______ 6 world powers have accepted ______ Iranian offer for talks on its disputed nuclear program.
A. The; a B. 不填; an C. The; an D. 不填; a
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Research shows that humans ______ from selfish to unselfish behavior when they are watched.
A. tell B. switch C. range D. distinguish
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A curve is a line ______ no part is straight and which has no angle.
A. that B. whose C. in which D. of which
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In fact, the renovation is just one move in a huge project to improve Chinese teachers’ housing ______ in recent years.
A. situations B. equipment C. circumstances D. conditions
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It is ______ to have achieved so much in such a short time.
A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
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All the students who would like to visit the Province Museum, ______ down names here.
A. writing B. to write C. write D. wrote
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— What do you think of your new neighbor?
— There are some things that are not easy to ______ and his coldness is one. He always behaves himself too proudly.
A. put aside B. put up with C. think of D. get along with
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Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the ______ or those in pain.
A. severely weakening B. having severely weakened
C. severely weakened D. being severely weakened
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______ you are supposed to do ______ you don't like a thing is ______ it. Don't complain.
A. That; what; change B. When; that; to change
C. What; when; change D. What; that; changing
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As you walk out of the door with a person, you should say “______.”
A. Before me B. Go ahead, please C. You go first D. After you
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It is the second time that you have been late, ______?
A. haven’t you B. isn’t it C. is it D. have you
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The magazine is a(n) ______ number. You can take it out of the reading room.
A. back B. past C. old D. former
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Right now you can pay ______ you had to several years ago for a cool computer.
A. one third as much as B. as one third much as
C. as much as one third D. as much one third as
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The house could fall down soon if no one ______ some quick repair work.
A. does B. has done C. is doing D. had done
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— How’s your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful?
— It ______ be, but it is now heavily polluted.
A. will B. would C. should D. must
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He is only too ready to help others, seldom, ______, refusing them when they turn to him.
A. if never B. if ever C. if not D. if any
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— Did your sister pass the exam?
— She failed and is in low spirits.
— I'm sorry for her.
— ______.
A. Thank you B. You're welcome C. I would think so D. Never mind
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She was such a proud person that she would die ______ she would admit she was wrong.
A. rather than B. until C. after D. before
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— Did you know any French before you arrived in Washington?
— Never ______ it, actually.
A. had I learned B. have I learned C. I learned D. was I learning
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Then professor walked onto the platform and seated himself in a chair, ______ for answering questions.
A. had prepared B. being prepared C. preparing D. prepared
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My son starts school today. It's going to be and new to him for a while. And I wish you would sort of treat him . You see, , he's been king of his own room. He’s been of the back yard. I have always been around to his wounds, and to comfort his feelings. But now things are going to be .
This morning, he is going to walk down the front steps, wave his hand and start on his great that will probably include wars and tragedy and sorrow. To live his life in the world he has to live in faith and love and courage. , World, I you would sort of take him by the hand and teach him that things he will have to know. Teach him, but gently, if you can. Teach him that for every scoundrel (恶棍) there is a hero; that for every dishonest politician, there is a leader; that for every enemy there is a friend. Teach him the wonders of . Give him quiet time to the mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on the green hills. Teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to . Teach him to his own ideas, everyone else tells him he is wrong. Teach him to sell his strength and brains to the highest bidder（出价人）, but never to put a price on his . Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob（暴徒） and to stand and if he thinks he's right. Teach him gently, World, but don't him, because only the of fire makes fine steel. This is a big order, World, but see what you can do. He is such a nice little fellow.
1.A. interesting B. frightening C. exciting D. strange
2.A. carefully B. gently C. strictly D. slowly
3.A. in the past B. from now on C. up to now D. now and then
4.A. boss B. child C. pupil D. caretaker
5.A. protect B. repair C. treat D. find
6.A. tough B. different C. difficult D. upset
7.A. march B. study C. adventure D. research
8.A. has to learn B. is full of C. means D. will require
9.A. So B. However C. And D. Or
10.A. wish B. request C. order D. hope
11.A. determined B. satisfying C. hardworking D. devoted
12.A. books B. families C. world D. friendship
13.A. deal with B. talk about C. think over D. absorb in
14.A. succeed B. defeat C. cheat D. compete
15.A. come up with B. put forward C. be proud of D. have faith in
16.A. as if B. even if C. in spite of D. the moment
17.A. heart and soul B. bad behavior C. expensive shoes D. high grades
18.A. argue B. express C. help D. fight
19.A. praise B. spoil C. criticize D. push
20.A. heat B. burn C. test D. exercise
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A person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration(夸张) will do no harm when it shows the person’s unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment so that the person so packaged is not a commodity, but a human being, lively and lovely.
A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted. Youth however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self - satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain itself is a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the company of the elderly is like reading a thick book of good edition, which attracts one so much that one is unwilling to part with it. As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.
1.The underlined word in the first paragraph is closest to the word ______ in meaning.
A. decoration B. clarification C. movement D. identification
2.It can be concluded from the text that ______.
A. people should be packaged at all ages
B. people should be packaged in a special way
C. elderly people also care about packaging
D. proper packaging makes people attractive
3.For the middle-aged, attractiveness ______ .
A. hardly exists B. is the strongest
C. comes from the inside D. comes from the appearance
4.According to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should ______.
A. dye your hair B. make up at a young age
C. follow the ageing process D. give up fame and wealth
5.The underlined sentence means that elderly people ______.
A. are usually packaged like a finely-made book
B. experience a lot and have rich knowledge of life
C. do a lot of traveling and can give you much information
D. enjoy reading thick books about beautiful nature and fairyland
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The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long. As one Norwegian politician said last week: “ We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”
Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success. Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.
