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Below is adapted from an English dictionary. Use the dictionary to answer the following questions.
figure / fīgə / noun, verb                           
●noun 1 [C, often pl.] a number representing a particular amount, especially one given in official information: the trade /sales figures
2 [C] a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9: a six-figure salary 3 [pl.] (informal) the area of mathematics that deals with adding, multiplying, etc. numbers  4 [C] a person of the type mentioned: Gandhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history.  5 [C] the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly  6 [C] a person or an animal as shown in art or a story: a wall with five carved figures in it   7 [C] the human shape, considered from the point of view of being attractively thin: doing exercise to improve one’s figure   8 [C] a pattern or series of movements performed on ice: figure-skating  [IDM] be/become a figure of fun: be/become sb. that others laugh at   cut a…figure: (of a person) to have a particular appearance He cut a striking figure in his dinner jacket.  put a figure on sth.: to say the exact price or number of sth.
a fine figure of man / woman: a tall, strong-looking and well-shaped person  figure of speech: a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meanings in order to create a particular mental image or effect  figurehead: someone who is the head or chief in name only (with no real power or authority)
●verb  1 to think or decide that sth. will happen or is true: I figured that if I took the night train, I could be in Scotland by morning.  2 to be part of a process, situation, etc. especially an important part: My opinion of the matter didn’t seem to figure at all.  3 to calculate an amount or the cost of sth.: We figured that attendance at 150,000.  [PHRV] 1 figure in: to include (in a sum): Have you figured in the cost of hotel?   2 figure on: to plan on; to expect sth. to happen: I haven’t figured on his getting home too late.   3 figure out: to work out; understand by thinking: Have you figured out how much the trip will cost?   [IDM] It/That figures! (informal): That seems reasonable, logical and what I expect.
小题1:
—She was coming late again for the work.
—________! That’s typical of her. You just can’t do anything to stop her doing that.
A.It figures her outB.It figures
C.It cuts a poor figureD.She is a figure of fun
小题2:
The phrase “watch my figure” in the sentence “Don’t tempt me with chocolate; I am watching my figure.” means “________”.
A.add the numbersB.have sports
C.try not to get fatD.watch games
小题3:
Which underlined word in the following sentences is used as figure of speech?
A.John is fond of animals and raises a rabbit as a pet.
B.In some countries, bamboo can be used to build houses.
C.We all regard Mr. Smith as an important figure in our company.
D.I didn’t really mean my partner was a snake.

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小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:D
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It takes two to duet (二重唱), and one question for scientists is how these coordinated (协调的) performances arise — in birds. Are they the result of cooperation, a way in which one pair signals to others that they’ve got it together? Or are they the result of conflict, evolving to avoid one partner’s song interfering with the other’s?
A study of duetting in Peruvian warbling antbirds(蚁鸟) suggests that it might be a little of both, and that context is everything. Joseph A. Tobias and Nathalie Seddon of the University of Oxford show in Current Biology that sexual conflict can cause the female of a pair that normally cooperates to “jam” the male’s song by singing over it.
The researchers exposed antbird pairs to recorded songs of other antbirds and monitored the songs the pairs produced. In one experiment, they played the songs of an intruding pair. In this case, the resident pair “both are likely to lose their territory, so both should cooperate,” Dr. Tobias said. And they do. They produce a coordinated duet that in effect tells the intruders to keep away.
But when the researchers played the song of a single female, the pair behaved differently. “You’d expect the resident female to be highly motivated to defend her position in the partnership,” Dr. Tobias said. And that’s what occurs. The male sings its heart out, flirting(调情) with the single female, and the female of the pair does its best to interfere with the song by singing over it, apparently to make her mate less attractive to the other female.
“It’s clear that the male doesn’t like what she’s doing,” Dr. Tobias said. The behavior “breaks up what is otherwise a very cooperative situation into a more complicated signal,” he added.
It’s the first evidence of this kind of signal jamming among pairs, Dr. Tobias said.
And in that it leads the male to alter its song to avoid the female’s interfering notes, it shows that this kind of conflict could, over a long period, drive the evolution of coordinated song.
小题1:
What is the key factor of antbirds’ duet?
A.Their cooperation.B.Their conflict.
C.The context.D.Their instinct.
小题2:
How did the researchers conduct the experiment?
A.They put the antbird pairs back to nature and observe them.
B.They played different recorded songs of other antbirds.
C.They put an antbird to the other’s territory and observed.
D.They played the songs of an intruding pair.
小题3:
Why did the female bird sing according to Paragraph 4?
A.It wanted to show its singing talent to the partner.
B.It aimed at keeping the partnership with the male.
C.It wanted to frighten the other females.
D.It wanted to make her mate more attractive.
小题4:
Which of the following is the topic of this passage?
A.The special phenomenon about birds pairs.
B.The conflict of bird pairs.
C.The cooperation of bird pairs.
D.The piece of music for bird pairs.

