A.The comer is a better place for the plants.

B.The man should water the plants less.

C.The plants may need more light.

【1】I must tell you that his________(耐性) has its limit.

【2】________(真正的) knowledge comes from practice.

【3】She came up with a ________ (新颖的)solution to the problem.

【4】The man was ________ (尖叫)with pain.

【5】Everyone ________(鞠躬)as the Queen walked into the room.

【6】Don’t you think it was r________ of them to leave the meeting hall without saying goodbye?

【7】To the boss’s surprise, the customer in r________ should take out a million－pound note from his pocket.

【8】The doctor will not p________ him to walk until his leg has fully recovered.

【9】Your laziness can a________ for your total failure.

【10】We all think it wrong to judge a person by his a________.

Shakespeare’s work, together with most other classics, is seen as remote, and written in a 400yearold version of English that is about as inviting as toothache.

Still, in Britain schools, it is compulsory to study the bard(诗人), and when something is made compulsory, usually the result is boredom, resentment(憎恨) or both.

This was my experience of the classics at school. But when I reached my late teenage years, I had a change of heart. Like every other young person since the dawn of time, the world confused me. I wanted answers, so I turned to books to find them.

I went on to take a PhD in literature and have taught it in Britain and China. I have never regretted it. There is something in literature that people want, even if they don’t read books. You see this in the popularity of TV and movie adaptations of great works, the recent film version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice being a case in point. These popular adaptations may help increase people’s interest in the classics.

Reading a simplified Romeo and Juliet may perhaps lead to a reading of Shakespeare’s actual play. If that is the case, then I welcome the trend. But do not make the mistake of thinking that it is the same thing. Shakespeare is a poet. His greatness is in his language. Reading someone else’s rewriting of his work is like peeling a banana, throwing away the fruit, and eating the skin. Take on the original. It really is worth the effort.

【1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The language used in classics is no longer in use today.

B. British students usually find compulsory reading dull.

C. Only those studying literature read Shakespeare’s works.

D. For British people, Shakespeare’s works are no longer classics.

【2】According to the passage, the writer .

A. has liked literary classics since an early age

B. was forced to read the classics for a PhD

C. turned to literature to seek answers in his teens

D. thinks only people who read books like literature

【3】The underlined phrase ＂a case in point＂ in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ＂ ＂.

A. a great hit

B. a good example

C. a movie adaptation

D. a popular phenomenon

On April 10, more than 60 students from the Middle School Attached to Northwestern Polytechnic University took part in the One Yuan Metropolis Survival. The charitable organization for teenagers called Imperceptible Education held this activity. Students not only have to live, but they also have to deal with a lot of hard tasks. It has happened in eight cities and is going to four others, including Beijing, in June.

To make money, many students looked for part-time jobs and saw how hard life was. Zhang Queue, 14, asked more than 10 restaurants for a job and finally got one chance. “We were sad when they said no. But gradually (逐渐地), we got used to it,” he said. After being a waiter for an hour, he got 25 yuan.

Some made use of their talents by singing and dancing in parks or shopping malls. Many people who walked by took notice and helped them. Zhao Jincheng, 14, drew pictures and made paper crafts(手工). “This showed it’s important to learn a special skill,” he said.

Living was hard, but finishing the tasks wasn’t any easier. They went to different places to finish tasks in a short time. The most amazing one was when they had to exchange things worth thousands yuan with only a piece of paper in half an hour. “We learned how to persuade others. From a balloon to a cake to a bottle of yogurt (酸乳) … after almost 20 tries, we got an expensive necklace,” he said. They will give all of the money they made to poor schools in Tibet.

【1】According to Paragraph 2, which of the following is correct?

a. adults can join this activity

b. students are given a little money

c. students have to do hard tasks

d. twelve cities have joined this activity

A. a, b B. b, c

C. c, d D. a, d

【2】To make money, students tried many things EXCEPT ____________.

A. going to Beijing to do their tasks

B. working part-time jobs

C. giving talent shows

D. drawing and making paper crafts

【3】During this activity, _____________.

A. Zhang Queue gave up when he was refused

B. students learned that life is hard

C. Zhao Jincheng made money by singing

D. students learned how to make paper crafts

【4】What does the underlined word “persuade” in the last paragraph mean?

