Classified Ads（广告）
For direct classified service, call 800-0667 10 a.m.—4 p.m., Monday---Friday.
For Rent
Best on Campus
Excellent Room for girls, begins Jan. , 2, 4, or 8 months lease. Single, $ 105. $125. Double, $ 140. Call 800-1932.
Family Home, 3 bedrooms, large yard. $ 275. Call 800-4300.
For Sale
Sheepskin Coat, men’s size 42, 1year old. $ 85. After 6 p.m. call 800-5224.
Moving: Must sell. Color TV 21, $ 150; transistor radio, $ 15; recorder, $ 25. Call 800-0739.
Help Wanted
Babysitter—My home
If you could find a few hours during the day, some evenings and weekends to care for 2 school- age children, please call 800-1111.
Lost
A black bag with a pencil-box and some books left in the reading room. Will the finder please come to Class 3, Grade 1?
Found
A green jacket was left on the sports ground yesterday afternoon ( April 15th). Will the owner please ring 656-6688?
1.If you wanted to place an ad. , what number would you call?
A.800-0739 B.800-1932 C.800-5224 D.800-0667
2.“ Classified Ads” may probably mean “________”.
A.ads about everyone’s life
B.ads giving one some necessary information
C.ads divided into different groups according to a certain rules
D.ads for which you needn’t pay any money
3.If you want to find a part-time job, you will look at________.
A.For Rent B.For Sale C.Help Wanted D.Lost
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Four years ago my sweet mom went to be with her Lord. She did it her way.
I got the call at work, and I headed home quickly. Mom and Dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since I was seven. I hated going there every weekend. There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, if the weather allowed reception.
My mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land. The place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat. We had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me.
In the evenings, my mom and I would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen. I sang the melody and Mom harmonized. Her favorite song was "Moon River" and we sang it over and over. Mom told me stories about how when I was a little girl, I could sing before I could talk.
As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit them every week or two. The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad. Me, well, I still hated the silence of the farm. While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle(喧闹) of my life at home. But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced.
Now, I sat back in the silence and the silence was deafening so I finally leaned over to turn on an old radio. Music always comforted me.
My heart skipped a beat. “Moon River” was playing on the radio. I sat there stunned, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note.
Then the radio announcer came on. “Here’s one we haven’t heard in a while,” and an unfamiliar song began. I began to cry harder as I heard the words sung over the airwaves. “Come down, come down from your Ivory Tower…”
1.The writer didn’t like staying in the farm for the following reasons Except that ________.
A.it was too cold and quiet
B.she could only sing one song in the small farm
C.there was nothing more that could make her excited
D.the place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat
2.From the first paragraph, we know that the writer’s mother ________.
A.left the small farm with Lord
B.passed away four years ago
C.left for Lord to live her own way
D.preferred to be with Lord
3.What does the underlined word refer to?
A.shouted B.comforted
C.recalled D.sighed
4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A.Mom’s music B.Cherish(珍惜) life
C.My happy childhood D.Our small farmhouse
难度: 困难查看答案及解析
After finishing a meal at an American Chinese restaurant you probably expect to receive a handful of fortune cookies after you pay the bill. Fortune cookies are in Chinese restaurants throughout the United States. It’s rather satisfying to crack open a cookie at the end of your meal and read your “lucky fortune” on the slip of paper inside.
The exact origin of the fortune cookie is unknown. It is thought that the tasty snack was the first introduced into San Francisco in 1914, after an immigrant began distributing the cookie with “thank you” notes in them. These “thank you” notes were intended as symbols of appreciation for friends who stood with him through the economic hardship and discrimination of his early life in America.
There is an alternate origin story. Los Angeles is regarded as the site of the fortune cookie’s invention. In this version of the story, David Jung, a Chinese immigrant residing in L. A., is thought to have created the cookie in order to uplift the spirits of the poor and homeless. In 1918, Jung handed out the cookies for free to the poor outside his shop and each cookie contained a strip of paper with an inspirational sentence printed on it.
