阅读下面短文,掌握其大意.然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really __1__your feeling?”

Immediately, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special    2   that I really wanted but you never gave it to me.”

The    3  was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I   4    , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but didn’t apologized for?”

Again, his   5   was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the  6   because Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and  7       in a hurry. Remember?”

“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he  8    all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were  9   . When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and everythinghad been thrown all over the place, and you   10  me.”

“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.

“No, I didn’t . I was just searching for my gift.”

My heart sank. I felt  11   . I hugged Keith and asked him to  12    me. His Honesty made me think of our other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the same question. Kevin’s answer was as immediate as his  13   , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forgot about it.”

Though Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The  14   thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise too  15    and didn’t keep it as their father.

1.

A.showed

B.hurt

C.attended

D.expressed

 

2.

A.candy

B.book

C.picture

D.toy

 

3.

A.challenge

B.message

C.idea

D.fact

 

4.

A.complained

B.apologized

C.continued

D.explained

 

5.

A.suggestion

B.answer

C.memory

D.blame

 

6.

A.hospital

B.church

C.school

D.garden

 

7.

A.settled down

B.went on

C.set off

D.got up

 

8.

A.knew

B.imagined

C.discovered

D.remembered

 

9.

A.angry

B.worried

C.happy

D.satisfied

 

10.

A.praised

B.punished

C.helped

D.educated

 

11.

A.terrible

B.hopeless

C.inspired

D.encouraged

 

12.

A.support

B.criticize

C.suspect

D.forgive

 

13.

A.mother

B.brother

C.sister

D.father

 

14.

A.strange

B.interesting

C.important

D.difficult

 

15.

A.lightly

B.rudely

C.equally

D.truly

 

I lived next door to Debbie and her 84-year-old mother, Nan, for about six months. One night last summer, Debbie asked me to check on her mother because she worked the overnight shift (夜班) at a nursing home.

I was glad to help. But I   1   felt a little funny about it.   2   , I’ve been blind since I was a baby and out of   3   for years. In fact, at 54, I came to wonder if I had any   4   to live.

A bit after 9:00 pm, I heard a sound—over the years my ears have grown super  5   . It was Nan. “Jim, Jim. The house is   6   ! Help!”

I went as far as I could to Debbie’s. I got to the front door,   7  for the key and unlocked the door. “Nan! Where are you?” I called.

“Here, Jim. Help!” her voice was  8   and low.

I felt my   9   inside. “Nan, where are you? Keep   10 !” “Here, Jim, here!” sounds as if she’s    11   in front of me. I reached out and touched her shoulder. We felt our way down the steps. ___12____ in the sweet, fresh summer air.

Later the fire truck arrived. Debbie came too. Nan and I heard the sound of the   13   coming down. Finally, the firefighters   14   the fire.

I heard Nan crying. She said, “I was so   15   and got turned around. I couldn’t find the door. You saved my life.”

Now Debbie’s voice quivered (发抖), “You’re a hero. You rescued my mom.”

I hardly knew what to say. Two hours earlier I was wondering whether I really mattered to anyone. And now I saved a life. Nan and Debbie were thanking me. Truth was, I wanted to thank them. Nan wasn’t the only one who had been saved that day.

1.

A.seldom

B.hardly

C.also

D.soon

 

2.

A.First of all

B.At all

C.Above all

D.After all

 

3.

A.sight

B.money

C.patience

D.work

 

4.

A.value

B.pain

C.sadness

D.good

 

5.

A.useless

B.deaf

C.sensitive

D.responsible

 

6.

A.too cold

B.on sale

C.too hot

D.on fire

 

7.

A.looked

B.reached

C.searched

D.waited

 

8.

A.afraid

B.weak

C.calm

D.certain

 

9.

A.way

B.key

C.heart

D.fear

 

10.

A.talking

B.standing

C.lying

D.staying

 

11.

A.sill

B.even

C.right

D.away

 

12.

A.appearing

B.breathing

C.lost

D.driven

 

13.

A.house

B.truck

C.fire

D.air

 

14.

A.set out

B.put out

C.hold up

D.put off

15.tired            B. fortunate        C. disappointed      D. scared

 

At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money. And when he was 15 he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle.

Now 20, third-year Cambridge University student, Peter Blackburn is managing director of a company with a £ 30,000 plan. And he thinks it will make more than $15,000 by next summer.

He set up Peter Black born Ltd last year to bring out a new, color term-planner that now students all over the UK are using.

“I felt that most of the planners going around were pretty unimaginative,” he says, “I believed that I could do a better job and decided to have a go”.

Blackburn admits that he is putting far more effort into business than his computer studies course at university. While fellow students are out with their friends, he keeps in touch with his business office in Lancashire by movable phone. Before he set up the company he spent one holiday preparing a plan that would persuade his bank to lend him money.

“Most students work hard for a good degree because they believe that will help them get a job to support themselves,” he says “I work hard at my company, because that is what will support me next year, after I leave college.”

Friends believe that Blackburn will make £ 1 million within 5 years.

He is not quite so sure, however. “There’s a lot to be done yet,” he says.

1.Choose the right order of the facts given in the passage.

a. He spent his holiday preparing a plan.

b. He collected newspapers.

c. He set up his own company.

d. He asked the bank for money.

e. He set up a babysitting circle.

