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What does the underlined word “veterinary” in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Immediate    B．For animals    C．Urgent   D．For humans

Why are we advised to buy the book?

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B．Because it contains a working knowledge of information about dogs and cats．

C．Because it contains information on specific emergency situations．

D．Because it is convenient to know things dealing with dog or cat in an emergency．

Which is NOT true about the book?

A．It can enlarge the readers' knowledge of dog and cat first aid．

B．It contains the knowledge of recognition of abnormal symptoms of dogs and cats．

C．Although it contains many technical terms, it is easy to understand．

D．You can read it on VetrinaryParmer．com free of charge．

What's the purpose of the passage?

A．To introduce a book．                B．To introduce a website．

C．To introduce a working knowledge．   D．To encourage careful reading．

I began working in journalism(新闻工作)when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.

“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.

“ None.”

“ Where did you go?”

“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“ What did you do?”

“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“ You just stood there?”

“ Didn’t sell a single one.”

“ My God, Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“ If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

Why did the boy start his job young?

   A. He wanted to be famous in the future.

   B. The job was quite easy for him.

   C. His mother had high hopes for him.

   D. The competiton for the job was fierce.

From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

   A. excited          B. interested          C. ashamed             D. disappointed

What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

   A. She forced him to continue.              B. She punished him.

   C. She gave him some money.              D. She changed her plan.

What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?

   A. The war between the boy’s parents.

   B. The arguing between the boy and his mother.

   C. The quarrel between the boy and his customers.

   D. The fight between the boy and his father.

What is the text mainly about?

   A. The early life of a journalist.

   B. The early success of a journalist.

   C. The happy childhood of the writer.

   D. The important role of the writer in his family.

If you go to Brisbane, Australia, you can easily get a small book called Discover Brisbane free. The book tells you almost everything in Brisbane: the restaurants, the shops, the cinemas, the streets, the buses, the trains, the banks, etc. Here is something about banks on page 49:

      ANZ Banking Group

      Cnr.Greek &Queen Sts ……………… 228 3228

      Bank of New Zealand

      410 Queen Street ……………………… 221 0411

      Bank of Queensland

     229 Elizabeth Street …………………… 229 3122

    Commonwealth Banking Group

    240 Queen Street ……………………… 237 3111

    National Australia Bank Ltd

    225 Adelaide Street …………………… 221 6422

    Westpac Banking Corp

     260 Queen Street ……………………… 227 2666

     Banking hours are Mon.-Thu. 9:30 am to 4 pm. Fri. 9:30 am to 5 pm. All banks close Sat. Sun. &Public Holidays.

   Australia has a decimal currency(十进币制) with 100 cents to the dollar.

   Notes available are: $100, $50, $20, $10, $5

   Gold coins are: $2 && $1

   Silver coins are: 50, 20, 10&&5 cent

   Copper coins are: 2 && 1 cent

You can find ANZ Banking Group on ______.

     A. Queen Street              B. Elizabeth Street

     C. the corner of Greek Street and Queen Street

     D. the corner of Queen Street and Elizabeth Street

______ seems to be the most important street in Brisbane.

    A. Greek Street    B. Elizabeth Street    C. Queen Street    D. Adelaide Street

On Saturdays, you can go to ______ to put your money in or take your   money out.

     A. ANZ Banking Group                  B. Bank of Queensland

     C. National Australia Bank Ltd             D. no bank

In Australia, the banks have their longest service hours on ______.

     A. public holidays        B. Sundays      C. Saturdays        D. Fridays

  根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Recently some American scientists have given a useful piece of advice to people in industrialized countries. They say people should eat more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago.    1  

The scientists say that human life has changed greatly. Our bodies have not been able to deal with these changes in lifestyle and this has led to new kinds of sicknesses.    2    They are called “diseases of civilization”. Many cancers and diseases of the blood system arc examples of such diseases.

    The scientists noted that people in both the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age enjoyed very little alcohol or tobacco, probably none.    3    However, a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and that today.

Stone Age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than domestic（驯养的）ones. They ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables and fruits. They did not have milk or any other dairy products, and they made very little use of grains.    4    We eat six times more salt than our ancestors and we eat more sugar as well. We eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein （蛋白质）and much less vitamin C.

   5    But the scientists say that we would be much healthier if we eat much the same way the ancient people did, cutting the amount of fat, salty and sweet food.

    A. Stone Age people lived a simple life without any meat.

    B. But today, we enjoy eating a lot of these.

    C. In that case, they would live a much healthier life.

    D. Ancient people also got lots of physical exercise.

    E. These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times.

    F. People today probably don’t want to live like our ancestors.

    G. Modern people used to suffer from “diseases of civilization”.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is ________ special holiday for most Chinese when ________ whole family will get together.

    A. the; the        B. a; the            C. a; a              D. the; a

Mobile phones have made       possible for us to reach out to the farthest corners of the world from our homes.

A．them       B．that             C．this       D．it

________ the phone functions get, it doesn’t make much sense to those using it mostly for calling.  

   A. Various if          B. Various as     C. So various           D. More various

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请你根据以下图表和提示，用英语写一篇关于我国手机拥有量变化的报道，并阐述手机给人们生活所带来的利与弊。

1.方便，随时随地联系；

2.许多功能满足不同要求，如发短信、上网等；

3.接到打错的电话并为之付费；

4.电磁辐射（radiation）有害健康。

注意：1. 词数：100左右；    

2.开头已给出（不计入总词数）。

    As can be seen from the chart, great changes have been taking place in the ownership of mobile phones in China.

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________to such a big party can be a great honour for an ordinary person like me.

A.Being taken       B.Taken         C.Taking        D.Having been taken

—It was a red light, William. You ____ the car.

—Sorry.  I didn’t see it.

A. must stop

B. should stop

C. must have stopped

D. should have stopped