"All men are created equal" is one idea that nearly every American would agree upon. 1 they
sometimes betray the idea in their daily lives, they have a deep faith 2 in some fundamental way no one
is born superior to anyone else.
In the early years of American history, because titles of nobility (贵族) were forbidden, no 3 class
system developed in the United States. Firmly believing that being born into a lower class would not 4
them from success and they would have a better chance in Americ a, thousands of immigrants 5 to leave
the European societies, where their 6 in life was determined 7 by the social class into which they were
born. It was because the dreams of many of there immigrants were 8 in their new country, though there
might be 9 in some situations, that Americans came to believe in equality of opportunity.
Americans do not mean that everyon e should be 10 equal when they say they believe in equality of
opportunity. 11 , they do mean that each person should have an equal chance for success. Abraham
Lincoln once said, "We wish to 12 the humblest (最微贱的) man an equal chance to get rich with
everybody else. When one starts poor, free society is 13 that he knows he can 14 his condition."
However, competition is the price to be 15 for his equality of opportunity. Americans match their
energy and intelligence against that of others in a competitive contest for success, because they believe
competition 16 the best in any person. Indeed, the pressure of competition causes an American to be
17 , but it also places a constant emotional stress on him. In fact, in a society that gives so much 18
to those "winners", 19 does not compete successfully for whatever reason never 20 into it as well as
those who do. |
( )1. A. Since
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( )3. A. normal
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( )5. A. forced
( )6. A. place
( )7. A. slightly
( )8. A. come true
( )9. A. excitements
( )10. A. really
( )11. A. Besides
( )12. A. allow
( )13. A. so
( )14. A. enjoy
( )15. A. paid
( )16. A. gives out
( )17. A. exhausted
( )18. A. honor
( )19. A. anyone
( )20. A. enters | B. As
B. that
B. moral
B. prevent
B. required
B. meaning
B. largely
B. ruined
B. expectations
B. totally
B. Meanwhile
B. encourage
B. the one
B. better
B. asked
B. comes out
B. energetic
B. pressure
B. who
B. fits | C. Although
C. as
C. formal
C. save
C. chose
C. function
C. originally
C. succeeded
C. xceptions
C. actually
C. Moreover
C. approve
C. such
C. maintain
C. cared
C. brings out
C. realistic
C. happiness
C. one
C. falls | D. Because
D. which
D. general
D. limit
D. looked forward
D. purpose
D. publicly
D. realized
D. disappointments
D. truly
D. Instead
D. share
D. as
D. stand
D. sought
D. stands out
D. effective
D. burden
D. whoever
D. matches |
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| 阅读理解。 | For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church
and the pub. Traditionally, the church and the pub ar e at the heart of any village or town, where the
people gather together to socialize and exchange news.
As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved. Many of them have become historic sites.
The most famous example is the pub in the city of Nottingham called "The Old Trip to Jerusalem", which
dates back to the year 1189 AD and is probably the oldest pub in England.
However, British pubs are not just for kings and queens; they welcome people from all classes and
parts of society. On a cold night, the pub"s landlord or landlady can always find a warm place for you by
the fire. There is always honest and hearty food and plenty of drink available at an affordable price.
That"s how things used to be. Things are beginning to change. It is said that the credit crunch(信贷紧缩) is causing 39 British pubs a week to go out of business. People do not have enough spare money to
spend on beer. Recently, the UK government banned smoking in all pubs, and that may also have affected the number of customers going to pubs.
This decline is happening despite the fact that in 2005 the UK government started to allow pubs to
stay open after 1l pm. Previously, with 1l pm as closing time, customers would have to drink quite quickly, meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink slowly. The British habit of
drinking a lot very quickly is known as "binge drinking", and it causes long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities.
In order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market. British pubs now offer
something for everyone. A lot of pubs us ed to be "Working Men"s Clubs", meaning that women could
not usually enter. Today, however, women can freely enter 99% of pubs without experiencing any
problems. Perhaps things are changing for the better after all. | | 1. The passage mainly tells us something about ______. | A. the past and present of British pubs
B. the decline of British pubs
C. the long history of British pubs
D. the importance of British pubs | | 2. Which may not be the cause of the decline of British pubs? | A. The credit crunch.
