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　　A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United States．The woman had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago．

　　“I studied English before I left home,” she said．“But I still was not sure that people were speaking English．”

　　Her problem is easy to understand．Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere．They have a language of their own．Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work．Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry．

　　One such saying is “get your act together”．

　　When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angry．He may shout, “Stop making mistakes．Get your act together．”

　　Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act together．”

　　Either way, the meaning is the same．Getting your act together is getting organized．In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action．

　　It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began．But, it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry．Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes．The director may have said, “Calm down, now．Get your act together．”

　　Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s．Mister Rogers says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in 1978．The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act together．

　　Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet．One company even called its yearly report, “Getting Our Act Together．”

　　The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people．It is cut to the chase．

　　She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company．One official was giving a very long report．It was not very interesting．In fact, some people at the meeting were falling asleep．

　　Finally, the president of the company said, “Cut to the chase．”

　　Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material．Hurry and get to the good part．

　　Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies．Hollywood movie producers believe that most Americans want to see action movies．Many of their movies show scenes in which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on foot．

　　Cut is the director’s word for stop．The director means to stop filming, leave out some material, and get to the chase scene now．

　　So, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly．

(1)

After the woman visited the Untied States she might feel that ________．
[　　]
A．	her English was poor
B．	It’s easy to master English
C．	it’s difficult to make money
D．	people there weren’t very friendly

(2)

In which situation could the words “get your act together” be used?
[　　]
A．	A task is completed successfully
B．	Players perform badly in a match．
C．	Audience is satisfied with the actor’s performance in a movie．
D．	Visitors make a tiresome and unpleasant trip to someplace．

(3)

According the text, the expression “get one’s act together” ________．
[　　]
A．	was first used by a Japanese business woman
B．	was forbidden to be used in the government policy
C．	originally came from a yearly report of a company
D．	was commonly read by readers in a newspaper in 1978．

(4)

What do the sayings “get your act together” and “cut to the chase” have in common?
[　　]
A．	Their uses
B．	Their meanings
C．	their origins
D．	their popularities

(5)

The text is most likely to be found in a book about ________．
[　　]
A．	life attitude
B．	travel journals
C．	language culture
D．	successful business

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　　A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United States．The woman had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago．

　　“I studied English before I left home,” she said．“But I still was not sure that people were speaking English．”

　　Her problem is easy to understand．Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere．They have a language of their own．Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work．Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry．

　　One such saying is “get your act together”．When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angry．He may shout, “Stop making mistakes．Get your act together．” Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act together．”

　　Either way, the meaning is the same．Getting your act together is getting organized．In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action．

　　It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began．But, it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry．Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes．The director may have said, “Calm down, now．Get your act together．” Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s．Mister Rogers says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in 1978．The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act together．Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet．One company even called its yearly report, “Getting Our Act Together．”

　　The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people．It is “cut to the chase”．She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company．One official was giving a very long report．It was not very interesting．In fact, some people at the meeting were falling asleep．Finally, the president of the company said, “Cut to the chase．”

　　Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material．Hurry and get to the good part．Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies．Hollywood movie producers believe that most Americans want to see action movies．Many of their movies show scenes in which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on foot．Cut is the director’s word for stop．The director means to stop filming, leave out some material, and get to the chase scene now．

　　So, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly．

(1)

After the woman visited the Untied States she might feel that _________．
[　　]
A．	her English was poor
B．	It’s easy to master English
C．	it’s difficult to make money
D．	people there weren’t very friendly

(2)

In which situation could the words “get your act together” be used?
[　　]
A．	A task is completed successfully
B．	Players perform badly in a match．
C．	Audience is satisfied with the actor’s performance in a movie．
D．	Visitors make a tiresome and unpleasant trip to someplace．

(3)

What do the sayings “get your act together” and “cut to the chase” have in common?
[　　]
A．	Their uses
B．	Their meanings
C．	their origins
D．	their popularities

(4)

The text is most likely to be found in a book about _________．
[　　]
A．	life attitude
B．	travel journals
C．	language culture
D．	successful business

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　　A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United States．The woman had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago．

