完形填空（共1小题）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
After twenty years of working fulltime, I found myself an opportunity to quit my job and be a stay-at-home mom．As I faced this ________ , I thought I would like to be more of a mother than a working woman．My seven-year-old daughter and four-year-old son had grown up in the daycare center ________ they were both six weeks old．At that time, I never felt any regret in handing my ________ over to the center each morning．I had a great job that I ________ and had worked my way ________ to being the Assistant to the Vice-President of Sales at an Internet company．
I decided to ________ the job and begin my new one as a fulltime mom, but I felt it strange to lose the ________ part of my identity．The first time I needed to fill out a(n) ________ for online banking, I came to the line that asked what my ________ was．Eventually, I threw the application away, ________ introduce myself as a “non-worker”．I continued to ________ with this feeling．
________ , after a few months of waiting at the bus stop, volunteering in the classroom, and making good dinners, I ________ being a fulltime mom．My daughter was in school, but my son Cobi was ________ me all day．For the first time in his life, I was ________ his．We took walks, played soccer and made crafts．He enjoyed my ________ all the time and I began to see what I had once ________．
One day as we kicked the ball in the park, Cobi ________ me and said, “Mommy, do you know what I want to be when I grow up?”
“A professional ________ ?” I asked．
“No,” he smiled at me．“I want to be a stay-at-home mom．”
My heart melted．I've never ________ my decision since then．
1.A．decision B．promise C．result D．reality
2.A．when B．since C．as D．after
3.A．work B．family C．children D．future
4.A．suffered B．hated C．tried D．loved
5.A．round B．up C．on D．back
6.A．take up B．give up C．take over D．give in
7.A．working B．teaching C．leading D．learning
8.A．account B．form C．register D．order
9.A．position B．hobby C．dream D．job
10.A．more than B．other than C．rather than D．less than
11.A．struggle B．live C．agree D．deal
12.A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．Otherwise
13.A．take advantage of B．look forward to C．grew tired of D．got used to
14.A．for B．with C．by D．after
15.A．all B．never C．partly D．still
16.A．caring B．company C．guidance D．education
17.A．appreciated B．seen C．removed D．missed
18.A．looked down upon B．looked back on C．looked up at D．looked up to
19.A．player B．teacher C．leader D．advisor
20.A．admitted B．settled C．fond D．made
信息匹配（共1小题）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Public Speaking Training
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Whatever the presentation, public speaking is tough． 1. ．Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training that's right for you．
2. :
Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well． 3. ．You already do lots of things well, so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldn’t do．
Turn your back on too many rules:
If you find a public speaking course that looks as though it's going to give you lots of dos and don'ts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what you're going to be talking about．So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse． 4. ．Your audience can be your friends．
You are a special person not a clone:
Most importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits．You aren't like anybody else． 5. , not try to turn you into someone you're not．
A．Check the rules about dos and don'ts
B．So, get help
C．Focus on positives．
D．As far as we're concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking
E．Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you aren't doing well
F．Your training course should help you bring out your personality．
G．You should think highly of the Public Speaking Training．
D
When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结)．To show this, she pick up one chopstick, taking it as one person．Then she easily broke it into two pieces．Next, she tied several chopsticks together, taking them as a family．She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks．This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up
Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California．However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money．They moved their family to San Francisco．There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop．Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant．The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young．However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard．
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business．They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles．Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful．Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace．Without the strength of the family, there is no business．”
With three generations of Ans working together, now the Ans'business makes more than $20 million each year．Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together．Now they are a big success．
1.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．How to Run a Corporation Well
B．Strength Comes from Peace
C．How to Achieve a Big Dream
D．Family Unity Builds Success
2.What can we infer about the An's daughters?
A．They went out to work for themselves before graduation．
B．They all would not like to work in their family business．
C．They were deeply influenced by what Helene taught them．
D．There always were disagreements among family members
3.Helene once used chopsticks to show ______
A．the quality of the chopsticks
B．the difficulty of being united
C．the strength of family unity
D．how to be a strong person
4.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An's family ______
A．began to run a restaurant in 1975
B．left Vietnam without much money
C．bought a restaurant in Los Angeles
D．opened a sandwich shop in San Francisco
C
Every people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings．Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years．Others are popular for just a short time．One such American expression is “Where's the beef?” It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be．In the early 1980s “Where's the beef?” was one of the most popular expressions in the United States．It seemed as if everyone using it at the time．
Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef．In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price．Ray called this “McDonald's”．Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last in America．
Other business people watched his success．Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants．One company called “Wendy's” said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald's or anyone else．The Wendy's Company began to use the expression “Where's the beef?” to make people know that Wendy's hamburgers were the biggest．The Wendy's television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers．The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat．One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef．“Where's the beef?” she shouted in a funny way．The advertisement for Wendy's hamburger restaurants was a success．As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Where's the beef?”
