---- How often do you go to the concert ?
---- ______________,but at least once a month.
A．It depends B．Have no idea.
C．As usual D．Generally speaking.
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We are said to be living in ____ Information Age, ____ time of new discoveries and great changes.
A．an; the B．不填; the C．不填; a D．the; a
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One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but would help cover my living ________.
A．bills B．expenses C．prices D．charges
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-----Do you regret having quit your job?
----Why should I? I ________ as much ,but I really enjoy the present one.
A．didn’t earn B．don’t earn C．hadn’t earned D．haven’t earned
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----You seem to be burning yourself out with the coming exam!
—--________. I'm dying for a thorough rest and a good workout.
A．Generally B．Actually C．Typically D．Exactly
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The sooner we students ________to the new school，the better it will be ________our studies.
A．adapt；for B．adjust；to C．adopt；for D．admit；to
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One of our rules is that every student ________ wear school uniform while at school.
A．might B．could C．shall D．will
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With more forests being destroyed，huge quantities of good earth ________ each year.
A．is washing away B．is being washed away
C．are washing away D．are being washed away
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I can’t quite remember ________ I was taken to Beijing.
A．that it was when B．when it was that
C．when was it that D．that was it when
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I can hardly imagine Peter ________ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
A．sail B．to sail C．sailing D．to have sailed
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If we _______ adequate preparations, the conference wouldn’t have been so successful.
A．haven’t made B．wouldn’t make C．didn’t make D．hadn’t made
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There are many websites，________you can find almost all the necessary information.
A．where B．from where C．when D．from when
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There is no doubt ________ those who work hard will succeed sooner or later.
A．if B．whether C．why D．that
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________that he made an obvious mistake，Jeff went on with his speech.
A．Not realized B．Not realizing
C．Not to realize D．Not to have realized
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On the top of the books ________the stamp album my uncle gave me as a birthday present.
A．has B．is C．are D．have
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I first met Sean one summer day. He carried a bag 36with four clubs(球杆) and some balls. He was a lot 37than other kids of his age. I heard he was 38from cancer. Still , he always seemed to be smiling whenever I would see him with his friends, trying to 39as far as he did.
A year or so passed and I hadn’t 40Sean .I had heard that his cancer was 41him. Still, his friends said he was going to come here before long.
42 enough , he was there the following week. I 43 that one of his friends was carrying Sean’s bag. I saw Sean was having a(n)44time trying to drive the ball. Sean hit his last ball as hard as his fragile body would45.It flew up to the green and was out of sight. One of his friends46Sean walk up to the green. It was a(n)47walk because the green was higher than the tee(发球区).
Suddenly I saw one boy pick up Sean’s ball and48it in the hole. Then he ran and49to look for his own ball.
When Sean finally got to the green, he looked 50 because he thought he hit it over .
Then he glanced in the hole. A smile 51his face! The boys looked at each other and said , “You can’t tell me it’s a hole-in-one!”
“No, really ! Look !” he said . They all acted 52and as I watched , I thought Sean looked like the 53 guy I had ever seen. I never saw Sean or his friends after that day.54it was then that I learned just what golf should be .
It’s not about what 55you get or how far you drive. It is about caring for the friends you play with and enjoying the time you have with them.
1. A．covered B．filled C．equipped D．connected
2. A．smaller B．taller C．stronger D．cleverer
3. A．recovering B．suffering C．benefiting D．curing
4. A．send B．play C．hit D．walk
5. A．promised B．cared C．heard D．seen
6. A．getting the best of B．losing control of
C．taking advantage of D．getting rid of
7. A．Effective B．Active C．Sure D．Lucky
8. A．guessed B．learned C．hoped D．noticed
9. A．weak B．awful C．meaningful D．comfortable
10. A．allow B．provide C．bear D．control
11. A．let B．suggested C．helped D．ordered
12. A．quick B．tough C．energetic D．unwise
13. A．break B．lift C．move D．drop
14. A．pretended B．forgot C．tried D．disliked
15. A．calm B．astonished C．disappointed D．excited
16. A．got on B．came out C．took on D．lit up
17. A．doubtful B．surprised C．curious D．delighted
18. A．happiest B．busiest C．coolest D．funniest
19. A．And B．Or C．But D．So
20. A．ball B．disease C．friendship D．score
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Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.
