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The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.

A. by accident B. at random C. at risk D. on average

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5 Secrets of Web Travel Sites

Booking a trip on an online travel site is convenient, but comes with its own set of problems.

1.They who's on a Mac and who's on a PC and who's going to spend more.

Last year, US travel research company Orbitz tracked people's online activities to test out whether Mac users spend more on travel than PC users. On average, Mac users lay out US$20-30 more per night on hotels and go for more stars. according to the Wall Street Journal. As a result, online• travel sites show these users more expensive travel options first. To avoid inadvertently paying more, sort results by price.

2.Their software doesn't always hook up to the hotel's system.

A guaranteed reservation is almost impossible to come by anywhere — but the risk of your flight or hotel being overbooked increases with third-party providers. The middle-man's software isn't immune to system errors, so always call the hotel or airline to make sure your booking was processed.

3.Don't be fooled by packages: Often, they're low-end items grouped together.

Ever notice how travel sites recommend a hotel, a rental car, and tour package all in one click? These deals usually feature travel that no one wants, like flights with multiple layovers.

Check the fine print.

4.You could miss out on loyalty points.

Third-party providers can get between you and frequent flyer miles or points. Many hotel loyalty programmes don't recognise external sites, others award only minimum points and exclude special offers, like double points on hotel stays.

5.Once your trip is purchased, you're on your own.

An online travel agency can't provide assistance the same way an agent can if a flight is cancelled or a room is substandard. Basically, when you arrive at the airport or hotel, you're just another client who booked at the lowest rate.

1.Which ofthe following is TRUE?

A.Third-party providers can ensure your reservation.

B. Mac users are likely to spend more money than PC users.

C.An online travel agency functions the same as an agent.

D.Packages usually provide travelers with satisfactory programmes.

2.What's the purpose of the passage?

A.To encourage readers to book a trip on an online travel site.

B. To make an advertisement about several travel sites online.

C. To convince readers not to book a trip on an online travel site.

D.To warn readers of some problems with booking trips online.

While most of us are happy to take the credit when things go well, few of us are willing to take the blame when things go wrong. Rather than trying to hide our shame or embarrassment, experts found that we are simply less aware when our actions result in a negative outcome.

The research may explain why we often feel it hard to take the blame for our actions.“Our result suggests that people may really experience less responsibility for negative than for positive outcomes,” said Patrick Haggard, leading researcher and professor of the institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London.

In a series of tests, participants were asked to press a key. A sound then followed, either disapproving, neutral or approving, and they were then asked to estimate the time between the action and when they had heard the sound.

Researchers found that individuals experienced different levels of responsibility depending on the outcomes. They also discovered they were significantly slower to recognize if their actions had resulted in a bad consequence, compared to when they had done well.

“Effectively, we have found that we experience a negative outcome differently, not just retell it differently. We make a weaker connection when there is a bad result. And respond much more strongly when something good happens,”said Professor Haggard. When something goes right, everyone wants to take the credit, and when things go wrong, nobody is interested in putting their hands up.

The researchers said our brain is“very much concerned”with reward, as good results are key to survival. Although our own perception(认知) of whether we are guilty of something or not is changed by the outcomes, this does not provide a defense if we have done something wrong.“Our experience of our own responsibilities can be misleading and can be strongly colored by the outcomes of our actions.”said Professor Haggard.“We have to take responsibility for what actually do, not just for how we experience things.”

1.People who don’t take the blame for their actions .

A.always try to hide their shame or embarrassment.

B.are only willing to take the credit when things go well

C.feel less responsible for negative than for positive outcomes

D.are less aware of what to do when a negative outcome happens

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Our level of responsibility can be strongly affected by the outcomes of our actions.

B.When something bad happens, nobody is interested in dealing with the problem.

C.People were quicker to recognize if their actions had resulted in a bad consequence.

D.Participants were asked to count the time between pressing a key and hearing the sound.

3.How is the passage developed?

A.By giving examples.

B.By quoting research findings.

C.By analyzing cause and effect.

D.By providing data.

