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and 1 . It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart (远离的); it can keep a 2 with
very little effort.
I will give 3 . A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting 4 . We had been close as 5
but had grown apart. Our meetings were not 6 ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels;
and every effort to clear the air seemed to only 7 our misunderstanding. Then he 8 a small island in the
Caribbean and we 9 touch. One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and its people, told me
what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to 10 . Rereading the letter, I was 11 by its humor
and clever expressions. These were all qualities for which I had 12 respected my older brother but 13 he no
longer had them. I had never known he could write so 14 . And with that one letter we became friends 15 .
It might never have occurred to 16 to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no 17 .
For him, writing was a necessity. It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch. Because
we live in an age of 18 communication (通讯), people often 19 that they don"t always have to phone or
email. They have a 20 . And that is to write.
| ( )1. A. received ( )2. A. record ( )3. A. an example ( )4. A. through ( )5. A. brothers ( )6. A. normal ( )7. A. deepen ( )8. A. toured ( )9. A. lost ( )10. A. think ( )11. A. driven ( )12. A. never ( )13. A. realized ( )14. A. well ( )15. A. later ( )16. A. us ( )17. A. mail services ( )18. A. poor ( )19. A. believe ( )20. A. habit | B. rewritten B. promise B. a lesson B. together B. children B. necessary B. start B. stopped over B. kept in B. write B. beaten B. seldom B. judged B. often B. anyhow B. anyone else B. transport services B. easy B. decide B. choice | C. returned C. friendship C. an experience C. along C. fellows C. pleasant C. express C. reached C. needed C. enjoy C. surprised C. sometimes C. thought C. much C. too C. someone C. phones C. popular C. argue C. method | D. reread D. secret D. a talk D. away D. classmates D. possible D. settle D. moved to D. got in D. read D. honored D. once D. expected D. soon D. again D. my brother D. relatives D. busy D. forget D. plan |
| 1－5: DCACB 6－10: CADAB 11－15: CDCAD 16－20: DCBDB | |||
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| When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm. In the winter especially, we wear quite out off from the outside world. As soon as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital. However, I soon discovered that my life has its too. One big disadvantage is money. It costs so much to go out, not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma (哮喘), and the air is so that I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car, I seldom use it became of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous. Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, whatever you tastes in culture or entertainment (娱乐活动). Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising-and, what is more, shops are often only a short walk away. Is life better then, in the city? Perhaps it is, when you are in your teens (十几岁) or twenties. However, as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon. | |||
| 1. What was the writer always thinking about when he was a child? | |||
| A. Staying on the farm. B. Moving to the countryside. C. Leaving home for the city. D. Running away from the school. | |||
| 2. Which of the following is true about the writer? | |||
| A. He is very old now. B. He is in good health. C. He prefers driving a car. D. He lives in the city now. | |||
| 3. In the passage, the writer tries to _____. | |||
| A. express his opinions about way of life B. describe his life in the countryside C. an interest in the outside world D. persuade the reader to live in the city | |||
| 4. How is the passage mainly developed? | |||
| A. By inferring. B. By comparing. C. By listing examples. D. By giving explanations. | |||
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| Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs. Even jud ges are softer on attractive defendants (被告).But in the adminis trative circle, beauty can become a liability. Although attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the administration ladder, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome male administrators were considered to be more honest than plainer men, though effort and ability were also thought to account for their success. Attractive female administrators were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones, and very often their success was be lieved to be connected not to ability but to factors such as luck. Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attrac tive woman is considered to be more feminine (女性的) and an at- tractive man more masculine (男性的) than the less attractive woman. Thus an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but in a traditionally masculine position an attractive woman appears to lack the "masculine" qualities required. This is true even in politics." When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently," says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractive- ness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. Then the students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them. The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had been ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes. | |||
| 1. What is the main idea of the passage? ( No more than 15 words. ) _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. The underlined word "liability" in Paragraph 1 means___________________. ( No more than 5 words. ) 3. According to this passage, In what jobs do attractive women have their advantages? ( No more than 10 words.) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why did Anne Bowman carry out the study?( No more than 15 words.) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is your idea of being an attractive person?( No more than 20 words.) ______________________________________________________________________________________ | |||
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| Being connected to the Internet has become a necessary part of modern life. Some people actually need it as they cannot do their jobs without it, and others simply feel they need it as they cannot imagine life without it. To think that something that did not even exist 50 years ago has come to play a crucial role in our lives like this in just about 15 years makes one wonder-just what will the future bring? In 2004, a survey was conducted in the US asking a group of technology experts their opinions on the Internet in the next ten years. 57% of them agreed that virtual classes will be more widely adopted in schools, allowing students to learn with those at the same level and with interests in the same subjects. It"s quite possible that, by the year 2030,every child in every school will do all their school- work on their own laptop with all their textbooks available (现成可使用的) on the Internet. No more heavy books to carry around and no more pens and paper! At work, we already use email to deal with people both inside and outside our offices and video conferencing (电话会议) is occur- ring more frequently. This means that meetings can be held between offices in different countries without the trouble caused by business travel. Business travel will stop to exist in the future, and so will offices as people all start to work from home. It has also become a trend for people to use pocket computers such as Blackberries. With this helpful equipment, people can send and receive emails, surf the Web, and read multimedia files from absolutely anywhere even if we are on a beach holiday. The Internet will have a revolutionary (突破性的) effect on entertainment in the future. Already we can buy and download music and movies from the Internet but it is still possible for us to buy a CD or go to the DVD stores to rent the latest movies. However, it"s quite possible that in the future, CD shops and DVD rental stores will close and cinemas will no longer exist. Entertainment will be- come completely virtual although hopefully people will still want to get outside to play sports and entertain themselves in more healthy ways. With the Internet we need only relax in the rocking chair. The Internet, however, has problems to be solved. | |||
