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I enjoy my job in research because I have to ______ all the latest developments. A. keep in touch with B. keep pace with C. keep away from D. keep down with
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It is believed that the prices of houses will be decreased by ______ 5%. A. any other B. the other C. another D. other
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The white-flag dolphin, ______ rare Chinese mammal, is in ___ dangerous state of dying out. A. the; / B. the ; the C. a ; a D. a ; /
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Was it from Mary, _______ was working at a department store, ______ you learned the news? A. who; who B. that; which C. who; that D. who; which
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Many people enjoy the TV play very much, which ______ real life. A. based on B. was based on C. resulted in D. was resulted in
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The shocking news made me realize _____ terrible problems we would face. A. how B. what C. that D. why
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The majority of the students ______ the proposal. A. were in favour of B. was in favour of C. were in favour with D. was in favour with
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Whatever happens, we must______ our plans to increase production. A. go ahead B. keep ahead with C. push ahead D. push ahead with
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That could set off a “credit event,” ______ world financial markets into turmoil（混乱）, much as the collapse(倒闭) of Lehman Brothers ______ in the fall of 2008. A. threw；did B. throwing；did C. threw；had D. throwing；had
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Everything ______, his plan seems more practical. A. being taken into consideration B. took into consideration C. taking into consideration D. taken into consideration
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_________all of them are strong candidates, only one will be chosen for the post. A. Since B. As C. If D. While
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______ expense, we must take every measure to save the old man's life. A. Because of B. As a result of C. Regardless of D. With regard to
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---Are you going to Tom’s birthday party? ---_________.I might have to work. A. Sound great B. Thank you C. It depends D. Don’t mention it
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A night in a hotel in Shanghai costs ______ a week in some faraway cities. A. as much as three times B. three times the price of C. the three times price of D. as much three times as
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The research project has only been ______ for three months, so it's too early to comment on its success. A. in the way B. by the way C. under the way D. under way
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He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were 36 her, but nobody paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised. In order not to appear 37 , she went along. As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too 38 to say anything and she felt uncomfortable. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, "Could you please give me some 39 ? I'd like to put it in my coffee." They stared at him. He turned 40 , but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. 41 , she asked, "Why salt with coffee?" He explained, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the sea ... I could feel its taste salty, like salty coffee. Now 42 I drink it, I think of my childhood and my hometown. I 43 it and my parents, who are still there." She was deeply touched. A man who can admit that he's homesick must love his home and 44 his family. He must be responsible. She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was the start to their love story. They continued to 45 . She found that he met all her 46 . He was tolerant, kind, warm and careful. She would have missed the catch if not for the salty coffee! So they 47 and lived happily together. And every time she made 48 for him, she put in some salt, the way he liked it. After 40 years, he passed away and left her a letter which said: My dearest, please 49 my life-long lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous I asked for salt instead of 50 . It was hard for me to ask for a 51 , so I just went ahead. Many times, I tried to tell you the truth, but I was afraid that it would 52 everything. Sweetheart, I don't exactly like salty coffee. But as it 53 so much to you, I've learnt to enjoy it. Having you 54 me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, 55 it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life. 1.A. after B. before C. beyond D. behind 2. A. polite B. rude C. nice D. clever 3.A. good B. terrible C. pleased D. nervous 4.A. sugar B. salt C. fruit D. coffee 5. A. yellow B. black C. blue D. red 6.A. Curious B. Happy C. Nervous D. Frightened 7. A. some time B. every time C. no time D. any time 8.A. get B. know C. miss D. ask 9.A. care about B. care to C. take care D. do care 10.A. think B. live C. drink D. date 11.A. needs B. ways C. requirements D. conditions 12.A. married B. dated C. worked D. laughed 13. A. meal B. coffee C. tea D. soup 14.A. tell B. take C. excuse D. forgive 15.A. tea B. sweet C. sugar D. juice 16.A. word B. change C. leave D. talk 17.A. ruin B. get C. hurt D. injure 18.A. cared B. surprised C. satisfied D. mattered 19. A. of B. with C. to D. besides 20.A. as if B. because C. even if D. no matter
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Driver Wanted Clean driving license(执照). Must be of smart appearance. Age over 25. Apply to(申请): Capes Taxi, 17 Palace Road, Royston. Air Hostesses for International Flights Wanted Applicants(申请者) must be between 20 and 33 years old. Height: 1.6 m to 1.75 m. Education to GCSE standard. Two languages. Must be able to swim. Apply to: Recruitment(招聘) office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West. HR 37 KK. Teachers Needed For private language school. Having college education. Teaching experience unnecessary. Apply to: The Director of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd. 279 Canal Street, Royston. 1. What prevents Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxi? A. Fond of beer and wine. B. Punished for speeding and wrong parking. C. Unable to speak a foreign language. D. Not having college education. 2.Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just graduated from a college. Which job might be given to him? A. Driving for Capes Taxi. B. Working for Southern Airlines. C. Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd. D. None of the three. 3.What prevents Mary, aged 25, becoming an air hostess? A. She once broke a traffic law and was fined B. She can’t speak Japanese very well. C. She has never worked as an air hostess before. D. She doesn’t feel like working long hours flying abroad. 4.Which of the following is not mentioned in the three advertisements? A. Marriage. B. Male or female. C. Education. D. Working experience.
