【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention. And especially if it’s given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive them. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it. Most of us don’t value ourselves or our love enough to know this. It has taken me a long time to believe in the power of simple saying “I’m so sorry,” when someone is in pain.

One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted to tell her that they once had something just like that happening to them. Her pain became a story about them. Eventually, she stopped talking to most people. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care.

I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchiefs, until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down, to take them out of their experience of sadness. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.

This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer. But now I know that a loving silence often has far more power to heal than the kindest words.

【1】What does the author value most in the communication with each other?

A．Deep understanding.

B．Saying “I'm sorry”．

C．Attention from heart.

D．Doing nothing.

【2】The woman patient stopped telling her story to most people because ________.

A．she didn't get enough respect from others

B．she was discouraged by being often interrupted

C．people often told her their own opinions

D．people couldn’t understand her sad situation

【3】If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying，you may ________.

A．hurt his feelings

B．make him embarrassed

C．encourage him to continue to cry

D．stop him from letting out his sorrow

【4】It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating，________.

A．listening is a perfect way to respond to others

B．people keep silent because they don't know the answer

C．keeping silent means being too shy to speak

D．it is easy to form the habit of listening silently

【5】Which of the following might be the author's opinion about communication?

A．Keep silent.

B．Just listen.

C．Be careful.

D．Tell your own story.

【题目】完成句子

【1】That building has ________a school.

那座楼房改成学校了。

【2】The key ________your English is to speak more and write more.

提高英语成绩的关键是多说多写。

【3】There are many ways ________a language.

学语言有许多方法。

【4】________early，I can have an hour for reading English in the morning.

靠起得早，我每天早晨有一小时的时间阅读英语。

【5】The“bigball” sports in our country have________.

我国的“大球运动”有了新的突破。

【题目】SHEFFIELD

LINCOLN COLLEGE OF ENGLISH

Classes for foreign students at all levels

3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course Open all year

Small class (maximum(最大限度) 12 students)

Library, language laboratory and listening center

Accommodation(膳食供应) with selected families 25 minutes from London

Course fees for English for one year are ￡1, 380, with reduction for shorter periods of study.

【1】Lincoln College of English _______.

A. is at the centre of London

B. lies far away from London

C. takes in foreign students, from beginners to the advanced

D. accepts students only at the beginning of the year

【2】While you stay there, _______ will take care of you.

A. the school where you study

B. the family you have chosen

C. your classmates

D. your own parents

【3】If you go there for a one-term course, you will pay _______ for it.

A.￡1, 380 B. over ￡1, 380

C. much less than ￡1, 380 D. nothing

【题目】根据汉语提示完成句子

【1】 我命令他立即就去。（command)

I __________ that he __________ at once.

【2】 你回来了，我很高兴。（delight)

__________ that you are back.

【3】 他们看到远处有几所房子。

They saw a few houses __________.

【4】 他们在会上提出的建议无足轻重。（significant)

The proposals they put forward at the meeting were __________ little __________.

【5】 大量的钱已经被浪费在这项工程上了。（amount)

Large __________ __________ money have been wasted on the project.

【题目】Death Valley is one of the most famous deserts in the United States, covering a wide area with its alkali sand. Almost 20 percent of this area is well below sea level, and Badwater, a salt water pool, is about 280 feet below sea level and the lowest point in the United States.

Long ago the Panamint Indians called this place “Tomesha”— the land of fire. Death Valley’s present name dates back to 1849, when a group of miners coming across from Nevada became lost in its unpleasantness and hugeness and their adventure turned out to be a sad story. Today Death Valley has been declared a National Monument(纪念碑) and is crossed by several well-marked roads where good services can be found easily. Luckily the change created by human settlement has hardly ruined the special beauty of this place.

Here nature created a lot of surprising, almost like the sights on the moon, ever-changing as the frequent wind moves the sand about, showing the most unusual colors. One of the most astonishing and variable parts of Death Valley is the Devil’ s Golf Course, where it seems hard for one to tell reality from terrible dreams. Sand sculptures(沙雕) stand on a frightening ground, as evening shadows move and lengthen.

【1】______ is the lowest place in the desert.

A. Tomesha B. Death Valley

C. Nevada D. Badwater

【2】The name of the valley comes from _______.

A. an Indian name B. the death of the miners

C. the local people D. a National Movement

【3】From the passage we can learn that _______.

A. no one had ever known the desert before the miners

B. it’s still not easy to travel across the desert

C. people can find gas-stations, cafes and hotels in the desert

D. people have changed the natural sight of the desert

【4】Devil Golf Course is famous for _______.