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Blind imitation (模仿)is self-destruction.To those who do not recognize their unique worth. Imitation appears attractive: to those who know their strenghth. Imitation is unacceptable.
In the early stages of skill or character development, imitation is helpful. When I first learned to cook, I used recipes (菜谱) and turned out some tasty dishes. But soon I grew bored. Why follow someone else’s way of cooking when I could create my own? Imitating role models is like using training wheels on a child’s bicycle; they help you get going, but once you find your own balance, you fly faster and farther without relying on them.
In daily life, imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously (下意识地) hold poor role models. If, as a child, you observed people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what they did. If you do not make strong choices for yourself, you will get the results of the weak choices of others.
In the field of entertainment, our culture glorifies celebrities. Those stars look great on screen. But when they step off screen, their personal lives may be disastrous. If you are going to follow someone, focus on their talent, not their bad character or unacceptable behaviors.
Blessed is the person willing to act on their sundden desire to create somrthing unique.Think of the movies,books,teachers,and friends that have affected you most deeply.They touched you because their creations were motivated by inspiration,not desperation.The world is changed not by those who do what has been done brfore them,but by those who do what has been done inside them.Creative people have an endless resource of ideas.The problem a creator faces  is  not running out of material;it is what to do with the material knocking at the door of imagination.
Syudy your role models,accept the gifts they have given,and leave behind what does not server.Then you can say,”I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors”tragedies and  tory ,and know that they are cheering on.
小题1:Imitation proves useful when you        .
A.know you are unique
B.lose the bslance of life
C.begin to learn something new
D.get tired of routine practice
小题2:To avoid the bad result of imitation, we should________.
A.forget daily fear and pain
B.choose the right example
C.ask others for decisions
D.stay away from stars
小题3:Acording to the author. The world moves on because of those who are          .
A.desperate to intruence others with their knowledge
B.ready to turn their original ideas into reality
C.eager to discover what their ancestors did
D.willing to accept others’ideas
小题4:The trouble a creator faces is          .
A.the lack of strong motivation
B.the absence of practical ideas
C.how to search for more materials
D.how to use imagination creatively
小题5:What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A.To highlight the importance of creatively.
B.To criticize the characters of role models.
C.To compare imitation with creation.
D.To explain the meaning of success.

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A.    introduction  B. company  C. accidentally   D. against    AB. sped 
AC. apparent    AD. between  BC. institutional  BD. context  CD. influenced
  Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the spread of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened __47__. As was discussed before, it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic medium, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the __48__ of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution __49__ up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading on through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures into the 20th-century world of the motor car and the airplane. Not everyone sees that process in perspective. It is important to do so. It is generally recognized, however, that the __50__ of the computer in the early 20th century, followed by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, although its impact on the media was not immediately __51__. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as __52__, with display becoming sharper and storage capacity increasing. It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the __53__ within which we now live. The communications revolution has __54__ both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been controversial views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed __55__ “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
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For busy people, the idea of speed dating has really caught on in popularity. In a speed dating event, usually 8-10 __66__ go around from table to table, each spending 6-8 minutes at each one. From that, you may not know for sure if you want to __67__ something more with an individual, but, you will __68__ know if you don"t want to.
The first thing that you will realize about speed dating is that it makes you __69__. Unlike a bar, where you might get a whole evening to __70__ check a potential partner out and to see what they’ve got, when it comes to __71__, you know that you only have a certain amount of time to put your best foot forward there. You’ll find the other participants are __72__ of this and will put their best foot forward.
An 8-minute speed dating will also give you a chance to see how someone __73__ under pressure. You may already know a little more about their __74__ if you find someone who can’t seem to make eye-contact. The best advice is to make eye contact, be open and direct. You’ll find that the __75__ time can make for some excellent opportunities to really shine, and there’s nothing like a deadline to make you more __76__! An important detail to keep in mind is that you will be __77__ to a dozen or more singles in a short time. Those who feel that there is an advantage in larger numbers will surely find this __78__.          
When you are looking for __79__, you may not want to do the long search, so think about speed dating and see what you can do to make sure that it works for you. __80__, give this exciting opportunity a try!
小题1:
A. lovers          B. couples             C youths               D. singles
小题2:
A.learnB.haveC.exploreD.develop
小题3:
A.equallyB.hardlyC.definitelyD.eventually
小题4:
A.chaseB.hurryC.focusD.cheer
小题5:
A.constantlyB.frequentlyC.occasionallyD.unexpectedly
小题6:
A.making friends B.speed datingC.family planningD.home improving
小题7:
A.sickB.fondC.awareD.confident
小题8:
A.actsB.talksC.livesD.loves
小题9:
A.interestB.backgroundC.intentionD.personality
小题10:
A.spareB.limitedC.appointedD.luxurious
小题11:
A.creativeB.passiveC.negativeD.objective
小题12:
A.introducedB.devotedC.mentionedD.used
小题13:
A.demandingB.surprisingC.convincingD.appealing
小题14:
A.funB.loveC.friendshipD.adventure
小题15:
A.In a wordB.As a resultC.On the wholeD.Believe it or not

