DSometimes you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. How
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D Sometimes you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t act on your impulse (冲动), but let it pass instead. You know that to take the action is wrong in some way and that other people will not accept your behavior. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the phenomenon of taboo behavior is how it can change over the years, how certain behavior and attitudes once considered taboo can become perfectly acceptable and natural at another point in time. Topics such as death, for example, were once considered so upsetting that it was a taboo to even talk about them. Now with the publication of important books such as On Death and Dying and Learning to Say Goodbye, people have become more aware of the importance of expressing feelings about death and, as a result, are more willing to talk about this taboo subject. One of the newest taboos is the topic of fat. Unlike many other taboos, fat is a topic that people talk about constantly. It’s not taboo to talk about fat; it’s taboo to be fat. The “in” look is thin, not fat. In the work world, most companies prefer youthful-looking, slim manager to sell their image as well as their products to the public. The thin look is associated with youth, vigor, and success. The fat person, on the other hand, is thought of as lazy and lacking in energy, self-discipline and self-respect. After all, how can people permit themselves to become fat? In an image-conscious society, thin is “in”, fat is “out”. It’s not surprising that millions of people have become obsessed (着迷) with staying slim and “in shape”. The pursuit of a youthful physical appearance is not, however, the only reason for people’s obsession with diet and exercise. Recent research has shown the importance of diet and exercise for personal health. As in most technologically developed nations, the life-style of people has changed since last century. Modern machines do all the physical labor. Cars and buses transport us quickly from point to point. As a result of inactivity and disuse, people’s bodies can easily become weak. In an effort to avoid such a fate (命运), millions of people are spending more of their time exercising. Parks are filled with joggers and bicyclists, and many companies are providing special exercise equipment for their employees to use during the work day. 67. What does the word “taboo” refer to in the passage? A. A crime committed on impulse. B. An unfavorable impression left on other people. C. A strong desire to do something strange or terrible. D. Behavior considered unacceptable to the society. 68. What does the underlined phrase “in”look probably mean? A. The fashionable look. B. The hidden look. C. The usual look. D. The inside look. 69. According to the passage, the common belief is that ______. A. fat people are full of energy B. thin people are more successful C. fat people prefer to have fat bosses D. thin people are less image-conscious 70. People pay more attention to diet and exercise because of ______. A. their need to kill time B. their love for sports C. their concern for health D. their belief in hard work |
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67.D 68.A 69.B 70.C |
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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 I wouldn’t ask for a dressing room. My mom always asked for me. The evening before I had 21 risen from my seat and piled on excess (过量) noodles. Then I licked(舔)my bowl with the buttered garlic bread, 22 no evidence of the four servings I had eaten greedily. In the morning I would be forced to lie on my bed and suck in my 23 just to button my jeans. I feared school 24 . The sale rack, with its slender size markers, knew my number continued to grow. I learned 25 to eat from my dad: fast and without thinking. In our house, the dinner table involved 26 ,with the children on defense. One 27 move and our dinner would be snatched off our plates without warning and eaten up by our father 28 than we could blink. We soon learned to keep a hand up while 29 our chicken, and if Mom decided to cook that night we needed to hurry and get 30 before it was gone. Only one pair of jeans I tried on fit. I 31 and told my mother I could button every pair but only needed the jeans that lay 32 in my hands. We walked to the checkout. I kept my head down as we passed a group of girls. They 33 . I glanced up only long enough to know my place. Their 34 cut at me, hands cupped over their mouths in secrecy. The shop was about to close and I 35 two girls in my third grade class out. “I like your pants. Where did you get them?” Marcy asked Alicia. I nodded in agreement, 36 they had removed their cupped hands and I could hear the 37 . “Really? I like yours better,” Alicia replied. “We should trade. What 38 are you?” Marcy asked. “I don’t know …” Alicia said, finding the tag in the back of her pants. “Seven.” “Me too,” Marcy said. I 39 in line as I held the jeans, tag folded in so 40 could see the number on it was 12. I am not a size seven. 21.A.hurriedly B.hungrily C.repeatedly D.worriedly[ 22.A.leaving B.offering C.collecting D.examining 23.A.stomach B.legs C.waist D.hands 24.A.uniforms B.meals C.holiday D.shopping 25.A.what B.how C.why D.when 26.A.battle B.game C.strike D.debate 27.A.big B.unusual C.false D.bold 28.A.harder B.further C.earlier D.faster 29.A.swallowing B.biting C.tasting D.cooking 30.A.excuses B.seconds C.opportunities D.demands 31.A.ordered B.lied C.paid D.promised 32.A.closed B.guided C.guarded D.satisfied 33.A.laughed B.murmured C.shouted D.whispered 34.A.mouths B.hands C.eyes D.ears 35.A.led B.followed C.invited D.walked 36.A.thankful B.afraid C.anxious D.excited 37.A.interview B.conversation C.question D.report 38.A.number B.size C.color D.weight 39.A.jumped B.waited C.cried D.hid 40.A.everybody B.anybody C.nobody D.somebody |
