1 . “Mama,when I grow up,I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three.It was the first time that my
As I look back on that day now,it surely
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change,it did not come without its fair share of
Today,when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great
A.hobby | B.plan | C.dream | D.word |
A.connected | B.expanded | C.exposed | D.extended |
A.rarely | B.certainly | C.probably | D.consistently |
A.director | B.trainer | C.leader | D.dancer |
A.symbol | B.memory | C.truth | D.reality |
A.bouncing | B.dating | C.turning | D.tracking |
A.lacks | B.adds | C.makes | D.brings |
A.while | B.since | C.until | D.when |
A.cared | B.expected | C.asked | D.decided |
A.motivated | B.relaxed | C.convinced | D.astonished |
A.challenges | B.profits | C.advantages | D.adventures |
A.put | B.mix | C.build | D.pick |
A.attention | B.association | C.attraction | D.adaptation |
A.apart | B.aside | C.off | D.back |
A.over | B.by | C.with | D.beyond |
A.function | B.meaning | C.expression | D.usage |
A.boundaries | B.problems | C.barriers | D.efforts |
A.necessary | B.perfect | C.proper | D.possible |
A.talent | B.honor | C.potential | D.responsibility |
A.victory | B.trend | C.tradition | D.desire |
2 . That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother
I stood by my window overlooking the
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I
Several thoughts
There was a noticeable touch of
It was a
A.forces | B.allows | C.causes | D.forbids |
A.otherwise | B.therefore | C.however | D.besides |
A.parking lot | B.bus stop | C.school | D.market |
A.interesting | B.surprising | C.awful | D.useful |
A.noticed | B.recognized | C.called | D.assisted |
A.back | B.handle | C.wheel | D.seat |
A.searched | B.left | C.moved | D.wandered |
A.stopped | B.started | C.intended | D.finished |
A.crossed | B.slipped | C.disturbed | D.inspired |
A.attractive | B.shiny | C.simple | D.expensive |
A.repairmen | B.businessmen | C.drivers | D.cyclists |
A.busy | B.content | C.careful | D.bored |
A.waving | B.looking | C.laughing | D.pointing |
A.about | B.for | C.with | D.like |
A.worry | B.respect | C.sympathy | D.pride |
A.cleaning | B.fixing | C.replacing | D.covering |
A.still | B.yet | C.again | D.soon |
A.lesson | B.subject | C.skill | D.fact |
A.business | B.living | C.success | D.right |
A.tired | B.doubtful | C.fearful | D.ashamed |
Those who have apassionfor climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.
Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.
If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.
The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.
A mountain climber continues to improve in skills year by year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skills and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.
1. What sports are popular among people in winter in the passage?
A.Soccer and golf. | B.Skiing and skating. |
C.Cycling and hockey. | D.Mountaineering. |
A.strong emotion | B.good way |
C.better feeling | D.enough affection |
A.it has man-made rules |
B.it is too dangerous for climbers |
C.it is free for climbers to use their own methods |
D.it can’t bring people joy or leisure |
A.mountaineering has no appeal for people |
B.physical quality is more important than mental one for climbers |
C.a mountain climber passes his best by the age of thirty |
D.it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps |
A.Sports in winter | B.Team work in climbing |
C.Mountaineering | D.The quality for mountaineering |
Myth:
‘Real fat is not bad for us,’ says ¬Harcombe. ‘It’s man-made fats we should be demonising. Why do we have this idea that meat is full of saturated fat? In a 100g pork chop, there is 2.3g of unsaturated fat and 1.5g of saturated fat.
Myth: We should eat more fibre.
For three decades, we have eaten fibre into our bodies to help us feel full and keep our digestive systems moving.
The advice to eat more fibre is put forward along with the theory that we need to clean our ¬digestive systems. But essential minerals are absorbed from food while it is in the intestines(肠道), so why do we want to wash everything out? Concentrate on not putting bad foods in.
