Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "The British are the only people who like to be told how bad things are." This is definitely true of British comedy. Most people think humor is about happy things, but for the British, the opposite is true. We love to use our cruel sense of humor to complain and be negative.
British comedy, for example, draws a fine line between comedy and tragedy（悲剧）. BBC's The Office is a TV show, famous for its dry humor. The main character, David Brent, is a foolish man, and the show's comedy comes from his delusions. For example, he often tells himself that he is loved by everyone but the viewer can see that everyone hates him.
Stupid characters for the audience to laugh at are an old tradition in Britain. In Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, the character Malvolio is an old man whom people play tricks on. The audience will laugh away, although the reality is that this man is a truly tragic individual.
This side of British humor is reflected in friendships as well. At university, my friends and I would always laugh at one another. I had an American friend who actually found this sarcasm（挖苦）quite upsetting. She didn't realize that in Britain, the better friends you are with someone, the more you laugh at them.
This approach—laughing at everything—may sound rather depressing（让人郁闷的）, but our strange humor played a big part in British history. In World War II, along with a stiff upper lip（坚定沉着）, the British got through it by laughing. What else was there to do?
There is a saying in English: "Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone." If you are ever on the receiving end of British sarcasm, you may feel like crying, but it's best to just laugh it off!
1.How is British humor special?
A.It is often surprising and boring.
B.It is often about negative things.
C.It often laughs at happy people.
D.It often makes happy things depressing.
2.From paragraph 2-5 we can know that .
A.British people will not laugh at their good friends
B.there is a great difference between comedy and tragedy
C.stupid people are often treated well in Shakespeare's plays
D.British humor used to give people courage in face of sufferings
3.How does the author advise people to react to British humor?
A.Keep silent.
B.Cry as you like.
C.Don't take it seriously.
D.Try to hold back your laughter.
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As a young boy，Britain's great Prime Minister(首相), Sir Winston Churchill attended a public school called Harrow. He was not a good student and nearly_______from the school for breaking the rules._______，he did finish his schoolwork and his mistakes there did not _______ him from going on to a university. He even really had an army experience, for which he was later elected _______. He achieved it for his wisdom and _______. Because he once refused to _______ during the painful days of World War II. His amazing determination helped inspire his entire nation and was an _______worldwide.
Towards the end of his period as prime minister，he was _______ to make a speech to the students at his old school. When the great day_______, Sir Winston Churchill gave his short, clear-cut speech:
“Young man, never give up. Never give up! Never give up! Never, never, never, never!”
Another ________ example is Sandra Day O'Connor who fought to achieve her best education. Graduating at the top of her class, she worked her ________ into Stanford Law school, where she graduated with ________. Though working hard, she was ________ a woman in the 1950s. She was refused by many law firms ________ they preferred to hire less qualified(有资格的) man ________ a great woman lawyer. Yet she refused to give up on her dreams. With great efforts her dream ________came true.
Just like Churchill and Sandra, they stand for those who never give up.________, many people in our daily life simply say they want something but without making efforts. Instead, they let the fear of________ stop them from trying . As a wise saying goes: “It's not how many times you fall down that________. It's how many times you get back up that makes success! ” With hard work, ________ and preparation, you can overcome any difficulty and achieve success.
1.A.removed B.replaced C.returned D.refused
2.A.Thankfully B.Briefly C.Personally D.Carefully
3.A.perform B.protect C.prevent D.pretend
4.A.doctor B.minister C.worker D.teacher
5.A.energy B.expression C.excuse D.courage
6.A.give out B.give off C.give in D.give away
7.A.inspiration B.information C.introduction D.interview
8.A.required B.succeeded C.invited D.ordered
9.A.arose B.formed C.survived D.arrived
10.A.familiar B.similar C.practical D.different
11.A.route B.power C.way D.path
12.A.height B.harvest C.humor D.honors
13.A.still B.never C.once D.hardly
14.A.when B.as C.although D.if
15.A.other than B.more than C.rather than D.less than
16.A.finally B.regularly C.gradually D.hardly
17.A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Again
18.A.shame B.failure C.sadness D.concern
19.A.deserves B.affects C.amazes D.matters
20.A.imagination B.creativity C.interest D.determination
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On April 8th, 2013, the world felt sorry because of the death of former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who died at the age of 87. Besides being the country’s longest leader (1979-1990) in the 20th century, she was the first woman to lead Britain. She worked hard and did well in her work, so she was called “Iron Lady”.
Whatever you think of Margaret Thatcher, the thing everyone does agree on is that she was a woman with great decisions. When she took over Britain in 1979, she led a country that was in economic trouble. She faced a lot of problems because of the poor economic position.
