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Dear Ralph,
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I’m a newcomer here of a small town. I would |
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describe myself as shy and quietly. Before my classmates, |
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it seems always difficult for me to do things well as |
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them. I'm sure they will laugh to me and see me as |
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a fool. So I feel unhappy every day. |
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Besides, I have few friends. I don't know that they |
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don't like to talk with me. Sometimes, we talked to each other |
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very well in class, but after class we become stranger at |
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once. I am trying to improve the situation since it doesn’t |
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seem to work. Can you tell me about what I should do? |
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Xiao Wei
My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn’t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking.
Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn’t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.
We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.
For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability无能无力 to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.
We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly( 笨拙地) from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.
Over dinner; we learned the situation of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately不顾一切地, she explained.
“I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.”
The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.
1.Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?
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A．Friends of the Road |
B．The Silent Woman on the Bus |
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C．Going to Work by Bus |
D．Different Kinds of Friendship |
2.All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.
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A．poor |
B．warm hearted |
C．silent |
D．cold |
3.The underlined word “establish” in the fourth passage probably has the same meaning as _____.
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A．keep |
B．discover |
C．set up |
D．accept |
4.The woman had the same problem with her son in the way that ______.
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A．they both disabled people |
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B．they both had some difficulty in expressing |
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C．they both liked bus travel |
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D．they both brought interest to the passengers |
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1.When can you spend the night in a tour?
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A．Cook’s Cottage. |
B．Westfield Centerpoint. |
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C．Sydney Tower. |
D．Sovereign Hill. |
2.What is the time that Cook’s Cottage is open on Saturday in the summer?
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A．11:00 am—2:00 pm. |
B．5:00 pm—10:30 pm. |
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C．9:00 am—5:30 pm. |
D．9:00 am—5:00 pm’ |
3.The Anchorage Restaurant is ____________.
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A．in Williamstown |
B．in the centre of the city. |
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C．in Anchorage |
D．in a Cantonese fishing port |
4.If you want to buy the best products in Australia, you may call ________.
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A．9397 6270 |
B．9231 9300 |
C．5331 1944 |
D．9419 4677 |
We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?” “When I got that great job， did Jim really feel good about it， as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?” “And Paul-why didn’t pick up that he was friendly just because 1 had a car?” When we look back， doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, It’s too late.
Why do we go wrong about our friends – or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don’t really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you， “You’re a lucky dog .” that’s being friendly. But “lucky dog”? There’s a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn’t see it himself. But bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that the doesn’t think you deserve your luck.
“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for ” is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn’t important. It’s telling you to think of a all the starving people in the world when you haven’t got a date for Saturday night.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture ? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people to you may save another mistake.
1.In the first paragraph, the writer recalls some things that happened between him and his friends. He ________.
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A．feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him |
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B．feels he may not have “read” his friends true feelings correctly |
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C．thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend, Helen |
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D．is sorry that his friends let him down |
2.In the second paragraph, the writer talks about someone saying, “You are a lucky dog.” He is saying that _____.
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A．the speaker of this sentence is just being friendly |
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B．this saying means the same as “You area lucky guy” or “You are a lucky gal” |
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C．the world “dog” should not be used to apply to people |
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D．sometimes the words used by a speaker give a clue to the feeling behind the words |
3.This passage tries to tell you how to ____.
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A．avoid mistakes about money and friends |
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B．“size up people” |
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C．avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you |
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D．keep people friendly without trusting them |
4.In listening to a person the important thing is _____.
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A．to notice his tone, his posture, and the look in his eye |
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B．to listen to how he pronounces his words |
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C．to check his words against his manner, his tone of voice, and his posture |
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D．not to believe what he says |
Sports can help you keep fit and get in touch with nature. However, whether you are on the mountains, in the waves, or on the grassland, you should be aware that your sport of choice might have great influence on the environment.
Some sports are resource-hungry. Golf, as you may know, eats up not only large areas of countryside, but also tons of water. Besides, all sorts of chemicals and huge amounts of energy are used to keep its courses(球场) in good condition. This causes major environmental effects. For example, in the dry regions of Portugal and Spain, golf is often held responsible for serious water shortage in some local areas.
There are many environment-friendly sports. Power walking is one of them that you could take up today. You don’t need any special equipment except a good pair of shoes; and you don’t have to worry about resources and your purse. Simple and free, power walking can also keep you fit. If you walk regularly, it will be good for your heart and bones. Experts say that 20 minutes of power walking daily can make you feel less anxious, sleep well and have better weight control.
Whatever sport you take up, you can make it greener by using environment-friendly equipment and buying products made from recycled materials. But the final goal should be “green gyms”. They are better replacements for traditional health clubs and modern sports centers. Members of green gyms play sports outdoors, in the countryside or other open spaces. There is no special requirement for you to start your membership. And best of all, it’s free.
1.Which of the following is the author most probably in favor of?
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A．Cycling around a lake. |
B．Motor racing in the desert. |
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C．Playing basketball in a gym. |
D．Swimming in a sports center. |
2.What do we know about golf from the passage?
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A．It is popular in Portugal and Spain. |
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B．It causes water shortages around the world. |
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C．It pollutes the earth with chemicals and wastes. |
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D．It needs water and electricity to keep its courses green. |
3.The author uses power walking as an example mainly because________.
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A．it is an outdoor sport |
B．it improves our health |
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C．it uses fewer resources |
D．it is recommended by experts |
4.The author writes the passage to ________.
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A．show us the function of major sports |
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B．encourage us to go in for green sports |
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C．discuss the major influence of popular sports |
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D．introduce different types of environment-friendly sports |
Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.
“I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast(自吹自擂).
“And you’ll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply “because I’ll be the best lawyer in town!”
George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.
Then Richard married a mysterious girl. The couple spent their honeymoon on the coast—but Richard never came back. The police found his wallet on a deserted beach but the body was never found. He must have drowned.
Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his former rival(竞争对手). Perhaps he missed him?
George was very interested in old dictionaries. He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel(包裹) arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished—the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.
“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia.”
1.George and Richard were ________ at school.
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A．roommates |
B．good friends |
C．competitors |
D．booksellers |
2. How did George feel about Richard after his disappearance?
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A．He envied Richard’s marriage. |
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B．He thought of Richard from time to time. |
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C．He felt lucky with no rival in town. |
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D．He was guilty(内疚) of Richard’s death. |
3. George got information about Richard from ________.
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A．a dictionary collector in Australia |
B．the latter’s rivals Dylans |
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C．a rare first edition of a dictionary |
D．the wrapping paper of a book |
4.What happened to George and Richard in the end?
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A．Both George and Richard became millionaires. |
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B．Both of them realized their original ambitions. |
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C．George established a successful business while Richard was missing. |
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D．Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success. |
