She stepped on my foot _______, not _______, which made me angry.
A. by chance; on purpose B. on purpose; by chance
C. for purpose; by chance D. by chance; for purpose
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Information has been put forward _______ more middle school graduates will be admitted into universities.
A. where B. as C. when D. that
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The two sportsmen congratulated each other _______ winning the match by shaking hands.
A. with B. on C. in D. to
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By the time he was twelve, Edison _______ to make a living by himself.
A. has begun B. began C. had begun D. had been beginning
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In China, the education is divided into three _______: basic education, higher education and adult education.
A. scores B. categories C. degrees D. trends
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The children ran away from the orchard(果园)________ they saw the guard.
A. for the moment B. by the moment C. the moment D. at the moment
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If I take this medicine twice a day, it should _______ my cold.
A. heat B. cure C. treat D. help
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I remembered my grandma _________ me stories when I was a little child.
A. used to tell B. used to telling C. was used to tell D. is used to telling
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The forest guards often find campfires that have not been _______ completely.
A. turned down B. put out C. put away D. turned over
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The merchant made me promise not to ______ where the goods were hidden.
A. give up B. give away C. get across D. get out
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Jumping out of _______ airplane at ten thousand feet is quite _______ exciting experience.
A. /; / B. /; an C. an; an D. the; the
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_____ was most important to her was her family.
A. It B. This C. What D. As
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A group of firefighters were called in to rescue the woman ______ in a dry well.
A. who trapped B. trapping C. trapped D. to be trapped
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She is going to spend part of her week in Liverpool where she ______ on the beach with her children.
A. is playing B. plays C. will be playing D. has played
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The task _______ by the time you come back.
A. has been completed B. will have been completed C. will complete D. has completed
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Are you still wishing your friends and partners “Happy New Year”? In the first few days of a new year, we say these three words countless times. The ___16___ is that we say them almost without thinking. The result of such a wish is that it ___17___ its meaning and power.
Last month, I ___18___ Dada J P Vaswani’s first speech after his return from the US. The ___19___ of his speech was “In 2012, all will be fine”. While sharing one of his many ___20___ ideas, he said that while “Happy New Year” is a nice greeting, there’s a more beautiful and encouraging way to ___21___ others—“Happy New You!”
Those three ___22___ words show that New Year is a time to leave behind our ___23___ and step forward. It’s the time to renew ourselves by getting rid of the negative things of the past — ___24___, pain and so on. It’s also the right time to give up thoughts of fear and failure.
For those who are ___25___ what to change, Dada has a simple suggestion: write down all the things that you don’t ___26___ about yourself… every single one. They could be small or big, easy or difficult — ___27___ write them all down. Putting them on ___28___ brings clearness of thought, which is the first step towards bringing about any change.
So this New Year, let’s wish each other “Happy New You” and then ___29___ that trend all through the year. Each time you wish others, you will be ___30___ not only them but also yourself to leave behind sadness and the past — because it’s time for being Happy and New.
1.A. mind B. idea C. thought D. problem
2. A. proves B. loses C. hides D. shows
3. A. ruined B. remembered C. attended D. missed
4. A. opinion B. design C. structure D. topic
5. A. beautiful B. funny C. old D. normal
6. A. surprise B. wish C. require D. disappoint
7. A. short B. unusual C. exciting D. new
8.A. friends B. dreams C. wishes D. disappointments
9.A. anger B. calm C. Excitement D. desire
10.A. avoiding B. fearing C. forgetting D. wondering
11. A. like B. think C. care D. ask
12.A. still B. just C. sometimes D. never
13.A. paper B. mind C. cloth D. bed
14.A. explain B. continue C. improve D. check
15. A. helping B. replacing C. reminding D. pleasing
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It is the job hunting season again. The job fairs（交易会） flood with hundreds and thousands of 2011 graduate students. Owing ___1.__ the global financial crisis, most graduate students admit that job hunting isn’t that easy any longer.
It is always a __2.___ (pain) process for college students to find jobs. With many colleges enlarged in recent years, large numbers of graduates need to hunt for jobs; ___3.___, job positions are quite limited. In order to get a job, the candidates should be more ___4.___ (competition) than ever before.
A Chinese expert predicted the job hunting pressure in China, with a rocketing increase in the active labor force, ___5.___ (reach) its climax in 2009. Yet, this situation continues in 2011. The Chinese government has provided financial support to encourage the college students to start ___6.__ own career.
To go on with further education or to find ___7.___ job is the hardest decision for the graduate students __8.___ (make) now. “I was preparing for my postgraduate exam ___9.___ I received my offer from a Japanese company. I was so excited ___10.___ I decided to quit the exam next year.” LiNing, a senior from school of mechanical science and technology in Huazhong University of Science and Technology said.
