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How much should the man pay? A.$100. B.$200. C.$250. |
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Where did the woman go last month? A.To America. B.To Mexico. C.To Canada. |
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What will the speakers do first? A.Check out late. B.Swim in the pool. C.Head to the airport. |
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What are the speakers doing? A.Making a plan for their anniversary. B.Preparing for backpacking. C.Booking a hotel. |
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What color is the woman’s coat? A.Red. B.White. C.Golden. |
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 【1】Why does the woman call the man? A.To invite him to dinner. B.To check their meeting place. C.To tell him the way to the restaurant. 【2】Which restaurant will the speakers go to? A.The one on Ocean Road. B.The one on Temple Street. C.The one on Wood Street. |
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 【1】Why won’t Mr. Wang be able to give a speech? A.He came down with an illness. B.He has to make an unexpected trip. C.He has to look after a family member. 【2】What will the man do tomorrow? A.Give a presentation. B.Make breakfast for the guests. C.Drive the woman to a conference. 【3】How will the man get to the Prince Hotel? A.By subway. B.By car. C.By bus. |
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 【1】How does the man want to learn writing? A.On the Internet. B.Face to face. C.Self-learning. 【2】Why does the man want to take writing courses? A.To publish his works. B.To enjoy the fun of writing. C.To earn more money. 【3】What kind of brochure will the man receive? A.Fiction writing. B.Business writing. C.Creative writing. |
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 【1】What is Jack? A.A singer. B.An actor. C.A director. 【2】What was Jack’s “big break”? A.High Seas. B.Twelfth Night. C.New York Summertime. 【3】What caused the accident to take place? A.Drink-driving. B.Engine problems. C.Working overtime. 【4】What can we learn from the conversation? A.Jack’s family gives him a lot of support. B.Jack won an award with the role in High Seas. C.Jack didn’t care about the negative news after the accident. |
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 【1】Who are the listeners probably? A.Family members. B.Hospital staff. C.Patients. 【2】Why do people live on sandwiches and fast food? A.They are tired of cooking a meal. B.They have a special taste. C.They want to save time. 【3】What is the consequence of working long hours? A.Slow action. B.Memory loss. C.Careless mistakes. |
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POETRY CHALLENGE Write a poem about how courage, determination, and strength have helped you face challenges in your life. Prizes 3 Grand Prizes:Trip to Washington, D.C. for each of three winners, a parent and one other person of the winner’s choice. Trip includes round-trip air tickets, hotel stay for two nights, and tours of the National Air and Space Museum and the office of National Geographic World. 6 First Prizes:The book Sky Pioneer:A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart signed by author Corinne Szabo and pilot Linda Finch. 50 Honorable Mentions:Judges will choose up to 50 honorable mention winners, who will each receive a T-shirt in memory of Earhart’s final flight. Rules Follow all rules carefully to prevent disqualification. ■Write a poem using 100 words or fewer. Your poem can be any format, any number of lines. ■Write by hand or type on a single sheet of paper. You may use both the front and back of the paper. ■On the same sheet of paper, write or type your name, address, telephone number, and birth date. ■Mail your entry to us by October 31 this year. 【1】How many people can each grand prize winner take on the free trip? A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Six. 【2】What will each of the honorable mention winners get? A.A plane ticket. B.A book by Corinne Szabo. C.A special T-shirt. D.A photo of Amelia Earhart. 【3】Which of the following will result in disqualification? A.Typing your poem out. B.Writing a poem of 120 words. C.Using both sides of the paper. D.Mailing your entry on October 30. |
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In the mid-1990s, Tom Bissell taught English as a volunteer in Uzbekistan. He left after seven months, physically broken and having lost his mind. A few years later, still attracted to the country, he returned to Uzbekistan to write an article about the disappearance of the Aral Sea. His visit, however, ended up involving a lot more than that. Hence this book, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia, which talks about a road trip from Tashkent to Karakalpakstan, where millions of lives have been destroyed by the slow drying up of the sea. It is the story of an American travelling to a strange land, and of the people he meets on his way: Rustam, his translator, a lovely 24-year-old who picked up his colorful English in California, Oleg and Natasha, his hosts in Tashkent, and a string of foreign aid workers. This is a quick look at life in Uzbekistan, made of friendliness and warmth, but also its darker side of society. In Samarkand, Mr Bissell admires the architectural wonders, while on his way to Bukhara he gets a taste of police methods when suspected of drug dealing. In Ferghana, he attends a mountain funeral(葬礼)followed by a strange drinking party. And in Karakalpakstan, he is saddened by the dust storms, diseases and fishing boats stuck miles from the sea. Mr Bissell skillfully organizes historical insights and cultural references, making his tale a well-rounded picture of Uzbekistan, seen from Western eyes. His judgment and references are decidedly American, as well as his delicate stomach. As the author explains, this is neither a travel nor a history book, or even a piece of reportage. Whatever it is, the result is a fine and vivid description of the purest of Central Asian traditions. 【1】What made Mr Bissell return to Uzbekistan? A.His friends' invitation. B.His interest in the country. C.His love for teaching. D.His desire to regain health. 【2】What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 2 refer to? A.Developing a serious mental disease. B.Taking a guided tour in Central Asia. C.Working as a volunteer in Uzbekistan. D.Writing an article about the Aral Sea. 【3】Which of the following best describes Mr Bissell's road trip in Uzbekistan? A.Romantic. B.Eventful. C.Pleasant. D.Dangerous. 【4】What is the purpose of this text? A.To introduce a book. B.To explain a cultural phenomenon. C.To remember a writer. D.To recommend a travel destination. |
