完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
1.Langlang, ______________________ , has performed successfully on a lot of grand occasions . (gift)
朗朗，很有音乐天赋，曾经在很多大场合成功表演过。
2._________________ that the experiment ended in failure? We should try to find out the cause.(come)
实验怎么会失败呢？ 我们应好好找找原因。
3.With about 2000 seats ______________, the concert hall can hold more than so many people. (sit)
有大约2000个座位，这个音乐厅可容纳更多的观众。
4.The young man has ______________________ of turning on the computer to read news at home and abroad as soon as he comes back from work. (get)
这个年轻人养成了下班就打开电脑看国内外新闻的习惯。
5.He pretended not ________________________ it. (hear)
他假装没听说过这件事。
6.______________________________ at home, the novelist went for a walk as a rest.(spend)
花了好几个小时在家写作，这位作家出去散步休息一下。
7.I’m sorry ,I can’t remember ______________ that the Qin dynasty united the currency of China. (it)
很抱歉，我不记得秦朝究竟是在何时统一中国货币的。
8.Have you ever been to Yuanmingyuan in Beijing? Now it is in ruins, because it _______________ years ago and was not rebuilt. (burn)
你去过北京的圆明园吗？现在是一片废墟，因为多年前被烧毁了且没有重建。
9.I eventually persuaded my president to open a branch in the middle-sized city.As a result, I was there _________________________ our company。(behalf)
我最后终于说服了总裁在那个中等城市开分公司。结果，我就在那做我们公司的代表了。
10.Under no circumstances ______________________ the manager’s office except the manager himself. (access)
在任何情况下，除经理自己外，任何其他人都不能随意进入经理的办公室。
The iPhone, the iPad: each of Apple’s products sounds cool and has become a fad (一度时髦的风尚). Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i” — and many other brands are following suit. The BBC’s iPlayer — which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet — adopted the title in 2008. A lovely bear — popular in the US and the UK — that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”. A slimmed-down version of The Independent newspaper was launched last week under the name “i”.
In general, single-letter prefixes have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came into use.
Most “i” products are aimed at young people and considering the major readers of The Independent’s “i”, it’s no surprise that they’ve selected this fashionable name.
But it’s hard to see what’s so special about the letter “i”. Why not use “a”, “b”, or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne, former head of the Language Center at King’s College London, “i” works because its meaning has become ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or interactive, Thorne told BBCMagazines. “Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn’t have one clear definition,” he says.
“However, thanks to Apple, the term is now associated with portability (轻便).” Adds Thorne.
Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the Western world is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason.
Along with “Google” and “blog”, readers of BBCMagazines voted “i” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade.
But as history shows, people grow tired of fads. From the 1900s to 1990s, products with “2000” in their names became fashionable as the year was associated with all things advanced and modern. However, as we entered the new century, the trend unavoidably disappeared.
1.People use iPlayer to _________.
A．listen to music B．make a call C．read newspapers D．watch TV programs online
2.We can infer that The Independent’s “i” is aimed at _________.
A．engineers B．old readers C．fashionable women D． young readers
3.Nowadays, the “i” term often reminds people of the products which are _________.
A．environmentally friendly B．easy to carry C．advanced D．recyclable
4.The writer suggests that _________.
A．“i” products are often of high quality
B．iTeddy is a living bear
C．the popularity of “i” products may not last long
D．the letter “b” replaces the letter “i” to name the products
After Mom died, l began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note reading," Drink your juice." Such a gesture, l knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. In fact, l remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom "Why doesn't Dad love me?" Mom frowned, "Who said he doesn’t love you?" "Well, he never tells me, "I complained." He never tells me either," she said, smiling. " But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That's how your father tells us he loves us. "
I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. l still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap (片) metal business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. Dad handled scrap steel into a device that chopped it as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades thicker than my father's body. If he didn’t feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury. "Why don' t you hire someone to do that for you?" Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. "Why don’t you hire a cook?" Dad asked, giving her one of his rare smiles.
Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me. l walked over, hugged him and said, "I love you, Dad." From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.
1.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．My father never loved me B．I just couldn't understand my father
C．My hard-working father D．Silent fatherly love
2.The author’s father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because____.
A．that was the author's favorite
B．that was a gesture of love
C．the author was always complaining
D．he was sure the author would be thirsty
3.The author’s father didn’t hire a helper because________. .
A．he wanted to save money
B．his job required high skills
C．his job was too dangerous
D．he was not good at communicating with others
4.We may infer from the passage that _______.
A．the author's father lacked a sense of humor
B．the author's-father didn't love him very much
C．the author quite understood his father as time went on
D．the author's father was too strict with him
In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.
Asians are immigrating (移民) to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.