When you are little, it’s not hard to believe you can changed the world. I remember my enthusiasm when, at the age of 12, I addressed the people at the Rio Earth Summit. “I am only a child,” I told them. "Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share, not be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do? You grownups say you love us, but I challenge you, please, to make your actions reflect your words." I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation. Some of the delegates even cried. I thought that maybe I had reached some of them, that my speech might actually spur(刺激) action. Now, a decade from Rio, after I"ve sat through many more conferences, I"m not sure what has been accomplished. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual"s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken. When I was little, the world was simple. But as a young adult, I"m learning that as we have to make choices--education, career, lifestyle--life gets more and more complicated. We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful. We are learning a shortsighted way of looking at the future, focusing on four-year government terms and quarterly business reports. We are taught that economic growth is progress, but we aren"t taught how to pursue a happy, healthy or sustainable way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for our future when we were 12 was idealistic and naïve(天真). Today I"m no longer a child, but I"m worried about what kind of environment my children will grow up in. I know change is possible, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great, but if we accept individual responsibility and make choices, we will rise to the challenges, and we will become part of the positive tide of the change. I hope this goal will be met through our common efforts. Thank you all. 57.The purpose of what the speaker said at the age of 12 was to . A.end poverty and make school beautiful B.find environmental answers and show off C.focus people’s attention on some social problems D.find a wonderful place and clean it up 58.What does the underlined word “ovation” in the second paragraph refer to? A.A long period of laughing. B.A cold and unfriendly welcome. C.An expression used for greeting. D.Great applause or cheering. 59.The information in the text is presented mainly through . A.question and answer B.a personal lecture C.cause and effect D.listing steps in a process 60.Which of the following best describes the speaker? A.He is an experienced educator. B.He is an impolite man. C.He is a man of great worries. D.He is a man of social responsibility. |
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 One day I took a bus with my girlfriend. It was so____36____ that we stood for several stops until a vacant seat was ____37_____ for her. Then a pretty girl rushed towards me, saying, “Hi, where are you going?” I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to ____38____ her. Clearly she had taken me ____39____ somebody else. I returned her greeting with politeness, ____40____ to give explanation to my girl later. Noticing my dialogue with somebody else, my girl ____41____ her eyes and found she was pretty. She asked jealously, “Who’s she?” The pretty girl, quite ____42____ of the situation, spoke out first, “Hi, let me ____43____ myself. I’ m Nancy, used to be ____44____. Very glad to meet you.” She behaved very ____45____. But I was ____46____ to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend ____47____ the pretty girl again turned to me, “Will you give me your cell phone number so that we ____48____ keep contacts(联系) later?”I had to submit to her ____49____. Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop. A minute later I got a short ____50____ on my phone—from a stranger. My girlfriend ____51____ my phone and read the note. It was from the girl, who said, “Just now, two thieves tried to ____52____ your pocket. I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the ____53____ stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also ____54____ to leave at the same stop. Because of the ____55____ I delayed my departure. Now you’ ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck.” 36. A. tiring B. slow C. crowded D. messy 37. A. ready B. available C. special D. suitable 38. A. identify B. realize C. remind D. judge 39. A. on B. by C. with D. for 40. A. preferring B. planning C. managing D. promising 41. A. fixed B. Opened C. raised D. focused 42. A. proud B. careful C. afraid D. aware 43. A. explain B. enjoy C. introduce D. help 44. A. partners B. neighbors C. friends D. colleagues 45. A. naturally B. generously C. cautiously D. normally 46. A. in a hurry B. at a loss C. at ease D. in time 47. A. while B. before C. when D. until 48. A. would B. can C. should D. must 49. A. request B. question C.command D. opinion 50. A. suggession B. warning C. notice D. message 51. A. removed B. seized C. found D. caught 52. A. steal B. reach C. get D. pick 53. A. terminal B. former C. previous D. latter 54. A. pretending B. intending C. demanding D. announcing 55. A. incident B.matter C. accident D. affair |
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All the wisdom of the ages and all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries are easily and cheaply available to all of us within the covers of books. The most unfortunate people in the world are those who have never discovered how satisfying it is to read good books. Reading is the pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works along with the author"s or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his. Every book stands by itself, like a one--family house, but books in a library are like houses in a city. Although they are separate, together they all add up to something. They are connected with each other and with other cities. Books influence each other; they link the past, the present and the future and have their own generations, like families. Wherever you start reading, you connect yourself with one of the families or ideas, and in the long run, you not only find out about the world and the people in it but also you find out about yourself, too. Reading can only be fun if you expect it to be. If you concentrate on books somebody tells you "you ought" to read, you probably won"t have fun. But if you put down a book you don’t like and try another till you find one that means something to you, and then relax yourself with it, you will almost certainly have a good time and if you become, as a result of reading, better, wiser, kinder, or more gentle, you won"t have suffered during the process. 72. In the writer"s opinion, in fact reading is a process of ________. A. listening to the author B. accepting the author"s ideas C. communicating with the author and yourself D. judging the author"s work 73. The writer thinks that the most unfortunate people are those _______. A. who don"t have any books B. who can"t enjoy reading books C. who don’t like books D. who read too many books 74. To find pleasure in reading, you should read the books _______. A. written by famous writers B. written in humor style C. which you like to read D. which are recommended by your friends 75. The author"s purpose in writing the passage is to _______. A. show the importance of reading B. tell us how to make reading more effective C. tell us how to read D. show the pleasure of reading 72-75 CBCD |
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