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— Do you enjoy your present job? — _______. I just do it for a living. A .Of course B. Not really C. Not likely D. Not a little
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Jack has got into _______ habit of collecting newspaper cuttings, which is _______ great joy for him. A. \ ; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the
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______ an important decision more on emotion than on reason, you will regret it sooner or later. A. Base B. Based C. Basing D. To base
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The Chinese government has passed a new regulation forbidding supermarkets and stores to ______ free plastic bags to shoppers in order to protect the environment. A. give off B. give in C. give up D. give out
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You can imagine what great trouble we had ______ the new school. A. setting up B. to set up C. set up D. to setting up
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While these activities might cause laughter ______ respect, in reality they require an enormous amount of strength. A. more than B. rather than C. other than D. less than
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Every minute must be made full use _______ in class. A. of studying B. to study C. to studying D. of to study
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This machine is very easy ______. Anyone can learn to use it in a few minutes. A. operating B. to be operating C. operated D. to operate
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Despite the fact that all three teams ________ different approaches to the problem, they were all immediate successes． A．adopted B．attained C．adapted D．attached
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The local government has been accused of not responding _________ to the needs of the homeless in the flood-stricken area． A．constantly B．appropriately C．gradually D．approximately
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The written record of our conversation doesn’t ______ what was actually said. There are a lot of mistakes． A．correspond with B．relate to C. compare with D．communicate with
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I have been convinced that the print media are usually more __________ and more reliable than television. A. actual B. adequate C. accurate D. autonomous
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It was for the first time that the two countries ______ an agreement. A.reached B. have reached C. had reached D. will reach
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I called the airline to ______ my flight reservation a week before I left for Canada. A. expand B. book C. confirm D. strengthen
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Canada is a large country _____ many people from all over the world live. A．which B. in which C. that D. in that
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完型填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
Good Work Ethics （规范） When I was younger, about 14, I was already ready to work．My father was a dairy man and he had been working his entire life．For him, getting up at 5 a．m．and working a couple of hours before I went to school, and then 36 more after school until there was not enough37 to see, were normal． My father considered putting good work ethics in me to be very 38 ．He began to show me these, not through 39 , but through his actions．He would not 40 a job until it was done．He 41 put his all into everything he did． 42 , he showed me this not just in working, but in everything．Like when I was in soccer, I wanted to 43 a game once．and he explained to me-that I had made a 44 and that even if I just skipped one game, then I did not 45 to play the rest of the games． So the day I started my first job at the age of 14, I was 46 to show my father that I could do it well, and that I was not going to 47 . My entire 48 was to make my father proud of me. I knew that ___49 I did, he would not say it in words, but he would show it．My first job was doing 50 for a company．As most of you know, construction is not an easy job, especially being so 51 _. When someone as young as I was started working, they would either __52 or get stronger．I got stronger．I worked the 53 I had been taught and I gave that day everything I had．In the end, my boss was impressed．He even called to tell my parents what a good worker I was, and my parents' eyes __54 ．From that day on I have worked every job to my full 55 , because that day defined （explain the truth of）my life．It defined how I was going to work, and I will always stick to it． 1.A．going B．learning C．working D．playing 2.A．light B．time C．chance D．strength 3.A．ridiculous B．easy C．hopeless D．important 4.A．words B．truth C．facts D．practice 5.A．finish B．find C．do D．quit 6.A．might B．could C．would D．should 7.A．Finally B．However C．Therefore D．Thus 8.A．enjoy B．skip C．defeat D．dip 9.A．commitment B．improvement C．devotion D．conclusion 10.A．decide B．stop C．resist D．deserve 11.A．interested B．shocked C．surprised D．prepared 12.A．stick B．fail C．leave D．play 13.A．problem B．world C．trick D．goal 14.A．in case B．now that C．even if D．as though 15.A．construction B．negotiation C．communication D．reception 16.A．weak B．young C．old D．poor 17.A．break B．struggle C．pause D．work 18.A．manner B．moment C．method D．way 19.A．stared B．lifted C．shone D．closed 20.A．ambition B．skill C．spirit D．potential
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☆Locks You have a special card which operates the electronic lock on your room door and a key for the main door of the door of the hotel. These are your responsibility and should never be lent to anyone, including your fellow classmates. If you lose them you will be charged £20 per replacement. Do not leave your room unlocked even for short periods. Unfortunately, theft from student hotels is very common and insurance companies will not pay for stolen goods unless you can prove that your room was broken into by force. ☆Visitors There are rarely any rooms available for visitors, except at the end of the summer term. Stan Jenkins, the hotel manager, will be able to tell you and can handle the booking. A small charge is made. Stan also keeps a list of local guesthouses, with some information about what they’re like, price, etc. You are also allowed to use empty beds for up to three nights, with the owner’s permission (for example, if the person who shares your room is away for the weekend ), but you must inform Stan before your guest arrives, so that he has an exact record of who’s in the building of a fire breaks out. Students are not allowed to charge each other for this. ☆Kitchens There is a kitchen on each floor where light meals, drinks, etc. maybe prepared. Each has a large fridge and a food cupboard. All food should be stored, clearly marked with the owner’s name, in one of these two places. Bedrooms are too warm for food to be stored, and the cleaners have instructions to remove any food found in them. After using the kitchen, please be sure you do all your washing up immediately and leave it tidy. If you use it late in the evening， please also take care that you do so quietly in order to avoid disturbing people in nearby bedrooms.
