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  Some time ago ,I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended ,as there are a whole lot of antique(古董)shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception(接待). I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't oven look at my chair.

  The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth - so I decided that my approach must be wrong.

  I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“ Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said,“ Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,”I said. “OK, ”he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds. ”“It ‘s got a slightly broken leg,”I said. “Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.”

  Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?”I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done. ”“I'll buy it,”I said. “What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me,”he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I'm sorry, I'll give you twenty -seven pounds for it. ”“ Your must be crazy, ”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair. ”“ You’re right, ”I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said,’Would you mend this chair for me I wouldn't have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?”He was a very nice man and was greatly amused(感到有趣)by the whole thing.

We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.

  A. was rather impolite

  B. was warmly received

  C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

  D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.

  A. changed his mind        B. accepted the offer

  C. saw the writer’s purpose     D. decided to help the writer

How much did the writer pay?

  A. £ 5.    B. £ 7.     C. £ 20.    D. £ 27.

From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________

  A. hanest    B. careful    C. smart     D. funny

【小题1】D

【小题2】C

【小题3】A

【小题4】C


解析:

【小题1】在第一家商店,店家连看都不看一眼,可见他想请人修椅子被拒绝了,后来在第二、三、四家也被拒绝。

【小题2】从对方的回答“我知道你想干啥,你想让我帮你修椅子”可知他的计谋被识破。

【小题3】“我”主动提出给七英镑作为维修费,而“他”很好(a very nice man),提出“fiver”,可见它的意思是五英镑。

【小题4】 从文中不难看出“我”是什么样的人:随机应变,灵活。

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Two friends are having a picnic (野餐) together. Their names 1 Jim and Tim. Tim is very lazy. 2 the first evening of their holiday, Jim says 3 , “Here 4 some money. Go and buy 5 meat.”

“I'm 6 ,”answers Tim. “You go.”

7 Jim goes 8 the meat.

9 he comes back. He says to Tim, “Now 10 is the meat. Please 11 it.”

But Tim answers, “No, I'm got good 12 cooking. You do it. ” So Jim cooks 13 meat.

Then he says to Tim, “ 14 and get some water.”

“No, I don't want 15 my clothes dirty,” Tim answers. 16 last Jim says, “The meal 17 . Come and eat 18 .”

“Yes, I'll do 19 ,” answers Tim. “I don't like 20 ‘No’ all the time.”

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Dear ePals Community Member,

  ePals will hold its first conference for tech directors and teachers on Tuesday, July 15, in Boston.Our one-day event is a pre-conference of Alan November's Building Learning Communities 2008 Conference.

  Come see how ePals, the Internet's largest social learning network, can transform your classroom, school and district with our award-winning, safe and protected SchoolM@il? and SchoolBlog? offered at no cost.

  ePals team members, expert teachers and instructional technology directors will share their experiences using the ePals Global Community to build 21st Century skills in the classroom.

  Among the speakers are:

  Tim DiScipio, co-founder of ePals, sharing the vision for global collaboration and corporate partnerships with National Geographic, the classmate PC powered by Intel, and the XO from One Laptop Per Child

  Dr.Kari Stubbs on"ePals 101:Where and How to Start Using Global Collaborative Tools in Project-based Learning."Dr.Stubbs led the Enhancing Education Through Technology(EETT)initiative in Kansas before joining ePals as director of professional development.

  Dr.Rita Oates on"Accomplishing the New NETS Standards for Students with ePals Tools and Activities."Dr.Oates formerly was in charge of ed tech in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

  Dr.Laurie Henry, University of Kentucky, talking about literacy(读写能力)issues in the online world

  Dr.Shelia Gersh, City Colleges of New York, sharing her ePals project as an example of a successful 21st century online educational experience

  Carol Bar, teacher at Blue Valley High School(KS),"Blogging for Language Acquisition"

  Adina Popa, teacher at Potowmack Elementary(VA), will speak about schoolwide use of ePals and video conferencing to other classrooms

  Several district tech directors talking about best practices in implementation(安装)and use in their districts for safe and protected student email and blogs

  Other classroom teachers sharing their experiences for instructional success in the online community and using free, safe and protected online tools from ePals

  Register and get more information at www.epals.com/conference

(1)

The letter is written to ________.

