【1】How long did it take to build the Golden Gate Bridge?

A. Three years. B. Four years. C. Seven years.

【2】What must you bring with you if you decide to visit the Bridge?

A. A camera. B. A bike. C. A jacket.

【3】How many bridges are longer than the Bridge?

A. Four. B. Eight. C. Twelve.

【4】What is true about the Bridge according to the speaker?

A. It's not worth visiting now.

B. It's still a famous attraction in the world.

C. It's the oldest bridge of its kind in the world.

One day, his parents got so angry when he refused to dress that they told him to go out without any clothes at all. 【3】 (surprise), the boy followed his parents out of the door. He held a belief 【4】 nobody could do anything to him.

As the boy stood outside his house with nothing on, 【5】(wait) for his parents’s car, along came the local pig farmer. The farmer, 【6】 was almost deaf, had very poor eyesight. Not only that, but also he 【7】(forget) his glasses that day. When he saw the boy’s pink skin, he thought it was one of his pigs. Shouting and pushing, the farmer forced 【8】(he) into a pig cage. The boy begged him to stop but the deaf farmer couldn’t hear.

When found by his parents, the terrified boy never again wanted to be mistaken 【9】 anything other than a human being. Now he’s the first 【10】 (get) dressed, and always looks neat.

【1】Where does the man dream about going?

A. To a desert. B. To a big city. C. To a quiet island.

【2】How long would the man like to be away?

A. For around half a year. B. For at least a whole year.

C. For about six years.

【3】What did the young guy in the story do for work?

A. He was a travel agent. B. He was a fisherman.

C. He ran his own Internet business.

【4】What does the woman think about the young guy’s story?

A. She is impressed. B. She isn’t interested at all.

C. She will do the same thing.

【题目】(2015.江苏)请阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项
I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel's books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional1 and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so 2 to me and had such a big 3 on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to 4my own cancer experience?
I'm an ambitious 5, and when I started going through chemo (化疗) , even though I’m a very 6person, I
lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the 7. One day, while waiting to go in for 8 , I had one
of Dr. Bernie’s books in my hand. Another patient9 what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me 10
he had one of his books with him as well. It 11that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He
was12a published author, and he was currently 13on a new book.
We would see each other at various times and 14 friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell
myself, he was definitely a(n)15of Dr. Bernie. He really put a 16on my face. He unfortunately last17 year due to
his cancer,18 he left a deep impression on me and gave me the 19to pick up my pen again. I 20to myself, “If
he can do it, then so can I.”
（1）A.tastes B.ideas C.notes D.memories
（2）A.amazing B.shocking C.amusing D.strange
（3）A.strike B.push C.challenge D.impact
（4）A.learnfrom B.goover C.getthrough D.referto
（5）A.reader B.writer C.editor D.doctor
（6）A.positive B.agreeable C.humorous D.honest
（7）A.mood B.position C.state D.way
（8）A.advice B.reference C.protection D.treatment
（9）A.viewed B.knew C.noticed D.wondered
（10）A.while B.because C.although D.providing
（11）A.cameout B.workedout C.provedout D.turnedout
（12）A.naturally B.merely C.hopefully D.actually
（13）A.deciding B.investing C.working D.relying
（14）A.became B.helped C.missed D.visited
（15）A.patient B.operator C.fan D.publisher
（16）A.sign B.smile C.mark D.mask
（17）A.showedup B.setoff C.felldown D.passedaway
（18）A.since B.but C.so D.for
（19）A.guidance B.trust C.opportunity D.inspiration
（20）A.promised B.swore C.thought D.replied

A. access B. alternatives C. designed D. confirmed E. conflicting F. elements
G. function H. innovative I. prospective J. separate K. supporting
Considering how much time people spend in effects, it is important that with A be well designed. Well-designed office spaces help create a corporation’s image. They motivate workers and they make an impression on people who visit and might be potential, or , customers. They make business work better, and they are a part of the corporate culture to live in.
As we move away from an industrial-based economy to a knowledge-based one, office designers come up with to the traditional work environments of the past. The design industry has moved away from a fixed office setup and created more flexible “strategic management environments.” These solutions are meant to support better organizational performance.
As employee hierarchies （等级制度）have flattened or decreased, office designers’ response to this change has been to move open-plan areas to more desirable locations within the office and create fewer formal private offices. The need for increased flexibility has also been by changes in workstation design. Office and work spaces often are not to a given person on a permanent basis. Because of changes to methods of working, new design allow for expansion or movement of desks, storage, and equipment within the workplace. Another important design goal is communication, which designers have improved by breaking the walls that workstations. Designers have also created informal gathering places and upgraded employees’ to heavily trafficked areas such as copy and coffee rooms.
Corporate and institutional office designers often struggle to resolve a number of competing and often demands, including budgetary limits, employees hierarchies and technological innovation (especially in relation to computerization). These demands must also be balanced with the need to create interiors (内饰) that in some way enhance, establish or possess a company’s image and will enable employees to and their best.
All these of office design are related. The most successful office designs are like good marriage—the well-designed office and the employees that occupy it are seemingly made for each other.

