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Canada 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Canada is a big country with six time zones. In the west, it is four a.m., and everyone is asleep, but in
Halifax on the east coast it is eight o"clock and people are having breakfast. It is a cold Friday morning in November, and the temperature is ten degrees below zero Centigrade.
Argentina 9:00 a.m.
In Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, it is nine a.m. on a warm summer morning, and people are
starting work or school. November is a summer month in Argentina because it is in the southern
hemisphere(南半球).
Scotland 12:00 noon
Scotland is part of the United Kingdom. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, and the capital of the UK is London. It is twelve noon, or midday, in Edinburgh. Children are having lessons, but they are looking
forward to the weekend because there is no school on Saturday and Sunday.
Egypt 2:00 p.m.
Friday is already the weekend in Egypt. Friday is a special day for Muslims, so schools, offices and
shops are closed in all Arab countries. So now, at two p.m., most people in Egypt are having lunch with
their families.
Japan 9:00 p.m.
Japan is seven hours ahead of Egypt, so it is already Friday evening there. The weekend is beginning. Most people are out with friends or watching television or playing computer games.
New Zealand 12:00 midnight
It is late on Friday night, so most people are asleep. Now Saturday morning is arriving. It is morning in Canada too, but that is Friday morning!
B. four hours ahead of
C. three hours ahead of
D. the same as
B. going home
C. at school
D. having supper
B. Canada
C. New Zealand
D. Scotland
Zealand _____.
B. it"s noon and many people are having lunch
C. it"s the morning and many people are working
D. it"s the afternoon and most people are playing computer games
B. 2:15 p.m.
C. 1:15 a.m.
D. 2:15 a.m.
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was__2__to the New World by the Spanish settlers.
The story of Tango as told is that it started with the gauchos (加乌乔牧人) of Argentina.
They would go to the crowded night__3__and ask the local girls to dance.Since the gaucho
hadn"t __4__,the lady would dance in the crook of the man"s right arm,__5__her head back.
Her right hand was held low on his left hip,close to his__6__,looking for a payment for dancing
with him.The man danced in a curving fashion because the floor was__7__with round tables,so
he danced around and between them.
The dance__8__throughout Europe in the 1900s.Originally popularized in New York in the
winter of 1910-1911,Ru
dolph Valentino then made the Tango a__9__in 1921.As time passed,the dance was finally considered__10__even in Argentina.
__11__vary in Tango: Argentine,French,Gaucho and International.Still,Tango has become one
of American "Standards"__12__its origin.The Americanized version is a__13__of the best parts
of each.The__14__involved are the same for any good dancing.First,the dance must fit the music.
Second,it must contain the basic characteristic that__15__it apart from other dances.Third,it must
be__16__and pleasing to do.
Tango music is like a__17__.It contains paragraphs (Major phrases)；sentences (Minor
phrases)；and the period at the__18__of the sentence is the Tango close.
For exhibition dancing,a Tango dancer must develop a strong__19__with the music,the
dance and the audience.The audience can only feel this connection if the__20__feels and projects
this feeling.So it is when dancing for your own pleasure-and your partner"s!
( )2．A.taken
( )3．A.meetings
( )4．A.rained
( )5．A.striking
( )6．A.wallet
( )7．A.big
( )8. A.spread
( )9．A.dance
( )10．A.respectable
( )11．A.Paces
( )12．A.because of
( )13．A.method
( )14．A.principles
( )15．A.takes
( )16．A.powerful
( )17．A.comedy
( )18．A.end
( )19．A.connection
( )20．A.musician
B．thrown
B．houses
B．showered
B．holding
B．trousers
B．slippery
B．expanded
B．hit
B．enjoyable
B．Styles
B．regardless of
B．motivation
B．objects
B．brings
B．practical
B．book
B．beginning
B．feeling
B．composer
C．introduced
C．clubs
C．rested
C．bending
C．pocket
C．flat
C．distributed
C．game
C．affordable
C．Times
C．in favor of
C．combination
C．purposes
C．puts
C．comfortable
C．notice
C．sight
C．desire
C．director
D．instructed
D．stores
D．smiled
D．trying
D．body
D．small
D．exploded
D．play
D．reasonable
D．Countries
D．out of.
D．reference
D．restrictions
D．sets
D．manageable
D．story
D．foot
D．potential
D．performer
d. But 1 a few of them are very 2 . English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U.S.A., but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 3 language. Many millions are 4 to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different 5 . Have you ever 6 ads( 广告) of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or your 7 back..." "Easy and funny! Our records and tapes 8 you master your English in a month. 9 the first day your 10 will be excellent. Just send ... " Of course, it never 11 quite like this.The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should 12 that we all learned our own language well when we were 13 . If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. 14 what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, 15 in it all the time. Just imagine how much 6 that gets!
