Don’t take examinations too seriously; they are not the only means of __________someone’s ability.
A. predicting B. assessing C. admiring D. praising
Everyone was silent as the judge__________the winner of the artistic gymnastics competition.
A. attracted B. arranged C. announced D. advertised
请根据以下提示，并结合生活学习实际，用英语写一篇短文。
There is a crack (裂痕）in everything, so is our life, that’s how the light gets in.(Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer). We all possibly make a mistake, but what matters most is how to make use of the mistake to get improved.
注意：1．无需写标题，不得照抄英语提示语；
2．除诗歌外，文体不限；
3．文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
4．字数为120词左右。
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
1.Have you ever had a case ____________________________________ making a mistake? (accuse)
你有没有过这样的情况：有人因为你犯了错误而指责你？
2.It is David as well as his wife _______________________________ for their son’s bad performance at school. (blame)
David 和他的妻子应该为他们的儿子在学校的不良表现而受到责备。
3.With _________________________, I am afraid I can’t go to the party tonight. (handle)[&X&X&K]
有这么多的问题要处理，我恐怕今天不能去参加晚会了。
4.Mr. Smith demanded that the problem worthy of attention__________________ at the meeting. (discuss)
史密斯先生要求在会上讨论那个值得关注的问题。
5.Be careful! The machine starts ______________________________ the button. (instant)
小心点！你一按按钮机器就启动了。
6.The fact __________________________________ four countries makes Mary surprised. (consist)
英国由四个国家组成的事实令Mary大吃一惊。
7. ___________________ strong sunlight for too long, his shoulders were badly sunburned. (expose)
长时间地暴露在强烈的阳光下，他的肩膀被严重地晒伤了。
8.Don’t worry! Mom _________________________________ a car to meet her at the airport. (arrange)
不要担心！妈妈一定已经安排车去机场接她了。
9.Only if people of all countries are united _________________________________ to environmental protection. (difference)
只有在所有国家的人民都联合起来的条件下我们才能使环境保护有效果。
10.How can I believe! This is the third time that _____________________________ in a month. (fall)
真不敢相信！这已经是他一个月内第三次生病了。
There is no doubt that Apple is well aware of the increased competition in the market and could be in a hurry to put another product out there, said Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst at IDC Mobile Devices Technology and Trends. Given its history with product launches and business policy, though, Apple probably isn’t going to rush an iPhone release simply to put it on shelves, he said.
“If you’re Tim Cook (CEO of Apple), you’re thinking if you want to pay more attention to how to keep growing that bottom line and keep investors(投资人) happy, or continue with the same approach from Apple, which is do what we can do and manage products and releases in the best way they can work for us. Apple usually does things in their own time, and I’m having a hard time buying this May or June timeline.” Llamas told Mac News World.
While it’s probable that Apple is surely in a testing stage for its next smartphone, consumers likely have a standard wait for the finished product, said Colin Gibbs, analyst at GigaOm Pro.
“It typically takes a year or longer to create a state-of-the-art smartphone, so no one should be surprised Apple is in the testing stages with the next iPhone. And while it’s possible that Apple could launch the next iPhone this spring or summer, I’m not expecting to see it until a little later in the year,” he told Mac News World.
When it does launch, though, it could be in a variety of colors, said Gibbs. “Apple has already tested the waters with releasing colored products when it revamped (更新，翻新）its iPod line last fall, so it is understood that it would want the new change with its smartphone, as well”.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if the new iPhone becomes available in some new colors,’’ he said. “That could be done pretty cheaply, and it would give Apple a new marketing angle.”
1.According to Ramon Llamas, Apple always ______.
A. tries to please its investors
B. rushes to put new products to market
C. ignores the fierce market competition
D. does things as planned
2.As for the next iPhone, Colin Gibbs didn’t mention ______.
A. the stage of its being tested
B. the rough time of its being released
C. the function to be improved
D. the wide variety of its color
3.What’s Colin Gibbs’ attitude towards the next iPhone?
A. Disapproving. B. Indifferent (漠不关心的). C. Doubtful. D. Objective.
4.This passage is presented in the form of ______.
A. stories B. comments C. advertisements D. debates
Eddie’s father used to say he’d spent so many years by the ocean, breathing seawater. Now, away from that ocean, in the hospital bed, his body began to look like a beached fish. His condition went from fair to stable and from stable to serious. Friends went from saying, “He’ll be home in a day,” to “He’ll be home in a week.” In his father’s absence, Eddie helped out at the pier (码头), working evenings after his taxi job.
When Eddie was a teenager, if he ever complained or seemed bored with the pier, his father would shout, “What? This isn’t good enough for you?” And later, when he’d suggested Eddie take a job there after high school, Eddie almost laughed, and his father again said, “What? This isn’t good enough for you?” And before Eddie went to war, when he’d talked of marrying Marguerite and becoming an engineer, his father said, “What? This isn’t good enough for you?”
And now, regardless of all that, here he was, at the pier, doing his father’s labor.
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. It is not until much later, as the heart weakens, that children understand: their stories, and all their achievements, sit on top of the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.
Finally, one night, at his mother’s urging, Eddie visited the hospital. He entered the room slowly. His father, who for years had refused to speak to Eddie, now lacked the strength to even try.
“Don’t sweat it, kid,” the other workers told him. “Your old man will pull through. He’s the toughest man we’ve ever seen.”
When the news came that his father had died, Eddie felt the emptiest kind of anger, the kind that circles in its cage.
In the weeks that followed, Eddie’s mother lived in a confused state. She spoke to her husband as if he were still there. She yelled at him to turn down the radio. She cooked enough food for two. One night, when Eddie offered to help with the dishes, she said, “Your father will put them away.” Eddie put a hand on her shoulder. “Ma,” he said, softly, “Dad’s gone.”“Gone where?”
1.In Paragraph four, the writer wants to say that __________.
A. Children wouldn’t have achieved so much without their parents’ support
B. Children often feel regretful because they leave their parents
C. Children like moving away from their parents
D. Children can never understand how much their parents have devoted to them
2.The underlined sentence “Don’t sweat it” (Para. 6) probably means __________.
A. Don’t touch it B. Don’t worry about it
C. Don’t let him down D. Don’t give it up
3.Which of the following shows the right order of the story?
a. Eddie’s father died.
b. Eddie married Marguerite.
c. Eddie worked as a taxi driver.
d. Eddie was bored with his father’s job.
A. dbca B. dcab C. bcda D. bacd
4.From the last paragraph, we learn that __________.
A. Eddie’s mother liked to listen to the radio
B. Eddie and his wife lived in his mother’s apartment
C. Eddie’s mother missed her husband so much that she was at a loss
D. Eddie often helped his mother wash the dishes
