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17.Maybe you don’t think animals have certain mental powers which human beings do not have.But the truth is that some of them have instincts,and besides this,I am sure they can feel certain things we humans cannot.A personal experience showed me this.

Some years ago,I had a dog named Howard. From the time when he was a puppy,he was timid,so we named him Howard,sounding like “coward”!He was especially afraid of thunderstorms.At the first flash of lightning or crash of thunder,he would run whining into his house and hide under a table.

I often went for a walk with Howard. Once,as we were walking along a road,it began to rain.I quickly ran to a bus stop for shelter.The bus stop had a roof supported by metal poles.Soon after I had got there,Howard caught my trousers in his teeth and tried to pull me away.At first I was puzzled and a little angry at his behavior.But I decided to humor him and walked away from the shelter into the rain and started to go home.

When I was about two hundred metres from the shelter,there came a flash of lightning and soon after,there was thunder which nearly deafened me.Howard stopped walking and began whining.Thinking he was afraid,I bent to pick him up.As I straightened up,I glanced at the bus shelter we had just left.I was shocked to see that two of the poles were bent and the roof was lying on the ground,broken.The shelter had been struck by the bolt of lightning!

1.The author named his dog Howard mainly because of_______.

A. his timid characteristic

B. one of the author’s friends Howard

C. his loud sound

D. his strange behaviors

2.The reason why the author was puzzled and angry with the dog was that_______.

A. Howard had a strange behavior

B. Howard should be afraid of the metal poles

C. Howard should know the approaching of the terrible lightning

D. Howard bit his trousers in his teeth

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

A. Dogs are cleverer and better than men.

B. Dogs are usually afraid of thunderstorms.

C. Some animals can feel certain things humans cannot.

D. Dogs are naturally born heroes.

4.What can be inferred about the bus shelter from the passage?

A. It was about 200 meters from the author’s home.

B. It was destroyed in a rainy day.

C. Its roof was supported by wood poles.

D. It could produce blinding flash of lightning.

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"Chinese old women are at the centre of the global fashion world," said one comment. "It looks like bank robbers attacking the beach," others joked.

When it comes to avoiding the sun, it seems Chinese creativity is unlimited. Apart from the face-kini, the Chinese use special UV-blocking sun umbrellas which can be attached to bike handles.

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It' s a curious contrast to the fact that people in many western countries pay for tanning(晒黑).

Tanning salons are just now starting to take off in big Chinese cities, where western influences are deeper.

Liu Yupu, or "China tanning boss" as he goes by on Weibo, took the sudden popularity of face- kinis with a pinch of salt. He said: "These days, if you had just been to a tanning salon in China. Your parents and close friends may call you an idiot, but you'll also get plenty of praise." But can a beautifully-tanned woman turn as many heads as the face-kini on the Qingdao beach?

1. The "face-kini" has been worn in Qingdao - '

A. for quite a long time

B. first by beachgoers

C. to prevent swimmers drowning

D. in honor of the movie Spiderman

2.According to the passage, the new invention "face-kini" is now considered as____.

A. whitening cream B. an old woman style

C. a beautiful swimsuit D. high fashion

3.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph imply?

A. Tanning is more popular in Western countries.

B. White is seen as more beautiful in China

C. The face-kini books less cool than a beautifully-tanned woman

D. Tanning will not get. popular in China

4.Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A. Keeping your skin. Fair

B. The changing fashion in Qingdao

C. Protecting fair skin with "face-kini"

D. New attitudes towards beauty

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。

(请注意涂卡方式:选E涂A和B, 选F涂A和C, 选 G涂A和D)

Today it is common to see people who walk about with colored wires hanging from their ears wherever they go. They move about in their personal bubbles, sometimes unaware of what’s happening around them. 1. . Outside life is shut out. So are you one of “them”?

For me, walking around in my own personal bubble is perfect. 2. What’s even better, wearing earphones seems to give a signal to people which says: “I’m not available for chatting at the moment!”

Suppose you’re at work and about to make an incredible breakthrough, but a colleague suddenly turns up. At this precise moment, the slightest disturbance would break your concentration. 3. Once again, those wires hanging from your ears would be sure to give that “Go away!” signal.

4. It’s probably part of the growing up stage when they just want to ignore their whole family. While their mothers give them lectures about why they should do their homework, they can just turn up the volume(声音) on their MP3 player, smile, and say “Yes, Mum.” Problem solved.

