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I stood up to speak and my mind went blank .Has this ever happened to you? You may be nervous in front of an audience（观众）.You may be worried that you didn’t prepare enough, You may have forgotten some of your facts. What can you do? Sometimes people prepare too much and become terrified if they can’t remember the words they have practised. It is a good idea to bring some notes to help you organize, but don’t memorize your speech. If you “go blank”,begin by explaining the purpose of your speech, and the test will probably follow.
小题1: “Go blank” here means

A．to be absent-minded	B．to think too much suddenly
C．to be afraid of the audience	D．not knowing what to say at the moment

小题2: Before the listeners, the speakers who have pre-pared enough

A．never go bland	B．never feel afraid
C．may forget the prepared words	D．may forget the opening speech

小题3:A good way to make to made a good speech is

A．to memorize the speech	B．to organize the audience well
C．to have some brief motes at hand	D．to have the audience take notes

小题4:The man who goes blank in front of the listeners should .

A．begin with the purpose of his speech	B．cut off the rest of his speech
C．see his notes right away	D．find some way to draw the audience’s attention

答案

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:A

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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My father and I were standing at the top of a church tower. He 31 me to this place in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I 32 why he did so.
“Look down, Elsa,” Father said to me. I looked down and 33 the square in the centre of the village and I saw many turning streets 34 to the square.
“ See, my dear. There is more than one 35 to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place   36   you want to go by one road, 37 another,” he said to me.
Now I 38 why I was there. My father wanted to tell me how to 39 and deal with the difficulties.
In the years that 40 I often remembered the lesson Fathere taught me. I knew where I wanted to go in 41 . I wanted to be a fashion 42 . And on the way to my first small success I found the road 43 . What could I do ? Accept the failure? Or use my imagination and wisdom to find another road to my 44 ?
I had come to Paris, the 45 of the world of fashion , with some clothes I 46 . But none of the famous fashion designers seemed 47 in them. Then one day I met a friend who was wearig a very beautiful sweater. It had a lovely and 48 stitch (针法).
“Did you knit that sweater ?” I asked her.
“No,”she answered. “ It was done by a woman here in Paris.”
“ What an interesting stitch !” I continued.
My friend had an 49 . “The woman’s name is Mrs Vidian    she learned the stitch in Armenia, her motherland.”
Suddenly a good idea 50 me. why not open my own house of fashin? Why not design, make and sell clothes? I would do it, and I would begin with a sweater.
31. A . brought        B. carried        C. got      D. took
32. A. wondered      B. doubted       C. knew    D. guessed
33. A. noticed B. saw      C. realized        D. observed
34. A. directing         B. going   C. leading         D. turning
35. A. way        B. path     C. road     D. method
36. A. when      B. why      C. which   D. where
37. A. try B. attempt       C. experiment D. manage
38. A. witnessed      B. understood C. imagined      D. supposed
39. A. settle     B. face      C. solve    D. handle
40. A. caught   B. followed       C. approached D. wasted
41. A. heart      B. work    C. class    D. life
42. A. designer         B. seller   C. worker          D. teacher
43. A. smoothed      B. passed          C. blocked         D. approved
44. A. success B. failure C. comfort        D. intelligence
45. A. capital   B. country         C. attraction    D. centre
46. A. recommended       B. designed      C. performed   D. chose
47. A. occupied         B. absorbed     C. buried D. interested
48. A. rough     B. ordinary       C. unusual        D. perfect
49. A. cause     B. reason C. description D. explanation
50. A. struck    B. thought        C. entered        D. came

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More than 2 million US teenagers have suffered a serious bout（发作) of depression in the past year, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday.
On average, 8.5 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 described having had a major depressive episode in the previous year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported.
But there were "striking differences" by sex, with 12.7 percent of girls and 4.6 percent of boys affected.
Depression is the leading cause of suicide, which in turn is the third-leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds in the United States.
"Combined 2004 to 2006 data show that rates of past year major depressive experience among youths aged 12 to 17 generally increased with increasing age," the researchers wrote.
Researchers at SAMHSA and RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, prepared the report using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
More than 67,700 youths aged 12 to 17 answered questions about mood and depression. They were also asked to rate how depression affected them using the Sheehan Disability Scale, which measures impact on family, friends, chores at home, work and school.
Researchers defined a major depressive episode as two weeks or longer of depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure, and at least four other symptoms(症状) such as problems with sleep, energy, concentration or self-image.
Nearly half of the teenagers who had major depression said it severely damaged their ability to function in at least one of the areas on the disability scale.
"Fortunately, depression responds very well to early intervention and treatment," SAMHSA Administrator Terry Cline said in a statement.
63. The underlined word “ episode ”in paragraph 2 has the similar meaning as the given word
A. experiment B. feeling C. expression   D. experience
64. The main reasons which lead to serious depressive symptoms include     .
A. no family or friends or jobs or interests at all
B. low spirits , unhappiness , lack of sleep and poor concentration
C. poor health , sex discrimination , less energy and loss of interest
D. suicide , sandness , lack of confidence and depression
65. What can be implied , but is not stated directly ?
A. depression is the third-leading cause of suicide
B. There were more girl students suffering depression than boys
C. There were over 2 million American teens suffering depression in the past two years
D. The students surveyed were aged between `12 and 17
66. What will the following paragraph probably talk about according to the passage ?
A. How to recover from stress         B. How to prevent and treat depression
C. How to live a comfortable life     D. How to have a happy feeling

