Naked marriage (裸婚) refers to a marriage without a car, a house, a wedding ring
Unlike the traditional Chinese view of marriage, young people today place more emphasis
Why do young Chinese people prefer naked marriage nowadays? There may be lots of reasons, two of
The sociologists state that naked marriage is worth
1. What are the speakers talking about?
| A．Shopping for Christmas. | B．Performing on Christmas. | C．Selecting Christmas lights. |
| A．The lead actors are well known. |
| B．The market is in a famous location. |
| C．The new actors have good images. |
| A．Excited. | B．Uninterested. | C．Worried. |
| A．The ticket sales. | B．The sound quality. | C．The costumes. |
3 . One day my best friend accompanied me to the bus station and there happened to be one bus at the station ready to leave. We waved and crossed the road. Before I got on the bus, my best friend had to take something from my bag. I was surprised that the conductor was
We started taking off and the conductor began
Soon I noticed he had a problem with his feet, making him look
Complaining is usually not a good
| A．honest | B．enthusiastic | C．patient | D．responsible |
| A．formally | B．eventually | C．suddenly | D．usually |
| A．attention | B．breath | C．thought | D．imagination |
| A．observing | B．charging | C．guiding | D．inviting |
| A．Considering | B．Realizing | C．Claiming | D．Expecting |
| A．appeal | B．complain | C．explain | D．turn |
| A．bravely | B．awkwardly | C．kindly | D．secretly |
| A．gave up | B．put forward | C．stuck to | D．jumped at |
| A．attractive | B．flexible | C．familiar | D．different |
| A．virtual | B．confident | C．defensive | D．optimistic |
| A．position | B．dignity | C．appearance | D．reputation |
| A．interrupted | B．challenged | C．impressed | D．stimulated |
| A．review | B．connection | C．operation | D．policy |
| A．disciplined | B．reminded | C．requested | D．guaranteed |
| A．benefit | B．follow | C．control | D．disturb |
1.描述过程;
2.你的体会;
3.建议她去长城旅游。
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Dear Lucy,
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Yours,
Li Hua
5 . In most cases, people pick the easy way out: the path of least resistance. Yet it’s the hard choice—the path of most resistance—that is more beneficial and provides most success in the long run.
How do these paths differ? What are the dangers of an easy life? What are the rewards of a hard life? How do you start taking the path of most resistance? Let’s cover all these questions.
Taking the path of least resistance means choosing the easiest available option, with little regard for its long-term consequences. For example, you eat whatever you like, whenever you like, and in whatever amount you like. This is often combined with avoiding physical activity because it’s too exhausting and uncomfortable. It may feel nice at first but all that indulgence has a very high price. In that case, it’s guaranteed being fat. Most people in the modern world follow this path, and this is why so many people struggle with a lack of self-discipline, good habits, etc.
The path of most resistance is about choosing the option that will lead to more personal growth, even if it means suffering in the early stages of the process. For example, it may cost you a lot to quit watching TV for hours on end. But over the long term, you’ll free up a lot of time that will lead to a more satisfying life than that of a couch potato.
At first sight, this approach is unappealing. It requires effort, loss of pleasure, and leads to potential suffering. Yet, on the other side of all that lies a world of more confidence, self-discipline and mental recovery. In the end, they do more than just making up for the fleeting superficial pleasures.
We’re lazy by nature. If we can do something more easily and comfortably, we’ll always choose that path over the one that’s harder. This tendency is an extremely powerful force, even when scientific research makes it clear that it’s bad for us.
1. What is the purpose of the questions in paragraph 2?| A．To introduce the content. |
| B．To explain a phenomenon. |
| C．To share the issues related. |
| D．To comment on the easy-path choice. |
| A．A serious weakness of humans. |
| B．A decision without full information. |
| C．A habit of acting to pleasures. |
| D．A choice made with careful thinking. |
| A．Their lack of exercise. |
| B．Their low level of self-discipline. |
| C．The consumption of too much fat and sugar. |
| D．The abnormal development of society. |
| A．Oversleeping on weekends. |
| B．Taking your favourite sport regularly. |
| C．Quitting a well-paid job and taking a low-paid one. |
| D．Eating something you dislike to balance your diet. |
6 . Rain beat against the window, matching my mood. I should have known that my new job at the hospital was too good to be true. Throughout the day, rumors (传言) warned that the newest employee from each department would be laid off. I was the newest one in the training department.
My boss appeared. “You probably know we’re cutting back,” he said. “Administration wants us to offer outplacement classes to help those employees find other jobs, showing them how to act in an interview, for example.” “Fine,” I answered unwillingly, not knowing what else to say.
I decided to go home early that day. In the hall, I met the lady who brought us cookies every Friday. She was a little woman with gray hair. Only her head and the top of her green apron (围裙) were visible over the cart (小车) loaded with cleaning supplies. At least she had a job!
