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It’s really true what people say about English politeness: it’s everywhere. When squeezing (挤过去) past someone in a narrow passage, people say “sorry”. When getting off a bus, English passengers say “thank you” rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others is sometimes unavoidable, and the bus driver is only doing his job. I used to think the same way, without questioning it, until I started traveling to the British Isles, and here are some more polite ways of interacting (交往) with people in UK. People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customer and shop assistant in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposite to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough. Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize (批评) others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers emphasized several times but none of their explanations were intended as criticism. It has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This also is showed in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to a meal than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men! Yes, the latter are a bit tightfisted. 1.What is the author’s attitude towards English politeness?
2.What can be inferred from the passage?
3.We can learn from the last paragraph that Scottish men ______.
4.The author develops the text through the method of ______.
The students at Sandy’s high school were badly shaken by the news that a classmate had 11 himself. On the suicide note was written: “It’s hard to 12 when nobody cares if you die.” Glen, a teacher, realized this was a 13 moment about the importance of making people feel 14 . He asked his class to imagine they were about to 15 and to write a note “telling someone how and why you 16 him or her.” Sandy, who had a 17 relationship with her mother, decided to write her mother. Her letter 18 “We’ve had some 19 times and I haven’t always been a very good 20 ,but I know I’m lucky to have you in my life. You’re the 21 person I’ve ever known, And even when I disagree with you, I never 22 you love me and want what’s best for me. Thanks for not 23 up on me”. When her mom read the note, she cried and hugged Sandy 24 but said little. The next morning, Sandy found a 25 on her mirror: “Dearest Sandy, I want you to know being your mother is ,by far, the most important thing in my life. 26 I got your note, I thought I had lost your love and 27 . I felt like such a failure. I intended to 28 it all last night. Your note saved my 29 .” Be careful not to underestimate the 30 of expressed appreciation. It won’t always save a life, but it will always make someone’s life better.
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We should get prepared for dealing with ________problems_________.
---You’ve read the Frog by Moyan,haven’t you? ---Yes,I_______second time and I got a better understanding.
We’ll never forget this terrible accident and the damage_______has caused to the area.
--- You ought to have given them some advice. --- , but who cared what I asked?
_______, I believe, and you will find the student is very outgoing.
Because of the Mid-autumn Day happening to _________, we have just enjoyed a longer National Day vacation than ever before, but it is estimated that it will be 38 years __________ we can experience such a coincidence again.
---Are you satisfied with what she has done? ---Not a little. It can’t be ________.
It was foolish of you to take a taxi ______you could walk there in five minutes.
Our school sports meeting we had looked forward to______ in _______ fine weather, which was beyond our expectation.
--Do you mind if I leave my car here for a minute? --- ________．
假如你叫李钢，今年考上了大学，但家境贫寒，交不起学费。一位姓刘的教授得知此事之后伸出了援助之手。现在给他写一封信，内容包括： 1. 教授如何帮助的你； 2. 你的未来打算；（至少两点） 3. 如何感谢。 注意：内容可适当发挥，词数100左右。 Dear Mr. Liu, ——————————————————————————————————————— Best wishes! Yours sincerely, Li Gang
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（＾），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线〔\〕划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 （注意：请务必将答案填到答题卷相应位置！） 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Dear Editor, My name is Xiao Hai, boy student in Senior Three．Recently,I’ve read in Shanghai Students’ Post what you need some students reporters．I am anxious to be one of them．I very like English．I have been learned it since eight years ago．Now I can talk with foreigners with English．I can read China Daily．I took a first place in an English Composition Contest．Besides, I do well in a computer competition．Would you be so kind as to receive me？I am looking forward to hear from you soon
下面文章中有5处（第61–65题）需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。 （注意：请务必将答案填到答题卷相应位置！） A. Slow Down Your Life B. Escape Now and Then C. Separate Your Actions D. Allow Yourself to Be Weak E. Relieve Pressure by Firmly Saying “No” F. Stop Expecting Everything to Be Perfect How to Simplify Your Life Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, relax instead of stressing, slow down instead of speeding up. Apply these principles in your everyday life in a conscious way. You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplification. 61.__________ When you concentrate on one task, you find you have energy that you didn't even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep grabbing one and then the other, it will take forever, because one of them will keep slipping out from under your arm and running off. But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your strength and make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back and get the other one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, then you can be sure of success. 