CT is really useful invention, with which doctors can find out what's wrong with a patient more easily.
| A．A; a | B．The; an | C．The; a | D．A ;the |
I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we our coffee, a man came in and sat at a(n) table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the wall”. We this order with rather interest and observed that he was with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.
While we were still there, two other men and ordered three cups of coffee, two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but for three and left. This time also, the did the same; he put up a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A cup of coffee.” It seemed that this gesture was a at this place. , it was something unique and puzzling for us. Since we had to do with the matter, we our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we again had a(n) to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man walked in. The way this man was dressed did not the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was from the looks on his face. he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the .” The waiter served coffee to this man with and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter a piece of paper from the wall and threw it into the dustbin.
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It’s crazy of you to spend more time playing computer games than you _______ studying.
| A．are | B．have |
| C．do | D．will |
_______ I went to the South Lake in Hanzhong, I was deeply impressed with its beautiful scenery.
| A．For the first time |
| B．The first time |
| C．At first |
| D．It was the first time |
Dogs and cats are not for students who live in the dormitory. Just think about the noise, the smell and all that wild behavior—chewing on whatever they can get their teeth on, or knocking over the trash can. But don’t feel sad. There are smaller and less destructive pets to make your dormitory life colorful.
Betta fish
They make great pets with their big personality and astonishing colors, ranging from bright red, dark blue to lemon yellow. Unlike many fish, most bettas react to their owner’s presence and become more active when they are nearby, which is unusual in the fish world.
Chinchillas
Without bad smell, about the size of a rabbit and with fur so dense that they can’t get pests such as fleas(跳蚤), the friendly creature originally from the Andes Mountains in South America makes an ideal indoor pet. Chinchillas are very social animals, so if you only have one, you will become its family. In cold winter days, in a glace at this fury pet in a dorm will bring you a lot of warmth.
Land hermit crabs
In a society where owners are often asked “Are they tasty?”, land hermit crabs are among the most unlucky animals commonly kept as pets. But they are easy to care for, inexpensive and fascinating to watch. And the fact that they don’t cause any allergic reactions makes them perfect for college dormitories.
Red-eared sliders
If you’re interested in a lifelong friend, a red-eared slider makes a wonderful pet. If well cared for, they can live for around 40 years. But there are a couple of things you should know. Red-eared can grow to an adult size of up to 30cm! So you may need a larger tank quickly. In addition, you will need to provide UV lighting, water heater, and a swimming area and a basking (晒太阳) area. Housing a red eared slider is not easy.
All the dormitory pets mentioned in the text are _____.
| A．active and allergic |
| B．quiet and peaceful |
| C．colorful and tasty |
| D．small and smelly |
Which of the following is not true about these creatures?
| A．Bettas are active and rich in colors. |
| B．Chinchillas are originally mountain animals. |
| C．Land hermit crabs are allergic but tasty. |
| D．Red-eared sliders need more care from the owner. |
If you want to keep the pet as long as possible, you’d better choose _____.
| A．Betta fish |
| B．Chinchillas |
| C．Land hermit crabs |
| D．Red-eared sliders |
The text is mainly to _____.
| A．introduce the best way to keep pets |
| B．offer useful tips for choosing pets |
| C．inform students of lifestyle of pets |
| D．recommend some dormitory pets |
—I really thought I would pass the job interview.
— Anyway, _____.
| A．better later than never |
| B．better luck next time |
| C．all is well that ends well |
| D．well begun is half done |
Sometimes you can see beggars _____ people’s kindness to make money.
| A．take advantage of | B．make sense of |
| C．take charge of | D．make fun of |
Come on! Anybody here can learn to do a rock climb. There is _____ to it really.
| A．everything | B．anything |
| C．nothing | D．something |
She is always the first staff to go to the office and the last to leave，______ I guess is why she is promoted so quickly.
| A．who | B．which | C．that | D．what |
the morning train，he would not have been late for the meeting．
| A．Did he catch | B．Should he catch |
| C．Had he caught | D．Has he caught |
—It is a mystery and a shock to all who knew him that he____ have taken his own life in this way.
