阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all times clean and tidy.
You could turn your back for a moment in my mother's house, leave a half?written letter on the dining room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had “put it back where it belonged” as she explained.
My wife, on one of her first visits to my mother's house, placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and went to the kitchen to fetch a drink. When she returned, she found the packet had been removed. Confused (疑惑的), she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits, only to return to find that her drink had disappeared. Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks, so as not to make water rings on the end tables. Now she knows better.
These disappearances had a confusing effect on our family. We were all inclined to (有……的倾向) forgetfulness, and it was common for one of us, upon returning from the bathroom, to find that every sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly. “Do you remember what I was doing?”was a question frequently asked, but rarely answered.
Now my_sister_has_developed_a_second?hand_love_of_clean_windows, and my brother does the cleaning in his house, perhaps to avoid having to be the one to lift his feet. I try not to think about it too much, but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week.
1.Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?
A. She enjoyed removing others' drinks.
B. She became more and more forgetful.
C. She preferred to do everything by herself.
D. She wanted to keep her house in good order.
2.My wife could not find her biscuits and drink in my mother's house because ________.
A. she had already finished them
B. my mother had taken them away
C. she forgot where she had left them
D. someone in my family was holding them
3.The underlined part in the fifth paragraph suggests that my sister ________.
A. is happy to clean windows
B. loves to clean used windows
C. is fond of cleaning used windows
D. likes cleaning windows as my mother did
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“My work is done.” Those words were some of the last penned by George Eastman. He included them in his suicide note. They mark an ignoble end to a noble life, the leave taking of a truly great man. The same words could now be said for the company he left behind. Actually, the Eastman Kodak Company is through. It has been mismanaged financially, technologically and competitively. For 20 years, its leaders have foolishly spent down the patrimony of a century’s prosperity. One of America’s bedrock brands is about to disappear, the Kodak moment has passed.
But George Eastman is not how he died, and the Eastman Kodak Company is not how it is being killed. Though the ends be needless and premature, they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before. Few companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world. It is impossible to understand the 20th Century without recognizing the role of the Eastman Kodak Company.
Kodak served mankind through entertainment, science, national defense and the stockpiling of family memories. Kodak took us to the top of Mount Suribachi and to the Sea of Tranquility. It introduced us to the merry old Land of Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne, and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks. It showed us the shot that killed President Kennedy, and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor, and a fallen Martin Luther King Jr. on the hard balcony of a Memphis motel. When that sailor kissed the nurse, and when the spy planes saw missiles in Cuba, Kodak was the eyes of a nation. From the deck of the Missouri to the grandeur of Monument Valley, Kodak took us there. Virtually every significant image of the 20th Century is a gift to posterity(繁荣) from the Eastman Kodak Company.
In an era of easy digital photography, when we can take a picture of anything at any time, we cannot imagine what life was like before George Eastman brought photography to people. Yes, there were photographers, and for ly large sums of money they would take stilted(不自然的) pictures in studios and formal settings. But most people couldn’t afford photographs, and so all they had to remember distant loved ones, or earlier times of their lives, was memory. Children could not know what their parents had looked like as young people, grandparents far away might never learn what their grandchildren looked like. Eastman Kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of recollection, to the permanence of a photograph. But it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the sacred and precious times that families cherish. The Kodak moment, was humanity’s moment.
And it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the precious times that families cherish. Kodak let the fleeting moments of birthdays and weddings, picnics and parties, be preserved and saved. It allowed for the creation of the most egalitarian art form. Lovers could take one another’s pictures, children were photographed walking out the door on the first day of school, the person releasing the shutter decided what was worth recording, and hundreds of millions of such decisions were made. And for centuries to come, those long dead will smile and dance and communicate to their unborn progeny(子孙). Family history will be not only names on paper, but smiles on faces.
The cash flow not just provided thousands of people with job, but also allowed the company’s founder to engage in some of the most generous charity in America’s history. Not just in Kodak’s home city of Rochester, New York, but in Tuskegee and London, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He bankrolled(资助) two historically black colleges, fixed the teeth of Europe’s poor, and quietly did good wherever he could. While doing good, Kodak did very well. Over all the years, all the Kodakers over all the years are essential parts of that monumental legacy. They prospered a great company, but they – with that company – blessed the world.
That is what we should remember about the Eastman Kodak Company. Like its founder, we should remember how it lived, not how it died. History will forget the small men who have scuttled this company. But history will never forget Kodak.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is to blame for the fall of Kodak?
A. The invention of easy digital photography
B. The poor management of the company
C. The early death of George Eastman
D. The quick rise of its business competitors
2.It can be learnt from the passage that George Eastman .
A. died a natural death of old age.
B. happened to be on the spot when President Kennedy was shot dead.
C. set up his company in the capital of the US before setting up its branches all over the world.
D. was not only interested in commercial profits, but also in the improvement of other people’s lives.
3.Before George Eastman brought photography to people,.
