题目内容
The teacher told the children ______ quiet in the museum.
A. keep B. kept C. keeping D. to keep
Visitor Oyster cards are electronic smartcards that come fully charged with credit. Whether you’re making a one-off trip to London or you’re a regular visitor, using an Oyster travel smartcard is the easiest way to travel around the city’s public transport network. Simply touch the card on the yellow card reader at the doors when you start and end your journey.
Advantages of a Visitor Oyster Card
A Visitor Oyster card is one of the cheapest ways to pay for single journeys on the bus, Tube, DLR, tram, London Overground and most National Rail services in London:
● Save time—your card is ready to use as soon as you arrive in London.
● It’s more than 50% cheaper than buying a paper travel card or single tickets with cash.
● There is a daily price cap—once you have reached this limit, you won’t pay any more.
● Enjoy special offers and promotions at leading London restaurants, shops and entertainment venues—plus discounts on the Emirates Air Line cable car and Thames Clippers river buses.
Buy a Visitor Oyster card
Buy a Visitor Oyster card before you visit London and get it delivered to your home address. A card costs ￡3 (non-refundable) plus postage. Order online and arrive with your Oyster in hand! You can also buy a Visitor Oyster card from Gatwick Express ticket offices at Gatwick Airport Station and on board Eurostar trains travelling to London.
Add Credit to Your Visitor Oyster Card
You can choose how much credit to add to your card. If you are visiting London for two days, you can start with ￡20 credit. If you run out of credit, add credit at the following locations:
● Touch screen ticket machines in Tube, DLR, London Overground and some National Rail stations.
● Around 4,000 Oyster Ticket Stops found in newsagents and small shops across London.
● TFL Visitor and Travel Information Centers.
● Tube and London Overground station ticket offices.
● Emirates Air Line terminals.
1.When can you use your Visitor Oyster Card?
A. After you become a regular visitor.
B. Only when you end your journey.
C. Once you arrive in London.
D. Before you leave home.
2.What can we learn about the Visitor Oyster card?
A. It can reach you before your journey to London.
B. It requires you to pay as much as the daily price cap.
C. It can provide you a 50% discount at a London shop.
D. It can be delivered to your home address free of charge.
3.Where can you add credit to your Visitor Oyster card?
A. On the Internet.
B. At a Tube station ticket office.
C. On Eurostar trains.
D. At Gatwick Express ticket offices.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On Saturday morning，a heavy snowfall covered the ground of the nursing home．It was _________ without all the other patients and medical workers．I enjoyed working as the charge nurse on these _________ men．My Big Boys，as I called them，were sitting there _________ watching TV．I loved the _________ these retired men of various occupations told．They also _________the questions I asked them about their _________．My question today was，“Did you like to play in the snow when you were young?”
Their eyes lighted up as they _________ the excitement．
“I haven’t felt snow in many years，”said Stanley from his wheelchair，gazing _________ the large picture window．
“ _________won’t last long．”said another．
Dared I…?But why not? I might get _________ ．but I would not get fired．
So gathered up some huge _________ ．I went out the back door and filled them with snow．I took the first container of snow inside to Stanley．“Do you remember _________ a snowball?”
Stanley smiled，reaching out his_________ hands，took a handful of the snow and began forming a _________ ．
“Who would you like to throw it at···?”I asked．
“Tom!”Stanley shouted _________ as he threw the ball at the man near the door．Then all the men got into the action．
“Better duck!”one shouted．
“Catch this one!”another _________ ．
Laughter filled the whole nursing home．_________ also became a victim and soon found myself fighting，too．
The _________ lasted until the snow began to melt．Their laughter，smiles and energy _________ the whole day．I saw the _________inside these Big Boys．
1.A．worse B．quieter C．simpler D．heavier
2.A．elderly B．serious C．painful D．poor
3.A．peacefully B．proudly C．stably D．eagerly
4.A．ideas B．1ies C．stories D．differences
5.A．argued B．missed C．doubted D．enjoyed
6.A．dreams B．ages C．friends D．youths
7.A．accepted B．experienced C．recalled D．recognized
8.A．outside B．inside C．upon D．over
9.A．Frost B．Rain C．Wind D．Snow
10.A．hurt B．scolded C．trapped D．1ost
11.A．stones B．containers C．courage D．strength
12.A．throwing B．taking C．making D．hitting
13.A．flexible B．trembling C．graceful D．free
14.A．ball B．habit C．toy D．team
15.A．naturally B．nervously C．desperately D．excitedly
16.A．tried B．suggested C．challenged D．whispered
17.A．He B．They C．I D．We
18.A．break B．fights C．business D．exercises
19.A．brightened B．started C．happened D．finished
20.A．True Love B．Determined Gentlemen C．Human Curiosity D．Little Boys
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
You go to a store to buy food for a party. But when you get to the cash register, there are no plastic bags for the things you buy. If you live in San Francisco, this situation might not surprise you. 1. Many cities and towns around the United States may ban plastic bags. 2. Instead, they’d like people to use their own cloth bags when they shop. 3. They say they wouldn’t buy as much if they couldn’t get a free bag. Store owners don’t want to lose business. So they want to keep offering plastic bags.