Myth: You need to eat five portions of fruit and veg a day.
‘Five-a-day is the most well-known piece of nutritional advice,’ says ¬Harcombe. ‘You’d think it was based on firm evidence of health benefit.
‘Five-a-day started as a marketing campaign by 25 fruit and veg companies and the American National Cancer Institute in 1991. There was no evidence for any cancer benefit.’
Myth: Fruit and veg are the most nutritious things to eat.
Apparently not. Harcombe allows that vegetables are a great addition to the diet — if served in butter to deliver the fat-soluble(dissolved) vitamins they contain — but ¬natural sugar, the fruit sugar in fruit, goes straight to the liver and is stored as fat.
A.want to lose weight ? Don’t trust these. |
B.We think we know what to eat. |
C.This is not a good idea. |
D.Fat is bad for us |
E.Think again |
F.We need take more exercise |
G.Fruit is best avoided by those trying to lose weight |
5 . “I find myself glancing at my watch to see how long I’ve been standing in line,” she said. “Everywhere I go, I notice if the dumpster gates are open or if there’s trash in the parking lot.” Ms. Clark is a “mystery shopper”, one of thousands of contract workers that companies hire to pretend as regular customers in order to judge customer service, cleanliness and whether a store is selling a product that meets company specifications.
Mystery shoppers can be found or, rather, not found, everywhere from restaurants and automotive shops to convenience stores and department stores. They play a constant cat-and-mouse game with store and restaurant employees and managers. However it’s not all fun and games. Once in the field, a mystery shopper will typically visit several stores or restaurants per hour, taking mental notes while inside, then jotting down physical notes after they leave.
It’s important for mystery shoppers to be as exact as possible, because the client companies are looking for data they can use to improve their service. The questionnaire won’t say, “Does the trash can need to be emptied?” What an educated shopper will say is, “The trash can to the left of the front door was overflowing with 10 pieces of trash on the ground.” Companies don’t need opinion but facts.
Nowadays mystery shoppers are armed with a number of high-tech devices, such as a digital scale and a digital thermometer, as well as a handheld PC for recording the entire experience. It’s a challenging job but a rewarding one. Mystery shoppers can be full time or part time, but the full-time workers tend to stick to standard mystery shopping while part-timers often choose the less complex reward-based programs. In those, the shoppers stay disguised only until the “shop” is finished, and then reveal themselves to the store management and award prizes to employees who provided excellent service.
To be a mystery shopper, it’s important to be a good observer, but sometimes it’s important to have the right profile, too. Companies often hire shoppers from particular backgrounds to better blend in with clients’ regular customers. If a secret shopper will be sent in, for example, to do a high-end automotive shop, the candidate must have a particular profile that meets a high-end, luxury car-type buyer profile. “It’s a challenge to perform your shop without being discovered,” Ms. Clark said, “because most of the people that we work for are very aware of the mystery shopping program.”