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The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer(征服) himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful, says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom. A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Keep cool, says George Herbert, for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault. To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. Anger, says Pythagoras, brings with folly(愚蠢)and ends with regret. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him. Self-control is man’s last greatest victory. If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also. 1.What does the reader learn from the first paragraph? A. The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself. B. One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself. C. To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life. D. If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful. 2.If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______. A. the very backbone and nerve of character B. the patience and power to control himself C. strong feelings D. self-confidence 3.The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______. A. explain that self-control is the key to success B. teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success C. distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it D. advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends 4.The passage is mainly developed by _____. A. analyzing(分析)causes B. making comparisons(比较) C. examining differences D. listing quotations(引证)
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Why does a large education nation like China have so few world renowned scientists as the US? Educationists from China and the US try to find out the answer to questions like this at a forum on the basic education strategy. The forum, held recently, was jointly organized by the Education Development Research Center of the Ministry of Education in China and the Postgraduate School of the University of Pennsylvania in the US. It aims to find out similarities and differences that exist between two countries in their educational system. While some educationists in China keep a doubtful eye to the country’s educational system in recent years. Their American counterparts give a positive answer to the basic education in China, saying that it is still one of the best in the world. An American educationist told reporters that the basic education in the US was criticized in recent years due to its political tendency. On the contrary, Chinese government’s stress on basic education and qualified teachers has set a good example. At primary and middle school, pupils in China did better in math and science lessons than the US pupils. However, few grow to be world “masters”. Why? Educationists attributed this to China’s stress on examination rather than students’ interest. Deputy Director of the postgraduate school of Pennsylvania University said American teachers encouraged students to focus on their strong points. In China, students are driven to study to pass the entrance examination test and they do not pay much attention to their own interest. At the forum, director of the Education Development Research Center Mr. Zhang said in the future, the research center would make its middle and long-term basic education strategy by taking some references from other countries including the US. He also revealed that for a long time in the future, China would make a breakthrough in setting the policy for quality education. 1.This passage is mainly about _________. A. quality education development in the future B. why China’s education cultivates(培养) few world masters C. China’s good basic education D. genius education at the primary stage 2.The underlined word “renowned” in the first paragraph probably means ________ A. famous B. active C. qualified D. experienced 3.Few pupils in China who did better in math and science lessons than the US pupils grow to be world “masters”, because _________ A. The US government spends more money on basic education B. American pupils are cleverer than Chinese pupils C. basic education in China is not as successful as that of the US D. Chinese people pay less attention to students’ interest 4. China’s educational system will _______ in the future. A. help students to study even harder to pass the examination B. apply more attention to quality education referring to systems of other countries C. allow students to pay more attention to their own interest without their test results D. copy the educational system in the US
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Recently there was a major discovery in the scientific research — the mapping of all DNA in a human gene(基因) is complete. Couple of years ago, this seems an impossible task for scientist to accomplish. All this progress in science leads us to believe that the day, when the human being will be cloned, is not far away. Human cloning has always been a topic of argument, in terms of morality(道德) or religion. Taking a look at why cloning might be beneficial, among many cases, it is arguable that parents who are known to be at risk of passing a genetic limitation to a child could make use of cloning. If the clone was free of genetic limitations, then the other clone would be as well. The latter could be inserted in the woman and allowed to ripen to term. Moreover, cloning would enable women, who can’t get pregnant, to have children of their own. Cloning humans would also mean that organs could be cloned, so it would be a source of perfect transfer organs. This surely would be greatly beneficial to millions of unfortunate people around the world that are expected to lose their lives