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It was the summer of 1965. DeLuca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked DeLuca about his plans for the future. “I’m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” DeLuca recalls saying. “Buck said, ‘You should open a sandwich shop.’”
That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000.
But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn’t know how badly, because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.
DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, ‘We are so successful, we are opening a second store.’” And they did—in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.
But the partners’ learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. “It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn’ t necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out,” DeLuca says.
And having a goal was also important. “There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,” DeLuca adds.
DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
1.DeLuca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ____.
A. support his family B. pay for his college education
C. help his partner expand business D. do some research
2.Which of the following is true of Buck?
A. He put money into the sandwich business.
B. He was a professor of business administration.
C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.
D. He rented a storefront for DeLuca.
3.What can we learn about their first shop?
A. It stood at an unfavorable place.
B. It lowered the prices to promote sales.
C. It made no profits due to poor management
D. It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches
4.They decided to open a second store because they ___.
A. had enough money to do it.
B. had succeeded in their business
C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
D. wanted to make people believe that they were successful
5.What contribute most to their success according to the author?
A. Learning by trial and error. B. Making friends with suppliers.
C. Finding a good partner. D. Opening chain stores.
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For a 400-year-old art form, opera had a bad fame: overweight actresses singing the words which were hard to understand in one of those romantic languages you were supposed to learn in high school. And with tickets costing as much as $145 a performance, operagoers also had a certain appearance in people’s mind: rich, well-dressed and old.
But now opera companies around the country are loosening their ties and kicking off their shoes in an attempt to keep opera alive and take it to a younger and not so wealthy audience.
Opera producers have found that to attract this crowd, they need to associate opera with the common people. That means no formal suits, old-styled theatre or bank-breaking ticket prices. And because young people don’t or won’t come to the opera, companies are bringing the opera to them, giving performances in such usual places as parks, libraries and public schools.
The Houston Grand Opera’s choice is the public library, where it performs “mobile operas”, shortened versions of child-friendly operas. This summer’s production is Hansel & Gretel. By performing smaller versions of large productions, producers are able to make people interested while keeping costs at a reasonable level. The San Francisco Opera, which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, is staging Cinderella free of charge, keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artists’ Training Program.
1.Which is the main idea of this passage?
A. Opera is famous for its long history.
B. Opera is only performed for rich people.
C. Opera companies are trying to keep opera alive.
D. Young people are not interested in opera.
2.The underlined phrase in the second paragraph means _________.
A. breaking up the old rules B. changing the dresses
C. making the audience at ease D. advertising themselves
3.Opera companies prefer to perform short versions because _________.
A. they can be performed in public libraries
B. short versions are easy to perform
C. it is hard to find long versions
D. they can make people interested
4.The San Francisco Opera employs students in order to _________.
A. celebrate its 75th anniversary
B. reduce the cost
C. attract young people
D. make Cinderella popular
5. From the passage we can infer that _________.
A. the tickets for opera are very expensive
B. opera is performed in a difficult language
C. opera is not so popular an art form today
D. students enjoy performing opera very much
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Federal regulators (管理者) Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergence alert (警报) system using text messages delivered to cell phones.
Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry's trade association, CTIA, estimates（估计） more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.
The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2009 federal law that requires improvements to the nation's emergency alert system. The act tasked(派给…工作) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.
"The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during, disasters and other emergencies," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.
Participation in the alert system by carriers –telecommunications companies is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry.
The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.
There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules.
The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster. The second would involve "approaching threats," which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings. The third would be reserved for child abduction (绑架) emergencies, or so-called Amber Alerts.
The service could be in place by 2012.
1.What is the purpose of the approved plan?
A. To warn people of emergencies through messages.
B. To popularize the use of cell phones.
C. To estimate the monthly number of messages.
D. To promote the wireless industry.
2.The improvement to the present system is in the charge of ____.
A. CTIA B. the Warning Alert and Response Network C. FCC D. federal regulators
3.The carriers’ participation in the system is determined by _____.
A. the US federal government B. mobile phone users
C. the carriers themselves D. the law of the United States
4.Which of the following is true of cell phone users?
A. They must accept the alert service. B. They may enjoy the alert service for free.
C. They must send the alerts to others D. They may choose the types of messages
5.An alert message will NOT be sent if _____
A. a child loses his way. B. a university shooting happens
C. a natural disaster happens D. a terrorist attack occurs
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阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。选择E，要同时填涂 AB，选择F，要同时填涂CD。
以下是咨询和服务部门的信息：
A. Career Services (Room 113)
The staff of the Career Services center advises students on career choices and applications for higher education. They also help students and graduates apply their academic and life experiences to achieving career fulfillment, provide them with the services and resources necessary to make better informed career decisions and help them develop the skills necessary to progress their career plans.
