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【题目】In winter, thick snows can cut ______ the village for two weeks at a time.
【答案】见解析
【解析】off
【题目】阅读下面的文字，完成后面问题。
中国古代星宿
当远古的人们第一次仰望星空时，就对这个世界的存在发出了疑问。渐渐的各个民族都形成了自己对星空的认识。如今的我们似乎很习惯用西方的星座解读生活，却忽略了我们中华自己的智慧，几千年前，我们的祖先就已经对我们头顶的星空进行了深刻的思考与探索。
我们中国古代的对星空的认识是在天上重新塑造了一个社会，地面上所有的东西能都在天上对应的找到，那里有皇帝，有皇后，有军队，还有房屋、马车……，在天上形成了一个与地面上类似的人间体系。由于种类繁多，所以中国的古代星宿比较复杂，零乱。但它是对纷扰世界的反映。
古人通常把天上的恒星几个几个地组合在一起，每个组合给一个名称。这样的恒星组合称为星官。各个星官所包含的星数多寡不等，少到一个，多到几十个。所占的天区范围也各不相同。在众多的星官中，三垣二十八宿占有很重要的地位。这样把所有的星星都划分到不同的星宿里，这不仅方便观测和测量这些恒星并且古人还有更重要的用途。中国古代天文最重要的特点是经世致用，就是每一种星宿划分方法都有一定的用途。通过对星空的观测，我们发展出了精确的历法。还有占星术，它专以战争胜负、年承丰歉、王朝盛衰、帝王安危等军国大事为占测对象，在古代拥有强大的政治功能、军事功能和文化功能，并且由于与皇权的这种特殊关系，决定了它在政治运作中可能扮演重要的角色。
大体上我们把星空划分成了“三垣”和“四象”。“三垣”是北天以北极星为中心的一大片星区，“垣”就是城墙的意思，三垣分别是太微垣、紫微垣和天市垣。而“四象”是黄道以及黄道附近围绕天区一周的星宿体系，分别是东方苍龙、西方白虎、南方朱雀、北方玄武。而进一步把每一象在划分成七宿，于是又形成了二十八星宿。
此外，古代的占星家为了用天象来占卜人间的吉凶祸福，分别将天上的星星与地面上的国州相对应，称为分野，具体就是将某个星宿作为某个州的分野，例如，王勃的《滕王阁序》中写道“星分翼轸，地接衡庐”中的翼轸就是说江西的南昌地处翼轸的分野之内。
在中国传统上，北极星有非比寻常的意义，例如公元前1097年周公时代称北极星“微帝”等。这是由于它看起来在天空中固定不动，被众星拥护，故被视为群星之主。《论语·为政》记载“为政以德，譬如北辰，居其所，而众星拱之”。
而北斗七星是我们最熟悉的星宿之一，由于它醒目的形状和它重要的位置，所以它在中国古人的心目中的地位及其重要，它就像一个巨大的勺子悬挂在北方的天空。随着历史的发展，北斗七星的地位一天比一天高起来，后来成了掌管人们生死的星宿，在道教中，北斗七星被称为七元解厄星君，居北斗星宫，根据人的出生时刻，人的生命可以被七个星君分管。根据这个原理，我们就可以找到自己的主管星。
7.下列关于星宿的表述，不正确的一项是 （ ）
A．中国古代星宿一定程度上反映出我们的祖先对现实社会的认识。
B．由于强调星空和人间的对应，中国古代的星宿划分比较复杂。
C．三垣是以北极星为中心的星区，在二十八宿中占有很重要的地位。
D．星宿的划分方便对星空的观测，对制定精确的历法有很大意义。
8.下列表述，不符合原文意思的一项是（ ）
A．各个民族都有对星空不同的认识，今天我们似乎很熟悉西方星座，却忽略了中国古代对星空更为深刻的思考。
B．把星星都划分到不同的星宿，每一种划分方法都有重要的用途，这体现出中国古代天文学经世致用的特点。
C．中国古代的占星术的占测对象都是军国大事，并且与皇权关系密切，对政治、军事活动能有很大的影响。
D．古代的占星家将星宿和国州对应，认为通过对天上的星星的观测，能预测出它所对应的地面区域吉凶祸福。
9.根据原文内容，下列理解和分析不正确的一项是（ ）
A．“四象”是将黄道及其附近围绕天区一周的星空，按东西南北四个方位划分星宿体系。
B．北极星因为在天空中特殊的位置，往往被古人视作统治者的象征，地位自然非比寻常。
C．北斗七星像一个巨大勺子的形状十分醒目，地位十分重要，也是我们最熟悉的星宿之一。
D．道教将北斗七星称为七元解厄星君，认为是掌管生死的星宿，所以其地位越来越高。
【题目】He loves breathing fresh air in the suburbs and ______ in the morning sunshine.