62._________ The pressure at work is on the increase in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the expectations that formerly would have been shared among all the relatives are now concentrated on the individual partner. If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day are not enough for all the things you need to do, then it's not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact that overloaded people often tend to be forgot. The solution is equally simple: refuse to accept so many work assignments in your private life or your working life. 63.________ “I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement in the world of work. People who can handle stress are given more and more to cope with -- until one day they break. Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can cope with. These signals can come from various areas of life. You become ill, or your work efficiency decreases. If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say quite openly, “I can't manage that.” 64.__________ “If only I were slimmer, more beautiful, richer, cleverer, then I would be happier.” This is a dream that makes a lot of people ill, depressed, and unhappy. Life has its flaws, defects, corners, and edges. Only those who accept this reality can lead a really full life. Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous: driving a car; crossing the road. But life doesn’t consist entirely of these things. In/Among them there is a lot of room for small and large mistakes. 65._________ Successful people all have their own places where they can withdraw in order to work. Find out which places improve your creativity. For me it’s the train. When I know that I’m going to be traveling for four hours without phone calls and people knocking on my door, I find my mind is free and I can read or write complex articles. There can be problems working on the train, of course: if the person sitting opposite you keeps talking away, or if train trips make you tired (some people fall asleep after a few miles).
根据对话内容，从对话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。（共1小题;每小题2分，共10分） 注意: 答案写在最后的答卷上 Susan: Hello. Mike : Hi, Susan. It’s me， Mike. Susan: Oh, hi, Mike. ___56_______ Mike : Oh, not bad. Say are you doing anything Saturday night? Susan： No, Nothing special. Why? Mike : Well, _____57___ Susan: Oh, that’s a good idea. Mike : Great. __58____ Susan: ____59_____ Where do you want to meet? Mike : I’ll pick you up at your home. Susan: Ok. What time? Mike : Is seven o’clock all right? Susan: Fine. Well, see at seven. Mike : ___60___.
E. Sure, why not ? F. Ok. See you. G. How do you do?
Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact(互动)these days. The term is “networked individualism”. This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals(个体)and be networked at the same time? You need other people for networks. Here is what Professor Wellman means. Before the invention of the Internet and e-mail, our social networks included live interactions with relatives, neighbors, and friends. Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person, in real time. A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to-person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that’s a good thing. Why? In the past, many people were worried that the internet isolated(孤立)us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true. The Internet connects us with more real people than expected—helpful people who can give advice on careers, medical problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions. Thanks to the computer, we are able to be alone an together with other people—at the same time! 1.The underlined phrase “networked individualism” probably means that by using computers people .
2.According to the Pew study, what do many people rely on to make major life decisions?
3.It can be inferred from the Pew study that .
4.Which would be the best title for this passage?
One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might some day get lost in a “sea of technology” rather than experiencing the natural world. Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to a serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors, which will change the wild places of the world, its creatures and human health for the worse, unless adults get working on child’s play. Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. We cannot be the last generation to have that place. At this rate, kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes. “If the decline in parks use continues across North America, who will defend parks against encroachment (蚕食)?” asks Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods. Without having a nature experience, kids, can turn out just fine, but they are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives. That applies to everything from their physical health and mental health to stress levels, creativity and cognitive (认知的) skills. Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents—and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it; research suggests that kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that play in nature fosters (培养) leadership by the smartest, not by the toughest. Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a child. The three-year-old turning over his first rock realizes he is not alone in the world. A clump of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes. We really need to value that more. Kids are not to blame. They are over-protected and frightened. It is dangerous out there from time to time, but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite（仪式）of passage. Everyone, from developers to schools and outdoor citizens, should help regain for our kids some of the freedom and joy of exploring, taking friendship in fields and woods that cement (增强) love, respect and need for landscape. As parents, we should devote some of our energies to taking our kids into nature. This could yet be our greatest cause. 1.The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that __________.
