第1题
A.unless
B.before
C.after
D.as
第2题
He was very strong. Indeed, people said he had _____ of three men.
A、strength
B、a strength
C、the strength
D、his strength
第3题
A、has employed
B、was unemployed
C、had been unemployed
D、has been unemployed
第4题
"What's wrong with you?" asked Mr.South.
"Nothing,Mr.South," said the man,"But…"
The man began to smile and said,"Don't you()me,Mr.South? You cured (治愈) my rheumatism(风湿病) three years ago."
"Mr.Bell?"
"Yes.Did you()me not to get myself wet?"
"Yes,I did," answered the doctor.
"Well.I come here to ask you if you think it's OK for me to take a bath now?"
A.clock B.buy C.tell D.about E.remember
第5题
Jim had been suffering from extreme anxiety since his early twenties. Tying Ecstasy did make him feel high and help his condition, but only for a short period of time; in the end. if increased his anxiety, paranoia, and feelings of unreality. And he is nor alone -- for people who already suffer from anxiety disorders, use of Ecstasy is more likely to worsen their conditions. Ecstasy also has been associated with often mental health conditions such as depression. Youngsters who use Ecstasy weekly hove been shown to frequently experience depression in which they want to kill themselves sometimes. According to a survey, teens who use Ecstasy weekly are three times more likely to have such thoughts than non-using teenagers.
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第6题
Passage Four There was once a man in South America who had a parrot (鹦鹉), a pet bird that could imitate (模拟), human speech. The parrot was unique. There was no other bird like him in the whole world. He could learn to say any word except one. He could not say the name of his native town, Cotano. The man did everything he could to teach the parrot to say “Cotono” but he never succeeded. At first he was very gentle with the bird, but gradually he lost his temper, “You stupid bird! Why can’t you learn to say that One word! Say ‘Cotano’ or I’ll kill you!” But the parrot would not say it. Many times , the man screamed (大声叫), “Say ‘Cotano’ or I’ll kill you!” But the bird would never repeat the name. Finally the man gave up. He picked up the parrot and threw him into the chicken house. “You are even more stupid than the chickens!” In the chicken house, there were four old chickens waiting to be killed for Sunday’s dinner. The next morning, when he went out to the chicken house, the man opened the door. He was shocked by what he saw. He could not believe his eyes and ears. On the floor lay three dead chickens, the parrot was screaming at the fourth, “Say ‘Cotono’ or I’ll kill you!”
(1).Why couldn’t the parrot say the name of his native town?
A.Because it was stupid.
B.Because it didn’t want to live
C.Because the man didn’t teach it how to say.
D.The reason is not mentioned in the story.
(2).Why did the man lose his temper?
A.Because the bird couldn’t repeat his master’s name.
B.Because the bird screamed all day long.
C.Because the bird uttered the wrong word.
D.Because the bird failed to say the name of the town.
(3).Who killed the three chickens?
A.The cruel master
B.The man in the kitchen
C.The pet bird
D.The fourth chicken
(4).Why was the man shocked at the scene the next morning?
A.The bird had finally understood his threat.
B.The bird managed to escape from the chicken house.
C.The bird had learned to scream back to him.
D.The bird was living peacefully with the chicken.
(5).Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The man loved his parrot very much and always treated it kindly.
B.The parrot could imitate a lot of human languages.
C.The parrot was thrown into the chicken house by its master.
D.Three of the old chickens were dead the next day.
第7题
The remaining partners in the law firm were still together, attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages and the bank notes, back when they were rolling and on the verge of serious wealth. They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy. Since Patrick's departure, they had tried every possible way to divorce one another, but nothing would work. Two were raging alcoholics who drank at the office behind locked doors, but never together. The other two were in recovery, still teetering on the brink of sobriety.
He took their money. Their millions money. They had already spent long before it arrived, as only lawyers can do, money for their richly renovated office building in downtown Biloxi, money for new homes, yachts, condos in the Caribbean. The money was on the way, approved, the papers signed, orders entered; they could see it, almost touch it when their dead partner—Patrick—snatched it at the last possible second.
He was dead. They buried him on February 11, 1992. They had consoled the widow and put his rotten name on their handsome letterhead. Yet six weeks later, he somehow stole their money.
So Bogan took his share of the blame. At forty-nine, he was the oldest of the four, and, at the moment, the most stable. He was also responsible for hiring Patrick nine years earlier, and they had brawled over who was to blame. Charles Bogan, the firm's senior partner and its iron hand, had insisted the money be wired from its source into a new account offshore, and this made sense after some discussion. It was ninety million bucks, a third of which the firm would keep, and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi, population fifty thousand. Someone at the bank would talk. Soon everyone would know. All four vowed secrecy, even as they made plans to display as much of their new wealth as possible. There had even been talk of a firm jet, a six-seater, and for this he had received no small amount of grief.
