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9．Blind tasting is a very strange activity．Contrary to what many people imagine，it has nothing to do with blindfolds．It involves tasting a wine without seeing the label （商标） and it can deliver shocking surprises．I tasted seven champagnes （香槟） blind with a group of professionals recently．There was a shock when they discovered the wine most of them preferred carried a label they regarded as their least favorite．That sort of result is especially common with champagne，the most image-driven rather than quality-driven wine of all．But it happens all the time when wine is tasted blind．
Because I'm interested in how wines really taste instead of how I think they should，I taste wine blind as often as I can，especially when assessing similar young wines．But blind tasting when you know absolutely nothing about the wine in front of you is something completely different．The most difficult Master of Wine exams include three sessions during which you have a dozen glasses in front of you and nothing more helpful than a printed exam paper asking you to identify （鉴定） each wine as closely as possible，and assess its quality．
Now that the MW is behind me，I taste wine completely blind only very rarely，and never in public．So my blind tastings these days are round the dinner table with good friends and once a year when I act as a judge，with Hugh Johnson，in the Oxford vs Cambridge wine-tasting competition．This is the most extraordinary match，always held before the Boat Race but taken just as seriously nowadays．This year's taste-off took place at the end of last month，as usual in the Oxford and Cambridge Club on Pall Mall in London．
25．Which of the following is true about Blind tasting？D
A．Blind tasting is the professional way to identify a wine．
B．Blind tasting usually has the right result．
C．Blind tasting means tasting a wine with one's eyes covered．
D．Blind tasting is tasting a wine without seeing the label．
26．Why did the professionals get shocked at the result of their blind tasting？B
A．They got all the results correctly．
B．They didn't recognize their favorite at all．
C．The writer made no mistakes．
D．Champagnes can not be tasted blind．
27．What can we infer from the last paragraph？B
A．The Boat Race is taken more seriously than the wine race．
B．The Oxford v Cambridge wine-tasting competition is held annually．
C．I didn't act as a judge last year．
D．Pall Mall is chosen as the competition place for the first time．

8．What is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop？The products displayed（展示）at  the entrance？Or the soft background music？
But have you ever noticed the smell？Unless it is bad，the answer is likely to be no．But while a shop's scent may not be outstanding compared with sights and sounds，it is certainly there．And it is providing to be an increasing powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase．
A brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance via scent machines．A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening air．One sports goods company once reported that when it first introduced scent into its stores，customers'intension to purchase increased by 80percent．
When it comes to the best shopping streets in Pairs，scent is just as important to a brand's success as the quality of its window displays and goods on sales．That is mainly because shopping is a very different experience to what it used to be．
Some years ago，the focus for brand name shopping was on a few people with sales  assistants'disproving attitude and don't-touch-what-you-can't-afford displays．Now the rise of electronic commerce（e-commerce）has opened up famous brands to a wider audience．But while e-shops can use sights and sounds，only bricks-and-mortar stores（实体店）can offer a full experience from the minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave．Another brand store seeks to be much more than a shop，but rather a destination．And scent is just one way to achieve this．
Now a famous store uses complex man-made smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid department，and coconut（椰子）scent in the swimsuit section．A department store has even opened a new lab，inviting customers on a journey into the store's windows to smell books，pots and drawers，in search of their perfect scent．

32．According to the passage，what is an increasingly powerful tool in the success of some brand store？C
A．Friendly assistant
B．Soft background music
C．Unique scents．
D．Attractive window display．
33．E-shops are mentioned in the passage toB．
A．urge shop assistants to change their attitude
B．show the advantages of brick-and-mortar stores
C．push stores to use sights and sounds
D．introduce the rise of e-commerce
34．The underlined word"destination"in Paragraph 5meansA．
A．a place where customers love to go
B．a spot where travelers like to stay
C．a platform that exhibits goods
D．a target that a store expects to meet
35．The main purpose of the passage is toB．
A．compare and evaluate
B．inform and explain
C．argue and discuss
D．examine and assess．

