All ______, whether large or small, has never been lost sight of and is always appreciated by the Hope Project.
A. contribution B. coincidence C. conflict D. convenience
—It is raining hard. Will you go to your friend’s birthday party?
—I promised him to go, but the heavy rain really places me in a ______. I’m not sure whether I will go or not.
A. disadvantage B. conclusion C. dilemma D. challenge
请根据以下提示，结合你生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇短文。
Failure is annoying, but what failure can teach us may never be taught in other ways．
注意：①无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语；
②除诗歌外，文体不限；
③内容必须结合你生活中的一个事例；
④文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
⑤词数为120左右。
阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，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.At present there are few sites for car racing and testing in Beijing, _________________of the market.（meet）
目前北京地区可用于汽车比赛和测试的场地极少，这无法满足市场的需要。
2.______________________________, please come up to my office at 5 0’clock. (convenient)
如果你方便的话，请五点钟到我办公室来一下。
3.Take care not to keep your children ________________.(expose)
当心不要让孩子接触不良书籍。
4.Yesterday, the coach as well as the football players ____________________taking money for deliberately not scoring goals so as to let the other team win. ( accuse )
昨天一个足球运动员被控受贿，故意不进球，好让另一队赢球。
5.It was not until all the evidences had been shown to him ______________________.(admit)
直到所有的证据摆到他的面前，他才承认他的错误。
6.One of your friends is said _____________________in the supermarket when she was doing shopping yesterday. ( treat )
据说你的一位朋友在超市买东西时受到虐待。
7.He placed a fixed sun at the centre of the solar system with _______________________.(go)
他把太阳固定在太阳系的中心位置上，而行星们则围绕着它转。
8.________________________, I realized that I had left his jacket on the playground.（moment）
我一看见他，我就意识到我把他的夹克忘在操场上了。
9.___________________to find a job as a waitress for several months, Dina finally took a position at a local advertising agency. (struggle)
好几个月以来戴娜都在找个当服务员的工作，最后终于在当地一家广告公司找到了个职位。
10.___________________, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting. (as)
尽管它听起来很奇怪，但他的想法还是在会议上被大家接受了。
Everyone may all have the experience of feeling anxious and stressed when having a rough day or having some troubles. Different people may choose different ways to deal with it, and for most people a break for a 10-minute walk may be quite useful.www.zxxk.com
Anyway, here is another way around: to get a piece of chewing gum, and chew it. According to a Swinburne University of Technology study, gum-chewing has been found to “relieve anxiety, improve alertness(机敏性) and reduce stress among individuals in a laboratory setting.”
Some may argue that a laboratory is not the same as an office. But check out the conditions of the study: individuals were monitored while performing “a group of ‘multi-tasking’ activities.” Doesn’t it sound like the situation in the office?www.zxxk.com
Here’s a summary of some of the study’s findings:
Gum chewers showed a reduction in anxiety as compared to non-gum chewers by nearly 17 percent during mild stress and nearly 10 percent in appropriate stress.
Gum chewers showed improvement in alertness over non-gum chewers by nearly 19 percent during mild stress and 8 percent in moderate stress.
Improved Performance: Chewing gum resulted in a big improvement in overall performance on multi-tasking activities.
Although these aren’t major improvements, every little bit works and chewing a piece of gum is a lot quicker and easier than slipping outside for a 10-minute walk. So, how does gum work this magic? In part it does so by lowering the level of cortisol(皮质醇)—a steroid(类固醇) hormone that is released in response to stress in your system.
A few words of advice before you reach for the gum: don’t crack your gum, and be sure to chew it with your mouth closed. In fact, I’d say keep the gum out of meetings, because it really looks impolite to others around you.
1.From the study in the text we know that_________________.
A. gum chewers may lack alertness
B. gum chewers tend to be less stressed
C. gum chewers can finish many jobs perfectly
D. gum chewers can reduce their anxiety and anger easily
2.How does gum work to reduce stress according to the text?
A. It works by improving alertness.
B. It works by allowing a 10-minute walk.
C. It works by reducing one’s level of cortisol.
D. It works by being chewed in a laboratory setting.
3.Which one may the author probably agree with?
A. People should chew gum with their mouths closed in a meeting.
B. It is impolite to chew gum in a meeting with people around you.
C. People can crack gum freely when meeting friends.
D. People should be careful when chewing gum at home.
4.What does the text mainly talk about?
A. How to chew gum. B. How to relieve stress.
C. Why people love chewing gum. D. Chewing gum can relieve stress.
Instead of a normal court hearing, the trial on Wednesday appeared more like a prepared drama. Hundreds of reporters waited outside the court, in the hope of learning “shocking” information about the case, which includes well-known military singer Li Shuangjiang’s son, who gang-raped a woman with another four men on February.
The case was not a public hearing because it includes teenagers, whose privacy must be protected under law, but many details had been exposed by the lawyers before the trial.
Lawyers of all five suspects and the woman’s lawyer made a lot of debate on the Internet before the trial, making the case more confused.
Wu Ming’an, a law professor from the China University of Political Science and Law, said it was a pity to see such a “performance” by the lawyers.
“It can be understood that the two parties freely spoke their opinions, but it’s not professional or wise to see lawyers do the same,” Wu said. “Instead, the lawyers should guide and persuade their clients(当事人) to calm down, especially for such a non-public and sensitive case.”
China has no clear rule to manage lawyers’ behavior before trials, “but it should be general knowledge that the lawyers of the two sides cannot leak too many details, particularly in a case that includes teenagers”, Wu added.
Yi Shenghua, a lawyer who has been following the case, said it does more harm than good to both parties for such detailed information to be exposed before the trial.
“It’s OK for lawyers to speak, but what is said must be reasonable and legal. Although judgments should not be affected by public opinion, it’s hard for them not to be,” he said, suggesting judicial authorities should speak out if the case goes wrongly.
Trials must be conducted based on evidence, while lawyers should protect their clients’ rights instead of adding fuel to the flames, Yi said.
In my eyes, the most important aspect of the case, lies in how to make lawyers do their work more professionally and reasonably.
1.Why was the case not a public hearing?
A. Because it included the well-known military singer Li Shuangjiang’s son.
B. Because the victim was a woman.
C. Because teenagers’ privacy must be protected under law.
D. Because many details had already been exposed before the trial.
2.What is Wu ming’an’s attitude towards the lawyers’ behavior of making a lot of debate on the internet before the trial?
A. approval B. critical C. neutral D. indifferent
3.The underlined part “leak” in para. 6 refers to_________.
A. give away B. squeeze out C. break down D. sweep up
4.From Yi Shenghua, we know that _______________.
A. The lawyers’ behavior before trials hasn’t been ruled.
B. It doesn’t matter whether the detailed information is exposed before the trial.
C. What lawyers say must be reasonable and legal.
D. It is hard for judgments to be affected by public opinion.