A. no photos has ever been taken of people or events
B. photos were very expensive and mostly taken indoors
C. painting was the only way for people to keep a record of their ancestors.
D. grandparents never knew what their grandchildren looked like.
4.The person releasing the shutter (Paragraph 5) was the one .
A. who took the photograph
B. who wanted to have a photo taken
C. whose decisions shaped the Eastman Kodak Company
D. whose smiles could long be seen by their children
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I want to employ a college student who is good at English and math and has lots of spare time to teach my son. __________, he or she must have a sense of responsibility.
A. Above all B. All in all
C. After all D. In all
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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项。
Healthy habits are important to all of us. Here are a few tips that can help you improve your healthy habits.
● Compulsory breakfast. 1. There is a saying like our lifetime will be shorter when we don't eat breakfast. Breakfast is important to keep a healthy and a problem?free stomach.
● Good sleep. A good sleep is necessary for a healthy body and mind. Good sleep not only means sleeping for a long time (8 hours preferably) but also sleeping with a peaceful mind. 2.
●3. Water is the best medicine for most diseases. We need to drink a lot of water every day, almost 8 glasses every day. Water helps us keep our body clean and fit.
● Relationships. 4. This causes your mind and heart to be more fresh and peaceful. This in turn leads to a healthy life. Speak to your children or old people at least for an hour every day, which reduces (减轻) your burden (负担) greatly . Healthy relationships lead to a healthy life.
●5. Take a good walk every day, which is a very good habit regardless of the age or gender (性别). Walking helps you keep your mind at peace and helps in keeping a healthy body.
A. A peaceful sleep is important for a good healthy life.
B. Drink lots of water.
C. The first is to eat our breakfast every morning.
D. These are very healthy habits for all.
E. Spend at least half an hour for exercising each day.
F. Always keep healthy relationships with other people.
G. Take a good walk.
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
There was a boy who was excellent at his study except for his poor handwriting. One day he made up 1. mind to improve it. With the strong will, he made use of old newspapers to write on to reduce his family's burden. 2. time went on, he found that little progress was made 3. he had practised a lot, which made him quite upset.
4. (disappoint), he turned to his teacher for help. After hearing his story, the teacher advised him 5. (use) the best paper rather than the old newspapers. Much to his puzzle as well as delight, by following his teacher's 6. (suggest), he did make it. The teacher then said to him, “the key to your success is 7. you couldn't take it seriously with so many old newspapers. 8. you wrote it well or not didn't matter at all. Instead, while using the paper, you treasure it because it costs you much. Therefore, you devote yourself to 9. (practise) so as not to waste the best paper and the money.”
So do you treasure every day by leading 10. meaningful life or do you regard your daily life just as “the old newspapers”?
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Fast food is becoming more and 1. popular in China, especially among children and teenagers. There are several explanations for its popularity. First, it is very convenient and2. a lot of time. You just go into a fast food restaurant to order your food, (方便)and your food is ready immediately . 3. , you can either eat it there or 4. it away. Third, the environment of fast food restaurants is both clean and 5. (comfort). Fourth, excellent service(服务) 6. (provide提供) and the quality of food is high. 7. , fast food isn’t healthy enough. It is usually not a balanced diet and low in nutritional value. Fast food is only a good choice when you are in a(n) 8. and have it now and 9.. So I would say that It’s good for people, especially children, to eat fast food as 10. as possible.
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书面表达
There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard. He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered(蒸蒸日上) under his care. But he knew that his three sons did not like the farm work, and were eager to reach the goal at a single leap.
When the farmer felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.” After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold.” Since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits. The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing. The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish.”
写作内容:
1. 以30个词概括上文的主要内容。
2. 以约120个词就“Dig for it, if you wish it.”的话题谈谈你的想法,内容包括:
①你对这句话的理解。
②试举例说明。
③这个故事给你的启发。
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
I had been looking forward to 1. (visit)Las Vegas for a long time and my dream came true last weekend.
Las Vegas is 2. wonderful city. There are many of the largest 3. (hotel)in the world. Las Vegas offers fun and excitement as well as the 4. (nature)beauty of the desert. It is a big desert, but no other places in America are 5.(attractive)than it now.
The weather in Las Vegas is too hot, 6. is disappointing. During the day, I stayed in the hotel and went out 7. (have) fun at night. I visited many places there, 8. only the water show in front of my hotel was the most 9. (interest).
Some people say Las Vegas is 10. a good place that they can always have a great time there.
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阅读理解。
The freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold- weather root vegetables- was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.
The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1 p.m, rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.
Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal- and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months.
Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where- luckily for me- I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it.
1.What did the author think of her winter life in New York?
A. Exciting. B. Boring.
C. Relaxing. D. Annoying.
2.What made the author’s getting up late early worthwhile?
A. Having a swim.
B. Breathing in fresh air.
C. Walking in the morning sun.
D. Visiting a local farmer’s market.
3.What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?
A. They are soft. B. They look nice.
C. They taste great D. They are juicy.
4.What was the author going to that evening?
A. Go to a farm. B. Check into a hotel.
C. Eat in a restaurant. D. Buy fresh vegatables.
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