In order to make the country become strong again, Ms. Thatcher had to make some hard and special decisions like raising interest rates and even taxes at a time when most British people were living a hard life. In this way she led Britain to run out of economic troubles.
Early in her second term, just as things were looking a little better, she faced another problem — a strike by the British Miners Union. Once again, the Iron Lady stood her ground to stop the longest strike in the country’s history.
In 1982, Argentina said that they had owned the Falkland Islands since the 19th century. Britain, however, considered the islands to be one of their overseas dependent territories (领土). Margaret Thatcher tried to talk about the problem with Argentines. But Argentines didn’t agree with her ideas, so Ms. Thatcher did what any strong leader would do — send in the British Army. It took 74 days, and on 14th June 1982, the Argentine army finally failed and Britain controlled the Falkland Islands again.
When Ms. Thatcher resigned in 1990, she left behind a country that was very strong. Unluckily, during the last few years of her life, something was wrong with her mind. She hardly remembered anything that was happening around her and even what she had done during her wonderful lifetime.
1.Why did Margaret Thatcher decide to raise interest rates?
A. Because English people were very rich and happy.
B. Because she needed money to fight against Argentina.
C. Because Britain needed to run out of economic troubles.
D. Because people stored too much money in the banks.
2.How did Margaret Thatcher make her country control the Falkland Islands again?
A. She paid a lot of money for the islands.
B. She helped people on the islands a lot.
C. She sent many workers to the islands.
D. She sent in the British Army to the islands.
3.What was the matter with Ms. Thatcher after she resigned?
A. She couldn’t say anything at all.
B. She almost couldn’t remember anything.
C. She couldn’t walk at all.
D. She couldn’t hear anything at all.
4.It can be inferred from the passage that Ms. Thatcher was ________.
A. determined B. sensitive
C. humorous D. generous
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Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "The British are the only people who like to be told how bad things are." This is definitely true of British comedy. Most people think humor is about happy things, but for the British, the opposite is true. We love to use our cruel sense of humor to complain and be negative.
British comedy, for example, draws a fine line between comedy and tragedy（悲剧）. BBC's The Office is a TV show, famous for its dry humor. The main character, David Brent, is a foolish man, and the show's comedy comes from his delusions. For example, he often tells himself that he is loved by everyone but the viewer can see that everyone hates him.
Stupid characters for the audience to laugh at are an old tradition in Britain. In Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, the character Malvolio is an old man whom people play tricks on. The audience will laugh away, although the reality is that this man is a truly tragic individual.
This side of British humor is reflected in friendships as well. At university, my friends and I would always laugh at one another. I had an American friend who actually found this sarcasm（挖苦）quite upsetting. She didn't realize that in Britain, the better friends you are with someone, the more you laugh at them.
This approach—laughing at everything—may sound rather depressing（让人郁闷的）, but our strange humor played a big part in British history. In World War II, along with a stiff upper lip（坚定沉着）, the British got through it by laughing. What else was there to do?
There is a saying in English: "Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone." If you are ever on the receiving end of British sarcasm, you may feel like crying, but it's best to just laugh it off!
1.How is British humor special?
A.It is often surprising and boring.
B.It is often about negative things.
C.It often laughs at happy people.
D.It often makes happy things depressing.
2.From paragraph 2-5 we can know that .
A.British people will not laugh at their good friends
B.there is a great difference between comedy and tragedy
C.stupid people are often treated well in Shakespeare's plays
D.British humor used to give people courage in face of sufferings
3.How does the author advise people to react to British humor?
A.Keep silent.
B.Cry as you like.
C.Don't take it seriously.
D.Try to hold back your laughter.
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Guess what former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and United States president Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Arabella Kushner, have in common? They both study Chinese as a second language.
Although Chinese is known as one of the hardest languages to learn, a lot of people from different backgrounds are studying it with hopes of big benefits.
Nov 2 saw more than 120 people, coming from 105 countries, compete in the finals of the 12th “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign secondary school students. Held in Zhengzhou, Henan province, the finals was mainly made up of speech contests and talent shows. The contestants also visited the Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes and other historical sites in Henan.
While reasons for learning Chinese were different, a common one was interest in the country’s rich culture and rapid development.
Raissa, 17, from the Union of the Comoros, developed a strong emotional connection with China after her grandmother was cured by doctors of the Chinese medical team in Africa three years ago. This led her to learn Chinese at a local Confucius Institute.
Fascinated by Chinese culture, the competitor has taken part in activities on traditional Chinese medicine and folk arts during her first trip to China. “My dream is to study medicine in China so that I could cure patients like the Chinese doctors did,” she said.
