The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was _____21______1,316 passengers and a crew of 891. Even __22___ modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a huge ship. At that time, ____23____, she was not only the largest ship that had ___24____ been built, but was regarded as _____25_____, for she had sixteen watertight compartments.(轮船的密封舱) Even if two of these were flooded, she ____26____ still be able to float. The ____27____ sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy ____28____ of life.

Four days after setting out, _____29_____ the Titanic was sailing ____30____ the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly ___31____ by a lookout. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned ____32_____ to avoid a direct collision. The Titanic turned just in time, ____33____ missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from ___34___, and the captain went down to see what had happened. The noise had been so ____35____ that no one thought that the ship had been ____36____. Below, the captain ____37______ to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been __38_____! The order to ____39____ ship was given and hundreds of people jumped into the icy water. As there were not enough lifeboats for ____40____, 1,500 lives were lost.

21. A. carrying             B. taking               C. bringing         D. making

22.A. in                    B. on               C. to                   D. by

23.A. but                   B. because          C. therefore            D. however

24.A. only              B. still                C. ever             D. even

25.A. uncomfortable     B. unbearable           C. unsinkable           D. unbelievable

26.A. will              B. would            C. should               D. could

27.A. tragic                B. fortunate            C. unsuccessful     D. amusing

28.A. harm              B loss              C. damage           D. suffering

29.A. when              B. while                C. until                D. though

30.A. along             B. over             C. on               D. across

31.A. spotted               B. recognized           C. exposed          D. uncovered

32.A. sharply               B. directly         C. deeply               D. hugely

33.A. suddenly          B. narrowly         C. immediately      D. slightly

34.A. above             B. under                C. beside               D. below

35.A. faint             B. small                C. slim             D. tiny

36.A. destroyed         B. ruined               C. damaged          D. hurt

37.A. realized              B. achieved         C. confirmed            D. proved

38.A. challenged            B. protected            C. removed          D. flooded

39.A. abandon               B. advance          C. absorb               D. absolute

40.A. somebody          B. anybody          C. everybody            D. nobody

Here are a few tips to help you, the workaholic, re-focus and get the best out of life.

EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP! Make it a point to get at least eight hours of sleep and plenty of rest. Don’t believe that you can always “catch some slip or rest later”. Your body cannot make up for lost sleep or rest time because it is nor physiologically possible.

STRICTLY FAMILY TIME ON WEEKENDS!Resolve to make Saturdays and Sundays strictly for family time. And stick to this! Mondays until Fridays you make an excuse not to relax and spend time with your family because it’s work time, why not make a similar excuse for Saturdays and Sundays?

GET SOME FOOD IN! Make sure you get food in your stomach. Workaholics are known to be food-skippers. If you can’t afford to get off your desk or from doing paperwork, have food delivered to you. It’s always a good idea if you have crackers in your drawer to ease the hunger pangs (疼痛).

WORK UP THOSE MUSCLES! Exercise, exercise, exercise! Set aside at least an hour each day or every other day for exercise. Your body needs to be conditioned, and working non-stop isn’t going to give it the proper physical conditioning it needs. Since most workaholics tend to have their behinds stuck on their chairs, it’s even more important that you get some exercise.

WORK TO LIVE!Always keep in mind that you work so you can live and have a comfortable life. Always remember that you don’t live to work. Working is just one of the many useful and fruitful activities you do that enables you to live a good life and give your family their needs. Don’t make work your life.

If you start following the tips outlined today, then you’ve just taken the first step to head a healthy, successful and happy life!

76. what is the best title for the passage?(No more than 10 words)

 

77. Please explain the underlined word “outlined” in English. (No more than 5 words)

 

78. According to the author, how can the workaholic find time to stay with family at weekends?(No more than 10 words)

 

79. Why does the author suggest the workaholic keeping crackers in their drawers?(No more than 20 words)

 

80. Which suggestion benefits you most? Why? (No more than 30 words)

(PartⅠ)

HOLIDAY HOMES IN MALLORCA

     Holiday houses in Mallorca sailing and fish in port-quiet even in summer season. Beautifully situated houses with sights of sea and mountains, yet near to shops and restaurants.Cars and bicycles for hire. Sailing and sports clubs nearby.

ITALY IN COMFORT

    Luxury coach trips of Italy, out of normal holiday season 21 days to visit five Italian cities starting from London 1st May, 1st September. The trips are guided by Professor Martin Davis, Head of Italian Studies, London University. See the arts and culture of historic Italy.

KIBBUTZ HOLIDAYS IN ISRAEL

Working holidays on a kibbutz (co-operative farm)in Israel. All nationalities welcome for one to three months, if prepared to work morning with kibbutz members. Accommodation, food and trips to historic sights all provided free—you pay only for the special low-cost return flight.

TWO WEEKS ON A CARIBBEAN ISLAND

Two-week holidays in the Hotel Splendid, on a lovely beach with golden sands, warm sunshine and deep-blue sea. Tennis, golf, sailing and all water sports, trips around the island arranged. Near to town of Castries with lively evening entertainment—dancing.