A. the frequent wind B. the colors of the sand

C. dream-like sights D. the sand sculptures

【5】From the passage we can see that the writer _______ the Death Valley.

A. appreciates B. is fearful of

C. dislikes D. is tired of

【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

(2012年辽宁卷，C)If Confucius(孔子) were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake，there would be a lot of candles. He'd need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.

While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day，few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It's nothing personal. Most Americans don't even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.

But this doesn't mean that Americans don't care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.

In the past two decades，the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently，the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually include Chinese art，history and philosophy(哲学)．Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Western philosophy. Students in the United States，at the same time，are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.

So the old thinker's ideas are still alive and well.

Today China attracts the West more than ever，and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

As for the old thinker，he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West，even if his birthday is.

【1】The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________.

A．provide some key facts about Confucius

B．attract the readers' interest in the subject

C．show great respect for the ancient thinker

D．prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations

【2】We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students ________.

A．have a great interest in studying Chinese

B．take an active part in Chinese competitions

C．try to get high scores in Chinese exams

D．fight for a chance to learn Chinese

【3】What is the best title for the passage?

A．Forgotten Wisdom in America

B．Huge Fans of the Chinese Language

C．Chinese Culture for Westerners

D．Old Thinker with a Big Future

【4】The passage is likely to appear in ________.

A．a biography

B．a history paper

C．a newspaper

D．a philosophy textbook

【题目】Earth Day is celebration of life and our planet. It is a reminder that we need to ________the world we live in and that we should learn to respect life and nature.

A．care about

B．think of

C．refer to

D．watch out

【题目】假定你是李华，正在美国的阿肯色州中部城市Little Rock 读书，想在这个暑假里找一份饭店服务员的工作。下面的广告引起了你的注意，请你给联系人写一封信，询问相关情况。信中需说明你的问题（广告下方已列出）。

Your questions:

1. Height and age limitation? 2. Working experience?

3. Spare-time or full-time? 4. Days per week?

5. Pay?

注意：1. 词数120左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连续。

参考词汇：服务员，侍者 server

Dear Mr. Smith,

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

【题目】 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面的短文，文中共有10处语言错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I often quarrel about my mother over whether I can watch TV after school. She holds view that senior three students have to make fully use of every minute to work hard at their lessons. It seems to me that once I am allowed to do that, I'll unable to control myself and forget all about my study. She also thinks it is bad for my eye. But I really can't accept her ideas. In my opinions, watch TV can set my mind at rest after a day's hard works. Besides, it is important for us to know what had happened at home and at abroad. Thus, we shouldn't be forbidden to watch TV.

【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

(2012年北京模拟)Employment practices often reflect the needs of employers several decades ago. Times have changed. And so too has the Canadian workforce. Yet many employment practices have not kept pace with this change. For example，some work environments and washrooms designed for able-bodied workers seldom accommodate people who use a wheelchair.

Modernizing these practices is what employment equality is about. For example，making sure work benches and washrooms are adapted for disabled people entering the workplace，paving the way for workers who become disabled on the job. By doing so，any given group of people－formerly discriminated against－now has access to better employment opportunities.

The objective，of course，is to make the workplace reflect Canadian society. However，this does not necessarily mean setting and enforcing quotas(实行配额)．Rather，it means identifying the barriers to employment and designing measures，with achievable goals and clear timetables，to remove them.

For example，according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees－Canada's largest union，it would be unrealistic in the short term to insist that because half of the working age population is women，that half of the employees of an engineering firm should be women. At this moment，there would not be enough qualified female engineers.

A reasonable numerical goal would be based on the number of women who actually are engineers(8%) and those who are studying to become engineers(25%)．A short term goal of 13% would be appropriate without running the risk of hiring unqualified people.

Equally important is to ensure people who have been disadvantaged the chance to become qualified for new opportunities. If aboriginal peopl(土著居民)，for example，can't qualify for certain jobs because they haven't had access to appropriate educational opportunities，then an employment equality program would have to address that problem with training programs.

Employment laws in this country cannot be considered displeasing if they guarantee all Canadians fair and equal access to the workforce.

【1】The passage is mainly about how to ________.

A．modernize equipment for the disabled at work

B．achieve equality of employment opportunities

C．protect women's rights in employment

D．complete a job training program

【2】The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.

A．barriers

B．measures

C．goals

D．timetables

【3】The example of women shows that ________.

A．only a small percentage of women engineers will get promoted

B．13% of the working age women should be hired

C．policy makers should adopt a practical and flexible approach

D．the quota of women for employment should be raised

【4】The underlined word “address” in Paragraph 6 probably means ________.

A．put forward

B．run into

C．find out

D．deal with