题目内容
In an American classroom, a Chinese girl was asked to answer a question. She stood up and smiled, without making any sound. The American teacher looked at himself and didn’t see anything funny. So he asked her the question again. The girl just smiled but said nothing. The teacher was angry. He didn’t know that the girl smiled to cover her embarrassment（尴尬）because she wasn’t able to answer the question.
In a dining room in Beijing, an Englishman was careless and dropped a plate. The Chinese who had seen this began to laugh. The Englishman felt uncomfortable and even got angry. “They are laughing at me,” he thought. In fact the Chinese laughed not at the Englishman or his bad luck—whether he is a foreigner or a Chinese. The smile or laughter has several feelings: don’t take it so seriously; laugh it off, it’s nothing; such things can happen to any of us.
【小题1】The Chinese girl smiled in an American classroom because ________________.
| A．she was asked to answer a question | B．she was asked to stand up |
| C．she couldn’t answer the question | D．the teacher looked funny |
| A．Don’t take it seriously. | B．Bad luck! |
| C．It’s nothing. | D．It can happen to any of us. |
| A．Smile and laughter don’t mean the same thing to different people. |
| B．Smile and laughter always bring happiness. |
| C．American people are easy to get angry. |
| D．Chinese students are impolite |
【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
解析试题分析：短文大意，这篇短文以两个不同情境下的笑声，向我们解释了同样的笑声在不同人群之间会有不同的含义。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据He didn’t know that the girl smiled to cover her embarrassment（尴尬）because she wasn’t able to answer the question.描述，可知这个中国女孩微笑，是因为她不能回答这个问题。故选C。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据第二段The smile or laughter has several feelings: don’t take it so seriously; laugh it off, it’s nothing; such things can happen to any of us.描述，可知这些笑声里面没有倒霉的含义。故选B。
【小题3】主旨大意题。这篇短文以两个不同情境下的笑声，向我们解释了同样的笑声，在不同人群之间会有不同的含义，故选A。
考点：考查日常生活类阅读。
The following is the information about an accident.
| Time | January 21, 2012 |
| Place | Mount Hua, Shanxi |
| People | A team of seven mountain climbers |
| Weather | Heavy snow |
| Event | Two climbers fell into the valley (山谷) |
| What happened | Mr. Zhang hurt his left leg. Miss Wang was hurt in the head |
| Time of call for help | 2:30 p. m. |
| Name of the caller | Mr. Chen, a member of the team |
| Action | Firemen arrived there at 3:00 p. m. and took the wound (伤者) to the nearest hospital at 3:15 p. m. |
| A．rainy | B．snowy | C．sunny | D．windy |
| A．Policemen | B．Visitors | C．Partners | D．Firemen |
| A．morning | B．afternoon | C．evening | D．night |
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．When they were climbing the mountain, two of them fell into the valley. |
| B．The firemen arrived half an hour later. |
| C．Mr. Zhang hurt his head. |
| D．The accident happened on Mount Hua, Shanxi. |
Look, this is a photo of Mr. White’s family. The man in the photo is Mr. White, the father. The woman is the mother. They have two daughters. The girl behind Mr. White is Mary. She’s 14. The girl behind Mrs. White is Jane. She is 11. Mary and Jane are in the same school, but not the same grade. Mary is in Grade2. Jane is in Grade 1. They are good students.
【小题1】There are people in the picture.
| A．five | B．three | C．four | D．six |
| A．Mr. White | B．Mrs. White | C．Jane | D．Peter |
| A．one son and one daughter | B．two sons |
| C．two daughters | D．one son |
| A．Mr. White’s | B．Mary’s | C．Mrs. White’s | D．Peter’s |
| A．Eleven and thirteen | B．Fourteen and eleven |
| C．Eleven | D．Thirteen |
Travel Information
| Place of Interest |  |  |  |  |
| Location(位置) | Beijing | Hangzhou | Hong Kong | Harbin |
| Phone Number | 010-28135589 | 0571-68345576 | 0852-28029822 | 0451-82187899 |
| Price of Ticket | ￥60 | ￥50 | ￥300 | ￥150 |
| Feature | Special bubbly (气泡状的) design | The Broken Bridge | Cartoon characters | Skywalk |
| A．Dragon Tower | B．West Lake | C．Water Cube | D．Disneyland |
| A．0451-82187899 | B．0571-68345576 | C．0852-28029822 | D．010-28135589 |
| A．Beijing | B．Harbin | C．Hong Kong | D．Hangzhou |
| A．￥160 | B．￥300 | C．￥450 | D．￥150 |
| A．Water Cube is special in design. |
| B．The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest. |
| C．In Disneyland, you can’t see any cartoon characters. |
| D．Dragon Tower is an interesting place in Beijing. |
One of the most common questions I am asked is whether, when, and how to follow up after a job interview. Following up in some way is necessary. Yes, you can get a job without it, but if you compete (竞争) with other top candidates (候选人), following up can sometimes help you when the other candidate doesn’t. Here’s how to follow up well:
Send a thank-you note at once. E-mail is fine for this and has the advantage of arriving faster, but handwritten notes are still appreciated (欣赏). And if there are many interviews, send a thank-you note each time.
Find out their timeline. Hopefully, you asked about their timeline in the interview itself, but if you didn’t, follow up within a week to strengthen (强化) your interest and politely ask what they expect their timeline for a decision to be.
Be patient. Most commonly, job seekers are too worried about the result. It doesn’t look worried to express your interest in the job or check in to ask about the timeline.