due to failure of single (or more) organ(s). It is also arguable that a ban on cloning may be unlawful and would rob people of the right to reproduce and limit the freedom of scientists. Arguments against cloning are also on a perfectly practical side. Primarily, I believe that cloning would step in the normal “cycle” of life. There would be a large number of same genes, which reduce the chances of improvement, and, in turn, development — the fundamental reason how living things naturally adapt to the ever-changing environment. Life processes failing to do so might result in untimely disappearance. Furthermore, cloning would make the uniqueness that each one of us possesses disappear, thus leading to creation of genetically engineered groups of people for specific purposes, and chances are that those individuals would be regarded as “objects” rather than people in the society. Scientists haven’t 100% guaranteed that the first cloned humans will be normal. Thus, this could result in introduction of additional limitations in the human “gene-pool”. Regarding such arguable topics in “black or white” approach seems very innocent to me personally. We should rather try to look at all “shades” of it. I believe that cloning is only legal if its purpose is for cloning organs; not humans. Then we could regard this as for “saving life” instead of “creating life”. I believe cloning humans is morally and socially unacceptable. 1. Which of the following is true according to the passage？ A. Genetic limitation will be beneficial for some women B. A large number of genes will prevent us from developing C. Prohibition(禁止) of cloning might limit the freedom of scientists D. First cloned humans might be normal according to scientists 2.What’s the author’s opinion on cloning? A. Cloning should be entirely banned B. Cloning should be used in creating life C. Cloning will take away the right to reproduce D. Cloning is acceptable if it is used for cloning organs 3.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage
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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。 Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why they’re always coming in for criticism. Their critics seem to offend them because they have a talent for self-promotion and because they have so much money to throw around. ‘It’s unfair,’ they say, ‘that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year. It only goes to show how much profit the big companies are making. Why don’t they stop advertising and reduce the price of their goods? After all, it’s the consumer who pays…’ The poor old consumer! He’d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn’t create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods comes largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement. Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway rules while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a dull wall or a newspaper full of disasters. We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not survive without this source of revenue(收益). The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programmes is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price! Another thing we mustn’t forget is the ‘small ads.’ which are in virtually every newspaper and magazine. What a greatly useful service they perform for the community! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns. For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the ‘hatch, match and dispatch’ column but by far the most fascinating section is the personal or ‘agony’ column（读者来信专栏）. No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature. It’s the best advertisement for advertising there is!
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单词拼写（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分） 1.The book is i__________ for children aged 5-7. 2.We congratulated him on his being a__________ into Peking University. 3.As she had no child of her own, she had to a ____________one . 4.You can’t a__________ English poetry unless you understand its rhythm (韵律). 5.Animals have died as a c___________ of coming into contact with this chemical. 6.You’ll have to get p__________ from your parents if you want to come. 7.Hollywood also faces competition from ________(非法) copied movies. 8.Judy lay in the armchair, _________(专注) in her magazine. 9.The government’s ___________ (农业) policy is popular with farmers in the country. 10.After several _______(十年), the manager returned and found everything had changed.
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2011年10月13日下午5点30分，在广东佛山一五金城内，2岁女童小悦悦在过马路时不慎被一辆面包车撞倒并两度碾压，随后肇事车辆逃逸，随后开来的另一辆车辆直接从已经被碾压过的女童身上再次开了过去，七分钟内在女童身边经过的十几个路人，都对此冷眼漠视，只有最后一名拾荒阿姨上前施以援手。2011年10月21日，小悦悦经医院全力抢救无效，于0时32分离世。由此引发网友广泛热议。请根据下面提示，以“Say no to indifference and awaken true love”为题写一短文，简述这一事件及事后人们对此的不同反应，并谈谈你自己的看法。
短文必须包括以下要点： 人们的不同反应： 1）路过者之所以没有给予帮助，主要是因为冷漠； 2) 中国经济的快速发展给公共道德带来了负面影响； 3）现实生活中的确发生过因为救人而惹上麻烦的事，这使许多人在想要帮助别人之前有了顾虑； 4）还有人建议要立法，要大力表扬见义勇为者； 你自己的观点（至少两点）。 注意： 1. 参照以上文字及下面文章开头所给提示，做必要的发挥想象。 2. 不要逐字翻译，只需正确表达出相关内容。 3. 词数150左右，开头已写好，不计入总词数。 4. 参考词汇： 1) 悲剧tragedy 5. 2）冷漠indifference (n.) indifferent (adj.) 6. 3) 良心conscience 7. 4) 道德 morality (n.), moral(adj.) 8. 5）见义勇为者Samaritan
Say no to indifference and awaken true love On Oct. 13, two-year-old Yue Yue was knocked down by a van before being run over by a truck near a market in Foshan, Guangdong province, while 18 people ignored her severely injured body as she lay bleeding on the ground after the accident. The girl eventually received help from an elderly refuse collector but died later from injuries to the head. In response to the tragedy, different people have different attitudes.
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