Pretty soon, not only will we have pretty colored wires hanging from our ears—but also our brains will be directly plugged into some new high-tech instrument. We’ll be in a virtual(虚拟) world, communicating with everyone else, or choosing not to, as we like. In this world, we will all be permanently plugged in. 5. And they are changing our social habits along the way.

In the end, there is a thin line between using technology as a tool for making life better and being a slave to it! It’s so strange—suddenly, I don’t feel like wearing my earphones any more!

A. Listening to music through earphones is the perfect way to ignore such interruptions.

B. I also have wires hanging from my ears.

C. They walk around in their own spaces, with their personal “digital noise reduction systems.”

D. I don’t have to deal with the noise from the environment.

E. After all, I am listening to my favorite music and would rather not be disturbed.

F. Our instruments are changing quickly.

G. In the home situation, teenagers love these wires.

It is not easy to find true friends.Even if you’ve connected with someone,how do you really know he is a true friend?And often you will find that someone who you thought you could trust may have let you down.There are ways you can know if a friendship is true and how you can hold onto that friend.

Generally speaking,a true friend is someone who will be there for you no matter what happens.They will stand by you through bad and good times.They will accept you for who you are without trying to change you,and they will be there to help you grow in new ways.

A true friend will keep you secrets for you trust him.They will be honest and be someone you can depend on.They will listen and be someone you can talk things over with,even if they may not have advice to share with you.

However,friendship is a two-way street.To find true friends and keep them,you must in turn be the same as well.Be there for them in their hard times and share the good times with them.Be someone your friends can depend on as well and offer them the same thing they give to you.A friendship will fall apart fast if only one person is giving and putting all the effort.If you are the only one making an effort,be honest and it works.

Actually,there will be barriers in the road but that is the test of true friendship.If it can survive those barriers,it will be stronger and better than ever.Just as St Thomas Aquinas put it,“There is nothing on this earth more prized than friendship.”

Find a True Friend

The writer’s 1.on friends

True friends 2.come by nowadays。

Those who you regarded as your friends may make you down。

Characteristics of true friendship

A true friend will 3.you whatever happens。

A true friend will keep your secrets and be a good 4.。

5.to hold friendship

6.with your friends when they are in trouble。

Be someone who your friends can 7.。

8.is the key to keep a friendship if you are the only one making efforts。

9.

True friendship can stand up to various 10.and grow stronger and better。

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Last autumn I spent a week at a big hotel in London. It was one those modern hotels where every ________is the same size and has the same furniture, ________ looks like every other room.

My room was 311. One ________ I got back to the hotel after a dinner with some friends. When I ________the door to my room, I saw an astonishing________ . A man was pointing a handgun at a woman sitting in a chair, and the woman was saying in a ________ voice, “Please don’t shoot me!” I turned round, ran down the stairs -- I daren’t wait for the ________-- and found a waiter in the hall “ Quick,” I said. “Someone has been killed in ________ room. Controlling his________ , he came back with me, when we opened the door of 311, the room was ________ . The waiter looked at me ________ and said, “I think, sir, you________ go to bed,” and left. I was ________embarrassed to say anything, and thinking that I must have had too much to ________ , I followed his ________.

The next morning, I asked about the matter, and the ________was simple. I had gone to Room 411, where a famous ________ and his wife had been practising a scene from their new ________ . When I told them that it was I who had broken into their room, they laughed and gave me a ________ to see the play on the ________ night.

1.A.hotel B.room C.floor D.person

2.A.and B.so C.or D.but

3.A.time B.afternoon C.night D.moment

4.A.shut B.locked C.knocked D.opened

5.A.picture B.figure C.scene D.drawing

6.A.frightened B.soft C.worried D.happy

7.A.waiter B.police C.actor D.lift

8.A. a B. the C. my D. their

9.A.surprise B.sadness C.fear D.anger

10.A.noisy B.empty C.dirty D.crowded

11.A.nervously B.strangely C.curiously D.excitedly

12.A.must B.would rather C.may D.had better

13.A.much B.so C.too D.rather

14.A.talk B.drink C.eat D.worry

15.A. advice B. steps C. information D. service

16.A. result B. expression C. accident D. explanation

17.A.actor B.player C.dancer D.artist

18.A.film B.novel C.play D.story

19.A. seat B. card C. note D. ticket

20.A. opening B. last C. lone ly D. closing

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