What does the woman want to do?
A. To have an X ray. B. To go to the hospital. C. To help the wounded man.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
Where and when will the meeting be held?
A. Room 303,3:00 pm. B. Room 303,2:00 pm. C. Room 302,2:00 pm.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
When would Thomas and Lily like to leave?
A. Tomorrow. B. Next Monday or Tuesday. C. This Monday.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
What is the man's choice?
A. He prefers train for trip. B. He doesn't like traveling. C. Not mentioned.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
According to the woman, what should the man do at first?
A. He should ask about the flat on the phone.
B. He should read the advertisements for flats in the newspaper.
C. He should phone and make an appointment.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How long is it since they met each other?
A. More than one year. B. Less than one year. C. Three months.
2.Where does the man work?
A. In a food factory. B. At a university. C. At the National Bank.
3.Which of the following is true?
A. The woman speaks German better than Spanish.
B. Tom, John's son, is in Grade Three.
C. The man has two children.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Who are the two speakers?
A. A man and his wife. B. A man and his sister. C. A man and his girlfriend.
2.Why is the man unhappy about their weekends?
A. They seldom invite friends over.
B. They seldom go out for a picnic.
C. They seldom spend weekends together.
3.Which aspect of the picnic do the man and woman differ on?
A. Who should get the car ready.
B. How many friends they should invite.
C. What food and drink they should prepare.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Why does the man go to see the doctor?
A. Because he is seriously ill.
B. Because he wants to see death.
C. Because the doctor wants his money.
2.What does the doctor advise the man to do?
A. Take more medicine.
B. Have a holiday.
C. Give some of his money to poor people.
3.How do you find the man?
A. He is honest.
B. He is careless about his health.
C. He cares for his money beyond everything else.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How has the man been feeling lately?
A. Lonely. B. Unhappy. C. Depressed.
2.What does the woman advise the man to do?
A. To learn English. B. To join a club. C. To do exercise.
3.What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The man is the woman's elder brother.
B. You don't feel alone when you have a close friend.
C. The man comes from north America.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.Why was the Mesa Verde National Park built?
A. To attract more visitors.
B. To earn money.
C. To protect the culture of ancient Native Americans.
2.What language do the words“Mesa Verde”belong to?
A. English. B. Spanish. C. French.
3.How many ruins were discovered in all?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.
Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-present)
When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员) and ,in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.
Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” said Parks.
1.What is Jane Addams well-known for in history?
A. Her social work. B. Her lack of proper training in law.
C. Her efforts to win a prize. D. Her community background.
2.What is the reason for O’Connor’s being turned down by the law firm?
A. Her lack of proper training in law. B. Her little work experience in court.
C. Women’s being looked down upon. D. The poor financial conditions.
3.Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the US?
A. Jane Addams. B. Rachel Carson. C. Sandra Day O’Connor. D. Rosa Parks
4.What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?
A. They are highly educated. B. They are truly creative.
C. They are pioneers. D. They are peace-lovers.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth(收费站). “I'm paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”
It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random(随意的) kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.
Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse(仓库) wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn't know where it came from or what it really meant.
Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.
“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies(想象) include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can.”
The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!
1.Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?
A. She knew the car drivers well.
B. She wanted to show kindness.
C. She hoped to please others.
D. She had seven tickets.
2.Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she .
A. thought it was beautifully written
B. wanted to know what it really meant
C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall
D. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom
3.Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence above?
A. Kindness and violence can change the world.
B. Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior.
C. Kindness and violence can shape one’s character.
D. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. People should practice random kindness to those in need.
B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.
C. People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.
D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
Getting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kids. According to a new survey(调查) by the National Sleep Foundation, 51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights, even though they have to get up early. Last year the Foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7- to 12-year-olds said they felt tired during the day, and 15% said they had fallen asleep at school.
How much sleep you need depends a lot on your age. Babies need a lot of rest: most of them sleep about 18 hours a day! Adults need about eight hours. For most school-age children, ten hours is ideal(理想的). But the new National Sleep Foundation survey found that 35% of 10- to 12-year-olds get only seven or eight hours. And guess what almost half of the surveyed kids said they do before bedtime? Watch TV.