In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely----a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”
“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”
Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.
1.Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?
A．She had seven brothers. B．She felt herself a nobody.
C．She was too shy to go to school. D．She did not have any good teachers.
2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.
A．develop her writing style B．run away from her family
C．make a lot of friends D．work for a school magazine
3.According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?
A．Her early years in college. B．Her training in the Workshop.
C．Her childhood experience D．Her feeling of being different.
4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?
A．It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish.
B．It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.
C．It is quite popular among students.
D．It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.
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Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference. Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes. However, of all the factors, wealth and age are the top two.
Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference.
Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and happiness is complex. In the past half-century, average income has sharply increased in developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic needs are met, money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues.
“Dollars buy status, and status makes people feel better,” conclude some experts, which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways－scientists or actors, for example－may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.
In a research, Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desire－not just for money, but for friends, family, job, health－rose furthest beyond what they already had, tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap(差距). Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone. “The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income.” Says Michalos.
Another factor that has to do with happiness is age. Old age may not be so bad. “Given all the problems of aging, how could the elderly be more satisfied?” asks Professor Laura Carstensen.
In one survey, Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an emotions questionnaire. She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people, but negative emotions much less often.
Why are old people happier? Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or they’re more realistic about their goals, only setting ones that they know they can achieve. But Carstensen thinks that with time running out, older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don’t.
“People realize not only what they have, but also that what they have cannot last forever,” she says. “A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85, for example, may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.”
1.According to the passage, the feeling of happiness __________.
A．has little to do with wealth B．increases gradually with age
C．is determined partly by genes D．is measured by desires
2.Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs ____________.
A．make them feel much better B．improve their social position
C．provide chances to make friends D．satisfy their professional interests
3.Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are more _________.
A．optimistic B．successful C．practical D．emotional
4.Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if __________.
A．the gap between reality and desire is bigger
B．they have a stronger desire for friendship
C．their income is below their expectation
D．the hope for good health is greater
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Read the advertisements carefully. Then answer the questions that follow.
WE NEED OFFICE CLEANERS!
Three people are required for professional cleaning in the CBD area. Working hours from 5:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. Approximately five hours per shift. A good record is necessary. Experience preferred. Phone 63457843 now.
| FLORIST WANTED! Are you a creative and trained florist with at least two years of experience? Then this may be just what you are seeking. The city’s leading Florist Artist Studio needs another part-time member on their wedding team. Please phone 6098 7888 now! | |
| WANT TO WORK AS A DENTAL NURSE? This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified dental nurse with a confident and cheerful personality to work in the School Dental Health Schemae. You must be able to get along well with children because work involves talking to groups about dental health practices. For further information, visit our website at:[email protected] gov. sg. And fax your resume to 62344567. | |
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1.You may find the above advertisements________.
A．in a store window B．in a newspaper
C．in a school magazine D．on a company notice-board
2.The position of a(n)________is a part-time job.
A．preschool teacher B．artist
C．florist D．dental nurse
3.Which of the following is the most important for the childcare job?
A．Cooking skills. B．Childcare experience.
C．The ability to start work in two weeks. D．The ability to work well with other people.
4.The office cleaners will be required to work about________hours a week.
A．5 B．10 C．15 D．20
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WASHINGTON—Two-thirds of the world’s polar bear population could be gone by 2050 if predictions of melting sea ice hold true, the US Geological Survey reported on Friday.
The fate of polar bears could be even worse than that estimate, because sea ice in the Arctic might be disappearing faster than the available computer models predict, the geological survey said in a report aimed at determining whether the big white bear should be listed as a threatened species.
“There is a definite link between changes in the sea ice and the welfare of polar bears,” said Steve Amstrup, who led the research team. He says Arctic sea ice is already at the lowest this year and is expected to retreat(退却) farther this month.
