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A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the1topic-happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about2in work and life.
To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and3with a large pot of coffee and a variety of4-plastic glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some plain-looking some very5.The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in6. the professor said:" lf you have noticed, all the nice-looking7. cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is8for you to want only the best for Your belives, that is the9of your problems and stress. The professor continued," Believe that the cup itself adds no10to the coffee. ln most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even11what we drink. What all of you12wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went13the best cups. Now14this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and15in society are the cups, which are just tools to hold and16life, and the different types of cups we have don't decide, nor17the quality of life. lf we concentrate only on the cups, we will18to enjoy the coffee in it. So don't let the cups19you...enjoy the coffee instead."
At these words, the graduates looked at each other in20embarrassment.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      hot
    2. B.
      sensitive
    3. C.
      famous
    4. D.
      easy
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      pay
    2. B.
      joy
    3. C.
      experience
    4. D.
      stress
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      cooked
    2. B.
      took
    3. C.
      returned
    4. D.
      met
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      cups
    2. B.
      gifts
    3. C.
      plates
    4. D.
      drinks
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      common
    2. B.
      special
    3. C.
      rare
    4. D.
      delicate
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      order
    2. B.
      time
    3. C.
      hand
    4. D.
      place
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      pretty
    2. B.
      different
    3. C.
      colorful
    4. D.
      expensive
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      necessary
    2. B.
      normal
    3. C.
      good
    4. D.
      possible
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      situation
    2. B.
      answer
    3. C.
      result
    4. D.
      source
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      quality
    2. B.
      energy
    3. C.
      weight
    4. D.
      color
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      makes
    2. B.
      gives
    3. C.
      hides
    4. D.
      includes
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      finally
    2. B.
      really
    3. C.
      especially
    4. D.
      nearly
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      for
    2. B.
      with
    3. C.
      off
    4. D.
      to
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      forget
    2. B.
      discuss
    3. C.
      consider
    4. D.
      try
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      position
    2. B.
      relation
    3. C.
      workmates
    4. D.
      friends
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      create
    2. B.
      support
    3. C.
      contain
    4. D.
      own
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      damage
    2. B.
      determine
    3. C.
      change
    4. D.
      increase
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      come
    2. B.
      stop
    3. C.
      have
    4. D.
      fail
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      drive
    2. B.
      hold
    3. C.
      take
    4. D.
      control
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      quiet
    2. B.
      speechless
    3. C.
      amazing
    4. D.
      reasonable
ADCAD CDBDA CBACA CCDAB
教授通过杯子以及咖啡形象的比喻了生活与金钱,地位,告诉人们我们不要为金钱地位驱使而忘记生活的本质。
1.考查形容词辨析。根据上下文可知他们讨论的是热门话题。
2.名词辨析。根据根据下文that is the  44 of your problems and stress.
3.动词辨析。全文说教授走进了厨房,那么这里应该是从厨房返回
4.名词辨析。根据下文可知是各种咖啡的杯子。
5.形容词辨析。delicate精美的,雅致的;与前面的plain-looking形成呼应。
6.考查介词搭配。根据句意:每个人手中都有一个杯子。
7.上下文串联。根据后文的leaving behind the plain and cheap ones。
8.形容词辨析。每个人都想要好东西这是正常的事情。
9.考查名词辨析。根据句意可知追求昂贵的事物是他们压力的来源。
10.考查名词辨析。贵的杯子不会增加咖啡的品质,咖啡的品质不是容器决定的。
11.动词辨析。根据句意昂贵的杯子甚至会掩盖掉杯子的真正内容,人们只会注意杯子,不注意杯子的内容。
12.考查副词辨析。根据句意:人们真正想要的是咖啡而不是杯子。
13.考查动词短语。go for 想得到;你们只想得到好的杯子。
14.考查动词辨析。根据句意:现在考虑这件事情。
15.名词辨析。根据句意:工作金钱,和地位是杯子。生活是咖啡。
16.动词辨析。杯子中包含有生活。
17.动词辨析。根据上文we have don't decide,可知杯子不能决定也不能改变我们的生活。
18.动词辨析。根据上下文可知,当人们只关注杯子的时候,我们就不能享受咖啡了。
19.动词辨析。根据句意:不要让杯子驱使你,不要做杯子的奴隶。
20.上下文串联。教授的点评非常有道理,大家都无话可说。
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A study of a group of 3,500 people showed that those who scored high for pessimism on a standardized personality test had a 30 percent increased risk of developing dementia 30 to 40 years later.

Those scoring very high on both anxiety and pessimism scales had a 40 percent higher riskthe study showed.

“There appears to be a dose?response pattern.That isthe higher the scoresthe higher the risk of dementia”Dr Yonas Gedaa neuropsychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic in RochesterMinnesota who led the studysaid in a statement.

Geda and his colleagues looked at the medical records of 3,500 men and women who lived near the clinic between 1962 and 1965.