“More children are going to bed with TVs on, and there are more opportunities(机会) to stay awake, with more homework, the Internet and the phone,” says Dr. Mary Carskadon, a sleep researcher at Brown University Medical School. She says these activities at bedtime can get kids all excited and make it hard for them to calm down and sleep. Other experts say part of the problem is chemical. Changing levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenagers’ bodies develop adult characteristics, but also make it hard for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 pm.
Because sleepiness is such a problem for teenagers, some school districts have decided to start high school classes later than they used to. Three years ago, schools in Edina, Minnesota, changed the start time from 7:25 am to 8:30 am. Students, parents and teachers are pleased with the results.
1.What is the new National Sleep Foundation survey on?
A. American kids’ sleeping habits. B. Teenagers’ sleep-related diseases.
C. Activities to prevent sleeplessness. D. Learning problems and lack of sleep.
2.How many hours of sleep do 11-year-olds need every day?
A. 7 hours. B. 8 hours.
C. 10 hours. D. 18 hours.
3.Why do teenagers go to sleep late according to Carskadon?
A. They are affected by certain body chemicals.
B. They tend to do things that excite them.
C. They follow their parents’ examples.
D. They don’t need to go to school early.
难度: 困难查看答案及解析
Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.
Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.
Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, ＂The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.＂
Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.
People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.
BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the ＂real＂ and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.
1.Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?
A. To explain what they are.
B. To introduce BookCrossing.
C. To stress the importance of reading.
D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.
2.What does the underlined word ＂it＂ in Paragraph 2refer to?
A. The book. B. An adventure.
C. A public place. D. The identification number.
3.What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?
A. Meet other readers to discuss it.
B. Keep it safe in his bookcase.
C. Pass it on to another reader.
D. Mail it back to its owner.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Online Reading: A Virtual Tour
B. Electronic Books: A new Trend
C. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back
D. A Website Links People through Books
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
What Is Emotional Eating?
Emotional eating is when people use food as a way to deal with feelings instead of satisfying hunger.1.Have you ever finished a whole bag of chips out of boredom or downed cookie after cookie while preparing for a big test? But when done a lot — especially without realizing it — emotional eating can affect weight, health, and overall well-being.
Not many of us make the connection between eating and our feelings.
2.One of the biggest myths about emotional eating is that it’s caused by negative feelings. Yes, people often turn to food when they’re stressed out, lonely, sad, anxious, or bored. But emotional eating can be linked to positive feelings too, like the romance of sharing dessert on Valentine’s Day or the celebration of a holiday feast. Sometimes emotional eating is tied to major life events, like a death or a divorce. 3.
Emotional eating patterns can be learned: A child who is given candy after a big achievement may grow up using candy as a reward for a job well done. 4.It’s not easy to “unlearn” patterns of emotional eating. But it is possible. And it starts with an awareness of what’s going on.
We’re all emotional eaters to a degree. But for some people emotional eating can be a real problem, causing serious weight gain or other problems. The trouble with emotional eating is that once the pleasure of eating is gone, the feelings that cause it remain. 5.That’s why it helps to know the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger.
Next time you reach for a snack, wait and think about which type of hunger is driving it.
A. Believe it or not, we’ve all been there.
B. If a crying boy gets some cookies, he may link cookies with comfort.
C. One study found that people who eat food like pizza become happy afterwards.
D. And you often may feel worse about eating the amount or type of food you like.
E. Understanding what drives emotional eating can help people take steps to change it.
F. Boys seem to prefer hot, homemade comfort meals, while girls go for chocolate and ice cream.
G. More often, though, it’s the countless little daily stresses that cause someone to seek comfort in food.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
One day when I was about nine years old, I ran into my mother’s bedroom and opened the dresser（化妆台）. Then in the top drawer was a small_________jewelry box. I was fascinated by its treasures. Then I saw there was something_________under a piece of cloth._________the cloth, I found a little white chip of china(瓷器). Why did my mother keep such a_________thing? Shining slightly in the light, it_______no answers.
Some months later, I was setting the dinner table when my neighbor Marge knocked at the door. Coming in and_______the table, Marge said, “Oh, you are expecting company. I'll_______another time."
“No, come on in,” Mum replied. “We are not_______anyone."
“But isn’t that your good china?” Marge asked. “I’d_______trust kids to handle my good dishes!”
