| ( )1. A. surrounded ( )2. A. seed ( )3. A. wished ( )4. A. watch out ( )5. A. weak ( )6. A. removed ( )7. A. wonderful ( )8. A. passed ( )9. A. aimlessly ( )10. A. air ( )11. A. realized ( )12. A. place ( )13. A. Although ( )14. A. seek ( )15. A. First ( )16. A. setting ( )17. A. lay ( )18. A. faith ( )19. A. proud ( )20. A. beneath | B. covered B. animal B. decided B. work out B. mysterious B. refused B. secret B. started B. naturally B. top B. doubted B. way B. Since B. dig B. Generally B. controlling B. trusted B. energy B. fond B. over | C. blocked C. plant C. preferred C. give out C. lonely C. reformed C. valuable C. stopped C. especially C. sun C. expected C. course C. Unless C. gain C. Finally C. achieving C. grew C. hope C. careful C. above | D. cut D. rock D. refused D. figure out D. remarkable D. regained D. unusual D. broken D. actually D. wall D. noticed D. process D. Once D. attract D. Eventually D. directing D. rooted D. courage D. aware D. around |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| When do people decide whether or not they want to become friends? During their first four minutes together, according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. "Every time you meet someone in a social situation, give him your undivided attention for four minutes. A lot of people"s whole lives would change if they did just that." When we are introduced to new people, we should try to appear friendly and self-confident. In general, he says, "People like people who like themselves." On the other hand, we should not make the other person think we are too sure of ourselves. Hearing such advice, one might say, "But I"m not a friendly, self-confident person. That"s not my nature. It would be dishonest for me to act that way." In reply, Dr. Zunin would claim that a little practice can help us feel comfortable about changing our social habits. We can become accustomed to any changes we choose to make in our personality. "It"s like getting used to a new car. It may be unfamiliar at first, but it goes much better than the old one." But isn"t it dishonest to give the appearance of friendly self-confidence when we don"t actually feel that way? Perhaps, but according to Dr. Zunin, "total honesty" is not always good for social relationships, especially during the first few minutes of contact. There is a time for everything, and a certain amount of play-acting may be best for the first few minutes of contact with a stranger. That is not the time to complain about one"s health or to mention faults one finds in other people. It is not the time to tell the whole truth about one"s opinions and impressions. The author also declares that interpersonal relations should be taught as a required course in every school, along with reading, writing, and mathematics. In his opinion, success in life depends mainly on how we get along with other people. That is at least as important as how much we know. | |||
| 1. When first introduced to new people, we should _____. | |||
| A. be friendly and sure of ourselves regardless of the other people"s feeling B. always tell the whole truth even if it hurts C. appear friendly and self-confident at least for the first few minutes D. mention faults we find in the other people | |||
| 2. According to the author"s advice, interpersonal relations _____. | |||
| A. should be set as a required course in schools B. are more important than other courses in school C. are less important than reading, writing and mathematics D. is the only key to one"s success in life | |||
| 3. The underlined word "play-acting" in the fourth paragraph means _____. | |||
| A. being totally honest B. being a little dishonest C. acting out what one feels D. acting in a play | |||
| 4. The best title for the passage could be _____. | |||
| A. The Key to Success B. Best Ways to Make Friends C. Personal Relations D. The First Four Minutes | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| To all of you at Chinese love links, I am 44 years old and never married. I have always wanted to find that perfect someone that I dream about. For about the last five years I have almost given up the hope of ever finding the one I truly wish to spend the rest of my life with. I have always tried to be a nice guy. I had found your website some four or five months before. I did not know what to expect. I don"t know how to speak Chinese and never thought truly of how I was to an Asian woman. Well, I had a lot of replies from some very nice and pretty women. I had a hard time finding only a couple to write to. But one stood out from the rest. She was cute, nice and seemed to hold a lot of the same values as I do. In a short time I had decided to write only to her. We communicated via emails 2-3 times a day and phone calls once or twice a week. I went and met her and her family only a week ago. Her name is Ying and she lives in Nanning. I found Nanning to be one of the most beautiful cities I had ever been to. We had even decided to marry and to bring her to the USA under the fiancée visa. Not only did she meet everything I had ever hoped to find in someone else but turned out to be what every woman should be like, at least the ones I have met. We plan to marry as soon as she is here and start a family together as neither of us has children but we both want them. So to anyone out there reading this, I can only say this: You may not find what you are looking for if you"re not honest with your partner and yourself. This site worked for me mostly because I was honest with something that I wanted in someone else. When I did find her, love can work even across the other side of the world, between language differences and cultural differences. I wish you all luck in finding your perfect match. I have finally found mine and wish to give all my thanks to those at Chinese love links to help make it happen. Sincerely yours, Arthur | |||
| 1. We can infer from the letter that Chinese love links is a website to _____. | |||
