阅读下面的短文,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,并标在答题卡的相应位置。
Stop and think! Where do you most of your time? You work, watch TV, computer games, and sleep all . It's easy to forget, but there is a(n) new world outside your door. The best way to it is to go backpacking.
Backpacking means to go hiking . You bring only what you can on your back. Are you eager to get ? Wait a minute! Before you go , you should gather basic equipment. First you need some shoes or boots. Always carry a waterproof (防水的) jacket or poncho(雨披), especially hiking in a climate, or if the weather forecast of coming rain. , you need a backpack. It's also a good idea to a compass, a leakproof (防漏的) water bottle and a .
One-day hikes the easiest to organize. a trip with a small group of friends. Remember! Hiking in a group is safer than hiking . Decide how you will go. For most people, a distance of ten to twelve miles is far enough in a day if they are already used to walking .
Wherever you go, enjoy yourself. You may be tired when you get home, but you'll feel very happy.
A.spend B.cost C.take D.waste
A.learn B.buy C.have D.play
A.indoor B.indoors C.outdoor D.outdoors
A.over B.whole C.entire D.complete
A.find out B.discover C.explore D.study
A.on foot B.by bus C.by car D.by boat
A.carry B.fetch C.lift D.raise
A.away B.off C.ready D.started
A.everywhere B.every place C.anywhere D.wherever
A.many B.any C.numbers of D.some
A.beautiful B.cheap C.comfortable D.expensive
A.cold B.wet C.dry D.warm
A.says B.tells C.reports D.declares
A.Therefore B.Thus C.So D.Finally
A.have B.make C.look for D.collect
A.book B.basin C.pen D.bag
A.is B.seems C.are D.appear
A.Get B.Arrange C.Find D.Manage
A.lonely B.itself C.own D.alone
A.soon B.often C.fast D.far
Thanksgiving is one of the biggest American holidays. And at the center of Thanksgiving dinner is the turkey. You may wonder why the word "turkey" ______ both a country and a bird that Americans eat for Thanksgiving dinner. Many think the bird comes from the of Turkey. But turkey is not from Turkey. In fact, the fact that the turkey bird is called by that name is one big mistake. We could say it is a case of identity.
First of all, "Turkey" has meant the "land of the Turks" since _____ times. The word turkey, _______ to the bird, first appeared in the English language around 1540. And the misunderstanding ______ the word turkey happened because of birds that look _________.
There is an African bird called the guinea fowl. This _____ bird came to Europe through Turkish lands. So, the English mistakenly called the male bird the "turkey cock" and called the bird the "turkey hen." It became to eat the bird for Christmas dinner.
When the moved to North America, they saw a bird that looked like the guinea fowl, which at that time was called the "turkey cock" and _____ gave it the same name. So we now call this North American bird turkey even though it has no at all with the country Turkey.
And there is another piece to the puzzle. The case of mistaken identity crosses land and language____.The Turkish, for their part, call the North American bird "hindi," the Turkish name for India. The reference to India probably comes from the old, wrong idea that the New World was in Eastern Asia. Sometimes, that is _____ language changes over time – by mistakes.
Another interesting fact about the turkey is that it became the national bird of the United States. Some people thought it should be the of the U.S.Founding father Benjamin Franklin did not think the eagle was a ______ icon for the new country. He thought the eagle was "lazy" and "of character" because it stole food from others. He thought that the turkey was a "more ________ bird" and a "true original native of America."
A.explains B.presents C.recognizes D.describes
A.name B.bird C.nation D.tradition
A.mistaken B.right C.real D.unknown
A.ancient B.past C.gone D.future
A.applying B.turning C.appealing D.referring
A.on B.to C.over D.in
A.like B.same C.similar D.equal
A.foreign B.beautiful C.strange D.local
A.baby B.female C.other D.American
A.trend B.delicious C.popular D.well-known
A.Europeans B.Africans C.Americans D.English
A.but B.because C.and D.so
A.question B.difficulty C.connection D.business
A.study B.borders C.link D.conflict
A.Why B.Which C.When D.how
A.almost B.just C.never D.merely
A.bird B.sign C.symbol D.leader
A.moral B.fair C.spiritual D.considerate
A.good B.bad C.logical D.legal
A.representative B.respectful C.respectable D.responsible
America’s Beauty Is in Its Diversity
America is built on the idea of freedom, and there is no exception for Muslim women. I the freedom of religion and speech. But mostly, I believe it’s OK to be , and to stand up for who and what you are. So I believe in wearing the hijab.
The hijab is a religious head covering, like a scarf. I am Muslim, and keeping my head covered is a of maturity(成熟)and respect toward my and to Allah’s will. , I also like to wear it to be different. I don’t usually like to do what everyone else is doing. I want to be a(n) , not just part of the crowd. But when I first wore it, I was also afraid of the that I’d get at school.