B. The present closing time.
C. The ban of smoking.
D. Having no spare money. | | 3. We can infer from the passage that ______. | A. British people used to like drinking slowly
B. closing the pubs early will reduce social problems
C. binge drinking means drinking less beer
D. British government aims to discourage people from binge drinking | 4. We can se e from the last paragraph that the author _______. | A. is against the admission of too many women to the pubs
B. holds an optimistic attitude towards the British pubs
C. thinks that women in the pubs will cause less social problems
D. thinks that British pubs should offer every thing you need | | 完形填空。 | Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all !It speaks 1 than words.
According to specialists, our bodies send out more 2 than we realize. In fact, non-verbal (非语言)
communication takes up about 50% of what we really 3 .And body language is particularly 4 when
we attempt to communicate across cultures.Indeed, what is called body language is so 5 ,a part of us
that it"s actually often unnoticed.And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. 6 , different societies treat
the 7 , between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having 8 , contact (接触)
even with friends, and certainly not with 9 . People from Latin American countries 10 , touch each other
quite a lot. Therefore, it"s possible that in 11 ,it may look like a Latino is 12 a Norwegian all over
the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving 13 . The Norwegian, very
probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep 14 - which the Latino will in return regard as _15 .
Clearly, a great deal is going on when people 16 .And only a part of it is in the wards themselves.
And when parties are from 17 cultures, there"s a strong possibility of 18 . But whatever the situation,
the best 19 is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be 20 . | ( )1. A. straighter
( )2. A. sands
( )3. A. hope
( )4. A. immediate
( )5. A. we11
( )6. A. For example
( )7. A. trade
( )8. A. eye
( )9. A. strangers
( )10. A. in other words
( )11. A. trouble
( )12. A. disturbing
( )13. A. closer
( )14. A. stepping forward
( )15. A. weakness
( )16. A. talk
( )17. A. different
( )18. A. curiosity
( )19. A. chance
( )20. A. noticed | B. louder
B. invitations
B. receive
B. misleading
B. far
B. Thus
B. distance
B. verbal
B. Relatives
B. on the other hand
B. conversation
B. Helping
B. faster
B. going on
B. carelessness
B. travel
B. European
B. excitement
B. time
B. treated | C. harder
C. feelings
C. discover
C. important
C. much
C. However
C. connections
C. bodily
C. neighbours
C. in a similar way
C. silence
C. guiding
C. in
C. backing away
C. friendliness
C. laugh
C. Latino
C. misunderstanding
C. result
C. respected | D. further
D. messages
D. mean
D. difficult
D. long
D. In short
D. greetings
D. telephone
D. enemies
D. by all means
D. experiment
D. following
D. away
D. coming out
D. coldness
D. think
D. rich
D. nervousness
D. advice
D. pleased | | 阅读理解。 | The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area.
Nauru"s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence - other countries might learn from its
mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western
civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the
Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The
whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the
social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the
population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru"s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)
on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important
fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it
moves the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the
land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they
used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible
problem - their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had
nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately
$433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen. | | 1. What might be the author"s purpose in writing the text? | A. To seek help for Nauru"s problems.
B. To give a warning to other countries
C. To show the importance of money
D. To tell a heartbreaking story of a war. | | 2. What was Nauru like before the Europeans came? | A. Rich and powerful
B. Modern and open
C. Peaceful and attractive
D. Greedy and aggressive | | 3. The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______. | A. soil pollution
B. phosphate overmining
C. farming activity
D. whale hunting | | 4. Which of the following was a cause of Nauru"s financial problem? | A. Its leaders misused the money
B. It spent too much repairing the island
C. Its phosphate mining cost much money
D. It lost millions of dollars in the civil war. | | 5. What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph? | A. The ecological damage is difficult to repair.
B. The leaders will take the experts" words seriously.
C. The island was abandoned by the Nauruans
D. The phosphate mines were destroyed | | 阅读理解。 | One of the greatest contributions to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most
unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what
was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every
English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and
quotations (引文) showing how it was used.
This was a huge task.,so Murrary had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the
British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of
volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American surgeon who had
served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as "Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire,"" 50 miles from Oxford.
Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the next 17 years, he became one of the staff"s most valued contributors.