The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. For these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.
Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem. Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means to grow up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.
1.Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________.
A．they hope their children may easily find a job there
B．all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries
C．the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries
D．the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends
2.“Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________.
A．without parents B．speaking no English
C．with university education D．living abroad alone
3.Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ________.
A．want to leave their own country B．want them to go to university
C．return to their countries to work D．want them to be independent
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Parents want better education for their kids.
B．Parents feel lonely and miss their families.
C．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family.
D．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem.
You have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. Happiness is a choice.
You can't depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a lesson I learned early on in my marriage. I realized that I couldn't rely on my husband as my source of happiness. I learned that my happiness depended on me and not my husband's actions. I learned that you have to choose to be happy.
You can choose your emotions. True happiness comes from within; it can't be forced by outside forces. So how do you choose happiness? The same way you choose to smile or choose to wear a certain outfit. You choose it because that's what you want to experience in your life.
You want to buy a new pair of shoes so you choose a pair that you like and feel good. You wouldn't buy a pair of shoes that you don't like or that don't fit well, right? So why do we keep choosing emotions and feelings that don't make us feel good?
Choosing to be happy after you realize your anger has shown up (or even choosing to be calm) can be beneficial. We choose our feelings; no one can do that for us. If we let others get to us, influence our emotions - we are giving them power over us. When others cause us anger or pain, we are giving them our power.
We need to keep our feelings in check and not react automatically to what is thrown at us. We need to think our actions out instead of just reacting to what someone says or does.
Remember that we can always choose happiness. At first it will be difficult to just switch your thoughts and feelings from anger, self-doubt, or fear to joy and happiness. But it is only a thought away. Don't dwell on what happens to you unnecessarily but realize what is causing you to feel that way. Realize that thoughts, feelings and emotions can change. Then move on and choose to be happy.
1.What’s the best title of this passage?
A．Choose to Be Happy B．Choose Your Emotions
C．Pretend to Be Happy D．Find Happiness
2.The lesson the writer learned in her marriage is ________.
A．she can depend on her husband to find happiness
B．balancing the relationship between the husband and wife is an art
C．one can’t rely on someone else to make himself or herself happy
D．happiness can be influenced by outside forces
3.Why did the writer mention buying shoes?
A．To use it as an example to show the importance of choosing to be happy.
B．To offer advice on how to choose comfortable shoes.
C．To compare choosing shoes and choosing an outfit.
D．To help to move to the next paragraph easily.
4.The writer suggests that we should ________.
A．let others control our feelings
B．respond immediately to others’ words
C．pay more attention to words than actions
D．hold back our feelings properly
When TV news programs report wars or disasters, the editors rarely use the most horrifying pictures of dead or wounded victims because they don’t want to upset their viewers. Even so, viewers are usually warned in advance that they may find some of these scenes disturbing, so they can look away if they choose. But the men and women whose job is to record those scenes－the TV cameramen－have no such choice. It is their duty to witness the horrors of the world and record them, no matter how terrible and unpleasant they may be. Consequently, it is one of the most dangerous, exposed and emotionally taxing jobs the world has to offer.
Today, the demand for their work is rising. The explosion of satellite broadcasting and 24-hour news in recent years has created an almost insatiable (贪得无厌的) demand for TV information. But major broadcasters and the TV news agencies—such as Reuters and WTN－have never had enough staff to meet the worldwide demand for up-to-date pictures, so increasingly they turn to “freelance” TV cameramen.
These freelance cameramen are independent operators tied to no particular organization. They will work for any company which hires them, be it for just a few hours or for several weeks in a war zone. But if the freelance cameraman is injured in the course of the job, the TV company is not responsible for him. The freelancer must survive on his own.
TV will always need hard, vivid moving pictures which are fresh, but these companies feel uncomfortable with large numbers of employees on their books, explains Nick Growing, once foreign editor for Britain Channel 4 News and now a BBC news presenter.
By hiring freelancers, they can buy in the skills they need only when they need them. It also enables them to contract out the risk, he says.
1.TV news agencies turn to freelance cameramen in order to .
A．save expense and avoid risks
B．get free and useful pictures
C．get first-hand information and pictures
D．satisfy the greed of the freelance cameramen
2.We can infer from the passage that the freelance cameramen .
A．have to take a lot of risks in the course of work
B．are tied to many TV news agencies
C．have better skills than other cameramen
D．need to contract out risks of work for TV companies
3.According to this passage, some major broadcasters and TV news agencies .
A. have employed enough cameramen
B. are not willing to employ many cameramen
C. are very mean to freelancers
C. are responsible for the freelancer if he is injured
4.The author of this passage shows his the freelance cameramen.
A．sympathy to B．respect for C．anger to D．admiration to