4.According to the passage, a person who is concerned with reward is .

A.awkward B.natural C.absurd D.stubborn

Every year, countless nonprofit organizations want to double their donations. Many companies in the United States have a Matching Gift program, which offers certain amount of money to these organizations when its employee makes a personal donation. The following list includes information on four major companies matching gift programs.

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Coca-Cola

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Coca-Cola offers a matching gift program for employees through which the company triples (三倍于)donations to educational organizations, arts& cultural organizations and environmental groups. If you have donors who work for Coke, then make sure they’re submitting these grant requests , as the tripling of employee donations can go a long way.

GE Foundation

The GE Foundation matches at a 1:1 ratio with a minimum required donation of $ 25 and a maximum donation of $25,000 per year. Employees (both part and full-time), spouses ,and retires are all eligible for their matching gift program.

Google

Google offers a generous matching gift program through which the company matches donations form employees to a wide range of organizations.

This is through either the company’s personal matching gift program or through the matching of fundraising efforts for events such as walks , marathons, bike rides, etc. Each Google employee can request up to $12,000 in matching funds annually through its different matching gift programs.

Verizon

Verizon has a solid matching gift program in place for its full-time and part-time employees and for its retires.

Verizon matches donations at a 1：1 ratio, with a minimum gift requirement of $25 and a maximum gift requirements of $ 1,000 per year, per donor . The company will match a maximum of $5,000 per year , per donor for donation to higher education.

1.When a company’s employee makes a donation to a nonprofit, the Matching Gift programs will _________.

A. compensate the employee

B. donate instead of the employee

C. give certain donations as well

D. organize some voluntary events

2.From the list ,we know that __________.

A. Coca-Cola offers three times donations of its employees’ to religious groups.

B. Coca-Cola handles its employees’ donations request quickly.

C.GE and Verizon will give the same amount, if an employee donates $20.

D. Google’s employees can claim matching gift in various forms.

3.The purpose of this passage is _______.

A. to inform B. to entertain

C.to explain D. to persuade

He made great achievements in spite of his lowly _______.

A. resource B. belief C. origin D. source

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A businessman, with a large amount of money, was walking through a remote (偏远的) area. Upon ________ this, a thief followed him, planning to________ his money at a certain time. The businessman noticed something was ________, and he started to pay much more ________to the thief.

The businessman soon asked the thief if he________help find some water nearby, and when the thief went to________ the water, the businessman put all of his________into the thief’s bag. Then the thief returned and told the businessman________ the water was. ________the businessman left to get some water, the thief quickly________the businessman’s bag. Certainly, there was nothing that the thief________ .

The thief was ________, but he still did not give up hope. After some time, the businessman returned and they both ________for a long time. Then the businessman got tired and________ under a big tree. The thief again checked the businessman’s bag and still did not find any money. So the thief ________that the businessman did not actually have any money with him.

Finally, they arrived at a city. When the thief went after a job and left his own bag behind, the businessman ________in and took back all of his own money he had put there ________ When the thief came back, he was surprised to see that the businessman was________ some jewels with the money in his bag. The thief couldn’t ________ asking the question, “I didn’t know you had money on the________ .” The businessman smiled to him, “Of course you didn’t, because it is not yours.”

