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ground
A. young B. account C. flavour D. Though
It’s standard practice for a company like this one______ a security officer.
A. employed B. being employed
C. to employ D. employs
British singer Sarah Brightman began training for a 2015 flight to the International Space Station where she hopes to become the first professional musician to sing from space, the company arranging the trip said on Tuesday.
Brightman, a famed soprano (女高音) who starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber' s "Phantom of the Opera" , will pay about $ 52 million for a 10-day stay aboard the orbital outpost, Tom Shelley, president of privately owned Space Adventures, said.
Brightman, who will become the eighth privately funded space tourist, is scheduled to fly in September 2015. Her training to fly on a Russian Soyuz capsule began last fall.
Brightman has planned to be the first professional musician to sing from space. But she faces competition from Lady Gaga, who, according to media reports late last year, intends to be the first when she performs one song in space in early 2015 on a Virgin Galactic flight. Virgin Galactic, part of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, plans to offer suborbital(亚轨道的) space flights.
Brightman said in 2012 that she would travel to the space station, but her plans haven't been confirmed until now. So far. Space Adventures has arranged for nine private missions to the space station, a $ 100 billion research laboratory that flies about 260 miles above the earth. Microsoft co-founder Charles Simonyi made two trips.
Brightman will be the first private citizen to visit the station since Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Lalibarte paid about $ 35 million for an 11-day stay in September 2009.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has an option to fly on the next available Soyuz seat after Brightman, which most likely will be in 2017, Shelley told Reuters.
1. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To praise Brightman.
B. To persuade the readers that Brightman is more famous than Lady Gaga.
C. To instruct the readers how to begin a space flight.
D. To give some information about Brightman.
2. When did Brightman start training for her space travel?
A. Last winter. B. Last autumn.
C. Next spring. D. Next summer.
3. The underlined word "she" in Paragraph 4 refers to ____.
A. Brightman B. Lady Gaga
C. Andrew Lloyd Webber D. Tom Shelley
4. The fifth paragraph is mainly carried out ____.
A. in time order B. in space order
C. by giving examples D. by comparison
---Have you seen Tony recently？
---No, but I ______ dinner with him on Sunday.
A. would have B. have had
C. have been having D. am having
---May I have a look at the menu for a while?
---Of course, ______, sir.
A. take your time B. enjoy yourself
C. it doesn’t matter D. don’t worry
No one wants to look silly or do the wrong thing at a new job. It is important to make the right impression from the very first day. You will face new people. You will be in a new place. It may be difficult to know what to do. Here are five tips to help you make it through the first days at a new job:
1．First impressions can last forever. Make sure you make a good one. Before your first day, find out if your new job has a dress code (rules about what you can wear to work). If so, be sure to follow it. No matter what, always be neat and clean.
2．Get to work on time. Give yourself an extra 15 minutes to make sure you arrive on time.
3．Pay attention to introductions. One of the first things that your supervisor may do is to introduce you to co-workers. These co-workers will be important to you. They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.
4．Ask a lot of questions. Make sure that your supervisor has told you what is expected of you. If he or she has not told you your duties, ask for a list. Set daily and weekly goals for yourself.
5．Never be the first one to leave. Observe what your co-workers do around quitting time (下班时间). It does not look good for you to be eager to leave.
1.Before you arrive at work, you should .
A．dress in a right way B．introduce yourself quickly
C．know your duties D．know your co-workers well
2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．You should be the first one to arrive at work.
B．You should ask your co-workers for your duties.
C．You should not be eager to go back home.
D．You are required to arrive 15 minutes earlier.
3.In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “supervisor” may be a “ ”
A．visitor B．teacher C．workmate D．leader
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A．Getting a New Job
B．Tips on How to Work
C．The First – day Work Tips
D．The Importance of Co-workers
I realized success wasn’t always in money and medals.
A．measured B．praised C．tested D．increased
Each of us struggles for self-respect and self-worth to some degree. I spent much time trying to achieve perfection in every aspect of my life.
