( )1. A. plans ( )2. A. good ( )3. A. best ( )4. A. powerful ( )5. A. generally ( )6. A. climbs ( )7. A. recognizes ( )8. A. babies ( )9. A. mental ( )10. A. come ( )11. A. confident ( )12. A. wealth ( )13. A. agrees ( )14. A. early ( )15. A. demand | B lives B. strange B. smartest B. energetic B specially B. stops B. possesses B. teenagers B. emotional B. last B. realistic B. sharpness B. varies B. naturally B. reason | C. patterns C. interesting C. most mature C. experienced C. mainly C. matters C. communicates C. adults C. physical C. remember C. hopeful C. wisdom C. goes C. unexpectedly C. choice | D. predictions D. difficult D. most skilled D. satisfied D. particularly D. works D. receives D. elders D. personal D. disappear D. grateful D. happiness D. ends D. recently D. limit |
1-5 CABCD 6-10 ABCCA 11-15 BDBAD | |||
阅读理解。 | |||
Success Is Not a Destination (目的地) Should people stop once they have achieved something? No! In life, they are always trying to make things better or have more of the same success. Athletes are constantly striving (努力) to shorten time for races, increase heights or distances. The world of medicine has had its series of successes, too. Christian Barnard performed several successful heart transplants. Other medical experts have achieved organ transplants. Throughout the ages, mankind has found treatments and cures for cancer and other diseases. A cure for AIDS might soon be discovered. Age does not seem to slow down achievers. Tina Tuner at 54 is still singing in abundance (丰富) and attracting sell-out crowds wherever she goes. Comedian George Burns, in his 90s, wants to perform at Caesar"s Palace when he turns 100. Success does not belong only to the rich and famous. It should be the goal of everyone. Many successful people have had humble beginnings. Would you believe that actress Michelle Pfeifer of Cat was a supermarket checkout girl? At work, we strive for achievement, too. Success may mean organizing a conference more effectively and efficiently each year. Sometimes, it is not a pat on the back or the promotion that makes it worthwhile. Often, it is the inner thrill (一阵激动) and satisfaction of achievement, no matter how small it may be. Aiming for success doesn"t mean you are greedy or dissatisfied. It is all part of gaining new experiences. It ultimately (最终) makes you a more interesting and useful person in society. The journey to success has its road blocks, discouragement and distractions. It takes great resourcefulness and achievement to overcome obstacles and setbacks to move on successfully. | |||
1. If an athlete can shorten time in races, he/she _____. | |||
A. is a real success B. will stop his/her steps forward C. is always sure to win D. is the best runner of all | |||
2. The expression "a pat on the back" probably means "_____". | |||
A. patting somebody on the back B. something important C. singing somebody"s praises D. anything important | |||
3. Which statement below is NOT true according to the passage? | |||
A. Man now can transplant organs. B. Man now can cure AIDS. C. Not all successful people have humble beginnings. D. Michelle was once a supermarket checkout girl. | |||
4. The writer of the passage agrees to all the ideas EXCEPT that _____. | |||
A. any small success will make us excited B. organizing a conference is a success C. aiming for success is to gain new experiences in life D. the journey to success is not so smooth to make | |||
任务型阅读。 以下是几个寓意和寓言,第1至5题是有关的信息,请从A、B、C、D、E和F中为它 们选出最合适的项目。选项中有一项是多余选项。 | |||
1. ______We pay more attention to what we want to hear. (Bad news travels fast. / Bad news has wings.) 2. ______Know which way the wind blows. (People act according to their interests.) 3. ______No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. (An act of kindness is never wasted. / Even the weak have something to offer the strong.) 4. _____A man is known by the company he keeps. (You are known by the company you keep.) 5. _____Do not attempt too much at once. A. A dog used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice. His master put a bell about his neck so that the dog might give notice of his presence wherever he went. Thinking it a mark of distinction, the dog grew proud of his bell and went tinkling it all over the market-place. One day an old dog said to him, "Why do you make such an exhibition of yourself? That bell that you carry is not, believe me, any order of merit, but on the contrary a public notice to all men to avoid you as a bad-mannered dog." B. A man once stood up at a market-place in the east and said, "I have been ordered by the king to collect all the well-born and well-bred and bring them before him, since he wishes to reward them." Everybody that heard him joined him, and he went towards the palace, surrounded by the whole town. Then he suddenly turned round and said, "The king has just sent me word that he means to help only those that have been ill-born and ill-bred to make up for their misfortunes." The crowd lingered behind for a while, and then one after another joined the man as ill-born and ill-bred to receive the king"s gifts. The man said, "The world goes as the wind blows!" C. A lion was awakened by a mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, the lion caught the mouse and was about to kill him, when the mouse begged, "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The lion laughed at the idea of the mouse being able to repay a favor, but let him go in the end. Later, the lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him with strong ropes to the ground. The mouse, recognizing the lion"s roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free. D. A fox had long been the dread of the village poultry yard. One day, he was found lying breathless in a field. The report went abroad that, after all, he had been caught and killed by someone. In a moment, everybody in the village came out to see the dead fox. The village cock, with all his hens and chicks, was also there, to enjoy the sight. The fox then got up and said, "I ate a number of hens and chicks last night. So I must have slept longer than usual." The cock counted his hens and chicks, and found several chicks were missing. "Alas!" said he, "how is it that I do not know of it?" "My dear sir," said the fox, as he ran back to the wood, "it was last night that I had a good meal of your hens and chicks, yet you did not know of it. A moment ago they found me lying in the field, and you knew of it at once." E. A boy put his hand into a pitcher (大罐) full of nuts. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pitcher. Unwilling to lose his nuts, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears, crying with disappointment. A person who was passing by said to him, "Be satisfied with half the quantity and you will draw out your hand at once." F. A man wished to purchase an ass (a donkey), and decided to give the animal a test before buying him. He took the ass home and put him in the field with his other asses. The new ass moved away from the others to join the one that was the laziest and the biggest eater of them all. Seeing this, the man led him back to his owner. When the owner asked how he could have tested the ass in such a short time, the man answered, "I didn"t even need to see how he worked. I knew he would be just like the one he chose to be his friend." | |||
阅读理解。 | |||
Weight-consciousness | |||
1. The passage tries to make the readers realize the importance of _________. | |||
A. the body size B. cultural differences C. the attitude toward life D. different beauty standards | |||
2. The underlined word " everything" in the second paragraph means"_______". | |||
A. all the problems B. all the efforts C. the whole world D. the total truth | |||
3. What can be inferred about the author? | |||
A. The author is a Samoan. B. The author succeeded in losing weight. C. The author probably got wounded in wars or accidents. D. The author once was troubled by her/his weight. | |||
4. According to the author, the common view of those who lost some weight first and gained it back later is that______. | |||
A. they feel angry about the regained weight B. they don"t care about the regained weight C. they feel optimistic about future plans on weight control D. they think they should give up their future plans on weight control | |||
阅读理解。 | |||
I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community. Both had died " full of years", as the Bible would say. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence(吊唁) calls on the two families on the same afternoon. At the first home, the son of the deceased(已故的)woman said to me, " If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It"s my fault that she died." At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, " If only I hadn"t insisted on my mother"s going to Florida, she would be alive today.. that long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take. It"s my fault that she"s dead." You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course-keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation-would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse? There are seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty. The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens that leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds. The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens , especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believe that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him , and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen. | |||
1. What is said about the two diseased elderly women? | |||
A. They lived out a natural life B. They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride C. They weren"t used to the change in weather. D. They died due to lack of care by family members | |||
2. The author had to conduct the two women"s funerals probably because ______. | |||
A. he wanted to comfort the two families B. he was an official from the community C. he had great pity for the deceased D. he was minister of the local church | |||
3. People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because _____. | |||
A. they couldn"t find a better way to express their sorrow B. they believe that they were responsible C. they had neglected the natural course of events D. they didn"t know things often turn in the opposite direction | |||
4. According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that_____. | |||
A. everything in the world is predetermined B. the world can be interpreted in different ways C. there is an explanation for everything in the world D. we have to be sensible in order to understand the world | |||
5. What"s the idea of the passage? | |||
A. Life and death is an unsolved mystery. B. Every story should have a happy ending. C. Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault. D. In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away |