( )1.A.until ( )2.A.detail ( )3.A.try ( )4.A.simply ( )5.A.finally ( )6.A.confidence ( )7.A.time ( )8.A.offers ( )9.A.carefully ( )10.A.happens ( )11.A.experience ( )12.A.losing ( )13.A.same ( )14.A.based ( )15.A.happy ( )16.A.nobody ( )17.A.deal ( )18.A.before ( )19.A.exhausting ( )20.A.customers | B.unless B.advance B.choose B.immediately B.constantly B.satisfaction B.event B.gives B.attentively B.occurs B.interest B.spending B.opposite B.relied B.ready B.somebody B.bargain B.after B.boring B.assistants | C.because C.hurry C.buy C.soon C.normally C.amusement C.case C.sells C.actively C.comes C.expectation C.wasting C.clever C.done C.close C.anybody C.surprise C.as C.enjoyable C.husbands | D.while D.mind D.want D.quickly D.often D.surprise D.condition D.delivers D.skillfully D.gets D.patience D.giving away D.similar D.related D.open D.everybody D.luck D.by D.graceful D.wives |
信息匹配。 | |||
阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。 以下是旅游胜地的住所信息: A. Winson"s House This holiday house, situated at the foot of a beautiful mountain, is a ground floor apartment. It offers different kinds of modern sports appliances, which is very ideal for couples of sports lovers. Besides, the Wallin Golf club is within 10 minutes" walk. B. Peniche Holl Inn Peniche Holl will be the right place for you if you are looking for a historic place of interest. At the water"s edge on the south side of town stands a 15th century Castle. It now contains a museum of local archaeology and crafts. You can also visit several other churches and museums. C. Ted"s Cottage Set in a quiet and private village. You can enjoy attractive views from your bedrooms and the kitchen. Two outside decks and a double garage with remote control doors. Only 4 km from the downtown. If you want to cook, you can drive to the Friday evening supermarket to choose a variety of food. D. Ivar House We invite you to take a vacation on the island of Hvar, near Milna Bay. Our house has a swimming pool and a garden full of greenery. Vacation can be organized in groups or singly. Smaller places such as Jelse and Boska are quiet and beautiful places with stone paths and romantic town squares. You can also take some adventures on the island. E. Tilda"s House It is a large and attractive house with a swimming pool and a garage. The house is decorated in Italian style with an eating area, a fireplace and a sitting area, which overlooks the Alcantara Valley and several villages. F. Casare"s Holliday Inn Casare"s Holliday Inn is set in a large but quiet village, with tropical gardens. It"s suitable for families and the elderly. You can take a walk in the gardens. Besides, the villagers are very friendly and generous. | |||
以下是游客信息,请匹配游客与适合他们的住所: ( )1. The Smiths have just retired. They want to spend their holiday in a quiet place with beautiful scenery and friendly people around. ( )2. Some college students are longing for a summer vacation. But they can"t reach an agreement where to go. Some want to swim, some want an adventurous holiday while others want to take some quiet walks. ( )3. Mr. Benth is a professor in a university. He is interested in ancient architecture and crafts. Though he has been to many places, he still wants to visit some place of interest this year. ( )4. David and his wife want to have an active holiday. They are both sports fans and lovers of outdoor activities. David enjoys horse-racing and hiking while his wife enjoys playing golf. ( )5. Tom is eager to stay away from the busy city life for a few days. He and his wife have decided to spend a holiday where they can do some cooking and also breathe fresh air. They will drive there so that they can go around at any time. | |||
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context. | |||
If you plan to remain in the United States for any length of time, you will soon find 1_____ it too expensive to stay in a hotel and will want to find another place to live. 2_____ As is true in cities very where in the world, the 3_____ farther you live outside the city, generally the lower the rents will be. However, travelling to and 4_____ from the city by bus, car or train may make it as expensive as living in the city. Naturally, it is easier to join in the life of a city 5_____ if / when one is close to the center. 6_____ For this reason, you may prefer to live as close to the center of the city as possible. Or, 7_____ you may prefer to rent a place for only a month or two until you become more familiar with 8_____ the area. | |||
Reading comprehension. | |||
There is famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door. This was an age before telephones. Someone was delivering a message. When Coleridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration. His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his door. His unfinished poem, which could otherwise have been a masterpiece, would now never be more than a fragment (碎片, 片段). This story tells how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought, which brings us to the cell phone. The most common complaint about cell phones is that people talk on them to the annoyance of people around them. But marc damaging may be the cell phone"s disruption of our thoughts. We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our call phones, and this is by and large a healthy, productive development. "I didn"t hear it ring" or "I didn"t realize my cell phone had shut off" arc among the lies we tell to give ourselves space where we"re beyond reach. The notion or idea of being unreachable is not a new concept-we havoc "Do Not Disturb" signs on the doors of hotel rooms. So why must we feel guilty when it comes to cell phones? Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the phone for a while? The problem is that we come from a long-established tradition of difficulty with distance communication. Until the recent mass deployment of cell phones, it was easy to communicate with someone next to us or a few feet away, but difficult with someone across town, the country or the globe. We came to take it for granted. But cell phones make long-distance communication common, and endanger our time by ourselves. Now time alone, or conversation with someone next to us which cannot be interrupted by a phone, is something to be cherished. Even cell phone devotees, myself usually included, can"t help at times wanting to throw their cell phone away, or curse the day they were invented. But we don"t and won"t, and there really is no need. All that"s required to take back our private time is a general social recognition that we have the right to it. In other words, we have to develop a healthy contempt for the rings of our phones. Given the case of making and receiving cell phone calls, if we don-t talk to the caller right now, we surely will shortly later. A cell phone call deserves no greater priority than a random word from a person next to us. Though the call on my cell phone may be the one-in-a-million from Steven Spielberg-who has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie. But most likely it is not, and I"m better off thinking about the idea I just had for a new story, or the pizza I"ll eat for lunch. | |||
1. What"s the point of the anecdote about poet Coleridge in the first three paragraphs? | |||
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A. To direct readers" attention to the main topic. B. To show how important inspiration is to a poet. C. To emphasize the disadvantage of not having a cell phone. D. To encourage readers to read the works of this poet. | |||
2. What does the writer thinks about people telling "white lies" about their cell phones? | |||
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A. It is a way of signaling that you don-t like the caller. B. It is natural to tell lies about small things. C. It is basically a good way to protect one"s privacy. D. We should feel guilty when we can"t tell the truth. | |||
3. According to the author, what is the most annoying problem caused by cell phones? | |||
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A. People get so bothered by the cell phone rings that they fail to notice anything else. B. People feel guilty when they are not able to answer their cell phones. C. Cell phones interrupt people"s private time. D. With cell phones it is no longer possible to be unreachable. | |||
4. What does the underlined word "contempt" probably mean? | |||
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A. Habit. B. Disrespect. C. Like. D. Value. | |||
5. What does last paragraph suggest? | |||
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A. A person who calls us from afar deserves more of our attention. B. Steven Spielberg once called the author to talk about the author"s novel. C. You should always finish your lunch before you answer a call on the cell phone. D. Never let cell phones interfere too much with your life. |