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Phone: (412) 396-6644 Fax: (412) 396-6644
B. The Accommodation Office (Room 114)
The Accommodation Office is the place to find everything concerning accommodation during your studying at this university. It offers a free advisory service and a wide range of handbooks and checklists covering the full range of housing available. In addition to this the office also offers other services such as the allocation of places in local residences and the provision of information regarding privately owned accommodation.
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Phone: (412) 396-6754 Fax: (412) 396-6752
C. Medical Center (Room 115)
The staff of the Medical Center aim to provide convenient and comprehensive medical care to students and staff of the university. The center is well equipped and the staff here is trained to deal with a broad range of medical problems. Both female and male doctors as well as nursing staff are available for consultation. Also all kinds of medicines are sold here and are cheaper for students than other drugstores.
Opening Hours: 24 hour from Monday to Sunday
Phone: (412) 396-6649 Fax: (412) 396-6648
D. The sports office (Room 207)
Sport and recreation play an important role in the lives of students. The university has lots of indoor and outdoor sports facilities and all students are encouraged to participate in some form of sport and recreation. This office can provide information about sporting and activities to keep you fit.
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 7:00am - 10:00pm
Phone: (412) 396-6877 Fax: (412) 396-6876
E. Food service (Room 127)
Tasty nutritious meals and a wide variety of snacks are available from the cafeterias on campus. Maybe you are not familiar with different cafeterias here and find it difficult to get a good meal. Don’t worry! The Food Service can provide you with specific information on the food available here and offers meal plans based on your individual needs.
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Phone: (412) 396-6899 Fax: (412) 396-6890
F. Library (Room 215)
There are various books and reference materials in every subject here including literature art and math. Besides books there are also photo-copying video audio-visual and computing facilities. Our collection is big and our main task is to help your solve problems on making use of the library.
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 8:30am - 5:30pm
Phone: (412) 396-6312 Fax: (412) 396-6706
以下是大学新生的信息，请匹配大学新生与他们要选择的服务部门：
1.Richard is a foreign student majoring in medicine. He can adjust himself to the weather but he is having a lot of difficulties in getting used to the diet at the college cafeterias.
2. John is fond of sports. He plays football every day. Unfortunately he injured his leg while he was playing this morning. He urgently needs some medical help.
3.Lucy is a new student from Washington and she often arrives at the college late since she lives far away from the university so she desperately needs to find a new place to live in.
4.Alice is going to leave university next year. She is preparing her papers and has to do a lot of research. She would like to find books on literature and learn how to use the audio-visual facilities.
5. Rosemary studies in the department of computer science. She is really interested in this field so she plans to be engaged in this booming industry after her graduation but before she makes a final decision she wants to consult experienced teachers.
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1. He thinks this kind of vegetable is a bit __________ (无味的).
2. ________ (毕业证书) will be given to the students who have completed all courses of study.
3.The house was ___________(环绕) by high walls.
4.He felt __________ (尴尬的) at being the centre of attention.
5.She bought a new car and ________ (登记）it in her name.
6. She was in a d _________ as to whether to stay at school or get a job.
7. A b ______ is a man whose job is to cut men’s hair and sometimes to shave them.
8.She has been on a diet for many years. She is the s ________ in her class.
9.The dog was f ________ to a post by a chain.
10.As the wages were low, there were few a _______ for the job.
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[评分标准] 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
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读写任务 (满分25分)
阅读下面的短文，按照要求写一篇150词左右的短文。
I have a friend who always smiles even when he’s angry. He even smiles when he has got a headache. I ask him about it and this is the answer, “I try to smile even when I’m breathing or even when I’m sad. Smile is good for your health.”
I’m not a medical student, so I don’t know if there is a medical explanation for why smiling is healthy. But my friend looks younger than his age, maybe because of his habit of smiling. He is a funny, nice, and happy person. He handles all the problems that come to him with a patient smile. He’s not a person in a hurry. His life seems so relaxing but I know for sure, his life is full of problems and his job is full of deadlines, as he lives in a big expensive city on a middle salary… I think hurry and stress is normal, but not for him. He keeps smiling.
I try to do it. I have learnt to smile and it’s fun. Every time a problem comes to me, or I’m stressed, or I’m upset, I try to smile.
[写作内容] 1.以约30词概括上文的主要内容。
2.以约120词就“微笑”这个话题进行讨论，内容包括：
(1)你对微笑含义的理解；
(2)你认为微笑有何作用；
(3)你最难忘的微笑。
[写作要求] 作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
[评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。
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