【题目】An anonymous donor donated a large sum of money to _____ the campaign “saving our planet”.
A.launchB.organizeC.sponsorD.plan
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【题目】 Michelle Obama’s autobiography, Becoming is on track to become the most successful memoir (回忆录) in modern publishing history, selling more than 10m copies to date, as life after the White House continues to prove commercial gold for brand Obama.
Thomas Rabe, chief executive of the German media group Bertelsmann, said the title was the book giant’s biggest success of the last year. “We believe that these memoirs could well become the most successful memoir ever,” he said.
Penguin Random House won a bidding war for the rights to Barack and Michelle Obama’s autobiographies in 2017, paying more than $ 65 million, a record for US presidential memoirs.
Becoming has been a global sales juggernaut since being launched in 31 languages in mid-November. The audio-book (有声读物), read by the former first lady, has become the fastest-ever seller put out by Penguin Random House.
Obama has been promoting her memoir with a hugely popular global tour. Her tour has also taken in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Paris and Amsterdam as well as the US and Canada.
Tickets for her first live appearance in the UK, at the Royal Festival Hall in December, sold out in minutes. Overall UK sales of Obama’s book currently stand at more than 600,000, ranking it 11th on the list of the best selling memoir and biographies since sales records began in 1998, according to Nielsen BookScan.
While Becoming is proving a modern bestseller, it has some way to go to match the lifetime performance of The Diary of Anne Frank, which was first published in English in 1952 and is estimated to have sold more than 35m copies in 65 languages.
Life beyond the US presidency has proved profitable for the Obamas. Last year the former president and first lady struck a deal with Netflix to produce TV series and films for the streaming service.
【1】What can we infer from Paragraph One to Paragraph Three?
A.Becoming is the most successful memoir in the publishing history.
B.Becoming is the most popular book released by Penguin Random House.
C.Michelle Obama’s autobiography gains its best sales in the UK.
D.Penguin Random House won the right for publication with its highest price for US presidential memories.
【2】The underlined word “juggernaut” in Paragraph Three can be replaced by ______.
A.giantB.controller
C.leaderD.operator
【3】What does the text mainly talk about?
A.President Obamas' autobiographies.B.The influence of Michelle Obama.
C.Barack and Michelle Obama.D.A modern bestselling memoir.
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【题目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors (流星) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts 【1】 our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants 【2】(make) the food which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun 【3】 (screen) off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere, they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuit or the walls of their spacecraft,【4】 they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage.
Radiation is 【5】(great) known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called "rem". Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more than 0.1 rem without 【6】(damage); the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is 【7】 it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage - a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered 【8】 the birth of deformed children or even grandchildren. Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation and, during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated (积累) a large amount of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply don't know yet 【9】 men are going to get on when they spent weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage 【10】(do) by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far.
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【题目】 Hetty Robinson learnt all about money when very young. As a child, she read the financial pages of the newspaper to her rich father. Her father died when Hetty was 30, and she inherited $1 million. When she herself died in 1916, she left almost $100 million to her two children.
Hetty made her money on the New York stock exchange. She was a financial genius. She made money so easily that people called her the Witch of Wall Street. But although she was one of the richest women in the world, she counted every cent and spent as little as possible. She didn’t own a house, because she didn’t want to pay property taxes. So she and her children lived in cheap hotels.
She spent almost nothing on clothes, and always wore the same long black dress. She washed it herself, but to save soap she only washed the bottom of the dress, where it touched the ground. Other people had their own offices, but Hetty used a desk in the bank where she kept her money, because it didn’t cost anything. She sat in the bank and ate her sandwiches while she bought and sold stocks and shares. If the bank complained, she just moved all her money to another bank.
Hetty’s family paid the price for her meanness. When she was 33 she married a millionaire, Edward Green, and they had two children. But Green lost all his money, so she left him. When her son, Ned, injured his knee, Hetty didn’t want to pay for a doctor, so she took him to a free hospital for poor people. Unfortunately the doctor knew Hetty was rich and he asked for money. Hetty refused and took the boy away. His leg got worse and two years later doctors removed it.
But eventually Ned got his revenge. At the age of 81 Hetty had an argument with a shop assistant about the price of a bottle of milk. She became so angry that she had a heart attack and died. So Hetty’s meanness finally killed her. Ned inherited half his mother’s fortune, and he spent it all on parties, holidays and expensive jewellery.
【1】What fact can be learned about Hetty Robinson from the passage?
A.She came from a poor family.B.She worked for a bank.
C.She was nice to her son.D.She died from extreme anger.
【2】Hetty Robinson was called the Witch of Wall Street mainly because ________.
A.she was fond of reading financial pages of the newspaper
B.she made a huge fortune easily through stocks and shares
C.she liked wearing the same long black dress every day
D.she turned out to be the richest woman in New York
【3】Which of the following best describes Hetty Robinson?
