Driving in ChinaI have been driving cars since I reached the pedals(踏板). In Cana

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Driving in China
I have been driving cars since I reached the pedals(踏板). In Canada you   1  16 to get a driver’s license. I   2  myself to be a very good driver.
I visited China 20 years ago. I with my wife was in Shanghai to give a paper at a conference. We 3  the number of bicycles on the roads and the few cars. In Canada almost each family has one car, but it was 4  that most Chinese depended on bicycles.
I   5 Shanghai and to other Chinese cities many times since then and have watched the fast changes on the roads. There are far fewer bicycles now but   6  cars. The roads are crowded, the government has been forced to limit the number of days some cars can   7  and the traffic jams are almost constant (经常的). So are the accidents. On a recent visit I saw four or five
8  within a two-week period.
To get a driver’s license in Canada, you must drive, with an examiner, on real roads and in real traffic. However, in China you learn on a closed course,   9  real traffic, get a license and only then are able to drive under real roads.
Driving in Canada and driving in China   10  two different experiences. In Canada there are traffic jams but they aren’t so bad. We have more traffic lights; we obey them and drivers are usually
11 , allowing other cars to cut in front of them knowing it won’t make much difference. In China, if you stop   12  another car cut in front of you will probably be there for a long time because once one car gets in, dozens of   13  will follow.
I would rather   14  the bus than drive my car in downtown Shanghai and Beijing. Because it’s 15 and stronger than most things that might run into it.

小题1:

A．must be

B．may be

C．can be

D．could be

小题2:

A．regard

B．wonder

C．consider

D．think

小题3:

A．were fond of

B．were angry with

C．were satisfied with

D．were amazed at

小题4:

A．impossible

B．clear

C．similar

D．useless

小题5:

A．have been to

B．have been in

C．have gone to

D．have come to

小题6:

A．fewer

B．more

C．less

D．many

小题7:

A．be driven

B．drive

C．allow

D．be allowed

小题8:

A．cars

B．bicycles

C．accidents

D．people

小题9:

A．in

B．without

C．with

D．under

小题10:

A．be

B．is

C．am

D．are

小题11:

A．polite

B．impolite

C．angry

D．unhappy

小题12:

A．wanting

B．letting

C．to let

D．to want

小题13:

A．ones

B．another

C．other

D．others

小题14:

A．taking

B．to take

C．took

D．take

小题15:

A．smaller

B．bigger

C．brighter

D．lighter

答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:D
小题15:B

解析

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要谈到了在中国驾车和在加拿大驾车的一些不同之处，指出了中国人需要在文明驾车方面需要改进的一些不足之处。
小题1:情态动词辨析。A.必须，一定；B.可以，可能；C.能，能够；D.can的过去式。联系下文描述，可知在加拿大你必须到十六岁才能获得驾照。故选A。
小题2:动词辨析。A.看待，把……看做；B.怀疑，想知道；C.考虑，认为；D.想象，认为。think, regard, consider都有“看作”的意思，然而搭配不同。think一般与of搭配，形成think of…；regard与as搭配，形成regard …as; consider可以与as搭配，形成consider… as，也可以跟不定式,形成consider sb. to do sth.的搭配。根据下文to be a very good driver.可知此处指的是，我认为我自己是个好司机。故选C。
小题3:短语辨析。A.喜欢，痴迷于；B.愤怒于；C.对……感到满意； D.吃惊于。联系下文，可知此处指的是我们吃惊于路上自行车和汽车的数量。故选D。
小题4:联系前文描述，可知此处指的是，很明显，大部分中国人依赖于自行车。故选B，明显的。
小题5:在完成时态中have been to 是已经去过某处，并且已经回来了。have gone to 是已经去了某处，但是到目前为止还没有回来。 have been in 是已经在某处，并且现在还在那里，而且有可能要延续下去。have come to 是已经到了某处，但是到目前为止还没有走。结合语境可知此处指的是作者去过某处，已经回来，故选A。
小题6:联系前文描述及转折连词but，可知此处指的是更多的汽车。故选B，更多的。
小题7:drive驾驶；allow允许。结合语境可知此处指的是限制能够驾车的日子。结合语境可知从句的主语some cars是动作对象，故用被动语态，选A。
小题8:联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是，我看到四到五起交通事故，故选C，事故。
小题9:联系上下文描述，可知此处指的是没有真实地上路练习。故选B，没有。
小题10:本句主语是由and连接的两个动名词短语，表示复数含义，故谓语动词用复数，选D。
小题11:联系下文，可知此处指的是通常，司机都很有礼貌。故选A，礼貌的。
小题12:动词辨析及非谓语动词。want想要；let让。stop后接不定式表示停下来去做另一件事，接动名词表示停止正在做的事情。联系下文，可知此处指的是停下来让其它车辆插入到你前面，故选C。
小题13:代词辨析。A.泛指任何多个；B.多个中另一个；C.另外一个；D.其他人/物。结合语境可知此处指的是，其它车会跟进来。故选D。
小题14:would rather意思是“宁愿、宁可、更、最好、还是为好”，后接动词原形,常省略为’d rather，表示优先选择的一种方式; would rather没有人称和数的变化，所有的人称一律用would rather。和than搭配使用时，注意前后动词形式一致。结合语境可知选D。
小题15:结合语境可知此处指的是公交车比大部分东西都大，故选B，更大的。
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。