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Adults understand what it feels like to be flooded with objects. Why do we often assume that more is more when it comes to kids and their belongings? The good news is that I can help my own kids learn earlier than I did how to live more with less. I found the pre-holidays a good time to encourage young children to donate less-used things, and it worked. Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to pay for her holiday due to illness. She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund(基金）(our kindergarten daughter is serious about becoming a doctor) For weeks, I've been thinking of bigger, deeper questions: How do we make it a habit for them? And how do we train ourselves to help them live with, need, and use less? Yesterday, I sat with my son, Shepherd, determined to test my own theory on this. I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest. I expected that one toy would keep his attention for about five minutes, ten minutes, max. I chose a red rubber ball-simple, universally available. We passed it, he tried to put it in his mouth, he tried bouncing it, rolling it, sitting on it, throwing it. It was totally, completely enough for him. Before I knew it an hour had passed and it was time to move on to lunch. We both became absorbed in the simplicity of playing together. He had my full attention and I had his. My little experiment to find joy in a single object worked for both of us. 【1】What do the words “more is more” in paragraph 1 probably mean? A. The more, the better. B. Enough is enough. C. More money, more worries. D. Earn more and spend more. 【2】What made Georgia agree to sell some of her objects? A. Saving up for her holiday B. Raising money for a poor girl C. Adding the money to her fund D. Giving the money to a sick mother 【3】Why did the author play the ball with Shepherd? A. To try out an idea B. To show a parent's love C. To train his attention D. To help him start a hobby 【4】What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Take It or Leave It B. A Lesson from Kids C. Live More with Less D. The Pleasure of Giving |
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For people, who are interested in sound, the field of sound technology is definitely making noise. In the past, sound engineers worked in the back rooms of recording studios, but many of today's sound professionals are sharing their knowledge and experience with professionals in other fields to create new products based on the phenomenon we call sound. Sound can be used as a weapon. Imagine that a police officer is chasing a thief. The thief tries to escape. And the officer can't let him get away. He pulls out a special device, points it at the suspect, and switches it on. The thief drops to the ground. This new weapon is called a Long Range Acoustic Device(LRAD, 远程定向声波发射器). It produces a deafening sound so painful that it temporarily disables a person. The noise from the LRAD is directed like a ray of light and travels only into the ears of that person, but it is not deadly. For those who hunger for some peace and quiet, sound can now create silence. Let's say you are at the airport, and the little boy on the seat next to you is humming(哼唱)a short commercial song. He hums it over and over again, and you are about to go crazy. Thanks to the Silence Machine, a British invention, you can get rid of the sound without upsetting the boy or his parents. One may wonder how the Silence Machine works. Well, it functions by analyzing the waves of the incoming sound and creating a second set of outgoing waves. The two sets of waves cancel each other out. Simply turn the machine or point it at the target, and your peace and quiet comes back. Directed sound is a new technology that allows companies to use sound in much the same way spotlights(聚光灯)are used in the theater. A spotlight lights up only one section of a stage; similarly, "spotsound" creates a circle of sound in on targeted area. This can be useful for businesses such as restaurants and stores because it offers a new way to attract customers. Restaurants can offer a choice of music along with the various food choices on the menu, allowing customers more control over the atmosphere in which they are dining. Directed sound is also beginning to appear in shopping centers and even at homes. 【1】What could be inferred from Paragraph 2 about the effect of the LRAD? A.It causes temporary hearing loss. B.It slows down a running man. C.It makes it easy to identify a suspect. D.It keeps the suspect from hurting others. 【2】The Silence Machine is a device specially designed to ________. A.silence the people around you B.remove the sound of commercials C.block the incoming sound waves D.stop unwanted sound from affecting you 【3】What feature do spotsounds and spotlights share? A.They travel in circles. B.They clear the atmosphere. C.They can be transformed into energy. D.They can be directed onto a specific area. 【4】What does the passage focus on? A.How professionals invented sound products. B.Inventions in the field of sound technology. C.The growing interest in the study of sound. D.How sound engineers work in their studios. |
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Let's take a minute to think about the water we use. The human body is 60% water and we need to drink lots of water to be healthy. When we are thirsty we just go to the kitchen and fill a glass with clean water. 【1】For example, farmers, who produce the food we eat, use water to make the plants grow. When we turn on a light or switch on a TV or a computer we use energy and we need water to produce this energy. The truth is that we are lucky enough to have clean water whenever we want，but this is not the case for many people around the world.【2】That's around one in 10 people in the world. If we drink dirty water，we can catch diseases from the bacteria and become ill. Every year over 500，000 children die from diarrhea(腹泻)from dirty water. That's around 1，400 children every day！Also，in some countries children walk many kilometres every day to get water.【3】Therefore，they don't have time to learn how to read or write and don't get an education. 【4】On this day every year，countries around the world hold events to educate people about the problems of dirty water and that clean water is something that everyone should have around the world. At one school in the UK，children between the ages of 10 and 15 walk 6km with six litres of water.【5】People give them money to do this and all the money helps get clean water to as many people as possible around the world. A. We use water indirectly too. B. Every system in our body depends on water to function. C. It is to inspire people to learn more about water-related problems D. If children walk many hours a day to get water，they can't go to school. E. Did you know that around 750 million people do not have clean water to drink？ F. In 1993 the United Nations decided that March 22nd is the World Day for Water. G. In this way，they know how it feels to walk a long distance carrying heavy bottles. |