A.Talented but not generous.B.Wealthy and kind.
C.Aggressive but not diligent.D.Curious and lucky.
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【题目】 Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural practices and try to adapt to them.
【1】 They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and instructive (侵犯的).
In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. 【2】
Chinese people have their own way to define friends. 【3】 Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obliged to give each whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.
As is well known, the Chinese like to save. 【4】 It is different in the US, where for fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts.
【5】 If you achieve something in the US, it’s because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something it’s because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual merits are celebrated.
A.Just hanging out together from time to time is not friendship.
B.Chinese people put more emphasis on good character and faith.
C.More often than not, they call casual acquaintances friends.
D.They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money.
E.Basically China values the community and the US values the individual.
F.Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do.
G.Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.
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【题目】短文改错
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to complain to a sweater, a jacket and a pair of shoes what I bought from your online shop last month. Fortunately, when the order arrived I realized that the sweater had the hole in it. Also when I tried on the jacket I noticed that it had a button missed and was not the size I have ordered. And the style of the shoes were not what I had asked for. I am returning to the clothing. I would appreciate if I could get a fully refund. I am looking forward to your reply.
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【题目】听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
【1】What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A.Salesperson and customer.B.Manager and clerk.C.Husband and wife.
【2】How will the woman go back?
A.By coach.B.By air.C.By train.
【3】Where will the woman be staying?
A.In a hotel near Hyde Park.
B.In a hotel in the east side of London.
C.In a hotel with an indoor swimming pool.
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【题目】 Being a successful high school student requires both patience and motivation. Unfortunately, there are often many things that can make your success difficult. Here are some tips which can help you become a successful high school student.
Remember that school is important. It’s important to have fun and have lots of extra-curricular activities, but school study should always be your top priority (优先的事物). 【1】
Get involved at your school. You don’t have to be a superstar or a cheerleader to do this. 【2】 These may include current events, such as the basketball game held last Friday or attending school events like dances and variety shows.
【3】 It’s easy to forget to stay in shape when the workload starts piling up. Doing some sports can help you relax physically and improve your work efficiency. So join a sports team at your school to make you less worried about your schedule and have a healthy body.
Find a club to develop your interests. Not being an athlete is not an excuse for not having something to do after school. 【4】 Music? Join a band. If you’re not into any of your school’s clubs, advise your principal to start a new one. Most likely he / she will say yes.
Focus on yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. 【5】 Every day you should only try to make yourself better, instead of worrying about how the girl sitting in front of you has nicer clothes or is getting better grades, etc. Ten years from now, this won’t matter.
A.Take up a sport to get fit.
B.Try to go out at weekends.
C.All you need to do is stay on top of things.
D.If you’re enthusiastic about art, join the art club.
E.High school is only a competition with yourself.
F.So never take homework, tests, and quizzes lightly!
G.The best thing to do is just be friendly to everyone.
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【题目】
George: Our capital city sums up our culture. London's skyline is justly famous for the different buildings that can be seen such as the Post Office Tower, the “Gherkin” and the Tower of London, to name just a few. Finally, there is Big Ben and the House of Parliament where the government is based. England does have a monarchy (君主) but it is really the government that is in power. London is particularly great on 5th November when we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night. This was the night in 1605 when Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Parliament. On that night every year the sky around London is full of fireworks.
Yoshi: Because our country is a group of islands, most of our food comes from the sea and we are particularly famous for our raw fish. Noodles and rice are also important. Japanese food has changed very little through the ages. For example, it is still considered correct to eat with chopsticks instead of a knife and a fork. It is also expected that before we staff eating we say “itadakimasu”. We even say it to ourselves when we are alone. English people can find this strange when eating with us. There is no translation really, the best being “I shall receive”, but that doesn't mean much I suppose.
Helen: The Isles of Scilly is not really a different country but it certainly has a different way of life and that life is controlled by the world around us. Our islands are not very inviting. They are very rocky with lots of hills and valleys and it is almost impossible to get away from the sea. It is also very, very windy here because it is the place where the Atlantic begins. However, it is also very beautiful and the summers are great. On the Isles of Scilly we believe in living close to nature. We still live a quite traditional life on the island and we take great care to preserve the natural character of the islands.
【1】The author writes the passage to .
A.provide tourist informationB.introduce various cultures
C.attract more students from overseasD.explain some historical events
【2】What happened in London in 1605?
A.Guy Fawkes set off fireworks in parliament.
B.People began to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night.
C.The Parliament narrowly escaped being exploded.
D.The sky around London was full of fireworks on 5th November.
【3】Yoshi tells about Japanese culture mainly through their .
A.foodB.architecture
C.climateD.religion
【4】What does Helen say about the Isles of Scilly?
A.It is rich in natural resources.
B.People there like to invite visitors to their homes.
C.It has quite a few scenic spots.
D.People there enjoy living close to the nature.
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