| ( )1. A. therefore ( )2. A. children ( )3. A. problem ( )4. A. can ( )5. A. dangerous ( )6. A. rather ( )7. A. tell ( )8. A. schools ( )9. A. cares ( )10. A. have ( )11. A. much ( )12. A. taking | B. otherwise B. jobs B. question B. must B. safety B. certainly B. stop B. groups B. sends B. offer B . little B. finding | C. thus C. houses C. chance C. may C. funny C. always C. pay C. clubs C. asks C. play C. enough C. losing | D. however D. money D. choice D. ought D. true D. never D. invite D. hospitals D. pays D. join D. a great deal D. suffering |
| 1-5: DBABB 6-10: DCBAB 11-12: BB | |||
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| I believe that my country, Poland, is a perfect example for a place where food is particularly important. When we were little children, we began to understand how much a loaf of bread meant to our parents-to some it might sound silly but for me the custom of kissing bread before you started cutting it was simply amazing. It"s not so common nowadays to treat food that way, since you hardly ever bake your own bread. Besides, everyone would call you crazy if you tried to kiss every bread roll before you ate them! But though we no longer make our food from scratch (起点), some customs have been kept--that"s why I feel so sorry every time I have to throw any food away-even though I no longer live with my parents and nobody would blame me for this anymore! Many people of our nation are still working as farmers, eating what they grow and harvest and therefore enjoying everything more. It"s widely known that you value more anything that needs your effort in the first place. In most homes in Poland, especially those of farmers, the whole family would try and have their meals together--extremely difficult now, but so rewarding (值得)! You can share other members" troubles and successes, give your children some attention, or just sit down for a moment instead of rushing through life aimlessly. Furthermore, your body, and stomach in particular will be very grateful (感激) for such a time! In Poland, a wedding, Christmas or even a birthday is celebrated with a great meal. Women in the house get together and cook, sometimes for a few days before the event, and the extremely good or unusual food will be remembered and widely talked about. You cannot over-value the importance of food in the country. What@^@^@s more, almost everyone in Poland will be as interested in the topic as I am. | |||
| 1. When the writer was a child, he / she ______. | |||
| A. found people were crazy about bread B. learned people hardly baked their own bread C. thought that cutting bread was amazing D. began to realize the importance of food | |||
| 2. The writer feels very sorry when he/she has to throw away any food because ______. | |||
| A. he/she makes food from scratch B. his/her parents would blame him/her C. some customs still have effect on him/her D. many people are still working hard as farmers | |||
| 3. From the text, we can learn that, in Poland, ______. | |||
| A. most meals can be interesting topics for a long time B. family members can know more about each other by having meals together C. it"s common for women to get together to cook for a few days D. the whole family often have meals together nowadays | |||
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| Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between be does all he can to make a noise in the world, and be fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and is number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards him-self as a failure,a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest- headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人).He knows that ninety nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure (蜡塑人像). The aim of conversation is not. For the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito (蚊子). But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors. Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people"s ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening, during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time. They just prove themselves to be successful conservationists. | |||
| 1. According to the author, people make conversation to _____. | |||
| A. exchange ideas B. prove their value C. achieve success in life D. overcome their fear of silence | |||
| 2. By "the buzzing of a fly " (Para.1),the author means"_____ ". | |||
| A. the noise of an insect B. a low whispering sound C. meaningless talks D. the voice of a chatterbox | |||
| 3. According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors _____. | |||
| A. about whatever they have prepared B. about whatever they want do C. in the hope of learning something new D. in the hope of getting on well | |||
| 4. What is the author"s purpose in writing the passage? | |||
| A. To discuss why people like talking about weather. B. To encourage people to join in conversations. C. To persuade people to stop making noises. D. To explain why people keep talking. | |||
