题目内容

  “How are you?” is a nice question. It's a ___1___ way that people in the United States ___2__ each other. But “How are you?” is also a very _ ___3___ question. It's a question that often ___4___ have an answer. The person who asks “How are you?” hopes to hear the answer“___5___”,even though the person's friend isn't fine, ___6___ “How are you?” isn't really a question, and “Fine” isn't really an answer. They are ___7__ other way of saying “Hello” and“___8___”.

  Sometimes, people also don't say just what they ___9___ For example, when someone asks “Do you agree?” the other person ___10____ be thinking, “No, I don't agree. I think you're wrong. ” But it isn't very ___11___ to say so, so the other person might say, “I'm not so ___12___” It's a nice way to say that you don't agree with someone.

  

  People ___13___ don't say just what they are thinking when they ___14___ talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone ___15___ when one person says,“I've got to go now.” Often, the person who wants to ___16__ gives an excuse:“Someone is at the door.” “I've got to put the things ___17__.” “Something is burning on the fire.” The excuse might be real, or it might not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk ____18___, but it isn't very polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn't ___19___ the other person's feelings.

  

  When they meet each other, talk about an idea, or end a talk, people often don't ___20___ just what they are thinking. It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it's all part of the game of language!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  

(1) Afunny      

  
  

Bfriendly      

  
  

      Cstrange      

  
  

Duseful      

  
  

(2) Ameet      

  
  

Blike      

  
  

      Cknow      

  
  

Dexcuse      

  
  

(3) Agood      

  
  

Bunusual      

  
  

           Cinteresting      

  
  

Dpossible      

  
  

(4) Adoesn't      

  
  

Bmustn't

  
  

      Cshouldn't      

  
  

Dneedn't      

  
  

(5) ARight      

  
  

BTerrible      

  
  

      CFine      

  
  

DTrue      

  
  

(6) Athough      

  
  

Bwhen      

  
  

      Cbecause      

  
  

Dunless      

  
  

(7) Anot      

  
  

Bmany      

  
  

      Creally      

  
  

Dsimply      

  
  

(8) AOK      

  
  

BBye      

  
  

        CHi      

  
  

DNo

  
  

(9) Awant      

  
  

Bdo      

  
  

       Close      

  
  

Dmean      

  
  

(10) Amust      

  
  

Bmight      

  
  

          Ccan      

  
  

Dwill      

  
  

(11) Apolite      

  
  

Bnecessary      

  
  

          Cimportant      

  
  

Deasy      

  
  

(12) Aafraid      

  
  

Bwell      

  
  

          Csure      

  
  

Dinterested      

  
  

(13) Aalso      

  
  

Bagain      

  
  

        Conly      

  
  

Dcertainly      

  
  

(14) Aenjoy      

  
  

Bkeep      

  
  

          Cfinish      

  
  

Dmiss      

  
  

(15) Acontinue      

  
  

Blast      

  
  

       Cstop      

  
  

Dend      

  
  

(16) Aput    up      

  
  

Bpick    up      

  
  

          Cturn    up      

  
  

Dhang    up      

  
  

(17) Aon      

  
  

Baway      

  
  

        Cin      

  
  

Dout      

  
  

(18) Amuch      

  
  

Bat    all      

  
  

        Cat    once      

  
  

Dany    more      

  
  

(19) Ahit      

  
  

Bhurt      

  
  

        Charm      

  
  

Ddestroy      

  
  

(20) Asay      

  
  

Bstudy      

  
  

          Cbelieve      

  
  

Dremember      

  
答案:B;A;B;A;C;C;D;C;D;B;A;C;A;C;D;D;B;D;B;A
解析:

(1)从内容提要来判断,可以选出本题的正确答案.

(3)下文说到:这(How are you?)是个常常没有答案是的问题.由此推断,这个不寻常的(unusual)的问题.

(4)参看上一小题.

(5)英语中对“How are you?”的应答通常是“Fine.”或“Fine, thank you.”的应答.下文也可以找到提示.

(6)上文说到:人们说出“How are you?”时,希望得到一个“Fine”的应答.下文就陈述其原因.

(7)原因是:这一问一答只不过(simply)是人们打招呼的另一种方式.

(8)“打招呼”就是“say hello”或“say hi”.

(9)下文说到当有人问“Do you agree?”,被问者也许会想说:“No, I don't agree. I think you're wrong.”但是这样说又太没礼貌,这人也许会回答“I'm not so sure.”那么他(们)说的并非他(们)真正要表达的意思(what they mean)

(10)参看上一小题.从下文中可以找到提示.

