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________energy, we turn off the lights for Earth Hour on the last Saturday in March

A. Saving B. To save

C. Saved D. Having saved

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Few people would even think of beginning a new job at the age of 76, 1. one of America's most famous artists did just that.Anna Mary Robertson, better known as “Grandma Moses”， turned to painting 2. she was too old to work on her farm.

Grandma Moses was crazy about painting soon after she picked it up and worked hard at it.She painted 3. (care) and her works were nice.She first painted only to please 4.， and then began to sell her works 5. a little money.In 1993, a collector, Louis Caldor happened to see several of Grandma Moses' works 6. (hang) in a shop.He liked them, 7. (buy) them at once, and set out to look for 8.．Caldor held 9.show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses to other artists.Grandma Moses, 10. was world­famous, died on December 13, 1961, at the age of 101.

There is no doubt about it．The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously．I don’t mean while you’re unconscious．I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.

That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue．I just pick them up．But some of them may be misunderstood．Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand．To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.

The 5 % mislearnt of all the words we “know” will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt．Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.

Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning．They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game．“There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across,” they will say．“You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”

This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work．It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.

And what’s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves．Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings．A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.

Don’t guess! Look it up!

1.It is certain that the best way to learn new words is _____________.

A．to learn them by oneself

B．to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently

C．to guess them from the context

D．to get more separate meanings of each word

2.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to _________.

A．the 30,000 words B．English teachers

C．misunderstood words D．frequently used words

3.Which of the following is most likely NOT true?

A．Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.

B．Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones．

C．How many words the writer got wrong are not known.

D．All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.

4.It can be inferred that _________.

A．when somebody is conscious, he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart

B．we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them

C．it’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context

D．only dictionaries can help us learn language well

Time is more precious than money for an increasing number of people who are choosing to live more with less—and liking it.

Kay and Charles Giddens, two lawyers, sold their home to start a B&B hotel. Four years later, the couple dishes out banana pancake breakfast, cleans toilets and serves homemade chocolate chip cookies to guests in a B&B hotel surrounded by trees on a hill known for colourful sunsets.

“Do I miss the freeways? Do I miss the traffic? Do I miss the stress? No,” says Ms. Giddens, “This is a phenomenon that’s fairly widespread. A lot of people are revaluating their lives and figuring out what they want to do. If their base is being damaged, what’s the payoff?”

Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing, living closer to work, avoiding shopping malls, borrowing books from the library instead of buying them, and taking a cut in pay to work at a more pleasurable job.

Vicki Robin, a writer, lives on a budget equal to a fifth of what she used to make. “You become conscious about where your money is going and how valuable it is,” Ms. Robin says, “You tend not to use things up. You cook at home rather than eat out…”

Janet Luhrs, a lawyer, quit her job after giving birth and leaving her daughter with a nanny for two weeks. “It was not the way I wanted to raise my kids,” she says, “Simplicity is not just about saving money; it’s about me sitting down every night with my kids to a candlelit dinner with classical music.”

Mrs. Luhrs now edits a magazine, Simple Living, which publishes tips on how to buy recycled furniture and shoes, organize potluck dinners instead of expensive receptions, and generally how to consume less.

Mrs. Luhrs explains, “It’s not about poverty. It’s about conscious living and creating the life you want. The less stuff you buy, the less money goes out of the door, and the less money you have to earn.”

1.Kay and Charles Giddens sold their home to ______.

A. pay off the debt

B. start a private hotel

C. cut down expenses

D. buy living necessities

2.Simple living includes ______.

A. building a home library

B. living in the countryside

C. enjoying a colourful night life

D. sharing housing with others

3.It can be learned from the passage that now Janet Luhrs ______.

A. spends more time with her kids

B. has an interest in classical music

C. works as a reporter of a magazine

D. helps people buy recycled clothes

—Have all the mysteries been cleared up?

— Almost. But ______ only one question ______.

A. there remains; answered

B. it remains; to be answered

C. there remains; to be answered

D. it remains; answered

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The tourist bus winded its way into a mountainous area. When it was _________ to make a turn, two passengers, _________of young lovers, were so attracted by the beautiful scenery that they _________ a stop to get down. They were left behind and the bus went _________ . Suddenly they heard a loud boom _________ of the road. It was a huge rock rolling down in the landslide that hit the bus and fell with it into a deep valley. The lovers were greatly _________ by the news that no passengers on board _________ . When they calmed down they _________ and expressed their feelings in a few words.

The above story was told by a guide when we were riding a tourist _________ to a beautiful mountain. He asked us to guess what the lovers said _________ after the disaster that they had narrowly escaped.

Often we read reports about traffic accidents, among which there were _________ ones who missed the bus and _________ the disaster. Those people usually said with a sigh of ________“Fortunately I was not on board.” On our bus the passengers’ _________ to the guide were various.

But the answer was quite out of our expectation. “If we hadn’t got down and _________ the bus, it would have _________ the dangerous spot and all the passengers would have survived.”

The story passed from person to person as a sort of wit (智慧) test, but I think _________ . It actually serves as a(n) _________ of a person’s mind. I pay my heart-felt respect to the couple who, instead of feeling lucky, _________ themselves for causing the loss of lives. People all have heart for _________ , but it is often a flashing thought across one’s mind that decides whether it is good or evil (邪恶的).