They all took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventorya standard personality and life experience testGeda’s team told a meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Miami.

In 2004the team interviewed the participants or family members.

Those who scored higher for anxiety and pessimism on the test were more likelyas a groupto have developed dementia by 2004including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular (血管的) dementia.

This did not mean a person who is pessimistic could assume he or she has a higher risk of developing dementia.

“One has to be cautious in interpreting a study like this”Geda said.

“One cannot make a leap from group level data to the individual.Certainly the last thing you want to do is to say‘WellI am a pessimistthusI am doomed to develop dementia 20 or 30 years later’because this may end up becoming a self?fulfilling prophecy (预言)

And there is NOT any specific way to prevent dementiaalthough many studies have shown that a healthy dietexercisekeeping active in other waysdoing puzzles and other activities lower the risk.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

AIt is impossible for people to avoid dementia.

BPeople who always have negative feelings may have a higher risk of getting dementia.

CIf we have a healthy dietwe would have no chance of getting dementia.

DA person who is pessimistic has a higher risk of developing dementia.

2.According to the passagewhich of the following is TRUE?

AThere are many ways to prevent dementia effectively.

BA person who is pessimistic is sure to get dementia.

CThose who lead a happy life will not get dementia when they are old.

DThose who scored high for pessimism might have a higher risk of dementia.

3.Which of the following does NOT help reduce the risk of getting dementia according to the passage?

AA healthy diet.? BProper exercises.

CDoing puzzles.? DGetting up early.

4.Which of the following words is not close to the meaning of the word “pessimistic”

ACheerless.? BOptimistic.

CUnhappy.? DUpset.

 

Do you have any skiing equipment you no longer need? A ski school in the far north of India could put it to good use.

In March we published a photo story about the extraordinary Zsnskar region in northern India,which is cut off from the outside world for more than seven months of the year,and only accessible (可通行的)via a frozen river.We also included information about the limited use of skiing in the region and the recent creation of the Zanskar Ski School:

“Despite the difficulties of travelling through the region when the snow comes,skiing hasn’t traditionally been used as a means of transport by the locals,largely because trees don't grow here, so there is little in the way of raw materials from which to make skis.In 1995, a group of British scientists in the region noticed the lack of skis and one of them returned to set up the Zanskar Ski School in Padam.The school provides lessons for a small fee and rents skis to the local people. Among the benefits that the school hopes to bring are improved education—children often find it difficult to get to school through the deep snow—and the possibility of offering ski tours to tourists in the future.So far,more than 300 local people have received training,and local doctors and policemen regularly borrow skis.”

But what we weren't able to include in the article is that the ski school is always on the look out for old skiing equipment—particularly of a size suitable for children—and, I thought. Now the European ski season is drawing to a close,there might be a few of you out there who have some old equipment you'd like to see go to a good home.If that's the ease you can get in touch with the school via their website www.zanskarski school.org.

1.What's the purpose in writing the text?

A. To raise money to develop this area

B. To attract more tourists to the area

C. To appeal to more locals to attend the school

D. To ask people to give away their skis to the school

2.The local people don't use skiing to go about because             .

A. it is against the local custom

B. they don't have the wood to make skis

C. trees are in the way of the skiing route

D. it is dangerous to go skiing in this region

3. Who would be the most helpful to the school now?

A. People having old skiing equipment.

B. Students in the Zanskar Ski School

C. Locals in Zanskar region

D. Tavellers enjoying skiing

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. An extraordinary region in India

B. A home for old skis

C. A good means of transport

D. A popular sport—skiing

 

A few days ago we – that’s me and the husband – took a cab to the station. Chat with the driver fell to the wrong of cyclists, and the misunderstanding of the road rules. So far as the rules of the road go, there seems to be one basic principle: when you are driving a car you hate bikes, when you are riding a bike you hate cars (and I guess walkers hate everyone)

There is an obvious difference of viewpoint built in here. It wasn’t until I started to drive a car (almost 20years after I had first rode a bike) that I actually realized that you could not see a cyclist at night without lights. In fact I now want to shout at late night cyclists without lights(like motortists once did at me): “You’ll get killed, sunshine, I can’t see you.”

The problem is that cyclists do ride headlong into danger. It's not just not having lights. It’s biking on pavements (and so threatening to injure a load of innocent walkers in the process) and biking down one-way streets the wrong way.

I admit that I do bike the wrong way down a one-way street sometimes. My feeble(软弱无力) defense is that I try always to do it as if I know I was doing wrong. That is slowly, with an apologetic look on the face, and ready to get off at any minute. I can’t bear the guys(一伙人) (usually, but not always it is guys) who do it as if they owned the place, and at high speed.

So cyclists are not entirely innocent. But they are among the disadvantaged groups, because the bottom line is that a car or a lorry can kill a cyclist and not the other way around.

1.When did the writer realize the danger for late night cyclists without lights?