　　“I studied English before I left home,” she said．“But I still was not sure that people were speaking English．”

　　Her problem is easy to understand．Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere．They have a language of their own．Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work．Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry．

　　One such saying is “get your act together”．

　　When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angry．He may shout, “Stop making mistakes．Get your act together．

　　Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act together．” Either way, the meaning is the same．Getting your act together is getting organized．In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action．

　　It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began．But, it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry．Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes．The director may have said, “Calm down, now．Get your act together．”

　　Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s．Mister Rogers says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in 1978．The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act together．

　　Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet．One company even called its yearly report, “Getting Our Act Together．”

　　The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people．It is “cut to the chase”．

　　She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company．One official was giving a very long report．It was not very interesting．In fact, some people at the meeting were falling asleep．

　　Finally, the president of the company said, “Cut to the chase．”

　　Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material．Hurry and get to the good part．

　　Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies．Hollywood movie producers believe that most Americans want to see action movies．Many of their movies show scenes in which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on foot。

　　Cut is the director's word for stop．The director means to stop filming, leave out some material, and get to the chase scene now．

　　So, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly．

(1)

After the woman visited the United States she might feel that ________．
[　　]
A．	it's difficult to make money
B．	It's easy to master English
C．	her English was poor
D．	people there weren't very friendly

(2)

In which situation could the words “get your act together” be used?
[　　]
A．	Visitors make a tiresome and unpleasant trip to someplace．
B．	Players perform badly in a match．
C．	Audience is satisfied with the actor's performance in a movie．
D．	A task is completed successfully

(3)

According to the text, the expression “get one's act together” ________．
[　　]
A．	was first used by a Japanese business woman
B．	was commonly read by readers in a newspaper in 1978．
C．	originally came from a yearly report of a company
D．	was forbidden to be used in the government policy

(4)

What do the sayings “get your act together” and “cut to the chase” have in common?
[　　]
A．	their origins
B．	Their meanings
C．	Their uses
D．	their popularities

(5)

The text is most likely to be found in a book about ________．
[　　]
A．	life attitude
B．	travel journals
C．	successful business
D．	language culture

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                                                           What's A Real Friend?
     You can have the same neighbors for years. You love them or you think you love them. And you hope
that they love you. But do you ever really understand them?
    Charlie Kemp and his family lived next door to me for 15 years. We were good friends all the time. I enjoy
friendship. I think it's the best thing in the world. And friendship with the Kemps was easy because they
seemed to welcome it.
     They were interesting and clever people. Their house caught fire twice, and twice the whole family slept
in mine. They are always losing things like money, keys and watches. Pictures fell off the walls, the children
fell out of bed …
     I was their neighbor and their friend. Life was always interesting, never dull. Best of all, I liked the whole
family.
     One day, I lit a fire in the garden to burn some rubbish. After some time Charlie Kemp came out of his
house and walked up the road.
     "Morning, Charlie," I said, "lovely day, isn't it?" He smiled at me and nodded. I went on with my work.
    Twenty minutes later, a policeman arrived. He walked into my garden and said, "You'll have to put out
that fire. Your neighbor has complained (抱怨) to us. He doesn't like the smell."
     "My neighbor …?" I asked.
     "Yes," the policeman took out his notebook and read, "Charlie Kemp. He lives next door, doesn't he?"

1. According to the passage, ______.

A. Charlie Kemp is the author's neighbor and his real good friend
B. Charlie Kemp is the author's neighbor but not his real good friend
C. Charlie Kemp treats the author as his real good friend
D. the author doesn't treat Charlie Kemp as his real good friend

2. The author was blamed by the policeman because ______.

A. he was found burning the rubbish by the policeman
B. he was found polluting the environment by burning the rubbish
C. his neighbor Charlie Kemp complained about his action and called the policeman
D. he burnt something of his neighbors

3. The author's experience tells us that ______.

A. a friend in need is a friend indeed
B. it is difficult to understand a person, even your friend
C. anyone is sure to be friendly to you if you are friendly to him
D. friendship is the best thing in the world

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[1] As adolescents(青少年), having a meaningful effect on the world can seem like an impossible task for the simple fact of being kids. Changing the world does not only mean finding a cure for cancer, eliminating poverty, or finding the origin of humanity, but recycling a piece of paper as well. Going Green is a practical way that adolescents can have a real, meaningful influence in the world. There are numerous options of how individuals can change their lifestyles to be more eco-conscious(有生态环保意识的). What follows are three simple ways young adolescents can go green and change the world.

