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—What do you think of the dinner in Mr. Brown’s? —Oh, great! We have never had a better one. It’s a dinner of twenty _______. A.drinks B.people C.tables D.courses
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The British government often says that providing children with to the information superhighway is of great importance. A.prevention B.protection C.allowance D.access
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—Believe it or not, I passed the driving test at the first attempt yesterday. —Great! But remember you can never be_______ careful when driving a car in the street. A.enough B.rather C.quite D.too
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—Did you paint your house yourself? It looks good. —I_______have done all the painting. I asked my brother to help me. A.couldn’t B.mustn’t C.needn’t D.shouldn’t
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John as well as the other children who_______no parents_______ good care of in the village. A.have; is being taken B.have; has taken C.has; is taken D.has; have been taken
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The father as well as his three children _____________ skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter. A.is going B.go C.goes D.are going
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Linda, together with her brothers, _______spending the holiday in Chile when the strong earthquake broke out. A.was B.were C.is D.are
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| 8. 难度：中等 | |
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He ______ writing the paper now. He hadn’t written a single word when I left him ten minutes ago. A.shouldn’t be B.can’t have finished C.can’t be D.mustn’t have finished
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Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercise. ________，our minds are developed by learning. A.Probably B.Likely C.Similarly D.Generally
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----- Why hasn’t Jack come back yet ? _______ anything have happened to him ? ----- I’m not sure, but I guess something _______ . A.May, must have B.Can, may have C.Must, may D.Should, might have
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Though it is 30 years_______we last met, I still remember the scene_______we got separated on a rainy day. A.before; where B.before; which C.since; when D.since; where
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In my opinion, your composition is not as interesting as his but yours is_______in writing. A.the best organized B.better organized C.so organized as D.as organized as
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—Tom, you’ve got an A in the final English exam .Congratulations! —Thanks.But I never thought the result came out so fast.The papers________when I left the teacher’s office just now. A.had been marked B.were still being marked C.are still marking D.had been marking
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Luckily, the loss _______ great; otherwise, our company would have closed down. A.isn’t B.hadn’t been C.hasn’t been D.wasn’t
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—What makes you so unhappy? — . A.Because I’ve put on weight B.Putting on weight C.For I’ve lost some weight D.Because of my putting on weight
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I went to a group activity, ＂Sensitivity Sunday＂, which was to make us more _______the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to ＂_______a disability＂ for several hours one Sunday. Some members, _______, chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound-blocking earplugs(耳塞) or blindfolds(眼罩). Just sitting in the wheelchair was a _______experience. I had never considered before how_______it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my _______made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not _______. Then I wondered where to put my _______. It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into _______. I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of ________for several hours. For disabled people, ＂adopting a wheelchair＂ is not a temporary________. I tried to find a ________position and thought it might be restful, ________kind of nice, to be ________around for a while. Looking around, I ________I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I ________ the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the ________of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) ________ task. My wheelchair experiment was soon ________. It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of ＂disability＂ gave me only a taste of the ________, both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome. 1.A.curious about B.interested in C.aware of D.careful with 2.A.cure B.prevent C.adopt D.analyze 3.A.instead B.strangely C.as usual D.like me 4.A.learning B.working C.satisfying D.relaxing 5.A.convenient B.awkward C.boring D.exciting 6.A.height B.force C.skill D.weight 7.A.locked B.repaired C.powered D.grasped 8.A.hands B.feet C.keys D.handles 9.A.place B.action C.play D.effect 10.A.operation B.communication C.transportation D.production 11.A.exploration B.education C.experiment D.entertainment 12.A.flexible B.safe C.starting D.comfortable 13.A.yet B.just C.still D.even 14.A.shown B.pushed C.driven D.guided 15.A.realized B.suggested C.agreed D.admitted 16.A.lifted B.turned C.pressed D.seized 17.A.path B.position C.direction D.way 18.A.easy B.heavy C.major D.extra 19.A.forgotten B.repeated C.conducted D.finished 20.A.weaknesses B.challenges C.anxieties D.illnesses
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Salvador Dali (1904—1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities. The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain. The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). ＂From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,＂ explains the Pompidou Centre. The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作) with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. 1.Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1? A.Optimistic. B.Productive. C.Generous. D.Traditional. 2.What is Dali’s The Persistence of Memory considered to be? A.One of his masterworks. B.A successful screen adaptation. C.An artistic creation for the stage. D.One of the beat TV programmes. 3.How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali? A.By popularity. B.By importance. C.By size and shape. D.By time and subject. 4.What does the word ＂contributions＂ in the last paragraph refer to? A.Artworks. B.Projects. C.Donations. D.Documents.
