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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If you want to learn a new language, the very first thing to think about is why. Do you need it for a _________reason, such as your job or your studies? _________perhaps you are interested in the _________, films or the music of a different country and you know how much it will help to have a_________of the language.
Most people learn best using a variety of_________, but traditional classes are an ideal start for many people. They _________an environment where you can practice under the_________ of someone who’s good at the language. We all lead _________ lives and learning language takes_________. You will have more success if you study regularly, so try to develop a_________. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t got long. Becoming_________in a language will take years, but learning to get by takes a lot less.
Many people start learning a language and soon given up. “I’m too _________,” they say. Yes, children do learn languages more_________than adults, but research has shown that you can learn a language at any _________. And learning is good for the health of your brain, too. I’ve also heard people_________about the mistakes they make when _________. Well, relax and laugh about your_________and you’re much less likely to make them again.
Learning a new language is never_________. But with some work and devotion, you’ll make progress. And you’ll be_________by the positive reaction of some people when you say just a few words in _________won language. Good luck!
1.A. technical B. political C. physical D. practical
2.A. After B. Or C. Though D. So
3.A. transport B. literature C. agriculture D. medicine
4.A. view B. form C. knowledge D. database
5.A. paintings B. regulations C. methods D. computers
6.A. protect B. change C. provide D. respect
7.A. control B. command C. pressure D. guidance
8.A. happy B. busy C. simple D. normal
9.A. time B. courage C. energy D. place
10.A. theory B. routine C. business D. project
11.A. fluent B. bored C. interested D. devoted
12.A. old B. nervous C. tired D. weak
13.A. quickly B. closely C. privately D. quietly
14.A. speed B. age C. distance D. school
15.A. hesitate B. worry C. think D. quarrel
16.A. singing B. working C. learning D. bargaining
17.A. mistakes B. progress C. cleverness D. clumsiness
18.A. tiresome B. interesting C. hard D. easy
19.A. amazed B. blamed C. interrupted D. informed
20.A. your B. his C. our D. their
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Most drinks stating that they are fruit-flavored (水果味道的) contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission.
“Shoppers need to check the labels (标签) before buying drinks, though sometimes the actual content can be non-existent,” said Food Commission spokesperson Ian Tokelove. “Food production is highly competitive. 1. It will increase profits, and consumers won’t always realize they are being tricked.”
Flavorings are focused on the flavors of natural food products such as fruits, meats and vegetables, or creating flavor for food products that do not have the desired flavors. Researchers analyzed the contents of 38 strawberry-flavored products sold in stores. 2. Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruit. In addition, each juice box contained nearly eight teaspoons of sugar.
3. Let’s take jam as an example. Some strawberry-flavored jam was labeled as containing no artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners, but it contained absolutely no strawberries at all.
4. Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought. Under current UK law, food packages do not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring. “Describing a product as strawberry flavor and covering the surface of the packet with pictures of strawberries is misleading. 5. Unfortunately, it is also legal and widespread,” Tokelove said. “It’s time to take measures to protect the consumers’ rights.”
A. The products which contain real fruit are popular with people.
B. The Food Commission suggested all flavors used in a product should be listed on the packaging.
C. If companies can cut their costs by using flavoring, they are likely to do so.
D. Actually the product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no fruit at all.
E. It is important and necessary to demand a small amount of flavoring in the products.
F. They found that about 60 percent of them didn’t contain any fruit at all.
G. Even products advertised as more natural often contained no fruit.
Everybody sleeps, but what people stay up late to catch—or wake up early in order not to miss—varies by culture. From data collected, it seems the things that cause us to lose the most sleep, on average, are sporting events, time changes, and holidays.
Around the world, people changed sleep patterns thanks to the start or end of daylight savings time. Russians, for example, began to wake up about a half-hour later each day after President Vladimir Putin shifted the country permanently to “winter time”starting on October 36.
Russia’s other late nights and early mornings generally correspond to public holidays. On New Year’s Eve, Russians have the world’s latest bedtime, hitting the hay at around 3:30 am.
Russians also get up an hour later on International Women’s Day, the day for treating and celebrating female relatives.
Similarly, Americans’ late nights late mornings, and longest sleeps fall on three-day weekends.
Canada got the least sleep of the year the night it beat Sweden in the Olympic hockey(冰球）final.
The World Cup is also chiefly responsible for sleep deprivation(剥夺）, The worst night for sleep in the U.K. was the night of the England-Italy match on June 15. Brits stayed up a half-hour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime. That was nothing, though, compared to Germans, Italians, and the French, who stayed up around an hour and a half later on various days throughout the summer to watch the Cup.
It should be made clear that not everyone has a device to record their sleep patterns, in some of these nations, it’s likely that only the richest people do. And people who elect to track their sleep may try to get more sleep than the average person. Even if that’s the case, though, the above findings are still striking, If the most health-conscious among us have such deep swings in our shut-eye levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?