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In general, it seems reasonable to suppose that we should prefer peace and quiet to noise. And yet most of us have had the experience of having to adjust to sleeping in the mountains or the countryside because it was initially “too quiet”, an experience that suggests that humans are capable of adapting to a wide range of noise levels. Research supports this view. For example, Glass and Singer (1972) exposed people to short bursts of very loud noise and then measured their ability to work out problems and their physiological reactions to the noise. The noise was quite disruptive at first, but after about four minutes the subjects were doing just as well on their tasks as control subjects who were not exposed to noise. Their physiological reactions also declined quickly to the same levels as those of the control subjects.
But there are limits to adaptation and loud noise becomes more troublesome if the person is required to concentrate on more than one task. For example, high noise levels affect the performance of subjects who were required to monitor three dials at a time, a task not unlike that of a plane pilot or an air-traffic controller. Similarly, noise did not affect a subject’s ability to track a moving line with a steering wheel, but it did affect the subject’s ability to repeat numbers while tracking (Finkelm and Glass 1970).
Probably the most significant finding from the research on noise is that its predictability is more important than how loud it is. We are much more able to “tune out” long-lasing background noise, even if it is quite loud, than to work under circumstances with unexpected disturbance of noise. In Glass and Singer’s study, in which subjects were exposed to bursts of noise as they worked on a task, some subjects heard loud bursts and others heard soft bursts. For some subjects, the bursts were spaced exactly one minute apart (predictable noise); others heard the some amount of noise overall, but the bursts occurred at random intervals (unpredictable noise). Subjects reported finding the predictable and unpredictable noise equally annoying, and all subjects performed at about the same level during the noise portion of the experiment. But the different noise conditions had quite different after-effects when the subjects were required to proofread written material under conditions of no noise. The study shows that the unpredictable noise produced more errors in the later proofreading task than predictable noise; and soft unpredictable noise actually produced slightly more errors on this task than the loud predictable noise.
Apparently, unpredictable noise produces more fatigue than predictable noise, but it takes a while for this fatigue to take its toll on performance.
小题1:When talking about people’s difficulty in sleeping in the mountains, what can be inferred in the passage?
A.They usually do not prefer peace and quiet to noise.
B.They may be exposed to short bursts of very strange sounds.
C.They prefer to hear a certain amount of noise while they sleep.
D.They may not have adapted to a higher noise level in the city.
小题2:What did Glass and Singer find in their noise experiment?
A.Problem-solving is much easier under quiet conditions.
B.Physiological reactions prevent the ability to work.
C.Bursts of noise hardly disturb problem-solving in the long term.
D.The physiological reactions of the control subjects declined quickly.
小题3:Researchers discovered that high noise levels are not likely to affect the __________.
A.successful performance of a single task
B.tasks of pilots or air traffic controllers
C.ability to repeat numbers while tracking moving lines
D.ability to monitor three dials at once
小题4: What does “take its toll on performance” in the passage probably mean?
A.Destroy the performance completely.
B.Have a negative effect on the performance.
C.Improve the performance greatly.
D.Have a positive influence on the performance.

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