1. According to the text a “mystery shopper” would not have to________.A.sign a contract with the employer | B.travel a lot around the city |
C.provide exact facts to the company | D.fill in questionnaires |
A.visits some shops regularly and sometimes does something special |
B.pretends to be a shopper and evaluates the services |
C.is a government official looking into the services |
D.is a manager of a company offering good services |
A.get the best service and get paid at the same time |
B.play a cat-and-mouse game with shop employees and managers |
C.do the job either full time or part time and get paid well |
D.observe clearly what happens in the shops |
A.The shops where the mystery shoppers go. |
B.The less complex reward-based programs. |
C.Part-time jobs. |
D.Excellent services. |
6 . The winter skies are grey and it’s cold outside. The nights come early and we spend a lot more time
For many students reading means school; it means
All of those books are studied in North American high schools. They are interesting and well written books that
Reading anything is
A.indoors | B.indoor | C.outdoors | D.outside |
A.like | B.prefer | C.hate | D.love |
A.job | B.worry | C.try | D.work |
A.tested | B.tested on | C.examined | D.examined on |
A.enjoyable | B.reasonable | C.comfortable | D.considerable |
A.want | B.cause | C.make | D.force |
A.contest | B.challenge | C.competition | D.match |
A.appeal to | B.respond to | C.react to | D.reply to |
A.Fortunately | B.Luckily | C.Unfortunately | D.Accidentally |
A.free from | B.part of | C.in place of | D.far from |
A.not | B.very | C.those | D.that |
A.story | B.subject | C.instruction | D.theme |
A.leave for | B.care about | C.flee from | D.live in |
A.what | B.that | C.this | D.which |
A.a comfort | B.a failure | C.a success | D.a pleasure |
A.bad | B.mean | C.great | D.grand |
A.provide | B.offer | C.give | D.award |
A.custom | B.language | C.culture | D.art |
A.break | B.spoil | C.make | D.develop |
A.keep warm | B.stand still | C.stay calm | D.stay cool |
7 . It has always been thought that alcohol causes people to put on weight because it contains a lot of sugar, but new research suggests a glass a day cold form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight; those who drink in moderation can actually lose weight.
A spokesman for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says, "Light to moderate alcohol intake, especially of wine, may be more likely to protect against, rather than promote, weight gain." The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research reviewed the findings and agreed with most of the conclusions, particularly that data do not clearly indicate if moderate drinking increases weight.
Boston University’s Dr. Harvey Finkel found that the biologic mechanisms(生物学机制) relating alcohol to changes in body weight are not properly understood. His team pointed out the strong protective effects of moderate drinking on the risk of getting conditions like diabetes(糖尿病), which relate to increasing obesity. Some studies suggest that even very obese people may be at lower risk of diabetes if they are moderate drinkers.
The group says alcohol provides calories that are quickly absorbed into the body and are not stored in fat, and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods. They agree that future research should be directed towards assessing the roles of different types of alcoholic drinks, taking into consideration drinking patterns and including the past tendency of participants to gain weight.
For now there is little evidence that consuming small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases one’s risk of becoming obese. What’s more, a study three years ago suggested that resveratrol(白藜芦醇), a compound present in grapes and red wine destroys fat cells.
1. The passage is mainly for those___________.A.who produce wine |
B.who have a drinking habit |
C.who go on a diet |
D.who are eager to lose weight |
A.excitedly | B.carefully |
C.frequently | D.properly |
A.Current data clearly show that moderate drinking increases weight. |
B.Resveratrol is proved to increase the risk of becoming fat. |
C.The research found moderate drinking has a strong protective effect. |
D.The specific roles of different types of alcoholic drinks are very clear. |
A.How to do some easy experiments. |
B.How to reduce the calories contained in wine. |
C.How to prove the finding mentioned above. |
D.How to make wine in a healthy way. |
I have listened to music all my life. When I was twelve years old, the Beatles came to America and my whole world opened up. Maybe young people today cannot understand the influence of the Beatles when they exploded across America. Their influence changed the way we dressed, looked, acted and spoke... even our culture. The Beatles arrived in America from the UK just under three months after the assassination(暗杀) of President John Kennedy, which had put America into a great depression. And the freshness and lively spirit of the Beatles was exactly what the country needed to refresh itself.
Music links the heart of the hearer with that of the composer. This means that it mixes the spirit of the composer with your spirit when you listen to it. And the music can take your spirit out of your body and transport you into another world. Music has a great way of touching people. Music can make you laugh, cry or shout. It's also a great source of inspiration.
Try this one day and notice what happens: make yourself a cup of tea, sit on your sofa and play one of your favorite songs. Close your eyes, and soon you'll find yourself creating vivid mental images—matching the music that you are listening to.
