阅读理解。 We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may beg
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| 阅读理解。 |
We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly
everything seems to get out of control. It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of
things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same
time. The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning. While you are on the phone, the baby
pulls the table-cloth off the table, destroying your half prepared meal. You hang up hurriedly and attend to
your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to bring you to tears, your husband
arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
Things can go wrong on a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit
each other and both drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner.
She suddenly go into a panic (恐慌) and stopped her car. This made the driver following her stop suddenly.
His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through
the window and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a truck-driver had to stop his truck
all of a sudden. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck
on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police
nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meanwhile, the truck-driver had to sweep up hundreds
of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident, for they were happily having
what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days! |
| 1. According to the author"s opinion, _____. |
| [ ] |
A. a small matter may cause great trouble
B. accidents may happen anytime
C. troubles always come in groups
D. anyone may have trouble any day |
| 2. When the telephone rings, _____. |
| [ ] |
A. you"d better have your baby a little distant from your table before answering it
B. your trouble is sure to come
C. you"d better just let it ring all the way
D. you should never go to answer it in a hurry |
| 3. What did the police do after the accident? |
| [ ] |
A. They helped the driver clean up the road.
B. They helped the drivers to go on with their journey.
C. They tried to stop the people from arguing.
D. They would find out who should be responsible |
| 4. From the story we can see _____. |
| [ ] |
A. such accidents are rather common
B. such accidents are rather strange
C. no one can explain why such accidents happen
D. some drivers are too careless |
答案
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举一反三
Thomson中学学生Mike, Joseph, Anna, Ian 和Susan 正在计划各自下学期的选修课程。 阅读第1至第5
题中的个人情况说明和A到F六门课程介绍，选出符合个人个性特长的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多
余选项。 |
( )1. Mike spent his childhood mostly in his father"s study, where he read novels by British and American
writers. Next term he will become a senior student. He thinks it"s time that he read more of their works and
learned to write about them.
( )2. Joseph is good at the language arts, and in his spare time he likes to write short stories. It is his wish
that his stories would be printed in local newspapers. So he is thinking of taking a course to develop his writing
skills such as wording and paragraph organization.
( )3. A lively and caring girl, Anna takes an active part in social activities. She is trying to write reports for
newspapers about what she sees and hears. But few of them are accepted because of poor organization of
information. She feels the need to improve her writing and communication skills next term.
( )4. Jan traveled worldwide with his parents when he was very young. Under their influence, he becomes
greatly interested in stories of travel and adventure. He hopes to write his own stories in the future. So next
term, he will choose a course to study the best writing of this type.
( )5. Susan comes from China. As a junior back home, she wrote quite a lot of short stories, some of which
were published in newspapers. Her parents hoped she read some classics by Asian and Western writers. She
thinks it helpful in her writing. So she is going to take a course of this kind next term. |
A. Creative Writing
-by Mrs. A. McClellan
Creative writing is a course in which we study and apply the methods used in various forms of fiction
writing. Writing is a skill of art in itself. We are guided by Ezra Pound"s opinion: “Make it new. ” Creative
writing does not only provide us with an opportunity to express ourselves, but also holds our attention to
word choice, paragraph development, and other skills useful in writing.
B. Journalism
-by Dr. E. Brandt
Journalism is a course for serious, in which we will cover how to gather, write, and report the news. We
will discuss how information is, or can be, organized. This course also aims to develop communication skills
required of journalists.
C. American & British Classics
-by Dr. E. Walter
A classic is a literary work that has stood the test of time. Generations of readers have learned to classics
to discover that which is over-lasting. Through both the works themselves and the people they mirror, we may
better be able to see ourselves. In this course, we will read works in both British and American literature (文学).
We will write reviews of what we read.
D. Technical Writing
-by Mr. J. Allen
What is technical writing? It is the course devoted to improving your communication skills in, for, and
through technology. Activities for this course will help you develop communication skills that are necessary
for writers and speakers working with technology or in business.
E. Non-fiction
-by Dr. M. Yimm
The course is a study of non-fiction through reading many different topics of non-fiction. The course will
also be about the possible changes in journalistic reporting and the sharing of personal stories of various people
on various topics such as travel and adventure. We will examine some of the best writing in the world and deal
with the techniques used in this text type
F. World Literature
-by Mrs. A. McClellan
World Literature examines the common people found in quality literature worldwide, from Europe to Americ
a, from Asia to Africa, and introduces a variety of cultural background at different points in history. In these
worlds, we find not only what is unique to each culture, but what is universal. We are also able to tell what
makes for a good story, no matter from where or whom the story springs. |
| 阅读理解。 |
Smart job-seekers need to rid themselves of several standard myths about interviewing before they start
looking for a job. What follows is a list of some of these untruths and some tips to help you do your best at
your next interview.
Myth 1: The aim of interviewing is to obtain (means "get") a job offer.
Only half true. The real aim of an interview is to obtain the job you want. That often means rejecting job
offers you don"t want! So before you please an employer, be sure you want the job.
Myth 2: Always please the interviewer
Not true. Try to please yourself. Of course, don"t be hostile-nobody wants to hire someone disagreeable.
But there is plainly a muddle ground between being too ingratiating (逢迎) and being hostile.
Myth 3: Try to control the interview
Nobody "controls" an interview. When someone tries to control us, we resent (憎恨) it. When we try to
control others, they resent us. Remember you can"t control what an employer thinks of you, just as he can"t
control what you think of him. So he is ready to give and take when being interviewed; never control the
interview.
Myth 4: Never interrupt the interviewer
Study the style of the effective conversationalists: they interrupt and are interrupted! An exciting
conversation always makes us feel free-free to interrupt, to disagree, to agree enthusiastically. Just hang loose.