1.What does the author say about people’s sleeping habits?
A. They are culture-related .
B. They affect people’s health
C.They change with the seasons.
D.They vary from person to person.
2.What do we learn about the Russians regarding sleep?
A. They don’t sleep much on weekends.
B. They get less sleep on public holidays
C.They don’t fall asleep until very late.
D.They sleep longer than people elsewhere.
3.What is the most probable reason for some rich people to use a device to record their patterns?
A. They are involved in a sleep research.
B. They have trouble falling asleep.
C. They want to get sufficient sleep.
D. They want to go to bed on regular hours.
4. What does the author imply in the last paragraph?
A. Sleeplessness does harm to people’s health.
B. Few people really know the importance of sleep.
C. It is important to study our sleep patterns.
D.Average people probably sleep less than the rich.
Allow me to introduce you to Terry, a window salesman from England. If I could take you back about 20 years, you’d know Terry as a complete green hand, who was wet behind the ears in just about everything he attempted. A person couldn’t sell false teeth to his own Granny, let alone he could compete with the other salespeople in the industry. You know, the kind who could sell snow to Eskimos.
Terry’s boss decided to send him out on a practical field trip on his first day. So off he went, but he was extremely nervous. With his hands and his knees shaking, he approached the front door and knocked at it. And an old woman appeared. After dozens of cups of tea and pieces of biscuits, the woman signed a contract and purchased over $7,000 worth of windows.
The woman had already talked with 6 excellent salesmen that week, all of whom offered her cheaper ones! That’s right—Terry’s price was the most expensive and he was also the most inexperienced salesman there ever was.
So, what happened then? Here comes the secret. The woman said she liked the young lad more than the others. That’s all there was to it. She didn’t care about the extra expense. Even the other salesmen couldn’t persuade her to pay less than this young lad was asking for.
The truth is that the young lad left on the woman the first impression that shone brighter than any of the salesman’s talk. First impressions count, not the sales techniques, not the low prices. The actual “personality” the kid honestly gave was all that was required. If you market your own products and services, consider what impression you are giving to others. If you appeal to them, then you’ve already done half of the work. If this means redesigning your presentation, then so be it. If this means going out of your way to be polite, helpful and giving the best possible shopping experience to your customers, the so be it.
1.When Terry was offered the job of salesman, he .
A. was good at sales techniques
B. knew little about sales skills
C. was believed in by his boss
D. was too young to do it
2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 suggests that .
A. Terry couldn’t trade with Eskimos
B. Terry loved his Granny more
C. Terry was afraid to compete
D. Terry was too honest to do the job
3.What made the young lad succeed in selling the window to the old woman?
A. First impression of good personality.
B. Being honest and childish.
C. High quality and expensive window.
D. Strange ways of sales.
4.The passage is most likely written to .
A. general readers B. new salesmen
C. window makers D. new graduates
Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street？Perhaps they were busy talking，texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new“species”of human has kept rising. They have been given a new name－phubbers (低头族)．
Recently，a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film，phubbers with various social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die，a pretty woman takes selfie in front of a car accident site，and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.
Although the ending sounds overstated the damage phubbing can bring is real.
Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it.“Constantly bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck，”Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying，“the neck is like a rope that breaks after longterm stretching.”Also，staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually，according to the report.
But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends，many people tend to stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere，Beijing Evening News reported.
It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death，suffered accidents，and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.
1.For what purpose does the author give the example of a cartoon in Para.2?
A. To advertise the cartoon made by students.
B. To inform people of the bad effects of phubbing.
C．To indicate the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers.
D．To warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients.
2.Which of the following is NOT a risk a phubber may have?
A．His social skills could be affected.
B．His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed.
C．He might get separated from his friends and family.
D．He will cause the destruction of the world.
3.Which of the following may be the author’s attitude towards phubbing?
A．Supportive. B. Optimistic.
C.Opposed. D. Objective.
4.What may the passage talk about next?
A．Measures to reduce the risks of phubbing.
B．People addicted to phubbing.
C．Definition of phubbers.
D．Consequences of phubbing.
BBC TV Guide –Tonight
[M-Movie; S-Series; R-Repeat (programme previously shown); P-Premier (1st time on TV)]
1.A person wanting local weather information should watch __________.
A. BBC1 at 20.25 B. BBC1 at 21.00
C. BBC2 at 19.00 D. BBC4 at 19.00
2.What’s the show Springwatch about?
A. UK lakes and rivers.
B. How birds catch food.
C. The springtime in Britain.
D. The life of fish.
3.Someone interested in gardens should watch __________.
A. Hidcote: For All Seasons
B. Escape to the Country
C. Born to be Wild
D. Springwatch
