike Earth.
2.The underlined word “rim” in the Paragraph 8 means _________ .
A．ball B．hill C．round edge D．height
3.What is the main thought of the passage?
A．We can learn much from research on the Moon.
B．There may be human beings on the moon.
C．If there were a man on the Moon, there would be many similarities between the man on the Moon and on the Earth.
D．A telescope on the Moon would help scientists have a clearer, closer sight of the stars.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.
Most do not fully see this truth. __1.________ It seems to them that their difficulties represent (stand for) a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
__2.________ Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.__3.________
__4.________ When we desire（希望） to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we ncourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. __5.________ As Benjamin Franklin said, "Those things that hurt, instruct" (应该从痛苦艰辛中学习和获得指示。). It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems. （words: 171）
A．Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure.
B．Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn（谴责） us for failing.
C．It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn.
D．Yet, it is in this whole process（过程） of solving problems that life has its meaning.
E. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy.
F. We don’t know how to make money and participate(join) in problem solving collaboration (合作、协作) groups.
G. What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
Dear Dick,
How nice to hear you again. You want to know that is going on in schools in China? In short, thing have begun to improve from schools were called on to reduce learning load. I don’t know about others, but I used to have to work even at weekends doing endlessly homework and attending classes as well as. Now I have more free time. I can follow your own interests such as reading books, visit museums, and taking computer lessons. In the evening I could watch news on TV or read newspapers. What’s more, I can go to bed earlier. As far as I know, everyone is happy about this new arrange of things.
Best wishes,
Li Hua （words: 121）
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
据报道，在4月20日四川庐山地震中一个名叫高诗琴的女孩身受重伤后，处于极度的痛苦之中。国际红十字会(IRC)决定，每当她收到一封慰问信，就给她增加2美分的治疗款。假如你是她的加拿大笔友Peter，为了帮助她，请你用英文给她写一封慰问信，主要内容应包括
?自我简介
?得知的情况
?表示鼓励
?打算为她做什么
?祝她早日康复
注意：
1.信的格式已为你写好。
2.信中不得出现你的真实情况。
3.词数100左右。
4.请在答题卡上作答。
5.参考词汇：bitter(痛苦) overcome（克服） recover（康复）
Dear Gao Shiqin,
————————————————————————————————————
————————————————————————————————————
————————————————————————————————————
————————————————————————————————————
Yours sincerely,
Peter
难度: 中等查看答案及解析