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【题目】请你以The power of humor为话题写一篇短文，谈谈幽默在生活中的重要作用。

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【答案】

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The power of humor

People like to be considered humorous, but few of us actually have the sense of humor we hope we have. What is the power of humor?

A sense of humor can help you become a successful speaker. Your humorous remarks can make the audience laugh, making your lecture an enjoyable one. We can notice that there is no great speaker in the world who is not humorous. A sense of humor can also help you with friendship. If you are humorous, you will always attract a lot of people around you. Besides, a sense of humor can help to ease the tension between people.

So a sense of humor is really one of the keys to happiness. Every one of us should try to be humorous.

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Max Vernon Mathews has been called the father of computer music. He created electronic tools so that people could use computers as musical instruments. He had a huge influence on the development of electronic music and how it is written, recorded and played.

In 1957, Max Mathews wrote the first computer program that enabled a computer to create sound and play it back. At the time, he was working as an engineer at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. His computer program was called Music. It enabled a large IBM computer to play a seventeen-second piece of music that he had written.

The computer was so slow that it would have taken an hour to play the piece of music in seventeen seconds. For that reason, Mathews moved the work to a tape player, which could be sped up to play the music at a normal speed. He later said that the sound quality of the musical notes was not great, but the technical importance of the music was huge.

The science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke visited Bell Laboratories in the 1960s. He heard a computer “sing” the song “Daisy Bell” on devices and programs developed by Max Mathews and other engineers. Clarke noted this technology in his book “2001: A Space Odyssey,” which was later made into a movie.

Mathews continued creating other versions of the Music program. He became interested in how computers could help musicians outside recording studios.

Max Mathews had a long and productive career. He worked with composers like John Cage and Edgard Varese. He helped create a center for research in computer music in Paris. And he taught at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics in Stanford University in California.

Mathews believed modern musicians were not making full use of the power of computer music. He said a violin always sounds like a violin, but with a computer, the way a violin sounds is unlimited. He said he did not want computer sounds to replace live music. But he said he hoped laptop computers would one day be considered serious instruments.

【1】 How did the program Music work according to the computer?

A. It helped design a computer program.

B. It made sound and play it on a computer.

C. It could record a seventeen-second piece of music.

D. It enabled a large IBM computer to work faster.

【2】 Mathews was likely to think that .

A. the first computer music was technically important.

B. the first piece of computer music was too short

C. the IBM computer was fit for creating slow music

D. the first piece of computer music wasn’t music indeed

【3】Which of the following is true?

A. Clarke helped develop computer music.

B. Mathews became a character in a movie later on.

C. Computer music was mentioned in Clarke’s book.

D. Clarke saw Mathews operate a singing computer.

【4】 It is implied in the last paragraph that .

A. Mathew wanted computers to take the place of live music.

B. a violin does make much better sounds than a computer

C. a computer can help improve sounds of traditional musical instruments

D. laptops are more suitable to be used as serious musical instruments

【题目】I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people 【1】 I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a 【2】 person.

I think my 【3】 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 【4】 and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever 【5】 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really 【6】 . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) 【7】. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 【8】 to help. That was really a big 【9】 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of 【10】 are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new 【11】 , however, came when I took a part-time job at Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my 【12】 . Every time I came into her room, she was so 【13】 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 【14】 her, so I took her place. She let me 【15】 that making others feel good made me feel good, too. When she died, I was 【16】, but I was also very grateful to her.

I think I am a much 【17】 person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 【18】these experiences. They have 【19】me to care about other people more than about myself. I 【20】 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

A. since B. before C. or D. unless

A. famous B. simple C. different D. skilled

A. education B. career C. tour D. change

A. balance B. homework C. degree D. interest

A. talked B. wrote C. lied D. reported

A. careful B. lonely C. curious D. guilty

A. argument B. game C. experiment D. defence

A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happene

A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step

A. us B. which C. them D. whom

A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D. luck

A. friend B. partner C. guide D. guest

A. polite B. happy C. strange D. confident

A. bothered B. answered C. visited D. trusted

A. explain B. guess C. declare D. see

A. homeless B. heartbroken C. bad-tempered D. hopeless

A. quieter B. busier C. better D. richer

A. forget B. face C. improve D. analyze

A. forced B. preferred C. ordered D. taught

A. miss B. like C. wonder D. expect

【题目】用适当的介词填空。

【1】We are not content __________ our present achievements.

【2】I was fortunate __________ being elected captain of that team.

【3】Now my husband is bored __________ tennis and mad about football.

【4】We only picked __________ the ten best replies for the interview. And yours is just among them.

【5】In winter, thick snows can cut __________ the village for two weeks at a time.

【6】He’s a great actor and starred __________ so many good films.

【7】She asked for her mail to be directed __________ her home address.

【8】He entertained himself __________ his violin in his simple home.