Try being yourself for a change. Employers will either like or dislike you, but at least you"ll have made an
impression. Leaving an employer indifferent (冷漠的) is the worst impression you can make. |
| 1. To be your natural self in a job interview will _____. |
| [ ] |
A. make your interviewer angry
B. please your interviewer
C. leave an impression on the interviewer
D. leave the interviewer indifferent to you |
| 2. For job seekers, efforts to control the interview are likely to _____. |
| [ ] |
A. affect the interviewer"s opinion of them
B. lead to the offer of a job
C. enable them to express themselves fully
D. help to create a favorable image of themselves |
| 3. The most important thing to keep in mind when being interviewed for a job is to _____. |
| [ ] |
A. try to obtain the job
B. reject the job first
C. qualify yourself for the job
D. see if it is a job you want |
| 4. The right attitude to a job interviewer is to be _____. |
| [ ] |
A. obedient
B. hostile
C. pleasing
D. agreeable |
| 5. "hang loose" in last paragraph means to _____. |
| [ ] |
A. stay calm and relaxed
B. become weak and passive
C. take charge
D. sit back comfortably |
| 语法填空。 |
If you walked past the supermarket, you would find many foods that have been treated 1_____ (kill) any
harmful germs that might have been in them. Milk is a good example. Raw milk-that is, milk just as it comes
from the cow-may be 2_____ (safe) to drink. But 3_____ the milk is heated and then cooled, the harmful
germs are killed. The man 4_____ discovered this way of treating milk was a Frenchman by the name of
Louis Pasteur.
In the supermarket you would also find many frozen foods-frozen fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. As
techniques for 5_____ (freeze) food are being improved, more frozen foods are appearing on the market,
and more people are buying them. Fruits and vegetable to be sold in the supermarket are often frozen the
moment 6_____ are picked. The 7_____ fruits and vegetable are frozen, the better. 8_____ machines are
often taken into the fields where 9_____ food grows, so that little time is lost 10_____ picking and freezing. |
| 阅读理解。 |
Advertising informs consumers about new products available on the market. It gives us information
about everything from shampoo to tooth-paste to computers and cars. But there is one series problem
with this. The "information" is actually very often "misinformation". It tells us the products, benefits but
hides their disadvantages. Advertising not only leads us to buy things that we don"t need and can"t afford,
but it also confuses our sense of reality.
Advertisers use many methods to get us to buy their products. One of their most successful methods
is to make us feel dissatisfied with ourselves and our imperfect lives. Advertisements show us who we
aren"t and what we don"t have. "Why don"t I have any dates (约会)?" a good-looking girl sadly asks in a
commercial. "Here," replies her roommate, "Try Zoom tooth-paste!" Of course she tried it, and immediately
the whole football team falls in love with her. "That"s a stupid commercial," we might say. But we still buy
Zoom tooth-paste out of fear of being unpopular and having no friends.
If fear is the negative motive (动机) for buying a product, then wanting a good self-image is the positive
reason for choosing it. Each of us has a mental picture of the kind of person we would like to be. For
example, a modern young woman might like to think that she looks like a beautiful movie star. A middle-aged
man might want to see himself as a strong, attractive athlete. Advertisers know this. They write specific ads
to make certain groups of people choose their products.
Advertisers get psychologists to study the way consumers think and their reasons for choosing one brand
instead of another. These experts tell advertisers about the motives of fear and self-image. They also inform
them about recent studies with colors and words. They have found that certain colors on the package of an
attractive product will cause people to reach out and take that package instead of buying an identical (同一的、
相等的) product with different colors.
Many people believe that advertising does not affect them. They like to think they make wise choices.
Unfortunately, they probably don"t realize the powerful effect of advertising. They may not clearly understand
that advertisers spend billions of dollars each year in aggressive (强有力的) competition for our money, and
they are extremely successful. |
| 1. Advertising _____. |
| [ ] |
A. gives us valuable information about new products
B. misinforms us
C. doesn"t influence us very much
D. doesn"t always tell us everything about a product |
| 2. "A modern young woman might like to think that she looks like a beautiful movie star" That means _____. |
| [ ] |
A. a modern young woman wants to be as attractive as possible
B. every modern young woman wants to act in movies
C. most modern women think that they are beautiful
D. modern woman are not always satisfied with themselves |
| 3. Advertisers _____ to make us buy their products. |
| [ ] |
A. offer very low prices
B. get information from psychologists
C. use similar method
D. need to use better detergent (洗涤剂) and shampoo |
| 4. Psychologists tell advertisers _____. |
| [ ] |
A. which brands of tooth-paste to produce
B. to stop influencing shoppers
C. about people"s motives for buying
D. how much money to spend on television |
| 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 |
Many of us are thought to be creative. 1_____ Don"t worry, if you are one of the latter group. Just take
the following tips.
First of all, learn how to set your imagination free. Be creative and inventive and think beyond what
everyone already knows. Remember that creativity is not looking at what everybody is looking at, but seeing
what no one else sees. 2_____ Creativity is seeing possibilities that others see as problems. You see, real
intelligence is the creative use of knowledge, not only the gathering of facts.
The second thing to do is see the picture of what you are aiming for. 3_____ Seeing what your end product
will look like will give you the ability to break it down easily.
Thirdly, develop the right principles to get there. 4_____ This is where many people get bored, because
always following those principles can indeed be hard. 5_____ Bear these tips in mind and they will lead you
to success. |
A. Good principles are the key to success.
B. Using your brain creatively has never been easier.
C. You may have to learn from others for school or for work.
D. But some others may find it hard to come up with good ideas.
E. When you see the pictures very clearly, you can work on it, bit by bit.
F. It also sees stepping stones while others see stumbling blocks (绊脚石).
G. Do what others can"t do and follow them to help you do what others can"t. |
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