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A spokesman said, “______ it is rainy, Prince William and Kate will appear on the palace balcony at 1:25 pm for their longawaited kiss.”

A. What          B. Whether          C. However          D. No matter how

 

【答案】

D

【解析】略

 

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SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND—A British teaching union famous for strange ideas has supported a proposal to employ dogs as classroom assistants.
At the annual conference of the Professional Association of teachers in Southport, northwest of England, one person suggested properly trained dogs be able to keep order in primary schools. They can round up lost children and protect those who experience unfortunate “accidents”. Wendy Dyble, a Shetland Islands woman who teaches children up to age seven, made it clear to her fellow friends that she was not “barking mad”. They obviously believed her, supporting her idea by 16 votes to 13, with a total of 63 abstentions(弃权票).
She said big dogs could help round up children, keep them in line, lick up the milk they spill on the floor and provide the extra eyes that a teacher needs to keep order. “A big dog would also be helpful for breaking up fights and look for lost property, like gym shoes or dolls,” Dyble said at the conference. “The dog will also be useful in sniffing out smells that children do not own up to,” she added. “It would be nice for the teacher not to have to go round sniffing each child to find the culprit（犯过者）.” 
The idea was greeted by the Dog Defense League but less so by bigger teaching unions. A spokesman for Education Secretary David Blunkett, who is blind, said his guide dog was always popular with pupils when he visited schools. The Professional Association of Teachers, with around 35,000 members, is the smallest teaching union in Britain. It has an honour for occasional strange ideas.
Earlier this week, its annual conference here suggested stopping exams because they lead to stress and introducing selection at the age of 12 based on physical coordination and manual skill in the use of hand.
51. According to the writer's opinion, to employ dogs as classroom assistants________
A. is a wonderful idea             
B. can improve the relation between children and animals
C. is beyond ordinary people's minds 
D. can make some teachers lose jobs
52. The phrase “own up to” in the third paragraph means_________
A. admire        B. admit            C. dislike           D. interest
53. What Dyble said at the conference___________.
A. gained some support from the members      B. frightened everyone at the conference
C. interested everyone at the conference        D. caused some trouble to trained dogs
54. A spokesman for Education Secretary           .
A. once used a dog as classroom assistant       B. sang high praise for Dyble's idea
C. would employ dogs as teachers             D. benefited from dogs more than others
55. The last paragraph of this passage   .
A. has nothing to do with the topic of this passage
B. shows there are too many exams in British school
C. provides further facts about the teaching union
D. shows the writer's anger to the union

Some weird, wild and wonderful stories coloured the news in 2010:
★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its vehicles for people looking for a partner. "Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the British owned Arriva company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat" sign.
★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Verona, Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they have been buried alive by mistake.
★A man in New York came up with a disarming way to set off his latest bank heist , approaching the clerk’s window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a hold-up note saying“give me the money!”
★ An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully swam across the Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole cost is 400 dollars.
★A set of artificial teeth made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction.
★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros) after pleading guilty.
★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
★Two Australian men needed surgery after shooting each other in the bottoms during a drinking session to see if it would hurt were charged 400 dollars separately.
★ A Kuwaiti MP(议员) proposed state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in a bid to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.
【小题1】What is special about the coffin in the second news?

A．It is goldenB．It has a cell phone.
C．It is a luxuryD．It has many items
【小题2】What is the probable meaning of the underlined wordheist in the third news?
A．robberyB．proposalC．beggingD．raising money
【小题3】Who has to spend 400 dollars to do the surgery?
A．A British woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin.
B．One who bought Winston Churchill’s artificial teeth.
C．An Australian man who shot in bottom to test the hurt.
D．An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms.
【小题4】From the last news we can infer that _________.
A．In Kuwait many men are eager to get married
B．A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait
C．There are quantities of oil in Kuwait
D．There are many single women in Kuwait

An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global economic crisis awakening a public  36  for knowledge about how the financial system   37  .

Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January,  38 UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were  39  up.

Professor John Beath, the president of the society, and a  40  lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments—were   41  crowds of 400, rather than the  42  250.

“There are a large number of students who are not economics  43  who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to  44  my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t  45  done.” He added.

University applications  46  7% last year. But there were rises  47  average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed  48  in careers in the public sector, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.

A  49  study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial  50   and almost half said their children had asked them what was  51 , although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.

Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the  52  will be a generation that’s financially  53  and better equipped to  54  their money through times of economic  55  .”

1.A．concern   B．thirst C．sense          D．taste

2.A．works       B．performs     C．serves          D．affects

3.A．in terms of        B．according to        C．on account of      D．in spite of

4.A．yet B．once C．also     D．still

5.A．outstanding      B．inspiring      C．convincing          D．leading

6.A．catching   B．appealing    C．drawing       D．covering

7.A．usual        B．regular        C.  average          D．common

8.A．majors      B．interests      C．preferences        D．standards

9.A．attach       B．adapt  C．approach    D．relate

10.A．generally           B．frequently       C．traditionally       D．originally

11.A．raised    B．rose   C．fell      D．struck

12.A．by          B．in         C．over    D．above

13.A．effect     B．focus           C．interest       D．benefit

14.A．recent   B．late     C．present       D．unique

15.A．matters  B．affairs C.  events         D．issues

16.A．taking up        B．going on      C．calling up    D．keeping on

17.A．overturn         B．downturn           C．breakthrough      D．breakout

18.A．cleverer         B．smarter       C．brighter       D．wiser

19.A．strugglt  B．measure      C．manage       D．earn

20.A．stability  B．puzzle C．uncertainty D．recovery

 

New York, September 15. During a heavy rainfall last night a bus carrying 42 passengers slipped off the road on Highway 28, killing 36 of the passengers and the driver.

A spokesman for the Highway Patrol (巡逻队) which arrived at the scene shortly after 11:30 p. m. estimated (估计) that the accident had happened about half an hour before. The injured and the dead were sent to the nearest town of Valley View.

At the point where the accident happened the road has a three-lane (三条行车线) highway with many curves (弯道). Cause of the accident has not been fully found out.

50．In consideration of what caused the accident, one should pay attention to ________.

A．the careless driver

B．the nearest town of Valley View

C．Highway 28

D．the road with many curves

51．It was very likely that the accident happened ________.

A．after 11: 30 p. m.

B．in the city of New York

C．at or about 11: 00 p. m.

D．in the town of Valley View

52．How many people died in the accident?

A．37    B．36    C．43    D．42

 

 

When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to grandma’s generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday best.

But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a stoneware (粗陶)-and-stainless informality, with dresses assuming an equally casual-Friday look. For hosts and guests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it spells economic hard times.

Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-on-Trent, announced that it is eliminating 1,000 jobs—one-fifth of its total workforce. That brings to more than 4,000 the number of positions lost in 18 months in the pottery (陶瓷) region. Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier.

Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing, the layoffs in Stoke have their roots in earthshaking social shifts. A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that the company “has been somewhat slow in catching up with the trend” toward casual dining. Families eat together less often, he explained, and more people eat alone, either because they are single or they eat in front of television.

Even dinner parties, if they happen at all, have gone casual. In a time of long work hours and demanding family schedules, busy hosts insist, rightly, that it’s better to share a takeout pizza on paper plates in the family room than to wait for the perfect moment or a “real” dinner party. Too often, the perfect moment never comes. Iron a fine-patterned tablecloth? Forget it. Polish the silver? Who has time?

Yet the loss of formality has its down side. The fine points of etiquette (礼节) that children might once have learned at the table by observation or instruction from parents and grandparents (“Chew with your mouth closed.” “Keep your elbows off the table.”) must be picked up elsewhere. Some companies now offer etiquette seminars for employees who may be able professionally but inexperienced socially.

1. Why do people tend to follow the trend to casual dining?

A. Family members need more time to relax.

B. Busy schedules leave people no time for formality.

C. People prefer to live a comfortable life.

D. Young people won’t follow the etiquette of the older generation.

2. It can be learned from the passage that Royal Doulton is ______.

A. a seller of stainless steel tableware                      B. a dealer in stoneware

C. a pottery chain store                                                 D. a producer of fine china

3. The main cause of the layoffs in the pottery industry is ______.

A. the increased value of the pound                           B. the worsening economy in Asia

C. the change in people’s way of life                 D. the fierce competition at home and abroad

4. Formal table manners, though less popular than before in current social life, ______.

A. are still a must on certain occasions            B. are certain to return sooner or later

C. are still being taught by parents at home          D. can help improve personal relationships

 

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