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One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather. Several times,  it   36    several obstacles in its path. And after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour（绕道）.   37   one point, the ant had to cross a crack about 10mm wide. After some   38    thoughts, the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked   39   it and picked the feather up on the other side, then continued on its way. I was   40   by the cleverness of this ant. It was only a small insect, lacking in   41   yet equipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome.   42     this ant, like the other two-legged creatures   43   on the earth, also shares human failings.

       After some time the ant   44   reached its destination --- a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its   45   home. It was there that the ant met its   46  . How could that large feather possibly   47   such a small hole? Of course, it couldn’t. So the ant, after all this   48   and using great brightness, overcoming problems all along the way, just gave up the   49   and went home. The ant had not thought the problem through   50   it began its journey and in the end the feather was   51   more than a burden. Isn’t our   52   like that?

       We worry about our families; we worry about the   53   of money; and we worry about all kinds of things. These are all burdens --- the things we pick up along life’s path, and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to   54   that at the destination they are   55   and we can’t take them with us.

36. A. came across           B. came about           C. got over                D. dealt with

37. A. For                        B. At                        C. To                       D. With

38. A. brave         B. tiring         C. short                             D. magic

39. A. through                 B. across                  C. beside              D. behind

40. A. satisfied                  B. frightened             C. annoyed       D. attracted

41. A. height                   B. size                      C. depth              D. length

42. A. Therefore      B. Otherwise                 C. But                      D. Moreover

43. A. living                     B. working             C. sleeping       D. walking

44. A. finally                    B. probably               C. suddenly           D. easily

45. A. lonely                B. comfortable          C. underground         D. big

46. A. partner              B. parent              C. match              D. friend

47. A. fix            B. fit                            C. fill                   D. suit

48. A. trouble        B. pleasure                     C. decision               D. matter

49. A. insect         B. problem     C. feather                             D. hole

50. A. before                   B. after                    C. until                    D. once

51. A. everything              B. anything      C. something    D. nothing

52. A. study               B. aim                 C. dream                D. life

53. A. waste               B. lack                     C. worth             D. danger

54. A. think               B. wonder                 C. warn                   D. find

55. A. bad          B. useless                       C. meaningful           D. practical

36-40 ABCBD   41-45 BCAAC    46-50 CBACA  51-55 DDBDB

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  Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for two weeks. When he came to analyze their embarrassing errors, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups.

    One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her pet dog her earrings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “The explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer,” explains the professor. “People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly.” It was the woman’s custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her earrings. “But somehow the action got reversed（颠倒）in the programme.” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “programme assembly failures.”

   Twenty percent of all errors were “test failures” — mainly due to not verifying the progress of what the body was doing. A man about to get his car out of the garage passed through the back yard where his garden jacket and boots were kept, put them on — much to his surprise. A woman reported, “I got into the bath with my socks on.”

   The commonest problem was information “storage failures”. People forgot the names of people whose faces they knew, went into a room and forgot why they were there, mislaid something, or smoked a cigarette without realizing it.

   The research so far suggests that while the central processor of the brain is liberated from second-to-second control of a well-practiced routine, it must repeatedly switch back its attention at important decision points to check that the action goes on as intended. Otherwise the activity may be gotten by another frequently and recently used programme, resulting in embarrassing errors.

1.The purpose of the professor’s research is to __________.

    A. show the difference between men and women

    B. sort and explain some errors in human actions

    C. find the causes which lead to computer failures

    D. compare computer functions with brain working

2.Which of the following might be grouped under “programme assembly failures”?

    A. A woman went to a shop and forgot what to buy.

    B. A man returning home after work left his key in the lock.

    C. A lady fell as she was paying attention to each step her feet were taking.

    D. An old man, with his shoes on, was trying to put on his socks.

3.The underlined word “verifying” (in paragraph 3) can be replaced by “_______”.

    A. improving          B. changing     C. checking       D. stopping

4.According to the passage, the information “storage failure” refers to “_______”.

   A. information collecting system being destroyed

   B. one’s total memory being removed

   C. the loss of part of one’s memory for a time

   D. the separation of one’s action from words

 

Below is a page adapted from an English dictionary.

                          Important words to learn:E Essential I improver A Advanced

Pump

  noun [C] DEVICE 1 A a piece of equipment which is

used to cause liquid, air or gas to move from one place

gas pump SHOE2[USUALLY PLURAL]US (UK COURT SHOE)

8 type of plain shoe with a raised HEEL and no way of

fastening it to the foot which is worn by women

3 [USUALLY PLURAL]  type of flat shoe, like a BALIET dancer’s shoe when is worn by women 4 [USUALLY PLURAL]UK a flat·shoe made of heavy cloth, which is worn by children for doing sports.

verb LIQUID/GAS1 [T USUALLY·ADV/PREP] to force

liquid or gas to move somewhere:our latest machine can

pump a hundred gallors a minute , o The new wine is

pumped into stirage tanks.o The heart pumos blood

through the arteries/round the body. INFORMATION2[T]

INFORMAL to keep asking someone for information,

especially in a way that is not direce:She was pumping me

for details of the new projece.

