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Where does the conversation take place ? A. In an elevator. B. On a bus. C. In a taxi.
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What will the man do in Edinburgh ? A. Do business with Justin. B. Tell Justin his new address. C. Give Justin the medicines.
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What kind of music does the man like? A. Jazz. B. Classical. C. Folk.
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When does the conversation take place? A. In September . B. In April C. In February
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Whose advice did the woman follow? A. The shop assistant’s. B. Her mother’s. C. Her sister’s.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What are the speakers mainly discussing? A. Where to buy tickets. B. Where to park the car. C. Where to get a camera. 2.Where will the speakers meet? A. At the market . B. At the camera shop. C. At the sports stadium.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What does the man have to do now ? A. Plan a trip. B. Look for a job. C. Make a decision. 2.What does the woman think of the job in American? A. Dangerous B. Exciting C. Boring.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.When should students meet for the field trip? A. At 7:00 B. At 7:15 am. C. At 8:00 am. 2.How will the boy probably get to school today ? A. Take the bus. B. Take his mom’s car. C. Take Mrs. Henderson’s car . 3.What is the relationship between the woman and Mrs. Anderson ? A. Colleagues B. Neighbors. C. Best friends.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What kind of people is The Knife and Talk popular with? A. Truck drivers. B. Office workers. C. Actors. 2.What does the woman like most about the restaurant? A. Quiet environment. B. Great waitresses. C. Pop music. 3.What does the man say about his favourite restaurant? A. Its tables are pink. B. It offers great food. C. It was just opened. 4.What does the man have for lunch? A. Pancakes. B. Fish pie. C. Sausages.
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1.Which competition is suitable for the listeners? A. The high level. B. The middle level. C. The low level. 2.What is the topic for this year? A. Weather B. Change . C. Travel. 3.What are the listeners advised to do to get the ideas? A. Ask Maria for help. B. Read the poem called Rain. C. Borrow books from the library. 4.What will the school spend the prize money on this year ? A. The library. B. The computers. C. The lab.
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As a capital city full of art and history, London is an important political centre and a huge financial marketplace. Whatever you think about London, visiting as a tourist is very different from living there. Each part of London has its own character. Some parts are richer than others, or more industrial, or have better housing. Let’s start with the centre, the “Square Mile”. This is the oldest part of London. In the past, it was where all financial business was done. Not many people live here, but 300,000 people work here every day. Moving west, we come to the West End. This busy shopping and entertainment district is bursting with things to do. Take a walk down Oxford Street, and you will see big department stores like Selfridges and Harrods. Rents here are very high; a one-bedroom apartment may cost around 1,000 pounds a week. Further away is West London. This area is more residential(住宅的)and very fashionable. The East End contains the Port of London, which historically is where many immigrants first arrived. Waves of French, Belgians, Jews, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have all lived here. This makes the culture of this area very various. London won the bid to hold the Olympics in 2012, so many Londoners hope that housing, education and employment for many people in this area will improve. It is difficult to be general about London. The city is made up of a " collection of villages”, each area with its own character and community. Put them all together, and you have London, an international capital. 1.Which of the following descriptions about Square Mile is NOT true? A. It is the oldest part of London. B. It is the center of London. C. All financial business was once done there. D. 300, 000 people live there. 2.Tom, an American, wants to go shopping in London. He had better go to . A. the East End B. the West End C. the Port of London D. the Square Mile 3.According to the passage, Harrods is . A. a department store B. a residential area C. a famous square D. a small village 4.What can we infer from Paragraph 4? A. The East End is richer than other parts of London. B. There must be many ships in the East End. C. People living in the East End have good housing. D. Most Londoners are satisfied with their government.