That means that polar bears—some 16,000 of them -- will disappear by 2050 from parts of the Arctic where sea ice is melting most rapidly, along the north coasts of Alaska and Russia, researchers said in a telephone briefing(简报).
Other polar bears could survive beyond that date but many of those could be gone by 2100, Amstrup said. By this century’s end, the only polar bears left might live in the Canadian Arctic islands and along the west coast of Greenland.
“It is likely to result in loss of approximately two-thirds of the world’s current polar bear population by the mid 21st century,” the report’s executive summary said.
“Because the observed trajectory(轨迹)of Arctic sea ice decline appears to be underestimated by currently available models, this assessment of future polar bear status may be conservative(保守的).”
In January, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the polar bear as a threatened species, noting polar bears depend on sea ice as a platform to hunt seals, their main food.
Without enough sea ice, polar bears would be forced onto land, but they are poor hunters once they get out of the water and ice, the researchers said. The bears’ disappearance would probably take place as young cubs(幼兽)failed to survive to adulthood and females were unable to reproduce successfully.
1.What was the US Geological Survey intended to do?
A．To determine whether the polar bear was in danger.
B．To measure how fast the sea ice melts in the Arctic.
C．To check the predictions of the computer models.
D．To find out the exact number of the polar bear.
2.What causes the polar bears to disappear by 2050?
A．The pollution of the Arctic region. B．The sea ice melting at high speed
C．Fewer food sources being left. D．The temperature getting colder.
3.The key to preventing polar bears dying out seems to _______________.
A．help young polar bears to survive the cold winter
B．have large number of seals living in the oceans
C．make sure there is enough sea ice in the Arctic
D．provide chances for adult polar bears to reproduce
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Most drinks stating that they are fruit-flavored (水果味道的) contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission.
“Shoppers need to check the labels (标签)before buying drinks, though sometimes the actual content can be non-existent,” said Food Commission spokesperson Ian Tokelove. “Food production is highly competitive. 1 It will increase profits, and consumers won’t always realize they are being tricked.”
Flavorings are focused on the flavors of natural food products such as fruits, meats and vegetables, or creating flavor for food products that do not have the desired flavors. Researchers analyzed the contents of 28 strawberry-flavored products sold in stores. 2 Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruit. In addition, each juice box contained nearly eight teaspoons of sugar.
3 Let’s take jam as an example. Some strawberry-flavored jam was labeled as containing no artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners, but it contained absolutely no strawberries at all.
4 Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought. Under current UK law, food packages do not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring. “Describing a product as strawberry flavor and covering the surface of the packet with pictures of strawberries is misleading. 5 Unfortunately, it is also legal and widespread,” Tokelove said. “It’s time to take measures to protect the consumers’ rights.”
A．The products which contain real fruit are popular with people.
B．Even products advertised as more natural often contained no fruit.
C．They found that about 60 percent of them didn’t contain any fruit at all.
D．If companies can cut their costs by using flavoring, they are likely to do so.
E. It is important and necessary to demand a small amount of flavoring in the products.
F. Actually the product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no fruit at all.
G. The Food Commission suggested all flavors used in a product should be listed on the packaging.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请您修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号∧，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜钱（\）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．只充许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
（试题内容见答题卡）
Mr Zhang teaches us chemistry when we were in senior
Grade One. He was old, and he taught us good. He tried his
best to make his classes lively. Mr Zhang usually made good
preparations for the lesson and was strict to us, too.Whenever
we made mistakes in our homework，he would ask us to
correct it. I was used to be poorly in chemistry. Mr Zhang
often helped me with my studies very patiently. With his help,
I made a rapid progress and caught with the class. He was
always very kind to every student. As an experienced teacher,
he was respected and loved by all the students.
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假设你是李华，你上个星期天去市图书馆看书时发现以下问题，你写信向馆长Mr Li反映：
1．新书太少；
2．书架上的书比较混乱；
3．阅览室的一盏灯坏了；
4．管理员工作时彼此闲聊。
注意：
1．词数100~120左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Li,
Last Sunday, I went to do some reading in your library._______________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
So, for the sake of readers, I suggest that you change all these as soon as possible.
Yours,
Li Hua
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