【题目】

用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。

far from under the authority of as a result link up

pull through in honor of lead to function as

【1】 Mich was appointed general manager the 130ard of Trustees of the company.

【2】 Various activities were held the 100th anniversary of Nanjing University in 2002.

【3】This key-ring also a torch, which is very convenient at night.

【4】 We’re happy that our predictions are so accurate, which is ______ initial expectation.

【5】 He fell off the bike and hurt his leg yesterday. , he had to be away from school for several days.

【6】 The newly-built expressway the two cities, making the communication between the cities more frequent than ever.

【7】So long as you make the effort and do your best, the rest of us will help you to .

【8】 Eating too salty food can health problems.

【题目】If the dictionary isn’t yours, can it be?

A. what else

B. who else’s

C. who else

D. which else’s

【题目】

--- Do we have to wait for him?

--- No, it no difference whether he will come or not.

A. has

B. causes

C. makes

D. gets

【题目】阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

Kiss crisis, hug horrors and the UK's handshake headaches

Greeting someone, saying goodbye — these situations fill me with unease. You have a second to make a dangerous decision. One peck (轻吻)? Two pecks? Three? No kisses at all? Why, I think, as I crash into the other person’s face, why can’t it be as simple as a handshake?

A survey by the soap company Redox in May showed one in five Brits now feels a handshake is “too formal”, according to the Daily Mail. Some 42 percent said they never shook hands when greeting friends. For one third of people the alternative was a hug, for 16 percent a kiss on the cheek.

British people are known to be reserved (保守的) — unfriendly, some would say. Handshakes used to work for us because we didn’t have to get too close. But the super-British handshake is no longer fashionable. We want to be more like our easygoing Mediterranean neighbors who greet each other with kisses and hugs.

The trouble is, we still find it a bit awkward. What does a married man do when greeting a married female friend, for example? How should someone younger greet someone older?

Guys don’t tend to kiss one another; my male friends in Britain go for the “manly hug”, taking each other stiffly (不自然地) in one arm and giving a few thumps on the back with words like “Take it easy, yeah?”.

The biggest questions, if you do decide to kiss, are how many times and which cheek first. Unlike the French, who comfortably deliver three, our cheek-pecks usually end in embarrassed giggling (咯咯笑): “Oh, gosh, sorry, I didn’t mean to kiss you on the lips, I never know where to aim for first!”

But then it’s never been easy for us poor, uncomfortable Brits. Even the handshake had its problems: don’t shake too hard, but don’t hold the other person’s hand too limply (无力地) either, and definitely don’t go in with sweaty hands.

Maybe it’s better to leave it at a smile and a nod.

【1】What is the article mainly about?

A. Origin of the traditional British way of greeting someone.

B. New trends and problems that Brits have with the way they greet people.

C. Why the author feels uneasy when greeting someone or saying goodbye.

D. Differences in greetings between Britain and other Western countries.

【2】What did the survey by the soap company Redox show?

A. It is now considered unfriendly to greet friends with a handshake in Britain.

B. A kiss on the cheek is becoming the most popular form of greeting in Britain.

C. Most Brits no longer offer to shake hands with those they meet.

D. More and more Brits prefer to be greeted with a hug or kiss.

【3】The underlined word “awkward” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. not helpful

B. too informal

C. quite embarrassed

D. very interesting

【4】Which does the author think might be the safest form of greeting for a British person?

A. A hug.

B. A smile and a nod.

C. A handshake.

D. A kiss on the cheek.

【题目】七选五。根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Do you know how to pick a good book you’ll really like? Here are some tips.

Start With Your Interest. 【1】 . You can pick something that you love to read, not for school. They can be ancient martial (武术) arts, computers, or fashion design. You name it, there are books about it.

What’s Your Type? Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction (or both)? Fiction books, like novels, can transport you to another world or help you imagine something beyond your own experience. Nonfiction books give you the who, what, when, and why of something. 【2】 . Many of them read like novels from start to finish.

Read the description. The reviews and quotes on the back and inside covers of many books give you an idea of what the book is about. They can also help you pick future books, too. If you find a book you really like, take a minute to read the quotes and see which authors praised the book. 【3】 .

Find a Family Favorite. Which book did your mother love best when she was at your age? 【4】 . Find out and give them a read — then you can share your thoughts about the book.

Finally, you’ll probably enjoy what you’re reading a lot more if you find a quiet place and make time for the book. 【5】 . You can put on some good music, get yourself some tea and let yourself be carried away by the book. You’ll see that time does fly when you’re reading something you love!

A. How about your brothers and sisters?

B. They tell stories using facts — but that doesn’t mean they’re boring.

C. Reading is a good way to improve your English.

D. Most reading is best enjoyed when you can concentrate (全神贯注) on it.

E. Often, they’ll have similar styles and you might find books you like by those authors, too.

F. So you should read as much as possible when you are free.

G. Reading on your own isn’t like reading for school.

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