My father enjoys his spare time by reading newspapers or________to music.
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A．listening |
B．listens |
C．to listen |
D．listen |
__________ you work harder than before, you will pass this exam.
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A．As soon as |
B．As long as |
C．As if |
D．Even if |
____ H1N1 flu from spreading, our government has taken some effective measures.
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A．Prevent |
B．Preventing |
C．Prevented |
D．To prevent |
With the price _______ so quickly, I find 1,000 yuan a month can hardly cover the cost of living.
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A．to rise |
B．risen |
C．being risen |
D．rising |
The famous car Rolls-Royce has been largely hand-made and always one of the most expensive cars on the market.
In fact, Rolls-Royce is made up of two men’s names, Charles S. Rolls and Henry Royce. They came from very different backgrounds, received very different educations and when they met; their careers were going in very different directions.
In 1903, Royce bought a second-hand France Decauville car. He found the car unreliable, difficult to start and overheated. Royce decided he could do better himself and set about building two-cylinder (双杠发动机) car of his own design. The first of these, built almost completely by Royce himself, was a success in almost every way: it started easily, ran smoothly and was very reliable. It never failed to impress everyone who saw it rode in the car, including Rolls.
While he was a university student at Cambridge, Rolls acquired a French Peugeot. It was the first automobile seen at Cambridge and by the time Rolls finished his studies, he was probably the most skilled driver in Britain. In 1902, Rolls went into the business of selling cars and became a leading automobile distributor. He was looking for a British car to market when he was told that Henry Royce had designed and built a two-cylinder automobile.
In 1904, Royce and Rolls joined together to build and sell motor car. They combined their talents—Royce the engineer and Rolls the salesman and businessman.
And, just two years later, the partnership produced the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, a milestone car acclaimed (盛赞) by many by the time as the “ best in the world”. Over the years the automaker built a legendary reputation.
1.The Rolls-Royce is expensive for its ______ .
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A．procedure |
B．engine |
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C．function |
D．impression |
2.The underlined word “distributor” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______ .
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A．boss |
B．producer |
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C．buyer |
D．seller |
3.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
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A．The Rolls-Royce car is the most expensive car in the world. |
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B．The two cylinder car built by Royce failed to impress people. |
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C．When Rolls graduated from Cambridge University, he didn’t do well in driving. |
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D．In 1906 the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost was popular with many people. |
Societies all over the world name places in similar ways. Quite often there is no official naming ceremony but places tend to be called names as points of reference by people. Then an organized body steps in and gives the place a name. Frequently it happens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.
Many roads and places in Singapore are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generations. Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Place. This is in keeping with traditions in many countries —in both the West and the East.
Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in former British bases. If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus —obviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.
Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places. Bras Basah Road is an interesting example, “Base Basah” means “wet rice” in Malay（马来语）. Now why would anyone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road”? The reason is simple. During the pioneering days, wet rice was laid out to dry along this road.
A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes. There is “Circular Road” for one. Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes, like “Paya Lebar Crescent”. This road is called a crescent（月牙） because it begins on the main road, makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.
1.What does the underlined phrase “die hard” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
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A．Change suddenly. |
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B．Change significantly. |
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C．Disappear mysteriously. |
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D．Disappear very slowly. |
2.Which of the following places is named after a person?
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A．Raffles Place. |
B．Selector Airbase. |
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C．Piccadilly Circus. |
D．Paya Lebar Crescent. |
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
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A．Some place names in Singapore are the same as in Britain. |
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B．Some places in Singapore are named for military purposes. |
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C．The way Singaporeans name their places is unique. |
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D．Young Singaporeans have forgotten the pioneers. |