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A.

attract more customers

B.

answer readers’ questions

C.

inform related people of a conference

D.

recommend some teachers

(2)

From the text we can learn that ________.

[  ]

A.

the July 15 conference is just a pre-conference

B.

the July 15 conference will last till November

C.

BLC08 will be set up at the July 15 conference

D.

the BLC08 Conference will be held this summer

(3)

________ will talk about his/her experiences in using the ePals and video conference in classrooms at school.

[  ]

A.

Tim DiScipio

B.

Dr.Laurie Henry

C.

Adina Popa

D.

A tech director

(4)

It can be inferred from the text that ePals here ________.

[  ]

A.

refer to those who keep in touch with each other through email

B.

is in fact a software for online language study

C.

is an expensive tool for language learners on the Internet

D.

refer to all the language teachers who globally communicate with each other

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  One day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist(心理学家) at a children's institution in England, an adolescent boy showed up in the waiting room.I went out there where he was   1   up and down restlessly(烦躁地).

  Tim wore a black raincoat   2   was buttoned all the way up to his neck(脖子).His face was pale, and he stared at his feet while wringing(扭)his hands nervously(紧张地).He had   3   his father as a baby, and had lived with his mother and grandfather ever since.But the year before he turned 13, his grandfather and mother were killed in a car accident.

  I looked at Tim.He was very   4   and in low spirits.He   5   to talk to me.The first two times we   6  , Tim only sat hunched up(蜷缩)in the chair without saying a word.As he was about to leave after the second visit, I put my hand on his shoulder.He didn't draw back, but he didn't look at me either.

  "Come back next week, if you like, " I said.I   7   a bit.Then I said, "I know it hurts."

  He came, and I   8   we play chess.He nodded.After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon-in   9   and without making any eye contact.It's not easy for me to   10   in chess, but I admit that I made sure Tim won once or twice.

  Usually, he arrived earlier, took the chessboard and pieces and set them up before I even got a(n)  11   to sit down.It seemed as if he enjoyed my   12  .But why did he   13   look at me?

  "Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his   14  ." I thought.

  One afternoon, Tim took off his raincoat and put it on the back of the chair.While he was setting up the chess pieces, his face seemed more   15   and his motions more lively.

  Some months later, I sat staring at Tim's head,   16   he was bent over the chessboard.I was thinking about how little we knew about the healing(治疗)process   17  , he looked up at me."It's your   18  ," he said.

  After that day, Tim started talking.

  Maybe I gave Tim something, but I learned a lot from him.He showed me how one without any words can   19   out to another person.All it   20   is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, a sympathetic nature and an ear that listens.