| 1. The expression " play a crucial role in" can be understood as_____. | |||
| A. change a dull role into B. play an interesting part in C. act a cruel character in D. have an important effect on | |||
| 2. According to the passage people are satisfied with all the following changes EXCEPT that _____. | |||
| A. CD shops and cinemas will shut down as a result of the a doption of virtual entertainment B. virtual classes can make students" dream of getting rid of their schoolbags come true C. people can be kept informed anytime and anywhere with the help of convenient equipment D. people won"t have to make business travel any more thanks to the video conference | |||
| 3. What will the writer probably discuss after the last paragraph? | |||
| A. The possible school life in the future. B. Bad effects the Internet can have on us. C. More excitements the Internet will bring us. D. The likely ways to solve the problems. | |||
| 4. What is probably the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. Virtual reality, our best friend! B. Goodbye, textbooks and offices! C. What will future life be like with the Internet? D. How can human beings deal with the Internet? | |||
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| Men are happier with money, while women find greater joy in friendships and relationships with their children, co-workers and bosses, a new global study shows. The online study of 28,153 people in more than 51 countries by global marketing and information firm Nielsen found that as the world struggles with a recession (衰退) and financial (经济) mar kets keep falling, many people are reminding themselves that money can"t buy happiness. The Nielsen Happiness Study found that globally, women are happier than men in 48 of the 51 countries surveyed in August 2009,and only in Brazil, South Africa and Vietnam were men found to be happier than women." Because they are happier with noneco nomic factors, women"s happiness is more recession-proof which might explain why women around the world are happier in general than men are," Nielsen Vice Ptesident of Consumer Research Bruce Paul said in a statement. Japanese women reported the greatest difference and are 15 percent happier than Japanese men. Women are also more optimistic about the future, scoring higher than men on predictions (预言 ) of their happiness in the next six months. Women were also more pleased with their marriage life, the study found. Japanese and New Zealand women reported the grea test. difference in satisfaction with their marriage life. Men are generally happier with their physical health than women, and this is especially pronounced in South Africa. Egypt bucks the trend (趋势), with women rating their happiness with their health much higher than men. Globally, men rated their happiness with their mental health higher than women. It was the same in Belgium, South Korea, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Egypt, and Israel. There are three main factors of happiness globally, according to the study: personal financial situation, mental health and job/ca- reer. Being satisfied with your partner is also important for happi ness. | |||
| 1. Compared with women, men tend to be happier with ____. | |||
| A. money, friendship and their family B. financial situation, health and marriage life C. the future, mental health and money D. mental health, physical health and money | |||
| 2. The underlined word in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to _____. | |||
| A. strengthens B. opposes C. follows D. continues | |||
| 3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT right? | |||
| A. Clobally, women are happier than men in general. B. Women in Vietnam are not as happy as men. C. Women score higher than men on predictions of their future. D. Women"s happiness is less likely affected by financial crisis. | |||
| 4. Which country has the biggest difference in happiness between men and women? | |||
| A. Japan. B. New Zealand. C. Egypt. D. South Africa. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Please, please, please! Hug your kids every single day and tell them that you love them! Let that be your nightly routine. Let them go to sleep feeling loved and good about themselves, even if you have been fighting. I have a seventeen-year-old son who hugs every- day. Every night before he goes to bed we do a devotional together and pray. I will continue this with him as long as he is under my roof. I have showered him with love his whole life, as well as my family, and he is one of the most loving kids I have ever seen. Every human being needs physical touch, especially young children and teenagers. We need 7 hugs a day to be healthy. Each hug we receive rtuses our hemoglobin (血 红素). And as one of the other parents had commented, so many teenagers that do not get any physical touch at all from their parents will seek to get it in inappro priate ways. We only have them for just a little while, they will soon be gone and we won"t be able to show them our love then! Shower them every single day! You will never regret it and they will always feel loved! My nephew, who is like a son to me, started to become embar rassed at around age 13 for me to hug him in public. I would only get to see him on the weekends and the first time he pulled away we were at a baseball game and there were people everywhere. I just grabbed and hugged even harder when he tried to pull away and said" I don"t care if you like it or not! I love you so much and I will hug you every time I see you! "He turned very red but smiled. Dr. Dobson says that our teenagers need our love and care e- yen more as they grow older because of all of the self-doubt that the media puts on them to be perfect. Make them feel loved every day! If you don"t do it, who will? It may be uncomfortable at first but I promise it will just become second nature if you do it every day! | |||
| 1. The underlined word "routine" in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by _____. | |||
| A. Dream B. Work C. Bath D. Habit | |||
| 2. As a parent, the author and her son _____. | |||
| A. hug every day and share love in the life B. hug more than seven times every day C. never hug because he is a shy boy D. never hug because he is independent | |||
| 3. According to the author, seven. hugs a day _____. | |||
| A. make hemoglobin in our body decrease B. help you keep in a good condition C. make your study better at school D. help you make more friends | |||
| 4. What does the author"s nephew react to her forced hug? | |||
| A. He was hateful and angry with the author. B. He was shy but accepts the hugs happily. C. He laughs at the author"s performance in public. D. He finds more reasons to refuse the author"s demand. |