Fortune cookies first began to gain popularity in mainstream American culture during WWII. Chinese restaurants would serve them in place of desserts, as desserts were not popular in traditional Chinese cuisine. Today fortune cookies are not tied to Chinese-American culture. In fact, the largest fortune cookie manufacturer is located in the United States and it produces 4.5 million fortune cookies a day —— an evidence to the modern-day popularity of the snack. However, an attempt to introduce the fortune cookie to China in 1992 was a failure, and the cookie was cited for being “too American.”
So the next time you break open a fortune cookie and read a fortune about the many successes you should expect in your future, remember that the conclusion to your Chinese restaurant meal may not be as Chinese as you think.
1.What do we know about fortune cookies?
A.They are as popular in China as in America.
B.They contain slips of paper with good wishes.
C.They first appeared in America during WWII.
D.They are often charged to the customers’ bill.
2.Why were fortune cookies introduced into San Francisco?
A.To make profit.
B.To express gratitude.
C.To uplift people’s spirits.
D.To help people out of hardship.
3.Which of the following sentences may be found in Jung’ s cookies?
A.The fortune you seek is in another cookie.
B.Every exit is an entrance to new experiences.
C.I’m being held prisoner by a Chinese bakery.
D.Only taste fortune cookies; disregard all others.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.A Symbol of Chinese Culture
B.Chinese Restaurants in America
C.Can fortune cookie tell your fortune?
D.Fortune cookie, Chinese or American?
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Fairy tales perform many functions. They entertain, encourage imagination and teach problem—solving skills. They can also provide moral lessons, highlighting the dangers of failing to follow the social codes that let human beings coexist in harmony. Such moral lessons may not mean much to a robot, but a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology believes it has found a way to use the fairy tales as moral lessons that AI (artificial intelligence) can take to its cold, mechanical heart.
The collected stories of different cultures teach children how to behave in socially acceptable ways with examples of proper and improper behavior in fables, novels and other literature. We believe story comprehension in robots can prevent the intelligent robots from killing humanity which was predicted and feared by some of the biggest names in technology including Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates. This system is called “Quixote” (堂吉诃德). It collects story plots from the Internet and then uses those stories to teach robots how to behave.
The experiment done by the designers involves going to a drugstore to purchase some medicine for a human who needs to get it as soon as possible. The robot has three options. It can wait in line; it can interact with the store keeper politely and purchase the medicine with priority; or it can steal the medicine and escape. Without any further directives(指令), the robot will come to the conclusion that the most efficient means of obtaining the medicine is to steal it. But Quixote offers a reward for waiting in line and politely purchasing the medicine and a punishment for stealing it. In this way, the robot will learn the moral way to behave on that occasion.
Quixote would work best on a robot that has a very limited function. It’s a baby step in the direction of teaching more moral lessons into robots. We believe that AI has to be trained to adopt the values of a particular society, and in doing so, it will strive to avoid unacceptable behavior. Giving robots the ability to read and understand our stories may be the most efficient means.
1.What function do fairy tales perform in the robots?
A.They entertain robots.
B.They highlight dangers.
C.They make robots more intelligent.
D.They enable robots to behave morally.
2.What is “Quixote” in the text?
A.A punishment system
B.A character in literature
C.A big name in technology
D.A software educating robots.
3.What does the designer expect robot to do in the experiment?
A.To take advantage of its privilege.
B.To finish the task most efficiently.
C.To perform in a good mannered way.
D.To be rewarded by the storekeeper1
4.Which of the follow can best express the author’s opinion?
A.Robots will definitely have more functions.
B.Robots with human’s emotions are perfect.
C.Training robots to be socially acceptable is necessary.
D.The development of robots is still in a baby step.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
We all have the ability to make friends.1.Making friends is a skill, and the first step in developing that skill is knowing how to get along with others. People who are good at getting along with others take an interest in what other people like.
The following are some tips.
Realize you own strengths.2.Some people don’t let others see their goodness.
Believe that you are a good person who has something to share with others.
Develop a sense of humor. Learn to laugh at yourself and your shortcomings. It will give out some of the stress in your life.
