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Mrs. Smith trembled with excitement when she was told her fortunes. “Somebody is coming home to you,” Mrs. Gray said slowly. “He’s carrying a rifle on his back and he’s almost there.” Mrs. Smith felt as if she could hardly breathe “And there he is!” Mrs. Gray cried, pointing to the road. They all rushed to the door to look. A man in a blue coat, with a gun on his back, was walking down the road toward the Smith farm. His face was hidden by a large pack on his back. Laughing and crying, Mrs. Smith grabbed her hat and her children and ran out of Mrs. Gray’s house. She hurried down the road after him, calling his name and pulling her children along with her. But the soldier was too far away for her voice to reach him. When she got back to their farm, she saw the man standing by the fence. He was looking at the little house and the field of yellow wheat. The sun was almost touching the hills in the west. The cowbells rang softly as the animals moved toward the bar(畜棚). “How peaceful in all is,” Private Smith thought. “How far away from the battles, the hospitals, the wounded and the dead. My little farm in Wisconsin. How could I have left it for those years of killing and suffering?” Trembling and weak with emotion, Mrs. Smith hurried up to her husband. Her feet made no sound on the grass, but he turned suddenly to face her. For the rest of his life, he would never forget her face at that moment. “Emma!” he cried. The children stood back watching their mother kissing this strange man. He saw them, and kneeling down, he pulled from his pack three huge red apples. In a moment, all three children were in their father’s arms. Together, the family entered the little unpainted farmhouse. Later that evening, after supper, Smith and his wife went outside. The moon was bright, above the eastern hills. Sweet, peaceful stars fled the sky as the night birds sang softly and tiny insect buzzed in the soft air. His farm needed work. His children needed clothing. He was no longer young and strong. But he began to plan for next year. With the same courage he had faced the war, Private Smith faced his difficult future. 【1】Why could Mrs. Smith hardly breathe when told her fortunes? A.She had a sudden heart attack and almost lost consciousness. B.She was shocked by the scene of a man with a rifle on his back. C.She was overjoyed on hearing the return of her husband. D.She ran out of the house too fast to catch her breath. 【2】What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 7 suggest? A.The moment expected for years would be a life-long memory. B.He had almost forgotten her face after those years’ suffering. C.He was shocked by the excitement written on her face. D.He was afraid to be apart from her again. 【3】What’s Privato Smith’s attitude towards the future life? A.Skeptical. B.Confused. C.Hopeful. D.Concerned. 【4】Which of the following might be the best title for the text? A.A strange Visitor B.Husband and Wife C.The Return of a Private D.The Smiths |
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Microsoft PowerPoint is the world’s most common presentation tool. It emerged from software company Forethought Inc in the 1980s. Bob Gaskins was the man behind it. “I knew in the early 80s that there were as many as a billion, a thousand million presentation slides being made per year just in America,” Gaskins says，“ but they were all made by hand and almost nobody was using computers to do them. “It was clear to me that here was a huge application worth billions and billions of dollars a year that could be done on computers as soon as there was a revolution in the kinds of computers that we had.” Gaskins was onto something, but it was a hard sell at the time. The software wouldn’t run on any existing personal computers. Anyone wanting to use it had to buy a new machine. Even so, people bought personal computers for the first time in order to be able to use PowerPoint, says Wired magazine journalist Russell Davies. Davies explains that before PowerPoint, people used slides to convey information to groups --- but anyone creating a presentation had to send away to get their materials made. It took a long time to do, was difficult to make changes and because it was so expensive, only the most senior people in an organisation got to do it. “ PowerPoint，” Davies says，“made it possible for everyone in an organisation to stand up and say their piece.” PowerPoint has helped turn us all into presenters --- but it’ s also been accused of over-simplifying ideas and distracting (干扰)us from clear thinking. Sarah Kaplan is a management professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. She has noticed that, rather than people asking for new analysis or insights in meetings, they were asking for more PowerPoint slides. Kaplan says that some CEOS, such as Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, have banned its use. “He felt, and I think many people feel, that PowerPoint became such an object of the process that they lost the ideas inside of it and that is the risk.” 【1】What drove Bob Gaskins to develop PowerPoint? A. His personal needs at the office. B. The support from Forethought Inc. C. The great potential market demand. D. His interest in science and technology. 【2】What was the problem with Bob Gaskin’s PowerPoint in the 1980s? A. It was very expensive. B. It was very difficult to use. C. It couldn’t t be used on old computers. D. It couldn’t satisfy young people’s needs. 【3】What might be Russell Davies’s attitude to PowerPoint? A. Critical. B. Appreciative. C. Cautious. D. Contradictory. 【4】Why does Jeff Bezos ban the use of PowerPoint? A. It fails to solve practical problems. B. It fails to convey messages effectively. C. It makes something valuable unavailable. D. It results in creative thinking getting ignored. |
