阅读理解。Introduction : Speaking English is not only about using proper gr
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| Introduction : Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use English correctly, you need to understand the culture in which it is spoken. Here are a number of important tips (告诫) to remember when speaking English in the USA. | |
| General Points to Remember Most Americans only speak English: While it is true that more and more Americans speak Spanish, most Americans only speak English. Americans have difficulties understanding foreign accents (口音): Many Americans are not used to foreign accents. | Conversation Tips Speak about location (位置). Talk about work: Americans commonly ask, "What do you do?" It"s not thought impolite (as m some countries) and is a popular topic to discuss between strangers. Talk about sports. |
| Addressing (称呼) People Use last names with people you do not know. Always use " Ms " when addressing women. Many Americans prefer first names. Americans prefer informal: In general, Americans prefer informal greetings and using first names or nicknames when speaking with workmates and friends. | Public Behavior Always shake hands. Look your partner in the eyes. Don"t hold hands: Same sex friends do not usually hold hands or put their arms around others in public in the USA. Smoking is OUT! Smoking, ven in public places, is strongly disagreed by most modern Americans. |
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| 阅读理解。 | |
| The computer is fast and hardly makes a mistake, while people are slow make mistakes sometimes. That"s what people often say when they talk about computers. For many years, scientists have been improving computers. Now a computer can do a lot of everyday jobs wonderfully. It is widely used in factories,hospitals,post offices and airports. A computer can report,decide and control in almost every field(领域). With the help of a person, a computer can draw pictures,write music,talk with people, play chess,translate languages and so on. Many computer scientists are now thinking of making computers "think" like a man. Perhaps computers will one day really think and feel. Some people are afraid that one day computers will be too clever to listen to them. But scientists tell us that such things will not happen. | |
| 1.The computer can work ________ than people. | |
| A. more wonderfully B. more slowly C. more often | |
| 2.Computers can do _________ for people. | |
| A. few jobs B. all jobs C. many jobs | |
| 3.What will perhaps happen in the future? | |
| A. Computers can think like men and women. B. People will no longer use computers. C. Computers will only be used to talk with people. | |
| 4.The author of the passage mainly tells us something __________ . | |
| A. about the danger of the computer B. about computer scientists C. about the computer | |
| 5.Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage? | |
| A. People are slow and full of mistakes when using computers. B. Computers can translate languages without people"s help? C. Computers will never be cleverer than people. | |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| Scientists think that a weather pattern (形式) called El Nino (厄尔尼诺现象) caused the Drought (干旱) in Australia. E1 Nino causes different weather in different parts of the world. It causes a lot of rain and floods in some places. It causes droughts in other places. Droughts can badly affect people and the land. E1 Nino lasts about a year. In normal weather conditions, warm winds from South America blow from east to west across the Pacific Ocean. The winds early take storms to Australia. These storms bring rain to Australia. During an E1 Nino weather pattern, the winds change direction. They blow from west to east across the Pacific Ocean. The storms no longer move across Australia. So Australia gets very little rain during E1 Nino. The drought began in January, 1982. E1 Nino often occurs at this time of year. But that year, El Nino was stronger than usual. There was very little rainfall (降雨量) in eastern Australia. There was also very little water in the rivers. The drought was at its worst in February, 1983. At that time, the weather was very hot. The forests and fields were very dry. Cotton growers eouldn"t plant their cotton. Sheep farmers had no grass for their animals to eat. So many of them died.Because the forests were dry. Forest fires started quickly. Some of the fires burned for a month. Many forests were destroyed. Over 2,000 people lost their houses in the fires and 75 people died. The Australian drought of 1982-1983 affected thousands of people and animals. The drought cost the country over $3,000,000,000. It was a reminder (提示) to Australians of how the weather could change their lives. | |
| 1. From the passage we know El Nino is ______. | |
| A. a powerful storm B. a place in Australia C. a weather pattern | |
| 2. The undedined word "occurs" in the passage means "______" in Chinese. | |
| A. 发生 B. 发展 C. 消失 | |
| 3. Picture ______ shows how E1 Nino causes a drought in Australia. | |
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| 4. W1lich of the following is NOT true according to the passage? | |
| A. There was very little rainfall in eastern Australia in 1982. B. Many forests weI_e destroyed in the Australian drought. C. Australian government paid over￥3,000,000,000 for this drought. | |
| 5. What"s the main idea of the passage? | |
| A. A drought happened in South America. B. E1 Nino caused a great drought in Australia. C. Australia got much rain during E1 Nino. | |
| 书面表达。 | |
 Notes: ①percentage百分率 ②skill技能 | |
| 1. The number of the students who took part in English competitions in _____ grew faster from 2008 to 2009. | |
| A. School A B. School B C. neither school | |
| 2. In the English competition in _____, School B had 100 more students than School A. | |
| A. 2007 B. 2008 C. 2009 | |
| 3. According to the information above, these two schools had the same percentage of the students who won prizes in _____. | |
| A. listening B. speaking C. reading | |
| 4. _____ students in School A were given prizes for their speaking skill in 2009. | |
| A. 100 B. 200 C. 300 | |
| 5. Which of the following is TRUE from the information above? | |
| A. The students from School A and School B won prizes in five skills. B. The students from School B did worst in listening of all skills. C. The students from School A need to improve their writing skill. | |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| Man has a big brain(大脑). He can think, learn and speak. Scientist once thought that men are different from animals because they could think and learn. They know now that dogs, rats, birds can learn too. They are beginning to understand that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals can not speak. They make noises when they are afraid, or angry or unhappy. Apes (类人猿) can understand some things more quickly than men. One or two of them have learnt a few words. But they can not put words together to make sentences. They cannot think as we do because they have no languages. The language is a wonderful thing. Man is able to build a modern world because he has language. Each child can speak his own language very well when he is four or five, but no animal learns to speak. How do children learn it? Scientists don"t know. They only know that man can speak because he has the brain. | |
| 1. The best topic(标题)for this passage is ______. | |
| A. Animals" learning B. Man and Ape C. Brain and Language D. Man"s Brain | |
| 2. Men are different from animals in the way that ______. | |
| A. men can understand things quickly B. men can learn C. men learn to use language D. men have brain | |
| 3. An ape can not ______. | |
| A. make noises B. understand things C. learn words D. speak like a man | |
| 4. Scientists now know ______. | |
| A. how children learn to speak B. why apes can learn a few words C. man"s brain helps him learn to speak D. what happens when people speak | |
| 5. Which of the following is not true? | |
| A. Apes can understand some things more quickly than men. B. Apes have no language though(尽管) they can learn some words C. Apes can put together the words they know D. Some animals can learn. | |
| 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 | |
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