Steve wanted to play a trick ________Tom, but...

Steve wanted to play a trick ________Tom, but gave himself ________ by laughing.

A．on; over          B．with; away         C．with; on           D．on; away

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—In early autumn Steve applied for admission to college.He wanted to go ________ but to Cornell University.

—Oh, why not Harvard?

A．anywhere　     B．nowhere

C．everywhere　     D．somewhere

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(2013 ·安徽蚌埠二次质检)—In early autumn Steve applied for admission to college.He wanted to go ________ but to Cornell University.

—Oh, why not Harvard?

A．anywhere　     B．nowhere

C．everywhere　     D．somewhere

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When a friend gave Tom a ticket he ________ to the game．

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Davey wanted to play baseball. But fifty years ago, in his small town, he couldn’t find enough players for two full teams or an empty lot big enough for a field. And when he played ball in his back yard, he just broke windows and got into trouble. So Davey began playing with a plastic golf ball and a broom handle for a bat.
When his dad, David Mullaney, a former semi-pro baseball pitcher(投手), realized his son was hurting his arm trying to throw curves with the little plastic ball, he decided to find a better solution. Mullaney got a bunch of hollow plastic spheres from a local factory, sat down at his kitchen table and began cutting different size holes in the balls with a razor knife. He thought maybe the holes would alter the ball’s flight and help his son throw curves and sliders without hurting his arm.
All the balls failed—except the one with the eight oblong(长椭圆形的) holes cut into one of the hemispheres. This ball curved naturally and sharply without a violent snap of the wrist. In fact, Davey was now striking out so many batters; he called his new ball a “wiffle ball”. A year later, Mullaney borrowed $20,000 from family and friends and started producing Wiffle Balls in his little suburban town of Shelton, Connecticut.
“I didn’t want investors.” He said, “I wanted to control my own company.” This was the beginning of one of the hottest fads(时尚) of the fifties and a perennial(长久的) best seller well known all around the world. Since then millions of boys and girls have enjoyed countless hours of safe, wholesome fun playing with a Wiffle ball and bat. Esquire Magazine has even called the Wiffle Ball “a national treasure”. By producing a high quality product at an affordable price, three generations of Mullany’s have enjoyed the satisfaction and benefits of running a successful and profitable family business.
Over the years, they’ve had plenty of offers to buy them out, but they’re still working out of a small factory in Shelton, making a new Wiffle Ball every couple of seconds. Creativity and persistence are two of the important sources for wealth. If he gave up his attempts at trying new things, Mullany would not have invented the wiffle ball, nor would he have made such a big fortune.
1.From the passage we can know that ________________________________________________________________________________.

A．Mullaney made the invention of Wiffle ball with the help of his son

B．fifty years ago people didn’t like playing baseball very much

C．Mullaney’s attempts to help Davey better enjoy ball-playing led to the invention of Wiffle ball

D．playing balls would hurt one’s arm before the Wiffle ball’s appearance

2.All the following are true EXCEPT________________________________________________________________________.

A．Davey was a good ballplayer after the Wiffle ball came into existence

B．David Mullaney wanted to run the family business on his own

C．Mullaney’s family made a big fortune through the production of Wiffle balls

D．Mullaney’s business was nearly bought out but they worked hard to keep it

3.The underlined word “spheres” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to________________________________________________________________________.

A．balls　 B．bottles　 C．bags　 D．boxes

4.The two important factors for Mullaney’s successful family business are________________________________________________________________________.

A．time and fortune　　 B．persistence and creativity

C．quality and fame 　 D．cooperation and efforts

5.The passage mainly tells us something about________________________________________________________________________.

A．Davey, a famous baseball player　　　　　　　　　 B．a popular ball game in the 1950’s

C．the birth of Wiffle ball 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．the success of a family business

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My parents want me to take_________maths lessons at the weekend, but I want to play and have fun.

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He gave himself a new name to hide his ____ when he went to carry out the secret task.

A.emotion　　　　　　 B.talent　　　　　　　　 C.identity　　　　 D.treasure

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Frauds (诈骗犯)play complex psychological tricks to fool others, says Colin Barras. And that means anyone can be cheated unless they know what to look for.