A. Not until she became a driver herself.

B. Not until she had driven a car for 20 years.

C. After she was shouted at by a motorist.

D. After she was once knocked down by a group of guys.

2.When the writer biked the wrong way down a one way street, she felt_________.

A. angry            B. guilty   C. innocent                    D. proud

3.Which group is most likely to face danger according to the writer?

A. walkers         B. passers-by     C. cyclists          D. motorists

4.What can we learn about the writer?

A. She often took a cab with her husband.

B. She has been a motorist for over 20 years.

C. She used to ride a bike without lights at night.

D. She often biked the wrong way down a one way street.

 

"Remember, your father is only one year older than you." That was Mom's usual excuse when Dad said the  36  things or did something foolish.

Dad  37  drinking exactly one year before I was born.He  38   a group of other people who had also stopped drinking.I loved my dad but I  39  the way his weekly meetings took him away from me.It seemed they were more  40   to him than I was.But with my  41   coming up I thought Dad would make an exception."Can" t you  42   it just this time? Saturday is my birthday! " I begged him.He  43  , "I'm chairing the meeting this Saturday.We will have your party on Sunday."

Saturday evening I sat on my bed, feeling  44   for myself.Dad started to leave, then  45   and said, "Why not come with me tonight? It' s an open meeting.All are  46  ." What would I do at a meeting? But maybe I needed to see why something Dad did every week   47  so much。

After we arrived, Dad announced the  48  of the meeting was going to be gratitude."Today I'm  49   seventeen years of stopping drinking, " he continued."One year after quitting drinking I received the most  50   gift of my life, my daughter.I'm so grateful that she has  51   seen me drunk." Shame washed over me.

Later, a man called Dave also told his  52 .Only then did I know it was Dad that saved his life from drinking.Dad was the _53_ he was at the meeting that day.Showing up week after week and  54  with people, Dad was changing lives.I was so  55   of him.

1.                A.wrong          B.kind           C.careful   D.serious

 

2.                A.considered      B.enjoyed        C.quitted   D.practiced

 

3.                A.encouraged     B.joined          C.respected D.mentioned

 

4.                A.forgot          B.explored        C.regretted D.hated

 

5.                A.important       B.funny          C.successful D.helpful

 

6.                A.exam          B.chance         C.fortune   D.birthday

 

7.                A.change         B.replace         C.miss D.finish

 

8.                A.declared        B.promised       C.continued D.refused

 

9.                A.sorry          B.ready          C.good     D.guilty

 

10.               A.parked         B.paused         C.doubted   D.wondered

 

11.               A.surprised       B.prepared       C.welcome  D.excited

 

12.               A.benefited       B.required        C.offered   D.mattered

 

13.               A.theme         B.result          C.origin D.secret

 

14.               A.facing          B.performing      C.celebrating D.suffering

 

15.               A.precious        B.expensive       C.generous  D.attractive

 

16.               A.Ever           B.never          C.nearly D.seldom

 

17.               A.joke           B.puzzle          C.response  D.story

 

18.               A.value          B.result          C.purpose   D.reason

 

19.               A.living          B.meeting        C.arguing    D.moving

 

20.               A.tired           B.proud          C.fond  D.ashamed

 

 

As you are students of English, it’s very possible that you’ll be interested in England. That’s where the language was first spoken. But England is often called by other names. This often confuses people and I wonder if you know what these names mean. So, now I would like to tell you about this matter of names. I believe that you have heard people use the names—England, Britain or Great Britain. Let’s see what each of these names means.

If you look at a map of Europe, you’ll see a group of islands--one larger island off the northwest coast, one smaller and many tiny ones. These make up what is called the British Isles. The largest island of the British Isles is Britain. It is also called Great Britain. The smaller island is Ireland.

Britain is divided into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England. But sometimes the word “England” is used instead of “Britain”. Why so?

In ancient times, what is Britain now used to be three different countries. People in these different countries spoke different languages. Over many years the three countries became one. England is the largest and richest of the three and it has the most people. So the English people take it for granted that their own name stands for the whole island.

There’s another thing that confuses people: sometimes you may hear people say “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. That is the official name of the country. Northern Ireland is only one sixth of the island of Ireland. The rest of the island is an independent state, called the Republic of Ireland. So we have the names of “England”, “Britain”, “Great Britain”, and “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. Now do you know what each of them means?

1.English was first spoken in ____.

A.Britain            B.England           C.Great Britain       D.Ireland

2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A.Wales is the richest of the three.

B.Scotland is the largest of the three.

C.Sometimes England is used instead of Britain.

D.Britain is the only name of the largest island of British Isles.

3.The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is _____.

A.part of Britain

B.part of British Isles

C.the official name of the whole country

D.the largest country of all mentioned in the passage

4.Which of the following is the best title?

A.Students of English

B.Different Names of England

C.Different Languages Spoken in England

D.The Republic of Ireland

 

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