—What a pity, indeed.
| A．must | B．may |
| C．can | D．should |
Even in a weak job market, the old college try isn’t the answer for everyone. A briefing paper from the Brookings Institution warns that “we may have overdone the message” on college, senior fellow Isabel Sawhill said.
“We’ve been telling students and their families for years that college is the only way to succeed in the economy and of course there’s a lot of truth to that,” Ms. Sawhill said. “On average it does pay off… But if you load up on a whole lot of student debt and then you don’t graduate, that is a very bad situation.”
One comment that people often repeat among the years of slow job growth has been the value of education for landing a job and advancing in a career. April’s national unemployment rate stood at 7.5%, according to the Labor Department. The unemployment rate for high-school graduates over 25 years old who hadn’t attended college was 7.4%, compared with 3.9% for those with a bachelor’s degree or more education. The difference is even bigger among those aged 16-24. The jobless rate for those with only a high school diploma in that age group is about 20%. At the same time, recent research by Canadian economists warns that a college degree is no guarantee of promising employment.
Ms. Sawhill pointed out that among the aspects that affect the value of a college education is the field of one’s major: students in engineering or other sciences end up earning more than those who major in the arts or education. The cost of tuition and the availability of financial aid are other considerations, with public institutions generally a better financial bargain than private ones.
She suggested two ways of improving the situation: increasing vocational-technical(职业技能) training programs and taking a page from Europe’s focus on early education rather than post-secondary learning. “The European countries put a little more attention to getting people prepared in the primary grades,” she said. “Then they have a higher requirement for whoever goes to college—but once you get into college, you’re more likely to be highly subsidized(资助).”
She also is a supporter of technical training—to teach students how to be workers, such as plumbers, welders and computer programmers—because “employers are desperate” for workers with these skills.People usually think that _____.
| A．the cost of technical schooling is a problem |
| B．one will not succeed without a college degree |
| C．technical skills are most important for landing a job |
| D．there is an increased competition in getting into a college |
What does the underlined part “taking a page from” mean?
| A．hearing from. |
| B．changing from. |
| C．differing from. |
| D．learning from. |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．Public institutions charge more for education. |
| B．European universities are stricter with students. |
| C．Students with certain skills are in great demand. |
| D．Canadian students prefer to major in engineering. |
Which would be the best title for the text?
| A．Is the ‘Go to College’ message overdone? |
| B．The new requirement of Labor Market |
| C．Primary education in European countries |
| D．Is technical training more popular? |
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Valentine's Day is known worldwide as a time to celebrate love and romance. But the holiday is also notorious（臭名昭著的） for reminding many singles that they are _____of a significant other.
Instead of feeling sad and ____, many Chinese singles decided to join each other in a crusade against the love birds — proof that the singles are not _____in the festival after all.
Here is some advice posted online by some love-starved online activists on ____ to ruin Valentine's Day for those enjoying romantic _____:
Buy up the odd-numbered _____ for movies so the lovers can't sit together.
Book up all _____ rooms in hotels so the lovers will have no place to spend the night.
____ chocolate and puncture(打孔) condoms in supermarkets.
Walk up to a couple on the street, _____ either of them in the face and crying out "How could you _____ on me?!" (Better if this happens between the same sex).
Take a part-time job to deliver flowers and throw half the bouquets _____.
Some of the strategies have been put into practice. Sina Weibo user @Yanta _____ one photo showing him (or her) slipping Dear John letters into boxes of chocolate in a supermarket. The other photo shows one of the letters _____ "let's break _____. The chocolate will be my last _____ for you."
A café in Luzhou, Sichuan province announced proudly in its Weibo _____ that couples are not welcome on Valentine's Day, singles will be _____ a 10 percent discount in the shop.
