题目内容
Hardly anything pleases him ________ the happiness of seeing poor people smiling.
- A.than that
- B.as many as
- C.more than
- D.more as
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping 36 he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in 37 . He knows what he wants, and his goal is to find it and 38 it. All men 39 walk into a shop and ask the shop assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock(库存), the deal can be done and 40 is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat to everyone’s 41 .
For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop doesn’t have what he wants. In that 42 , the salesman tries to sell something else—he 43 the nearest to the article required. A good salesman brings out such a substitute(替代品) 44 , and he may say, “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It 45 to be the color you mentioned.” Few men have 46 with this treatment, and the usual response is “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I shouldn’t be 47 my time and yours by trying it on.”
For a woman, buying clothes is always done in the 48 way. Her shopping is not often 49 on need. She has never fully decided what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She is always 50 to persuasion, willing to try on any number of things. Deep in her mind is the thought of finding something that 51 thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value and are always on the look-out for the unexpected 52 . Faced with a roomful dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another 53 selecting the dress she wants to try on. It is a tiresome process, but apparently a(n) 54 one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting 55 .
A. until | B. unless | C. because | D. while | |
A. detail | B. advance | C. hurry | D. mind | |
A. try | B. choose | C. buy | D. want | |
A. simply | B. immediately | C. soon | D. quickly | |
A. finally | B. constantly | C. normally | D. often | |
A. confidence | B. satisfaction | C. amusement | D. surprise | |
A. time | B. event | C. case | D. condition | |
A. offers | B. gives | C. sells | D. delivers | |
A. carefully | B. attentively | C. actively | D. skillfully | |
A. happens | B. occurs | C. comes | D. gets | |
A. experience | B. interest | C. expectation | D. patience | |
A. losing | B. spending | C. wasting | D. giving away | |
A. same | B. opposite | C. clever | D. similar | |
A. based | B. relied | C. done | D. related | |
A. happy | B. ready | C. close | D. open | |
A. nobody | B. somebody | C. anybody | D. everybody | |
A. deal | B. bargain | C. surprise | D. luck | |
A. before | B. after | C. as | D. by | |
A. exhausting | B. boring | C. enjoyable | D. graceful | |
A. customers | B. assistants | C. husbands | D. wives |
Once upon a time there was a precious sword. Now, this sword belonged to a great King, and for as long as anyone could remember, the King spent all his time in his place, enjoying its shows and competitions with other swords. One day a great dispute(争端)arouse between this King and the King of a neighbouring country. It ended with both declaring war.
The sword was greatly excited at the prospect of taking part in its first real battle. It would show everyone how truly brave and special it was, and would become well-known throughout the kingdom. On the way to the front line, the sword imagined itself the winner of many battles. However, when it arrived, the first battle had already broken out, and the sword got to see the results of the war. What it saw had nothing in common with what the sword had imagined. No elegant shining knights, successful, with their weapons shining in the sunlight. Instead, all the sword saw was broken weapons, and a large crowd of hungry and thirsty men. There was hardly any food left. Everything was covered in dirt and disgusting smell. Many were half dead and scattered on the ground, bleeding from multiple wounds.
Seeing this, the sword realized it liked neither wars nor battles. It decided it preferred to live in peace and spend its time taking part in tournaments and competitions. So, on the night before what was going to be the big final battle, the sword tried to find a way to prevent it from taking place. After a while, the sword started to vibrate(颤抖). First it gave out a low buzz, and then this gradually got louder, until it became an annoying metallic noise. The swords and armour(盔甲)of the soldiers asked the King’s sword what it was doing. It told them, “I don’t want there to be a battle tomorrow. I don’t like war.”
One answered, “No one likes it, but what can we do?”
“Make yourself vibrate, just like what I’m doing,” said the King’s sword. “If we make enough noise, no one will sleep.”
So the weapons started vibrating, and the noise became deafening. It was so loud that it reached the enemy camp, and the weapons there, which were equally sick of war, joined the protest.
The next morning, when the battle should have begun, not a single soldier was ready to fight. No one had managed to get even a wink of sleep, not even the King or the Generals. So they spent the whole day catching up on sleep. During the evening they started to wake up, and decided to put off the battle until the next day.
However, the weapons, led by the King’s sword, spent the night repeating their peace song, and again no soldier could rest. The battle had to be postponed yet again, and this carried on for the next seven days. On the evening of the seventh day, the Kings of the two armies met to see what they could do about the situation. Both were very angry at their previous disputes, but after being together for a while they started to discuss their sleepless nights, the surprise on their soldiers’ faces, the confusion between day and night, and the amusing situations all this had created. It wasn’t long before both were laughing, like friends, at these little stories. Fortunately, they forgot their old disputes and they put an end to the war, each returning to their own land with the double joy.
【小题1】 From the first paragraph, we can infer that _________.
A.the great King was fond of his precious sword |
B.a disagreement led to a war between Kings |
C.the two Kings were once good friends before the war |
D.the precious sword was used to entertain the great King |
A.Worried | B.Fearful | C.Eager | D.peaceful |
A.When it fought at the first battle |
B.After it realized that it was not powerful |
C.When it was on the way to the front line |
D.After it saw the terrible results of the first battle |
a. The noise was loud enough to reach the other side
b. The battle had to be postponed because the soldiers in both armies lacked sleep.
c. It let out continuous low noise
d. It persuaded other swords to join in.
e. All the weapons in both side confused day with night
A.a, b, c, d, e | B.b, a, c, e, d |
C.c, d, a, e, b | D.d, b, a, e, c |
A.Seven | B.Eight | C.Nine | D.Ten |
A.Both King’s sleepless nights |
B.The end of war and being friends |
C.The surprise on the soldiers’ faces |
D.The confusion of day with night |
In the United States, 30 percent of the people have a “weight problem”. To many people the cause is obvious (明显的): they eat too much. But scientific evidence (证据) does little to support this idea. Going back to America of 1910, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically, walked more, used machines much less, and didn’t watch television.
Several modern studies, moreover, have shown that fatter people don’t eat more on average than thinner people. A 1979 study of 3,545 London office workers showed that fat people eat less than slim (苗条的) people.
Studies also show that slim people are more active than fat people. A study by a research group at Stanford University found the following interesting facts:
The more the man ran, the greater loss of the body fat.
The more they ran, the greater increase in food intake.
Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of body fat.
【小题1】Nowadays many Americans have the problem that ______.
A.they are too slim | B.they work too hard |
C.they are too fat | D.they lose too much body fat |
A.150. | B.300. | C.600. | D.270. |
A.Yes, there is plenty of evidence. |
B.Of course, there is some evidence to support this. |
C.There is hardly any scientific evidence to support this. |
D.We are not sure. |
A.ate more food and had more physical activities |
B.ate less food but had more physical activities |
C.ate less food and had less physical activities |
D.had more problems |