–Hi, Tom, You look tired.
--Yes, I _____________ the room all the afternoon.
| A．painted | B．had painted | C．have painted | D．have been painting |
–Amazing! You ____________ wear slippers at work.
--Don’t you know it’s a fashion?
| A．ought to | B．dare | C．should | D．mustn’t |
— Why are the Woods selling their belongings?
— They to another city.
| A．had moved | B．have moved | C．moved | D．are moving |
The experiment shows that proper amounts of exercise, if regularly, can improve our health.
| A．being carried out | B．carried out |
| C．carrying out | D．to carry out |
One man tells of driving on a long and lonely road, the last 65 miles of it unpaved, in order to watch Indian dances in the state of Arizona. After the dances, he returned to his car only to find that it had a flat tire. He put on the spare and drove to the only service station in that town.
“Do you fix flats?” he inquired of the attendant.
“Yes,” came the answer.
“How much do you charge?” he asked.
With a twinkle in his eye, the man replied, “What difference does it make?”
This is what has been called a “Hobson’s choice”. A Hobson’s choice is a situation that forces a person to accept whatever is offered or go without.
According to Barbara Berliner, the phrase was inspired by sixteenth-century entrepreneur (企业家) Thomas Hobson. There was no choice by the customer — it was strictly Hobson’s choice.
But often we really have a choice, and the choice does make a difference. We may not always believe it. We may feel as if we have no choice, but almost always there is a choice in the matter. And when we realize that we do most things by choice, then we are taking control of our own lives.
Someone challenged me to try an experiment that completely changed my perspective. “For the next seven days,” he said, “eliminate the words ‘I have to’ from your vocabulary and say ‘I choose to’. Don’t say, ‘I have to work late tonight’. Instead, say, ‘I choose to work late’. When you choose to do it, you take control of your life. Instead of saying, ‘I have to stay home’, try ‘I choose to stay home’. The way you spend your time is your choice. You are responsible. You have control.”
In just seven days I was no longer saying “I have to” and I felt better about my decisions. I learned that there is very little in my life I actually have to do. You and I decide to do certain things because we believe that it will be for the best. When we eliminate “I have to” from our vocabularies, we take control.
Try it for a week and you see what happens. I think you’ll see it’s a change for the better. What did the attendant mean by saying “What difference does it make”?
| A．The man didn’t need to pay for the work. |
| B．It was unnecessary for the man to ask about the price. |
| C．There was no need for the man to have the tire fixed. |
| D．The man should keep silent. |
The author learnt from the experiment that he .
| A．could become more challenging |
| B．could spend more time relaxing himself |
| C．should take pleasure in helping others |
| D．actually changed his attitudes towards life |
What does the underlined word “eliminate” mean?
| A．Remember. | B．Repeat. | C．Remove. | D．Recite. |
What is the situation where we have a “Hobson’s choice”?
| A．We have no choice but to follow. |
| B．We should often change our choice. |
| C．We should make preparations before a journey. |
| D．We should think twice before taking action. |
The purpose of writing this text is to .
| A．advise us to become active in life |
| B．explain what Hobson’s choice is |
| C．tell an interesting story about the author |
| D．accept others’ advice modestly |
假如你是李明，某报社委托你在就读的中学生进行关于午睡情况的问卷调查。请根据下表中的内容（打√的选项为大多数人的选择），用英语写一封信，简要向报社介绍调查的结果。
| 午睡情况调查表 你有午睡的习惯吗？ √□ A. 有 □ B. 没有 2. 你大约何时开始午睡？ □ A. 12.:00 □ B. 12:30 √□ C. 13:00 3. 你通常午睡多长时间？ □ A. 约15分钟 □ B.. 约30分钟 √□ C.. 约50分钟 4. 你通常在什么地方午睡？ □ A. 教室 □ B. 家中 √□ C. 宿舍 5. 你.认为午睡有好处吗？ √□A. 有 □ B. 没有 □ C.. 不确定 |
[写作内容]
根据以上调查的结果写一篇调查总结，并简要谈谈你对午睡的好处的看法。
[写作要求]
1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总句数；
3. 参考词汇； 午睡 take a nap after lunch; 宿舍dormitory
4. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Dear Editor,
Recently I have conducted a survey on taking a nap after lunch in my school.