None of us likes to be cheated. and David Modic has done some researches on it. It’s the personal passion that has convinced Modic to study the psychology of cheating. He’s not alone: the field is thriving, and the information that researchers are uncovering is ) valuable to us all-from those single in search of love to the technology wizards (人才) in charge of the world’s online security.

Modic is particularly interested in w hat makes people easy to fraud. It’s common to imagine that only the foolish or poorly educated might fall victim but even hard evidence suggests this is not the case. Take Paul Frampton, an Oxbridge educated academic professor of physics for example. In 2012 Frampton was given almost 5 years in prison for drug smuggling in Argentina, after falling victim to an online dating fraud. And then there’s John Worley, As a psychotherapist, Worley knows more than most of us about controlling life’s right ways. But in 2005 he was put on trial for bank fraud after becoming a victim of a fraud. This fraud sees people contacted by someone claiming to be a Nigerian government official appealing for help moving large sums of money out of the country—who just requires a little money upfront (预付的)to release the fortune. Worley was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison.

Intelligence and experience offer no protection against cheaters, says Modic. “If it did, then better educated people and older people would be less likely to fall for scams(骗局). And that is not supported by my research.”

To look for answers to that question, Modic and Frank Stajano have quizzed thousands of people, asking them first whether they think various frauds are reasonable—and whether they have fallen victim to them—before asking them to perform a personality test. The research has identified a number of characteristics that people who are victims of frauds seem to in common. Some of these traits —like a lack of self-control—we would probably recognize as dangerous. But others—a trust in authority, a desire to act in the same way as our friends, or a tendency to act in a consistent way —we might think of as good characteristics.

1.According to the passage, the frauds may　　　　　　　 .

A. threaten the world’s online security

B. play their tricks in a consistent way

C. receive much education of psychology

D. have high intelligence to help cheating

2.Paragraph 3 mainly tells us that　　　　　　　 .

A. who and what makes people easy to fraud

B. all walks of life would be likely to fall for scams

C. the poorly educated may be easier to be cheated

D. government officials should be responsible for frauds

3.Modic and Frank Stajano’s researches find out that the victims　　　　　　 .

A. often follow friends’ actions

B. are considered to be dangerous

C. also share good characteristics

D. shouldn’t have a trust in authority

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. Mr. Cruise said that he preferred the information Jack gave to ______ heard by himself.

A. the one         B. it          C. that          D. which

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阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

It was a hot July day. The five boys and I wanted to find some new tricks to play. “Hey!” Ned said, “We haven’t climbed the cliff for a long while.” “Let’s go!” said someone else. And off they went. I hesitated. I longed to be brave and active, like them, but I’d been a sickly child most of my eight years and my mother often told me not to adventure.

“Come on!” called Jerry, my best friend. “Just because you’ve been sick is no reason to be timid.” “I’m coming!” I yelled, and ran along after them.

Through the park and into the woods, we finally approached the cliff, which was only about 60 feet high, but to me it just seemed impossible because it was almost vertical (垂直的).

One by one, the other boys began to climb upward. Then trembling and sweating, I began to climb, my heart beating widely in my skinny chest. At some point, I looked back and was horrified. The ground at the base of the cliff seemed very far below; one slip and I would fall. Soon, the boys were u to the top. Then they left, leaving me clinging (紧握) to the rock alone.

I looked down and was overcome by dizziness: I could never climb back down. It was much too far to go and I would fall and die. But the way up to the top was even worse — higher, steeper and more dangerous; I would never make it.

Time passed and it was getting dark. I began to sob.

After what seemed one hundred years, I heard my father’s comforting voice: “Come on down, boy.”

“No, I can’t,” I howl. “It’s too far, it is too hard, I can’t do it.”

“Listen to me,” my father said. “Don’t think about how far it is and all you have to think about is taking one little step.” I inched backward. Eventually I took the last step down onto rocks at the bottom.

Now whenever I’m faced with a frightening situation, I’ll remind myself not to look at the rocks far below, but at the first small and relatively easy step, feeling a sense of accomplishment with each move, until I have done what I wanted to do.

1.Why did the writer hesitate to climb the cliff at first?(no more than 10 words)

2.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 probably mean? (no more than 2 words)

3.How does the writer like the cliff?(no more than 10 words)

4.What is the embarrassing situation the writer have to face in Paragraph 5? (no more than 15 words)

5.What’s your attitude towards “fear” in life? Please explain.(no more than 20 words)

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