| A. help foreigners to travel in China B. help both Chinese and foreigners to find one they want to marry C. help Chinese and foreigners make friends D. receive letters from the USA | |||
| 2. Which of the following is true about Arthur"s story? | |||
| A. He was sure of finding a Chinese woman as his wife at first. B. He was determined to find a Chinese woman as his wife. C. He almost lost hope in finding a perfect wife until he found Ying. D. No women wrote to him before Ying. | |||
| 3. Ying stood out from the rest because _____. | |||
| A. she was a Chinese B. she had much in common with Arthur C. other women stopped writing to Arthur D. she was cute and nice and often phoned to Arthur | |||
| 4. Arthur thinks _____ is the most important in finding someone one wants to marry. | |||
| A. being honest with the partner and oneself B. help from the website C. difference in languages and places D. difference in cultures | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Pumpkin pie(南瓜馅饼) is a taste of home To the average American, pumpkin pie is a tasty and wonderful dish(一道菜). You couldn"t have Thanksgiving without it. For me, however, the smell of pumpkin pie baking in the oven brings other special feelings. My father was in the army, so I moved house constantly as a child. I had no hometown. Before I could go to school or make friends in one town, I"d be setting in another. There were so few things around me to give a feeling of home. When you"re young, you don"t know the difference-you think moving is normal. It"s only a long time later when you learn that most people have a hometown they can return to and friends they"ve always known, but you don"t. pumpkin pie was the one thing that was always there and that"s why it"s special to me. Another reason I like it is that I was born on Halloween, October 31. Every time my birthday came around, we made a giant pumpkin lantern. And why give a kid a cake when there was all that pumpkin to use in a pie? My mom put on her apron (围裙), and before long, pumpkin pie was the centerpiece of the party. Now, I can"t help but feel good about life whenever I eat pumpkin pie. To me pumpkin pie is home. | |||
| 1.The story mainly talks about _____. | |||
| A. why people celebrate Thanksgiving every year B. why pumpkin pie is a popular dish on Thanksgiving C. why the writer likes pumpkin pie so much D. why people can"t have Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie | |||
| 2. Pumpkin pie is"home" to the writer because _____. | |||
| A. his father was in the army, so he moved house constantly as a child B. he likes pumpkin pie so much that he eats it every Thanksgiving C. he didn"t have a settled home but he always ate Pumpkin pie wherever he went D. he eats pumpkin pie on his birthday every year | |||
| 3. Which of the following is NOT the reason why the writer likes pumpkin pie? | |||
| A. Pumpkin pie is the traditional food of Thanksgiving. B. Pumpkin pie is a tasty and wonderful dish. C. The writer always eats pumpkin pie on his birthday. D. Pumpkin pie reminds the writer of home. | |||
| 4. Which is the correct meaning about the underlined word "centerpiece" in paragraph 4? | |||
| A. A kind of decoration for the center of a table. B. The most important item in dishes. C. A works with great skills. D. A common dish. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Teachers spend countless years trying to make history come alive for their students. However, US Director Shawn Levy tries to do this on film in the recently released (发行) Night at the Museum. The film is adapted from Milan Trenc"s book of the same name. It brings to life a world where dinosaurs wander the earth, a former president rides again, warlike early Asians return, and cowboys and Roman soldiers seek to bring back their old goals. The familiar comedy star Ben Stiller acts as a luckless dreamer named Larry Daley. He takes a position(职 位) as night watchman at the New York Museum of Natural History. On Larry"s first night, he"s left alone by the three aging guards he"s replacing. They fail to inform him of the museum"s rather unusual nightlife. Soon Larry finds himself chased(追逐) down the hallways by the very lively skeleton(骨架, 骷髅) of a dinosaur, in the middle of a confrontation(交锋) with Asian warriors. He is caught in a battle between a cowboy and a Roman general and meets face-to-face with former US president Teddy Roosevelt, played by Robin Williams. They are each from an exhibit that has come to life through the magic of a priceless Egyptian tablet(药 片). While the film fails to develop very much in some areas (for example, Larry"s troubled relationship with a son), it does have enough special effects, and jokes to amuse the audience. Bottom Line: Definitely not Oscar-worthy, but a great way to relax during a holiday. | |||
| 1.The purpose of this passage is to ________. | |||
| A. introduce a book called Night at the Museum B. introduce a movie called Night at the Museum C. made known a US director Shawn Levy D. make students learn history easier | |||
| 2. We can know from the first paragraph that _________. | |||
| A. teachers don"t do well in their jobs B. a director can do a better job than teachers C. people can learn some history through a film D. all history classes should be stopped | |||
| 3. Which of the following is NOT true? | |||
| A. The film has the same name as the book. B. Larry Daley is a character in the film. C. Teddy Roosevelt was once a US president. D. All magic Egyptian tablets are on exhibition. | |||
| 4. On Larry"s first night in the film, ________. | |||
| A. three aging guards are involved in a battle B. he doesn"t know the unusual nightlife beforehand(预先) C. a Roman general plays many jokes on a cowboy D. he is caught by a wandering dinosaur | |||
| 5. We can infer that Night at the Museum ________. | |||
| A. is a good time-killer during a holiday B. will surely win an Oscar C. is not a good film at all D. will be popular among students |