2.According to the passage, children without experiencing nature will _________.
3.According to the author, children’s breaking an arm is ___________.
4. In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to ________.
There are three separate sources of danger in supplying energy by nuclear power. First, the radioactive material must travel from its form of production to the power station. Although the power stations themselves are strongly built, the containers used for the transport of the materials are not. Normally, only two methods of transport are in use, namely road or rail. Unfortunately, both of these may have an effect on the general public, since they are sure to pass near, or even though, heavily populated areas. Secondly, there is the problem of waste. All nuclear power stations produce waste that in most cases will remain radioactive for thousands of years. It is impossible to make these waste radioactive, and so they must be stored in one of the inconvenient ways that scientists have invented. For example, they may be buried under the ground, or dropped into deserted mines, or sunk in the sea. However, these methods do not solve the problem, since an earthquake could easily break the containers. Third, there may occur the danger of a leak or an explosion at the power station. As with the other two dangers, this is not very likely, so it does not provide a serious objection to the nuclear program. However, it can happen. Separately, these three types of dangers are not a great cause for worry. Taken together, though, the probability of disaster is extremely high. 1.Which of the following is FALSE ?
2.The author thinks that the ways to store nuclear wastes are ____________.
3.What do we learn from the last paragraph ?
4. What is this passage mainly about ?
1.Who is suitable to work as a Community Representative in YOUTH International?
2.Where will jack, a volunteer, receive the training before he is sent to work in Malawi?
3.If Mrs. Black in the US hopes to learn some Chinese at home, she may contact _______.
4.What are volunteers for an experiment over the Internet supposed to do?
A qualified doctor who rarely practiced but instead devoted his life to writing. He once said: “Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my lover.” Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, was a great playwright and one of the masters of the modern short story. When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879, he started to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support his family. After he graduated, he wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper. As a writer he was extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less. Chekhov’s medical and science experience can be seen through the indifference(冷漠) many of his characters show to tragic events. In 1892, he became a full time writer and published some of his most memorable stories. Chekhov often wrote about the sufferings of life in small town Russia. Tragic events control his characters who are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair. It is often said that nothing happens in Chekhov’s stories and plays. He made up for this with his exciting technique for developing drama within his characters. Chekhov’s works combined the calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity(敏感) of an artist. Some of Chekhov's works were translated into Chinese as early as the 1940s. One of his famous stories, The Man in a Shell, about a school teacher’s extraordinarily orderly life, was selected as a text for Chinese senior students. 1.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ________.
2.In 1880, Chekhov ________.
3.Which of the following adjectives can’t be used to describe Chekhov?
4.Which of the following is the right order of the events? a. became a doctor b. became a full time writer c. started to publish comic short stories d. wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper. e. entered the Moscow University Medical School
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 16 his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always 17 his success to it. At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, 18 to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the 19 made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the 20 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for 21. Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 22 for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 23 fake（假货）. When he was 24 of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 25 cost nearly 100,000, into pieces 26 hearing Glen’s words. Glen was 27 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 28 . For many times of entry-exit 29 he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and 30 him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 31 reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be 32 according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long. After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep 33 on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 34 , which he would remember as the 35 of his success forever.
.--- I’m sorry I stepped outside for a smoke. I was very tired.. --- There is no ________ for this while you are on duty.
Our teachers often encourage us that every minute we spend on studying will finally in the near future．
Seeing a stranger with a knife in his hand, the little girl stood under the tree, _______ out of her mind.
The black horse is___________ of the pair.
_______breaks the law will be punished.
My father used to on weekends,but now he is used to every evening.
and we’ll finish the work ahead of time.
— Do you have Gone with the Wind? —Yes, but no more than one copy．Would you like to take______?
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