Jenny, from Germany, spent some time traveling in India. While she was there, she stayed with her Indian friend, Leela. However, there was a language barrier(障碍) for her there. It was very for her to communicate in the new environment, which was very different from of her own country.
One day, together with Leela, Jenny went to an orphanage(孤儿院). All the children there were very young. At first, Jenny was not sure if she could have a way to communicate with them. She went over to the children and sat beside them. After some time, one of the children her. She felt a little relaxed and smiled back. Then she went close to the child. She slowly put her arm around the child and started a song in German. The child kept smiling and started repeating the words after her. The words that came from the little mouth were different from those that Jenny sang, but the rhythm(节奏) was the same. Jenny sang a little more and the child followed her again. Wanting to join in the , another child went up to Jenny and started singing the rhythm. Then more children joined. They many smiles together.
From the other side of the hall, Leela was smiling and watching them. Noticing Leela’s on her, Jenny had an exciting feeling from her heart: “See, I don’t have any language barriers here. We speak and communicate!” At that moment, she understood: we’re all simple human, and we have the ability to connect with each other.
1.A. nice B. dangerous C. difficult D. easy
2.A. these B. those C. this D. that
3.A. show B. visit C. build D. improve
4.A. slowly B. early C. hardly D. easily
5.A. looked at B. laughed at C. shouted at D. smiled at
6.A. singing B. writing C. saying D. playing
7.A. club B. talk C. fun D. dance
8.A. forgot B. remembered C. shared D. missed
9.A. hands B. eyes C. influence D. question
10.A. can B. must C. need D. should
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Could you tell me ______ there?
A. when the first bus will arrive at
B. when would the first bus arrive
C. when the first bus arrived at
D. when the first bus arrives
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When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, at the same time they usually talk about a lot of subjects, including children, men, careers and what’s happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can either talk or watch the screen---they can’t do both---and they don’t understand that women can. Besides(此外), women think that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships--not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring (盯着) at the screen.
During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot (the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.) and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the small body language signals that show how the characters are feeling emotionally(情绪上). Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully because they want to keep relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose: to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to connect to the facts.
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There is no convincing(令人信服的)evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls’ mothers talked them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr. Michael Lewis, author of Social Behaviour and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to and looked at baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parents reply to the brain differences of their children. Since a girl’s brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we talk to them more. As a result, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually pointed to receive only short complaints in reply.
1.While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they ___________.
A. are afraid of silence with their families and friends
B. can both talk and watch the screen at the same time
C. think they can have a good time and develop relationships
D. have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands
2.After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to ___________.
A. experience the happy time again
B. keep a close tie with her
C. recommend her a new wonderful place
D. remind her of something forgotten
3.What does the writer want to tell us most?
A. Women’s brains are better organized for language and communication.
B. Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.
C. Men do not like talking because they believe more in facts.
D. Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.
4.Which of the following would be the BEST title for the passage?
A. Women Are Socially Trained to Talk
B. Talking Keeps Relationships
C. Women Love to Talk
D. Men Talk Differently from Women
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The doorbell is ringing. It _________ Alice , because she__________ Washington.
A. can’t be; has gone to B. may be; has been to
C. mustn’t be; has gone to D. can’t be; has left to
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根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
1.The teacher showed great ____________ to jump into the river to save the poor boy. (勇气)
2.In the northern part of China, the lake is as ________________ as glass in winter because it isturned into ice. (光滑的)
3.When you try to get a good job, you will be at a big _____________ if you don’t go to a gooduniversity.（劣势）
4.China took action to search for the missing plane---MH370 __________ after getting the news. (立即)
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---_________do you write a letter to your father?
--- I seldom or never do that now. Instead, I call or e-mail him almost every day.
A. How soonB. How long
C. How muchD. How often
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---Mr. Li, I can’t understand everything in class.
---Don’t worry! I’ll ________ the main points at the end.
A. record B. review
C. require D. remember
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— Your father seemed worried about something this morning, why?
— He wanted to ____________.
A. where he could mend the television
B. why he mend the television
C. that he mended the television[
D. how did he mend the television
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The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the king’s baker (面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
By eight o’clock three hundr ed houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was t he worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St. Paul’s and the Guildhall among them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.
The fire stopped only when the king finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St. Paul’s.
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.
1.It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that__________.
A. some people lost their lives
B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire
C. many famous buildings were destroyed
D. the king’s bakery was burned down
2.Why did the writer cite (引用) Samuel Pepys?
A. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
C. To show that poor people suffered most.
D. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
3.How was the fire put out according to the text?
A. The king and his soldiers came to help.
B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.
C. People managed to get enough water from the river.
D. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.
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