Most Irish people go to ______ church every S...

Most Irish people go to ____ church every Sunday and the church plays ____ important part in people’s lives.

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

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Most Irish people go to ______ church every Sunday and ______    church plays ______ important part in their life.

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

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When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church. The __21__ in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into groups based __22__ their ages.

One Easter Sunday, all the kids __23__ with big __24__ about what the Easter Bunny(复活节兔子) had brought. __25__ all of the kids shared their stories with __26__, one young boy, whom I should call Bobby, sat __27__. One of the teachers, noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny __28__ you?” He replied, “My mum __29__ the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn’t get __30__ because he hadn’t got a key.”

This sounded like a __31__ idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories. My mom knew the true story, __32__. Bobby’s mom was a single parent, and she suspected(怀疑) that they just couldn’t __33__ the Easter Bunny.

After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to __34__. But my mom announced that we were going home __35__. At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel __36__, we were going to pretend to be the Easter Bunny, make a basket of our candies for him and __37__ it at church. We all donated some to the basket, and _38__ back to church. There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩) and attached a(n) __39__:

Dear Bobby,

I’m sorry I __40__ your house last night. Happy Easter!

Love,

The Easter Bunny

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MONTREAL(Reuters)—Crossing the US-Canada border to go to church on a Sunday cost an American $10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security rules.

The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Albert often crosses the border like the other half-dozen people of Township 15. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.

There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US, which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.

As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs station in this area is closed on Sundays, so he just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later. Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally.

Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 Americans in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs(海关) stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.

Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I’m living in a prison,” he said.

1.We learn from the text that Richard Albert is ________________________________________________________________________________ .

A. an American working in a Canadian church

B. a Canadian living in a Quebec village

C. a Canadian working in a customs station

D. an American living in Township 15

2.Albert was fined because he ________________________________________________________________________________________________ .

A. broke the American security rules

B. failed to obey traffic rules

C. worked in St. Pamphile without a pass

D. damaged the gate of the customs office

3.What would be the best title for the text?

A. A Cross-country Trip　　 B. An Expensive Church Visit

C. An Unguarded Border　　 D. A Special Border Pass

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I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've　　 that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully　　 　 today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never 　　 while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The 　　 is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!

I once 　　 　 a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend 　　 　 Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her　 　　 　 son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He　　 he was racing those cars around a great track, which in 　　 was an imaginary circle around a golden statue (雕像). The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable 　　 for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.

When his mother told him the time had come to 　　 ，the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？” 　　 to the Oscar.

“Sure，” he smiled. “It's yours.”

The horrified mother 　 . “Put that back immediately！”

Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me;　 　 it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a 　　　 hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to 　　 , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.

You may have learned to let go of past 　　 　 and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the 　　 ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?

“I like the　 　　 　 of the future better than the history of the past,” said Thomas Jefferson. I　 　　 . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.

1.A. discovered.    B. inferred    C. hoped    D. worried

2.A. spend    B. live    C. understand    D. enjoy

3.A. struggle    B. work    C. succeed    D. learn

4.A. story    B. fact    C. idea    D. news

5.A. wrote    B. told    C. knew    D. heard

6.A. saw    B. recognized    C. met    D. visited

7.A. careful    B. small    C. lonely    D. clever

8.A. pretended    B. believed    C. insisted    D. suggested

9.A. reality    B. case    C. turn    D. need

10.A. cared    B. asked    C. won    D. looked

11.A. act    B. leave    C. play    D. wait

12.A. running    B. getting    C. pointing    D. shouting

13.A. objected    B. noticed    C. suffered    D. breathed

14.A. selling    B. keeping    C. earning    D. sharing

15.A. special    B. comfortable    C. expensive    D. necessary

16.A. rest    B. cheat    C. stop    D. sit

17.A. difficulties    B. events    C. failures    D. achievements

18.A. time    B. future    C. body    D. brain

19.A. idea    B. meaning    C. dreams    D. thoughts

20.A. obey    B. permit    C. wish    D. agree

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Britain Today

Food

British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular— 30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!

Sports

British people don’t do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week, about 9% go cycling and 8% play golf—and only 6% of people play football (but 32% go to watch it).

Cinema and TV

Films are very popular in Britain, and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day — two quarters more than women.

Holidays

British people love going on holiday, and have 56 million holidays every year. Most of these holidays aren't in the UK—27% are in Spain, 10% are in the USA, and 9% are in France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn't very good!

1.Which food could be more popular among British adults, a hamburger or fish and chips?

2. Those who are interested in movies are ____.

3. How long do British women spend watching TV every day?

4.British people's favorite country for a holiday is ____.

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When I was a child, I had to go to church and obey many other rules, though these rules at times caused resentment (怨恨). Perhaps the most extreme parenting decision my parents made for my four brothers and sisters and me was to create a home environment without a television.

We hated this decision at that time, because there was seemingly no way to keep this embarrassing fact a secret at school. Naturally, simple pleasures like cartoons, football games, and movies became huge novelties (新奇事物). I would go over to friends’ or relatives’ houses for that access alone.