(11)参看上一小题.

(13)从第二段的第一句可以找到提示.

(14)从下文可以找到提示.

(15)下文里列举的那么多借口,都应是(电话)交谈结束前说的.

(16)紧接上文:找借口的人就是想挂电话(hang up)的人.从下文也可以找到提示.

(17)说“要把东西收拾(put away)一下”也是借口之一.

(18)借口有真有假,但目的只有一个:不想再(notany more)谈下去了.

(19)本句句意为:借口(比直言)较为礼貌,而且它不会伤害(hurt)别人的感情.动词harm也有“伤害”的意思,但其内涵是“对人造成身体健康方面的损害,对物造成状态方面的损害”.e.g.Don't harm your eyes by reading in dim light. Hot water will harm the plants.

(20)通读全文可以得知.


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           When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and      4them.

           One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and      6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that     evening said that he 8 immediately.                   

       Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were      10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them.      12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor.   Another officer who      15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose      16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take     a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."    

                   

       "Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly      21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming      23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one      25 you attack(攻击)?"                   

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  

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A Joke on a Friend

  Mark twain was a famous American writer.He wrote many famous stories which are still popular in many countries today.Mark Twain was also famous in his day 1 a public speaker.In his speaking Mark Twain always liked 2 funny stories.He also liked to listen to funny stories and to 3 his friends.One day one of his friends 4 his wallet and asked him 5 his train fare for him. 

  “But I don’t have enough money to pay 6 your fare and my fare,”Mark Twain said.

  The friend didn’t know 7 to do.He was very sad. “We can do this.”said Mark Twain.“We can 8 the train and when the conductor comes to take the tickets you can hide 9 my seat.”

  Later, 10 ,on the train,when the conductor came to take the tickets,Mark Twain gave him two tickets 11 for Mark Twain and one for his friend.Then 12 a loud voice,Mark Twain explained.

  “My friend here is a 13 strange man.When he travels on a train he doesn’t like to sit 14 a seat.He prefers 15 on the floor under the seat.”

  Of course,everybody in the train then looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him loudly.

                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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The purpose of a letter of application is to help you to “sell” yourself.  It should state   1   the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have   2  . It should be simple, human, personal and brief without   3   out any necessary fact.

In writing a letter of application,  keep in   4   that the things a possible employer is most   5   to want to know about are your qualifications(条件), your achievements and your aims.  The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part.   6   the first few sentences fail to   7   the reader’s attention, the rest of the letter may not be   8   at all.  Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not   9   your own need or desires.  For example,  instead of beginning with “I save your   10   in today’s paper”, you might say “I have made a careful   11   of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives   12   your product and why they like it”.

Try to   13   generalities.  Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now   14  . College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “What can I provide in a letter? Employers want experience, which, naturally, no   15   has. ”The answer is that everything you have ever done is   16  .

It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter.   17   a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect.  An excellent   18   is to enclose(内附) a stamped,  self-addressed envelope with your letter.  That makes it   19   for a possible employer to get in   20   with you.

1.  A. clearly                          B. carefully

C. obviously                            D. easily

2. A. found                            B. done

C. known                                   D. heard

3. A. sending                            B. taking

C. leaving                              D. picking

4. A. brain                             B. sight

C. order                              D. mind

5. A. probable                          B. possible

C. likely                               D. able

6. A. While                            B. Although

C. As                                D. If

7. A. pay                             B. win

C. show                              D. fix

8. A. kept                                   B. continued

C. written                                   D. read

9. A. to                                B. for

C. into                               D. from

10. A. advertisement                     B. report

C. article                             D. introduction

11. A. watch                            B. search

C. study                              D. discussion

12. A. change                           B. make

C. sell                               D. use

13. A. avoid                           B. remember

C. protect                                   D. gain

14. A. losing                            B. applying

C. preparing                           D. fitting

15. A. worker                          B. beginner

C. owner                             D. manager

16. A. success                              B. development

C. practice                             D. experience

17. A. Make                           B. Ask

C. State                               D. Get

18. A. result                           B. decision

C. promise                             D. idea

19. A. happier                          B. easier

C. cheaper                             D. safer

20. A. relation                          B. connection

C. touch                            D. friendship

 

Last evening I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a prize for scientific  1   ;I forgot what it was. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story, said something that caught my  2  .“All great discoveries,”he said,“are made by people between the ages of twenty-five and thirty.”  3   a little over thirty myself, I wanted to disagree with him.  4   wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened to be in the public library and spent several hours looking up the  5  of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.