1.A. talking B. learning C. thinking D. speaking

2.A. keep B. borrow C. steal D. put

3.A. new B. common C. strange D. dangerous

4.A. care B. mercy C. need D. attention

5.A. would B. could C. should D. must

6.A. carry on B. look for C. watch over D. bring along

7.A. goods B. food C. money D. clothes

8.A. how B. what C. that D. where

9.A. As soon as B. As far as C. As well as D. As long as

10.A. hid B. searched C. explored D. changed

11.A. saved B. planned C. owned D. wanted

12.A. frightened B. angry C. surprised D. nervous

13.A. drank B. walked C. rested D. discussed

14.A. sat B. stood C. slept D. stopped

15.A. agreed B. wished C. doubted D. believed

16.A. put B. got C. reached D. broke

17.A. rightly B. luckily C. really D. formerly

18.A. buying B. wearing C. having D. showing

19.A. keep B. help C. enjoy D. avoid

20.A. trip B. visit C. holiday D. business

语法填空

阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Three months ago George was at the Red Sea and when he came back, brown and happy, he said that he had never had __1.__ a terrific holiday before. As he was very good at swimming and diving and was ___2.__(concern) with biology, he managed to join a scientific research group __3.___ was studying the sea life of the Red Sea coast at that time. The researchers allowed him ___4.__(help) them in their work and gave him a special diving suit, so he was able to stay deep in the sea for quite a long time. George was amazed at ___5.___ beautiful the underwater world was. Millions of brightly colored fish moved __6.____( busy) around him. Crabs, turtles, and sea snakes looked at him curiously and then hurried to do their underwater business. Once, when George followed a little crab, a huge fish appeared from behind a coral rock. Luckily, the shark took no interest __7.___ him and disappeared into the __8.__(deep) as if it had much more important things to do.

While George was working for the group, exploring the sea plants and animals in their natural conditions, he __9.____(make) a firm decision to go on studying biology and natural sciences as research work became very ___10.__(attract) to him.

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is such a thing as a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.

ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese.

Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.

But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

1.“ABC” in this text stands for “_______”.

A. three English letters B. a kind of banana

C. Chinese born in America D. Americans born in China

2.Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because __________.

A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside

B. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese

C. they were born in China but go to study in America

D. they are Chinese who look like bananas

3.C. N. Yang is mentioned here to show that ________.

A. American Chinese are great

B. we love American Chinese

C. Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes

D. American Chinese are not Chinese citizens

4.This text is mainly about _________.

A. different kinds of bananas

B. overseas Chinese

C. the Nobel Prize

D. the life story of C. N. Yang

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。

One of the most exciting archaeological (考古的) discoveries in history was made in November 1922, when Howard Carter was ________in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. After many months of digging, he finally________ an unknown tomb (坟墓).

________ with his friend Lord Carnarvon, who was providing the money for his work, Carter entered the ________ tomb. At first there was ________ , because the tomb was ________, and it was clear that it had been robbed (盗窃) at some time in the past. ________ , one of the workers eventually uncovered a small stairway that led down to another door that had not been________ .

Carter went down the dark staircase, walking ________ in case there were any traps (陷阱). As he opened the ________ , Lord Carnarvon asked if he could see anything. He replied, “Yes, ________ things.” It was clear at once that they had discovered what they had been________ . The tomb of King Tutankhamun was full of treasures of ________ value. There were over 5,000 objects of silver, gold and precious stones which had lain there ________ for thousands of years.

Lord Carnarvon’s ________ at discovering the treasures did not last long. Many of the local people were afraid of ________ the kings’ tombs, and believed that the kings would punish anyone who ________ them. Lord Carnarvon had paid little attention to these ________ , but only a few weeks later, he ________ fell ill and died; at the exact time of his death, all the lights in Cairo went out all of a sudden, and far away in England, his dog also ________ .

1.A. traveling B. visiting C. working D. standing

2.A. fell into B. passed by C. came across D. knocked down

3.A. Back B. Again C. Around D. Together

4.A. new B. dark C. warm D. familiar

5.A. joy B. surprise C. satisfaction D. disappointment

6.A. empty B. wet C. dirty D. quiet

7.A. Instead B.However C.Therefore D. Besides

8.A. fixed B. locked C. opened D. replaced

9.A. calmly B. quickly C. confidently D. carefully

10.A. door B. tomb C. case D. eye

11.A. terrible B. common C. strange D. wonderful

12.A. lost B. looking for C. ruined D. focusing on

13.A. no B. little C. low D. great

14.A. undivided B. undeveloped C. unplanned D. undiscovered

15.A. fear B. worry C. pleasure D. shame

16.A. building B. repairing C. disturbing D. closing

17.A. bought B. entered C. met D. cleaned

18.A. jokes B. mistakes C. stories D. warnings

19.A. finally B. really C. suddenly D. actually

20.A. died B. changed C. disappeared D. returned

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