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(2014·德州模拟)You’d better take into account your own________and weaknesses before choosing a major.

A．strengths　B．benefits

C．dislikes　D．favorites

 

A

【解析】句意为：在选专业之前你最好考虑你的优缺点。strength强项，优势，符合句意。

答案：　A

 

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(2014·安徽省淮北五校第四次联考)—You look tired，Mike.

—Oh，I stayed up last night，________the final of the Voice of China on TV.

A．watched 　B．having watched

C．watching 　D．watch

 

Success is often measured by the ability to overcome adversity.But，it is often the belief of others that gives us the courage to try.

J．K.Rowling，author of the Harry Potter book series，began writing at the age of 6.In her biography，she remembers with great fondness when her good friend Sean，whom she met in secondary school，became the first person to encourage her and help build the confidence that one day she would be a very good writer

“He was the first person with whom I really discussed my serious ambition to be a writer.He was also the only person who thought I was bound to be a success at it，which meant much more to me than I ever told him at the time.”

Despite many setbacks，Rowling persevered in her writing，particularly fantasy stories.But it wasn’t until 1990 that she first conceived the idea about Harry Potter.As she recalls，it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into her head.“To my immense frustration (沮丧)，I didn’t have a functioning pen with me，and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one.I think，now，that this was probably a good thing，because I simply sat and thought，for four (delayed train) hours，and all the details bubbled up in my brain，and this scrawny，black?haired，bespectacled (戴眼镜的) boy who didn’t know he was a wizard became more and more real to me.”

That same year，her mother passed away after a ten?year battle with multiple sclerosis，which deeply affected her writing.She went on to marry and had a daughter，but separated from her husband shortly afterwards.

During this time，Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression.Unemployed，she completed her first novel in area cafes，where she could get her daughter to fall asleep.After being rejected by 12 publishing houses，the first Harry Potter novel was sold to a small British publishing house.

Now with seven books that have sold nearly 400 million copies in 64 languages，J.K.Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history.And it all began with her commitment to writing that was fostered by the confidence of a friend!

1.Who believed J．K.Rowling was to be a good writer?

A．Her friend Sean.　　　B．Her mother.

C．Her daughter.　D．Her husband.

2.Rowling first came up with the idea about Harry Potter________.

A．at the age of 6　B．on a train journey

C．after her mother’s death　　D．in her secondary school

3.She felt frustrated on the train because________.

A．her train was delayed for four hours

B．she didn’t have a pen with her

C．her mind suddenly went blank

D．no one would offer her help

4.It can be concluded from Paragraph 5 and 6 that Rowling is________.

A．open?minded 　B．warm?hearted

C．good?natured　D．strong?willed

5.The text mainly tells us________.

A．hardship makes a good novelist

B．the courage to try is a special ability

C．you can have a wonderful idea everywhere

D．encouragement contributes to one’s success

 

An alcohol breath test (ABT) is often used by the police to find out whether a person is drunk while driving.In the United States，the legal blood alcohol limit is 0.08% for people aged 21 years or older，while people under 21 are not allowed to drive a car with any level of alcohol in their body.A “positive” test result，a result over the legal limit，allows the police to arrest the driver.However，many people who tested positive on the test have claimed that they only drank a “non?alcoholic” energy drink.Can one of these energy drinks really cause someone to test positive on an ABT？Researchers in Missouri set up an experiment to find out.

First，the amount of alcohol in 27 different popular energy drinks was measured.All but one had an alcohol level greater than 0.005%.In nine of the 27 drinks，the alcohol level was at least 0.096%.The scientists then investigated the possibility that these small levels of alcohol could be discovered by an ABT.They asked test subjects to drink a full can or bottle of an energy drink and then gave each subject an ABT one minute and 15 minutes after the drink was finished.

For 11 of the 27 energy drinks，the ABT did find the presence of alcohol if the test was given within one minute after the drink was taken.However，alcohol could not be discovered for any of the drinks if the test was given 15 minutes after the drink was consumed.This shows that when the test is taken plays an important role in the test result.The sooner the test is conducted after the consumption of these drinks，the more likely a positive alcohol reading will be obtained.

1.What is the legal alcohol level for a 20?year?old driver in the US?

A．0.000%.　B．0.005%.

C．0.080%.　D．0.096%.

2.What is the purpose of the Missouri experiment?

