Below is a page adapted from an English dictionary．
Important words to learn：●Essential●improver ● Advanced
pump/pamp/
noun[C]DEVICE●1●A a piece of equipment which is used to cause liquid, air or gas to move from one place to an-other：a water/bicycle/fuel pump○a UK petrol/US gas pump SHOE●2[USUALLY PLURAL]US(UK court shoe)a 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]a type of flat shoe, like a BALLET dancer's shoe when is worn by women 4[USUALLY PLURAL]UK a flat·shoe made of heavy clothy, which is worn by children for doing sports．
ueerb LIQUID/GAS●1[T USUALLY·ADV/PREP]to force liquid or gas to move somewhere：our latest machine can pump a hundred gallors a minute,○The new wine is pumped into stirage tanks．○The heart pumos blood through the arteries/round the body．INFORMATION●2[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 beavy weights for exercise; These days both men and wmen pump irom for fithess．
Pharsal verbs pump sth into sth to spend a lot of 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)REMOVE●1 to remove water or other liquid from something using a pump：We took turns pumping out the boat．PRODUCE●2INFORMAL 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．○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 to have her 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．○[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?○ 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．○Let's pump up the tolume a bit!
Pump-action/pamp ek/n/ad ectiv[BEFORE NOUN]descnbes a device which operates by forcing songthing, especially air, in or out of a closed space or container; a pump-action shotgun○a pump-action toilet pump prlming noun[U]SPECIALIZED the activity of help-ing a business, programme, economy, etc．to develop by giving it money; The government is awarding small, pump prining grants to single mothers who are starting their oum businesses．
Pun/pan
Noun[C]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(＝read)all over? A nepaper．
Verb[I](-nn-)to make a pun
Punch/pants/
Nou HIT●1●(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[C OR U]a cold or hot drink made by mixing fruit juices pieces of frut and often wine or other alcoholic drinks tool●4[C]a piece of equipment which cuts boles in a maena by pushing a piece of met through it a ticket punch have you seen the hole puneh anghere?
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●3 to make a hole in something with a spscial place of equipment; I was just punching in some hets 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”?
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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 ________．
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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?
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A．
Sums of money
B．
Raw materials
C．
Human resources．
D．
Media support．
(4)
When Sylvia says“His speech was OK but it had no real punch”, she thinks it was not ________．
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air because they know they will get what they want．
They want to go quickly and safely across the country, across the sea, or right across the world－and they know Bel Air will take them where they want to go, when they want to go．Bel Air flies all the newest and fastest planes, to more towns and cities, in more countries of the world, than any other airlines．
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington, or Tokyo? Bel Air will take you there, at all times of the day or night, right through the week．But Bel Air flies not only to the big cities in the rich countries－they fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America．
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will leave on time, and arrive on time．They know the food they will receive and the films they will watch will be of the very best．
Bel Air says second to none．When you fly, fly with Bel Air．
(1)
Bel Air says that experienced travelers choose to fly with it because ________．
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A．
it offers the best service a passenger would expect
B．
its planes fly to distant places
C．
it has more planes than other airlines
D．
its passengers can watch films on its planes
(2)
Bel Air flies planes to big cities like Paris ________．
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A．
every day except Sunday
B．
two or three times a week
C．
every day of the week
D．
any time at weekend
(3)
The underlined sentence “ Bel Air says second to none” means ________．
The First of May is a Bank Holiday－the first public holiday of the year in England．
Most people consider it a special day, the beginning of summer, a day when the light lasts long into the evening, and when we can look for warm weather．We don't always get it．We feel disappointed, but not surprised if there are cold winds and frosts at night in May．Winter should be over．Most people know that in the past, when farming occupied almost everyone, the changing seasons were of great importance．In that older time there was every reason to celebrate May Day．Customs of those celebrations remain．
Of these customs, the best known is the choosing of a May Queen and the dancing round Maypole．Even these customs are little more than memories now－but in the last century it was quite common in villages and small towns, and even in schools and colleges, for a pretty and popular girl to be chosen Queen of the May．It was a great honour to be chosen．For a day she wore a light and flowery dress, carried garlands(花环)，and was ceremonially crowned with flowers．She presided over a procession, as a rule with a number of attendants, and over the Maypole dancing and all kinds of entertainment．The Maypole was slender(苗条的)tree trunk, cut off its branches, with beautiful ribbons fastened to the top．The dancing was designed in such a way that the dancer's movements move the ribbons into a pattern．This, as you can imagine, required skill from the dancer, and was not achieved without practice．
It's the Celtic(凯尔特的)people who celebrated the First of May as a spring festival．Their celebration seems to have had little to do with taking pleasure in early, beautiful flowers and in warmer weather!They called it Beltane－the fire of the god Bel．They lit fires, in the expectation that their blaze would help the sun in its struggle to regain its strength．They drove their cattle between banks of flame in the expectation that the terrified beasts would be purified(净化)and protected from disease．A tree, which must have been blackened with smoke, stood in the middle of the fires, and is thought to have been the origin of the Maypole．Their priests(牧师)made sacrifices to the goods in the hope of good harvests and sufficient store of food for the winter．There was dancing certainly, but it was noisy and cheerful, since its purpose was not to weave a pattern of colored ribbons, but to drive out evil spirits from the earth and to arouse those kind spirits．
(1)
The main purpose of the passage is to show ________．
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A．
the reason why they celebrate May Day
B．
the start and customs of May Day
C．
the way they celebrate May Day
D．
the choosing of a May Queen during May Day
(2)
According to the passage, which sentence is NOT true?
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A．
In the old days they celebrated May Day for the changing of the seasons．
B．
In England summer begins at the first of May．
C．
The custom of the choosing of a May Queen still exists in the present May Day celebration．
D．
The Celtic people celebrated the first of May as a spring festival．
(3)
From the surrounding words and sentences we know that the word “presided” means ________．
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A．
管理
B．
越过
C．
指挥
D．
主持
(4)
The best title for this passage is ________．
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A．
The First of May
B．
The Beginning of Summer
C．
May Queen
D．
The Holiday of the Year
阅读理解
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will get what they want．They want to go quickly and safely, across the country, or right across the sea, or right across the world…and they know Bel Air will take them where they want to go, when they want to go．Bel Air flies there newest, and fastest aeroplanes, to more towns and cities, to more countries in the world, than any other airline．
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington or Tokyo?Bel Air will take you there at all times of the day or night, right through the week．But Bel Air flies not only to big cities, in the rich countries…we fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America．
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will leave on time．They know that the food they will receive, and the film they will watch will be of the very best．
Bel Air is second to none．When you fly, fly with Bel Air．
(1)
Bel Air is the name of ________．
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A．
an airport
B．
an airline company
C．
a big aeroplane
D．
an air station
(2)
Where dose Bel Air go?
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A．
Europe, North America and East Asia．
B．
Europe, South Africa and the heart of Asia．
C．
Asia, Africa and America．
D．
Nearly all the places in the world．
(3)
According to the text, some countries in Asia, Africa and South America are ________ ones．
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A．
beautiful
B．
poor
C．
big
D．
far
(4)
Which of the following is NOT true about Bel Air?
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A．
Good plane, fast speed．
B．
Good service, safety．
C．
More flight routes, punctual flight time．
D．
Big airports, beautiful airhostesses．
(5)
The sentence“Bel Air is second to none”means ________．