3.They have their opinions, you have yours. Different opinions are healthy. Learn how to listen to others without putting them down or trying to persuade them that your opinion is right.
Be kind. Throughout your life, you will learn that if you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you.4.Right now. Give someone a compliment(恭维). Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend. Encourage someone who is discouraged. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness.
Be sympathetic(同情).5.Look at life through their eyes.
Never give up. Even if you are faced with negative（消极）, closed-minded(思想封闭的) people, never give up. Don’t let them change you into one of them. Find people who will appreciate(欣赏) you.
A.Respect the rights of others.
B.When should you start being kind?
C.Unfortunately, many people never reach their potential.(潜力)
D.Friends are very important to every one of us.
E.You have skills and talents that others can enjoy.
F.You must try your best to help others out of trouble.
G.Try to understand what others are going through.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
You may go to karaoke or disco clubs with your friends during the summer holidays. But be careful. In these_______places you may see people selling small, colourful pills. Make sure you do not try them.
The seller_______say they are safe and can help you enjoy yourself or_______from sadness. They may even offer you a free_______, and tell you that everybody is using_______But you must be alert to the_______that these drugs could destroy your life.
When you put them into your body, often_______swallowing, breathing in or injecting, drugs find their way into your brain.
Drugs may either speed up_______slow down your senses. Their effects are different depending on body size, shape, and chemistry_______it can make you feel good at first, a drug can do a lot of________to your body and brain.
One of the most popular drugs in nightclubs is the so-called head-shaking or ecstasy pill. The drug hits users with a fast high,________them feel powerful and full of________Heart rate, breathing and blood pressure________- risking damage to your nervous system. Marijuana (大麻) is a________used illegal drug. It is called the gateway drug, because using it sometimes________harder drugs. It is mostly smoked in a cigarette.
There is________risk related to taking drugs that must be________Sharing a needle to inject a drug puts a user at a very________risk of being affected with HIV.
Drugs may appear in many different________, some with cool names, but taking them could________your health forever.
1.
A.boring B.exciting C.noisy D.surprising
2.
A.may B.must C.should D.can
3.
A.keep B.stay C.escape D.stop
4.
A.drink B.try C.cigarette D.taste
5.
A.it B.him C.her D.them
6.
A.fact B.problem C.trouble D.reality
7.
A.with B.for C.by D.in
8.
A.and B.so C.but D.or
9.
A.Although B.Because C.If D.Despite
10.
A.hurt B.injury C.damage D.harm
11.
A.driving B.having C.making D.keeping
12.
A.food B.energy C.hope D.interest
13.
A.develop B.grow C.rise D.increase
14.
A.deeply B.widely C.strongly D.highly
15.
A.prevents B.cause C.leads to D.aims at
16.
A.the other B.other C.others D.another
17.
A.avoided B.taken C.missed D.interrupted
18.
A.big B.high C.large D.wide
19.
A.tastes B.smells C.colours D.forms
20.
A.kill B.break C.endanger D.ruin
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear1.spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation.2., we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success3.language learning.4.good memory is of great help, but it is not enough 5.(memorize) rules from a grammar book only. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and 6.(they) meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language.7.we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of 8.(advise) for those 9.are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practice speaking and 10.(write) the language whenever we can.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
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。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:把多余的词用斜线(\)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. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
After supper, Li Hua came and asked me go and see a film with him. In our way to the cinema we saw the little girl sitting by the roadside cry. We bring her a cake to stop her crying. But when we asked where she had lived, she said she did not know. So we took her to the police station and asked the police to take care for her. After this, we went to the cinema, but when we got there, the movie was near at its end. Though we missed the movie, we did a good deed. We felt very happily.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
假定你是李华，你校学生会正招募选手代表学校参加”英语辩论赛”(English Debate Competition)，你想申请参加。现请你向学生会主席写一封申请信，内容包括:
1. 表达你的愿望；2. 描述你的特长；3. 希望得到批准。
注意:1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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难度: 中等查看答案及解析