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（注意：如果所用的答题卡没有提供E、F、G选项，请按以下方法填涂：选E请涂A、B，选F请涂B、C，选G请涂C、D。）
— Good morning．     61     .
— Yes．I’d like some information about English courses in your college．     62
— Yes, there’s a beginners’ course on Monday evenings at 7:30.
— On Monday?      63
— Yes, I’m afraid so.
— Well．     64     But do you think you’ll have a course on some other night in the future ?
— Well．    65     Perhaps we will offer one in the future.
A．I work on Mondays, so I’m afraid that’s no good for me.
B．Do you have any courses for complete beginners?
C．Is that the only course you’ve got?
D．Why not come earlier?
E．Can I help you?
F．I want to have English lessons.
G．Wait for some time, please.

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When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn’t breathe. Working in a bakery when you are allergic（过敏的）to flour can be painful.
But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years. He was a businessman and he helped them improve production. At last his health problems became too serious. He left and formed his own company.
With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery. They tried new recipes,（调制法）,changing the kind and amount of flour used. This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain The bread, made with unbleached（未漂白的）flour, was baked in brick oven.（烤箱）
They began by baking two dozen loaves. The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf. Winning customers to his usual, old fashioned bread took time. But Arnold. Struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.
小题1: According to context, the underlined word “miserable” means

A．quite pleased

B．rather unhealthy

C．too lucky

D．very unhappy

小题2:A good title for the passage would be

A．A Sick Baker	B．A Brick Oven Bread Baker
C．An Old Fashioned Baker	D．How to Overcome Allergy

小题3:Dean left the National Biscuit Company because he

A．suffered from allergy to flour	B．didn’t like the job
C．wanted to form his own company	D．wanted to make more money

小题4:Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A．Arnold’s bread was baked in a brick oven

B．Arnold’s bread was made with unbleached flour

C．Arnold’s bread was sold at a low price

D．Arnold’s bread was of poor quality

小题5:From the passage we can conclude that Arnold was

A．determined

B．brave

C．unusual

D．unhealthy

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A little girl was given so many picture books on her seventh birthday that her father. Who should have run his office and let her mother run the home, thought his daughter should give one or two of her new books to a little neighbor boy named Robert, who had visited their home sometimes.
Now, taking books, or anything else, from a little girl is like taking sweets from a baby, but the father of the little girl had his way and Robert got a couple of her books. “After all, that leaves you with nine,” said the father, who thought he was a child psychologist（心理学家）,and couldn’t shout his big stupid mouth on the subject.
A few weeks later, the father went to his library to look up “father” in The Oxford English Dictionary, eager to enjoy the praise of fatherhood through the centuries, but he couldn’t find volume（册）F-G and then he discovered that others were missing too. A-B,L-M, V-Z. He looked everywhere for them, and learned what had happened to the four missing volumes.
“A man came to the door this morning” said the little daughter, “and he didn’t know how to get from here to Torrington or from Torrington to Wintec, and he was a kind man, much nicer than Robert, and so I gave him four of your books After all, there are thirteen volumes in the Oxford English Dictionary, and that leaves you with nine.
小题1:According to the writer’s opinion,

A．a mother should keep house and father educate the children

B．A father should run the home as well as his office

C．A father should run his office and leave his children to his wife

D．A father shouldn’t only run his office but educate his children

小题2:“The father of the little girl has his way” means
A.  the father went out to work in his office
B. the father decided to the girl a lesson
C. the father still did what he wanted to.
小题3:Considering himself a psychologist, the father
A.  couldn’t stop discussing the subject
B. couldn’t helping（禁不住）talking about the subject
B.  couldn’t refuse to listen to the subject
D. couldn’t give an explanation of he subject
小题4:What’s still unclear to us in the story?

A．The exact number of the picture books the girl had received.

B．How many volumes the Oxford English Dictionary includes.

C．Whether each volume of the dictionary includes entries beginning with two letters.

D．Whether the father knew his daughter’s mind well

小题5:What do we know about the little girl?

A．She liked Robert very much.	B．She liked reading dictionary
C．She dislikes what her father did to her picture books.
D．She is a kind and helpful girl.

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