—Did you enjoy the party?
—Yes. We _____well by our hosts.
A. were treated B. would be treated
C. treated D. had treated
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It was so noisy that we _____ hear ourselves speak.
A. couldn't B. shouldn't C. mustn’t D needn’t
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_____we understand things has a lot to do with what we feel.
A. Where B. How C. Why D. When
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The boss of the company is trying to create an easy atmosphere ______ his employees enjoy their work.
A. where B. which C. when D. who
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Don't doubt the possibility we declared yesterday ____ we will surely win the game in spite of all the difficulties．
A. that B. which C. when D. whether
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The cloth _______smooth and soft _______.
A. feels; sells well B. feeling; is sell sold
C. is felt; sells well D. feeling; sells well
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As John Lennon once said, life is_____ happens to you while you are busy making other plans.
A. which B. that C. what D. where
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It was when we were returning home _____ I realized what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in trouble.
A. which B. that C. where D. how
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—Why haven’t you asked her to come here?
— She _____ an important experiment when I found her and she _____ it.
A. had done; didn’t finish
B. was doing; hasn’t finished
C. did; wouldn’t finish
D. has done; hadn’t finished
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When _____ what is most important in life, some choose money, ____ others choose friendship.
A. to decide; and B. to decide; because
C. deciding; / D. deciding; while
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Wow! That’s Uncle Sam. Now he’s in Paris, _____ he?
A. isn’t B. hasn’t C. doesn’t D. wasn’t
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Today, when scientists examine mummies, they wear special clothing for protection _____ they breathe in harmful gas.
A. even though B. in case C. until D. unless
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As they were walking around, they noticed a man _______ against a tree.
A. sit B. to sit C. sitting D. Sat
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When _______ comes to advertisements, we must all use our intelligence.
A. that B. it C. there D. this
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Either the guides or the team leader ________ looking after the students then.
A. are B. were C. is D. was
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Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his one night when I was ready to quit(退出) a political movement I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.
Tired, feeling the many months of struggle, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was so proud of. Then I thought about how he with difficult situation. A lot of pictures appeared into my idea, but one scene came sharply into view.
We had just moved to Hollywood, New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even . One, in particular, was a great blue spruce(云杉) that must have been 40 feet tall.
Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible . We came home from the store that night to find the spruce almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our heart . But not Dad’s.
The rain was . Then he announced, “Ok, we’re going to push him up!” “What are you talking about, Dad? The roots are out of the ground !” “Shut up; we’re going to push him up; he’s going to .” We couldn’t say no to him. So we followed him into the house and we got what rope there was and we tied the rope around the top of the tree that lay on the street and he stood up by the house, with me on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to up the great blue spruce. In no time at all, we had it standing up straight again! Dad stakes(木桩) in the ground, tied rope from the trunk(树干) to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry, he is going to grow again...”
I looked at the card and wanted to cry. I couldn’t wait to get back into the movement.
1.A. talks B. lessons C. lectures D. classes
2.A. came B. took C. picked D. turned
3.A. dealt B. kept C. helped D. worked
4.A. field B. yard C. trees D. flowers
5.A. rain B. snow C. weather D. storm
6.A. pulled B. put C. stuck D. pushed
7.A. rose B. sank C. fell D. dropped
8.A. going B. coming C. falling D. stopping
9.A. plant B. grow C. die D. stay
10.A. fixing B. holding C. pushing D. pulling
11.A. push B. take C. pull D. put
12.A. shook B. cut C. drove D. made
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It's reported that over 300 million people in China are suffering from near-sightedness（近视）. As more children have got eye trouble, their parents hope to cure 1. disease by medicine or equipment or by correcting the way children read and sit. 2. in fact the care given to one's eyes should start with the exercise on one's feet. Three methods on how to protect are 3. follows:
Firstly, don't fasten your shoes too tightly. Try wearing loose shoes 4. walking bare-footed at home. When traveling, try wearing cloth shoes to make blood circulation (循环) easier.
5. , walking on tiptoes(脚尖) will help improve one's eyesight and prevent near-sightedness. Figures show that few ballet performers are near-sighted.
Thirdly, rope skipping also does good 6. one's eyesight. When skipping the rope, one has to react quickly, 7. excites the brain and the eyes. 8. foot exercises, it's good to pull one's ears. Pulling the ears 20 times is found to be an effective way to reduce the pressure on one's eyes.
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Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into action. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.
I couldn’t help staring at him, I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world, I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.
Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable（可怜的）. “Charge it to me” was all he said.
What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either, then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.
1.The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits ________.
A. promised to obey the store rules
B. forgot to take any money with him
C. hoped to have the food first and pay later
D. could not afford anything more expensive
2.Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?
A. Kind and lucky.
B. Poor and lonely.
C. Friendly and helpful.
D. Hurt and disappointed.
3.The writer acted upon the store rules because ________.
A. he wanted to keep his present job
B. he felt no pity for the old gentleman
C. he considered the old man dishonest
D. he expected someone else to pay for the old man
4.What does the writer learn from his experience?
A. wealth is more important than anything else.
B. Helping others is easier said than done.
C. experience is better gained through practice.
D. Obeying the rules means more than compassion.
5.How would the old men feel at the end of the story?
A. Sad and disappointed. B. Happy and lucky.
C. Depressed and unlucky. D. Surprised and grateful.
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If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter(（中枢神经系统的）灰白质). This is the area of the brain which processes(加工,处理) information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language.