But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline to visit Oxford. So in
1897, Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked
in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum (精神病院) for the Criminally insane.
Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the
dictionary, sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor
regularly, sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds.
In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave
goodbye to his remarkable friend.
Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was
completed. The 12 volumes defined 414,825 words, and thousands of them were contributions from a
very scholarly and devoted asylum patient. | | 1. According to the text, the first Oxford English Dictionary _________. | A. came out before minor died
B. was edited by an American volunteer
C. included the English words invented by Murray
D. was intended to be the most ambitious English dictionary | | 2. How did Dr. Minor contributed to the dictionary? | A. He helped Murray to find hundreds of volunteers.
B. He sent newspapers, magazines and books to Murray.
C. He provided a great number of words and quotations
D. he went to England to work with Murray. | | 3. Why did Dr. Minor refuse to visit Oxford? | A. He was shut in an asylum
B. He lived far from Oxford
C. He was busy writing a book
D. He disliked traveling | | 4. Prof. Murray and Dr. Minor became friends mainly because __________. | A. they both served in the Civil War.
B. They had a common interest in words
C. Minor recovered with the help of Murray
D. Murray went to America regularly to visit Minor | | 5. Which of the following best describe Dr. Minor? | A. Brave and determined
B. Cautious and friendly
C. Considerate and optimistic
D. Unusual and scholarly | | 6. What does the text mainly talk about? | A. The history of the English language.
B. The friendship between Murray and Minor
C. Minor and the first Oxford English Dictionary
D. Broadmoor Asylum and is patients | | 阅读理解。 | San Francisco has its cable cars. Seattle has its Space Needle. And, Longview has its squirrel bridge.
The bridge, which has attracted international attention, is now a local landmark.
The Nutty Narrows Bridge was built in 1963 by a local builder, Amos Peters, to give squirrels a way
to cross the busy road without getting flattened by passing cars.
The original bridge was built over Olympia Way on the west edge of the library grounds. Before the
bridge was built, squirrels had to avoid traffic to and from the Park Plaza office building where office staff
put out a nutty feast for the squirrels. Many times, Peters and others who worked in and near Park Plaza
witnessed squirrels being run over.
One day Peters found a dead squirrel with a nut still in its mouth, and that day"s coffee break
discussion turned into squirrel safety. The group of businessmen cooked up the squirrel bridge idea and
formed a committee to ask the blessing of the City Council (市政会).The Council approved, and
Councilwoman Bess LaRiviere named the bridge "Nutty Narrows."
After architects designed the bridge, Amos Peters and Bill Hutch started Construction, They built the
60-foot bridge from aluminum and lengths of fire hose (消防水带). It cost 1,000.
It didn"t take long before reports of squirrels using the bridge started. Squirrels were even seen guiding
their young and teaching them the ropes. The story was picked up by the media, and Nutty Narrows
became know in newspapers all over the world.
In 1983, after 20 years of use, Peters took down the worn-out bridge. Repairs were made and
crosspieces were replaced. The faded sign was repainted and in July 1983, hundreds of animal lovers
attended the completion ceremony of the new bridge.
Peters died in 1984, and a ten-foot wooden squirrel sculpture was placed near the bridge in memory
of its builder and his devotion to the project. | | 1. The Nutty Narrows Bridge was built in order to ________. | A. offer squirrels a place to eat nuts
B. set up a local landmark
C. help improve traffic
D. protect squirrels | | 2. What happened over the coffee break discussion? | A. The committee got the Council"s blessing.
B. The squirrel bridge idea was born
C. A councilwoman named the bridge
D. A squirrel was found dead. | | 3. What does the underlined phrase "teaching them the ropes" probably means in the text? | A. passing them a rope
B. Directing them to store food for winter
C. Teaching them a lesson
D. Showing them how to use the bridge. | | 4. Which of the following is true of the squirrel bridge? | A. It was replaced by a longer one.
B. It was built from wood and metal
C. it was rebuilt after years of use
D. It was designed by Bill Hutch. | | 5. What can we learn about Amos Peters? | A. He is remembered for his love of animals.
B. He donated $1,000 to build the bridge
C. He was a member of the City Council
D. He was awarded a medal for building the bridge. | 最新试题
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