The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.
1.The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to ______.
A. provide more jobs for foreign workers
B. slow down the rate of its development
C. sell the oil it is producing abroad
D. develop more quickly than at present
2.The Norwegian Government has tried to ______.
A. encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources
B. prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway
C. help the oil companies solve many of their problems
D. keep the oil industry to something near its present size
3.According to the passage, the oil industry might lead northern Norway to ______.
A. the development of industry
B. a growth in population
C. the failure of the development program
D. the development of new towns
4.In the south, one effect to the development of the oil industry might be ______.
A. a large reduction on unemployment
B. a growth in the tourist industry
C. a reduction in the number of existing industries
D. the development of a number of service industries
5.Norwegian farmers and fishermen have an important influence because ______.
A. they form such a large part of Norwegian ideal
B. their lives and values represent the Norwegian ideal
C. their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society
D. they regard oil as a threat to the Norwegian way of life
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When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower（人力资源） for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.
Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.
Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an M.B.A., and the famous law of diminishing(逐渐减少的) returns begins to take effect.
Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average salary for those truckers was $24000 while the full professors managed to earn just $23030.
A doctorate is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a future which is not bright. There are more doctors unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.
If you become a doctor in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.
Thousands of doctors are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater(闭塞) college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns.
You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.
1.According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ______.
A. will not be a disgrace to society
B. will become loyal citizens
C. can take care of themselves
D. can meet the nation’s demand as a source of manpower
2.Many doctors are out of job because ______.
A. they are improperly educated
B. they are of little commercial value to their society
C. there are fewer jobs in high schools
D. they prefer easier jobs that make more money
3.The nation is only interested in people ______.
A. with diplomas
B. who specialize in physics and chemistry
C. who are valuable to the gross national product
D. who receive little education
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Bernard Shaw didn’t finish high school, nor did Edison.
B. One must think carefully before pursuing a master’s degree.
C. The higher your education level, the more money you will earn.
D. If you are too well-educated, you’ll be overeducated for society’s demands.
5.The writer sees education as ______.
A. a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country’s demands for technical workers
B. a way to broaden one’s horizons
C. more important than finding a job
D. an opportunity that everyone should have
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My heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.
“Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shocked that I was being sent “in back” once again.
The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”
“How long will it take?”
“Hard to say…a few minutes,” he said, “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.” After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anything about me.
“Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter, “Can’t you just look me up?”
“Just a few more minutes,” they assured me.
After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”
“I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.
“Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.”
I put my phone away.
My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, and even a flight attendant.
I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: “I’m an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.”
After two hours in detention (扣押), I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved. We were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet.
“Oh, one more thing,” he handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it, “If you aren’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.”
“Will they respond?” I asked.
“I don’t know—I don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added,” By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.”
“What can I do to keep it from happening again?”
He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day, “Absolutely nothing.”
After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto”—a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identity—just like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised.
Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.
1.The author was held at the airport because ______.
A. she and her husband returned from Jamaica
B. her name was similar to a terrorist’s
C. she had been held in Montreal
D. she had spoken at a book event
2.She was not allowed to call her friends because ______.
A. her identity hadn’t been confirmed yet
B. she had been held for only one hour and a half
C. there were other families in the waiting room
D. she couldn’t use her own cell phone
3.We learn from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happening again.
A. write to the agency B. change her name
C. avoid traveling abroad D. do nothing
4.Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US.
A. hatred B. discrimination
C. tolerance D. diversity
5.The author sounds ______ in the last paragraph.
A. impatient B. bitter C. worried D. ironic (具有讽刺意味的)
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第二节: 根据短文内容，从下面所给的A～F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。
A. Attach more aid to weak schools.
B. Children should share the same educational rights.
C. Heavy load is supposed to be taken off the students’ shoulders.
D. Bring the industrial management of education to an end.
E. Balanced education may stop school choice.
F. Key schools and classes are unreasonable.
1.__________ Education should be intended to make better citizens instead of making money. Money can be earned by starting business. It’s time to abolish the industrialized education so that all the people can benefit from real education.
2.__________ Concrete measures should be taken to lessen the students’ heavy burden. Not empty talks but concrete and solid policies can guarantee all the students grow soundly.
3.__________ My parents are farmerturned workers. I think we should be treated equally with the local children. We should have equal chances to go to both the local public schools and take the national college entrance exam rather than go back to our native places.
4.__________ School choice has become a serious educational problem. To solve this problem, we must stick to the balanced development. The government should offer more support to weak schools and have the teachers exchange among all the schools.
5.__________ The government’s unwillingness to spend enough money on education makes key schools turn to parents for money to build new buildings and increase teachers’ income, widening the gap between key schools and common schools. Therefore, in order to realize the balance of education, the government should offer more help to weak schools.
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下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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。
My dream is to become a school teacher in the future. In fact, I had the dream of becoming a teacher since my childhood. In my opinion, without teachers, no society could make progresses. There is no doubt whether teachers play an important role in children growth. Not only do teachers pass on knowledge for children, but they also teach children how to behave themselves. Comparing with other jobs, teaching is hard and the pay is lower. And to me, what great fun it is to be with children! They make me to feel young forever because I’ll study harder and try my best to realize my dream.
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请根据以下提示, 结合生活中的一个事例, 就“乐观”这一话题, 用英语写一篇短文。
Optimism always leads to happiness, health and success while pessimism, by contrast, results in hopelessness, sickness and failure. That’s because optimists and pessimists deal with the same challenge and disappointment in very different ways.
注意: 1.不得照抄英语提示语; 2.内容必须结合生活中的一个事例;
3. 词数为100-120左右。
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