题目列表(包括答案和解析)
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Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never 1 to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the week 2 Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he 3 that he could not wait any longer. He worked in an office, and 4 had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate 5 quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch 6 .The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch hour.
Mr. West stood politely at the 7 of a crowd of women who were 8 forward to try to get to the people who were 9 necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were 10 into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly 11 him.
After half an hour, he was 12 as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been 13 he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his 14 of doing things: he put his head down, 15 a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the 16 of the crowd as hard as he could.
The women around him became very 17 when they saw what he was doing, and began to 18 him. “Why can’t you behave like a gentleman?”they shouted.
“Ladies,”he 19 them,“I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has done me no 20 ,so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”
1. A. sure B. certain
C. able D. possible
2. A. before B. after
C. till D. within
3. A. promised B. decided
C. agreed D. insisted
4. A. never B. sometimes
C. seldom D. usually
5. A. it B. them
C. that D. those
6. A. hour B. moment
C. minute D. second
7. A. top B. middle
C. edge D. stage
8. A. pulling B. pushing
C. gathering D. managing
9. A. selling B. buying
C. choosing D. seizing
10. A. going B. entering
C. fetching D. coming
11. A. beyond B. past
C. over D. through
12. A. just B. even
C. ever D. already
13. A. where B. until
C. when D. even if
14. A. habit B. way
C. act D. sign
15. A. caught B. attempted
C. blew D. gave
16. A. center B. end
C. front D. back
17. A. patient B. angry
C. curious D. nervous
18. A. pity B. protect
C. refuse D. scold
19. A. hated B. waved
C. explained D. answered
20. A. treasure B. good
C. respect D. present
Mr. West stood politely at the 7 of a crowd of women who were 8 forward to try to get to the people who were 9 necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were 10 into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly 11 him.
After half an hour, he was 12 as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been 13 he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his 14 of doing things: he put his head down, 15 a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the 16 of the crowd as hard as he could.
The women around him became very 17 when they saw what he was doing, and began to 18 him. “Why can’t you behave like a gentleman?”they shouted.
“Ladies,”he 19 them,“I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has done me no 20 ,so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”
1. A. sure B. certain
C. able D. possible
2. A. before B. after
C. till D. within
3. A. promised B. decided
C. agreed D. insisted
4. A. never B. sometimes
C. seldom D. usually
5. A. it B. them
C. that D. those
6. A. hour B. moment
C. minute D. second
7. A. top B. middle
C. edge &n bsp; D. stage
8. A. pulling B. pushing
C. gathering D. managing
9. A. selling B. buying
C. choosing D. seizing
10. A. going B. entering
C. fetching D. coming
11. A. beyond B. past
C. over D. through
12. A. just B. even
C. ever D. already
13. A. where B. until
C. when D. even if
14. A. habit B. way
C. act D. sign
15. A. caught B. attempted
C. blew D. gave
16. A. center B. end
C. front D. back
17. A. patient B. angry
C. curious D. nervous
18. A. pity B. protect
C. refuse D. scold
19. A. hated B. waved
C. explained D. answered
C. respect D. present
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Steve Wayne, 16, who worked this summer as a lifeguard and swim teacher in Idaho Falls, was thrilled to see an extra $ 20 in his paycheck when the federal minimum wage increased in July.
“When you’re getting paid minimum wage, anything helps,” Wayne said.
Wayne is one of several hundred thousand American teenagers who earn the minimum wage. The last of three recent increases took the minimum from $5.15 an hour in 2007 to $7.25.
US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis says the minimum-wage increase will pump an extra $ 5.5 billion into the economy over the next year, which is helpful at a time when the economy is hurting.
“You’re giving people who spend money a raise,” said Kai Filion of the Economic Policy Institute. “Those people will go out and spend that money, and it will circulate through the economy.”
But other economists say raising the wage actually hurts the very people it’s designed to help. A higher hourly minimum, they say, could force businesses to cut workers’ hours, or even lay people off.
“What matters for people earning minimum wage is how much money they take home in total,” explained Rajeev of Georgia State University’s Economic Forecasting Center. “Their hourly rate may go up, but their number of hours may come down, so it’s not an overall increase.”
Business owners also say that raising the minimum wage exerts (施加) upward pressure on other wages. “If the minimum wage is $ 7 and I have to pay $ 8 or $ 9 to hire a dishwasher, then the cooks are going to say they want more,” said Cleveland restaurant owner Rick. “How much can I charge for that hamburger?”
Another argument is that it makes it more expensive for businesses to hire new workers. For many businesses already struggling to make ends meet in these tough times, it will be simply too expensive to keep them or to hire new people.
1. Steve Wayne was excited that ______.
A. his hard work had paid off
B. he had received a big wage increase
C. he has more money due to an increase in minimum wage
D. the wages of American teenage workers have been increased
2. According to the text, the US federal government has increased minimum wage with the aim of ______.
A. decreasing unemployment B. promoting economic recovery
C. increasing American teenagers’ wage D. narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor
3. What matters most to people in need of help is ______.
A. a higher hourly minimum B. more working hours
C. a minimum-wage increase D. an increase in total income
4. Some are against the increase in minimum wage because they say ______.
A. only very few workers will be helped
B. they have to cut down working hours
C. many business owners can’t afford to employ new workers
D. minimum wage workers will expect more pay rises in the future
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Steve Wayne, 16, who worked this summer as a lifeguard and swim teacher in Idaho Falls, was thrilled to see an extra $ 20 in his paycheck when the federal minimum wage increased in July.
“When you’re getting paid minimum wage, anything helps,” Wayne said.
Wayne is one of several hundred thousand American teenagers who earn the minimum wage. The last of three recent increases took the minimum from $5.15 an hour in 2007 to $7.25.
US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis says the minimum-wage increase will pump an extra $ 5.5 billion into the economy over the next year, which is helpful at a time when the economy is hurting.
“You’re giving people who spend money a raise,” said Kai Filion of the Economic Policy Institute. “Those people will go out and spend that money, and it will circulate through the economy.”
But other economists say raising the wage actually hurts the very people it’s designed to help. A higher hourly minimum, they say, could force businesses to cut workers’ hours, or even lay people off.
“What matters for people earning minimum wage is how much money they take home in total,” explained Rajeev of Georgia State University’s Economic Forecasting Center. “Their hourly rate may go up, but their number of hours may come down, so it’s not an overall increase.”
Business owners also say that raising the minimum wage exerts (施加) upward pressure on other wages. “If the minimum wage is $ 7 and I have to pay $ 8 or $ 9 to hire a dishwasher, then the cooks are going to say they want more,” said Cleveland restaurant owner Rick. “How much can I charge for that hamburger?”
Another argument is that it makes it more expensive for businesses to hire new workers. For many businesses already struggling to make ends meet in these tough times, it will be simply too expensive to keep them or to hire new people.
1. Steve Wayne was excited that ______.
A. his hard work had paid off
B. he had received a big wage increase
C. he has more money due to an increase in minimum wage
D. the wages of American teenage workers have been increased
2. According to the text, the US federal government has increased minimum wage with the aim of ______.
A. decreasing unemployment B. promoting economic recovery
C. increasing American teenagers’ wage D. narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor
3. What matters most to people in need of help is ______.
A. a higher hourly minimum B. more working hours
C. a minimum-wage increase D. an increase in total income
4. Some are against the increase in minimum wage because they say ______.
A. only very few workers will be helped
B. they have to cut down working hours
C. many business owners can’t afford to employ new workers
D. minimum wage workers will expect more pay rises in the future
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