A．To introduce a new method of calculating blood alcohol levels.

B．To discover the relation between energy drinks and ABT test results.

C．To warn people of the dangers of drinking energy drinks.

D．To change the current legal alcohol limit for drivers in the United States.

3.The underlined word “subjects” in Paragraph 2 refers to________.

A．the things that are being discussed

B．areas of knowledge studied in school

C．the participants in an experiment

D．the people who belong to a country

4.Which of the following affects the ABT test result most for energy drink consumers?

A．The age of the person who takes the test.

B．The place where the test is given.

C．The equipment that the test uses.

D．The time when the test is taken.

5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．A driver whose blood alcohol level is found to be 0.1% will be arrested.

B．No energy drinks really cause anyone to test positive on an ABT.

C．Few popular energy drinks contain alcohol in them.

D．Those taking an ABT 15 minutes after drinking alcohol cannot be found out.

 

(2014·成都市重点中学联考)She can’t help________the house because she’s busy making a cake in the kitchen.

A．to clean　B．cleaning

C．cleaned　D．being cleaning

 

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His family announced he had died at his home in Southampton，New York State，after a long illness.His son，Arthur Sulzberger Jr，said in a statement that his father，whom he referred to by his childhood nickname of Punch，was “one of our industry’s most admired executives”．“Punch，the old Marine captain who never backed down from a fight，was an absolutely fierce defender of the freedom of the press，” he said.

The New York Times was bought by Mr Sulzberger Sr’s grandfather Adolph Ochs in 1896.During Mr Sulzberger’s tenure，The New York Times won 31 Pulitzer prizes.

Born in New York City,5 February 1926，Sr served in Marine Corps during World War Ⅱ and Korean War，joined The New York Times in 1951 after graduating from Columbia College，took over as publisher in 1963 after his brother?in?law died suddenly，stepped down in 1997 and passed stewardship to his son，Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

He oversaw a huge circulation boost at the paper，and increased its parent company’s annual revenues (年收入) from $100m in 1963 to $1.7bn by the time he stepped down in 1997.He also led the paper through high?level clashes with the political establishment.In 1971，The Times published a series of stories saying that politicians had systematically lied over the US involvement in Vietnam.The source was thousands of leaked government documents known as the Pentagon Papers.The Nixon administration demanded that the paper stop publishing the stories on grounds of national security.But the paper refused，and then won the subsequent court case by arguing that the First Amendment of the US Constitution (宪法) guaranteed free speech.The case is seen as a landmark in the history of free speech in the US.Mr Sulzberger said he read more than 7,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers before personally deciding to publish them.

His family still holds a controlling stake (控股权) in The New York Times.He was a strong believer in family ownership of newspapers.He once joked：“My conclusion is simple.Nepotism works.”

1.When did Arthur Sulzberger Sr die?

A．In 1997.　B．In 2012.

C．In 1963.　　D．In 1971.

2.Punch，the old Marine captain was actually________.

A．Arthur Sulzberger Jr

B．Adolph Ochs

C．Arthur Sutzberger Sr’s father

D．Arthur Sulzberger Sr

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Arthur Sulzberger Sr took over The New York Times from his brother?in?law.

B．Arthur Sulzberger Jr’s grandfather bought The New York Times.

C．Arthur Sulzberger Sr resigned when The New York Times was in financial trouble.

D．Arthur Sulzberger Jr took over The New York Times after graduating from Columbia College.

4.In the political case in the 1970s，Mr Sulzberger________.

A．failed the case in the end

B．lost the controlling stake in The New York Times

C．gave in to the government

D． succeeded in guarding free speech of the paper

5.What does the underlined word “Nepotism” probably refer to?

A．Friendship.　B．Politics.

C．Family ownership　D．Freedom of speech.

 

(2014·湖南邵阳市模拟)Emperor Kangxi came to this village twice，thus________it the name Huangcheng.

A．to earn　B．earning

C．earned　D．earn

 

We complained to the travel agency about the horrible service during our trip，but no one has________by now.

A．responded 　B．deserved

C．recovered 　D．survived

 

(2014·吉林长春高中毕业班调研)—What do you think we should do when________earthquake happens?

—In my opinion，go to________open space away from buildings or trees.

A．an；an　B．the；an

C．an；the　D．the；the

 

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