At the final meeting, laid-off workers formed a line at the door. A colleague whispered, “I can’t believe our Cookie Lady is being laid off. We’ll miss her as much as we’ll miss her cookies.” When the colleague spoke to her in Spanish, I knew my classes would be useless for her and I realized how much better off I was than this poor woman.
I decided to do something for her. I wrote to a newspaper expressing how I felt about the unselfishness of the Cookie Lady who needed a job. A few days later, my article appeared in the newspaper and the Cookie Lady was allowed to stay in her position. On the same day, I received a letter, which seemed so unlikely that I read it twice. “An editor of a local magazine likes your piece and wants you to call her next time you’re looking for work…”
1. How did the author feel on that rainy day?| A．Nervous. | B．Excited. | C．Embarrassed. | D．Proud. |
| A．Take care of patients. | B．Leave earlier that day. |
| C．Help the laid-off workers. | D．Give up the job in the hospital. |
| A．He offered her a high-paid job. | B．He gave her advice on job hunting. |
| C．He made her story known to others. | D．He taught her how to pass an interview. |
| A．Good deeds have their rewards. |
| B．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| C．Little people can make a big difference. |
| D．Love brings more joy to people than work does. |
When I was in Primary Five, I was in the basketball school team. Every month we would have a basketball match against another school’s basketball team. In spite of all the cheers we received from our classmates and the amount of training we had, we had never won a single match before. That was due to our lack of teamwork and cooperation.
During one of our training sessions, our school team was divided into two to have a match against each other. The inter-school competition was coming up and none of us wanted to miss our chance of getting that gold trophy(奖品). “Three, two, one, start!” our basketball coach, Coach Leong, shouted. John, who was in my team, managed to grab the ball that Coach Leong threw in the air. Since John grabbed the ball, he refused to let anyone, not even his teammates, take it.
“Pass the ball to me, John!” I shouted. I was in a good position to shoot the ball into the hoop(篮筺). To my shock, John made a rude face at me. I made an attempt to grab the ball from him. When I got my hands on the ball, it became a tug-of-war(激烈竞争) between John and me. Coach Leong shook his head and exploded like an active volcano. “Children! Is this the type of behavior that I should be seeing? The match is in two weeks! Do you even know the importance of teamwork?” Coach Leong gave us a disappointed look. It seemed as if he had some sad news to tell us.
I was right.
Coach Leong explained that he would be retiring after the match. “I hope you can show me your teamwork and cooperate with one another in this match before I retire.” I choked on my tears. My heart sank. We were giving Coach Leong such a tough time, when all he wanted was for us to show teamwork in the match. After that day, my teammates and I were determined to do our best and work as a team.
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On the day of the match, we stood face-to-face with our opponents, the team from River Primary School.
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John did a perfect overhead throw and I caught the ball in mid-air.
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8 . Thomas Andrews was born in Belfast in 1813, son of a merchant. He was described as “a modest, silent boy with a great capacity for general knowledge”. He had published the first of his many scientific papers in the Philosophical Magazine entitled “On the action of a flame urged by the blowpipe on other flames” at age 14. Shortly after this his second publication “On the detection of Baryta or Strontia when in union with Lime” appeared in the same journal.
He started his formal study of chemistry in 1828 at Glasgow University under Thomas Thomson and continued it later in Paris. There he worked in the laboratories of J. B. Dumas and L. J. Thenard, where he learned chemical analysis from these most distinguished French analytical chemists. Returning to Dublin, he took a B. A. degree at Trinity College Dublin before completing his medical studies in Edinburgh. At 23 he became a physician in Belfast, as well as professor of chemistry at the Belfast Academical Institute. His medical commitments in the next ten years meant he had little time for experimentation but he still managed to publish a number of scientific papers.
When the Queen’s College opened in 1845, he became its first professor of chemistry, as well as its Vice-President. As an outstanding experimentalist, he was the first to show that ozone is another form of oxygen. Using narrow-bore, thick glass capillary tubes (毛细管), to contain gases under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure, he was able to show that Boyle’s Law did not apply in these extreme conditions. He established the crucial concept of critical temperature and critical pressure. His discoveries led to the liquefaction of all gases, some of which had previously been thought not to be able to exist as liquids. Internationally recognized, he was elected to many scientific academies, and in 1867, became president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
1. What can be known about teenage Thomas Andrews?| A．He was a faithful reader of Philosophical Magazine. |
| B．He was nationally famous. |
| C．He had strong interest in science. |
| D．He was excellent in every subject. |
| A．To complete one of his papers. |
| B．To learn from French scientists. |
| C．To earn a B.A. degree in chemistry. |
| D．To further his medical studies. |
| A．To analyse a phenomenon. |
| B．To demonstrate an old theory. |
| C．To introduce Andrews’ discovery. |
| D．To illustrate a chemistry experiment. |
a．Thomas Andrews became a physician in Belfast.
b．Thomas Andrews published his first paper in a magazine.
c．Thomas Andrews studied chemistry at Glasgow University.
d．Thomas Andrews was appointed Vice-President of the Queen’s College.
| A．d-a-b-c | B．b-a-d-c | C．d-b-a-c | D．b-c-a-d |
9 . Mary O’Connor and her husband Bobby Hughes had been in Letterkenny for a couple of days, when they decided they would spend the afternoon at Rathmullan beach.