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on which

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hated

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found

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missed

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lost

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mad

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agreed

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chatted

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laughed

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hoped

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advised

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patience

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move

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play

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win

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promise

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order

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  Build the highway and watch the town grow.At first a few shops appear and maybe a restaurant.Then a hotel opens. Eventually new house are built. A village is born.
  This is also how the virtual world has developed. Think of the Internet as the road carrying information between two computers.Think of the World Wide Web as the village. At first it is just a place on the virtual road where travelers meet. More travelers come bringing new kinds of information. New travelers come bringing new kinds of information.New villages are started.
  Every willage has a founder.Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software programme that led to the foundation of the Word Wide Web.How did he get the idea? He tells us on his own web site. "One of the things computers were not able to do was store in formation from different sources. The dream behind the Web is of a common space in which we communicate by sharing information."
  In 1991 his programmmes were placed on to the Internet.Everyone was welcome to use them.
  Tim Berners-Lee could have followed the Microsoft route by forming a company to sell the programmes he invented. Or he could have joined another company. But in his view the Web is a language,not a pproduct. Charging a gee for using his programmes would have slowed the growth of the Web.And other companies would make similar products to compete. Instead of one World Wide Web there would be several smaller Webs. Each would use incompatible (不相容的) software. They Web is valuable because it uses a common computer language to reach people and share information. Competing webs would lose this value.Imagine if somebody sent you a bill every time you spoke a world of English.
  In 1994 Tim Berners-Lee formed the World Wide Web Consortium,or W3C.More than 200 leading companies and laboratories are represented by W3C. Together they make sure that everyone, no matter what their equipment or solftware,can work equally on the Web.
  "The Web can help people to understand the way that others live and love. It helps us understand the humanity of people," he says.
  68.The writer's purpose in writing the first two paragraphs is to ______.
   A.give us some idea of the Internet
   B.give us some idea of the Web
   C.tell us how the idea of Web started
   D.tell us the idea of the Web is wonderful
  69.Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in order to _____
   A.place his programmers on the Internet
   B.stop smaller webs appearing
   C.help people to form a web site
   D.let people share all kinds of information
  70.According to the text,the disadvantage of competing webs is that they would ______.
   A.slow the development of the Web
   B.destroy the whole web system
   C.lose the value of information
   D.waste a lot of money

Here's a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods — even if you also exercise regularly — could be  1 for your health. And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place — at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV — just the overall number of hours it  2  .

Research is preliminary, but several studies  3 people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.

In an editorial  4 this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Elin Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences suggested that authorities rethink how they define  5 activity to highlight the dangers of sitting.

While health officials have issued guidelines  6 minimum amounts of physical activity, they haven't suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated  7 .

"After four hours of sitting, the body starts to send  8 signals," Ekblom-Bak said. She explained that genes regulating the amount of glucoseand fat in the  9 start to shut down.

Even for people who  10  , spending long stretches of time sitting at a desk is still harmful. Tim Armstrong, a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization, said people who exercise every day —  11 still spend a lot of time sitting — might get more benefit if that exercise were spread across the day,  12 in a single bout.

That wasn't  13 news for Aytekin Can, 31, who works at a London financial company, and spends most of his days sitting   14  a computer. Several evenings a week, Can also teaches jiu jitsu, a Japanese martial art 15 wrestling, and also does Thai boxing.

"I'm sure there are some detrimental  16 of staying still for too long, but I hope that being  17 when I can helps," he said. "I wouldn't want to think the sitting could be  18 dangerous."

Still, in a study published last year that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years, researchers found people who sat  19 had a higher death risk, independently of whether or not they exercised.

Figures from a US survey in 2003-2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting, from working at their desks to sitting in cars.

Experts said more research is needed to  20 just how much sitting is dangerous, and what might be possible to offset those effects.

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(  ) 2. A. does          B. occurs        C. matches          D. dies

(  ) 3. A. advise         B. talk          C. suggest          D. say

(  ) 4. A. thrown            B. caught        C. seen             D. published

(  ) 5. A. biological       B. physical       C. psychological      D. logical

(  ) 6. A. commending    B. mending      C. recommending     D. communicating

(  ) 7. A. stand         B. state         C. post         D. position

(  ) 8. A. harmful        B. careful        C. wonderful     D. skillful

(  ) 9. A. head          B. arm          C. body         D. foot

(  ) 10. A. sleep         B. rest          C. walk         D. exercise

(  ) 11. A. and          B. so           C. but          D. then

(  ) 12. A. rather than        B. other than     C. more than     D. less than

(  ) 13. A. bad          B. harmful       C. disadvantage   D. welcome

(  ) 14. A. behind        B. back         C. in front of     D. forward

(  ) 15. A. referring      B. involving      C. taking        D. bringing

(  ) 16. A. effects       B. prefects       C. affects       D. offers

(  ) 17. A. inactive       B. active        C. interactive     D. positive

(  ) 18. A. such         B. little          C. lot           D. that

(  ) 19. A. less          B. fewer            C. more         D. further

(  ) 20. A. leave out      B. bring out      C. hold out       D. figure out

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