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Conflict is on the menu tonight at the café La Chope. This evening, as on every Thursday night, psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France’s favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the “talking cure”. Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings. It isn’t always easy. They customers—some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 (plus drinks) per session-care quick to intellectualize (高谈阔论), slow to open up and connect. “You are forbidden to say ‘one feels,’ or ‘people think’,” Lehane told them. “Say ‘I think,’ ‘Think me’.” A café society where no intellectualizing is allowed? It couldn’t seem more un-French. But Lehanne’s psychology café is about more than knowing oneself: It’s trying to help the city’s troubled neighborhood cafes. Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation’s desire to spend more time at home. Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening. The city’s psychology cafes, which offer great comfort, are among the most popular places. Middle-aged homemakers, retirees, and the unemployed come to such cafes to talk about lover, anger, and dreams with a psychologist. And they come to Lehance’s group just to learn to say what they feel. There’s a strong need in Paris for communication, says Maurice Frisch, a cafe La Chope regular who works as religious instructor in a nearby church. “People have few real friends. And they need to open up” Lehanne says she’d like to see psychology cafes all over France. “If people had normal lives, these cafes wouldn’t exist”, she says, “If life weren’t a battle, people wouln’t need a special place just to speak.” But then, it wouldn’t be France. 1.What are people encouraged to do at the cafe La Chope? A.Learn a new subject B.Keep in touch with friends. C.Show off their knowledge. D.Express their true feelings. 2.How are cafes affected by French lifestyle changes? A.They are less frequently visited. B.They stay open for longer hours. C.They have bigger night crowds. D.They start to serve fast food. 3.What are theme cafes expected to do? A.Create more jobs. B.Supply better drinks. C.Save the cafe business. D.Serve the neighborhood. 4.Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in Paris? A.They bring people true friendship. B.They give people spiritual support. C.They help people realize their dreams. D.They offer a platform for business links.
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阅读理解。 The freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold- weather root vegetables- was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call. The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1 p.m, rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes. Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal- and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months. Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where- luckily for me- I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it. 1.What did the author think of her winter life in New York? A.Exciting. B.Boring. C.Relaxing. D.Annoying. 2.What made the author’s getting up late early worthwhile? A.Having a swim. B.Breathing in fresh air. C.Walking in the morning sun. D.Visiting a local farmer’s market. 3.What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter? A.They are soft. B.They look nice. C.They taste great D.They are juicy. 4.What was the author going to that evening? A.Go to a farm. B.Check into a hotel. C.Eat in a restaurant. D.Buy fresh vegatables.
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Monthly Talks at London Canal Museum Our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don’t need to book. They end around 21:00. November 7th The Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”. December 5th Ice for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London’s ice trade grew. February 6th An Update on the Cotsword Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play. March 6th Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest. Online bookings:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/book More into:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson London Canal Museum 12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT www.canalmuseum.org.uk www.canalmuseum.mobi Tel:020 77130836 1.When is the talk on James Brindley? A.February 6th. B.December 5th. C.November 7th. D.March 6th. 2.What is the topic of the talk in February? A.The Canal Pioneers. B.An Update on the Cotsword Canals C.Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands D.Ice for the Metropolis 3.Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames. A.Miranda Vickers B.Malcolm Tucker C.Chris Lewis D.Liz Payne
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请认真阅读下面短文，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：每个空格只填一个单词。 Measurement done right can transform your organization. It can not only show you where you are now, but can get you to wherever you want to go. Measurement is important to high performance, improvement, and, ultimately, success in business, or in any other area of human effort. Measuring what matters is more important than most things we do. Here are 5 ideas for how to become more conscious of what you can stop doing, in order to make the time for performance measurement. 1. Stop reporting measures that no one uses. Be daring—stop reporting what you know isn’t being used, and if anyone notices, use it as an opportunity to start a conversation about how to decide what is worth measuring and reporting. 2. Reduce your time in meetings and the number of meetings you attend. Meetings always take longer than they need to. The big time wasters are tangents, people arriving late and violent agreements that mistakenly sound like useful debates. Start on time, finish early and diplomatically manage the discussion. Reduce and Agree only to meetings that have a clear purpose that is aligned to your role and responsibilities. Don’t go to meetings out of obligation or interest alone. 3. Rank your main concerns and drop the bottom 10. List your tasks, both what you are doing and what you should be doing, and rank them in order of importance. Simply stop doing the bottom 10—they are likely to have consequences far less than failing to measure what matters. Design your weekly schedule to make time for measurement. Set a regular time in your diary that you block out for measurement related activities, and then put the remainder of your tasks around that. Put the big rocks (the important stuff) in first and you’ll fit more of the smaller rocks in anyway. 4.Bring up measurement in conversations and existing meetings. Don’t wait for measurement time. Use natural conversations that have even minor importance to performance and results as an opportunity to talk about measures that matter. Set yourself progress goals for choosing, creating and using measures, and reward yourself when you achieve them. You can get others to hold you accountable. Agree progress goals with your manager or colleagues or customers for choosing, creating and using measures. Set regular check in time with them to pat you on the back or face the music. 5.Save time by stopping when it’s good enough. Stop over processing whatever you do, and get clear about the point at which you’ve done what will work, and don’t waste time.
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请认真阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇100词左右的文章。 很多高三学生为了在学习上不落后于其他同学，他们搬出学校的集体寝室，在学校附近租了房子。就这一现象请你写一篇英语短文来发表自己的看法。内容包括： 1. 在校外租房子的利与弊； 2. 你同意还是反对这种做法? 并陈述你的理由。 注意： 1. 词数为150左右； 2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯； 3. 开头语已为你写好(不计入总词数) 。 参考词汇：宿舍 dormitory The college entrance examination is approaching day by day. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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