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Telling fewer lies benefits people physically and mentally. Anita E. Kelly, study author and professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, employed 110 adults for her study. She divided them into two groups and asked one group to stop lying for 10 weeks. Lies included big ones and tiny ones—any false statements—but participants were still allowed to leave out the truth, keep secrets and avoid questions they didn’t want to answer, etc. The other group wasn’t given any special instructions about lying. It turned out that both groups reduced their lying, but those who were specifically told to tell the truth improved their health more. "We found that the participants could purposefully and dramatically reduce their everyday lies. That in turn was associated with significantly improved health," said Kelly. When participants in the no-lie group told three fewer white lies than they did in other weeks, they experienced, on average, fewer mental-health complaints and physical complaints. They were less likely to feel tense or sad and also experienced fewer sore throats and headaches. They also reported that personal relationships improved. Additionally, participants found themselves honest about their daily accomplishments, and they stopped making up excuses for being late or failing to complete a task, for example. " It's certainly a worthy goal to have people be more honest and interact with others in a more honest way,” says University of Massachusetts psychologist Robert Feldman. “That would be beneficial. I'm a little doubtful whether it makes us all healthier, but it may make us healthier in a psychological way." 1.The participants of the two groups . A. told as many lies as before B. were almost equally healthy C. tended to lie less about their activities D. experienced tenser personal relationships 2.From Robert Feldman, we can learn that . A. white lies might make people have more complaints B. honesty is likely to help people become mentally healthier C. people should not be honest with others but with themselves D. telling the truth can make people physically and mentally healthy 3.The text is mainly about . A. the connection of honesty and health B. research on physical and mental health C. advice on being an honest person D. effects of honesty on personal relationships
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The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place.The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC.In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was published.Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany. The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620.In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week.The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (每日新闻).It came out in March 1702. In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston.But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper.In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波士顿新闻通讯), the first newspaper published in the American colonies.By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers.There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States. Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation (发行量) in the world.But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Dhimbun (朝日新闻).It sells more than 11 million copies every day. 1.The first daily newspaper came out in _____. A. 59 BC B. 700’s C. 1609 D. 1620 2.The first regular published newspaper in Europe was printed in _____. A. England B. Germany C. France D. Sweden 3.The first printed newspaper in America came out in _____. A. Washington B. New York C. Boston D. New Orleans 4.Today there are about _____ daily newspaper printed in the United States. A. 1621 B. 1704 C. 1760 D. 1800
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Imagine putting a seed in a freezer,waiting 30,000 years,and then taking the seed out and planting it. Do you think a flower would grow? Amazingly, scientists have just managed to do something very similar. They found the fruit of an ancient plant that had been frozen underground in Siberia—a region covering central and eastern Russia—for about 31,800 years. Using pieces of the fruit,the scientists grew plants in a lab. The new blooms have delicate white petals. They are also the oldest flowering plants that researchers have ever revived from a deep freeze. “This is like regenerating a dinosaur from tissues of an ancient egg,’’said Jane Shen-Miller,a biologist of University of California,Los Angeles. The plant has a long history. Back when mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses walked on the land, an Arctic ground squirrel buried seeds and fruits in an underground chamber near the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia. The ground became pennafrost, a layer of soil that stays frozen for a long time. Recently, Russian scientists dug out the old squirrel hole and found the plant remains 38 meters below the surface. Back at the lab, the team fed nutrients to tissue from three of the fruits to grow shoots. Then the scientists transferred the shoots to pots filled with soil. The plants produced seeds that could be used to grow even more of them. It’s important for scientists to know that plant tissues can still be revived after being frozen for a long time. That’s because many researchers are trying to preserve the seeds of modem plants by freezing them and then storing them in giant lockers at various spots around the globe. One such endeavor,an underground facility in Norway,is called the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It stores hundreds of thousands of frozen seeds. If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers. “No one knows how long they are able to live for,but freezing is basically the format for many plant conservation attempts nowadays,’’Jane Shen-Miller said. It’s a good thing that at least some plants are tough enough to survive in the experience. 1.Which of the following was NOT used to recreate the ancient plant? A. Modem nutrients. B. Parts of the fruits. C. Its frozen seeds. D. Plant pots with soil. 2.Why are scientists interested in this discovery? A. It helps them learn how plant life has changed in the past 30,000 years. B. It can help guide future efforts to protect endangered plants’ life. C. It can provide directions for where to look for other ancient plants. D. It proves that all plant life can survive for thousands of years when frozen. 3.The underlined word "they", in the final paragraph refers to . A. plants B. seeds C. scientists D. storage lockers 4.The purpose of the passage is to . A. discuss a plant conservation effort B. introduce some ancient plants C. outline some causes of global warming D. describe a scientific research project
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Children in England will no longer be able to buy energy drinks.1.It is now asking for public suggestions as to what age the ban(禁令) should start at (16 or 18), the BBC reported An energy drink is a type of drink that contains stimulants(兴奋剂), such as caffeine . 2.The makers of these drinks say that they can give you energy when you feel tired and keep you going. They have another name:battery water. 3.Energy drinks have sixty five percent more sugar than normal soft drinks. This may explain why children are getting fatter and fatter. 4. In the UK, more than 2/3 of 10 to 17-year-olds buy energy drinks, according to the government. “5.Shops in England that sell the drinks to children would pay up to 22070 pounds if they don’t follow the ban. Restaurants should also obey the government’s rules.” A. They will also be listed unhealthy drinks in China. B. However, these drinks have very high levels of sugar and caffeine. C. Childhood fatness is one of the greatest health challenges this country faces. D. Too much caffeine can cause health problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness. E. The UK government has made plans to stop shops selling the energy drinks to kids. F. So energy drinks are as important as three meals for every day. G. Red Bull is one of the most famous energy drinks.
