Carnival(狂欢节) does not take place only in Louisiana. There are many celebrations around the world.
In Brazil, the celebration is supposed to go on from the Saturday before Mardi Gras (大斋节前的最后一天)to Mardi Gras Day, but in some Brazilian cities the celebration can last seven or eight days. Just like New Orleans, not many important things are decided in Brazil from New Year's Day to Mardi Gras Day because everyone is preparing for or celebrating carnival. Most Brazilian parades have a subject, which could be political or historical. The parades had to have a subject related to Brazil until 1996. Some cities in Brazil do not have a street carnival, but they might have an indoor party.
Bolivia has carnival parades for children and then more parades for adults. The children dress up in costumes and march in the streets. The adults make traditional dance groups and dance in the streets. But the main part of Bolivia's carnival is getting wet. Almost everyone gets wet from water balloons and water buckets. In Oruru, Bolivia, their carnival is held in the last ten days of the carnival season. People there join in dancing, but their main carnival event is a ceremonial parade that lasts for twenty hours and parades for four kilometers. Over 20,000 dancers are involved as well as 10,000 musicians. This parade attracts at least 400,000 people.
The carnival in Venice, Italy is often regarded as the most carefully prepared carnival and lasts ten days before Lent (大斋节). Many events are held in the canals including shows, concerts, dances and water processions(队列). The official ending to the celebration is the party held in St. Mark's Square.
1.What's the best title for the passage?
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A．Ways of Carnival |
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B．Carnival Parades |
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C．Carnivals around the World |
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D．History of Carnival |
2.From the passage we learn that in Brazil ____.
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A．not all cities have a street carnival |
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B．all Brazilian cities celebrate carnival for a week |
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C．the parades should have a subject related to Brazil politics |
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D．people prepare for or celebrate carnival after Mardi Gras Day |
3.The most important feature (特征)of the celebration of carnival in Bolivia is that ____.
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A．people join in dancing |
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B．nearly all people are wet |
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C．children wearing costumes march in the streets |
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D．adult dance groups dance in the streets |
4.Which of the following shows that the author pays special attention to the carnival in Bolivia?
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A．The time of celebrating carnival in Bolivia is mentioned. |
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B．There are details and numbers about carnival celebrations in Bolivia. |
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C．People in the carnival celebration in Bolivia are mentioned. |
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D．Events or performances for carnival celebrations in Bolivia are told. |
5.Which of the following areas or countries prepares the most carefully for their carnival?
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A．Louisiana. |
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B．Bolivia. |
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C．Venice. |
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D．Brazil. |
A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
"You are employed," he said. "Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as the date when you may start."
The man replied, "But I don't have an e-mail."
"I'm sorry," said the manager. "If you don't have an e-mail, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist cannot have the job."
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his money. He repeated the practice three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he can survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
He started to plan his family's future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker (代理人) and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, "I don't have an e-mail."
The broker answered curiously, "You don't have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"
1.Why can't the man have the job at Microsoft?
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A．Because he was lazy. |
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B．Because he didn't pass the test. |
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C．Because he didn't have an e-mail. |
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D．Because he didn't have a computer. |
2.The underlined word "triple" in the passage can be replaced by "____".
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A．become twice |
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B．become 3 times |
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C．decrease twice |
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D．decrease 3 times |
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
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A．The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world. |
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B．The man didn't give up though he failed the interview. |
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C．He started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket. |
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D．Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft. |
4.The man can be described as ____.
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A．helpful and thoughtful |
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B．positive and generous |
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C．smart and hardworking |
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D．stubborn and selfish |
5.Which of the following can best describe the story?
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A．Misfortune may be an actual blessing. |
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B．A good beginning is half done. |
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C．Accidents will happen. |
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D．No pains, no gains. |
Is there anything more important than health? I don't think so. "Health is the greatest wealth(财富)," wise people say. You can't be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.
If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor.
The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. After that he will advise some treatment or some medicine. The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.
Speaking about doctor's advice, I can't help telling you a funny story.
An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease.
He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule-Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is. The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn't smoke more than one cigarette a day.
A month later the gentleman came into the doctor's office. He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.
"But you know, doctor," he said, "it's not easy to begin smoking at my age."
1.The writer thinks that ____.
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A．health is more important than wealth |
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B．work is as important as studies |
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C．medicine is more important than pleasure |
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D．nothing is more important than money |
2.The doctor usually tells his patient what to do _____.
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A．without examining the patient |
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B．after he has examined the patient |
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C．if the patient doesn't take medicine |
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D．unless the patient feels painful |
3.The underlined part in the passage means "____".
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A．he was feeling better than ever |
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B．he will be well again |
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C．he was feeling worse than before |
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D．he wasn't a healthy man |
4.From the last sentence of the passage, we learn the man ____ before.
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A．was a heavy smoker |
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B．didn't smoke so much |
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C．didn't smoke at all |
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D．began to learn to smoke |
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．The man thanked the doctor. |
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B．The man didn't follow the doctor's advice. |
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C．The man told the doctor he couldn't remember things. |
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D．The doctor usually tests his/her blood pressure when a person is ill. |
Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly, then a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits lasting as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them.
There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and so on.
Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. These are all easily formed habits. Unluckily older persons often form habits which could have been avoided.
We should keep away from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will be good for ourselves and others.
1. ____ are formed litde by little.
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A．Good habits |
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B．Bad habits |
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C．Both good habits and bad habits |
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D．Either good habits or bad habits |
2.The underlined word "them" in the first paragraph refers to "____"
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A．bad habits |
B．good habits |
C．bad children |
D．other persons |
3.Generally speaking, it's difficult for one _____ and easy for them _____ which should be avoided.
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A．to form bad habits; to form good habits |
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B．to form good habits; to form bad habits |
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C．to form good habits; to get rid of had habits |
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D．to get rid of bad habits: to form good habits |
4.Why should we pay much attention to the formation of habits?
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A．Because a man can never get rid of a habit. |
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B．Because we are forced to do them again and again. |
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C．Because habits are of great help to every one of us at present. |
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D．Because it's hard and sometimes even impossible to throw away bad habits. |
5.According to the passage, early rising _____.
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A．has something to do with success |
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B．is an easily formed habit |
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C．is such a habit as should have been avoided |
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D．is such a habit as won't be kept |
The story happened on a hot heavy rainy day.
After class, I took a few bottles to go and 36 some water from the water room. Oh! There were so many people! I had to wait 37 the rain. My hair didn't get wet because I wore a hat, but my clothes 38 .
When at last it was my 39 , I filled the bottles as quickly as possible. I began making my way back when I saw a boy 40 towards me. He 41 two umbrellas in his hand. He shouted hello and as he came 42 , I recognized that it was Tom.
He 43 my classmate for nearly three years, but we never 44 more than ten sentences. He was silent, but I liked talking. We were quite 45 people and had nothing in common. I didn't 46 him and even didn't want to see him.
"Hey! What's wrong?" His words 47 me out of my thought. "I saw you 48 in the rain, so I brought you this umbrella. But it seems a little 49 , your clothes are already wet,"
On hearing this, I was so 50 that I couldn't say a single word.
"Don't just stand there. Let's go!" He said and held the umbrella for me. We walked towards 51 and this time we talked 52 .
"I know you don't like me, but I want to 53 with you." he said, "You may think I am silent, but it is because I can't find the right 54 to say."
The rain finally stopped and we saw a rainbow in the blue sky. I said to myself, "It is wrong to 55 someone only by his appearance.
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