Imagine the following scenario(情景): A woman buys her lunch every day from a fast food outlet near her job. After some years, she finds herself 30 pounds overweight, and feeling unhealthy. So what does she do? She chooses to bring a lawsuit against the fast food outlet, claiming that the food served there was the cause of her being overweight and in poor health.
Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t? The only thing more absurd than the story itself is the fact that is not fiction. There are people who have sued（控告）fast food chains for causing their weight problems.
This is an example of one of the ways in which many of us spend enormous amounts of energy trying to deny the undeniable and universal fact that we are all ultimately responsible for our own choices and our own lives.
How much easier would we make it for ourselves if we could accept this fact rather than resist it? But how can we embrace the truth, that we are living the lives we choose to live, that we are enjoying or suffering the consequences(结果) of our own choices, and that blaming others for our problems and shortcomings is nothing more than a comfortable fantasy?
We must acknowledge the truth of our lives, however unpleasant this may be. If we are overweight, in a bad relationship, in a dead end, we need to accept that this is where we are, at this moment in time.
Imagine that woman decided that she was unhappy with the extra pounds she’d gained after many years of eating fast food on a regular basis. Imagine that this woman took the time to really understand and accept that she and no one else was responsible for her eating choices. Having acknowledged this fact, she then decides to make the changes in her lifestyle to become the healthier, slimmer person she wants to be.
1.What would be the best title for the passage?
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A．Be responsible for Our Own Choices. |
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B．Overcome the Challenges in Our Life. |
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C．Acknowledge the Truth Rather than Deny It. |
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D．More than a Comfortable Fantasy. |
2. Why is the woman mentioned twice in the passage?
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A．To show the right way of dealing with weight problems. |
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B．To describe a familiar scenario in life. |
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C．To give support to the author’s viewpoint. |
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D．To compare the consequences of different choices. |
3. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
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A．Fast food chains contribute little to people’s overweight problems actually. |
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B．Fast food outlets are responsible for many people to become overweight. |
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C．Many people tend to blame others for their own problems. |
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D．The author himself is a supporter of fast food chains. |
4. What should a person do if he is in a bad relationship with his roommates, according to the author?
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A．Acknowledge the truth of his life and let it be. |
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B．Think about what’s wrong with himself and then put it right. |
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C．Accept that this is where we are and wait for things to improve. |
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D．Do whatever he likes regardless of what others think and say. |
Buying a house for most of the people is a once in a lifetime decision, which means people decide to do so only after coming across the ideal house. Surprisingly, eight in every 10 home buyers are unhappy with their houses.
A survey conducted by the Beijing Consumers’ Association (BCA) recently shows about 80 percent of the 2,315 respondents in 23 residential complexes of Beijing are dissatisfied with the soaring house prices.
They think the reasonable price in Beijing should be between 3,000 yuan and 7,000 yuan per square meter.
The quality of the buildings, the surrounding environment and traffic and property management(物业管理)are the other factors that play a role in people’s decision to buy a house.
The BCA has suggested strict sales regulations and contracts to ease house-owners’ sufferings. It has urged the authorities to impose severe punishment on developers found violating building and other rules and joining hands with others to bid up property prices, About 41.2 percent of the respondents have complained that their house have defective designs, while nearly 40 percent say the lighting and ventilation(通风)are far from satisfactory.
The landscapes in the residential areas are a source of unhappiness for 43.2 percent of the respondents, and about one-third say they were “bluffed” into buying “third grade” house. And more than half are not satisfied with the sport and entertainment facilities in their neighborhood.
Property management in the buildings, 56.5 percent of the respondents say, is way below standard compared to the high fee charged by the complexes.
60 percent of the consumers doubt the contents of developers’ advertisements, with only 6.3 percent being satisfied.
Experts have suggested consumers gather thorough knowledge about a developer and their work before deciding to buy a house from it. They should check the day-light conditions and ventilation in different weather conditions in advance, if possible.
1. According to the passage________ of the buyers are NOT content with their houses.
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A．80％ |
B．60％ |
C．56.5 ％ |
D．41.2％ |
2.Which is the best title of the passage?
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A．Most Home Buyers Are Unhappy with Their House. |
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B．Buying a House Is an Important Decision. |
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C．Thinking Carefully Before Buying a House. |
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D．The Environment Is Important When Making a Decision. |
3.The meaning of the underlined word probably means “_______”.
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A．fooled |
B．cheated |
C．asked |
D．forced |
4.If you want to buy a flat, according to the survey, you will consider the following EXCEPT_______.
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A．property management |
B．the surrounding environment |
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C．the quality of the buildings |
D．the height of the building |
完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I didn’t cry when I learned I was the parent of a mentally handicapped (弱智的) child.
“Go ahead and cry，”the doctor __1__ kindly. But I couldn’t cry then nor during the months that followed.
We sent her to a kindergarten in our neighborhood at age seven. I worried that she was the “__2__” child among twenty fiveyearolds.
__3__，positive things began to happen to Kristi in her school，and to her schoolmates，too. When talking big of their own accomplishments，Kristi’s classmates always took __4__ to praise her as well，“Kristi got all her spelling words right today.”No one would say that her spelling list was easier than anyone else’s.
During Kristi’s second year in school，she __5__ a very special challenge. The big public event of the term was a __6_ based on the final outcome of the year’s music and physical education activities. Kristi was __7__ in both. My husband and I felt __8__ about the day as well.
On the day of the program，Kristi _9__ to be sick. Desperately I wanted to keep her home. Why let Kristi fail in a gymnasium __10__ with parents，students and teachers？What a simple __11__！But I finally got her onto the school bus.
Just as I had forced my daughter to go to school，now I forced myself to go，too. Then I knew Kristi’s __12__.Her class was divided into relay（接力） teams. With her slow and clumsy reactions，she would surely _13__ her team.
But as Kristi’s turn to __14_ neared，a change took place in her team. The tallest boy in the line stepped __15__ Kristi and placed his hands on her waist. Two other boys stood a little ahead of her. The __16_ the player in front of Kristi stepped from the sack(bag)，the two boys seized it and held it open while the tall boy __17__Kristi and dropped her neatly into the sack. A girl ahead took her hand and supported her until she gained her __18__.Then off Kristi hopped (跳跃)，smiling and proud.
At the cheers of the crowd，I slipped out to thank Heaven for the warm and considerate people making it possible for my __19__daughter to be like her fellow human beings. Then I finally __20_.
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— Leo, I finally persuaded my mother.
— So we can go to the basketball club tonight.
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A．All the best. |
B．Never mind. |
C．Well done! |
D．Good luck! |
It is well known that Germany’s car industry is its beer.
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______________ the reading the room, the teacher found some students _________ at the table _________ a report.
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A．Entered; seated; written |
B．Entering; seating; writing |
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C．Entering; sitting; wrote |
D．Entering; seated; writing |
