Brighton is in the county of East Sussex, on the South coast of England. Situated between the English Channel and the South Downs, Brighton is 90 km from London. Brighton’s nearby neighbor, Hove, is seen by some as a more desirable location than Brighton and it is often referred to by locals as "Hove, actually".
Brighton is a small city but there’s probably as much going on here as anywhere in the country except London. Brighton has numerous entertainment facilities, which additionally serve a considerable business conference industry. There’s a huge range of entertainment venues, including comedy at the Brighton Komedia, world music, opera and ballet at the Brighton Dome, jazz at the Joogleberry, top stars at the Brighton Centre and pre-West End shows at the Theatre Royal. The live music scene is also alive and well with several bands originating from the Brighton area going on to have commercial success in recent years.
Every year in May, Brighton hosts the "Brighton Festival" ------ the largest arts festival in England. Brighton’s theatres, concert halls, streets and some of the city’s most extraordinary venues host an array of art, entertainment and extravaganza (盛大表演). The earliest feature of the festival, "Open Houses" ------ homes of artists and crafts people, opened up to the public as galleries and usually sell the works of the inhabitants and their friends.
Students at the two universities in the area give the city a youthful vitality (活力), and in the summer, thousands of young students from all over Europe gather in the city to attend language courses. In addition to the usual coastal attractions, vacationers are drawn to the city’s Georgian architecture, trendy shops, and fine restaurants. Points of interest also include the Edwardian Preston Manor, the ornate Royal Pavilion, the engaging Sea Life Center, and a variety of museums and art galleries.
小题1:What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage? | A．To introduce Brighton to the readers. | | B．To attract foreign students to study in Brighton. | | C．To show his admiration for the city of Brighton. | | D．To list entertainments in Brighton. |
小题2: What does the first paragraph mainly tell us? | A．The term of "Hove" | B．The situation of Brighton. | | C．The county of East Sussex. | D．The distance between Brighton and London. |
小题3:According to the passage，where can you go if you enjoy watching opera? | A．Brighton Komedia. | B．Joogleberry. | | C．Theatre Royal. | D．Brighton Dome. |
小题4: Why do people in Brighton have a good time in May every year? | A．Because they can enjoy all kinds of music played by top artists. | | B．Because top stars from the world will go to Perform there. | | C．Because the largest arts festival in England is held there. | | D．Because the local people can appreciate works in the Open Houses. |
小题5:How many of the followings that attract people to Brighton are mentioned?
a. two universities b. the summer language courses
c. the coastal attractions d. the city’s Georgian architecture
e. the fine restaurants |
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:D
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小题1:主旨题：从第一段的句子：Brighton is in the county of East Sussex, on the South coast of England. Situated between the English Channel and the South Downs, Brighton is 90 km from London. Brighton’s nearby neighbor,可知作者是介绍Brighton给观众。选A
小题1:细节题:从第一段的句子：Brighton is in the county of East Sussex, on the South coast of England. Situated between the English Channel and the South Downs, Brighton is 90 km from London. Brighton’s nearby neighbor,可知作者是介绍Brighton的地理位置。选B
小题1:细节题：从第二段的句子：There’s a huge range of entertainment venues, including comedy at the Brighton Komedia, world music, opera and ballet at the Brighton Dome,可知看京剧可以去Brighton Dome. 选D
小题1:细节题：从文章的句子：Every year in May, Brighton hosts the "Brighton Festival" ------ the largest arts festival in England.可知每年的五月份，大型的艺术节在那里进行，选C
小题1:细节题：从文章的最后一段：可知BCDE都是提到的吸引游客的地方，A不是，所以是4个。选C |
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试题【Brighton is in the county of East Sussex, on the South coast of England. Situate】；主要考察你对
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[详细]举一反三
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly (完全地)，four things are necessary. First, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves, correctly with confidence(自信) and without hesitation (犹豫). Thirdly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are correct in grammar.
There is no short way to succeed in language learning. A good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book. It is no much use learning by heart long lists of words and their meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. We must “Learn through use”. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and writing the language whenever we can.
小题1:The most important things to learn a foreign language are .| A．understanding and speaking | B．hearing, speaking, reading and writing | | C．writing and understanding | D．memorizing and listening |
小题2:Which of the following is the most important in learning a foreign language?| A．A good memory. | B．Speaking. | C．Practice. | D．Writing. |
小题3:“Learn through use” means .| A．we use a language in order to learn it | | B．we learn foreign language in order to use it | | C．we can learn a language well while we are using it | | D．both B and C |
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Telephone, television, radio, telegraph and the Internet all help people communicate with each other. As a result, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood can bring help from distant countries within hours. Help is on the way. Because of modern technology like the satellites that travel around the world, information travels fast.
