Water costs money．In some places water is hard 1 ．What 2 when a town
has these problems？A small town in California found a happy 3．
Very little rain ever fell there．The town had no water of its own．The water it used was 4 from a river 300 miles away．As more people 5 live in the town， 6 water was needed．Now water 7 to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost 8 money．
The town 9 a plan．It found a way to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused 10 many ways．Five man-made lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go 11 ．They could have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water 12 their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of 13 ．
In most places，water is used and thrown 14 ．The town that saved 15 water
has saved the town！
| 小题1: | | A．supplying | B．getting | C．to get | D．to supply |
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小题2:A．happens B．happening C is happened D．happened
小题3:A．key B．answer C answering D．way
| 小题4: | | A．fetch | B．take | C．brought in | D．guided |
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| 小题5: | | A．come to | B．came to | C．coming to | D．came for |
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| 小题6: | | A．many | B．plenty of | C．more | D．many more |
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| 小题7: | | A．has | B．had | C．must | D．needed |
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| 小题8: | | A．many | B．a few | C．a great many | D．a lot of |
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| 小题9: | | A．put | B．made | C．supply | D．noticed |
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| 小题11: | | A．boating | B．to boat | C．to boating | D．on boating |
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| 小题13: | | A．water enough | B．enough water | | C．crops enough | D．enough crops |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:C
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小题1:考查动词。sth.is hard to do，用主动形式表示被动意义。get取，supply供应。
小题2:考查动词。 用一般现在时，可以表示客观事实。
小题3:考查名词。key关键、钥匙、答案。answer解决办法、答案。
小题4:考查动词。bring in 引进、带进。
小题5:考查动词。从句中缺少谓语，不能用分词，而应用过去时。
小题6:考查形容词。与从句中的more相对应。
小题7:考查动词。have to do必须做某事。
小题8:考查形容词。money 是不可数名词，不能用A、B和C。
小题9:考查动词。make a plan 制定计划。
小题10:考查介词。in many ways 在许多方面。
小题11:考查非谓语动词。 go boating 去划船(固定词组)。
小题12:考查介词。for表对象，with表伴随。
小题13:考查名词。整篇文章的主题就是某些地方缺水资源，要办工厂，也要确保有足够的水。
小题14:考查副词。throw away 扔掉、浪费掉。
小题15:考查代词。its是形容词所有格。 |
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Is this a car? Is it a smart phone? Is it a gaming machine?
Yes to all three. The Toyota Fun-Vii is a pleasure palace on wheels.
If Toyota has its way, paint jobs could become a thing
of the past, because it has introduced an amazing car that can
change its whole look in an instant.
The Vii in Fun-Vii, which stands for “Vehicle, Interactive,
Internet” It is a small three-seater car that looks like a smart phone, so it is called a smart phone on wheels．Inside and out, most aspects of the car can interact（互相作用） with the internet and be controlled by a smart phone．The magical car allows the owners to download pictures from their phones onto the outside, so that the look of the car could be changed instantly．The color inside could also be changed to reflect the owner"s mood．Just as the company president Akio Toyoda said, "A car must appeal to our emotions．If it"s not fun, it"s not a car．"
Its outside and inside are not made of solid paint but touch screens that can display pictures and videos．A network update function downloads all the latest software to make sure the car is always up-to-date, and it can provide the latest entertainment as well as information about its surroundings to the driver．As you drive around, the thoughtful car allows you to communicate with your friends in the nearby cars．It also helps you find your way from one place to another． It"s all because the car is networked with all the other cars on the road and drives itself． The smart car is a practical, family sized vehicle fuelled by hydrogen, and it is one of the futuristic concept cars under the theme of "fun to drive, again"．It heralds （预示） a not-too-distant future where people, cars and society are linked．
小题1:Which of the following may not be a key word for the concept car?| A．Fun． | B．Interactive． | C．High-speed． | D．Smart． |
小题2:According to the text, Toyota Fun-Vii is _____．| A．a new concept car not powered by gas | | B．an amazing car without any pollution | | C．the latest software from network | | D．a gaming machine with high speed |
小题3:The owners of the Fun-Vii can reflect their mood by _____．| A．downloading images to change the outside | | B．interacting with computers while driving | | C．changing the color inside the car | | D．changing the speed of the car |
小题4:What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?| A．The ways of driving the Fun-vii. | | B．How can you find your way in the Fun-Vii． | | C．The unusual look of the Fun-Vii． | | D．The new functions of the Fun-Vii． |
小题5:We can infer from the text that the Fun-Vii _____．| A．will finally replace all the present cars | | B．will completely solve the problem of energy shortage | | C．will make car paint industry face a difficult situation | | D．will take the place of a smart phone |
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There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped (低垂), this one looked as if it were 41 itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an 42 price of $28, which was popular just then with 43 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the 44 was perfect.
