【题目】There are __________ of books in our school library.

A. a good many

B. many

C. score

D. a large quantity

【题目】Do you think that the government will agree __________the complete ban __________cigarette ads?

A. to; on

B. to; with

C. with; to

D. to; with

【题目】He is so shy a person that he may __________to a praise just with a timid smile without saying anything in return.

A. respond

B. answer

C. remark

D. comment

【题目】For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines—a never-ending flood of words. In 【1】 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 【2】 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us, are 【3】 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 【4】 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 【5】 in the actual stuff of language itself—words. Taken individually, words have 【6】 meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 【7】 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing (退回) to 【8】 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over 【9】 you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 【10】 down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as 【11】 reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 【12】 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined (预先确定的) speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 【13】 the reader finds comfortable, in order to "stretch" him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 【14】 word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization (默读) practically impossible. At first 【15】 is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 【16】 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 【17】 reading skill drastically improved after some training. 【18】 Charles Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 72 words a minute 【19】 the training, now it is an excellent 128 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 【20】 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.

A. applying B. doing C. offering D. getting

A. quickly B. easily C. roughly D. decidedly

A. good B. curious C. poor D. urgent

A. training B. habits C. situations D. custom

A. lies B. combines C. touches D. involves

A. some B. a lot C. little D. dull

A. Fortunately B. In fact C. Logically D. Unfortunately

A. reuse B. reread C. rewrite D. recite

A. what B. which C. that D. if

A. scales B. cuts C. slows D. measures

A. some one B. one C the one D. reader

A. accelerator B. actor C. amplifier D. observer

A. then B. as C. beyond D. than

A. enabling B. leading C. making D. indicating

A. meaning B. comprehension C. gist D. regression

A. but B. nor C. or D. for

A. our B. your C. their D. such a

A. Look at B. Take C. Make D. Consider

A. for B. in C. after D. before

A. master B. go over C. present D. get through

【题目】I spent two years in this school, and had friends to accompany, very c______.

【题目】Armed only with iPhones, the inventive rock band Atomic Tom has gone viral (广为流传) by way of the New York subway. The band has scored an Internet hit with the video to the song "Take Me Out."

Singer Luke White says the production was a top-secret operation.

"We didn't tell anyone about this. It was completely top-secret from our family, from our friends, from our label, our management, everybody. So the first time that people saw this video was last Friday when we put it on YouTube (视频网站)," explained White.

Since uploading the video to YouTube, band members have spent several days refreshing the page to watch the number of hits rise.

The video has also made its way around Twitter as many people have shared it with their friends.

"I mean, it still hasn't quite hit. It's just kind of blowing our minds right now that we're getting this: many people are fond of it, and they're sharing it with their friends. We don't know what it's like really to have something that's viral, so all of this is very new to us." said Eric Espiritu, the lead guitarist of the band.

White explains how the video came together:

"We did our research with the applications (应用程序) and found applications that worked out really well with the instruments and then we plugged our phones into mini-battery powered amplifiers (扩音器) that we put underneath our seats, and we did a lot of, you know, practices. In terms of figuring out what the balance of the sound like who was overpowering, who was too loud or who was too soft."

The idea for the video came from Espiritu's younger brother Benjamin. The younger Espiritu directed the video from his initial concept through the final edit and upload it to the Internet.

"I've seen a lot of the music applications come out, and I've never actually had the chance to play with them," says Ben Espiritu. "When I started hearing about how they sound and everything, I thought it might be unique to take it one step further and then create an entire band just performing solely (单曲) on the iPhones, and I thought it would be a pretty cool idea."

Ben says the success of the band's music video is a credit to the talent and ability of the musicians, but it's also a sign of the times.

"It really comes down to seeing something different, seeing something unique, and I think that's always, in any type of art form, what will speak to people, and I think it does reflect the times that we live in, taking a smart phone and then being able to turn it into an instrument, not only just an instrument, but making it sound really good."

【1】 Who first saw the video of the song "Take Me Out"?

A. Their friends.

B. The people online.

C. Their family.

D. Their management.

【2】 What is the band members' attitude towards the sudden fame?

A. They are thrilled.

B. They are quite used to it.

C. They are kind of confused.

D. They are so excited as to tell everyone they know.

【3】 How did the video come into being?

A. The band copied it from other musicians.

B. It had already existed in the iPhones before they bought them.

C. The band created it with the help of the applications in the iPhones.

D. The band made full use of the traditional instruments to make the song.

【4】 What is the significance of the success of the band's music video?

A. It has introduced us several talented musicians.

B. It has made the musicians into millionaires.

C. It teaches the young a big lesson.

D. It reflects the talent and ability of the musicians and; the times that we live in.

【题目】I was at a loss what to do next when an excellent idea __________ me.

A. occurred to

B. happened to

C. knocked to

D. knocked at

【题目】Mary answered all the questions __________the last one, which she had never heard of before.

A. except for

B. as well as

C. together with

D. apart from

【题目】up ______ now 直到现在

【题目】---The boss said we had only three days to finish the work.

---Don't worry. We have already __________two thirds of it.

A. got down

B. got through

C. given in

D. given away