I was a happy kid with a lot of friends and a supportive family. But growing up was really and even scary sometimes.
During my childhood, I was constantly involved in something that included people’s viewing my achievements or my _ . I wanted everyone’s praise and acceptance, but I was my own toughest critic (挑剔的人).
After I graduated from high school, my to be “thin” began to trouble me. I began trying to diet by my food.
In the beginning, I felt great—attractive and successful, almost superhuman. I even thought that I was better than everyone else. What I didn’t see was that I was slowly _ myself.
People around me began to my weight loss. They said with concern. “You’re losing too much weight.” “Elisa, you’re so thin.” All their words only suggested that I was getting closer to “ ” .
Sadly, I took my physical the first important in my life, that it was the way to become successful and accepted.
Then I cut down my more and more, until a day consisted of half a teaspoon of nonfat yoghurt and coffee in the morning and a cup of grapes at night.
But my poor began to cause me to lose . Then one night, like many nights before, I couldn’t sleep and my heart felt as though it might beat out of my chest. I tried to , but I couldn’t. The beating became so rapid and so strong that I could no longer . What I had done to diet nearly caused me to have a heart attack. I stood up, and immediately fell down. I was really , and I knew I needed help. My roommate rushed me to the , beginning the long road to my . It took a lot—doctors, nurses, nutritionists, food supplements…
And most important, a sense of what was true about myself got back on track with reality. I realized that, with my of trying to be “perfect” on the , I had sacrificed who I was on the inside. What I know now is, we are—each and every one of us—already perfect.
1.A. hard B. natural C. easy D. possible
2.A. natures B. failures C. backgrounds D. scores
3.A. problem B. promise C. way D. desire
4.A. controlling B. checking C. collecting D. balancing
5.A. questioning B. forgetting C. asking D. killing
6.A. help B. accept C. notice D. reject
7.A. devotion B. perfection C. destination D. attention
8.A. appearance B. exercise C. examination D. strength
9.A. pretending B. realizing C. believing D. declaring
10.A. expense B. food C. movement D. travel
11.A. pleasant B. typical C. different D. difficult
12.A. nutrition B. memory C. knowledge D. taste
13.A. sleep B. hope C. weight D. job
14.A. walk B. cry C. relax D. talk
15.A. resist B. breathe C. wake D. remember
16.A. disappointed B. annoyed C. discouraged D. scared
17.A. bed B. hospital C. school D. office
18.A. glory B. discovery C. recovery D. victory
19.A. experience B. decision C. skill D. deal
20.A. outside B. face C. mind D. whole
1.The teacher told him not to______(为…叹息) over the failure of yesterday’s test.
2.John__________(钦佩) his friends for her courage.
3.The fans _________(尖叫) with excitement when they saw the famous singer.
4.The new owners have tried to give the restaurant a more family-friendly_________(气氛)
5.They are busy __________（搜集）information about birds.
6.We aim to offer healthy diet to all our__________(顾客).
7.His English was so _________ (有限) that he couldn’t even tell the foreign friend where he was from.
8.The experiment shows that the _________(系统) is not good enough and needs to be improved.
9.Many laws of nature actually ___________(存在) though they have not yet been discovered.
10.How life began on earth is one of the biggest __________(谜，难题)
11._________(curious) drove Wang Peng inside the new restaurant.
12.It is my _________(believe) that we will find a cure for eye cancer in the next five years.
13.You’d better keep a _________(balance) diet, or you will fall ill.
14.The changes to the book were all made with the author’s _________(permit)
15.Finally he lost his _________(patient) and shouted at his mother.
16.Being too proud of a small success is one of his_______(weak).
17.He _________(seek) advice from his teacher last Sunday.
18.Fresh air and physical exercise are_______(benefit) to our health.
19.Mary _________(gentle) refused to accept the gifts from those strangers.
20.How can I drive away the feeling of _________(sad)?