Bobby is a diabetic (糖尿病患 者) and needs to take insulin (胰 岛素) regularly. On that morning, he had checked his blood sugar levels, which were fine. He ate breakfast without any difficulty. However, an unlucky incident happened. Mary said, “Ten minutes after we were there he just completely went down. It was just scary and it was so sudden. I think the really severe heat was a key factor, but it reflected how quickly things could change. ”
A few moments later, two women from Derry noticed that and rapidly came over. One called Sara who also was a similar patient recognized straight away what was going on. She said, “I had a bottle of glucose gel (葡萄糖凝胶) that I kept for emergencies and I was rubbing it onto Bobby’s gums,” Mary said, “Some young lifeguards were able to call an ambulance and another lady called Emma, who was a nurse, stopped by to help us as well. Eventually we got him into the ambulance and I started to shake from the shock of it all. A nice man, Liam McAteer, whose mum owns the pub in Rathmullan, offered to drive me to the hospital and even took me back again to get my car.” Mary said that the staff at the Letterkenny hospital were so brilliant in treating Bobby that he was able to be discharged later that day at 6: 30 pm.
She said that while there was much more drama in their holiday than she thought there would be, she was very touched by the kind strangers. Mary continued, “It is wonderful to know there are good people and we are both so grateful for all help that they gave us.”
1. What did Mary and Bobby go to Letterkenny for?| A．To visit Rathmullan beach. | B．To go on holiday. |
| C．To go to hospital. | D．To go on business. |
| A．Checked his blood sugar levels. | B．Not taking medicine irregularly. |
| C．The severe heat of that day. | D．Being on the beach too long. |
| A．Emma recognized straight away what was going on. |
| B．Sara was a diabetic (糖尿病患者). |
| C．Liam McAteer was an owner of a pub in Rathmullan. |
| D．The staff at the Letterkenny hospital were brilliant in treating Bobby. |
| A．An Awkward Holiday | B．A Medical Incident |
| C．The Powerful Aid | D．The Unusual Couple |
10 . In the late 1990s, a family visited the public elementary school where I taught deaf students. They said they would be moving to the district and planned to enroll (报名) their deaf daughter as a first grader. They were upset that their child’s kindergarten teacher Jane cautioned them not to have high hopes for her academically. Based upon assessment results, the teacher painted a discouraging picture for their little girl’s future. Standing behind them was Fiona, a beautiful five-year -old with long shiny brown hair and dark flashing eyes. The whole time her parents were there she didn’t make a sound or use sign language, even when her parents encouraged her.
After a few weeks with Fiona, I discovered I was dealing with a very bright, very strong-willed child. Although I was able to engage her in a variety of learning activities, writing was a continual struggle. I tried all kinds of ways to interest her in writing. Every time the pencils came out, she would shut down and refuse to participate.
One day Fiona got off her bus and stood in front of the school, weeping. The staff members present did not know enough sign language to ask her why she was crying. Finally they took her into the office where they handed her a pen and notepad. Fiona wrote: “PACBAK”. Immediately the office staff realized she left her backpack on the bus. They asked the bus to come back to school and soon Fiona was reunited with her backpack.
That day Fiona discovered the power of the pen. From then on, she had a new appreciation for writing. She is a young woman now and has become an excellent writer, public speaker and student leader. During her senior year in high school, Fiona became the Douglas County Rodeo Queen and the following year she enrolled at the University of Northern Colorado, determined to become a teacher. In the summer of 2008, I traveled to the National Association of the Deaf Conference in New Orleans and watched her perform competitively as Miss Deaf Colorado. Fiona keeps in touch and I especially treasure her e-mails with term papers attached. This young lady has a very powerful pen!
1. What made Fiona’s parents upset?| A．Fiona’s being unable to hear anything at birth. |
| B．Fiona’s being refused by the elementary school. |
| C．Fiona failure to use the sign language properly. |
| D．Fiona’s possible unpromising future in Jane’s mind. |
| A．Fiona’s lack of determination in learning. |
| B．Fiona’s extreme unwillingness to write. |
| C．Fiona’s bad relationship with the teacher. |
| D．Fiona’s incompetence in handling pencils. |
| A．She treasured the e-mails from her teacher very much. |
| B．She travelled to New Orleans to give thanks to her teacher. |
| C．She succeeded as a result of her affection for writing. |
| D．She decided to be a writer at the University of Northern Colorado. |
| A．Power of the Pen | B．Ambition of a Deaf Girl |
| C．Appreciation of the Pen | D．Spelling of a Backpack |
