Three Apple engineers and three Microsoft employees are traveling by train to a conference. The Microsoft engineers each buy tickets but the Apple engineers buy only a ________ ticket.
“How are three people going to travel on only one ________?” asks a Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.
They all board the train. The Microsoft employees take their ________ but all three Apple engineers cram(拥挤) into a restroom and close the door behind them.
________ after the train has departed, the conductor comes around ________ tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, “Ticket, please.” The door opens just a crack and an arm ________, ticket in hand. The ________ takes it and moves on. The Microsoft employees see this and agree it is quite a ________ idea.
So after the conference, the Microsoft employees decide to ________ the Apple engineers (as they always do) on the return trip and save some ________. When they get to the station, they buy one ticket. To their ________, the Apple engineers don’t buy any ticket at all.
“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asks one ________ Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.
When they board the train, the Microsoft employees cram into a ________ and the Apple engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Soon one of the Apple engineers _______ his restroom and walks over to where the Microsoft employees are ________.
He knocks on the door and says, “Ticket, please...”
A．cheap B．single C．return D．special
A．ticket B．route C．means D．railroad
A．routes B．chances C．turns D．seats
A．Directly B．Shortly C．Nearly D．Quickly
A．examining B．receiving C．collecting D．delivering
A．appears B．sticks C．holds D．rises
A．employee B．policeman C．conductor D．engineer
A．strange B．foolish C．awful D．clever
A．learn B．copy C．accept D．watch
A．money B．time C．energy D．space
A．excitement B．agreement C．disappointment D．astonishment
A．touched B．puzzled C．frightened D．delighted
A．bedroom B．sitting-room C．restroom D．dining-room
A．enters B．crosses C．leaves D．reaches
A．hiding B．sitting C．traveling D．enjoying
Games can be both fun and difficult. Scrabble is a game I like____， but is not an easy one.____ are going to play scrabble tonight. Henry cannot____all the rules, so I will ____them. Do you want to learn? Listen carefully, and we'll play____.
____player takes seven letters. Your letter might be A, S, T, E, B, P and L. You can spell many____with these letters. You can spell TABLE with five of them, and you can spell SAT, LET, BAT, and others with____of them. But you cannot use names of persons, countries, or cities.
You have to be____：some letters are worth more points____others. For example, A, E, L, S and T have one point each. B and P have three points each.____points can be different____words with the same number of letters. SAT will give you____three points, and BAT will give you five. TABLE will give you____points：three for B and four for the other four letters. Use TABLE. You will get____points, and you might win the game.
At the end of the game the players ____ their points. The one____the most points wins.____， you might have one hundred forty points. That is a good____. But I might have one hundred sixty points, and Henry might have one hundred seventy points. Then Henry ____ .
A．first B．most C．last D．least
A．Tom, I and Henry B．Henry, Tom and I C．I, Henry and Tom D．Henry, I and Tom
A．know B．study C．keep D．remember
A．explain B．help C．teach D．play
A．faster B．sooner C．later D．after
A．Either B．Each C．A D．One
A．things B．sentences C．meanings D．words
A．three B．four C．five D．two
A．sure B．careful C．thankful D．certain
A．for B．of C．than D．in
A．A number B．The number of C．A lot of D．Plenty of
A．for B．from C．between D．among
A．more than B．only C．less than D．fewer than
A．five B．eight C．six D．seven
A．much B．less C．more D．some
A．add to B．add up to C．add D．add up
A．with B．has C．gets D．gives
A．However B．For example C．After all D．Such as
A．idea B．points C．score D．way
A．plays B．gets C．wins D．takes
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One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I like____better than driving our truck, ____this time I was not happy. My father had told me I'd have to ask for credit(赊账)at the store.
Sixteen is a____age，when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly____of racial discrimination was____a fact of life. I'd seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner____whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were____like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was____. We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner____us?
At Davis's store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded____I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my____to the cash desk, I said____， “I need to put this on credit.”
The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful____. But Buck's face didn't change. “Sure”， he said____. “Your daddy is____good for it.” He____to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams's sons.”
The farmer nodded in neighborly____. I was filled with pride. James Williams's son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult's respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had____brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew that to____from a Williams：a decent person who kept his word and respected himself____much to do wrong.
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
A．and B．so C．but D．for
A．prideful B．wonderful C．respectful D．colorful
A．intention B．shadow C．habit D．faith
A．thus B．just C．still D．ever
A．guessed B．suspected C．questioned D．figured
A．watched B．caught C．dismissed D．accused
A．generous B．honest C．friendly D．modest
A．blame B．excuse C．charge D．trust
A．until B．as C．once D．since
A．purchases B．sales C．orders D．favorites
A．casually B．confidently C．cheerfully D．carefully
A．look B．stare C．response D．comment
A．patiently B．eagerly C．easily D．proudly
A．generally B．never C．sometimes D．always
A．pointed B．replied C．turned D．introduced
A．sense B．way C．degree D．mood
A．earned B．deserved C．given D．used
A．receive B．expect C．collect D．require
A．very B．so C．how D．too
Facial expressions carry meanings that depend on situations and relationship. For instance, in American culture the smile is typically an expression of____. Yet it has other functions(作用). A smile may____love, politeness, or____true feeling. It is also a source of confusion(混乱)across____. ____， many people in Russia____smiling at strangers in public to be unusual or even suspicious(怀疑). Yet many Americans____freely at strangers in public places. Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong____； some Americans believe that Russians don't smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover emotional pain or mental difficulty, discomfort of anxiety.
