A.She can’t afford that much for a trip |
B.She is fortunate to have made a lot of money |
C.She doesn’t think 5, 000 dollars is enough for the rip |
D.She considers 5, 000 dollars only a small sum of money |
A.The woman didn't post any postcard from Egypt |
B.The man has never collected any postcards |
C.The woman will go to Egypt for her holiday |
D.The man begins to take up collecting postcards |
3 . Traditionally uniforms were manufactured to protect the worker. When they were first designed, it is also likely that all uniforms made symbolic sense---those for the military, for example, were at first
The last 30 years, however, have seen an increasing
“What they say, how they look, and how they behave is of vital importance.” From being a simple means of
Truly effective marketing through
But turning corporate philosophies into the right combination of colour, style, degree of branding and uniformity is not always
A successful uniform needs to
A.intended | B.pretended | C.extended | D.attended |
A.age | B.gender | C.education | D.status |
A.preference | B.argument | C.interest | D.emphasis |
A.educational | B.political | C.corporate | D.academic |
A.checking | B.identifying | C.operating | D.introducing |
A.studio | B.audio | C.visual | D.factual |
A.clarity | B.authority | C.responsibility | D.possibility |
A.kindness | B.safeness | C.quickness | D.openness |
A.ambitious | B.serious | C.creative | D.similar |
A.easy | B.wrong | C.difficult | D.tough |
A.exchange | B.call | C.stand | D.account |
A.establish | B.balance | C.neglect | D.quit |
A.pointless | B.important | C.useful | D.careless |
A.keep | B.shape | C.draw | D.value |
A.develop | B.take | C.cost | D.spend |
4 . There was a time when we thought humans were special in so many ways. Now we know better. We are not the only species that feels emotions, or follows a moral code. Neither are we the only ones with personalities, cultures and the ability to design and use tools. Yet we have all agree that one thing, at least, makes us unique: we alone have the ability of language.
It turns out that we are not so special in this aspect either. Key to the revolutionary reassessment of our talent for communication is the way we think about language itself. Where once it was seen as an unusual object, today scientists find it is more productive to think of language as a group of abilities. Viewed this way, it becomes apparent that the component parts of language are not as unique as the whole.
Take gesture, arguably the starting point for language. Until recently, it was considered uniquely human - but not any more. Mike Tomasello of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and others have collected a list of gestures observed in monkeys and some other animals, which reveals that gestures plays a large role in their communication. Ape(猿) gestures can involve touch, vocalising or eye movement, and individuals wait until they have another ape’s attention before making visual or auditory gestures. If their gestures go unacknowledged, they will often repeat them.
In an experiment carried out in 2006 by Erica Cartmill and Richard Byrne from the University of St Andrews in the UK, they got a person to sit on a chair with some highly desirable food such as banana to one side of apes and some undesirable food such as vegetables to the other. The apes, who could see the person and the food from their enclosures, gestured at their human partners to encourage them to push the desirable food their way. If the person showed incomprehension and offered the vegetables, the animals would change their gestures - just as a human would in a similar situation. If the human seemed to understand while being somewhat confused, giving only half the preferred food, the apes would repeat and exaggerate their gestures - again in exactly the same way a human would. Such findings highlight the fact that the gestures of the animals are not merely inborn but are learned, flexible and under voluntary control - all characteristics that are considered preconditions for human-like communication.