1st November—31st March=£720 per person

1st April—30th October=£850 per person

(PartⅡ)

Jack and his wife Mary, who have recently retired, want to see places of cultural and historic interest abroad, but Mary hates flying.

Peter and Maria, university students, want to travel as far as possible on little money, and would like to get to know a country by working there for three months with other young people.

  Michael, a young computer programmer, has been working hard and needs a holiday to relax in winter. He would like to go somewhere warmer and sunny, where he can swim in the sea, and he enjoys sports and dancing.

Harry and Kate, both teachers, and their two sons, have to take their holiday during the school summer holidays. There must be plenty for the boys to do, although Harry and Kate just want to have beautiful scenery, good food and wine—and peace.

71. Michael would most probably go to  for his holiday.

  A. Italy           B. Israel             C. Mallorca          D. a Caribbean island

72. The most suitable place where Peter and Maria can enjoy their holiday would be.

  A. an Italian city                        B. a kibbutz in Israel

  C. a Caribbean island                     D. the port in Mallorca

73. The best holiday for Jack and Mary would be .

  A. the 21-day coach trip of Italy

  B. the 2- week stay in the Hotel Splendid

  C. the 14-day trip around a Caribbean island

  D. the working holidays for 1-3months on a kibbutz in Israel

74. Harry and Kate and their sons would like.

  A. a holiday working on a kibbutz in Israel

  B. a holiday visiting cites by coach in Italy

  C. a holiday house in the fishing port in Mallorca

  D. a holiday hotel on a lovely beach on a Caribbean Island

75. You can find the passage in PartⅠmost probably in.

  A. a school library   B. a tourist agency     C. the past office    D. the museum

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses.

One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no success. Brownie didn’t show up the next day, and, although they up at Brownie’s house alone, barking and jumping. Busy with their own lives, they paid no attention to the nervous little neighbor dog.

Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer. Ted, Brownie’s owner, was continuously disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about,barking all the time, then darting toward an nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! It’s urgent!”

Eventually, Ted followed Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty stopped to race back and barked encouragingly. The little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his legs crushed in s steel trap (圈套). Frightened, Ted now wished he had taken Spotty’s earlier appeals seriously

Then Ted noticed something. Spotty had done something else besides leading Brownie’s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found some food remains of every meal. Brownie had been fed that week! Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive. Spotty had actually stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up.

Brownie’s leg was carefully treated and he soon got well again. For many years thereafter the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.
66. At the very beginning, Ted paid little attention to Spotty because.

A.He was not free at the moment       B. he was sure Brownie would be OK

C. he didn’t like Spotty            D. his missing dog made him sad

67. The underlined word “darting ”in the third paragraph can be replaced by .

A. walking     B. shouting    C. rushing      D. looking

68. After Ted was brought where Brownie was trapped, he .

A. managed to free his dog at once    B. was very thankful to Spotty

C. regretted not following Spotty earlier  D. was angry with the trap-maker

69. The BEST title for this passage might be ?

A. Dogs in love            B. A Friend in Need

C. Human and dogs          D. Dogs Are Loyal

70. We can infer from the passage that.

A. human’s and animals depend on each other for comfort

B. It’s not right to hunt for animals in any neighborhood

C. Ted has to take better care of his beloved dog later on

D. Brownie would have died without Spotty’s timely help

Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about because we spend most of our lives indoors.

My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.

I know the felling. Last DecemberI took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.

Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers

Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought, “Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon.”

61. the best title for the passage would be .

A. Touched by the Moon            B. The Pleasures of Modern Life

C. A Bottomless well of Silence                D. Break away from Modern Life

62. The writer felt sorry for himself because.

A. there was too much pollution

B. he failed to see the fullest moon

C. he didn’t adapt to modern inventions

D. there were too many accidents on the road

63. What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?

A. No modern equipment         B. Complete silence

C. The nice moon              D. The high mountain

64. Modern things are mentioned mainly to .

A. show that the writer likes city life very much

B. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life

C. explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature

D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them

65. The author wrote the passage to.

A. express the feeling of returning to nature

B. show the love for the moonlight

C. advise modern people to learn to live

D. want to communicate longing for modern life

Life is difficult.

It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.

Most do not fully see this truth. Instead, they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else their families, their class, or even their nation.

What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.

Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning.

Problems ate the serious test that tells success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt instruct.”It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.

56. The passage mainly tells us that .

  A. Everybody has problems

  B. we become stronger by facing and solving the problems of life

C. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain

D. people like to complain about their problems

57. The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to .

  A. show his opinion                            B. argue with readers

  C. give an example                              D. get readers’attention

58. The main idea of paragraph 3 is .

  A. most people feel life is easy

  B. the writer feels life is easy

  C. the writer likes to complain about his problems

  D. most people complain about how hard their lives are

59. According to the passage we give school children difficult problems in order to .

  A. encourage them to learn

  B. teach them to fear the pain of solving problems

  C. help them learn to deal with pain

  D. teach them how to respect problems

60. The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct.” suggests that .

A. we do not learn from experience

  B. we do not learn when we are in pain

  C. pain teaches us important lessons

  D. pain cannot be avoided

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