There has been ________ rising demand for gra...

There has been ________ rising demand for grain as    ________    _______ industrial material in spite of the nation’s good harvests.

A．/ ;an                B．a; an               C．the;an              D．a; /

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Were you born in the 1990s? Do you think you are different from older generations? As there has been considerable discussion about “the post­1990s” in newspapers and on the Internet recently, people including the group themselves, have begun to look at some things that help shape their culture. Do you find them true?

1. Jay Chou　He is not handsome. When he hums no one can understand him. But the 28­year­old Taiwan singer has stolen the hearts of many boys and girls who  were born in the 1990s. They are crazy about him. Huang Kaiqin, a 16­year­old Shanghai student, said，“I love him! I love everything from his lyrics to his melody(旋律), and to his attitude toward the life. ”

2. PSP　Its full name is Play­ Station Portable and it's a Sony product for game fans. Teens love it because PSP is better than the Game Boy in terms of pictures, controls and choices of games. With a PSP you can also play MP3 or MP4, watch movies and so on.

3. Naruto　Among all the popular cartoons and comic books, the Japanese manga series has been this generation's favorite read. Naruto, who was orphaned at birth, grows from being a naughty boy to a powerful ninja (日本武士). Naruto teaches readers that honor is very important and not to give up, even if something is hard to achieve.

4. iPods　MP3s are not in any way, shape or form. But the iPod is amazing because it is a complete library of music in your hand. Post­90s are always excited about the latest product.

5. Tuzki　Tuzki, the white and hairy baby rabbit, was not born until January this year. But Tuzki's popularity has been spreading quickly among post­90s who like QQ and MSN. Wang Lin, a college student, created the cool little rabbit.

6. Chat lingo　On the Internet, the chat lingo is cool and convenient. But one day, teachers notice a new generation of errors entering their students' essays.  Words such as “3Q”，“ORZ” and “b4” confuse adults but are part of teens' everyday lives.

1.Which of the following is WRONG?

2.Why does the author write the passage?

3.The best topic of this passage might be ________.

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When I got there, the meeting _____ for ten minutes.

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For as long as there have been gifts, we naturally make choices based on the recipient (接受者). But what if we have been wrong all along and we could turn things around, which not only made gift buying easier, but the recipient happier?

In 2015, psychologists Lauren Human and Lara Aknin conducted an online survey, which suggested that when people buy gifts, they prefer to choose something based on the recipient’s personality and tastes. Most people also said that they preferred receiving gifts bought with them in mind: gifts for them.

But Human and Aknin wondered if this approach to giving failed to take advantage of the way we connect as people. So they sent 78 volunteers into a shopping centre before Mother’s Day. Half were told to buy a card that “reveals (揭示) your knowledge of the recipient” while the others set out to buy a card that “reveals your true self”. After the purchase, the givers who had thought partly of themselves reported feeling emotionally closer to their mothers.

To find out how that approach goes down with recipients, the psychologists did another test, asking more than 100 students to choose a song on iTunes to give to a friend, partner or family member. Each half of the group received the same instructions as the card buyers. Results revealed that recipients of songs that revealed something of the givers felt closer to them than those who received gifts bought only with them in mind.

Human and Aknin suggest it might apply to all gifts. “If building stronger social connections is the underlying (潜在的) goal” of a gift and surely it should be — then we “may well be advised to offer more self-reflective gifts”. In short, for a present to be meaningful, you need to give away a bit of yourself, even if there is a risk that the gift might not so closely suit the recipient’s practical needs or tastes as one acquired purely with that in mind.

Moreover, giving something of oneself can be a safer act, the psychologists added. Because it reduces the risk of revealing poor knowledge of a recipient by attempting to buy something that fits their character — and failing.

But a note of caution here: what the research does not examine is the potential risk in repeated, unsympathetic giver-centered giving, which, according to Human and Aknin “could signal self-obsession”— and nobody wants to reveal that about themselves.

1.From the Mother’s Day card test, we can conclude that _______.