举一反三

Hi Brad,
It’s good to hear from you again. I find that I’m not good at writing compositions. It’s hard for me to prepare the form of a composition and organize sentences. ①Could you tell me how to deal with this problem? I would really appreciate if you offer me some good methods.
Best wishes,
Cindy
Hi Cindy,
A composition is really a story and any story is told to an audience. There is a form for this and it is in three parts. First, tell them(the audience) what you are going to tell them. Then tell them, and finally tell them what you told them. Parts one and three are short and most of the information is in part two. It works like this.
Let’s say you are asked to write a 200-word composition about your visit to the Great Wall. You would begin with an opening sentence or two saying something like “The Great Wall of China is a national ②landmark that is famous around the world. I visited it last summer and I want to tell you about it.” That uses about 25 words to tell them what you are going to tell them.
The second part would be about 150 words and would contain information about the Great Wall such as how long it is, when it was built, who built it and why, the fact that it is one of the seven wonders of the world and you would talk about how you felt and what you thought when you visited this national treasure. This is telling them.
Finally, you would use about another 25 words to say something like “That was my first visit to the Great Wall and it was a very emotional experience to actually touch something so old and famous.
③每个中国人至少参观长城一次.I plan to go back whenever I can.” Here, you are telling them what you told them in the story and wrapping it all up into a neat package. This formula(惯例)works for both compositions and speeches and I think you will find it helps to organize your thoughts. I hope it’s helpful.
Best wishes,
Brad Franklin
小题1:将文中①处的画线部分翻译成汉语：                                   .
小题2:(A) 试写出文中②处画线部分landmark的汉语意思：           .
(B)下面有四个在文中出现的单词，请找出画线部分发音哪个与众不同?                .
A. work            B. word            C. information            D. world
小题3:将文中③处的汉语翻译成英语：                                       .
小题4:从文中找出适当的词组填空：How I wish to get a letter from you soon!
How I wish to _________ _________ you soon!
小题5:用英语回答问题：What’s the main idea of the passage?

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The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes (态度) surprisingly shows that their family life is happier than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive (积极的) today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious（叛逆的）and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”
So it seems that these parents are much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel LaSalle. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. When they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Cromer, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call talk or discussion. For example, when I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion（叛逆）is not based on real facts. A researcher explains, “Teenagers were thought to be different from others in a part of time in our social history. But to our surprise, they say they are getting on well with their parents. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.”
小题1:The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______________________.

A．share family duties	B．cause trouble in their families
C．go boating with their family	D．make family decisions

小题2:Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents ___________________.

A．go to clubs more often with their children	B．are much stricter with their children
C．care less about their children’s life	D．give their children more freedom

小题3:According to the writer, teenage rebellion ____________________.

A．may be a wrong opinion	B．is common at present
C．lived only in the 1960s	D．was caused by changes in families

小题4:Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A．Discussion in family.	B．Teenage education in family.
C．Harmony in family.	D．Teenage trouble in family.