John 45 the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said, 46 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a 47 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and 48 discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and 49 , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him 50 his behavior. When I mentioned this 51 to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It 52 be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned 53 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran 54 a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly, 55 John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both know we should never 56 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. 57 , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 58 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different 59 to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape 60 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
| 小题1: | | A．turning | B．holding | C．showing | D．hanging |
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| 小题2: | | A．unreasonable | B．unbearable | C．unbelievable | D．unfair |
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| 小题3: | | A．teenagers | B．adults | C．women | D．men |
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| 小题4: | | A．color | B．price | C．style | D．fit |
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| 小题5: | | A．sent | B．carried | C．brought | D．wore |
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| 小题6: | | A．casually | B．comfortably | C．carefully | D．quickly |
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| 小题7: | | A．happiness | B．change | C．smile | D．matter |
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| 小题8: | | A．reasoned | B．heated | C．wild | D．strong |
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| 小题9: | | A．considerate | B．handsome | C．hopeful | D．curious |
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| 小题11: | | A．incident | B．accident | C．affair | D．event |
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| 小题12: | | A．can | B．must | C．will | D．should |
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| 小题14: | | A．down | B．with | C．into | D．after |
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| 小题15: | | A．looking up at | B．looking down on | | C．putting up with | D．coming up with |
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| 小题16: | | A．change | B．mistake | C．trade | D．turn |
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| 小题17: | | A．However | B．Moreover | C．Therefore | D．Besides |
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| 小题18: | | A．attaching | B．joining | C．relating | D．matching |
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| 小题19: | | A．mean | B．methods | C．approaches | D．measures |
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There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book 26 hand. Of course, we may 27 with our guide-books the history and 28 developments of a town and get to know them.
29 then, if we take our time and 30 in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we 31 it as a whole, we begin to have some 32 , which even the best guide-books do not
answer. Why is the town just 33 this —— this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets 34 in this particular way, and not in any 35 way?
Here even the best guide-book 36 us. One can’t find the information in it about how a town has developed to the 37 appearance. It may not describe the original 38 of a town. However, one may get some idea of what it 39 look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine 40 the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town 41 to develop.
What is the 42 of studying towns in this way？For me, it is 43 a matter that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A 44 visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive 45 just reading about it in a guide-book.
| 小题2: | | A．write | B．study | C．tell | D．remember |
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| 小题3: | | A．strange | B．similar | C．separate | D．special |
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| 小题4: | | A．But | B．Before | C．Since | D．Until |
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| 小题5: | | A．march | B．work | C．stay | D．wait |
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| 小题6: | | A．look at | B．1ook after | C．1ook for | D．1ook up |
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| 小题7: | | A．ideas | B．opinions | C．feelings | D．questions |
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| 小题11: | | A．helps | B．tricks | C．fails | D．satisfies |
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| 小题12: | | A．old | B．normal | C．first | D．present |
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| 小题13: | | A．capital | B．meaning | C．design | D．change |
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| 小题14: | | A．used to | B．seemed to | C．had to | D．happened to |
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| 小题16: | | A．stops | B．appears | C．starts | D．continues |
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| 小题17: | | A．point | B．view | C．problem | D．difficulty |
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| 小题18: | | A．nearly | B．simply | C．generally | D．hardly |
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| 小题19: | | A．costly | B．formal | C．group | D．personal |
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| 小题20: | | A．from | B．than | C．through | D．with |
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When I was seven, my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don’t need one. I have a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices (装置) tell the time — which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists (手腕); sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007.
