Most people are _____ bringing down the price of housing because it’s too high for them.
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A．in favor of |
B．in honor of |
C．in search of |
D．in charge of |
—Hello, Sally. How’s everything going?
—__________ .
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A．The same to you |
B．Not too bad |
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C．That’s right |
D．I can’t agree more |
When argument ________ in a relationship between two people, a usual way of dealing with this is to send messages through a third person.
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A．lifts |
B．arises |
C．rises |
D．raises |
I don’t think it easy, even if we work hard, the South Korea and the North Korea to sit down to talk at present.
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A．persuaded |
B．persuade |
C．to persuade |
D．persuading |
The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs’ story about death
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right．” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered（遇到）to help me make the big choice in life．
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer．The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months．My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors’ code for preparing yourself to die．
I lived with that diagnosis all day．I was completely in despair．Later that evening, I had another biopsy（活组织检查）and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now．
This was the closest I’ve been to facing death．To tell the truth, no one wants to die．And yet death is the destination we all share．No one has ever escaped it．It clears out the old to make room for the new．Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away．
Your time is so limited that you shouldn’t waste it repeating someone else’s life．Don’t be trapped by dogma（教条）----which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice．And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart．It somehow already knows what you truly want to become．Everything else is secondary．
1.The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_________．
A．he had to rest at home
B．his disease was not serious at all
C．his disease couldn’t be cured
D．he had to wait for the result of the test
2.How did the author feel after the diagnosis?
A．Angry B．Excited C．Optimistic D．Hopeless
3.What does the author think of death?
A．He thinks it is nothing to be scared of．
B．He thinks it is not the end of life．
C．He thinks it is impossible to avoid．
D．He thinks it is the beginning of a new life
4.In the author’s opinion, we should ____________．
A．follow others’ advice
B．take no notice of diseases
C．take exercise and keep healthy
D have the courage to follow our heart
As in the field of space travel, new technologies continue to appear in undersea exploration．They share a number of similarities with each other — as well as some important differences．
Manned submersibles （潜水器）, like spaceships, must maintain living conditions in an unnatural environment．While a spaceship must simply be sealed against the vacuum space, a submersible must be able to bear extreme pressure if it is not to break up in deep water．
In exploring space, unmanned vehicles were employed before astronauts．In undersea exploration, on the other hand, men paved the way, and only recently have unmanned remote-operated vehicles （ROVs） been put to use．
One reason for this is that communicating with vehicles in orbit is much easier than talking to those underwater．A vacuum is an ideal medium for radio communications, but underwater communications are limited to much slower sound waves．Thus, most undersea vehicles — particularly ROVs — operate at the end of long ropes．（电缆终端）
For a similar reason, knowing where you are undersea is much more difficult than in space．A spaceship’s position can be located by following its radio signal, or by using telescopes and radar．For an undersea vehicle, however, a special network of sonar （声纳系统）devices must be laid out in advance on the ocean floor in the area of a dive to locate the vehicle’s position．
Though undersea exploration is more challenging than outer space in a number of respects, it has a distinct advantage: going to the ocean depths doesn’t require the power necessary to escape Earth’s gravity．Thus, it remains far less expensive．
1.The purpose of the passage is ______．
A．to persuade you to explore the depths of the ocean
B．to stress the importance of the undersea exploration
C．to make you believe that the undersea exploration is better
D．to tell some differences between two kinds of explorations
2.By saying “men paved the way” in Paragraph 2 the author means that in undersea exploration ______．
A．unmanned vehicles were used in the beginning
B．men covered the ocean floor with stones and bricks
C．manned vehicles were employed before unmanned ones
D．men invented unmanned remote-operated vehicles in the past
3.The sonar devices must be placed ______．
A．from time to time
B．after the undersea vehicles dive
C．before the undersea vehicles dive
D．when the undersea vehicles are diving
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A．Submersibles usually break up in deep water．
B．Undersea vehicles can receive signals immediately．
C．Going to space needs power to escape the gravity．
D．Radio communications are quite difficult in a vacuum．
