I hope you don’t mind me asking, ________ where did you buy those shoes?
A. so B. and C. yet D. but
People may have different opinions about Karen, but I admire her, _______, she is
a great musician.
A. after all B. as a result C. in other words D. as usual
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A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work . He may have the belief that he is not capable of it . A child may think he is 1 because he does not understand how to make the 2 of his mental faculties. Older people may be 3 that they are incapable of learning anything new because of their age .
A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real 4 , because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for 5 , and he won’t work his hardest, even though he may think he is doing so. He is 6 likely to fail , and the failure will strengthen his belief 7 his incompetence (无能).
Alfred Adler , a famous doctor, had 8 like this . When he was a small boy, he had a poor 9 in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not 10 too much of him . In this way, they two developed the idea. He accepted their mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to try and was very poor at maths, just as they expected .
( ) 1. A. clever B. useless C. shy D. stupid
( ) 2. A. biggest B. most C. highest D. deepest
( ) 3. A. wrong B. right C. understood D. mistaken
( ) 4. A. decision B. success C. effort D. trouble
( ) 5. A. success B. study C. improvement D. work
( ) 6. A . truly B. really C. however D. therefore
( ) 7. A. at B. in C. on D. of
( ) 8. A. an experience B. an example C. a thought D. a story
( ) 9. A. state B. mind C. start D. ending
( ) 10. A. blame B. expect C. get D. win
. The thing that ______ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.
A. matters B. cares
C. considers D. minds
“I love traveling. I hope to go with you this time.” “But does your mother _____ you to go?”
A. let B. agree
C. allow D. promise
. ---Can those ___ at the back of the classroom hear me?
---No problom.
A. seat B.sit C.seated D.sat
Every country has its own culture.
Even though each country uses doors. .Doors many have 21 functions and purposes which lead to 22 differences.
When I first came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different 23 and they had distiFnct functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to 24 the building. This was new to me, because we use the 25 door in south Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.
The way of using school bus doors was also 26 to me .I used to take the school bus to classes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors, 27 who were getting off the bus should get off first , and students who were getting on should get on 28 . In south Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning, I hurried to the bus ,and when the bus doors opened, I 29 _tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me, I was totally 30 ,and my face went red.
21. A.different B .important C .practical D .unusual
22. A.national B .embarrassing C .cultural D .amazing
23. A.exits B .entrances C .signs D .doors
24.A.enter B .leave C .open D .close
25. A.main B .same C .front D .back
26.A.annoying B .hard C .satisfying D .strange
27.A.parents B .students C .teachers D .drivers
28.A.sooner B .later C .faster D .earlier
29.A.politely B .patiently C .unconsciously D .slowly
30.A.embarrassed B.annoyed C .unsatisfied D .excited
In the spring of 2003, when SARS spread all over the country, people____a panic.
A. came into B. were at C. got into D. were into
Alex knew colors and shapes．He learned about 150 English words．With his language ability he made himself known as perhaps the world’s most famous talking bird．
But Alex，a parrot，died two weeks ago when he was 31．Irene，a psychologist(心理学家) at Harvard University，studied and worked with the parrot for nearly 30 years．
In 1977，Irene，then an excellent student in chemistry at Harvard，bought Alex from a pet store．At that time，scientists were not quite sure whether birds could learn to communicate with humans．
But using the methods of teaching．Irene helped Alex to learn about 150 words，and to count small numbers，as well as colors and shapes．
In experiments，Irene would give Alex a small reward，like a grape．Alex learned to ask for the grape by watching what the trainer was doing to get it．The researchers then worked with the bird to help him with pronunciation．
Alex showed a surprising ability to learn．For example，when he was shown a blue paper circle．he could tell what color the paper was．what shape it was，and after touching it，what it was made of．
Like other parrots，he also picked up some words when staying in the lab，like“calm down”and“good morning”．He could also show his happiness and sadness．
Even before the week he died，Alex was working with Irene on difficult words．As she put him into his cage for the night that Thursday，Irene said that Alex looked at her and said，“You be good．See you tomorrow．I love you．”
He was found dead in his cage the next morning．
1．Alex is the name of ________．
A．an excellent student B．a clever bird
C．a trainer D．a psychologist
2．How did Irene get the parrot?
A．A friend gave it to her． B．She caught it in a forest．
C．She bought it from the market． D．The passage doesn’t mention it．
3．The underlined words“picked up”in the seventh paragraph mean ________．
A．捡到 B．挑选 C．举起 D．学到
4．The passage is probably taken from a ________．
A．history textbook B. novel C．newspaper D. dictionary
— Thank you for your CD - ROM. I'll return it as soon as I can. — ________. I've got another one to spare.
A. No problem B. No hurry C. With pleasure D. Nothing much