1. Music has magical power because it ________.
A.is a kind of language |
B.can be played much louder than words |
C.receives a personal radio signal |
D.can influence a person's spirit |
A.were the biggest band in American history |
B.are not accepted by modern American people |
C.appeared at a special time in American politics |
D.represented the roots of American culture |
A.feeling very refreshed |
B.having emotional changes |
C.painting some vivid pictures |
D.feeling inspired by the composer |
A.has been influenced by the Beatles |
B.enjoys drinking tea in his spare time |
C.admires President John Kennedy very much |
D.likes to match his own feeling with that of the composer |
If you are in the presence of a shy person, talking and asking casual (随意的) questions may bring him out of his shell. Think of what would be most acceptable to the other person, for you to talk, or to listen. Either way the goal is to make yourself pleasant.
Always remember to listen, but listen intelligently. To have anyone “hang on our words” is the most unnoticeably clever way in the world to please somebody. For a few extremely happy seconds we are the center of attraction, but when it is our turn to be audience, let us remember how we felt as the actor, and let’s be genuinely (真正地) interested in what the other fellow is saying.
Other people will like us, if we like them. If you want friends, keep your mind and heart open to friendship. Be alive to the other person’s world.
1. This passage is mainly about ________.
A.the ways of talking to a shy person |
B.some favorable qualities to be a psychologist |
C.how to make yourself attractive to your listeners |
D.how to make a friend and be a friend |
A.make him become active |
B.make him feel more nervous |
C.help him understand the question better |
D.help him listen intelligently |
A.attract them | B.be attracted |
C.listen attentively | D.talk widely |
Where should an adventurous tourist go? After you've done sightseeing in London, shopping in New York, tasted the local food in Paris, and danced to your heart's content at the Brazilian Carnival, where else can you go? What exotic (异国风情的) tourist destination awaits you?
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Well, Antarctica sounds like the holiday of a lifetime! It's considered the last great wilderness on Earth. Just a few scientists in research stations share the icy landscape with penguins and other animals which can cope with the low temperatures.
Tourism began in Antarctica in the 1950s and it's still a small scale. About 37,000 tourists are expected there this season, but many won't even leave the boat.
The BBC's Juliet Rix visited the frozen continent and asked herself if she should be there at all, causing potential problems to such a sensitive environment. Her tour guide admitted that all visitors leave footprints and they all go to the same place, the accessible coastline, which is also where the penguins and seals go to breed.
But some people believe that if carefully controlled, tourism can be good for Antarctica. It has no native population and it needs advocates. Visitors to the icy continent might be ready to support and even to fund its preservation. And they're likely to engage in the discussion about global warming, which has led to the melting of glaciers.
According to Rix, guidelines are followed when you're about to set foot in Antarctica and tourists have to disinfect (为……消毒) their boots to make sure no alien species are introduced.
And once on land, there's no eating or smoking. Rocks, bone fragments — nothing should be taken as a souvenir and nothing should be left behind. Tourists fortunate enough to visit Antarctica must be aware that this is not their home and keep their fingers crossed that future generations will also be able to enjoy such breathtaking views.
1. According to the second paragraph, we can learn that ________.
A.Antarctica has become the best place for people to travel |
B.only scientists can be allowed to go to Antarctica |
C.Antarctica is less affected by human activities |
D.no animals can survive in Antarctica except penguins |
A.governments should take measures to stop tourists from going to Antarctica |
B.whether tourists should go to Antarctica or not should be considered carefully |
C.the animals' habitat in Antarctica has been seriously affected by tourism |
D.only journalists begin to pay attention to the environmental protection in Antarctica |
A.Tourists can eat and smoke in Antarctica. |
B.Tourists can take something they like from Antarctica. |
C.Tourists can throw away something they don't need in Antarctica. |
D.Tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery in Antarctica. |
A.Why can't tourists go to Antarctica? |
B.How can tourists go to Antarctica? |
C.Should tourists go to Antarctica? |
D.Are tourists allowed to go to Antarctica? |