When everyone except me offered to the fund.I felt very cheap and hung my head in shame．( )A．adapt toB．apply toC．appeal toD．contribute to 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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8．When everyone except me offered to ______ the fund，I felt very cheap and hung my head in shame．（　　）

A．

adapt to

B．

apply to

C．

appeal to

D．

contribute to

分析当除了我之外的每一个人都提出为基金捐款时，我感觉自己很小气，羞愧得低下头来．

解答本题答案：D
adapt to变得习惯于…使适应于，能应付；apply to适用于，运用，申请；appeal to 是"呼吁，上诉"的意思； contribute to"有助于，贡献，捐献"offer to do sth．为"（主动）提出做某事"的意思，fund是"基金"的意思，所以要联想到contribute to"捐献"．
故选D

点评注意"cheap"除了"便宜的，廉价的"意思之外，还有"小气的"意思．

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20．The landlady prefers to have women in the apartment rather than men．She thinks women take
______ care of things!（　　）

16．-Did you get to the village before sunset？
-No．It was already midnight．My bike________ on the way．（　　）

3．Pleasure in one's heart and a smile on his/her lips is a sign the person has a pretty good grasp of life．（　　）

1．From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation．When children are little we make them read aloud，before the teacher and other children，so that we can be sure they"know"all the words they are reading．This means that when they don't know a word，they are going to make a mistake，right in front of everyone．After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years，I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books，and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously．
One day soon after school had started，I said to them，"Now I'm going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before．I would like you to read a lot of books this year，but I want you to read them only for pleasure．I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not．If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it，that's enough for me．And I'm not going to ask you what words mean．"
The children sat stunned and silent．Was this a teacher talking？One girl，who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time，looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished．Then，still looking at me，she said slowly and seriously，"Mr．Holt，do you really mean that？"I said just as seriously，"I mean every word of it．"
During the spring she really astonished me．One day，she was reading at her desk．From a glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was．I said to myself，"It can't be，"and went to take a closer look．Sure enough，she was reading Moby Dick，in the edition with woodcuts．I said，"Don't you find parts of it rather heavy going？"She answered，"Oh，sure，but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part．"
This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom is---an exciting，joyous adventure．Find something，dive into it，take the good parts，skip the bad parts，get what you can out of it，go on to something else．How different is our mean-spirited，picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap of"understanding"that can be dug out of a book．

41．According to the passage，children's fear and dislike of books may result fromD．
A．reading little and think little．
B．reading often and adventurously
C．being made to read too much
D．being made to read aloud before others
42、The teacher told his students to readA．
A．for enjoyment
B．for knowledge
C．for a larger vocabulary
D．for higher scores in exams
43．Upon hearing the teacher's talk，the children probably felt thatC．
A．it sounded stupid
B．it was not surprising at all
C．it sounded too good to be true
D．it was no different from other teachers'talk
44．Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passage？C
A．She skipped over those easy parts while reading．
B．She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks．
C．She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books．
D．She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school．
45．From the teacher's point of view，B．
A．children cannot tell good parts from bad parts while reading
B．children should be left to decide what to read and how to read
C．reading is never a pleasant and inspiring experience in school
D．reading involves understanding every little piece of information．

8．When asked to list typical English gentlemen，for many，Colin Firth immediately comes to mind．
In his recent film，Kingsman：The Secret Service，the 54-year-old actor appears as elegant and violent super spy Harry Hart．One minute he's calm and polite，and then in the next he's skillfully violent and aggressive．For example，in one scene he says，"Manners maketh a man"，before severely beating up a group of villains（坏人）．Firth brings out the perfect mix of typical British style and humor through this performance．
Firth began appearing on English TV in the early 1990s，but it wasn't until he played Mr Darcy，a charming upper class character from Jane Austen's famous novel"Pride and Prejudice"，that Firth's career really took off．His portrayal（形象）of the perfect fictional gentleman conquered millions of hearts，especially females'．
In many fans and critics'eyes，Firth has British good looks，British charm，and a gift for characters with a British sense of being reserved（矜持）．Movie reviewer Jason O'Bryan described Firth as"always befitting the calm and stiff-upper-lip British gentlemen character"．
However Firth doesn't consider himself the authority on gentlemen．"I don't necessarily approach every challenge like a perfect English gentleman spy．There are many aspects in my personality that are not consistent with someone like Harry Hart，"he said to Dialogue，an English-language show on CCTV News．
But let's just take his words as another gentlemanly quality-modesty．After all，who might expect an Oscar-winning actor over 50years old to learn to fight for his first action movie？
To prepare for Kingsman，Firth trained for three hours every day over six months．He broke a tooth and got bruised everywhere，but took the damage as a symbol of his accomplishments．
In Dialogue，Firth said he had many other sides-he's passionate about literature and literary research．However，to many of his movie fans，he is indeed a gentleman and excellent actor above a11else．

24．The example given in Paragraph 2isA．
A．to describe the character of Harry Hart
B．to introduce one scene of Kingsman
C．to prove Colin Firth a gentleman
D．to compare Colin Firth with Harry Hart
25．When did Firth come to be famous？B
A．In the early 1990s．
B．After he played Mr Darcy．
C．When he was 54years old．
D．During his childhood．
26．From the text we can inferB．
A．Colin Firth is violent and aggressive
B．Colin Firth has many sides in personality
C．Colin Firth has similar character to Harry Hart
D．Colin Firth has more male fans than females
27．Which of the following might be the best title for the text？A
A．An authority on English gentlemen
B．A famous actor
C．A charming upper class character
D．A super spy．

Thinking of my good friends, I sense that my attitudes are totally different towards men and women.