Idioms pump sb’s hand to SHAKE someone’s hand

(=hold their hand and move it up and down, espacially

In order to greet them)·pump lron INFORMAL to lift

Heavy weights for exercise: These days both men and

Women pump iron far fitnets.

 Pharsal verbs pump sth into sth to spend    

Money trying to make something operate succesfully:

They had been pumpinh money into the business for some

Years without seeing any results.

Pump sth out(M)REMOVE1 to remove water or other

liquid from something using a pump:We took turns

pumping out the boat.PRODUCE2 INFORMAL DISAPPROVING

to produce words or loud music in a way that is repeated,

forceful and continuous: The government keeps pumping

out the same old propaganda.O The car radio was

pumping out music with a heacy beat.

Pump out sth someone’s stomach is pumped out, a

Poisonous substance is removed from it by being-sucked

Through a tube. She had to go to hospital    

Stomach pumped out.

Pump sth up [M] INFORMAL to make someone feel more

contident or excited: He was offering them advince and

trying to pump them up.O[R]The players were pumping

themselves up by singing the national anthem, before the

game.

Pump sth up[M]1 to fill something with air using a

pump: Have you pumped up the balloons yet?O I must

pump the tyres up on my bike.2 INFORMAL to increase

something by a large amount:The US was able to pump

up exports.O Let’s pump up the tolume a bit!

Pump-action /pamp ek/ n/adjective describes a device which operates by forcing song     especially air ,in or out of a closed space or container, a pump-action shotgun , a pump   action   

Pump priming noun specialized the activity of helping a business ,programm ,economy    etc   to  develop by  giving it money.  The government is carding small,pump-priming grants to single moter who are starting their own businesses.

Pun

noun a humorous use of a word or phrase which has several meanings or which sound like another word:she made a couple of dreadful puns.  This is a well-known joke based on a pun “What’s  black and white and red   all  over   A newspaper

Verb  to make a pun

Punch

Noun      (c)a forceful hit with a fist (=closed hand) she gave him a punch lik on us in the nose effect

2 U the power to be interesting and have a strong effect on people ,I felt the performance speech presntation lacked punch DRnk  3  a cold or hot drink made by mixing fruit juices pieces of frut and often wine or other alcoholic drinks tool  4  a piece of equoce  which cuts boles in a maena by pushing a piece of met through it a ticket punch have you seen the hole puneh anywhere?

    Verb(t) hit 1  to hit someone or something with your FIST (=closed hand);He punched him in the stomach.2 MALY US to hit with your fingers the bugins on a telephone or the kdys on a keys on a keyboard USE TOCL make a hole in something with a special piece of equipment:I was just punching holes in some sheets of paper  .This belt’s too big .I’ll have to punch an extra hole in it.

Idioms punch sb’s lights out informal to hit someone repeatedly very hard punch the clock us to put a card into a special machine to record the times you amive at and leave work:After 17 years of punching the clock,he just disappeared one morning and was mever heard from again.

1.

What does the word“pump”mean in “He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case”?

A.Talk with   B.ask for information.    C.Listen to    D.Provide with evidence

2.

When Sally says“The TV propram kept pumping out commercials”,she may be______.

A.excited   B.interested   C.annoyed   D.annoyed

3.

What will the government most probably provide if it is engaged in a pump-priming program?

A. sums of money          B.Raw materials

C.informative and significant    D.intereing and powerful

4.

When Sylvia says“His speech was OK but it had no real punch”,she thinks it was not_____.

A.fluent and impressive       B.logical and moving

C.informative and significant   D.interestitng and powerful

 

 

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

         I was loading my truck to go to the flea market when a hook（钩子） on one of the bungees bent and broke back into my left eye．The ____36___ was like a hot sword had been struck through my head．I fell down on my hands and knees, and ___37___ I saw blood dripping onto the ground, I knew it was ___38___．

         They ___39___ me to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, where there's a special eye center．The ____40___ there operated on me several times but couldn't save my eye．When they told me the news, I wanted to ___ 41___．

         Even after I got my prosthetic eye （义眼）, I couldn't ____42___ off the depression．To make matters worse, I lost my job as a transportation officer for the Tennessee Department of Children's Services because of ___43___ about my driving ability．But one morning, I woke up and the TV was ___44___, and there was a 16-year-old girl．She had been ___45___ burned on her face, hands, and legs and was learning to walk again．She ___46___ a big smile and seemed to look right at me and said, "You can't ever give up．" At that moment, I thought, this is just a （n） ___47___．Get over it．And I ____48___．

         It's been almost 12 years since my ____49___, and there isn't anything I can't do now that I used to do．Although I didn't get my ___50___ job back, I could do something else to ___51___ a happy life．

         I read a ___52___ once where a man was feeling bad because he had no ___53___, until he met a man who had no feet． No matter how destroying your problem is, ___54___ there's always someone somewhere who's worse off．____55___ having just one eye, I see things a lot more clearly now．

