Tim works for a company in Sacramento, California. He enjoys his work a lot. He gets up at six o’clock each workday. He drives to work and begins his job at eight o’clock. He speaks to people on the telephone to help them with their banking problems. People telephone the bank to ask questions about their accounts(账户).He doesn’t give information about accounts until people answer a few questions. Tim will ask the callers their birth dates, the last four numbers of their social security(社会保障)numbers and their addresses. If a person give incorrect (不正确的)information, Tim will ask him to call back with the correct information. Tim is polite and friendly to everyone. He has lunch in a park next to his office. He returns home at five o’clock in the afternoon. After work, he goes to the gym to do some sports. He is good at playing tennis. He has dinner at eight o’clock. Tim likes watching TV after dinner. He goes to bed at nine at night.

阅读短文,选择正确的问题

1.Tim’s work is ________ .

A. helping them with their banking problems B. asking them some questions

C. giving them information about the addresses D. correcting their information

2.Tim wants to ask the callers’ ________ first.

A. accounts’ numbers B. dates of birth C. workplaces D. social security addresses

3.It seems that Tim is always _________on weekdays.

A. free B. impatient C. busy D. social

4.Tim’s work lasts(持续) _______ a day.

A. nine hours B. eight hours C. seven hours D. four hours

5.Tim enjoys watching TV, but he doesn’t watch it _________.

A. after dinner B. before going to bed C. at night D. for long

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.D 【解析】本文介绍了Tim一天的工作情况以及回到家的活动。 1.A 细节理解题。He speaks to people on the telephone to help them with their banking problems.可知Tim的工作是帮助人们解决一些银行账户的问题,故选A。 2.B 细节...

假如国外中学生来你校进行为期一周的交流学习,期间计划参加一项中国传统文化的主题活动,为此向你们征求活动方案(plan)请你根据下面表格中的信息提示,写一篇英语短文,介绍你提供的活动方案,内容包括:茶或者民乐介绍,活动安排以及与之相关的理由。

要求:1.从表格中任选一个主题,合理安排活动;

2.短文条理清楚,行文连贯,内容可适当发挥;

3.短文中不能出现真实的人名和地名;

4.词数不少于80,开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。

Chinese Culture

Introduction

Schedule

Reasons

Tea

Past and present

Time:______

Places: tea farm, tea house

Activities:

1. tea processing

2. a tea art performance

Folk Music

Music pieces

and

traditional instruments

Time:_______

Places: music room, school hall

Activities:

1. take musical instrument classes

2. attend a folk music concert

Hello, friends. I've got a plan for you which may help you learn about Chinese culture. First of all, I'd like to introduce _________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Hope you will have a good time.

Hello, friends. I've got a plan for you which may help you learn about Chinese culture. First of all, I'd like to introduce tea. It has a long history. It is said that Shen Nong discovered it as a dri...

There are purple clothes, purple handbags, purple bicycles, purple furniture, even purple computers! So purple is one of the most______colors today. But in the past, purple was a very expensive and unusual color. Let’s take a look at the rich______of the color purple.

Some scientists believe that the first plants to appear on Earth over 500 million years ago______looked purple, not green. Plants today are green because______use green chlorophyll (叶绿素) to produce energy.______these early plants probably used something called retinal, which is a dark purple color.

During the time of the roman Empire (37 BC-476 AD), it was very______to make purple dye (染料). The dye came from sea snails (海螺) .But10.000 dead sea snails______you just one gram (克)of purple dye… as well as a very bad smell! This______purple dye was called Tyrian purple, and it was the preferred______of emperors.

In 16th--century England, purple was______for the kings family members. Queen Elizabeth Is clothes were purple, but ordinary people were not allowed to______the color.

In 1856. William Perkin, an 18-year-old______student, noticed something strange while doing an experiment (实验). The chemicals (化学药品) he used to clean his instruments______with the chemicals he used in his experiment and produced a bright purple color. This______Perkin to start a company using this chemical mixture to make purple dye. The dye was much______than sea snail dye. Thanks to Perkin, now anyone can afford to wear purple clothes.

1.A. peaceful B. popular C. exciting D. serious

2.A. history B. style C. research D. product

3.A. gradually B. especially C. exactly D. probably

4.A. others B. they C. we D. some

5.A. And B. So C. But D. Until

6.A. dangerous B. common C. difficult D. strange

7.A. got B. passed C. wasted D. cost

8.A. basic B. harmful C. special D. perfect

9.A. color B. smell C. plant D. animal

10.A. even B. never C. seldom D. only

11.A. wear B. sell C. change D. make

12.A. geography B. science C. art D. math

13.A. compared B. mixed C. collected D. kept

14.A. survey B. suggestion C. discovery D. exam

15.A. healthier B. thicker C. cheaper D. darker

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.A 10.D 11.A 12.B 13.B 14.C 15.C 【解析】试题这篇说明文通过对比和举例,介绍了紫色的来历和发展,说明紫色曾经是是一种非常昂贵和不寻常的颜色,但在科学家Perkin的努力下,用两种化学混合物制造紫色染料,终于使紫色...

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