But while these wise people have realized that they don’t need them, others — including some distinguished ones of our time — are spending total fortunes on them. Brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices, up to £ 250.000 for a piece.
This is ridiculous. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days, all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Yes, you may say expensive watches will come with some extra functions — but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea to test its function of waterproof, or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole by using its compass? So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?
If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note. Instead, the Swiss re-invented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man —— usually a famous star, wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world.
Watches are classified as “investment items” (投资项目) now. A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly £ 350, 000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from 15, 000 to 30, 000 plus in a year. But, to some wealthy people, a watch is more than an investment. It’s a valuable toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up — they’ve been rising for fifteen years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that £ 350, 000 treasured object will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Times.
小题1:The sales of watches to young people have fallen because ______. | A．they have other devices to tell the time | | B．they think watches are too expensive | | C．they have little sense of time now | | D．they prefer to wear an iPod on their wrists |
小题2:It seems ridiculous to the writer that ______. | A．some people often dive 300 metres deep into the sea | | B．expensive clothes sell much better than cheap ones | | C．cheap cars usually don’t run as fast as expensive ones | | D．expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell |
小题3:What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage? | A．It targets rich people as its potential customers. | | B．It seems hard for the industry to beat its competitors. | | C．It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising. | | D．It is easy for the industry to re-invent cheap watches. |
小题4:Which would be the best title for the passage? | A．Timex Being better than Rolex | | B．My Expensive Childhood Timex | | C．Super-level Watches? Not for Me! | | D．Watches — a Valuable Collection |
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We convince ourselves that life will be better once we are married, have a baby, then another. Then we get frustrated because our children are not old enough, and that __1__ will be well when they are older. Then we are frustrated __2__ they reach adolescence and we must deal with them. Surely we’ll be __3__ when they grow out of the teen years.
We tell ourselves our __4__ will be better when our spouse(配偶)gets his/her act together, when we have a nicer car, when we can take a __5__， when we finally retire. The truth is that there is no better time to be happy than __6__.If not, then when? Your life will always be full of challenges. It is better to admit as much and to decide to be happy __7__it all. For the longest time, it seemed that life was about to start—real life.
But there were always some obstacles along the way, an ordeal(苦难) to __8__， some work to be finished, some time to be given, a bill to be __9__.Then life would start. It finally dawned on me that those __10__ were part of life. Little by little, that point of __11__ also helped me see that there isn’t any road to happiness.
Happiness is the road. So, enjoy every moment. And bear in mind that __12__ waits for no one. So stop __13__ school to end, for a return to school, to lose ten pounds, to __14__ ten pounds, for work to begin, to get married，...before deciding to be happy.
Happiness is a voyage, not a destination. There is no __15__ time to be happy than...NOW! Live and enjoy the moment.
| 小题1: | | A．we | B．they | C．all | D．nothing |
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| 小题3: | | A．luckier | B．happier | C．older | D．healthier |
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| 小题4: | | A．life | B．study | C．children | D．condition |
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| 小题5: | | A．rest | B．bath | C．breath | D．vacation |
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| 小题6: | | A．before | B．ever | C．just then | D．right now |
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| 小题7: | | A．instead of | B．in addition to | C．in spite of | D．up to |
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| 小题8: | | A．meet with | B．go ahead | C．turn to | D．get through |
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| 小题9: | | A．paid | B．got | C．asked | D．printed |
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| 小题10: | | A．achievements | B．obstacles | C．duties | D．opinions |
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| 小题11: | | A．view | B．life | C．position | D．condition |
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| 小题12: | | A．happiness | B．time | C．age | D．road |
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| 小题13: | | A．asking for | B．supposing | C．waiting for | D．hoping for |
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| 小题14: | | A．gain | B．reduce | C．weigh | D．enjoy |
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| 小题15: | | A．worse | B．better | C．more | D．less |
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