The University of Sheffield
English Language Teaching Center
Come and learn English in a safe, friendly city---Sheffield, close to a beautiful National Park.
We offer courses in:
Academic, General and Business English.
We provide :
A choice of homestay
Or residential accommodation
Plenty of leisure activities.
Whether you want to study for a few weeks of a year, for university preparation, work of general interest, we have the course for you.
Contact us on: elt@sheffield. ac.uk
http://www.shef.ac.uk/eltc
1.The University of Sheffield is located in ___________.
A. the UK
B. the USA
C. France
D. Germany
2.We know from the passage that Sheffield is ___________.
A. a national park
B. a city
C. a country
D. a professor
3.English language teaching centre offers ___________.
A. business courses
B. English courses
C. French courses
D. general courses
E-mail has been widely used since its invention for its convenience, efficiency, and high speed. However, it is wise to remember how easily this wonderful technology can be misused, sometimes unintentionally, but can result in serious consequences.
Now let’s look at the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel , he decided to send his wife a quick E-mail. Unable to find the note with his wife’s E-mail address, he did his best to type from his memory. Unfortunately, he missed one letter and his E-mail was directed to an elderly lady whose husband had passed away (去世) only the day before. When the sad widow checked her E-mail, she took one look at the screen, let out a sharp cry, and fell to the floor in a dead faint (昏迷 ). At the sound , her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:
MY DEAREST WIFE： JUST GOT CHECKED IN. EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW.
P.S. SURE IS HOT DOWN HERE
1.Where do you think this text comes from?
A. It comes from a science report.
B. It comes from a computer screen.
C. It comes from a fiction.
D. It comes from a magazine.
2.What was the weather like in Florida when the story happened?
A. It was snowy.
B. It was neither too hot nor too cold.
C. It was rainy.
D. It was hot.
3.The underlined word “widow” probably means _________.
A. a woman who has no children
B. a woman who has just been married again
C. a woman whose husband died and she has not remarried
D. a woman whose husband is not at home
4.The old lady was in a dead faint because________.
A. she was too excited to hear from her husband
B. she was very ill
C. she thought the E-mail was from her dead husband
D. she was frightened to receive an E-mail from a stranger
Many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and help control body weight.
Any pet owner will tell you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress levels and blood pressure in people (half of them were pet owners) while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算术) or held a hand in ice water. People completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it best. Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates. With pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems that people feel more relaxed around pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don’t judge.
A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog may also have an effect on your body weight. Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying two groups of fat people who were put on a diet-and-exercise program: one group with pet dogs, and the other without. On average，dog owners lost about 11 pounds，or 5% of their body weight; While those without dogs lost about 8 pounds. The pet owners, said researchers, got more exercise overall (mostly with their dogs) and found it worth doing.
1.What does the text mainly discuss?
A. People’s opinions of keeping pets.
B. How pets help people calm down.
C. What pets bring to their owners.
D. Pets can help in medical research.
2.We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if_________.
A. he has a pet companion
B. he has less stress of work
C. he often dose mental arithmetic
D. he is taken care of by his family
3.According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around?
A. They are less nervous.
B. They are in higher spirits.
C. They become more patient.
D. They have lower blood pressure.
4.The research mentioned in the last paragraph suggests that_________.
A. people with dogs did more exercise
B. dogs lost the same weight as people did
C. dogs liked exercise much more than people did
D. people without dogs found the program unhelpful
On a snowy and windy afternoon, Ann, a ten-year-old girl, went out to play. She was walking along the sands when she was blown into a ditch (壕沟) by the seashore. She was frightened and tried her best to climb out. But the ditch was too deep and she was too weak to get out of it. So Ann cried at the top of her voice for help. But what she could hear over the snow ditch was nothing but the terrible noise of the wind. Nobody came to her and nobody knew where she was. She struggled again and again. Her face was struck by the strong wind, snow and sand, and was almost frozen. Her hands were stiff. She also felt that she was worn out. She started to cry hopelessly. Just at the moment Ann saw a black dog appearing through the heavy snow. It was Victor, her true friend. He was glad to see the sign of life. And the dog set out to work as soon as he got to Ann. He cleaned away the snow around her with his own paws and hind legs, and then reached out his big strong fur head to Ann. The little girl closed her arms round Victor’s neck. The dog backed away slowly, pulling her out of the ditch little by little.
Successfully, Ann got out of the ditch at last. Then she struggled to her feet. With great difficulty, led by her true friend Victor, she was rescued. Victor, the black dog, was given a gold medal and was honoured as Brave Hero Dog of America.
1.The purpose of this text is to tell us___________.
A. the good relation between a girl and her dog
B. how a brave girl survived a serious accident
C. what the girl did to save her dog
D. how a brave dog managed to save his little master
2.Ann__________ when trapped in the snow ditch.
A. tried everything to save herself
B. did nothing but wait for help to come
C. was sure that people would save her
D. was sure that her dog would come to save her
3.How did the dog pull the girl out of the ditch?
A. He pulled the girl out with her head.
B. He caught the girl by the arm and pulled hard.
C. He let the girl hold his head and stepped back.
D. He held the girl’s clothes in his mouth and ran back.
4.The underlined word “stiff” probably means___________.
A. pretty dense
B. easy to move
C. difficult to bend
D. quite harsh
完型填空
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。
Not a lot of people know that helping others can be _________ at the same time, because the joy you get from helping others is really worth the trouble you take to do it.
I live in a city with a lot of homeless people. Fortunately there are always small ways of helping them and you needn’t have a lot of _________ . One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine. _________ doing this one day, I got to _________a homeless young man. He was often _________ the magazine at the train station. Later I got to know that he was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I also discovered that his _________ was close to mine. It _________ that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year _________after his birthday, and after _________ him, without_________ too much, I asked if he had had a good day. He _________ his head and said that he had not really celebrated it. I felt so _________ . I just couldn’t bear the thought of this nice young man being alone on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, _________ at all. So I went home and looked in my yarn (纱线) basket. _________ for me, I had enough yarn left. I set to work and knitted a _________ for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty_________ I didn’t knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be _________ when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had _________ to meet him so I had_________ the scarf and a piece of birthday cake around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The _________ in his eyes was the best present he could have given me.
1.A. rewarding B. surprising C. annoying D. confusing
2.A. work B. money C. energy D. experience
3.A. By B. For C. Without D. Besides
4.A. realize B. ignore C. know D. recognize
5.A. reading B. selling C. covering D. buying
6.A. hobby B. height C. habit D. birthday
7.A. believed B. said C. happened D. found
8.A. long B. shortly C. ever D. currently
9.A. thanking B. congratulating C. ignoring D. praising
10.A. thinking B. helping C. stopping D. minding
11.A. slowed B. raised C. reduced D. lowered
12.A. angry B. sorry C. happy D. crazy
13.A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
14.A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Suddenly D. sharply
15.A. sweater B. cap C. glove D. scarf
16.A. because B. so C. and D. but
17.A. contaminated B. clean C. transparent D. luminous
18.A. hoped B. promised C. agreed D. loved
19.A. fetched B. lift C. carried D. held
20.A. light B. flash C. color D. sight
书面表达
今年4月23日是第21个世界读书日（World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day），请你以“I Like Reading”为题目写一篇稿,参加校学生会在读书日来临之际举办的征文活动。要点如下：
1. 你为什么喜欢读书；
2. 你喜欢哪一类的书（例如：历史、科学、文学等）？请给出至少两个理由。
注意：词数120左右。
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