A.e, b, c, a, d

B.b, e, a, d, c

C.b, e, d, a, c

D.b, e, c, a, d

2.When he was quite young, Blackburn ____ .

A.already made a lot of money

B.already had a business brain

C.was already managing director of a company

D.already set up his own business

3. The underlined expression in the fourth paragraph “have a go,” here means ____ .

A.give up this job and have a new one

B.leave the company

C.have a try

D.develop my business quickly

4.In spite of a college student, Blackburn ____ .

A.spends more time on his business than on his studies course

B.keep in touch with his business office by movable phone

C.seldom goes out with his friends

D.often spends whole holiday preparing business plan

5. Which of the following best explain why Blackburn works hard at his company?

A.He wants to do more business practice before he leaves college.

B.He wants to make more money before he leaves college.

C.He wants to get a good job like most students after he leaves the college.

D.he depends on the company for his living in the future.

 

The man sitting opposite Robert was the Financial Controller. Everybody called him “the FC” for short. He made all the decisions about money. Robert needed some more. That was why he had to see him. The two men did not get on very well. In fact, they had always disliked each other.

“Your request is out of the question,” the FC said. Robert had difficulty in controlling himself, but he managed somehow. He explained that he wanted the money in order to make more programmes.

“And why do you want to do that?” the FC asked sharply. Again, Robert almost lost his temper. “Because more and more people are listening to my department’s programmes. There’s great demand for them,” he answered.

The FC did not seem to believe him. But Robert had a report on the numbers of listeners to all EBC programmes. The FC became less confident (自信). Robert threw the report down on the table and told him to read it.

The FC looked at it in silence. The figures (数字) proved that he had been wrong, but he did not want to admit it. “Well,” he finally said, “I may have made a small mistake.” Robert noticed the word “may.” He got up to leave. But he had the feeling that he would get the money after all.

1.In the story the Financial Controller was a person who was in charge of________.      

A. Robert’s department’s programmes.       B. EBC programmes.

C. EBC money.                          D. both B and C.

2.“Your request is out of the question.” Here “out of the question”means_______.

A.without any question

B.with some question.

C.impossible.

D.possible.

3. Robert decided to make more programmes because________.

A.he wanted to meet the needs of the listeners.

B.“the FC”disliked him

C.the members of his department wanted him to do so.

D.he wanted to show himself off.

4.Why were more and more people listening to Robert’s programmes?

A. Because he always lost his temper (脾气).

B. Because he disliked “the FC.”

C. Because the programmes were rich and to the taste of the listeners.

D. We don’t know.

5.Who do you think won the argument(争论)in the end?

A.The Financial Controller.

B.Robert.

C.Nobody.

D.The listeners.

 

阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。

A、The Travel Pavilion. Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different way of life. Visit the Amazon jungle village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing…

B、The Future Tower. This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allow us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some times in our spaces station and climb into our simulator for the Journey to Mars.

C、The Nature Park. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers:see lions , giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Monkey Park to watch the monkeys. And then there is still the Aviary to see.

D、The Pyramid. This is the centre of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps?For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping centre. Come here for information and ideas too.

E、 The Ancient Village. In the village you will find people live in a simple life just as the ancient people did. They wore ancient clothes and were selling the old goods and food. You can even watch an old dance performed by some actors and actresses.

F、 The Underwater World. Here you will find a variety of fish and even some kind of sharks. You will think you are in the water but of course this is not true. If you are interested in fish I suggest that you pay a visit to it.

请阅读以下个人信息,然后匹配他/她的最佳选项:

Michael: I am interested in science and I hope very much to know what our life will be like in the days to come.

Harry: After visiting the Adventureland I want to buy my friends and parents some souvenirs.

Maria: I am Nostalgia and I often recall the past days. I think people used to live more happily than us.

Dick: I am tired of the unchanged and dull life now and what I look forward to is a completely new life.

Alice: I read a lot about the whales but I haven’t seen them for myself. I hope this dream can come true.

Adventureland

1. Michael            A. The Travel Pavilion

2.Harry              B. The Future Tower

3. Maria              C. The Nature Park

4.Dick                D. The Pyramid

5.Alice                E. The Ancient Village

F. The Underwater World

 

阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150个词左右的英语短文。

Happiness cannot last forever and it may be due to everything from the weather to the size of your bank account.

We’re not suggesting that you can reach a permanent state called “happiness” and remain there. But there are many ways to get out of the path of anxiety, anger and sadness into a state of happiness once or even several throughout the day.

Practice mindfulness. Be in the moment. Instead of worrying about your family, focus on the here and now----the food, the company, and the conversation.

Laugh out loud. Researchers at the University of California Irvine, tested 16 men who all agreed they thought a certain videotape was funny. Half were told three days in advance they would watch it. They started experiencing biological changes right away. When they actually watched the video, their levels of stress hormones (激素) dropped significantly.

Make a list. There’s nothing like writing down your tasks to help you organize your thoughts and calm your anxiety. Checking off each item provides a great sense of fulfillment.

【写作内容】

1) 以约30词概括上面内容的要点;

然后以约120词就“快乐的方式”这个话题发表你的看法,包括以下要点:

①列举不同的人对快乐的看法;

②你不快乐的时候怎么办?

【写作要求】

可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接应用原文中的句子;

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