A.gifts chosen with the giver in mind work well on the giver

B.most people choose gifts with the recipient in mind

C.most people choose gifts based on their personal tastes

D.gifts chosen with the giver in mind work well on the recipient

2.What do the underlined words “them, them” refer to in order of appearance?

A.The recipients; the givers.

B.The givers; the recipients.

C.The givers; the givers.

D.The recipients; the recipients.

3.Which of the following is Human and Aknin’s advice on gift giving?

A.Choose gifts that reflect more of yourself.

B.Just focus on your own tastes when choosing gifts.

C.Buy something that fits the recipient’s character most.

D.Be careful not to signal your true personality.

4.Which is the best title of this passage?

A.The tradition of gift giving.

B.The purpose of gift giving.

C.The effect of gift giving.

D.The psychology of gift giving.

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Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my ___36___ was more manageable, I ___37___ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. ___38___ that was years ago and times have changed. ___39___ I live with my mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to ___40___ my disability pension(残疾抚恤金). ___41___ I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my ___42___. I decided that I would consider ___43___ to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was ___44___ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ___45___ to get started. And ___46___ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ___47___ use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my ___48___, he gave me a long, thoughtful ___49___. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me ___50___ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ___51___ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ___52___ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”

I ___53___. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ___54___ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His ___55___ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

1.                A．sadness        B．tiredness        C．sickness  D．loneliness

2.                A．enjoyed        B．kept           C．shared   D．set

3.                A．Eventually       B．Unfortunately    C．Surprisingly    D．Gladly

4.                A．Then           B．Sometime       C．Meanwhile    D．Now

5.                A．make up for     B．get rid of        C．take advantage of   D．add up to

6.                A．As             B．Though         C．Before   D．If

7.                A．condition       B．choices         C．positions  D．movement

8.                A．living up        B．getting on       C．going back D．reaching out

9.                A．interviewed     B．found          C．invited   D．recognized

10.               A．time           B．energy         C．knowledge D．money

11.               A．once          B．seldom         C．often D．thus

12.               A．hardly         B．nearly          C．formerly   D．actually

13.               A．family          B．idea           C．offer D．job

14.               A．view           B．look           C．sight  D．face

15.               A．along          B．towards        C．through   D．over

16.               A．lovingly        B．pitifully         C．gratefully  D．unhappily

17.               A．turn           B．role           C．step  D．pick

18.               A．ought to cry     B．should have cried C．could have cried D．had to cry

19.               A．the ones        B．few            C．the rest   D．more

20.               A．devotion       B．kindness        C．trust  D．courage

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He has been out of work for three months; as a result, he has to ____on family expenses by one-third.

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It’s hard for a woman to run after fashion as it _______ so quickly.

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Joan has been missing for a couple of days and there is growing _____for her safety.

A. attention　　 B. danger　　　 C. concern　　　 D. hope

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Margaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.

She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “I would have liked to go back to it, but the shifts（工作班次）are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.”

So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just ￡90, before tax and insurance. “It’s better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’ should get a bit extra.”

The hours she’s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.

Her work isn’t physically very hard, but it’s not exactly pleasant, either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps they’d be a bit more careful.”

The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “Since I’ve got to be here, I try to enjoy myself—and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.”

Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write,” said Margaret. “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing, but I don’t think that way any more. I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”

1.Margaret quit her job as a nurse because _______.

A. she wanted to earn more money to support her family

B. she had suffered a lot of mental pressure

C. she felt tired of taking care of patients

D. she needed the right time to look after her children

2.Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because _______.

A. they never clean their offices                        B. they look down upon cleaners

C. they always make a mess in their offices       D. they never do their work carefully

3.When at work, Margaret feels _______.

A. light-hearted because of her fellow workers    B. happy because the building is fully lit

C. tired because of the heavy workload          D. bored because time passes slowly

4.The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret’s parents would _______.

A. help care for her children                           B. regret what they had said

C. show sympathy for her                                  D. feel disappointed in her

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There is too much rain these days, isn’t there ?  —Yes, it ___ for a week.

A．has been raining    B．had been raining    C．was raining        D．rained

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