First I looked at some of the   6   discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different  7   fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that  8   to the Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well,  9   of that. Yet I  10   if those“best years”were true in other  11   .

Then how about the field of   12   ? Surely it needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it  13   ,but look when these people  14   their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln  15   the life of a country lawyer and was elected to government. At what age? Twenty-six.

But why  16   best years some after thirty? After thirty, I  17   ,most people do not want to take risks or try   18   ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was  19   trying new ways of painting when he was ninety!

Perhaps there is still  20   for me.

1. A. invention                             B. discovery

C. experiment                               D. progress

2. A. mind                                   B. idea

C. attention                                  D. thought

3. A. As                                     B. Being

C. However                             D. Beyond

4. A. Everybody                               B. Somebody

C. Nobody                                 D. Whoever

5. A. names                                   B. ages

C. addresses                                 D. oldest

6. A. modern                                  B. scientific

C. last                                      D. oldest

7. A. heights                                  B. sizes

C. weights                                 D. things

8. A. led                                    B. meant

C. stuck                                    D. referred

9. A. plenty                                    B. enough

C. much                                   D. none

10. A. believed                               B. trusted

C. wondered                                D. asked

11.A. fields                                  B. countries

C. courses                                  D. ages

12. A. agriculture                              B. politics

C. industry                                  D. society

13.A. is                                     B. will

C. has                                    D. does

14. A. finished                              B. went

C. started                                   D. failed

15. A. devoted                                B. gave up

C. began                                   D. led

16. A. don’t                                 B. the

C. can                                       D. not

17. A. say                                     B. know

C. guess                                    D. agree

18. A. other                                 B. new

C. best                                    D. their

19.A. always                                  B. still

C. seldom                                  D. enjoying

20. A. discovery                               B. problem

C. wish                                   D. hope

 

I walked into the grocery store, not really wanting to buy anything. I just wanted to stay there quietly — the pain of losing my  11 was still too great. And this supermarket held so many sweet  12 . He often came with me, and always bought me yellow roses.

Standing  13 the meat, I searched for the perfect small steak  14 my husband used to love it.  15 a woman came up beside me. I watched as she picked up a large pack of T-bone steaks, dropped them in her basket,  16 , and then put them back. She turned to go and once again  17 for the pack of steaks. She saw me  18 her and she smiled. “My husband loves T-bone steaks, but they are so expensive.”

“My husband  19 away eight days ago,” I told her, and  20 to control the sadness in my voice, “Buy him the T-bone steaks. And  21 every moment you have together.”

22 by my words, she placed the steaks in her basket and walked away  23 . But several minutes later she came towards me again,  24 a package in her arms. She was  25 the brightest smile I had ever seen.

As she  26 , I saw what she held. “These are for you,” she placed three beautiful yellow roses in my hands. I wanted to tell her what the roses  27 for me, but, unable to speak, only watching her walking away.

Looking down at the roses, I wondered  28 she knew it. Suddenly the answer seemed so  29 . I wasn’t alone. There were  30 many people caring for me and willing to help me. Just be thankful for what you have and who you are.

11.     A. father                                       B. brother                                          C. husband                                     D. son

12.     A. groceries                             B. memories                                 C. flowers                                        D. dreams

13.     A. by                                                    B. for                                                        C. beyond                                         D. against

14.     A. even if                                      B. in case                                             C. until                                                   D. since

15.     A. Actually                                   B. Suddenly                                 C. Instantly                                    D. Hopefully

16.     A. missed                                      B. suffered                                     C. doubted                                      D. hesitated

17.     A. reached                                     B. searched                                    C. sent                                                   D. paid

18.     A.  following                             B. helping                                          C. watching                                  D. stopping

19.     A. broke                                           B. cleared                                         C. moved                                             D. passed

20.     A.  decided                                 B. fought                                              C. offered                                         D. pretended

21.     A.  forget                                         B. recover                                         C. treasure                                   D. imagine

22.     A. Surprised                             B. Embarrassed                       C. Panicked                                  D. Frightened

23.     A. softly                                        B. violently                                     C. silently                                          D. wildly

24.     A. fastening                             B. carrying                                     C. picking                                        D. opening

25.     A. covering                                 B. rolling                                              C. spreading                                D. wearing

26.     A. approached                        B. turned                                              C. continued                                D. bent

27.     A. smelled                                      B. tasted                                                  C. collected                                     D. meant

28.     A. what                                            B. how                                                   C. whether                                     D. when

29.     A. accidental                         B. strange                                         C. obvious                                        D. funny

30.     A.  still                                               B. just                                                    C. even                                                  D. also

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