Stores should be banned from using plastic bags. Here’s why:
All those plastic bags fill up garbage dumps (垃圾站). That hurts the environment.
People can use cloth bags instead. 4.
Stores should not be banned from using plastic bags. Here’s why:
People might buy less if stores don’t offer plastic shopping bags. Some stores might go out of business.
Some people reuse plastic shopping bags for things like garbage. If they don’t get them for free, they’ll have to buy some.
5. That could get expensive.
A. These bags don’t get thrown away until they’ve been used many times.
B. There should always be a choice.
C. If shoppers forgot a cloth bag, they would have to buy one.
D. But many people don’t want to buy their own cloth bags.
E. Many people throw them away after using them.
F. That city has banned most plastic shopping bags from stores.
G. They hope that shoppers won’t use paper bags either.
The teacher came into the classroom, ____ by his students.
A. following B. to be following
C. followed D. having followed
I ______ football since I left university.
A. didn’t play B. don’t play
C. won’t play D. haven’t played
Finding the Real You
Psychometric testing—personality testing—has been very popular nowadays as studies show their results to be three times more accurate in predicting your job performance. These tests are now included in almost all graduate recruitment (招聘) and are widely used in the selection of managers.
The most popular of these personality tests is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). It is based on the theory that we are born with a tendency to one personality type which stays more or less fixed throughout life. You answer 88 questions and are then given your “type”, such as Outgoing or Quiet, Feeling or Thinking.
Critics of personality testing raise doubts about “social engineering”. Psychologist Dr. Colin Gill warns that the “popular” personality traits (特性) have their disadvantages. “People who are extremely open to new experiences can be butterflies, going from one idea to the next without mastering any of them.” However, the psychometric test is here to stay, which may be why a whole sub-industry on cheating personality tests has sprung up. “It’s possible to cheat,” admits Gill, “but having to pretend to be the person you are at work will be tiring and unhappy and probably short-lived.”
So can we change our personality? “Your basic personality is fixed by the time you’re 21,”says Gill,“ but it can be affected by motivation and intelligence. If you didn’t have the personality type to be a doctor but desperately wanted to be one and were intelligent enough to master the skills, you could still go ahead. But trying to go too much against type for too long requires much energy and is actually to be suffered for long. I think it’s why we’re seeing this trend for downshifting—too many people trying to fit in to a type that they aren’t really suited for.”
Our interest in personality now exists in every part of our lives. If you ask an expert for advice on anything, you’ll probably be quizzed about your personality. But if personality tests have any value to us, perhaps it is to free us from the idea that all of us are full of potential, and remind us of what we are. As they say in one test when they ask for your age: pick the one you are, not the one you wish you were.
1.The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is based on the belief that ______.
A. certain personality traits are common
B. personality is largely decided from birth
C. some personality types are better than others
D. personality traits are various from time to time
2.According to Dr. Gill, what is the problem with personality tests?
A. Employers often find the results unclear.
B. They may have a negative effect on takers.
C. People can easily lie about their true abilities.
D. The results could be opposite to what employers want.
3. In Dr. Gill’s view, how easy is it to change your personality?
A. It’s possible in your adult life.
B. It’s easy if you have great motivation.
C. It’s difficult before the age of 21.
D. It’s unlikely because it requires much energy.
4.What final conclusion does the author reach about the value of personality tests?
A. They are not really worth doing.
B. They may encourage greater realism.
C. They are of doubtful value to employers.
D. They can strengthen the idea we have of our abilities.
______ more about our university courses, write to this address.
A. To find out B. Finding out
C. Found out D. To be found out
语法填空，阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I was in elementary school, I always argued with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the 1. (argue) was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learnt that day.
I was convinced that “I” was right and “he” was wrong but he argued that “I” was wrong and “he” was right. The teacher decided to teach us 2. very important lesson. She 3. (bring) us up to the front of the class and placed the boy on the side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk, there was a large 4. round object. She asked the boy what color the object was. “White”, he answered. I couldn’t believe 5. he said, because it was 6. (obvious) black! Another conflict started 7. him and me, but this time it was about color of the object. The teacher told me to stand in the place 8. the boy had been standing. We changed the place and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, “White”. It was an object with two differently colored sides. From 9. viewpoint it was white, but from my side it was black. Sometimes 10. (look) at a problem from the other person’s view, we will come to a totally different conclusion.
