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12．Thehostess（女主人）made her guests comfortable．

分析女主人使客人舒适．

解答 hostess 考查名词．根据句意：女主人使客人舒适．女主人在英文中的表达是hostess，所以答案填hostess．

点评本题考查名词的词义．名词词义题一直都是高考考查的一个热点，它注重考查考生结合语境准确选用词语的能力．由于英语词汇丰富，且用法多变，考生掌握起来有较大难度，因此在平时应注意词汇的积累，理解词语的含义及其常见的习惯搭配，再联系句子所表述的意义和语境，选出正确的答案．

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3．People all over the world love listening to music and most have their favourite songs which they listen to again and again．But how did it all start？When could people first choose the music they wanted to listen to？
The 1900s：The player radio
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries，pianos became very popular and rich families bought"player pianos"．A player piano played music that was programmed on paper rolls with holes in them and you could also play it like a holes in them and you could also play it like a"normal"piano．In the mid 1920s player pianos began to disappear mainly because the radio got more popular．
The 1910s：The first phonographs （留声机）
As early as 1877，there were phonographs to play music on and by the 1910s，many families had one．The music was on"records"made of aluminum foil （铝箔）．People could listen to them only a few times before the foil broke．Later the music was on wax cylinders （蜡筒）．There could hold longer recordings （two to four minutes），and people could play them more often．
The 1920s：Gramophones and record players
Gramophones were similar to the phonographs，but they used flat vinyl （乙烯基） disks and not cylinders to hold the music．The disks went round，and first a steel needle，then later a small diamond，"took"the music off the record．Some of the disks could play for more than 20minutes per side．Today some music lovers who are crazy about disks still use vinyl records．
The 1960s-1970s：Cassettes and the Walkman
In the 1960s，the first cassette recorders became popular．A big step towards modern technology was the invention of the first portable （便携式的） cassette player，the"Walkman"，by the Japanese company，Sony in 1979．For the first time，people could listen to their favourite music while they were travelling，doing sports，or going for walks．
21．What happened to the player piano in the mid 1920s？C
A．Only the rich could afford it．
B．It began to be used as a"normal"piano．
C．It was gradually replaced by the radio．
D．It was improved and played music automatically．
22．What do we know about phonographs and gramophones？A
A．They used different records to hold the music．
B．They are still popular among music lovers now．
C．Gramophones were easier to carry than phonographs．
D．Phonographs held longer recordings than gramophones．
23．The text is mainly aboutD．
A．the history of music．
B．the popularity of music．
C．the different types of music．
D．the development of listening to music．

20．It was a bright Saturday morning．I stopped at a café to enjoy a cup of coffee and read the morning newspaper．Suddenly，I felt a hand on the back of my jacket and heard someone say，"Hey Steve!How are you doing？"
Looking back，I saw a man．He looked familiar，but I couldn't remember where we had met．
The young man also held a cup of coffee，so I asked him to join me．Very soon，his story began to thaw out my memory．
Five years earlier，Johnson was traveling home late on a February night．A heavy snow had arrived that afternoon，and by midnight，the snowdrifts（雪堆）were getting deep．His car was stuck in a snowdrift just down the road from my house．
He walked to my house for help．I helped him pull his car out of the snowdrift and up to the street where the snow had been cleaned away．
This was a normal happening here during the winter．I couldn't count the times someone has helped me to pull my car from a snowdrift．However，it was an unforgettable experience for him．He was only eighteen at that time，and he said he was very afraid．No one wants to be stuck in a snowdrift at night．
Sometimes，one simple kindness at the right moment can change the direction of a life．So，be kind and helpful．

51．Where did Steve meet Johnson for the first time？B
A．At a café．
B．At Steve's house．
C．At a bus station．
D．On a street．
52．The underlined phrase"thaw out"in Paragraph 3means"D"in Chinese．
A．打断
B．珍藏
C．增强
D．唤起
53．According to Steve，helping Johnson wasA．
A．a normal thing
B．a strange thing
C．an unusual behavior
D．an unforgettable experience
54．The writer's purpose of writing the passage is to tell usB．
A．friendship is very important
B．even a simple kindness matters
C．meeting an old friend is a pleasure
D．it is better not to drive in a snowy night．

7．Millions of people in Africa stillstarve（挨饿）to death at present．

17．You are a new manager at the American branch of your German firm in Chicago．With a few minutes to spare between meetings，you go to get a quick cup of coffee．
"Hey，David，how are you？"one of the senior partners at the firm asks you．
"Good，thank you，Dr．Greer，"you reply．You've realy been wanting to make a connection with the senior leadership a the firm，and this seems like a great opportunity．But as you start to think of something to say，your American colleague breaks in to steal your spotlight．
"So Arnold"，your colleague says to your boss，in such a casual manner that it makes your German soul cringe（畏缩），"So what's your Super bowl prediction？I mean，you're a Niners fan，right？"
The conversation moves on，and you walk silently back to your desk with your coffee．You know how important small talk is in the U．S．，and you feel jealous of pople who can do it well．
There's nothing small about the role that small talk plays in American professional culture．People from other countries are often surprised at how important small talk is in the U．S．and how naturally and comfortably people seem to do it------with peers，men，women，and even with superiors．You can be the most technically skilled worker in the world，but your ability to progress in your job in the United States is highly dependent on your ability to build and maintain positive relationships with people at work．And guess what skill is critical for building and maintaining these relationships？Small talk．
What can you do if you are from another culture and want to learn to use small talk in the U．S．to build relationships and establish trust？Work hard to hone（磨练） your own version of American-style small talk．Watch how others do it．You don't have to mimic what they do； in fact，that would likely backfire because people would see you as inauthentic．But if you can develop your own personal version，that can go a long way toward making you feel comfortable and competence．
28．The author introduces the topic of the passage byB．
A．offering a plot
B．describing n interesting scene
C．making comparisons
D．telling a small jokes
29．What do we know about German people？A
A．They don't make so much small talk．
B．They hate making small talk．
C．They usually make small talk in work breaks．
D．They are good at making small talk too．
30．What makes people from other countries surprised in American professional culture？D
A．American workers'ability to make progress．
B．American workers'attitude towards superiors．
C．The special meaning of small talk．
D．The role small talk plays in work settings．
31．What does"backfire"underlined in the last paragraph mean？B
A．have a warm atmosphere
B．have the opposite effect
C．have a good result
D．have a hard time．

4．The Small Goose Pagoda in Xi'an，one of the 22Silk Road relics located in China，_______ back in 707during the Tang Dynasty．（　　）

1．用了打折和新标语，店主期待着把顾客赢回来．（with）With a discount and a new sign，the shop owner looked forward to winning the customers back．．

2．Which do youprefer（更喜欢），the red one or the green one？

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