_____, the strategies above are not supported by all. "Just think about it. How would you feel when you find the chocolate you bought for a girl is _____ or your wife has to have an abortion(堕胎) due to condoms with holes? Won't it be dangerous to slap（打耳光）a stranger on street?" a netizen _____ calling on people to avoid a possible violent way.
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Face adversity（逆境）with a smile
I told my friend Graham that I often cycle the two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, "You mean ________ .”He explained that I should be glad of the ________exercise that the hill provided.
My ________ to the hill has now changed .I used to ________ as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to________ and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend.________ ,I have a smile of________as I reach the top of the hill.
Problems are there to be faced and ________ .We cannot achieve anything with a/an ________life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to________an University degree. She wrote, ‘Character cannot be ________in ease and quiet. Only through________of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
One of the main________of success in life is our attitude towards adversity. At times we all face hardships, problems, accidents and difficulties.________ we cannot choose the adversity, we can choose our attitude towards it．
Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs amputated（截肢）following a flying accident. He was________ to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aces（擅长的人）．He was a/an________to others during the war. He said ,“Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense.________ your mind, and you'll never ________ crutches(拐杖)or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go________you want to. But never, never let them ________you that things are too difficult or impossible."
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WHAT’S the most important thing of life?
People’s answers vary greatly. For British scientist Robert Edwards，the answer is having a child.“Nothing is more special than a child，”he told the BBC.
Edwards，the inventor of the In Vitro Fertilization(IVF)technology—more commonly known as“testtube(试管)baby”technology—passed away on April 10 ,2013 at the age of 87.
Edwards changed the lives of millions of ordinary people who now rejoice(充满喜悦)in the gift of their own child，”said Peter Braude，professor at King’s College London.“He leaves the world a much better place.”
Edwards started his experiments as early as the 1950s，when he had just finished his PhD in genetics. At that time，much of the public viewed test-tube babies as“scary”，according to Mark Sauer，professor at Columbia University，US.
Edwards and his colleague Patrick Steptoe faced opposition from churches，governments and media，not to mention attacks from many of their fellow scientists.“People said that we should not play God and we should not interfere with nature，”Edwards once told Times. He said that he felt “quite alone” at the time.
“But Edwards was a fighter，and he believed in what he was doing，”said Sauer. Without support from the government，the two struggled to raise funds to carry on. And in 1968 they finally developed a method to successfully fertilize human eggs outside the body.
The first test-tube baby was born on July 25，1978.Her name was Louise Brown. Despite people’s safety concerns，Brown was just as healthy as other children.
“IVF had moved from vision to reality and a new era in medicine had begun，”BBC commented.
Ever since then，public opinion has evolved considerably. Couples who were unable to have babies began thronging(蜂拥)to Edwards’ clinic. Nowadays，Reuters reports，some 4.3 million other“test-tube” children exist. Edwards received a Nobel Prize in 2010 and was knighted(封为爵士)by Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ the following year.
Before his death，Edwards was still in touch with Louise.“He is like a granddad to me，”she said in an interview with the Daily Mail.
He is a granddad to millions, in fact.
What is the article mainly about?
| A．The first test-tube baby. |
| B．A new era in medicine. |
| C．The inventor of IVF technology. |
| D．The changes IVF technology has brought. |
The writer quoted Peter Braude to ________．
| A．show how difficult it was for Edwards to do his work |
| B．describe what kind of person Edwards was |
| C．explain why he is loved by all children |
| D．comment on his achievement |
The underlined word“opposition”in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ________．
| A．attack | B．support |
| C．test | D．influence |
What is the CORRECT order of events in Edwards’ life?
a．He received a Nobel Prize.
b．He struggled to raise funds.
c．The first test-tube baby was born.
d．He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ.
e．He succeeded in fertilizing human eggs outside the body.
f．He started his experiments on IVF technology.
| A．f—e—b—c—a—d | B．f—b—e—c—d—a |
| C．f—b—e—c—a—d | D．f—e—d—a—c—b |
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