Yours,
Li Ming
We’re all connected. You can send an e-mail message to a friend, and your friend can pass it on to one of his or her friends, and that friend can do the same, continuing the chain. Eventually, your message could reach just about anyone in the world, and it might take only five to seven e-mails for the message to get there.
Scientists recently tested that idea in a study involving 24,000 people. Participants had to try to get a message forwarded to one of 18 randomly(随意地，随机地) chosen people. Each participant started by sending one e-mail to someone they knew. Those who received it could then forward the e-mail once to someone they knew, and so on.
Subjects, who were randomly assigned by researchers from Columbia University in New York, lived in 13 countries. They included an Australian police officer, a Norwegian veterinarian, and a college professor.
Out of 24,000 chains, only 384 reached their goal. The rest petered out, usually because one of the recipients was either too busy to forward the message or thought it was junk mail.
The links that reached their goal made it in an average of 4.05 e-mails. Based on the lengths of the failed chains, the researchers figured out that two strangers could generally make contact in five to seven e-mails.
The most successful chains relied on casual acquaintances rather than close friends. That’s because your close friends know each other while your acquaintances tend to know people you don’t know. The phenomenon, known as the strength of weak ties, explains why people tend to get jobs through people they know casually but aren’t that close to.
So, start networking and instant messaging now. As they say in show business: It’s all about who you know. If you want to get into touch with a stranger in the world, how many e-mails might it take for the message to reach him/her?
| A．5 to 7 | B．18 | C．13 | D．384 |
Who does the word “subjects” refer to in the passage?
| A．the 384 participants who lived in Australuia |
| B．the Norwegian veterinarians and college porfessors |
| C．the 24,000 people randomly assigned by reaearchers |
| D．the 18 people randomly chosen from 13 countries |
What does the phrase “peter out” mean in the fourth paragraph？
| A．die out | B．pass away | C．disappear | D．pick out |
Why do people tend to get jobs more easily through casual acquaintances than close friends?
| A．Because close friends don’t talk with each other so much. |
| B．Because casual acquaintances can help you know more people and make more friends. |
| C．Because close friends don’t spend so much time gathering together. |
| D．Because casual acquaintances are kinder and more willing to help others. |
In which part of a newspaper will readers read this passage?
| A．Culture | B．Entertainment | C．Information and Technology | D．Health |
Now Yiwu Commodity City is famous ______ the world _____ its varieties of goods and low prices with high quality.
| A．in;as | B．throughout; for | C．for; as | D．through; for |
He found it no pleasure ____ himself of the habit of playing computer games day and night.
| A．ridding | B．getting rid | C．changing | D．defending |
---Is it possible for you to lend me your car for a week?
---_______! You haven’t got your driving license yet!
| A．No wonder | B．Not likely | C．No problem | D．Not exactly |
If you cannot come to the meeting, please let us know ______ so that we will cancel your hotel booking.
| A．in general | B．in advance | C．by chance | D．by accident |
No one can deny that it is ______ that many more residents could have been injured if the building had fallen at midnight.
| A．particular | B．curious | C．likely | D．fortunate |
The game didn’t ______ until the world-famous player Yao Ming joined in.
| A．come to life | B．feel content | C．put me at ease | D．catch my eyes |
Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another. It doesn’t matter where you live-in the middle of a modern city, or a faraway village-the chances that you will be disturbed by jet aeroplanes, transistor radios, oil-powered engines, etc. are almost everywhere .We seem to be getting used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they are working.
Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be very frightening experience for human beings. However, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their eardrums(耳鼓).The noise level in some disco is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.
A recent report about noise and concentration(专心) suggested that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration, what really affects their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise. It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn’t change too much (music, for example) may even help people to concentrate.The best title for this passage is _______________.
| A．Noisy Life | B．Background Noise |
| C．Disturbed Concentration | D．Changeable Noise |
From this passage, the pollution of noise _______________.
| A．doesn’t matter much | B．has become worse everywhere |
| C．has become better in big cities | D．has become better in villages |
“Background music” in the passage means _______________.
| A．music played in the concert | B．a kind of noise coming into your ears |
| C．music helps people to concentrate | D．music played while people are working |
Some people may have their hearing hurt _______________.
| A．while they are in completely silence | B．while they are dancing violently |
| C．while they are listening to loud pop music | D．while they are listening to soft music |
Scientists have discovered that what prevents people from concentrating is _____.
| A．any kind of noise | B．great changes in level of noise |
| C．background noise | D．various background music |
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