7．Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice．Gifts are easy-they're given after all．Choice can be hard．
I got the idea to start Amazon 16years ago．I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300percent per year．I'd never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast，and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me．I had just turned 30years old，and I'd been married for a year．I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn't work since most start-ups don't and I wasn't sure what to expect．MacKenzie told me I should go for it．As a young boy，I'd been a garage inventor．I'd always wanted to be an inventor，and she wanted me to follow my passion．
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired．I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet．He took me on a long walk in Central Park，listened carefully to me，and finally said，"That sounds like a really good idea，but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job．"That 1ogic made some sense to me，and he convinced me to think about it for 48hours before making a final decision．Seen in that light，it really was a difficult choice，but finally，I decided I had to give it a shot．I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing．And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all．
After much consideration，I took the less safe path to follow my passion，and I'm proud of that choice．For all of us，in the end，we are our choice．

21．What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore？C
A．His dream of being an inventor．
B．The support of his wife．
C．The greatly increasing usage of the Internet．
D．Millions of exciting titles，
22．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence？A
A．The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him．
B．He would be very excited if he tried it out．
C．He would be always having a doubt if he didn't try．
D．The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him．
23． Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？D
A．Cleverness and Kindness
B．The Starting of Amazon
C．Following My Passion
D．We Are What We Choose．

6．When men get together，they seldom talk about their feelings or inner thoughts．However，they talk about a lot，like their newest computer，how to repair their car，or even business．
Talk might move to the best place to find fish or women，jump to computer games，then continue to the sport of the season．They also like to tell jokes each other and spend a fair amount of time playing one-up and boasting（吹牛）．Men seldom call each other to chat．
When man meets woman，he usually wants to make a good impression．Many single men try hard to carry on amusing，fun，and pleasant conversations．They use conversation to discover her interests and feelings in order to learn how to be attractive to her．
Some men，either out of nervousness or ignorance，spend most of the time talking about themselves，often appearing to brag about their achievements or talk endlessly about their problems or work．Even the quietest man talks to his woman when love is new．
When women get together，they talk about feelings and relationships，their work and their family．They enjoy talking but also want the give and take of talk，then listen．Women often call each other to chat．Conversation is an important part of most women's 1ives．
As relationships progress，however，many a man turns on the television and forgets how to talk．This raises anger and cry from his woman partner who says，"You never talk to me  anymore．"Some men start talking．Many，however，mainly discuss their own achievements and problems．
When the woman starts talking about her favorite subjects：feelings，family，relationships，friends and her work，many men lose interest or bring the conversation back to themselves．Pretty soon，the man is back to staring at the television each night，wondering where his relationship has gone．The woman is talking to her friends，mom，sister，or neighbor，often about that very relationship and how she is hurting．
28．What can we know about men from the first two paragraphs？A
A．They like to talk about practical matters．
B．They are willing to expose their inner thoughts．
C．They prefer to take adventurous travels．
D．They often call each other to chat about work．
29．Which of the following can replace the underlined part"brag about"in Paragraph 4？A
A．Show off．
B．Dream about．
C．Put forward．
D．Care for．
30．What is the same topic in both men's and women's talk？D
A．Family．
B． Jokes．
C．Friends．
D．Work．
31．What is the best title of this passage？C
A．How a man makes a good impression to a woman．
B．Good relationship between men and women．
C．Men talk；women talk；do they talk together？
D．Talking，the women's main tool in communication．

5．那道题太难，我没做出来．（用so…that 翻译）
The problem was so difficult that I didn't work it out．

4．我们只有努力，才能取得成功．（中译英）
Only by working hard can we achieve success/succeed/be successful．或Only when we work hard can we achieve success/succeed/be successful．或We can succeed only by working hard．

3．What made us astonished/surprised 或 What surprised us （most）was that he won the competition at last．（使我们惊讶的是）（用名词性从句完成句子）

2．The student was very clever．He won the first prize．（用定语从句合并）
The student who won the first prize was very clever．．

1．Tom founditdifficult/hardtowriteletters in Chinese（用中文写信困难）

20．He didn't come to school because he was ill．（强调划线部分）
Itwasbecause he was illthathe didn't come to school．

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