A. argue with others B. show sth. to others

C. sell something to others D. make sb. do sth.

【1】我不知道他什么时候将离开那个舞台。(宾语从句)

I don’t know ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________.

【2】我认为你根本不明白我想要说什么。(宾语从句)

I don’t suppose you understand ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ at all.

【3】他以前曾看过那部电影，因此他昨天晚上没有去看。(表语从句)

He had seen the film before. That is ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________.

【4】这就是我们学校图书馆所在的地方。(表语从句)

This is ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________.

【5】去拿你的物理书；它就在小卧室你放的那个地方。(表语从句)

Go and get your physics book; it is ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ in the little bedroom.

A.He got the flu.B.He studied late last night.C.He had difficulty in sleeping.

【1】Mary can’t decide_____________ book she should borrow.

【2】That’s ____________ my friend lift me up that day.

【3】The girl is very interested in ____________ that boy has improved his pronunciation in such a short time.

【4】____________ the students need is a chance.

【5】The news ____________ he had said nothing at the meeting surprised everybody.

【6】____________ and ____________ we will hold the meeting has not been decided yet.

【7】Please tell him ____________ she is waiting for.

【8】Is that ____________ you want?

【9】Would you please tell me ____________ the nearest bookstore is?

【10】We don’t know ____________ the teacher will agree to the idea or not.

【11】That house is said to be ____________ the famous singer once lived.

【12】What I want to know is ____________ it will take us to get to the station. Will twenty minutes be enough?

【13】I can buy ____________ I need from the supermarket.

【14】The headmaster will give the prize to ____________ works hard in his study.

【15】It seems ____________ it is going to rain.

1.介绍活动安排（集中地点、往返时间、出行方式等）。

2.建议携带物品(照相机、零食饮料、防晒霜等)。

参考词汇：遗产 heritage，防晒霜sunscreen。

词数：100左右。

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The basic tools for an interview are paper and two or three well-sharpened pencils. But keep your notebook or paper out of sight until you need it. There’s nothing less likely to relax a person than the arrival of someone with a note-taking pad(便签纸). Both of you need time to get to know each other. Take a while just to chat, judging what sort of person you’re dealing with, getting him or her to trust you.

Never go into an interview without doing whatever homework you can. If you are interviewing a town official, know his voting record. If it’s an actor, know what plays he has been in. You will not be liked if you inquire about facts that you could have learned in advance.

Many beginning interviewers are afraid that they are forcing the other person to answer questions and have no right to inquire about his personal secrets. The fear is almost 100 percent unnecessary. Unless the person really hates being interviewed, he is delighted that somebody wants to interview him.

Most men and women lead lives that are uninteresting, and they grasp any chance to talk to an outsider who seems eager to listen.

This doesn’t certainly mean that it will go well. In general you will be talking to people who have never been interviewed before, and they will get used to the process awkwardly(笨拙地), perhaps not giving you anything that you can use. Come back another day; it will go better. You will both even begin to enjoy it—proof that you aren’t forcing your victim to do something he doesn’t really want to.

【1】The word “reveal” could best be replaced by ________.

A. ask B. question

C. give D. look

【2】According to the passage, during an interview notebooks or paper should ________.

A. never be used B. be used only when necessary

C. be kept at home D. be given to the interviewer

【3】It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that most men and women ________.

A. are afraid to meet interviewers B. hate being interviewed

C. like being interviewed D. fear to speak to outsiders

【4】According to the passage, if a person being interviewed is too uneasy to give you anything useful, what should you do?

A. Arrange another interview. B. Give him or her a bad score.

C. Wait until he or she calms down. D. Try to make him or her trust you

Then unexpectedly he is 【4】 (invite) to a large and beautiful house by two rich brothers, Roderick and Oliver. They give a(n) envelope 【5】 a bank note in it to him.

They have made a 【6】 (secretly) bet on whether a man can 【7】 (survival) a month in the city with a million-pound bank note. Henry is the person they want.

He feels surprised at first and doesn’t want 【8】(accept) it, for he just wants an honest job from them, not 【9】(they) charity. The two brothers persuade him to take it at last, however. Though feeling very 【10】(surprise) about the matter, Henry promises them not to open the letter until one and a half hours later.