Our faces make our emotions and attitudes known, ____we should not try to “read” people from another culture____we would “read” someone from our own culture. The degree of facial expressiveness one shows changes____persons and cultures. The fact that members of one culture do not____their emotions as openly as members of____does not mean____they do not____emotions. Rather, their cultures____them expressing their emotions and attitudes freely.
If we____people whose____of showing emotion are not the same according to____own cultural patterns, we may make the____of“reading”the other persons incorrectly.
A．worried B．surprise C．excitement D．pleasure
A．show B．tell C．sound D．seem
A．cover B．explain C．include D．suggest
A．countries B．cultures C．nations D．oceans
A．In a word B．As a result C．For example D．On the contrary
A．keep B．enjoy C．continue D．consider
A．stare B．smile C．look D．shout
A．direction B．manner C．time D．place
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．as B．though C．unless D．since
A．among B．into C．between D．about
A．find B．form C．express D．control
A．the others B．others C．the other D．another
A．whether B．that C．if D．why
A．experience B．use C．bring D．carry
A．feel B．keep C．prevent D．make
A．think B．observe C．judge D．watch
A．hopes B．ways C．thoughts D．means
A．your B．their C．one's D．our
A．answer B．mistake C．promise D．use
The eyes are one of the most expressive instruments of body language. Keith, seventeen, from Montclair New Jersey, learned the hard way about one____the eyes can make. “I had a____who graded heavily on classroom discussion，”Keith says. “He seemed to have a strong ability to know just when I didn't have the____. I couldn't figure out how he could be so____. Then it dawned on(明白过来)me. ____I didn't know the answer, I would avoid looking at him. When I____know what to say, I always____straight back at him. From that moment on, I____myself to look at him in the eye，____I knew the work or not. That trick has saved me a lot of trouble.”
Many people including some policemen, believe eye contact(接触)is a good____of honesty. If someone can't look at you directly in the eye, then he or she is not playing____， they insist. After many experiments，____， a number of experts have found out that good liars(骗子)can make false eye contact.
Eye contact, though not a____sign of honesty, is a clear way to show interest in another person. When a person looks at you and____to do so, you know his____is placed on you. When he turns his head away, his mind is probably____. ____there are exceptions. A____person may have trouble making and keeping eye contact, no matter how interested he is in the other person. And certain____， such as the British and Germans, are much____oriented(适应)to eyeball-to-eyeball contact than, say, the French and Arabs.
A．letter B．notice C．message D．news
A．student B．headmaster C．friend D．teacher
A．question B．problem C．excuse D．answer
A．slow B．sharp C．dull D．clever
A．Whatever B．Whenever C．However D．Wherever
A．didn't B．did C．don't D．do
A．watched B．glanced C．saw D．stared
A．helped B．forced C．taught D．persuaded
A．when B．whether C．if D．as
A．lesson B．way C．chance D．test
A．honestly B．quickly C．correctly D．really
A．therefore B．however C．actually D．especially
A．real B．exact C．wonderful D．sure
A．stops B．continues C．changes D．hopes
A．attention B．spirit C．strength D．energy
A．anywhere B．nowhere C．elsewhere D．everywhere
A．And B．Or C．But D．So
A．brave B．shy C．stupid D．proud
A．nationalities B．cities C．countries D．languages
A．more B．less C．too D．enough
Have you ever imagined that you could be cloned like Dolly the sheep in the not too distant future?
The news that a human embryo(胚胎)has been____cloned for the first time has caused mixed reactions.
The____was carried out by scientists from the Advanced Cell Technology Inc(ACT), in Massachusetts, US. The group____the news on November 25.
This is____human being. A clone is alive, it walks, it breathes, said Jamie Grifo, a(n)____on the study of cloning at New York University School of Medicine.
“This is a set of cells in a lab that will be used to____someone's life.”
Such research could lead to treatment for____such as heart diseases, AIDS and even cancer, ____scientists.
Despite high hopes from other scientists, the news raised concerns immediately from religious and political leaders. Several____in the US do not allow human cloning. President George W. Bush also made it clear that he is____any type of human cloning. However, the scientists at ACT said they have no interest at present in____an early embryo into____.
Animals have been cloned repeatedly since Dolly the sheep____in 1997. And there were no real technical____to stand in the way of scientists making a cloned human embryo.
This time the research group used traditional cloning technology with a human____. ____it was given DNA from an adult cell, the egg began to____. ____it was stopped from becoming a baby—at a stage in which it was____a ball of cells. The ____technology has been used to clone sheep, cattle and monkeys.
A．in failure B．never C．successfully D．not
A．research B．report C．works D．task
A．made known B．made C．said D．had
A．a cloned B．a manmade C．a D．not a cloned
A．worker B．head C．expert D．assistant
A．save B．rescue C．cure D．treat
A．patients B．health C．diseases D．things
A．according to B．including C．besides D．argued
A．countries B．nations C．peoples D．states
A．for B．against C．researching for D．praising
A．developing B．building C．inventing D．discovering
A．a baby B．a man C．a woman D．a white man
A．died B．appeared C．turned up D．was no more
A．questions B．affairs C．business D．problems
A．egg B．bless C．meat D．cell
A．Before B．After C．While D．And
A．grow B．die C．change D．grow up
A．And B．But C．However D．Yet
A．yet B．still C．not D．also
A．different B．usual C．ordinary D．same
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