1. Recycle

[2] According to a Wire & Twine online article, 63 million newspapers come out every day and of those 44 million are thrown away; recycling the Sunday newspaper alone we could save half a million trees a week.

[3] The age of technology constantly creates new phones, iPods, or new computers. Many will stand in line for hours if not days to get their hands on the new piece of technology, but what happens with the old ones once they are replaced? Nothing, according to Earth911 about 75% of the old devices sit in the back of a drawer collecting dust. By taking them to the local stores that collect them, they go to poor people which in turn removes them from landfills(垃圾填埋场) where the phones explode because of the lead and lithium-ion(锂离子) the phones contain.

2. Go vegetarian one day a week

[4] Instead of breaking down the pros and cons(利弊) of the vegetarian lifestyle into a long boring paragraph, here are some astonishing facts on going vegetarian for only one day. According to Noam Mohr, a physicist at the New York University, the United States would save 100 billion gallons of water which is enough to supply all homes in New England for about 4 months.

[5] The United States would save 70 million gallons of gas which is enough to fuel all the cars of Canada and Mexico combined and still have some to spare. The United States could prevent 3 million tons of soil erosion(侵蚀), 4.5 million tons of animal wastes, and about 7 tons of ammonia emissions (氨排放). The Environmental Defense concludes with the most interesting fact: if the entire population gives up one meal of chicken, the amount of carbon dioxide accumulated would be the same amount if more than half a million cars were taken off U.S. roads.

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[6] Most drink bottled water because of the common view that bottled water is healthier than regular tap water; actually, 25% of bottled water comes from regular tap water and all that is done extra is it going through a filter(过滤器). Tap water has higher regulations from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration美国食品药品管理局) than bottled water does. Companies do not need to list where they got the water from, how they purify the water, or what chemicals their plastic water bottles contain. Plastic bottles do not get recycled 90% of the time which results in 1.5 million tons of plastic in landfills which take thousands of years to rot. Not only are you drinking the same water as that in your house but also paying extra. The average 24-pack of bottled water cost $3.97 at the local Wal-Mart and a reusable water bottle cost between $4.99-$7.99; just imagine how much money could be saved if reusable water bottles replaced plastic water bottles.

[7] Changing the world for a positive has to start somewhere and while it may be hard and at times it may seem as if the small changes that are being done are not affecting the world, keep in mind what Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

58. What’s the whole passage mainly talked about?

A. Ways to protect environment. B. Ways to become powerful.

C. The importance of recycling. D. The importance of saving water.

59. What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?

A. Changing the world involves many questions.

B. It’s not easy to change the world.

C. Changing the world is not so difficult.

D. We can actually do everything.

60. How much of the daily newspapers are thrown away according to Paragraph 2?

A. About 44%. B. About 63%. C. About 70%. D. About 75%.

61. In the article, the writer _____ to tell us the benefits of the vegetarian lifestyle.

A. does a lot of reasoning B. uses many facts

C. borrows VIPs’ phrases D. puts forward new ideas

62. What’s the benefits of giving up just one day of eating meat according to Paragraph 4 and 5?

A. Much water and gas would be saved. B. Much land would be spared.

C. More animals would survive. D. More cars would be on the roads.

63. Which of the following can be the subtitle(小标题) of Paragraph 6?

A. Drink healthy water B. Produce bottled water

C. Give up bottled water D. Reuse tap water

64. Why do many people choose to drink bottled water according to Paragraph 6?

A. They think it’s cheaper. B. They think it’s healthier.

C. They think it’s more fashionable. D. They think it’s environmental friendly.

65. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. We should find a proper time to start action

B. Small changes will make big differences.

C. Personal efforts will not affect the world.

D. A small group of people matters.

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