A long time ago, in an Italian city, the people there built a tower which was admired by everyone passing through. A little further down the road, in a neighboring city, they had built a tower of similar beauty. The two towers were equally well known. The people of the second city, envious (妒忌的) and filled with pride, planned to destroy the neighboring tower so it wouldn’t take attention away from their own. One night, they came to the tower and began to quietly undermine its foundations(地基).
The next morning, the tower was leaning(倾斜) slightly ,but nobody noticed. The same happened for the following few days, until a little girl who was passing by pointed up at the tower and said: “ I think the tower is going to fall down.” And everyone around looked closely, and could see that she was right .Nervousness spread through the city. And they tried many methods to try to straighten the tower, but nothing seemed to work. That was, until one day when the same little girl was walking up again, and she put her arm on the side of the tower to rest. She felt the tower shaking slightly. When she took her hand off it, the movement stopped. And when she put it back on again, the same thing happened. The girl spent a while doing this, until she was completely certain of what she had discovered: “ The tower is ticklish ( 怕痒的) ！” She ran to get some plants, and she planted them right next to the tower. Now if the tower leant over any further it would be tickled by the leaves of those plants. Being a ticklish tower, it would then return to where it had been. In this way, the girl managed to make sure that the tower didn’t fall down, but still kept it leaning a little.
The fact that it was leaning made it even more famous, and this taught a fine lesson to the envious people of the neighboring city.
1.Why did the people of the second city plan to destroy the neighboring tower?
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A．Because the tower blocked the way of their tourists. |
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B．Because the tower had the same building style as theirs. |
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C．Because they hoped that the tower could lean slightly. |
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D．Because they hoped that visitors just liked their own tower. |
2.The underlined word“undermine”（in Paragraph1）probably mean “_________”．
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A．test |
B．raise |
C．damage |
D．strengthen |
3.When local people heard the news that their tower was going to fall down, they were _________.
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A．very anxious |
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B．very happy |
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C．very ashamed of themselves |
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D．angry at the people in the neighboring city |
4.What lesson can we learn from the practice of the envious people in the neighboring city?
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A．All that ends well is well. |
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B．Every dog has his day. |
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C．A bad beginning makes a bad ending. |
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D．A friend is never known till a man has need. |
The Jungle Book
Lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves, Mowgli is brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill. Regular adventures with his friends and enemies in the jungles improve this child’s strength and cleverness and stir every reader’s imagination.
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A Stolen Life
The first work of its kind—Jaycee Dugard’s personal life story, her own story of being kidnapped (绑架) in 1991. When Jaycee was eleven years old, she was kidnapped from a school bus stop. She was missing for more than eighteen years, and gave birth to two daughters during her imprisonment (监禁).
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While We’re Far Apart
Five-time Christy Award winner Lynn Austin is called as “one of the style’s best historical fiction novelists”. Set in Brooklyn, New York, during World War Ⅰ，while a motherless girl longs for her daddy and a young lady hopes for a second chance at love, this tale explores the uncertainty that stays in people.
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ISBN-10: 0764204971
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The Fashion Police
The Fashion Police was in the second place in the Chapter One Promotions Novel Competition 2010 and nominated (提名) Best Novel with Romantic Elements 2010 by The Romance Reviews. It is a strange comedy-mystery, combining murder and with romance.
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ISBN-13: 978-1451555653
Average Customer Review: ★★★☆☆
1.If you are interested in personal life stories, then you can choose the book _________.
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A．A Stolen Life |
B．The Jungle Book |
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C．The Fashion Police |
D．While We’re Far Apart |
2.The ISBN of the book that is most popular among the readers is _______.
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A．ISBN-13: 978-1613820742 |
B．ISBN-13: 978-1442344983 |
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C．ISBN-10: 0764204971 |
D．ISBN-13: 978-1451555653 |
3.What makes the book The Fashion Police distinguish itself from others?
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A．It wins the award Christy Award five times. |
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B．It is a great book on violence and family education. |
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C．It is nominated Best Novel with Romantic Elements 2010. |
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D．It has many elements borrowed from stories of true policemen. |
Deciding which English-speaking country to study in wasn’t difficult for Ann; She had always wanted to visit America. “I wanted to study in an English-language country and I always wanted to visit America because it always seemed to me a very beautiful and friendly country.” Ann is more than happy with the quality of the education she is receiving in America, particularly with the subjects and strong academic support.“ I am very happy with the quality of education I am receiving. All my subjects are useful and connected. I am happy with help I receive from the lecturers and tutors.”
Also of particular satisfaction for Ann is the practical element of her American course. “I find it very important and useful. The theory is a good thing to know but nothing gives you more skills and knowledge than practical work.”
Where her future employment is concerned, Ann is very confident her American qualification will be of great help. “I know that getting a degree here is a good thing for my future; it can open many doors in Poland or anywhere else in the world.”
Ann is also really enjoying life in America; She is making friends and taking time out to enjoy herself. “People are very friendly and helpful. University is a good place to find new friends from America and from overseas. It is a friendly environment with lots of things to do, not only studying. And of course there are the beaches, not to mention the beautiful weather.”
1.The purpose of writing this passage is to _________.
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A．tell us Ann’s decision to settle in America |
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B．tell us Ann is accustomed to life in America |
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C．introduce Ann’s happy study and life in America |
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D．introduce more about Ann to help her make friends |
2.Why did Ann decide to study in America?
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A．Her parents persuaded her to do so. |
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B．She has relatives and best friends here. |
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C．Her boyfriend was studying here too then. |
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D．She has dreamed of studying here for long. |
3.What makes Ann particularly satisfied in America?
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A．The comfortable climate and easy lifestyle. |
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B．The help from her host families and teachers. |
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C．The American courses have more practical elements. |
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D．The friends here are mostly from English-speaking countries. |
4.What does the underlined sentence mean?
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A．Ann will try all her best to ensure to get a degree. |
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B．Ann’s degree will help her find a job easily at home and abroad. |
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C．Ann will certainly go back to Poland to work after graduation. |
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D．With the degree received in America, Ann will never be out of work. |
We were flying to a meeting. I was in the middle 36 .I found that the young woman sitting next to me was very 37 and deep in thought. Then I asked her where she was from, where she was going and 38 she did.
She was a student and had been attending 39 in Poland-----the homeland of her father. Then she told me sadly that her father had 40 . She had chosen to attend college in Poland 41 her father’s wishes and their relationship had been 42 .They hadn’t forgiven each other 43 he died.
She seemed so sad. I looked at her, trying to 44 some words to say. I asked her if she had forgiven 45 for not realizing her father’s dream. She answered that she couldn’t forgive herself and felt so 46 .Slowly, I began to tell her about forgiveness. I encouraged her to 47 that because I believed her father wanted that too. She should forgive herself 48 how awful she thought she had been.
I told her about 49 I had done as a teenager for which I had felt guilty for many years. How I was 50 with the choice of forgiving myself or to 51 feeling guilty for the rest of my life. I had 52 to forgive myself . The light in her eyes went on. She began to understand that she was 53 forgiven and could forgive herself. She could be 54 and happy.
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----Have you worked in this company for a long time?
---- Yes, since I _________ from the college.
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A．has graduated |
B．graduates |
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C．had graduated |
D．graduated |
I was telling about my exciting travels when he _________ with a story of his own.
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A．broke down |
B．broke out |
C．broke in |
D．broke up |