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| Glynis Davis: I first put on the pounds when I was in the family way and I couldn"t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I"d lose the weight at slimming classes in the New Year... but it didn"t happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. I"d lost will power and tried to believe that a few bags of fish and chips didn"t make any difference but the scales don"t lie. Roz Juma: To be honest, I never weigh myself any more. I"ve learnt to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My idea is simple. You shouldn"t be too much thinking about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a super-thin body. This is obviously the size I"m meant to be and, most of all, I"m happy with it. Lesley Codwin: I was very happy about winning Young Slimmer of the Year. I"d look at the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me. That might have been my problem-perhaps from then on I didn"t pay any attention to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you. I feel a complete failure because I"ve put on weight again. Ros Langfod: Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I"d always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant housework went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year. Every so often I try to go on a diet... I"m really good on a few days, then end up having the children"s leftovers or eating happily chocolate-my weakness. I"d like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home. I might take more exercise when my kids are older. | |||
| 1. What do you think the four women were all talking about? | |||
| A. Their own weight-losing matter. B. Their life after marriage. C. Their work as a housewife. D. Different diets they like. | |||
| 2. Where are these short passages most likely to be taken from? | |||
| A. Talks on the air. B. Advertisements on the wall. C. Books in a library. D. Magazines for children. | |||
| 3. What does the underlined word "scales" ( in Paragraph 1 ) possibly mean? | |||
| A. The coach in the slimming club. B. A kind of tool to measure weight. C. Glynis Davis"s dear husband. D. The salesperson in a food shop. | |||
| 4. Which of the following best describes each of the four women"s attitudes towards slimming? 1. Glynis Davis a. I put on weight soon after I got married. 2. Roz Juma b. Fame doesn"t necessarily mean success. 3. Lesley Codwin c. Facts speak much louder than words. 4. Ros Langfod d. I like myself as I am, and to be what you are. | |||
| A. 1-c; 2-d; 3-b; 4-a B. 1-c; 2-b; 3-d; 4-a C. 1-d; 2-a; 3-b; 4-c D. 1-a; 2-b; 3-c; 4-d | |||
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| Dog Translation Products Coming to U. S. A Japanese toy maker declares that they have developed a gadget that translates dog barks into human language and plans to begin selling the gadget--under the name of Bowlingual--in U. S. pet stores and gift shops this summer. Tokyo-based Takara Co. Ltd. says about 300, 000 of the dog translator gadgets have been sold since it was on sale in Japan late last year. It is forecasting far bigger sales once an English language translation for dogs comes to America in August. The United States is home to about 67 million dogs, more than six times the number in Japan. "We know that the Americans love their dogs so much, so we don"t think they will mind spending $ 120 on this product," the Takara marketing manager said during an interview at a recent pet products conference in Atlanta. Regarded as one of the coolest inventions of 2002 by Time magazine, Bowlingual is made up of a 3 - inch long wireless microphone that is fastened (绑/系) to a dog collar and sends out sounds to a small console (控 制台) that is connected to a database (数据库). The console divides each bark into six emotional types-happiness, sadness, disappointment, anger, threat and desire--and shows common phrases, such as "You"re ticking me off," that fit the dog"s emotional state. Takara says it has spent millions of dollars developing the gadget in cooperation (合作) with famous sound experts and animal behaviorists. One thing that does appear certain is that the markets for animal translation products will likely remain a dog"s world since Takara has no plans to develop a similar gadget for cats. "They are too unpredictable (反复 无常)," the marketing manager said. | |||
| 1. This passage mainly tells us that Bowlingual _______. | |||
| A. was invented in Japan B. has developed quickly C. will be sold in America D. sells well for its price | |||
| 2. The underlined word "they" in the last paragraph refers to _______. | |||
| A. markets B. products C. plans D. cats | |||
| 3. When was this passage most probably published? | |||
| A. In the winter of 2002. B. In the spring of 2003. C. In the summer of 2002. D. In the autumn of 2003. | |||
| 4. From the passage, we can see that Takara Co. Ltd. is _______ the sale of its new product. | |||
| A. proud of B. satisfied with C. confident of D. worried about | |||
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If you and your friends wish to share a secret, you can write it in code (编码), and no one else will be | |||
| 1. The best title of this passage is _______. | |||
| A. Codes and Ciphers B. Differences between Codes and Ciphers C. History of Codes and Ciphers D. Inventors of Codes and Ciphers | |||
| 2. Which of the following statements is true? | |||
| A. Ciphers can be broken or figured out more easily than codes. B. You could read some words in Geronimo" s letter without his trellis. C. The first person who ever used a cipher in history was Julius Caesar. D. Fondness of using codes was the hobby of the scientists in the 16th century. | |||
| 3. According to Geronimo Cardano, a trellis is _______. | |||
| A. a piece of paper with many small holes B. a secret message with a lot of small holes C. a letter with unreadable words and sentences D. a sheet of paper with groups of Arabic figures | |||
| 4. It is NOT mentioned in the passage that codes and ciphers are used for the purpose of _______. | |||
| A. military affairs B. commercial secrets C. scientific achievements D. personal enjoyment |