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1.The doctor suggested that he be __________ (禁止) from having sugar because he was overweight.

2.The government is making every effort to n__________ the gap between the rich and the poor.

3.You can be paid in cash weekly or by check monthly; those are the two a__________.

4.As is known to all, up to now most earthquakes are still __________ (不可预料的).

5.Many people think the 2008 Olympics were the most i          games ever held. They claim they will never forget it.

6.You should check the cab has a business permit, and make sure you ask for a __________ (收据).

7.We don’t have much time left before the end of the meeting, so let’s come __________(直接) to the point.

8.If you are s___________ by soldiers or the police, they spread out so that they are in positions all the way around you.  

9.The e__________ of the bomb in the church shook the entire town. They all ran out to see what was the matter.

10.Scientists have made a __________ (突破) in the treatment of lung cancer, which has brought much hope to patients.

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Until the twentieth century cigarettes were not an important threat to public health. Men used tobacco mainly in the form of cigars. Most women did not use tobacco at all.

The cigarette industry began in the 1870s with the development of the cigarette manufacturing machine. This made it possible to produce great numbers of cigarettes very quickly, and it reduced the price.

Today cigarette smoking is a widespread habit. About forty-three percent of the adult men and thirty-one percent of the adult women in the United States smoke cigarettes regularly. It is encouraging to note, however, that millions of people have given up the smoking habit. Seventy-five percent of the male population and forty-six percent of the female population have smoked cigarettes at some time during their lives, but twenty-six percent of these men and eleven percent of the women have stopped smoking. The number of persons who have given up smoking is increasing.

Men as a group smoke more than women. Among both men and women the age group with the highest proportion of smokers is the age group 24-44. Income, education and occupation all play a part in determining a person’s smoking habits. City people smoke more cigarette than people living on farms. Well-educated men with high incomes are less likely to smoke cigarettes than men with fewer years of schooling and lower incomes. On the other hand, ___________, he is likely to smoke more packs of cigarettes per day.

The situation is somewhat (有点) different for women. There are slightly more smokers among women with higher family incomes and higher education than among the lower income and lower educational groups. These more highly educated women tend to smoke more heavily.

Among teenagers the picture is similar. There are fewer teenager smokers from upper-income and well-educated families. High school students who are preparing for college are less likely to smoke than those who do not plan to continue their education after high school. Children are most likely to start smoking if one or both of their parents smoke.

1.How did men mainly use tobacco? (no more than 1 word)

In the form of ________________.

2.What were the results of the development of the manufacturing machine? (no more than 4 words)

More cigarettes are _________________________________________.

3.What are the three main factors closely related to one’s smoking habits? (no more than 4 words)

__________________________________________________________________________

4.Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases. (no more than 9 words)

__________________________________________________________________________

5.Which kind of children is most likely to pick up the habit of smoking? (no more than 6 words)

Children __________________________________________ are most likely to smoke.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项多余选项。

Laurance: What kind of a car do you have?

Soony: An old one.

Laurance: I know it’s old, but    1  

Soony: It’s a Chevrolet. Why do you ask? You are going into the car business?

Laurance: Nothing like that. My cousin is going to take a job overseas and he can’t take his car with him, so he’s going to sell it cheap.    2  

Soony: Well, I have been thinking about getting a newer car. I can’t afford a brand new one.

Laurance:    3  

Soony: Is it a four-door or a two-door?

Laurance: It’s a coupe (双门小汽车) with a vinyl roof.

Soony:    4  

Laurance: Yes, and it also has power steering, power brakes, and air conditioning.

Soony: I guess I might take a look at it. How much is he asking?

Laurance:    5  

Soony: Okay. Set it up for me to see it, if you can.

