I wonder why Ann didn’t get the job. She is the right person for it.
A. to be offered B. to offer C. offering D. offered
I think you should complain— , of course, you are happy with the way things are.
A. if B. unless C. as D. because
The driver was at loss when word came that he was forbidden to drive because of speeding.
A．a; the B．/; / C．the; the D．a; /
假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Smith打算创办一份中学生英文刊物，特来信询问你对创办本刊物的看法，请给他写一封回信。
词数：120--- 150
参考词汇：栏目 column
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（共5小题；每题3分，满分15分）
（1）Around 15 million of us will leave a cup of tea to go cold today while a similar amount will forget where they put the keys to their house or car. Meanwhile, 12 million people will go to the shops only to completely forget what they went for according to research carried out by the National-Lottery.co.uk.
(2) Passwords and chores such as taking food out of the freezer the night before and charging the mobile phone also featured highly on the list. And more than one in ten admits forgetting to buy a lottery ticket which may have cost them a win.
(3) The study also found men are more likely to ___________, even though women generally have more to remember. Busy modern lifestyle, increased workloads and pressures as well as modern technology were to blame for the increase in our levels of forgetfulness.
(4) A National Lottery spokesman said, “The British are more hectic than ever in their work and personal lives and it seems we just have too much to remember for our crowded minds.”
(5) The study found that the technology boom has also played a part, leaving us with more devices than ever before to plug in and charge or take care of.
(6) Despite work pressures it is within the home environment where most things are forgotten, such as credit card payments, children’s school events or food related things.
(7) The study found one in four people have missed an important appointment and nearly one in five have fallen out with a friend over a forgotten date or event. The research also found that despite the number of things people forget only one in four people actually admit to being forgetful.
(8) Women performed much better than men in the report, failing to recall an average of 2.5 things every day compared to 3.5 things for men.
1. List at least three things that people often forget based on the passage.(within 15 words)
(1) _______________________________________________________________
(2)________________________________________________________________
(3)_______________________________________________________________
2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (within 5 words)
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3. Which sentence in this passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
The researchers discovered that only a quarter of people acknowledge that they have a bad memory even though they forget to do lots of things.
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4.What would be the best title for the passage?(within 10 words)
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5.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 into Chinese.
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This is a story from 28 years ago. My dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for an auction. Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it at the auction.
One day, I was riding with my dad when he noticed a hitch-hiker with a backpack. Without hesitation, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. Dad asked him his name, and proceeded to talk to him about all sorts of things. Dad asked him where he was going. The hitch-hiker told him he was heading for the west. I can’t recall why but he told Dad a lot of things that had occurred to him and that persuaded him to make that decision. He talked about the tragic events that occurred to him several years before. He was low in spirits, but I could see that the hitch-hiker’s attitude was changing as someone was really listening to him.
We drove 45 minutes before the hitch-hiker got off. We pulled over and Dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. He reached into his pocket and handed the hitch-hiker a twenty-dollar bill. The guy smiled. He nearly lit up right there on the cold, dark highway.
We drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. I was still completely amazed by what I had just witnessed. I was always told by everyone never to pick up a hitch-hiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. While reflecting upon that story I came to understand that just one single kind act could change someone’s life, and I am sure that my father’s deed made that poor man’s day.
1.The underlined words “that decision” in Para. 2 refer to ___________.
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A．catching the car |
B．heading for the west |
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C．talking about his experiences |
D．driving 45 minutes |
2.What made the hitch-hiker become less upset?
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A．The writer’s father offering him a free ride |
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B．The writer’s father really listening to him |
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C．The writer’s father agreeing to driving him to his destination |
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D．The writer’s father talking to him about all sorts of things |
3.When his father helped the hitch-hiker, the writer ___________.
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A．was deeply moved |
B．strongly disagreed |
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C．admired his father |
D．couldn’t understand |
4.Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the father?
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A．willing to help |
B．easy-going |
C．far-sighted |
D．full of sympathy |
5.The author wrote the text mainly to _________.
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A．show his respect for his father |
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B．tell a story about his kind father |
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C．prove his father is the best teacher |
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D．advise people to learn from their fathers |