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People often fall ill because of me.______, they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own______. A tired person may get______, especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in______is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily. My latest victim(受害者) is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though______, he still went to the cinema .Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately. I seized this golden chance to______him. He reacted, trying to______me, but I was already______deep in his throat. He kept sneezing(打喷嚏) and his nose was running.______he put on some warm clothes, it didn’t work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept______him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but______. The next day he couldn’t go to______. He had lost his appetite and was not as______as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his______. For two days he was______by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began to feel the______. I knew I had to______him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back.______, it was my turn to feel______now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became______and finally my time was over. Do you know what I am? 1.A. Therefore B. Besides C. However D. Then 2.A. business B. responsibility C. excuse D. fault 3.A. punished B. blamed C. caught D. killed 4.A. temperature B. season C. place D. condition 5.A. excited B. hurt C. late D. tired 6.A. injure B. bother C. attack D. destroy 7.A. get on with B. get rid of C. put up with D. take hold of 8.A. reproducing B. waiting C. hiding D. disappearing 9.A. Since B. Once C. Whether D. Although 10.A. reminding B. upsetting C. comforting D. influencing 11.A. escaped B. succeeded C. regretted D. failed 12.A. bed B. work C. school D. hospital 13.A. peaceful B. afraid C. active D. happy 14.A. recovery B. development C. study D. growth 15.A. protected B. nursed C. scolded D. affected 16.A. loss B. operation C. pressure D. movement 17.A. leave B. catch C. forget D. beat 18.A. Uncertainly B. Unsuccessfully C. Unusually D. Unfortunately 19.A. painful B. disappointed C. nervous D. ashamed 20.A. bigger B. weaker C. smaller D. stronger
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Media is known to be the most 1.(power) means of communication. Print media, electronic media and the Internet all belong to mass media. Newspapers, newsletters, magazines and brochures 2.(include) in print media, while the electronic media consists of the television, radio and other modes of communication. Internet is without doubt the fastest known way of communicating 3.millions of people across the globe. Effects of mass media can be positive as well as negative. The best thing about the mass media is that it immediately provides us with the latest information about the things4.(happen) around us. Because of the keen efforts and devotion of the people working in the media and the entertainment sector, our knowledge5.(remain) fresh. With this knowledge, we become more smart and outgoing. Media is 6.gift for youngsters in many ways. They get useful information related to their career and higher 7. (educate) mostly through the mass media. Though mass media has many positive effects, there are some8. (harm) associated with it as well. The news9. is published without checking whether it is a fact or not can create unnecessary confusion and extreme feelings among the common masses. It becomes the duty of media10.(provide) only relevant and precise information to the masses.
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在空白处填入适当的单词或用括号内单词或汉语的正确英文形式填空(每空一词)。 1.John Snow wanted to face the __________(挑战)and solve this problem. 2.The second case suggested that people ________(吸收) this disease into their bodies with their meals. 3.England is the largest part of the four countries, which is divided ________(粗略地) into three zones. 4.Hit by a _________(缺乏)of fresh air, my head ached. 5.Her first __________(印象) about our school was wonderful. 6.We climbed in the flying machine through a small__________(开口) 7.He was admitted into a key university, which is __________(令人羡慕的) 8.A footballer was accused of taking money for ____________(故意的)not scoring goals so as to let other team win. 9.Nothing is wasted and everything ,even plastic bags,can be__________(回收). 10.UN___________(组成) of many countries is quite helpful to all its members.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及二个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。 修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。 Henry's job was to examine the cars which crossed to the border. Every day, he would see a man come toward him, pull a bicycle. When he arrived, Henry used to examine him careful. After that, he would look into each of the man's pocket. Henry never found something. He was sure that the man was bringing something into the country , he couldn't imagine how it could be. Then one day, after he examined a man as usual, he says to him, Today is my last day on duty. Won't you tell me what you've been bringing?" There had a brief silence. Then the man said quietly, "Bicycles."
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介绍一款时尚手机,要点如下: 1. 高科技产品;国内外广泛使用; 2. 主要功能:通话、发短信、上网、照相、玩游戏等; 3. 体积小、重量轻、易携带,适用于各年龄段人群。 注意: 1. 词数100左右; 2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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