How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course this does not mean that the world is actually physically smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the ocean. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach America. This time difference influenced people’s actions. For example, one battle, or fight, in the War of 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed. They would not have died if news had come in time. In the past, communication took much more time than it does now.
There was a good reason why the world seemed so much larger than it does today.
小题1:According to this passage, ________ is very important to people in a disaster area. | A．transportation | B．modern technology | C．latest news | D．a new idea |
小题2:From the passage we learn that ________. | A．the world now seems smaller because of faster communication | | B．the world is actually smaller today | | C．the world is changing its size | | D．the distance between England and America has changed since the War of 1812 |
小题3:Two hundred years ago, news between the continents was carried _____. | A．by telephone and telegraph | B．by land | C．by air | D．by sea |
小题4:The New Orleans Battle could have been avoided if the peace agreement had been signed ______. | A．by important people | B．in 1812 | C．in America | D．in England |
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完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 31 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 32 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 33 for years—often from 34 childhood. These stories may have no 35 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 36 my development? I was never 37 to work on cars or be around 38 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 39 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I 40 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 41 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 42 and told him about my 43 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 44 is it that you can solve 45 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 46 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 47 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 48 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 49 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 50 we choose.
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| 小题3: | | A．said | B．spoken | C．spread | D．repeated |
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| 小题4: | | A．as long as | B．as far back as | C．as well as | D．as much as |
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| 小题5: | | A．basis | B．plot | C．cause | D．meaning |
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| 小题6: | | A．lead | B．improve | C．affect | D．change |
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| 小题7: | | A．encouraged | B．demanded | C．hoped | D．agreed |
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| 小题8: | | A．means | B．tools | C．goods | D．hammers |
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| 小题9: | | A．therefore | B．somehow | C．instead | D．however |
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| 小题10: | | A．settled | B．turned | C．took | D．got |
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| 小题11: | | A．passive | B．active | C．negative | D．subjective |
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| 小题12: | | A．experiences | B．trips | C．roads | D．paths |
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| 小题13: | | A．unexpected | B．poor | C．excellent | D．average |
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| 小题15: | | A．complex | B．advanced | C．common | D．primary |
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| 小题16: | | A．arise | B．separate | C．suffer | D．come |
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| 小题17: | | A．believe | B．suspect | C．adopt | D．receive |
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| 小题18: | | A．weakening | B．strengthening | C．abandoning | D．accepting |
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| 小题19: | | A．As a result | B．At the same time | C．In addition | D．On the contrary |
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| 小题20: | | A．anything | B．something | C．nothing | D．all |
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Too many people want others to be friends, but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last long. To have a friend, you must learn to be one. You must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous; be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friend starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you do not tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always count on one another to speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You do not have to give your lunch money or your clothes of course. Instead you have to learn how to share things you enjoy, like your hobbies and your interests. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them, you h elp your friend know better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be the first step in solving the problem. So a friend must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships are ever exactly alike. But true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friends, you must practice honesty, generosity, and understanding.
小题1:What’s the best title of the passage?| A．Three Important Points in Life | | B．How to Be a Good Friend | | C．Honesty Is the Most Important Quality | | D．A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed |
小题2:Some friendships don’t last long because________.| A．some people don’t treat friendship seriously | | B．there are too many people who want to make friends | | C．they don’t share their lunch money | | D．some people only receive friendship but don’t give friendship back |
小题3:In the 2nd paragraph the underlined phrase “count on” probably means _______.| A．calculate | B．trust | C．matter | D．include |
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That year , in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners……
Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.
Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didn’t seem like any of this bothered the new kid.
However, Little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him……
It was the new teacher!
The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.
小题1:根据短文第二三段描述，可知这位新老师的工作很有创造性，故选A。
小题2:根据短文最后一段Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.描述，可知选B，这个所谓的最蠢的学生其实比其它学生知道的多。
小题3:根据Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school.描述，可知选B。
小题4:联系上文To do this they used all kinds of stuff :可知选C。
小题5:The math lessons became interesting again because of the new teacher’s ___________.| A．creativity | B．imagination | C．responsibility | D．curiosity |
小题6:The passage implies that the stupidest child____________________________.| A．was in great need of math teacher’s help after class | | B．knew much more about math than other classmates | | C．had no much gift for math and was slow to learn it | | D．disliked both the new math teacher and his lessons |
小题7:According to the passage, Lewis followed the stupidest in order to ______________.| A．learn about where he lived | B．find out if he felt upset | | C．say something to comfort him | D．make friends with him |
小题8: What does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to ?| A．To find the stupidest kid’s mistakes. | | B．To think up the most original ways to explain. | | C．To use all kinds of stuff. | | D．To follow him home after school. |
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