A. what make is it?

B. I can show you a second-hand car.

C. Would you like to look at my cousin’s car?

D. Does it have automatic transmission?

E. Would you like to introduce your cousin to me?

F. It’s practically new.

G. I don’t know for sure, but he’ll make you a good deal.

One important variable affecting communication across cultures is destiny (命运) and personal responsibility. This refers to the degree to which we feel ourselves the masters of our lives, contrary to the degree to which we see ourselves as subject to things outside our control. Another way to look at this is to ask how much we see ourselves able to change and act, to choose the course of our lives and relationships. Some have drawn a parallel between the personal responsibility in North American settings and the view itself. The North American view is vast, with large spaces of unpopulated land. The frontier attitude of “King” of the wilderness, and the expansiveness of the land reaching huge distances, may relate to generally high levels of confidence in the ability to shape and choose our destinies.

In this expansive land, many children grow up with a heroic sense of life, where ideas are big, and hope springs forever. When they experience temporary failures, they are encouraged to redouble their efforts, to “Try, try again.” Action, efficiency, and achievement are valued and expected. Free will is respected in laws and enforced by courts.

Now consider places in the world with much smaller land, whose history reflects wars and tough struggles: Northern Ireland, Mexico, Israel, Palestine. In these places, destiny’s role is more important in human life. In Mexico, there is a history of hard life, fighting over land, and loss of homes. Mexicans are more likely to see struggles as part of their life and unavoidable. Their passive attitude is expressed in their way of responding to failure or an accident by saying “ni modo” (“no way” or “tough lick”), meaning that the failure was destined.

This variable is important to understanding cultural conflicts. If someone believing in free will crosses paths with someone more passive, miscommunication is likely. The first person may expect action and responsibility. Failing to see it, he may conclude that the second is lazy, not cooperative, or dishonest. The second person will expect respect for the natural order of things. Failing to see it, he may conclude that the first is forcible, rude, or big headed in his ideas of what can be accomplished or changed.

1.The author thinks that one’s character is partly determined by ________.

A．physical senses                         B．general attitude

C．financial background                     D．geographic characteristics

2.According to the passage, Mexicans would think that Americans are ________.

A．impractical        B．dishonest          C．ambitious         D．hesitant

3.The underlined word “subject” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.

A．a topic of a discussion                    B．a branch of knowledge

C．a person being experimented on           D．a person under the power of others

4.The author would probably agree that ________.

A．vast land may lead to a more controllable desire

B．heroic sense of life roots deeply in a small country

C．living in limited space contributes to an accepting attitude

D．fighting over land helps people gain high levels of confidence

Everyone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge (报复) of the Nerds. They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book. They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports.

How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres? Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School. She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics society. For two years she has maintained A’s in every subject. Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight A’s in his regular classes, plus bonus points for A’s in two college-level courses.

How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains aren’t the only answer. “Top grades don’t always go to the brightest students,” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students. “Knowing how to make full use of your innate (天生的) abilities counts for more. Much more.”

In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ sometimes don’t do as well as classmates with lower IQ. For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down. Hard work isn’t the whole story, either. “It’s not how long you sit there with the books open,” said one of the many-A students we interviewed. “It’s what you do while you’re sitting.” Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates.

The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn.

1.The underlined word “nerds” in paragraph 1 can probably be ________.

A．dull bookworms lacking sports and social skills

B．successful top students popular with their peers

C．students with certain learning difficulties

D．born leaders crazy about social activities

2.What can we conclude from the first paragraph?

A．Most TV programs and films are about straight-A students.

B．People have unfavorable impression on straight-A students.

C．Everyone knows about straight-A students from TV or films.

D．Straight-A students are well admired by people in the society.

3.Some students become super-achievers mainly because ________.

A．they are born cleverer than others          B．they work longer hours at study

C．they make full use of their abilities          D．they know the shortcut to success

4.What will be talked about after the last paragraph?

A．The interviews with more students.          B．The role IQ plays in learning well.

C．The techniques to be better learners.        D．The achievements top students make.

5.What can we infer from the passage?

A．IQ is more important than hard work in study.

B．The brightest students can never get low grades.

C．Top students certainly achieve all-around developments.

D．Students with average IQ can become super-achievers.