1.A. rapid B. due C. about D. eager

2.A. group B. couple C. party D. row

3.A. got to B. set up C. called for D. looked for

4.A. up B. in C. by D. on

5.A. ahead B. along C. across D. opposite

6.A. scared B. shocked C. moved D. confused

7.A. died B. survived C. saved D. witnessed

8.A. shouted B. screamed C. fought D. sighed

9.A. car B. bike C. bus D. road

10.A. immediately B. even C. only D. ever

11.A. lucky B. selfish C. lazy D. strange

12.A. missed B. avoided C. caused D. trapped

13.A. relief B. concern C. injury D. regret

14.A. emotions B. replies C. excuses D. attitudes

15.A. caught B. missed C. took D. delayed

16.A. seen B. jumped C. passed D. landed

17.A. differently B. actually C. exactly D. sincerely

18.A. examination B. change C. quality D. stage

19.A. thought B. blamed C. enjoyed D. helped

20.A. happiness B. goods C. mercy D. honor

单词与释义搭配

1.export A. bags that people take with them when they travel

2.baggage B. to try extremely hard to achieve something

3.expand C. to become larger in size, number or amount

4.outspoken D. a short informal test

5.welfare E. happiness and health of people

6.bond F. on or onto a ship, plane, bus or train

7.project G. task that requires a lot of time and effort

8.aboard H. close connection that people have with each other

9.quiz I. giving opinions openly and honestly

10. J. to send things to foreign countries for sale

Hi, everybody! Welcome to our newly-opened Richards Cinema Bookstore!

Now let me introduce to you some of the new film books in our store.

Are you Chinese film fans? OK, here comes the latest 25 New Takes about Chinese films. It is a collection of 25 fresh readings of different Chinese films from the 1930s to the present. In recent years, Chinese films are very popular in the States, such as Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, Hero, and Flowers of Shanghai.

Do you like French films? Well, here is The French Cinema Book. It covers French films from the 1890s to the beginning of the 21st century. It is written for all lovers of French cinema: students and teachers, specialists and fans, and so on.

Maybe you are Indian film fans and star-chasers. Then here is Encyclopedia (百科全书) of Indian Cinema. The book is a complete introduction to all the best Indian films. It also offers a full list of names of the famous and successful film stars in the past ten years. You know, the Indian film industry is the largest in the world after our Hollywood.

If you like British films, we have The British Cinema Book. It is a good review of British cinema. This book contains a good many nice pictures.

In our bookstore, you can also find books about Mexican, Japanese, Australian, German and Italian films.

Well, please help yourselves to some coffee or tea, and have a good time here!

1.The speaker of the passage is most probably _______.

A. the author of 25 New Takes

B. the manager of the cinema bookstore

C. a tourist in the cinema bookstore

D. a reader of Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema

2.How many Asian countries does the speaker refer to when he talks about the film books?

A. Two. B. Four. C. Three. D. Nine.

3.Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage？

A. Indian cinema is second only to Hollywood.

B. The French Cinema Book covers over a century's French films.

C. Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon is well received in the States.

D. The British Cinema Book includes a complete list of names of stars.

It was a Friday. As usual, the office became busier and busier. Orders to buy and sell came and went like birds. It was in the stock market, the world of money that Mr.Robert,the stockbroker, worked faster and faster. There was no room in it for the world of human feelings or the world of nature.

Near lunchtime, everything quieted down.Mr.Robert stood by his desk with his hands full of letters. Suddenly through the open window came a smell of flowers,like the thin breath of spring.Mr.Robert stood still. This was Miss Angelia’s smell, her own and only hers.The world of the stock market disappeared. And Miss Angelia was in the next room--only twenty steps away.

“I’ll do it now,” said Mr.Robert softly. “I’ll ask her now.Why didn’t I do it long ago?”

He ran into her office. She looked up at him with a smile. Her face turned a soft pink.

“Miss Angelia,”he said, hurriedly, “I only have a moment to talk.I want to say something important to you,Will you be my wife?I haven’t had time to show you, but I really do love you.”

“Why ...what are you talking about?” cried the young lady.She stood up and looked at him strangely. “Don’t you understand?” Mr. Robert asked quickly. “I want you to marry me now.”

Miss Angelia acted very strangely. At first she seemed surprised. Then she began to cry. But then she smiled through her tears like the sun through rain. She put her arms around his neck. “But don’t you remember, darling?” she said .”We were married yesterday evening at 8:00, in the little church around the corner.”

1. What can we know from the first paragraph?

A. Mr. Robert didn’t love Miss Angelia.

B. Mr. Robert was too happy to enjoy nature.

C. Mr.Robert was busy in working diligently

D. Mr. Robert didn’t make much money at all

2. In the second paragraph, the smell made Robert ______.

A. think of a lot of letters

B. work harder and faster

C. enjoy the breath of spring

D. think of nothing but Miss Angeli

3.What can be inferred from the end of the story?

A. Miss Angelia felt happy in her heart.

B. Mr.Robert always acted strangely

C. Miss Angelia was angry at his words

D. Mr.Robert pretended to marry her actually

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