A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University of London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals（双语者）” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
Scans showed that grey matter density(密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.
“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.
It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of 2 and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.
1.The main subject talked about in this passage is ________.
A. science on learning a second language
B. language learning and the increase in one’s brain power.
C. man’s ability of learning a second language
D. language learning and the study of maths
2. In the second paragraph, the writer mentions exercise in order to _____.
A. say language is also a kind of physical labour
B. prove that one needs more practice when he or she is learning a language
C. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well
D. to show the importance of using the language when you learn it.
3.What change can we get during the experience of learning a second language?
A. The increase of the ability to learn.
B. The development of muscles.
C. The improvement of strange pronunciation.
D. A worse understanding of different ideas.
4.We may know from the scientific findings that _______.
A. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language
B. the experience of learning a second language has a bad effect on people’s brain
C. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time
D. the earlier you start to learn a second language, the higher the grey matter density is
5.In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that ______.
A. learning a second language is the same as studying maths
B. Italian is the best choice for you as a second language
C. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects
D. you’d better start to learn a second language between 2 and 34
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While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome”.
In order to find better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing response in time for their aged parents living by themselves.
The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon（现象）”, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”（空巢综合症）.
1. According to the passage, the loneliness of aged parents is mainly caused by ________.
A. their earlier experience of living alone
B. the poor living conditions in their native countries
C. the common worry that they have not saved much money
D. the distance between where parents live and where their children live
2.Many young people have gone abroad, leaving their aged parents behind, to ________.
A. realize their dreams in foreign countries
B. seek a better place for their aged parents
C. live in the countries with more money
D. continue their studies abroad
3.If young people go abroad, ________.
A. they do not hold to the value of duty at all
B. they can give some help to their parents back home
C. they cannot do what they should for their parents
D. they believe what they actually do is right
4. From the last paragraph, we can infer that ________.
A. the situations in the developed and developing countries are different
B. “Empty Nest Syndrome” has arrived unexpectedly in our society
C. children will become independent as soon as they go abroad
D. the aged parents are not fully prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”
5.The society discussed in the passage is most probably ________.
A. France B. America
C. China D. Britain
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A smart card is a card that is carried with either a microprocessor（微处理器）and a memory chip or only a memory chip that is not programmable（可编程的）. The microprocessor card can add, delete, and deal with the information on the card, while a memory-chip card can only do one thing.
Smart cards, unlike magnetic stripe cards, can do many different things and hold a lot of information. In this way, they do not need to get information from a faraway place when they are used.
Today, there are several kinds of smart cards, all of which are very popular in the market:
IC (Integrated Circuit) microprocessor cards: Microprocessor cards (chip cards) offer a larger memory and better security than the traditional magnetic（磁性的）stripe cards do. Chip cards can also hold data. These cards are used for many things. Thus, chips have been the main platform for cards that hold a secure digital identity. Some examples of these cards are: cards that hold money; cards that provide safe access to a network; cards that allow setting stop boxes on television to remain safe from privacy(隐私).
Optical（光学的）memory cards: Optical memory cards look like cards with a piece of CD on the top. Optical memory cards can store up to 4MB of data. But once written, the data can not be changed or removed. Thus, this type of card is good for keeping records, such as medical files, driving records or travel histories. Today, there are no processors in them (although this is coming in the near future). While the cards are almost as cheap as chip cards, the card readers are expensive.
| Title: 1. | |||
| Types | 2. | Disadvantages | 3. |
| IC chip cards | A larger memory & better security; 4. | Not mentioned | 5. ; Large memory; low cost of cards |
| 6. | Store much data; Good for doctors, drivers and travelers ___7.____ Cost not much | 8. can not be changed or removed; 9. ; Expensive 10. . | |
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Do you know when the ancient Olympic Games begin? It was in the year 776 BC. They were held at Olympia in Greece every four years, for almost 12 centuries, until AD 394.
Some of the sports from the ancient Olympics are still seen today, such as the long jump, wrestling and running. 在古代奥运会上，按照传统，运动员都是男性，and they had to compete wearing no clothes. Single women were allowed to take part in their own competition, at a separate festival in honour of Hera, the wife of the Greek god Zeus. Today, both male and female athletes from around the world can take part, no matter what nation they come from.
The contemporary Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens（雅典）. It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, who brought the Olympics back to life. He dreamt that the Olympics would make it possible for people of all countries to live side by side in peace. 现在，全世界的人们都在帮助实现这一梦想。…
1.They were held at Olympia in Greece every four years,
_______________________________________________________，
2.在古代奥运会上，按照传统，运动员都是男性，
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3.no matter what nation they come from..
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4.The contemporary Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens.
________________________________________________________。
5.现在，全世界的人们都在帮助实现这一梦想.
_______________________________________________________.
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假如你是李华，近日，你班正在开展一场主题为“幸福是什么？”的讨论。请你根据下列信息，给校报写一封120词左右的英文信，介绍讨论的情况。
1．40%的学生认为: ①幸福就是住大房，生活在大城市； ②身体健康，生活无压力自由自在； ③工作、生活得过且过，不必吃苦。
2．60%的学生认为: ①幸福就是拼搏取得成功； ②保持自信乐观，迎接各种挑战③爱家人爱朋友，奉献社会
3．你的看法: (至少两点)
Saturday April 18, 2015
Dear editor,
I’m writing to tell you about
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Yours, Li Hua
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