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New Year' s resolutions(决心)have been around long enough that we all scent to stick to the same ones--hit the gym, lay off the candy, read more books, call your mother-regardless of whether we follow through with our intentions. While January 1st seems like the perfect time to have a new start again, exactly when people developed that mindset(思维模式)isn’t common knowledge. It turns out that the modern belief of' a New Year’s resolution isn’t as old as you thought. According to many historians, the ancient Babylonians were the first group of people to make New Year’s resolutions. However, instead of making a commitment to self improvement, they made a commitment to the gods to pay their debts and return any objects they had borrowed. An ancient Roman tradition from 46 B. C, bears even more likeness to modern resolutions. Emperor Julius Caesar declared January the month of Janus. Romans believed Janus looked backwards into the previous year and ahead into the future. In his honor, they made sacrifices to the god and promises of good behavior for the coining year. But the modern New Year's resolution didn’t fully form until centuries later. The practice was common enough by the early 1800s. An article in 1802 states, "Statesmen have sworn to have no other objet in view than the good of their country.. the physicians have determined to advise the use of medicine no more than is necessary, and to he very reasonable in their fees.” The first time “New Year's resolution" appeared as a phrase was in the January 1st issue of a Boston newspaper in 1813. “I believe there are a lot of people," the article goes, “with a serious determination of beginning the New Year with new resolutions and new behavior, and with the full belief that they shall accept punishment for all their former faults and wipe them away. So as you make (and possibly fail at) your New year's resolutions, know that you're in good company. 【1】Whose New Years resolutions were most different from the present common practice? A. Ancient Babylonians’ B. Ancient Romans’ C. Statesmen's in the 1800s. D. Boston people's in 1813 【2】According to Paragraph 4, the physicians focused their resolutions on_______ A. annual incomes B. personal ambitions C. professional honesty D. academic improvement 【3】What is the author's purpose in writing the text? A. To encourage people to make New year's resolutions B. To give advice on how to make New Year’s resolutions. C. To compare different New year's resolutions in history. D. To introduce the development of New Year's resolutions |
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It's very common these days for people to take some sort of regular exercise each week. But if you've never done it before, what's the best way to go about it?【1】 He or she will create a personalized plan for you based on your aims. However, each hourly session can be steep considering you have to pay both the personal trainer and membership of the gym, too. So what's left? Well, if you have the courage to do it, you can make your own plan. It's relatively easy to do if you have the know-how. 【2】 First, keep your fitness goal in mind. Are you looking to slim down or increase your abilities? Whatever it is, make sure the things you choose to do are achieving that goal. Next, do your research. 【3】 Watch as many of these as possible, but make sure to be a little critical of them --- everyone has a different physique and what works for one may not work for another. Finally, keep your feet on the ground. 【4】 It takes at least three months to see any realistic body changes. And don't be overzealous(过度热衷的) --- never work in pain --- a good workout is difficult and challenging, but never painful. Pain means you are damaging yourself. If nothing else, focus on calisthenics (健身操). 【5】 Do as many of one exercise as you can without stopping, and then try and repeat that number twice more --- make sure you sweat, and don't forget to rest for a minute in between each activity! A. Be patient with yourself and set realistic goals. B. But before you do, here are some basic pointers. C. Well, many people make use of a personal trainer. D. They just don't want to design their own workout plan. E. These days, social media is full of fitness videos and advice. F. Find a way to make each exercise more difficult as you get in shape. G. These are the basic body movements which everyone can do anywhere. |
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I don’t know why I came to the decision to become a loser, but I know I made the ______ at a young age. Sometime in the middle of the fourth grade, I ______ trying. By the time I was in the seventh grade, I was lazy, rebellious, ______. It wasn’t long after that I dropped out of school. Hard physical labor was the ______ for the choices I made as an adolescent. At the age of 21, I was ______ lost, and using drugs as a way to ______ the fact that I had no education and was ______ in a dead-end job carrying heavy construction materials up a ladder all day. ____, now I believe in do-overs, in the chance to do it all again. And I believe that do-overs can be made at any ______ in your life, if you have the right ______. Mine came from a surprising source. It was September 21, 2002, when my son Blake was born. It’s funny that after a life of ____responsibility, now I was in charge of something so ______. Over the years, as I grew into the ______ of Dad, I began