---How did you kill your time last weekend?
---Harry took me to a (n) ________restaurant for our anniversary.
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A．active |
B．reliable |
C．fancy |
D．worth |
---How long have you retired ,Grandpa?
---Well, four years. But you know, I_____ for Courtaulds for over forty years.
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A．have worked |
B．worked |
C．had worked |
D．work |
______ a happy life, try to look at the positive side in every situation.
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A．Living |
B．To live |
C．Having lived |
D．Live. |
常言道“字如其人”。随着电脑的普及率越来越高，老师、家长和学生对书写的重视程度也降低了。据一项调查显示，有85.8%的中学生表示有人说过自己的字迹不好看，对于中学生而言，能写一手美观大方的字还是颇有益处的，而中学生不想改善字迹的理由也有很大差别，如图所示。请写一篇120-150的英文短文，反映一下中学生不想改善书法的理由以及你是如何看待这个问题的。
注意：字迹 handwriting
阅读下面的短文，根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的词数要求）
Some expressions have made a jump from sports events to everyday life. One such expression is fall guy. A fall guy is the person who someone decides will be the loser or victim.
The first fall guys were men who wrestled for money. At the end of the 19th century, wrestling was a very popular sport in the United States. Wrestling competitions were held not only in big cities but also at country fairs and traveling shows. As wrestling gained in popularity, it became less like a sport because the winners of the matches were arranged in advance. The wrestlers knew -----before the match ----- which one of them would be the winner.
The goal in wrestling is to hold the shoulders of your opponent down against the floor. This is called a fall. Sometimes, one of the wrestlers would be paid before the match to take the fall. He would agree ____________ ---the fall guy.
Today, a fall guy is anyone who is tricked into taking the blame for the crime or wrongdoing of someone else. There are fall guys in many situations --- people who publicly take the blame when something goes wrong.
A fall guy takes the rap for something wrong or illegal. He accepts responsibility and punishment for what someone else did. He may have something to do with the situation, but is not the person who should be blamed.
The word rap has meant blame for several hundred years. The expression to take the rap was first used about one hundred years ago. Another similar expression is bum rap. A person receives a bum rap if he is found guilty of a crime but is really innocent.
1.What does the expression “ a fall guy” refer to according to Paragraph 1? (within 15 words)
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2.Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
However, as the sport became more popular, it became less and less of a sport, as many of the matches were fixed.
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3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (within 5 words)
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4.What does it mean if someone receives a bum rap? (within 15 words)
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5.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese.
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Section One
The city is an accumulation of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher Lewis Mumford put it, it is a special system which, fine and compact, has been designed to preserve the fruits of human civilization. Many Western languages have developed their versions of the term “civilization” from the same Latin word “civitas”(meaning “city” ), and it is by no means a coincidence. The city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in human society.
Section Two
The emblem(会徽), showing the image of three people ― you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世” (meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which shows the various urban cultures of the world.
Section Three
Created from the inspiration of Chinese character “人”, the design roots deeply in Chinese culture. It tells the world the eternal core (永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will be always human. The mascot “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”.
The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke supports each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help（互相帮助）. If the human are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available. Such an urban life will be nice.
Haibao’s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China ― “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China welcomes you!”
1.Section One mainly tells about ______.
A. the part cities play in human civilization B. the development of the word “city”
C. why the Expo is held in Shanghai D. where human civilization originated
2.The underlined word “it” in Section One refers to ______.
A. the civilization B. the philosopher C. the word D. the city
3.Which correctly matches the sections with the pictures they describe?
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Section One |
Section Two |
Section Three |
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B. |
Section Two |
Section Three |
Section One |
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C. |
Section Three |
Section Two |
Section One |
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D. |
Section Three |
Section One |
Section Two |
4.In Section Three, the second paragraph explains how the creation is connected with the _____ of the Chinese word “人”.
A. story B. meaning C. shape D. usage
5. The underlined word “stroke” in the second paragraph of Section Three means ______.
A. one of the ideas a word has B. a line made by a writing tool
C. a member of a family or the society D. a person who has met with trouble