Doug Vitrano, the litigator, had made the fateful decision to recommend Patrick as the fifth partner. The other three had agreed, and when Patrick Lanigan was added to the firm name, he had access to virtually every file in the office—Bogan, Rapley, Vitrano, Havarac, and Lanigan, Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law. A large ad in the yellow pages claimed "Specialists in Offshore Injuries." Specialists or not, like most firms they would take almost anything if the fees were lucrative. Lots of secretaries and paralegals, big overhead, and the strongest political connections on the Coast, they were all in their mid-to-late forties. Havarac had been raised by his father on a shrimp boat. His hands were still proudly calloused, and he dreamed of choking Patrick until his neck snapped. Rapley was severely depressed and seldom left his home, where he wrote briefs in a dark office in the attic.
What happened to the four remaining lawyers after Patrick's disappearance?
A.They all wanted to divorce their wives.
B.They were all heavily involved in debts.
C.They were all recovering from drinking.
D.They had bought new homes, yachts, etc.
第8题
You’re lucky, Ron, he said. For every boy with a job these days, there's a dozen without. So Ron joined the working world at twenty pounds a week.
For a year he spent his days filing shelves with tins of food. By the end of that time he was looking back on his school-days as a time of great variety(多样性) and satisfaction. He searched for an interest in his work, with little success.
One fine day instead of going to work Ron got a lift on a lorry going south. With nine pounds in his pocket, a full heart ad a great longing for the sea, he set out to make a better way for himself. That evening, in Bournemouth, he had a sandwich and a drink in a caf é run by an elderly man and his wife.
Before he had finished the sandwich, the woman had taken him on for the restof the summer, at twenty pounds a week, a room upstairs and three meals a day. The ease and speed of it rather took Ron’s breath away. At quite times Ron had to check the old man’s arithmetic in the records of the business.
At the end of the season, he stayed on the coast. He was again surprised how straightforward it was for a boy of 17 to make a living. He worked in shops mostly, but once he took a job in a hotel for 3 weeks. Late in October he was taken on by the sick manager of a shoe shop. Ron soon found himself in charge there; he was the only one who could keep the books.
(1)Ron Jackie left school at sixteen because _______.
A、his father made him leave
B、he didn't want to stay in school
C、he was worried about the future
D、he could earn a lot of money in the supermarket
(2)What did Ron’s father think about his leaving school?
A、He thought his son was doing the right thing.
B、He advised him to stay at school to complete his education.
C、He was against it.
D、He knew there was a job for every boy who wanted one.
(3)After a year, Ron to realize that ________.
A、he was interested in the job
B、his work at the supermarket was dull
C、being at work was much better than going to school
D、the store manager wanted to get rid of him
(4)Ron left the supermarket because ______.
A、he knew he would find work in Bournemouth
B、he took a job as lorry driver
C、he gave up the job because he felt unwell
D、he wanted to work at the seaside
(5)Ron was able to take over the shoe shop because ________.
A、he got on well with the manager there
B、he knew how to keep the accounts of the business
C、he had had experience of selling books
D、he was young and strong
第9题
Before a Roman farmer would plant his fields, he would try to get Saturn to give him good weather. He believed that if he killed an animal for Saturn, he would make Saturn happy. Then Saturn would make sure that the weather was good.
Not only did the people name a planet after Saturn but they also name a day of the week after him. They called this day “Saturn dies”, Latin words which mean “day of Saturn”. In English those words became Saturday.
(1) What was Saturn believed to be in charge of?
A.Rainfall.
B.The power of nature.
C.Farming.
D.Days in a week.
(2) Why did a Roman farmer kill an animal before planting his fields? Because_______.
A.killing an animal would bring him good luck
B.Saturn enjoyed eating animals
C.Saturn was happy to see animals being killed
D.he wanted to please Saturn so that Saturn would make the weather good for his planting
(3) What was the correct order of what a Roman farmer did before planting his fields?
a. observing the weather
b. killing the animal
c. getting his farm tools ready
d. finding an animal
e. offering it to Saturn
f. waiting for good weather to come
A.a,b,c,d,e,f B.a,b,c,f,d,e
C.a,d,b,e,f,c D.e,a,d,b,c,f
(4) Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A.Saturn is also the name of planet.
B.The Roman people used to believe Saturn to be their god
C.Saturn was named for the last day of the week.
D.Saturn had three meanings.
(5) What’s the purpose of the author to write this passage?
A.How the Romans worshipped Saturn.
B.Why the Romans believed in Saturn.
C.The different meanings of the word Saturn.
D.How Saturday got its name.
第10题
(1).A、meaning
B、including
C、means
(2).A、made
B、discovered
C、invented
(3).A、in
B、at
C、under
(4).A、pilot
B、story-teller
C、captain
(5).A、are
B、to be
C、as if
(6).A、that
B、who
C、what
(7).A、easy
B、difficult
C、comfortable
(8).A、roads
B、paths
C、ways
(9).A、except
B、as well
C、as well as
(10).A、Always
B、Sometimes
C、Some times