【题目】(2015·上海）Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form. of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Gift from a stranger
My local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space I found was convenient, but I'd noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a while. I was in a good mood, I let her have it. On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot—it was a tight fit.
Pretty soon I'd made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air. Feeling good, I (empty) my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park（倒车）.
Just as I approached my car, 1 saw the woman I'd let have my car space earlier. She was giving me odd look—half puzzled, half intent (热切的). I smiled and wished her a pleasant day. As I squeezed back into my car, I spotted the same lady (look) in at me. "Hello," she said, hesitantly. "This sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mother's things off at the charity bins.” You are just so much her.” You helped those people, I noticed, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the window. “I think she would like you to have it.” (shock), I took it from her automatically. She smiled and walked away.
After a pause, I opened the box. Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl. It was (nice) gift I'd ever received, and it was from a complete stranger. The necklace was around my neck, a warm reminder of human kindness.

【1】Why does the woman read the book so quickly?

A. The story is too exciting.

B. She just wants to get it over with.

C. She has to return it very soon.

【2】How many days are there before Saturday?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.

【3】What will the woman do for the rest of the week?

A. Read another book. B. Read the book again. C. Write a book review.

If your child tells you about a bully, focus on offering comfort and support, no matter how upset you are. Kids are not willing to tell adults about bullying because they feel embarrassed and ashamed. 【1】

Sometimes kids feel like it’s their own fault. 【2】 Some kids are afraid that if the bully finds out that they have told others, it will get worse. Others are worried that their parents won’t believe them or do anything about it.

【3】 Remind your child that he or she isn’t alone. Emphasize that it’s the bully who is behaving badly — not your child. Comfort your child and say that you will find out what to do about it together.

Take it seriously if you hear that the bullying will get worse if the bully finds out that your child has told someone. 【4】 But in most cases, teachers are the best ones to contact first. If you’ve tried that and still want to speak to the bullying child’s parents, it’s best to do so in a context where a school official, such as a teacher, can mediate.

【5】 Find out about the laws in your community. In certain cases, if you have serious concerns about your child’s safety, you may need to contact legal authorities.

A. Praise your child for being brave enough to talk about it.

B. They also worry that their parents will be disappointed.

C. Many kids don’t tell anyone because they feel ashamed.

D. They think that if they acted differently it wouldn’t be happening.

E. A bully can turn something into a serious thing for kids.

F. Many countries have bullying laws and pocilies.

G. Sometimes it’s useful to find the bully’s parents.

Every night between 6:50 and 7:50, the alarm clock stuck in the living room wall rang. Sylvia and Jerry Lynn heard the alarm ring at the same time every evening for 13 years. And they finally had the clock removed after their story gained national attention.

Keith Andreen and Dawn Michelucci work for Low-Cost Heating and Air Conditioning. They came to get the clock out of the wall through the couple’s garage.

“This is the first time that I had to remove a clock from inside a wall,” Andreen told CBS Pittsburgh.

Jerry accidentally dropped the clock down an air vent (通风口) while making home repairs in 2004. The couple expected the clock to die after a few months. However, its battery remained undamaged even as it was pulled from the wall. Jerry said they finally got used to the nightly alarm and even considered it “kind of cute”. So he chose to leave it in the wall as a conversation starter. “You’re sitting around playing cards and it goes off,” he told Inside Edition. “Is that an alarm clock? Why is the alarm clock going off? It’s in the wall.”

After 13 years, Jerry said the clock looked almost exactly how he remembered it when he dropped it in the wall. “It is a travel alarm clock,” he said. The couple plans to keep their nightly routine going by placing the clock in their room and keeping the alarm set for 7:50 p.m.

【1】What has been happening to the couple over the past ten years?

A. They had to reset their alarm clock every night.

B. An alarm clock stopped them from sleeping every night.

C. An alarm clock in their house wall rang every night.

D. They tried to get public attention through an alarm clock.

【2】What can we learn about the alarm clock from the text?

A. It was dropped in the wall by accident.

B. It rang now and then every day.

C. It stopped working soon after being dropped in the wall.

D. Its battery died when it was taken out of the wall.

【3】What did the couple think of the alarm clock in the end?

A. It always disturbed their conversations. B. It was very noisy and annoying.

C. It bothered them a lot. D. It could provide them with a little fun.

【4】What does the couple plan to do with the clock?

A. To keep the clock in the wall.

B. To change the battery in it.

C. To keep using it in the room.

D. To put it in their garage.

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