When I reached high school, my parents bought a television, though it had no cable. However, I did spend most of my childhood in a home without a television. In fact not having a television did contribute a great deal to my skills, and it also forced me to develop other valuable interests. We grew up in a small town, so my brothers and sisters and I spent time exploring streets, fields and woods. And of course I read and wrote and studied, which pushed me toward a career path.

So would I give a similar situation to my own children if I had them? I doubt it, at least not in the most extreme sense. I’m too much of a football fan, not to mention the TV serials (连续剧) like The Wire. But television or almost anything for that matter is unhealthy for kids. It can prevent them from living a full life. So maybe a reasonable answer is no cable or no video-game systems or simply setting the time limit, but I haven’t exactly worked out how to confine it yet. Although some people are against my idea, we do need limits after all.

1.From the text we can learn that ________.

A. the author didn’t like watching TV as a child

B. the author’s family seldom went to church

C. not having a TV set brought the author many benefits

D. few homes had a TV set when the author was a child

2.From the last paragraph we can learn the author thinks that ________.

A. children shouldn’t watch TV too much

B. children should be forbidden to watch TV

C. children should only watch serials and sports on TV

D. watching TV is unhealthy for both adults and children

3.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “confine” in the last paragraph?

A. Limit.            B. Punish.            C. Reject.            D. Support.

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The teacher as well as all the boys ____ to play basketball every Sunday afternoon.

A. is going          B. go       C. goes            D. are going

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Published in 1896 and one of the most memorable horror stories ever written, Dracula, by Irish writer Bram Stoker,is the story of a vampire（吸血鬼）,someone who lives on human blood. Stoker wrote the book after reading stories about Central European vampires and set his novel in Transylvania. Even today,there are readers of the book who believe that Transylvania is a mythical（神话的）country,a figment（虚构）of Stoker’s imagination. Nothing could be further from the truth. Transylvania is part of modern-day Central European country Romania,and the country does indeed have a history of mythological vampires.

However,Romanians are always puzzled by the description of the novel’s central character, Count Dracula,a tall,elegant aristocrat（贵族）with impeccable（完美的）manners who also happens to speak very good English. This is a world away from the images of vampires that they have grown up with. Romanian vampires are half-human creatures who live solitary lives in the forests,not aristocrats living in castles with well-stocked libraries.

So where did Stoke get the image for his Dracula? The answer becomes clearer when one learns of his relationship with a man called Henry Irving,the greatest British stage actor of his time.

Stoker was working as a civil servant in his home city of Dublin when he first met Irving. Bored with his tedious life and work, Stoker took every opportunity to visit the theatre and for a while was the drama critic for the Dublin Evening Mail. One of the reviews he wrote was of a performance of Shakespeare’s play Hamlet,with Irving in the lead role.

Irving was so pleased with Stoker’s review of his performance that he asked to meet him. Stoker couldn’t believe his luck when one night,he was invited to a dinner party where Irving was the guest of honour. Irving entertained the assembled dinner guests with some renditions（表演）of famous poems and speeches from Shakespeare.

Stoker was already writing the first chapters of Dracula and began to base the central character on Irving,in the vain hope that if it ever became a stage play, Irving would play the central character. Sadly,Irving never did,but the two men became close friends,and in 1878 Stoker left the civil service and became Irving’s manager in London.

1.Bram Stoker set his novel in Transylvania because ________.

A．it is in modern-day Romania

B．Transylvania is a mythical country

C．he wanted to tell a true story

D．he had read stories about vampires from the area

2.The central character of the novel ________.

A．is very similar to the vampires that Romanians know about

B．Is completely different from the vampires Romanians know about

C．Has impeccable manners,like a real Romanian vampire

D．Is puzzled by the comparison with Romanian vampires

3.What was Stoker’s hope?

A．That the book would become a stage-play.

B．That Irving would play the central character in the stage play.

C．That he could live in London.

D．That Irving would work for him.

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As most of us know, talking and listening don't go smoothly every time.Will your parents take you seriously, believe what you say, listen to and respect your opinions？1.But some of what happens depends on you, too.Since communication is a two－way street, the way you talk can influence how well a parent listens and understands you.So here are some guidelines to consider when talking to parents：

●Be clear and direct.Be as clear as you can about what you think, feel, and want.2.They can listen better or be more helpful if they understand what you mean and what's really going on.

●Be honest.If you're always honest, a parent will be likely to believe what you say.If you sometimes hide the truth or add too much drama, your parents will have a harder time believing what you tell them.If you lie, they'll find it hard to trust you.

●Try to understand their point of view.If you have a disagreement, can you see your parents' side？3.Telling your parents you understand their views and feelings helps them be willing to see yours, too.

●Try not to argue or complain.Using a tone that's friendly and respectful makes it more likely that your parents will listen and take what you say seriously.4.If you think your emotions might get the better of you, do something to blow off steam before talking: Go for a run.Cry.5.Do whatever it takes to sound calm when you need to.

A．Hit your pillow.

B．If you can, say so.

C．A lot depends on your parents.

D．Think twice before you make a decision.

E．Your parents won't always see things in your way.

F．Give details that can help your parents understand your situation.

G．Of course, this is hard for any of us when we're feeling heated about something.

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