My earliest childhood friend is Donald. In the street was a (an) __ old German truck. No wheels. No doors. Each day, __ we were flying over the Atlantic in that truck our “airplane”，there came that wonderful moment: “Engine __!” I’d shout, “We’ll have to jump out.” Glancing at me，he’d say, “I can’t __!” “Fear not! I’ll drag you to the __.

And when we swam __ the dust, Donald cried “Sharks!” But I always __ him. The next day, changing __，Donald would do the same to me. We saved each other hundreds of times, but when my family really did leave for America, we could do __. We just cried silently as the train __.

These days, Jessica is one of my best friends. Recently we were swimming at a beach in the Atlantic, the __ one I had “flown” over in my German truck with Donald. We were far form shore when we both thought we __ a shark! We began swimming __ toward the shore. Although in __，I fell back to protect her. In the end? the “shark” proved __，but not my deep emotional feeling for my friend. We looked into each other’s eyes and said, “I love you!”

You see with women I could be __ ，emotionally honest and transparent. With male friends, it seemed impossible to __ caring feelings however deep the friendship was. “Am I normal?” I thought to myself. Much to my __，researches show that men and women have very different __ and rational (理性的) processes. I do love all my friends - only the means of expression __.

1.A. advanced B. decorated C. abandoned D. updated

2.A. before B. while C. after D. until

3.A. loss B. death C. pressure D. failure

4.A. jump B. swim C. die D. run

5.A. dust B. river C. truck D. shore

6.A. over B. through C. across D. beyond

7.A. left B. fetched C. rescued D. defeated

8.A. roles B. manners C. images D. forms

9.A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything

10.A. broke down B. moved in C. pulled away D. blew up

11.A. very B. last C. first D. only

12.A. attacked B. spotted C. annoyed D. killed

13.A. eagerly B. casually C. hardly D. crazily

14.A. panic B. hesitation C. doubt D. silence

15.A. fierce B. friendly C. imaginary D. true

16.A. cool B. shy C. passive D. open

17.A. express B. hide C. admit D. control

18.A. embarrassment B. disappointment C. relief D. surprise

19.A. emotional B. physical C. mental D. moral

20.A. changes B. develops C. matters D. differs

It seems the more time we have, the longer we put off living the life we see in our heads, because we feel like we’ve got some time to kill.

I know where you think I’m going with this, and I also know you’ve heard it all before: seize the day, make the most of it, live life to its fullest, and so on. But that’s the problem. You’ve heard it all before. These ideas have their impact and have become a cliché. Luckily, that’s not my thing.

The real answers wake something up inside you. They make you think. That’s what I want to give you today, the story of Bobby Darin, which wakes you up to the truth.

If you haven’t heard of the man, I know you’ve heard his songs. Among his many hits are Mack the Knife, Beyond the Sea, Dream Lover, and Splish Splash.

If seven years, Darin had several top ten hit songs, was nominated(提名) for four Grammy Awards (winning two), nominated for four Golden Globes (winning one), and even nominated for an Oscar.

So what was his secret?

All his life, Darin had a heart condition that developed from a childhood illness. The doctors at the time said he would be lucky to live to 16. In other words, his time was limited. And this was secret. He knew the truth. He knew that we all have such a hard time accepting: Life is short. You can’t just say it; you can’t just hear it. You have to know it, believe it, and feel it. Because Darin knew his time was limited, he packed as much life as he could into the time he had. But he had an unfair advantage. He knew, without a doubt, his time was limited.

There was no fooling himself, no putting it off. It was now or never.

1.Why do we all have the habit of delaying doing things?

A. Because we think we have time to count our thumb.

B. Because we want to live our life to its fullest.

C. Because we think time and tide wait for no man.

D. Because it takes time to build castle.

2.The underlined word “cliché” in the second paragraph probably means .

A. motto

B. legend

C. often-made remark

D. long-lost verse

3.What can we know about Bobby Darin from the passage?

A. He was nominated and won the Oscar Reward.

B. He committed suicide at home at last.

C. He got involved I not only music field but directing.

D. He took a positive attitude towards his illness.

4.What is the secret to Bobby Darin’s success?

A. He knew his life expectancy was short.

B. He was too eager to become famous.

C. He was so devoted to music.

D. He was talented.

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