1.If a friend visits you for the weekend, he or she can . A．stay at a local guesthouse B．book an empty house for free C．use an empty bed without permission D．share your room by paying your roommate 2.Which of the following is true according to the passage? A．Your insurance will cover what you have lost． B．The cleaners will take away food left in the bedrooms． C．Spare rooms are least likely to be available in summer． D．Students will be fined for lending their cards to others． 3.The passage is probably taken from ____． A．a travel guide book B．a hotel brochure C．a school poster D．a club newsletter
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My eighth grade consisted of 28 classmates. We knew each other so well that most of us could distinguish each other's handwriting at a glance. Although we grew up together, we still had class outcasts．From second grade on, a small group started harassing （骚扰） two or three of the others．I was one of those two or three, though I didn't know why．In most cases when children get picked on, they aren't good at sports or they read too much or they wear the wrong clothes or they are of a different race．But in my class, we all read too much and didn't know how to play sports．We had also been brought up to carefully respect each other's race．This is what was so strange about my situation．Usually, people are made outcasts because they are in some way different from the larger group．But in my class, large differences did not exist．It was as if the outcasts were invented by the group out of a need for them． The harassment came in the form of laughter when I talked, and rolled eyes when I turned around．If I was out on the playground and approached a group of people, they often fell silent．Sometimes, someone would not see me coming and I would catch the tail end of a joke at my expense． There was another girl in our class who was perhaps even more rejected than I．She provided the group with a lot of material for jokes．One day one popular girl came up to me to show me something she said I wouldn't want to miss．We walked to a comer of the playground．Three or four girls there were reading aloud from a small book, which I was told was the girl's diary． I sat down and, laughing till my sides hurt, heard my voice finally mixed with the others．Often being accepted by others is more satisfying than being accepted by oneself, even though the satisfaction does not last．Looking back, I wonder how I could have participated in making fun of this girl when I knew perfectly well how it felt．If I were in that situation today I would react differently, but I can't honestly be sure． 1.The author was made an outcast because ____． A．she couldn't play sports as well as others B．her classmates needed to find an outcast her C．her classmates found her clothes funny D．family belonged to a minority group 2.How was the author treated as an outcast? A．She was refused to approach others． B．No one responded to her talking． C．She was often the target of teasing． D．Her diary was often made public． 3.What did the author do to the girl mentioned in Paragraph 3? A．She showed great sympathy with the girl． B．She found more materials about the girl for jokes． C．She stopped the others from hurting the girl． D．She joined others in making fun of the girl． 4.What does the passage intend to tell us? A．Everyone is likely to become an outcast． B．We shouldn't hit a person when he is down． C．Everyone has a desire to be accepted by others． D．One should pay somebody back in his own way．
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One school night this month I walked quietly up to Alexander, my 15-year-old son, and touched his cheek gently in a manner I hoped would seem casual．A year ago he would have ignored this disturbance but now he reacted impatiently and leaned back to his computer screen． I made a mistake: breaking into my teenager's personal space. “The average teenager has pretty strong feelings about his privacy," Lara Fox and her friend Hilary Frankel told me. Mr．Frankel and Mr．Fox, both 17, are the authors of Breaking the Code, a new book that seeks to bridge the generational divide between parents and adolescents．It is being promoted by its publisher as the first self-help guide by teenagers for their parents, a kind of "Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus" that explains the language and actions of teenagers．The girls dealt with issues including hanging out late, money, school pressures, smoking etc． Personally, I welcome their opinions．The most common missteps in interacting with teenagers arise from the war between parents exercising their rights to know what goes on under their roof and teenagers firmly guarding their privacy．Teenagers can be quick to interpret their parents' remarks and respond with anger that masks their vulnerability （脆弱 ）. Ms Fox said, "What we want above all is your approval．Don't forget, no matter how much we act as if we don't care what you say, we believe the things you say about us．" Nancy, a New York child-raising expert said she didn't agree with everything the authors suggested but found their arguments reasonable．"When your kids are saying, ' You don't get it, and you never will, ' there are lots of ways to respond so that they will listen and that is what the writers point out．" " My parents helped me see that, " Mr．Fox told me, " even though they used to stay out late and ride their bicycles to school, times have changed and the way parents educate children is different．These days there is a major fear factor in bringing up kids．Parents worry about their child crossing the street．" The writers said they hoped simply to throw light on teenage thinking． 1.According to the two girls, teenagers nowadays are ____． A．independent B．intelligent C. inconsiderate D．sensitive 2.The underlined sentence "You don't get it, and you never will" in the 4th paragraph implies that ____． A．the teenagers don't want/to admit their weakness B．the teenagers think that their parents will never understand them C．the parents do not necessarily force into the world of their children D．the generation gap cannot be shortened despite their parents' efforts 3.It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ____． A．teenagers should guard their privacy B．Nancy totally agrees with the two girls' opinions C．parents are more concerned about children's safety D．the two girls have obtained numerous support from the public 4.Why does the author mention the book "Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus ? A．It is one of the best-sellers B．It is also written by the two girls C．The two books have the similar theme D．The two books have different opinions