For Fekete Marcell Zoltan, 17, from the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School, studying Chinese may secure him a future job as a Hungarian diplomat(外交官) to China. “After graduation from high school, I would like to further my studies in China,” he said.
Robert Davis, director of the Chinese-language program in Chicago’s public school system, may give you a hint. “Chinese isn’t the new French. It’s the new English, which is widely used all over the world.” he told CGTN.
1.Why are Mark Zuckerberg and Arabella Kushner mentioned in paragraph one?
A.To show Chinese is popular.
B.To introduce them to the readers.
C.To tell the readers they love China.
D.To stress the importance of learning Chinese.
2.The underlined word Fascinated in paragraph 6 can be replaced by ______.
A.Attracted. B.Employed.
C.Inspected. D.Appreciated.
3.What is the common reason for the competitors to learn Chinese?
A.It’s easy to learn.
B.They want to become a doctor.
C.They hope for a good job after graduation.
D.They have interest in Chinese culture and rapid development.
4.What is Robert Davis’ attitude to learning Chinese?
A.Doubtful. B.Supportive.
C.Indifferent. D.Upset.
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Do you think Great Britain and the United States are alike? Winston Churchill once joked that the people of Britain and the people of America are separated (分离) only by their language. Do you think that is true? The British and the Americans both speak English as the official language. However, each uses some different words.We Americans are similar to the British. After all , our country was once owned by Great Britain , so we have a lot in common. But there are many differences between us.
Great Britain has a king or queen, and the leader of the government is the Prime Minister. The United States has no kings or queens. Our leader is the President.
Both the British and Americans use pounds and ounces, oints, quarts, and gallons. Both use miles, yards,and feet. Our money is different,though. The British use pounds and pence. Americans use dollars and cents.
Driving in a car is very different in England. They drive on the left side of the road. We drive on the right. What we call the hood of the car, the British call the “bonnet”. British cars run on “petrol”,which we call gasoline.
In our everyday lives, we do many of the same things as the British. But we describe them differently. A young mother here might push a baby in a baby carriage. A British mom pushes a “pram”. The British watch the “telly”, while we watch TV. We like to eat French fries, but the British call them “chips”. Millions of Americans drink coffee, but most British prefer tea.
So we are different in many ways. But we stay friendly anyway.
1.We can learn from the passage that _______
A. both British and Americans drive cars on the left side of the road
B.English is an official language in Britain but not in the US
C.the writer comes from the US and is friendly to British
D.the US also has queens and kings like Great Britain
2. Winston Churchill’s words mean that ______
A.Britain and the US are very similar
B.The people of Britain and the US are the same
C.the languages of Britain and the US are the same
D.there are many differences between Britain and the US
3.The British and Americans both use ______
A. miles and dollars B. pints and pence
C. gallons and feet D.yards and cents
4.Which of the following is used by the British?
A.TV B.Pram
C. Hood D. French fries
5.What is the best tittle for the passage?
A. We stay friendly
B. Different languages?
C. English as the official language
D. Differences between Britain and Austrilia
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Winston Churchill was born into a famous family．His father was a successful politician．However, as a boy, Churchill was considered a slow learner in school．Later he entered the Army and saw action in various countries．
In October 1900, Churchill began his political career．For the next sixty years Churchill’s work as a great politician was both brighter and more difficult than his father’s had been．In 1939 German attacked Poland．Churchill prepared to fight．In 1940 he became the Prime Minister of English．
France fell．The Germans fought their way through Western Europe．It looked as if Britain was about to lose the war．Was it now possible to ask for peace, and listen to Hitler?
Churchill spoke: “I have nothing to offer but blood, hard work , tears and sweat… You ask what is our policy? I will tell you, it is to fight, by sea , by land and air, with all our force and with all the strength that God can give us．You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory．”
The Germans began moving their armies to the French coast and prepared to go to war with British．The British had not enough guns to go around．Churchill gave the answer: “ We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be．We shall fight on the coast ; we shall fight on the landing grounds; we shall fight in the fields and in the streets; we shall fight in the hills; we shall never give up．”
By his courage and hard work, Churchill heartened his people and other nations fighting together against Hitler．Victory finally came when the Germans lost World War II．
Churchill died in 1965 and was given a state funeral．This was a fitting payment to one of all the greatest men the world had ever seen．
1.Churchill ______ before he became a politician．
A．was a slow student B．was an army man
C．helped his father in his career D．had little interest in politics
2.The Germans attacked British _______．
A．after France was defeated B．before France fell
C．soon after Poland was attacked D．before Churchill became the Prime Minister
3.The underlined word “heartened” probably means ______ in this passage．
A．surprised B．encouraged C．asked for D．called for
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．Churchill had worked as a politician for more than sixty years．
B．The writer admired and respected Churchill very much．
C．Churchill was not so clever as his father．
D．Churchill was one of the most inspiring, brave and wise leaders in the British history．
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Just weeks after Boris Johnson was suffering with coronavirus( 冠状病毒) in an ICU at St Thomas’ hospital, the prime minister is due to go back to work on Monday.