1.A．fight               B．pain              C．injury            D．wound

2.A．before               B．though         C．because          D．when

3.A．bad                 B．good        C．strange           D．lucky

4.A．forced             B．passed                 C．took         D．gave

5.A．doctors             B．workers      C．teachers       D．soldiers

6.A．rise                 B．stay             C．leave           D．die

7.A．set                  B．shake          C．turn           D．leave

8.A．possibilities          B．decisions     C．chances      D．concerns

9.A．off                B．up               C．on               D．down

10.A．badly              B．carefully       C．finally          D．hardly

11.A．developed         B．covered        C．enjoyed      D．wore

12.A．ear               B．eye             C．arm             D．nose

13.A．worked        B．stopped        C．did               D．helped

14.A．accident         B．experiment   C．argument              D．quarrel

15.A．new               B．hard             C．easy           D．former

16.A．build               B．lead              C．search       D．avoid

17.A．humor             B．joke            C．poem          D．story

18.A．clothes            B．jackets         C．shoes          D．trousers

19.A．remember        B．forget          C．promise      D．prove

20.A．Through          B．Despite      C．Without        D．Beyond

 

Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise.

One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets, I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me £ 5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the way to success.”

Mr. Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!” “Well,” answered the stranger, “are you still willing to take a chance?”

1.How did Mr. Grey get to his office?

A．He went up to work by train.

B．He walked to his office.

C．He went to his office on foot unless it rained.

D．He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the weather was fine.

2. Mr. Grey liked walking from the station to his office because ________.

A．he couldn’t afford the buses

B．he wanted to save money

C．he wanted to keep in good health

D．he could do some exercises on the way

3.Mr. Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to______.

A．give him a start in life

B．help him on the way to success

C．make him rich

D．gain more money

4.One morning the stranger recognized Mr. Grey, and_______.

A．wanted to return Mr. Grey the money

B．again asked Mr. Grey for money

C．would like to make friends with him

D．told Mr. Grey that he had been successful since then

 

Here is what I have been told of the matter.

In the spring of 1842, Marguerite was so weak, so different in her looks, that the doctors had ordered her to take the waters. She therefore set out for Bagneres.

Among the other sufferers there, was the Duke's daughter who not only had the same complaint but a face so like Marguerite's that they could have been taken for sisters.  The fact was that the young Duchess was in the third stage of consumption and, only days after Marguerite's arrival, she passed away.

One morning the Duke, who had remained at Bagneres caught sight of Marguerite as she turned a corner of a gravel walk. It seemed as though he was seeing the spirit of his dead child and, going up to her, he took both her hands, embraced her tearfully and, without asking who she was, begged permission to call on her and to love in her person the living image of his dead daughter.

Marguerite, alone at Bagneres with her maid, and in any case having nothing to lose by compromising herself, granted the Duke what he asked.

Now there were a number of people at Bagneres who knew her, and they made a point of calling on the Duke to inform him of Marguerite's true situation. It was a terrible blow for the old man, for any resemblance with his daughter stopped there. But it was too late. The young woman had become an emotional necessity, his only excuse and his sole reason for living.

He did not criticize her, he had no right to, but he did ask her if she felt that she could change her way of life, and, in exchange for this sacrifice, he would offer all the compensations she could want. She agreed.

It should be said that at this point Marguerite, who was by nature somewhat highly strung(excited and nervous), was seriously ill. Her past appeared to her to be one of the major causes of her illness, and a kind of superstition(迷信) led her to hope that God would allow her to keep her beauty and her health in exchange for her regret and shame.

And indeed the waters, the walks, healthy fatigue and sleep had almost restored her fully by the end of that summer.

The Duke accompanied Marguerite to Paris, where he continued to call on her as at Bagneres.

This connection, of which the true origin and true motive were known to no one,  gave rise here to a great deal of talk, since the Duke, known till now as an enormously wealthy man,  now began to acquire a name for the prodigality(挥霍).

72. Why did the Duke take Marguerite’s both hands when he saw her?

A. His daughter and Marguerite were once good friends.  B. Marguerite is his daughter’s spirit.

C. Marguerite resembles his daughter.                    D. They haven’t seen each other for long.

73. What’s the right order of the events?

a. The Duke accompanied Marguerite to Paris.

b. Marguerite set out for Bagneres.

c. The Duke took Marguerite as his daughter.

d. The daughter of the Duke passed away.

e. Marguerite took a gravel walk

A. e-c-b-d-a                         B. c-d-e-b-a                         C. b-d-e-c-a                         D. d-a-c-b-e

74. From the passage we can guess that Marguerite _______.

A. doesn’t believe in God                 B. was once a woman without a good fame

C. was strange to all the people in Bagners

D. kept her own way of life while living with the Duke

75. According to the passage, Marguerite went to Bagners _______.

A. just for a gravel walk                                                 B. to find her sister

C. to visit the Duke                                                          D. for treatment

 

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