阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。(请将答案写在答题卡上相应番号后的横线上) （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
When you take a taxi in the United States, if you sit in the front seat, the driver will be pleased and talk with you all the way. If you sit in the back seat, however, the driver may be unhappy and unwilling to speak.
At first, I thought that this had something to do with different characters (性格) of the drivers. Later, after I’d had more experiences with taxis, I found that it happened very often. Only when I arrived in San Francisco did I ____________.
I went to see Sonia in San Francisco. One day, Sonia drove the car while her husband, Ji An, sat beside her, and I sat behind Ji An. Later, Ji An got out of the car and suggested that I sit where he had been sitting. It’s not a long way, so I told him that it didn’t matter, but Ji An insisted. I had to move, feeling a little strange.
“Do you know why Ji An asked you to sit here?” Sonia asked me. I shook my head. “If you sit in the front, it means that you and I are friends. If you sit in the back, it seems that I’m just your driver and our relationship is of employer and employee.”
With those words, I understood at once why taxi drivers were so pleased when people sat in the front. On the face of it, the only issue was where one sat. As a matter of fact, where to sit also reflected (反映) the degree of one’s respect for the driver.
Although it is true that the relationship between driver and passenger is a business relationship, people still place an emphasis (强调) on respect and friendship beyond any monetary (金钱的) relationship.
1.What’s the best title for the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
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2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
It seemed that the problem was no more than the seat.
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3.Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words)
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4.What’s the culture of taking a taxi in the United States? (Please answer within 30 words.)
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5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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A dog can’t speak words, but it can “talk”. It has feelings just as you do. At times it may feel angry or afraid. Watch a dog closely. You can see what it is trying to tell you. When you are afraid, you may look down shyly. A fearful dog looks away from you. It may run away too. When you are angry with people, you stare at them and press your lips together. An angry dog also stares. Sometimes the hair along its back stands up.
Do you feel guilty when you have done something you shouldn’t? Dogs can feel guilty, too. At times when I come home, my dog gives me a guilty look. Then I know he’s done something wrong.
Dogs need love and attention. Some dogs are very unhappy when they are left alone for a long time. Some dogs even snap(撕咬) if they don’t get enough attention.
You may have a dog or you may know a dog. Treat it well if you want to have fun with it. Play with it. Take it on walks. Don’t order it round too much. Try not to punish it one time and not the next for doing the same thing. Always remember, a dog has needs and feelings just as you do. Talk to a dog, it’ll talk to you, too.
1.If a dog snaps at things, it is because it may ______.
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A．feel lonely |
B．feel shy |
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C．be fearful |
D．be disappointed |
2.You can tell that a dog has done something bad when _________.
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A．its hair stands up |
B．it runs away from you |
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C．it has a guilty expression |
D．its lips are pressed together |
3.Which of the following things does the writer advise you to do towards your dog?
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A．Never punish the dog |
B．Never leave the dog alone |
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C．Train the dog to take orders from you |
D．Train it the way you want to be treated. |
4. Suppose you punish your dog for tearing up a shoe, what should you do the next time it does so?
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A．Talk to him |
B．Punish it again |
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C．Pay no attention to it |
D．Take it out for a walk |
5.The word “guilty” in the second paragraph most probably means _______.
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A．happy |
B．excited |
C．frightened |
D．sorry |
An old woman went suddenly blind. She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again. “If you fail”, she said, “ you will get nothing,” The doctor agreed with her.The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away. Instead, each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things. When he had taken everything that he wanted, he cured her blindness and sent her a large bill. Now when the old woman could see again she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the bill. So the doctor took her before a judge.
“What the doctor says is true.” she said to the judge. “But I say I’m not cured, because I still
can’t see any of the things in my house.”
The old woman won her case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.
1.The doctor didn’t cure the old woman right away because __________.
A. He didn’t know how to cure her B. He wanted to get a lot of money
C. He wanted to take the woman’s things D The woman refused to pay him
2. The woman was _______ .
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A．clever |
B．greedy |
C．cruel |
D．dishonest |
3.The doctor was ________.
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A．honest |
B．a cheat |
C．a kind man |
D．ready to help others |
4.The word “case” in the last paragraph means ______.
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A．a single example |
B．a particular situation |
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C．a question to be decided in a court of law |
D．box |
5.Which sentence is right according to the passage?
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A．The judge didn’t believe the old woman |
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B．The doctor cured the woman’s blindness in a short time. |
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C．The woman got back all her things taken by the doctor. |
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D．The doctor failed to get his pay . |
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these 41 are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are 42 and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows 43 and pale and has changed so much that it is almost 44 to the parents. It was then 45 that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and 46 the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended 47. However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been 48 . In those cases there was often a way to get the 49 baby back. You could 50 the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.
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读下面四段材料，按句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，用括号中词汇的正确形式或自选词汇填空，一空一词。(请将答案写在答题卡上相应番号后的横线上)
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Barcelona is the second 1 city of Spain and is 2 on the northeast coast, about five hundred kilometres east of the 3 capital, Madrid. One of Barcelona's most famous 4 is the Church of the Sagrada Familia, which was designed by an 5 Antonio Gaudi.
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The index 6 a country's achievements in three ways: life 7 (how long people usually live), education and 8 .The index has some surprises. Norway is at the list, while the US is at number 7. The other top five countries are: Iceland (2), Sweden (3), Australia (4), the Netherlands (5). The UK is in the thirteenth 9 , while China is in the middle of the list. The bottom ten countries are all African countries, 10 Sierra Leone (in West Africa) at the bottom of the list.
with a difficult situation, I decided to ask my parents for advice.
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B．Faced |
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C．Having faced |
D．Facing |
