【题目】This printer is of good quality. If it ______ break down within the first year, we would repair it at our expense.
A. would B. should C. could D. might
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【题目】Although Zhang Bichen, a 25-year-old songstress with a powerful yet delicate voice, took the crown of this year’s The Voice of China, runner-up Parhat Halik, 32, seems to have impressed more of the audience with his husky(沙哑的), natural and, most of all, distinguished sound.
Despite his unmistakable voice, Parhat Halik’s music is also special. Generally, it’s rock — but influenced and mixed by different styles within the genre. Read on and find out where Halik’s music gets its inspiration.
Blues rock
Representative artists: Guns N’ Roses, The Rolling Stones, John Maye
Blues rock combines improvisation (即兴创作) with rock ’n’ roll style. It began to develop in the mid-1960s in Britain and the US, when rock bands such as the Rolling Stones experimented with music from older African-American blues musicians. It borrows the idea of instrumental combo（小型乐队）from blues but is played at a faster tempo and louder volume, distinguishing it from the blues. The sound is created with the electric guitar, piano, bass and drums.
As the root for several contemporary rock styles, such as heavy metal and hard rock, blues rock had a rebirth in the early 2000s, with artists including John Mayer and The Black Keys.
Folk rock
Representative artists: Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds
As the name indicates, folk rock is a genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. Also developed in the mid-1960s, folk rock was pioneered by the US band The Byrds, who began playing traditional folk music and Bob Dylan-penned material with rock instruments, in a style heavily influenced by The Beatles and other British bands.
The genre was most popular among teenagers and college students at the time, because it includes both rock ’n’ roll’s free spirit and the more serious, culturally authentic and socially aware sounds of folk music.
Soft rock
Representative artists: Bryan Adams, Eagles, Elton John, James Blunt
Compared to hard rock’s loud and aggressive nature, soft rock, or light rock, uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer and less threatening sound. Derived from folk rock, it uses acoustic instruments（原声乐器）and puts more emphasis on melody and harmony.
Although the genre gets quite a bad name among hardcore rock fans, who see it as “wimpy”(软弱无力), it doesn’t mean soft rock is without merit (优点). Soft rock songs often deal with themes like romantic relationships and everyday life in a thoughtful and complex way hard rock simply couldn’t.
【1】Which of the artists playing traditional folk music and Bob Dylan-penned material with rock instruments first?
A. The Beatles. B. The Byrds
C. Eagles. D. Guns N’ Roses.
【2】We can learn from the passage that ______________.
A. the Rolling Stones ignored African-American musicians’ work
B. soft rock focus more on melody and culture awareness
C. blues rock gained a second birth in the 2000s
D. all the three rock styles developed in America
【3】What is hardcore rock fans’ attitude towards soft rock?
A. They quite admire it.
B. They can hardly tolerate it.
C. They are indifferent to it.
D. They misunderstand it.
【4】What’s the main purpose of the text?
A. To help readers become rock ’n’ roll artists
B. To inform the readers of the result of The Voice of China
C. To introduce some common rock music to the readers
D. To offer the readers some suggestions of composing rock music
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【题目】One evening I was on my daily evening return from London to my home. I had got into the habit of sitting in the last carriage at the platform, so I could get off near to the station exit at my end. One evening before getting off the train, I found a purse. I opened the purse and thought this must be my lucky day, for the purse contained some ￡80 in cash. Looking further into the purse, I found credit cards, and house keys and a name and address. My first thought when seeing the cash was to pocket it, and throw the other contents away.
Now I am not a basically dishonest person, but had developed a hardened attitude over the years that most people were dishonest in some way, and my own personal experience had been that whenever I lost anything of value, that was the last I ever saw of it. And since I was a construction worker at that time, I had been the victim of a great deal of stealing during my working life.
Almost as I read the name and address, I had a picture of that woman being struck with terror, when she realized she had lost her purse, and could not get into her home, had no money, and, would have thoughts of someone spending on her credit cards, not to mention the trouble of canceling all the cards.
In that same moment I decided to hand the purse over to the train guard. So I told him I would like to see it returned to its rightful owner. He told me would be sent to the lost property office. I arrived at my station and started to walk the five minute journey to my home all the while feeling very pleased with myself that I was going to bring a great deal of happiness to someone I did not know.
【1】The author liked to sit in the last carriage because ________.
A. sitting in the last carriage was safer
B. he was always almost late for his train
C. he could get out of the station sooner after getting off
D. he likes chatting with the train guards there
【2】What can we know from the Paragraph 2?
A. The author thinks he is a dishonest person in nature.
B. The author thinks not all the people are honest all the time.
C. The author often lost things in the past.
D. The author always got his lost things of great value back.
【3】Which of the following in the purse attracted the author most?
A. The cash. B. The house keys.
C. Credit cards. D. The name and address of the owner.
【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The owner of the purse is one friend of the author's.
B. The author often did some stealing during his work time in the past.
C. The author's feeling guilty at heart urged him to return the purse.
D. The author's house is near the station.
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【题目】In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 【1】 spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 【2】 , we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success 【3】 language learning. 【4】 good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only 【5】 (memorize)rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and their 【6】 (mean), studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language.
【7】 we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. Learn through use is a good piece of 【8】 (advise) for those 【9】 are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 【10】 (write) the language whenever we can.
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【题目】Are you simply moving through your day without fully living? I think many of us have done this. Everyone wants to fully live every day. 【1】 So I’ve decided to share with you some ways to help you enjoy every moment.
Sit in morning. When you wake up, in the quiet of the morning, sit on the floor. I often use this opportunity to stretch. I feel every muscle in my body. 【2】
【3】I like to take breaks from work, and go outside for a slow walk. Pay attention to your breathing, to everything around you, to the sounds and light of objects.
Read in silence. Find a quiet time and a quiet place, and read a good novel. Have no television or computers on nearby. 【4】 It might seem difficult to let your mind move from the present into the time of novel, but it’s a great patience in focus. Also, I love a good novel more than almost anything else.
Look at someone in a grateful way. 【5】 If you want, you can tell that person how thankful you are to him.
A. Walk slowly.
B. Work with force.
C. And just put yourself in the world of the novel.
D. It’s a way of building something good into your life.
E. But this is easier said than done.
F. Find someone you care about and be grateful for his existence.
G. I also just sit, and focus on my breathing going in and out.
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【题目】The reason ______he is so upset is ________ his father is coming to school for the teacher-parent meeting today.
A. why; because B. for what; that
C. for what; because D. why; that
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【题目】 The frightened crowd stood ________, not knowing what to do while he alone stayed _______ in the face of the danger and led all the people out safe and sound.
A. calmly; quiet B. still; calm
C. quietly; calm D. still; quiet
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【题目】 —Sorry, I forgot to call Jack to tell him about our plan tomorrow.
—Never mind. You ____________ anyway. I called him yesterday.
A. shouldn’t call him
B. needn’t have called him
C. shouldn’t have called him
D. didn’t need to call him
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【题目】I have been waiting for a bus for such a long time. Wish I _______ a book with me!
A. brought B. would bring
C. had brought D. bring
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