A. sit
B. sitting
C. sits
D.is sitting
【题目】Every people has their own way of saying things, their own special expressions. Many everyday American expressions are based on colors.
Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their color and their fiery (炽热的，暴躁的) taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.
Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.
Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song—Mood Indigo—about the deep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song: "You aren't blue till you've had that Mood Indigo." Someone who is blue is very sad.
The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in stomach may say she feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.
Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the back side of the paper money.
The color black is used often in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day. A blacklist is illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.
【1】 If you had your wallet stolen while doing some shopping, you may call it __________.
A. a white day
B. a black day
C. a red day
D. a green day
【2】 Suppose Mr. Brown says he is very happy because his three children are all in the pink, this means all his children are __________.
A. lucky and wealthy
B. gentle and modest
C. fit and healthy
D. creative and energetic
【3】 When she got home and found nothing had been done by her husband, Jane was really __________.
A. red hot
B. green
C. blue
D. black
【4】 In the following paragraph, the writer might tell the reader something about __________.
A. unpopular organizations in the world
B. people's response towards a black day
C. the influence of the traditional blues
D. more words about a color, such as brown
【题目】用括号里所给动词短语的适当形式填空
( speak of, take care, discourage. . . from, can't wait, feel like, have fun with)
【1】 When I was playing a football, I broke the win- dow， so I ______sitting on a hot pan.
【2】several times.
【3】 When they parted at the end of the interview, they wished each other______.
【4】 We got on very well and ______ each other during four years of studying together.
【5】 The ice on the river is not thick enough, so children should be______ playing on it.
【6】 With Christmas approaching, the children ______to know what presents they might get.
【题目】A: Do you know who will be the main actor in this film?
B: Who do you think will ______ ______ this film?
【题目】How badly reform is needed was __________ recently by the rising youth crime figures.
A. suspected
B. indicated
C. influenced
D. announced
【题目】【1】 __________ you don't like him is none of my business.
【2】 __________ we'll go camping depends on __________ it will be fine tomorrow.
【3】 __________ she comes or not makes no difference.
【4】 The question is __________ it is worth doing.
【5】 Go and get your coat. It's __________ you left it.
【6】 See the flags on the building? That was __________ we did this morning.
【题目】For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines—a never-ending flood of words. In 【1】 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 【2】 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us, are 【3】 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 【4】 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 【5】 in the actual stuff of language itself—words. Taken individually, words have 【6】 meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 【7】 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing (退回) to 【8】 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over 【9】 you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 【10】 down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as 【11】 reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 【12】 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined (预先确定的) speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 【13】 the reader finds comfortable, in order to "stretch" him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 【14】 word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization (默读) practically impossible. At first 【15】 is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 【16】 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 【17】 reading skill drastically improved after some training. 【18】 Charles Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 72 words a minute 【19】 the training, now it is an excellent 128 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 【20】 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.
A. applying B. doing C. offering D. getting
A. quickly B. easily C. roughly D. decidedly
A. good B. curious C. poor D. urgent
A. training B. habits C. situations D. custom
A. lies B. combines C. touches D. involves
A. some B. a lot C. little D. dull
A. Fortunately B. In fact C. Logically D. Unfortunately
A. reuse B. reread C. rewrite D. recite
A. what B. which C. that D. if
A. scales B. cuts C. slows D. measures
A. some one B. one C the one D. reader
A. accelerator B. actor C. amplifier D. observer
A. then B. as C. beyond D. than
A. enabling B. leading C. making D. indicating
A. meaning B. comprehension C. gist D. regression
A. but B. nor C. or D. for
A. our B. your C. their D. such a
A. Look at B. Take C. Make D. Consider
A. for B. in C. after D. before
A. master B. go over C. present D. get through