Don’t be nervous if you don’t hear from them at once. The hiring process (招聘过程) often takes longer than a candidate would like, maybe the decision makers are out of town. If you’re past the time they indicated you would hear something, this isn’t necessarily cause for nervousness. Hiring often ends up taking longer than expected. Just politely follow up, explain you’re very interested but understand that hiring can take time, and ask if they have the latest timeline.
根据上面文章，完成下面的表格，每空一词。
Title: How to follow up after a job interview（就职面试）
| Importance of following up | ● Following up is very 【小题1】in some way. | |
| 【小题2】 of following up | ● Send a thank-you note at once. | ﹡E-mail can arrive 【小题3】than handwritten notes. ﹡The employer still appreciate 【小题4】notes. |
| ● 【小题5】__ out the timeline. | ﹡Follow up to strengthen your 【小题6】. ﹡Politely ask what they 【小题7】the timeline to be. | |
| ● Be patient. | It is 【小题8】that job seekers are too worried. | |
| ● Don’t be nervous | ﹡The hiring often takes a longer time. ﹡The decision makers are not 【小题9】town. ﹡If the indicated time is past, follow up【小题10】and explain you are interested in the job. | |
Many companies use guards and expensive alarm systems to protect their property (财产). Soon a new kind of protection will be used—robots. Engineers have been working on the first mobile robots for businesses. The robots will guard factories, warehouses (仓库) and museums at night.
The mobile robots will move around slowly on wheels. They will be able to detect (察觉,发现) people through walls and pick up sounds, such as breaking glass. They can be fixed with loud sirens to frighten thieves, or radios to signal police or guards.
To protect a building, a robot will have to move around without knocking into the walls. Information about the building will have to be stored in the robot’s small, built-in computer. A floor map could be programmed into the computer’s memory, for example.
A mobile robot will not be able to do everything. Unlike human guards, it will not be able to climb stairs, open doors, or move along rough ground. It won’t be able to tell the difference between friends and enemies. Because of that, people will have to be prevented from entering the area it moves.
One kind of mobile robot will be able to “sense” whether a chair or a box has been moved and go around it. This robot will also judge size well enough so that it won’t send an alarm if a cat crosses the room. And if someone tries to steal this robot, it will sound a loud, painful siren. The three-foot-tall robot is hard to be stolen anyway. It weighs about 200 pounds.
U.S. companies pay almost $10 billion a year to protect their property with alarm systems and human guards. Mobile robots may be cheaper. (296)
【小题1】 Why is the new kind of robots called mobile robots? Because they can _____.
| A．guard factories, warehouses and museums |
| B．send loud, painful sirens when it is stolen |
| C．sense moving objects and signal police |
| D．move around and do the programmed work |
| A．From a human guard. | B．From a built-in computer. |
| C．From another robot. | D．From radio signals. |
| A．New Guards. | B．Science and Technology. |
| C．Alarm Systems. | D．Engineers and Robots. |
Mary picked up a pencil and a piece of paper，saying，“Now，you want to earn money for the autumn camping trip，right?” Tom，her brother，nodded．He wasn’t able to go last year because he hadn’t earned enough money during the summer．This year he came up with a plan．
He made a necklace for his mother that everyone admired．They were surprised to learn that Tom had made it for her．Why not make more necklaces and sell them?
“OK，” said Mary，“The first thing you need to do is to figure out（计算）how much you have now．’’
“I have $20.00 in the bank，and $7.25 in my room，” explained Tom．
“That gives you a total of $27.25，” said Mary，“That is called your capital．The next thing you need to know is how much it will cost you to make each necklace．”
“Well，the pet shop will give me all the feathers the birds lose．I'll have to buy the beads（小珠子）and string，” said Tom．
Mary wrote on the piece of paper：
CAPITAL $27.25
EXPENSES Feathers no cost
String for 10 necklaces $ 2.50
Beads for 10 necklaces + $ 15.00
Total $ 17.50
“How much do you think you can sell such a necklace for?” asked Mary．
“Hmm，” Tom looked thoughtful and said，“There's a shop in town that sells almost the same kind of necklace for $ 7.50．If I charge（要价）$ 6.00，people will think that's a bargain．”
“OK．If you sell each necklace for $ 6.00，you'll make a good profit（利润）on each then，” said Mary．
“Hurray!” Tom cried，“If I sell 20 necklaces，I'll have enough from the profit for the camping trip and $10.00 left over．”
【小题1】The underlined word "bargain" in this story means “________”．
| A．something sold cheap | B．something sold expensive |
| C．something made at home | D．something made by children |
| A．$ 47.45． | B．$ 75． | C．$ 85． | D．$102.25． |
| A．How to Make Necklaces | B．How to Sell Necklaces |
| C．How to Make a Plan | D．How to Earn Money for a Trip |
任务型阅读（每小题1分，共10分）。
阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词
Susan is 14 years old and she is an American girl. She is one of my best friends. She is interested in Chinese and good at it. Every summer she travels(旅行) with her parents. She believes that traveling is an important part in her life. She likes London best because it is both clean and beautiful. She knows that China is a large country with lots of interesting places. This July, her family are coming to China. I am very happy to know that they will first come to my city. They will stay here for three days. I will take them to visit the city. Then they will fly to Beijing. I am sure they will have a nice time in China.
| Who | Susan is an 【小题1】 girl. She is interested in Chinese and does 【小题2】 in it. |
| What | She 【小题3】 with her parents every summer. Traveling is an important 【小题4】 in her life. |
| Where | Her 【小题5】 place is London because London is both 【小题6】 and beautiful. |
| When | This 【小题7】, her family are coming to China. She knows China is a large country with a lot of 【小题8】 places. |
| How long | They will stay here for three 【小题9】. |
| How | Then they will go to Beijing by 【小题10】 . |