to learn something about myself. In a way, Blake and I were both learning to walk, talk, work and play for the first time. I began my do-over. It took me almost three years to learn how to read. I started with my son’s books. ______, I practised reading books to him until I remembered all the words in every one of them. I began to wonder if it was possible for me to go back to school. I knew I wanted to be a good role ____, so after a year-and-a-half and a lot of hard work, I ______ my GED test on my son’s fourth birthday. This may not sound like much, and I’m surely not trying to get praise for doing something that should have been done ______, but all things considered it was one of the best days in my life. Today, I’m a full-time college student, studying to ______ sociologist. It’s funny, growing up I always heard these great ______ stories of triumph over shortcomings. But I never thought they ______ to me. Now I believe it’s a choice anyone can make: to do it all over again. 【1】A. determination B. wish C. application D. choice 【2】A. started B. stopped C. considered D. fancied 【3】A. skeptical B. defensive C. disrespectful D. suspicious 【4】A. consequence B. compromise C. compensation D. competence 【5】A. alternatively B. hopelessly C. approximately D. undoubtedly 【6】A. do with B. deal with C. conflict with D. meet with 【7】A. struck B. stuck C. lost D. taken 【8】A. Nevertheless B. Meanwhile C. Furthermore D. Therefore 【9】A. cost B. corner C. point D. occasion 【10】A. ambition B. technique C. opportunity D. motivation 【11】A. avoiding B. preventing C. undertaking D. overcoming 【12】A. flexible B. enterprising C. fragile D. authentic 【13】A. name B. statue C. title D. career 【14】A. By and by B. Over and over C. Back and forward D. Now and then 【15】A. model B. leader C. example D. tutor 【16】A. got through B. went through C. pull through D. comb through 【17】A. for the first time B. in the first place C. at first hand D. in first place 【18】A. become B. turn C. grow D. make 【19】A. turn-around B. take-off C. pull-out D. turn-off 【20】A. appealed B. applied C. attached D. adapted |
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 The university of Birmingham, UK, announces that it will accept the Gaokao exam for high-flying Chinese students 【1】(wish) to join its undergraduate courses in 2019. High school students 【2】 complete the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, or Gaokao, with top grades can apply for direct entry into Birmingham degree programmes 【3】 first completing a foundation year. Gaokao, which 【4】(hold) across China in early June, is 【5】(increase) accepted by universities in Australia, the USA, Canada and mainland Europe Birmingham will only be considering high quality students who achieve a minimum 80% Gaokao score and meet additional academic and English language 【6】(require). Professor Jon Frampton, Director of the University of Birmingham’s China Institute said, “I am 【7】(delight) that the University is now accepting the Gaokao. This gives the 【8】(bright) and best Chinese students. 【9】 opportunity to move straight into the first year of our undergraduate programmes and experience the benefits of studying at a 【10】(globe) Top 100 university. |
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阅读下列短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 Desiree, a 4-year-old girl, was sobbing quietly over her father, Ken, who had died nine months earlier. She was hugging a photograph of her father with her fingers running around his face. “Daddy”, she said softly, “Why won’t you come back?” Instead of gradually adjusting to her father’s death, Desiree refused to accept it. “Daddy will be home soon,” she’d tell her mother. “He’s at work.” When she played with her toy telephone, she pretended she was chatting with her father. “I miss you, Daddy,” she’d say, “When will you come back?” Desiree’s situation made her mother worried. Days later, it was Ken’s birthday. “How will I send him a card?” Desiree asked her mother. “How about if we tie a letter to a balloon,” her mother said, “and send it up to heaven?” Desiree’s eyes immediately lit up. Her mother took her to a store and Desiree picked out a balloon with HAPPY BIRTHDAY above a drawing of The Little Mermaid(美人鱼). Desiree and her father had often watched it. The child’s eyes shone as they were on the way to Ken’s grave. Then Desiree dictated a letter to her dad. “Tell him, ‘Happy birthday, I love you and miss you,’” she rattled off(快速说). “ ‘I hope you get this and can write to me on my birthday in January.’ ” Her mother wrote the message and their address on a small piece of paper, which was then wrapped in plastic and tied to the end of the string on the balloon. Finally, Desiree released the balloon. For almost an hour, they watched the shining spot of silver grow smaller and smaller till disappear. “Now Dad’s going to write back to me,” Desiree declared confidently. Every day since they’d released the balloon, Desiree had asked her mother, “Do you think Daddy has my balloon yet?” Several weeks passed, and she stopped asking. 注意: 1. 所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右； 2. 应使用 5 个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语； 3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； 4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。 Paragraph 1 One day, 3,000 miles away, Wade was on a duck hunt when suddenly something in the bush caught his eyes. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2 Desiree’s fifth birthday came and later on the afternoon, a package arrived. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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