“I’ve today left the hospital after a week in which the National Health Service have saved my life, no question.”
Infected with COVID-19, the prime minister spent 3 days in the ICU and a week in the hospital. Since he left hospital, Mr. Johnson has been recovering at the prime minister’s stately home, Chequers. He has been holding calls but not taking decisions or working on official business.
The US president Donald Trump also confirmed the prime minister was recovering after receiving a phone call from him.
“He sounded incredible. I was actually surprised. I thought he’d be like. oh, Donald, how are... He was ready to go. I’m very surprised. The old Boris. Great energy, great drive.”
The US President’s comments echo Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who today confirmed Boris Johnson was in high spirits.
“He’s in good shape. And I’m sure he’ll come back as soon as doctors recommended.”
Since Boris Johnson was infected with coronavirus and has been in recovery, Dominic Raab took the role of acting Prime Minister , making decisions when the prime minister could not.
Downing Street said yesterday: " The prime minister is continuing his recovery at Chequers. He spoke with Dominic Raab yesterday, and had an audience with the Queen by phone last night. He is being sent regular updates on the government business, but he isn’t still doing Government work.”
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been in recovery and due to go back to work.
B.Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a good relationship with US president.
C.Boris Johnson has been recovering and working on official business.
D.The US President confirmed that Boris Johnson was in high spirits.
2.How did the US President confirm Boris Johnson was in good shape?
A.By reading the news from the prime minister’s stately home.
B.Through the US President’s comments.
C.Over a phone call from Boris Johnson.
D.Informed by his doctor.
3.Who did the job of prime minister while Boris Johnson was under treatment?
A.Downing Street B.Dominic Raab
C.Donald Trump D.the Queen
4.From the passage we know that_______.
A.Boris Johnson is not doing Government work.
B.Boris Johnson has worked on official business.
C.Boris Johnson was infected with coronavirus and is now still in hospital.
D.Boris Johnson knew nothing about official business during his recovery.
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Britain’s first and only female prime minister , Margaret Thatcher, died on April 8 at the age of 87, after suffering a stroke (中风), _______ has aroused a flood of comments about her political life again.
A．which B．what C．it D．that
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Britain’s first and only female prime minister , Margaret Thatcher, died on April 8 at the age of 87, after suffering a stroke (中风), _______ has aroused a flood of comments about her political life again.
A．which B．what C．it D．that
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Where did all the tigers go? That’s what Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to know. India’s Sariska Project Tiger Reserve, once home to 26 tigers, is now home to none. Singh has ordered a police investigation into the 39 ，and created a new taskforce to save the 40 animals.
Tigers are an endangered species(物种). Half of the world’s tiger 41 live in India. For years, tigers have been disappearing from India’s national parks, but Sariska may be the last straw. And the government has to react.
On Thursday, Singh held the first meeting of 42 officials, wildlife experts, and related leaders, aiming to count the nation’s remaining tigers, and to come up with a plan to keep them safe.
It is not hard to guess why the tigers are disappearing. Poachers (偷猎者) can 43 the big cats for $50,000 each. Tiger skin and bones are popular in Chinese 44 . A single tiger tooth can fetch $120. Recently, a group of poachers admitted killing ten tigers in Sariska and were 45 .
“Indian tiger poaching is probably the biggest conservation problem in modern times.” said Belinda Wright, the head of the Wildlife Protection Society of India.
However, poaching isn’t the only 46 . Many poachers use advanced technologies, like night glasses and long–range binoculars. Forest security officers are paid so 47 that few of them bother to track down the poachers. Even if a security guard were to find a poacher, many carry only a stick to make him obey the law.
Tiger fans hope that Singh’s plans mean end for the poachers and 48 for the endangered species.
1.A. project B. disappearance C. reserve D. home
2. A. dangerous B. huge C. rare D. fierce
3.A. population B. percentage C. generation D. group
4. A. business B. trade C. army D. forest
5.A. raise B. hunt C. sell D. shoot
6. A. food B. tradition C. culture D. medicine
7.A. found B. arrested C. prohibited D. controlled
8. A. problem B. worry C. crime D. factor
9.A. commonly B. poorly C. slightly D. highly
10.A. success B. lamp C. hope D. achievement
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