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Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems．While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves．University of Missouri（MU） researchers are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient． “To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density（密度）”，said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU．“The radioisotope（放射性同位素） battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries．” Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanical systems （M/NEMS）．Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said they are safe． “People hear the word ‘nuclear’ and think of something very dangerous,” he said, “However, nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers, space satellites and underwater systems．” His new idea is not only in the battery’s size, but also in its semiconductor（半导体）．Kwon’s battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor． “The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure（晶体结构） of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said, “By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem．” Together with J．David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery．In the future, they hope to increase the battery’s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials．Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair 1.The text is most probably a ________． A．science news report B．book review C．newspaper ad D．science fiction 2.Liquid semiconductor is used to _________． A．get rid of the radioactive waste B．test the power of nuclear batteries C．decrease the size of nuclear batteries D．reduce the damage to lattice structure 3.According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery _______． A．uses a solid semiconductor B．will soon replace the present ones C．could be extremely thin D．has passed the final test 4.Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4_________． A．to show chemical batteries are widely applied B．to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used C．to describe a nuclear-powered system D．to introduce various energy sources
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根据短文内容，从选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Amazon Introduces a Digital Music Locker Amazon.com, plans to introduce a service that will let people upload their digital music to the Web from anywhere. 1. The service, known as a music locker, was made available to Amazon account holders early Tuesday．Amazon will offer a Web-based hard drive backup service called Cloud Drive, where people can store documents, photos, videos and music． It will also offer Cloud Player, which will let people listen to, download and make play lists from the music they store on Cloud Drive from any Web site or from an app on Android devices． Cloud Player will automatically upload songs bought on Amazon． 2. 3. One key difference is that Google and Apple reportedly want to automatically make all the music that a user owns available to stream on other instruments, while Amazon will require that people upload music, except songs they buy on Amazon, to access it elsewhere． The dream of these companies, along with many start-ups, is for people to be able to listen to their music from any computer or phone． 4. Several experts in digital music say that the music locker business is still legally ambiguous． 5. Amazon says it has avoided the problem, because its users would upload their songs, in MP3 to the cloud-based service, just like backing them up on an external （outside） hard drive or a Web-based computer backup service． Companies, including Google and Spotify have been forced to delay introducing certain services while they negotiate with the music labels and publishers． A．People can access it from any computer and from Android phones． B．But they have all run into the same problem: music companies and publishers would prefer that listeners buy a new copy of a song everywhere they want to listen to it． C．Experts suspect that Amazon seems to be copying what Google and Apple have already achieved． D．They agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity （匿名） because their agreements with Amazon are confidential． E．It is impossible for Web companies to tell whether a song was bought legally or downloaded illegally． F．Amazon is racing Google and Apple, both of which are interested in offering similar services． G．It will also scan iTunes or Windows libraries to find other music to upload．
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Last Saturday, mom and I went to buy a down jacket for my grandpa. When we got to a big store, we saw down jackets of vary colours and styles. There were so many of them that it spent us quite a while to decide which one to buy. Finally, under the help of the shop assistant, he selected a black thick jacket for grandpa. Immediately, we returned back home to show it to my grandpa. Seeing it, he was very happy and couldn’t wait to put on. But we were annoying to find something was wrong with the zipper. Hurriedly, I took it back to the store and explained the shop assistant the problem To my satisfaction, she is very kind and helped me choose another one patiently. Stand in front of the mirror, my grandpa looked at himself in the new coat, smiling contently. How delighted I was!
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假如你是你校英语内刊的编辑李华，你校的一位同学Mary最近在网上结识的一位网友约她见面，她不知道该不该去，因此写信向你咨询。请你用英文给她写一封建议信。内容应包括： 1. 最好不要去见任何网友； 2. 如果确实想见，要保证自身安全（选择人多的公众场合；不要透露过多的个人信息）。 注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 文中不得使用真实姓名和学校名称； 3. 开头和结尾已给，不计入总词数。 Dear Mary, I’m happy that you have made friends with someone online.________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua
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