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Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success __ fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the___ in our lives. When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no way of knowing that his life was to change completely. The class experiment that day was to___ how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling(冒泡)to the surface.____, the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat __ held something more volatile(易挥发的)than water. When Wilson heated it, the container___ , leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes. When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents attempted to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had _____________ their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as catastrophic. He learned braille(盲文)quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a（n）___ public speaker. Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from___ for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to ________ his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue _________ it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the___ Wilson made to preventing the preventable. Wilson received several international _____________ for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a____. He proved that it's not what happens to us that __ our lives — it's what we make of what happens. 【1】A.depends B.holds C.keeps D.reflects 【2】A.dilemmas B.accidents C.events D.steps 【3】A.direct B.show C.advocate D.declare 【4】A.Anyway B.Moreover C.Somehow D.Thus 【5】A.mistakenly B.casually C.amazingly D.clumsily 【6】A.erupted B.exploded C.emptied D.exposed 【7】A.submitted to B.catered for C.impressed on D.happened to 【8】A.accomplished B.crucial C.specific D.innocent 【9】A.deafness B.depression C.blindness D.speechlessness 【10】A.decide B.abandon C.control D.accept 【11】A.until B.when C.unless D.before 【12】A.opposition B.adjustments C.commitment D.limitations 【13】A.scholarships B.rewards C.awards D.bonuses 【14】A.fortune B.recipe C.dream D.vision 【15】A.distinguishes B.determines C.claims D.limits |
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Stephanie Jenouvrier at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found the future of emperor penguins (帝企鹅)depended on international efforts to manage climate change rather than on their 【1】 (able)to adapt to new environment. Climate change, if 【2】(leave)unchecked, could drive emperor penguins to extinction (灭绝)by the end of the century as sea ice disappears. Disappearing sea ice affects these penguins 【3】 (direct) because they rely on it for their living. Sea ice changes are already affecting emperor penguins, with breeding failures for three years in a row at their second 【4】 (big) living place in the Antarctic. 【5】 (examine )the future of emperor penguins, Jenouvirer and her team 【6】(model)their population under three scenarios (设想)：global temperature increases by 1.5°C; global temperature increases by 2°C; no action 【7】 (take) to reduce emissions(排放物). They wanted to see 【8】 would happen if emissions kept rising. They found that global warming of 1.5°C would cause a 31 percent fall, 【9】2°C a 44 percent fall. "The result was 【10】 81 to 86 per cent fall in population by 2100 under the third scenario, "said Jenouvrier. |
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假定你是李华，正在 Columbia University 求学，想利用暑假时间在肯德基(KFC) 当一名服务生。请你给店长 Steven 写一封申请信，内容包括： 1.自我介绍； 2.申请的理由； 3.联系方式。 注意：1．词数 80 左右； 2．可适当增加细节，以使行为连贯。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 There Are No Vans To me, what Thanksgiving really means is giving good thanks, not eating turkey. By the time I was 18 I had created my Thanksgiving ritual (惯例). I would go out shopping and buy enough food for one or two families. Then I would dress like a delivery boy, go to the poorest neighborhood and just knock on a door, and would always include a note saying “All that I ask in return is that you take good enough care of yourself so that someday you can do the same thing for someone else.” I have received more from this annual ritual than I have from any amount of money I’ve ever earned, especially one such experience in New York City. Several years ago I was in New York City with my newly married wife during Thanksgiving. She was sad because we were not with our family. Normally she would be home decorating the house for Christmas, but we were stuck here in a hotel room. I said, “Honey, look, why don’t we decorate some lives today instead of some trees?” When I told her what I always do on Thanksgiving, she got excited. I said, “Let’s go someplace where we can really appreciate who we are, what we are able to do and what we can really give. Let’s go to the poor neighborhood Harlem and feed some people there in need. We’ll go buy enough food for six or seven families for 30 days. We’ve got enough. Let’s go do it!” We started by getting a van (货车), but there seemed no vans in all of New York City. The rent-a-car places were all out of vans. My wife was disappointed, and I said, “Look, the bottom line is that if we want something, we can make it happen! All we have to do is take action. There are plenty of vans here in New York City. Look down at the street. Do you see all those vans? Let’s go get one!” My wife agreed and we took action. Para1： We tried stopping vans as they were driving down the street. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Para 2: Eventually a van drove up and the driver said yes. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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