1. It is agreed that compared with all the other animals, only human beings ________.A.own the ability to show their personalities |
B.are capable of using language to communicate |
C.have moral standards and follow them in society |
D.are intelligent enough to release and control emotions |
A.involve some abilities that can be mastered by animals |
B.is a talent impossibly owned by other animals |
C.can be divided into different components |
D.are productive for some talented animals |
A.Apes can use language to communicate with the help of humans. |
B.Repeating and exaggerating gestures is vital in language communication. |
C.Some animals can learn to express and communicate through some trials. |
D.The preferred food stimulates some animals to use language to communicate. |
A.Language involves gestures! | B.Animals language - gestures! |
C.So you think humans are unique? | D.The similarity between humans and apes. |
5 . Never in recorded history has a language been as widely spoken as English is today. The reason why millions are learning it is simple: it is the language of international business and,
David Graddol, the author of English Next, says it is
An important question one might ask is: whose English will it be in the future? Non-native speakers now
Professor Barbara Seidlhofer, Professor of English and Applied Linguistic at the University of Vienna, records and transcribes spoken English interactions between speakers of the language around the world. She says her team has noticed that non-native speakers are
Those who insist on standard English grammar remain in a(n)
But spoken English is another matter. Why should non-native speakers bother with what native speakers regard as correct? Their main aim,
Professor Seidlhofer says, “I think that what we are looking at is the
A.however | B.therefore | C.otherwise | D.instead |
A.relieving | B.shocking | C.tempting | D.disappointing |
A.accept | B.oppose | C.mind | D.doubt |
A.outnumber | B.overlook | C.upgrade | D.underestimate |
A.attentive | B.agreeable | C.energetic | D.present |
A.diagnosis | B.comprehension | C.disturbance | D.concentration |
A.creating | B.improving | C.varying | D.obeying |
A.edited | B.neglected | C.avoided | D.required |
A.mistakes | B.coincidences | C.exceptions | D.excuses |
A.fear | B.object | C.agree | D.fight |
A.ignorance | B.evolution | C.correctness | D.guidance |
A.honored | B.mysterious | C.falling | D.powerful |
A.by comparison | B.after all | C.on purpose | D.in reality |
A.disappearance | B.emergence | C.criticism | D.evaluation |
A.less good | B.less lonely | C.more alive | D.more adapted |
A. broadcast B. estimates C. involves D. performing E. barriers F. themes G. amateur H. hire I. boost J. demanding K. proving |
“MEN ARE adorable,” begins Yang Li in a sketch first aired last year. “But mysterious...After all, they can look so average and yet be so full of confidence.” It seemed a gentle dig by the newly crowned “punchline queen” of “Rock and Roast”, a television show starring
Long the stars of Chinese joke-making, men are unhappy about being the butt (笑柄) of it. Chizi, a popular male contestant on “Rock and Roast” with a special liking for boorish jokes, sniffed that Ms Yang was “not
Western-style stand-up comedy has taken off since it appeared in China a decade ago. It is
The show, which began in 2017, has been a(n)
Ms Yang has used the backlash against her gag to create a new one. It
7 . Saturday 28 April, 2001: Denis Tito was setting off on his holiday. Mr. Tito’s journey was certainly unusual. So was the transport he chose and the price of his trip.
The 60-year-old multi-millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship. He was on a journey to the International Space Station. It might have been a routine trip for the two astronauts who were traveling with him, but for him it was certainly no ordinary journey. Dennis Tito was the first tourist ever in space, and he had paid the sum of $ 20 million to go there. As the spacecraft left the earth’s atmosphere, Tito drank a glass of fruit juice to celebrate and looked down at the earth’s blue-green surface. Two minutes later, he was sick. Luckily, it was only a minor problem. He soon recovered, and from then on enjoyed a smooth journey. When he arrived at the space station, there was a big smile on his face. “A great trip!” he commented. “I love space.”
For a long time space travel was something for heroes. But all this is going to change. Companies like ProSpace are investing large amounts of money in space travel. They want space and space travel to belong to the public, not just governments. There are other plans, like voyages through space from one side of the world to the other. Maybe we will be able to depart from New York at nine o'clock in the morning, and arrive an hour later --- in Tokyo! Such a schedule would allow the business travel to return to New York on the same day, and still have eight hours for a meeting!
1. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A.Business Travelers. | B.Space Tourists. |
C.A space Exploration. | D.A frightening Adventure. |
A.enjoyed his trip very much. | B.was too sick to eat anything in space. |
C.suffered a lot during the trip. | D.didn’t think the trip was worthwhile. |
A.Tito was the first American tourist in space. |
B.Tito contributed all of his wealth to his space trip. |
C.Tito visited the Russian Space Station during his trip. |
D.Space travel has become a routine for Tito since then. |
A.space travel will belong to the public instead of governments. |
B.airplanes will some day reach the speed of space vehicles. |
C.we will be able to circle the earth within less than an hour. |
D.travel between two places on earth will be made through space. |
A. positive B. relationship C. obviously D. aged AB. improve AC. performance AD. significant BC. similarly BD. electronic CD. greet |
Being able to multitask-- doing several things at the same time is considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle (玩)an ever larger number of
Multitasking is even changing the
Multitasking also affects young people's
9 . Nothing seems more inevitable than aging and death ---- not even taxes. Every plant, animal and person you have ever seen will
We already know that some animals do not seem to age. Many cold-water ocean fish and some amphibians (两栖动物) never
About 15 years ago, armed with powerful new molecular-research techniques, a few scientists began to
A.suddenly | B.eventually | C.generally | D.unexpectedly |
A.desire | B.feeling | C.understanding | D.dream |
A.develop | B.design | C.control | D.solve |
A.reach | B.acquire | C.require | D.indicate |
A.objects | B.samples | C.items | D.creatures |
A.nature | B.system | C.speed | D.condition |
A.Through | B.Throughout | C.Beyond | D.Across |
A.rarely | B.occasionally | C.normally | D.mainly |
A.resistant | B.similar | C.essential | D.accessible |
A.quickens | B.slows | C.avoids | D.overcomes |
A.horrible | B.extra | C.specific | D.original |
A.investigate | B.illustrate | C.record | D.prove |
A.famous | B.generous | C.responsible | D.convenient |
A.fashionable | B.practical | C.immediate | D.daily |
A.happy | B.depressed | C.hungry | D.scared |
10 . For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church and the pub. In fact, until a place has a church and a pub, it is not really considered a community worthy of a name. Traditionally, the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town, where the people gather together to socialize and exchange news. They are institutions at the heart of British society. After all, the word ‘pub’ is actually short for ‘public house’.
As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved. Many of them have become historic sites. that tourists visit. One of the most famous examples is the city of Nottingham called “The Old Trip to Jerusalem”, which dates back to the year AD 1189 and is probably the oldest pub in England. It was the same year in which kings Richard the first came into power, who led the First Crusade into the Holy Land, towards Jerusalem.
Many British pubs have old names referring to governors, such as The King's Head or The Queen Victoria, but of course this doesn’t mean they are only for kings and queens. Pubs have always welcome people from all classes and parts of society. On a cold night, the pub's landlord or landlady can always find a warm place for you by the fire. There is always honest and hearty food and plenty of drink available at an affordable price.
That’s how things used to be. but there are worrying signs that things are beginning to change. Economic downturns, governmental financial measures, and cultural changes are causing many pubs to go out of business. People do not have a lot of spare money to spend on beer. On top of that, in 2007 smoking was banned in all public indoor spaces, including pubs, which may also have affected the numbers of customers going to pubs since then.
This decline is happening despite the fact that pubs are now allow by law to stay open after 11 pm. Previously, with 11 pm as closing time, customers would have to drink quite quickly, meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink slowly. The British habit of drinking is known as “binge drinking”, and it causes long-term health problems individuals and problems with violent crime for communities. The UK government is trying to find ways of discouraging binge drinking, and regularly spends money on television commercials to warn people of the problems of king too much.
1. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A.British pubs are preserved well mainly to attract tourists from all of the world. |
B.British pubs are quite popular and accessible to people from all walks of life. |
C.Most British pubs are going out of business because of economic and cultural bans. |
D.Most British pubs have to shut down to adjust themselves to meet the smoking ban. |
A.To stimulate customers to spend more on drinks. |
B.To help British pubs survive economic downturns. |
C.To encourage more sensible ways of drinking in pubs. |
D.To get rid of violent crime in most part of Britain. |
A.drinking too much and too quickly | B.social problems related to British pubs |
C.a new long-term drinking approach | D.problems caused by drinking too much |
A.Different methods to welcome new customers to pubs. |
B.Various advertisements encouraging people to quit drinking. |
C.The campaigns and strategies to support the traditional pubs. |
D.Trends of migrating back from the modern wine bars to old ones. |