----Thanks for your help, but can you do me one more favor, please?
----________ What’s it then?
A. Just a minute. B. It’s very nice of you.
C. That’s all right. D. At your service.
We must work hard and make _______ continuous progress so that we can make _______great contribution to our country in the future.
A. / ; a B. the ; a C. a ; a D. / : /
随着李阳 “疯狂英语”讲师团的到来和校园 “英语周”活动的开展，我校学生学英语的积极性空前高涨.你最近以访谈的形式对高三年级的学生做了一次调查，请根据下图所示调查结果, 用英语写一篇150词左右的短文, 作简单的原因分析并谈谈个人看法。
注意: 短文的标题及首句已为你写好,不计入总词数。
Recently, with the English Week Activities being held in our school, more and more students have shown great interest in English reading.
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(China Daily, March 3, 2007) The biggest shopping center will open on March 8. Every body with today’s China Daily will get a small present that day. You are welcome. Tel.: 38990688 Address: No. 6 Xidan Road |
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(English Newspaper, March 19) English Newspaper needs a foreign editor. He/ She must have worked in China for more than 2 years. British nationality is necessary. The salary is $100,000 a year. The term is 3 years. In ten days this piece of advertisement will not be useful. Tel.: 3890666 Address: No. 6 Xinling Road |
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(China Football, February 3, 2007) Shanghai Shenhua Team Vs Beijing Guo’an Team Time: February 8. Sunday (3:00) Place: Hongkou Stadium Ticket Price: RMB 25 yuan (for adults) RMB 15 yuan (for students) Name: China Cup Football Contest Coaches: Xu Genbao, Jin Zhiyang |
(http://www.chinadaily.com.cn [ 2007-12-04 10:15 ])
1.If an Englishman who has worked in China for 3 years comes to English Newspaper Office to ask for the job in April, he will _______.
A. get the job B. not get the job C. be a good editor D. not be useful
2.If three adults and six students went to watch the football match, the tickets would cost them _______ yuan.
A. 165 B. 135 C. 196 D. 255
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The shopping center is at No. 6 Xidan Road.
B. The telephone number of English Newspaper is 3890666.
C. The match was between Beijing Team and Guo’an Team.
D. Xu Genbao is a coach.
What
would you think of this lady's physical attractiveness if she exhibited bad
personal traits?
If you exhibit positive traits such as honesty and helpfulness, the chances are that you will be perceived as a good looking person, for a new study has found that the perception of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality.
The study, led by Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr, found that people who exhibit negative traits, such as unfairness and rudeness, appear to be less physically attractive to observers.
In the study, the participants viewed photographs of opposite-sex individuals and rated them for attractiveness before and after being provided with information on personality traits.
After personality information was received, participants also rated the desirability of each individual as a friend and as a dating partner.
Information on personality was found to significantly alter perceived desirability, showing that cognitive processes modify judgments of attractiveness.
"Perceiving a person as having a desirable personality makes the person more suitable in general as a close relationship partner of any kind," said Lewandowski.
The findings show that a positive personality leads to greater desirability as a friend, which leads to greater desirability as a romantic partner and, ultimately, to being viewed as more physically attractive.
The findings remained consistent regardless of how "attractive" the individual was initially perceived to be, or of the participants' current relationship status or commitment level with a partner.
"This research provides a more positive alternative by reminding people that personality goes a long way toward determining your attractiveness; it can even change people's impressions of how good looking you are," said Lewandowski.
1.Which of the following is a negative personal trait? ______
A. Good luck B. Honesty C. Rudeness D. Helpfulness
2.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. An ugly person has only bad personal traits.
B. If you want to be physically attractive, you should have good personal traits.
C. Physically attractive people have good personal traits.
D. Good-looking people attract others.
3.The author seems to be in favor of the idea that ________.
A. People should leave a good impression.
B. Pretending to be honest and fair leads to people’s attractiveness.
C. A person with a positive personality tends to be a friend of others but never to be a romantic partner.
D. People should keep positive traits to be attractive.
4.The main idea of the article is _______.
A. Honesty can make you attractive.
B. Helpfulness can make you attractive.
C. Personality affects your attractiveness.
D. Unfairness can make you less attractive.
TOEFL seats to increase by 80%
Eighty percent more Chinese students can take the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) through the Internet at the end of this year, the US Educational Testing Service (ETS) has said.
Net-based test seats will increase from 1,950 in June to 3,550 at the end of the year, an ETS press release said on Tuesday.
The ETS and China's National Education Examinations Authority worked jointly on their network to meet the increased demand for TOEFL in China.
Advanced technological solutions will be implemented by the ETS to monitor the TOEFL registration website to ensure an open and fair test registration process, according to the ETS.
More than 6,000 colleges and universities in 110 countries accept TOEFL scores. The number of students who want to take the test on the mainland has grown steadily in recent years, with the average staying above 70,000 a year.
"The ETS is committed to ensuring that everyone in China who wishes to take the test gets the chance to do so," ETS's global division senior vice-president Paul Ramsey said.
Some Chinese students see the announcement as an encouragement.
"It used to be very hard to get a chance to sit for the test, and I had to ask my friends to help take online registration on other computers," said Chen Lu, a second-year postgraduate student of Renmin University of China who took the test a few months ago to apply for doctoral studies in the US.
But some say the increase is still not big enough. "More and more students are preparing for TOEFL to get a chance to study abroad or to prove their ability. So I still see a gap between supply and demand," said Wu Qi, a final year undergraduate in Peking University.
(http://www.chinadaily.com.cn 2007-11)
1.Which of the following statements is right according to the article?_______
A. The gap between supply and demand of the TOEFL seats in China has been bridged.
B. The ETC said it had implemented advanced technology to serve TOEFL.
C. Some students have been encouraged by an announcement made by TOEFL.
D. If you are preparing for TOEFL, you may soon ask your friends to help take online registration on other computers at the same time.
2.From the last paragraph we know that________.
A. More students having passed TOEFL are needed in China.
B. TOEFL shouldn’t take in so many participants.
C. More students want to go abroad by passing TOEFL.
D. It’s hard to pass TOEFL.
3.We can infer from the passage that________.
A. Not every student wants to join in the TOEFL.
B. Any student taking TOEFL will pass it.
C. More students will prepare for TOEFL next year.
D. Passing TOEFL will ensure you success.
4.What would be the most appropriate title for this passage?________
A. TOEFL seats will increase exactly by 80% in China.
B. TOEFL seats will increase in China.
C. Different opinions about the increase of TOEFL seats in China.
D. The hard work made by America and China to increase TOEFL seats.