So it is 17 to say that learning English is easy, because a go
od command of English 18 upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and 19 much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will 20 . But they cannot do the student"s work for him.| ( )1. A. not ( )2. A. difficult ( )3. A. native ( )4. A. learning ( )5. A. questions ( )6. A. found ( )7. A. knowledge ( )8. A. make ( )9. A. From ( )10. A. spelling ( )11. A. happened ( )12. A. know ( )13. A. students ( )14. A. Imagine ( )15. A. using ( )16. A. time ( )17. A. hard ( )18. A. depends ( )19. A. uses ( )20. A. do | B. quite B. important B. foreign B. enjoying B. problems B. watched B. time B. help B. On B. grammar B. looked B. remember B. children B. Mind B. thinking B. money B. easy B. tries B. takes B. work | C. only C. necessary C. useful C. trying C. ideas C. noticed C. money C. let C. Since C. English C. seemed C. understand C. babies C. Do C. trying C. language C. funny C. has C. gets C. help | D. very D. easy D. mother D. liking D. answers D. known D. English D. allow D. After D. pronunciation D. felt D. think D. grown-ups D. Think of D. practicing D. practice D. silly D. takes D. costs D. master |
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| If Confucius(孔子)were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles.He"d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out. While many people in China will remember Confucius on this special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought.It"s nothing personal.Most Americans don"t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes. But this doesn"t mean that Americans don"t care about Confucius.In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China. In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities.More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries.These schools teach both Chinese language and culture.The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy(哲学).Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy.Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese.So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States.Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers. So the old thinker"s ideas are still alive and well. Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West. As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is. | |||
| 1.The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ______ | |||
| A.provide some key facts about Confucius B. attract the readers" interest in the subject C. show great respect for the ancient thinker D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations | |||
| 2. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students______ | |||
| A.have a great interest in studying Chinese B. take an active part in Chinese competitions C. try to get high scores in Chinese exams D. fight for a chance to learn Chinese | |||
3. What is t he best title for the passege?______ | |||
| A. Forgotten Wisdom in America B. Huge Fans of the Chinese Language C. Chinese Culture for Westerners D. Old Thinker with a Big Future | |||
| 4. The passage is likely to appear in ______. | |||
| A. a biography B. a history paper C. a newspaper D. a philosophy textbook | |||
| Directions:Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context. | |||
| The long history of the Chinese Knot (中国结) dates back to ancient times when people first used knots for fastening, wrapping, hunting and fishing. The knot was developed into 1.________ art form during the Tang and Song dynasties and later popularized in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. One major characteristic of decorative knot work is that all the knots are tied using one thread. 2.________ finished, the knot looks identical (一模一样 的)from both the front and back. They can come in a variety of colors such as: gold, green, blue 3.________ black, and however, the most commonly used color is red. 4.________ is because it symbolizes good luck and prosperity (兴旺). Crafting (精心制作) the Chinese knot is a threestep process, 5.________ involves tying, tightening and adding. 6.________ are many different shapes of Chinese knots, offering blessings of happiness, love and good luck. In Chinese, "knot" means reunion (团圆), friendliness, warmth, love, etc. Up to 7.________, the art of the Chinese Knot has been used in necklaces, buttons and even hangings 8.________ cars or mobile phones. | |||
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Monkeys are very similar to  us in many ways. We enjoy watching them because they often act likeus. In fact, scientists say monkeys and humans share a common ancestor. Monkeys make us smile, too, because they are creatures full of playful tricks. This is why many monkey expressions are about tricky people or playful acts. One of these expressions is monkeyshines, meaning tricks or foolish acts. So, when a teacher says to a group of students: "Stop those monkeyshines right now!", you know that the kids are playing, instead of studying. You might hear that same teacher warn a student not to monkey around with a valuable piece of equipment. You monkey around with something when you are touching or playing with something you should leave alone. Also, you can monkey around when you feel like doing something, but have no firm idea of what to do. Monkey business usually means secret, maybe illegal, activities. A news report may say there is monkey business involved in building the new airport, with some officials getting secret payments from builders. You may make a monkey out of someone when you make that person look foolish. Some people make a monkey out of themselves by acting foolish or silly. If one monkey has fun, imagine how much fun a barrel of monkeys can have. If your friend says he had more fun than a barrel of monkeys at your party, you know that he had a really good time. Monkey suits are common names for clothes or uniforms soldiers wear. In earlier years, performing monkeys" tight-fitting, colorful jacket looked similar to a militaryuniform. So, people began to call a military uniform a monkey suit. | |||
| 1. Which of the following can best state the main idea of the passage? | |||
| A. Monkeys are connected with our life. B. Due respect should be paid to monkeys. C. Some English expressions about monkey. D. Monkeys share a common ancestor with us. | |||
| 2. How many expressions about monkey are introduced in the passage? | |||
| A. 5. B. 6. C. 7. D. 8. | |||
| 3. The expression "monkeyshine" has the closest meaning to _______. | |||
| A. mischief B. laziness C. making noise D.diligence | |||
| 4. If you drew a funny picture on your friend"s face while he was sleeping, you were ______. | |||
| A. monkeying around B. doing money business C. enjoying a barrel of monkeys D. making a monkey out of him |