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Are two holidays not enough? Do you dream of three, or even four? (61)这不再是梦想! Last month, the State Council(国务院) encouraged primary and high schools to give students a spring or autumn break without changing the total number of student vacation days.
Students in China currently only have long holidays in two seasons —summer and winter. These holidays are usually 10 to 12 weeks in total.“If we had spring and autumn breaks, (62)I would have time to taste all four seasons instead of burying (埋) myself in my studies,”Gao Yiran, a 15-year-old boy told China Daily. Seasonal holidays during autumn and spring may be something new in China, but not in other countries.
In the US, students usually have three holidays. Summer holiday is the longest one, and runs from mid-June until early September. Summer camp is one of kids’ favorite places to go to, where they can make new friends and try some new activities. Winter holiday starts from mid-December and ends in early January. Most kids and their parents go to spend time together over the Christmas period. Spring break comes in mid- March and (63) it is usually a 10-day holiday.
Schools in Japan start in April, as most people think that spring is the perfect time for new things. For school children ,summer holiday lasts from July 20 to August 31. Most kids are busy with club activities including sports and dancing. Spring break starts at the end of March and continues till early April. It is a good chance for a short family trip around the city.
阅读短文，按要求完成下面的任务。
任务一　将61处的中文翻译成英文。
任务二　将62处斜体部分的英文翻译成中文。
任务三　写出63处“it”指代的内容。
任务四　64.What do Japanese kids usually do in their spring break?
任务五　65.为该文段拟写一个标题。

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The world is an interesting place. Different people like different things. Some people like loud music. Other people don’t. They like   1  music.
Many people like sports, but they do not   2  the same sports. In some countries, cricket (板球运动) is a very popular sport. In others it is not popular   3  all. No one plays it or watches it on TV.   4 , most people like soccer. The World Cup is very popular.   5  of people watch the games on TV.
Different people like different   6 . Some people do not like meat. They eat fruit and vegetables most of the time. Some people do not like   7 or bread. They prefer rice.
Not everyone likes the same color. Most people have their favorite colors. Some people like   8  colors. Others prefer dark colors.
Many people like 9 . Different people like different places. Some people like to go to the country. They like fresh air. Some people like to go to cities because they like   10 . Some other people enjoy beautiful places like mountains or beaches.
What do you like? Have you got an idea?

小题1:

A．soft

B．noisy

C．classical

D．hard

小题2:

A．like both

B．both like

C．all like

D．like all

小题3:

A．in

B．at

C．on

D．for

小题4:

A．So

B．While

C．Though

D．However

小题5:

A．None

B．Million

C．Millions

D．Hundreds

小题6:

A．foods

B．drinks

C．vegetable

D．meat

小题7:

A．potato

B．potatoes

C．tomato

D．tomatos

小题8:

A．warm

B．cold

C．bright

D．dark

小题9:

A．swimming

B．running

C．climbing

D．traveling

小题10:

A．shopping

B．nature

C．noise

D．mountains

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It was 12:45 pm on January 2, 2007. 50-year-old Wesley Autrey was waiting for the train at a subway station in New York. His two daughters, aged four and six, were with him.
Suddenly, a sick man fell down on the platform (站台). The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell again—this time, onto the track between the two rails (道轨). A train was coming into the station. It was a frightening moment.
But Mr Autrey wasn’t frightened. He looked at the man and the space that the man was in. It was about half a meter deep. And he thought, “The train is going to travel over this man. If he tries to get up, the train will kill him. But if he lies on the ground and doesn’t move, he’ll be OK.” So he got an idea.
He jumped down and kept Mr Hollopeter down on the ground. The train driver saw them. He was terrified, but he couldn’t stop in time. The train traveled over the two men before it stopped.
The people on the platform were surprised. When Mr Autrey heard them screaming, he shouted, “We’re OK down here, but I’ve got two daughters up there. Let them know their father is OK.”
In an interview on a TV show, Mr Autrey said, “The only thing that happened to me was my blue hat got dirty.”
小题1:Why did Mr Hollopeter fall on the platform and then the track?

A．Because he was ill.	B．Because he walked so fast.
C．Because he was too old.	D．Because the subway station was so crowed.

小题2:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mr Autrey was so frightened when he saw what had happened.

B．Mr Autrey thought the space that the man was in was about one meter deep.

C．The train driver saw the two men but he couldn’t stop the train in time.

D．Mr Autrey and Mr Hollopeter were both taken to a hospital.

小题3:Mr Autrey was worried about when the train stopped.

A．his two daughters

B．Mr Hollopeter

C．his blue hat

D．the train driver

小题4:Mr Autrey lay on top of Mr Hollopeter in order to .

A．keep him calm	B．keep him down
C．keep him warm	D．keep him awake

小题5:What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Sick Man	B．Save One’s Life
C．Mr Autrey and Mr Hollopeter	D．The Subway Hero

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