1._______ started McDonald's restaurant．
A．McDonald
B．Ray
C．Wendy
D．Three old women
2.Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought _______．
A．they could sell hamburgers at a low price
B．beef was very popular in America
C．they could make a lot of money
D．hamburgers were easy to make
3.Wendy's made the expression known to everybody _______．
A．by a television advertisement
B．with many old women eating hamburgers
C．while selling bread with a bit of meat in it
D．at the McDonald's restaurant
4.We can learn from the passage that the expression “Where's the beef?” means that _______．
A．the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be
B．the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be
C．Wendy's beef is the biggest one in American restaurant
D．it is used when something is not as good as it is said to be
B
“Folk singers are more like poets than singers,” Li Yahe, a music businessman, once told China Youth Daily．
That saying perfectly describes Zhang Lei, the 34-year-old champion of the fourth “Voice of China” singing competition, which ended on Oct 7．
Critics thought Zhang's success as a victory for folk singers．The Voice of China used to attach great importance to singing skills and vocal techniques, which are not necessarily what folk singers are good at．“Folk songs are more about emotions and storytelling,” said Li．
Folk is one of the oldest musical styles．It dates back to ancient times, when people sang about their everyday lives and the society around them．
A powerful comeback
Folk music became popular again in the Western world in the 1960s．During social revolutions, many young Westerners turned to the simple rhythms of folk．Pioneers included US singer Bob Dylan, whose songs are reflections of some social issues like the Vietnam War．Singers at that time used traditional folk instruments like the banjo, the upright bass, the mandolin and the piano．
In the late 1970s, folk music was introduced to Taiwan．The rise of singers like Lo Tayu and Chyi Yu popularized folk music, particularly among young Chinese people．
At that time, folk tunes were based on simple song structures, with pleasant chord progression and pretty lyrics, just like during old times．But they focused more on the dreams and sorrow of youth than on politics．
This continued to be the case when the folk “wave” swept Chinese mainland in the 1990s．
Folk pioneers
Sadly, it didn't last long in China．Folk gave way to pop in the late 1990s, when people started living more fast-paced lives．But that didn't mean folk music had disappeared from the music world entirely．
“The drop in the popularity of folk songs is because the business mode of the music industry is outdated, not because of the music itself,” folk singer Song Ke once said．
He was right．Recent years have seen folk songs gaining popularity, with the appearance of singers like Li Jian and Song Dongye．
“The popularity of the Internet has shocked the traditional profit model in music industry,” Lu Zhongqiang, manager of 13-Month, a music recording and publishing company, told Tencent Entertainment．
“Not-so-well-known music starts showing its strength when the production of mainstream music is declining,” he added．
1.Which would be the best title of the passage?
A．The History of Folk Music
B．Folk Music Pioneers
C．The Folk Music Industry
D．The Voice of China
2.The underlined world “it” in the last but four paragraph means________．
A．the popularity of folk music
B．the focus of folk music
C．the tradition of folk pioneers
D．the new model of pop music
3.Which statement is true according to the passage?
A．The Voice of China is very popular among young Chinese people
B．Folk music once was a way to voice opinions about social issues
C．Folk songs are more about expressing emotions than storytelling
D．Outdated music mode is what leads to the decline of folk songs
4.Which word can best describe the attitude of Lu Zhongqiang towards folk music?
A．Objective
B．Confident
C．Critical
D．Worried
A
136 Crestview Circle
Dover, Connecticut
November 16, 2015
Gander's Furniture Store
Stamford, Connecticut, 09876
Dear Sir,
I am writing about your November bill, which I am returning with this letter．I am not going to pay this bill．Last month I bought a table and four chairs for $65．50．They were sent to me on October 18．That night one leg of the table broke while my wife was putting our dinner on it．It fell on one of the chair, and that broke, too．Our $ 2．50 steak landed on the floor, and the dog ate it．
I spoke to the salesmen who had sold me the table and the chairs．He told me to write you a letter．I wrote you on October 20, saying that I was not going to pay for the furniture．On October 21 some men came and took it back to the store．
Please do something about your records．I do not want to receive another bill for the furniture which I returned．
Yours truly
Albertson
1.From the letter we know that Mr．Albertson actually paid _____ for the furniture
A．no money
B．$ 68．00
C．$ 2．50
D．$ 65．50
2.Why did Mr．Albertson write the letter to the furniture store?
A．He wanted the manager to blame the salesmen for the bad furniture．
B．He had paid for the furniture but was asked to pay again．
C．The furniture he bought was badly made and he wanted to return it．
D．He didn't want to receive a second bill for the furniture he had returned．
3.When Mr．Albertson was writing the letter he felt _____．
A．disappointed
B．angry
C．worried
D．calm