Mum laughed. “Tonight’s my family’s favorite meal. If you set your best table for a(n)________meal with guests, why not for your own________? A few broken plates are a small________to pay for the joy we get. ” Then she added, “__________，every chip and crack has a story to tell.”
Mum went to the cupboard and took down a plate. She said, “Seeing this________on the edge(边缘) here? It happened when I was 17.”
Her voice__________. “One day my brother invited a young man to dinner and sat him next to me. I was so__________that when I took the plate, it__________and knocked against the fork. As the young man was leaving, he__________a piece of broken china in my hand without saying a word.”
I couldn’t forget about that plate with the________chip. I went up to take out the little wooden jewelry box again. I examined the chip__________. The chip which my mother had saved with care belonged to the plate she broke on the day she met my father.
1.A. silver B. gold C. china D. wooden
2.A. hidden B. unpaid C. removed D. fixed
3.A. Covering B. Tearing C. Seeking D. Lifting
4.A. broken B. genuine C. beautiful D. valuable
5.A. found B. invented C. offered D. selected
6.A. glaring at B. glancing at C. looking on D. spying on
7.A. go by B. pass by C. stop by D. stand by
8.A. inviting B. expecting C. consulting D. celebrating
9.A. always B. sometimes C. never D. regularly
10.A. common B. strange C. unbelievable D. special
11.A. family B. relative C. neighbor D. ancestor
12.A. value B. fault C. bet D. price
13.A. However B. Though C. Besides D. Otherwise
14.A. break B. scene C. spot D. design
15.A. hardened B. softened C. sharpened D. weakened
16.A. nervous B. anxious C. surprised D. pleased
17.A. jumped B. escaped C. slipped D. left
18.A. threw B. laid C. examined D. picked
19.A. replaced B. penniless C. remaining D. missing
20.A. secretly B. carefully C. gratefully D. proudly
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
1.They decided to ___(发行) more banknotes to overcome the financial difficulties.
2.Beggars are often seen in the streets with heads ___(低头) as people pass them by.
3.It’s ________(难以置信的) that the child should be able to speak eight languages.
4.My father carefully checked my composition, ___(发现) several spelling mistakes.
5.When the thief ________ (试图) to enter the room, a cough frightened him away.
6.These animals consumed(消耗) large a__________ of vegetation(植被), which reduced plant diversity in the park.
7.If you don’t have a p________, you won’t be allowed to drive a new-energy car.
8.Tom has played a lot of computer games recently, which might a__________ for why he didn’t do well in his lessons.
9.It’s good m______ for an Arab to stand close to his friends when they are talking.
10.I never think myself a stupid boy. On the c___, I know I’m on the road to success.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
Mark Twain, born in Florida 1. November 30th, 1835, 2.(bring) up in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River. He is best known for his 3.(novel) set in his boyhood world on the river, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. So much 4. he love the river that even his pen name was about the river. The phrase “mark twain” means that the water is two fathoms in 5.(deep). The play in this unit is adapted from The Million Pound Bank Note 6.(write) by Mark Twin. It was the summer of 1903, 7.two wealthy brothers made a bet. One of them doubted 8. a man could survive a month in London with a million pound bank note. At this moment, they saw a penniless man 9.(wander)on the pavement. It was Henry, 10. American businessman, who was lost in London.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Nowadays, the computer technology develops very fast that the Internet has become more and more popular. Some students regarded it as a great helper. Because there has a lot of information online, so they can surf the Internet for any information they need in a short time without working hard in the library. This is also very convenient to talk with others by using the Internet. Moreover, other students think that there is some information online that is not good for students. In addition, spend too much time playing games will not only have a bad effect on their studies but also do harms to health. Therefore, we should make properly use of the Internet. It’s of great importance separate good plants from wild weeds.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
假定你是李华。你班同学决定为小明举办生日聚会。请你写信邀请外教Linda参加，要点包括：1. 时间：周五晚8点至9点；2. 地点：学生俱乐部；3. 内容：生日歌、蛋糕、游戏等；4. 要求：备小礼物。
注意：1. 词数100左右，开头语已为你写好；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以便行文连贯；
Hi, Linda,
We're throwing a surprise party for Xiaoming's birthday.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours
Li Hua
难度: 简单查看答案及解析