I on my own that sixth grade was the I should start wearing the hijab. I was about what the kids would say or even do to me. I thought they might make fun of me, or be scared of me and my headscarf. Kids at that age usually like to be all the same, and there’s little or no of differences.
On the first day of school, I put all those thoughts behind my back and walked in with my head held high. I was holding my breath a little, but I was also proud to be a Muslim, proud to be wearing the hijab, proud to be different.
I was about everything I thought the kids would say or even do to me. I actually met a lot of people because of wearing my head covering. Most of the kids would come and ask me questions — — about the hijab and why I wore it.
I did hear some kids were making fun of me, there was one girl----she wasn’t even in my class, and we never really talked much---and she spoke me, and I wasn’t even there! I made a lot of new friends that year, friends that I still have until this very day, five years later.
Yes, I’m different, but everyone is different here, in one way or another. This is the of America.
A.believe in B.stick to C.carry out D.push for
A.dependent B.free C.sensitive D.different
A.signal B.sign C.reminder D.cause
A.religion B.country C.parents D.status
A.In a word B.In general C.To be exact D.To be honest
A.princess B.heroine C.individual D.adult
A.praise B.punishment C.reaction D.reflection
A.hoped B.expected C.realized D.decided
A.time B.chance C.case D.occasion
A.disappointed B.scared C.enthusiastic D.angry
A.still B.already C.even D.ever
A.show off B.pull off C.pick up D.put up
A.rejection B.ignorance C.awareness D.acceptance
A.negative B.optimistic C.serious D.strange
A.often B.inside C.only D.outside
A.concerned B.particular C.wrong D.convinced
A.respectfully B.cautiously C.suspiciously D.critically
A.and B.so C.but D.or
A.in terms of B.in front of C.in charge of D.in favor of
A.significance B.beauty C.value D.power
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“I failed to protect you.” That was the message posted online by Du Yijun’s boy friend. He was with the 21-year-old Fudan University student as she died in the crush of the New Year's Eve crowd on the Bund.
Du was one of the 36 people who died that night when a holiday celebration _____ into a terrible tragedy. Authorities say overcrowding and the _____ of the police to control the crowds were the main reasons why it happened.
For the last three New Year’s Eve celebrations, a light show on the Bund had ____ large crowds and a large police presence, but this year the light show was cancelled and there were fewer police on hand. But the crowds came _____. About 300,000 people were on the Bund by 8:30 that evening and more kept ______until all hell broke loose around 11:30.
For some unknown reason, on a stairway _____ up to the riverfront viewing platform, a sense of _______ overtook the crowd and they began to stampede(蜂拥).Some people ______ on the stairs and were stepped ______ to death. More lives would have been _____had it not been for a group of brave young men who urged the crowd to _____.
Crowd _____ like the one on the Bund happen all over the world and they are becoming more _____.According to one study, human stampedes have more than doubled in the past two decades. In recent years, hundreds of people have died at ____ festivals, football games and rock _____— all caught in the crush of panicked crowds.
In Shanghai, authorities have reacted to the Bund tragedy by cancelling or scaling back big events. But this isn't really necessary. Better planning and better crowd ____can ensure safe celebrations.
______, if you're going to a place where there will be a big crowd, you should take notice of where the exits are and, if the crowd becomes large, ____ away from the center. And most ______, if the crowd seems too big and makes you feel uncomfortable, just leave. No celebration is ____ losing your life.
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Yu Bingbing is a 28yearold market research manager. When she is ____ her way to work each morning, she cannot help feeling ____ about whether she has locked the door of her apartment and ____ off the gas.
“I'm usually ____ with these feelings for the entire day,” Yu said. Working at an international pharmaceutical(制药的) firm, Yu looks older than she is and her heavily madeup face always has a(n) ____ look. “Since I have been ____ to a managerial position, I lose my temper with my parents and husband more frequently just because of some ____ things,” she said, adding that ____ wrinkles and acne(粉刺) on her face have irritated her even more, and even luxury cosmetics cannot ____ her.
“I have to work six days a week and don't even have extra offtime when I'm sick,” she said. “I have to ____ myself to become a workaholic since the competition in my company is really ____ and I also have to pay a 5,000 yuan monthly mortgage, besides saving a certain amount of money for my ____ baby.”
Life is like riding on a ____ for Yu and many other members of China's post80s generation, the first generation ____ after the ____ of the familyplanning policy and the group to benefit ____ from the country's opening up policy and its booming economy.
Being the only child in their family, and without much to trouble them during their youth, most of them were taken good care of or even ____ by their parents and grandparents.
Having such a ____ carefree youth—when this generation reached ____ and had to ____ with soaring(猛增的) prices, the high cost of raising children and intense competition in the workplace—they suffered a rude awakening.
According to statistics, the population of China's post80s generation is over 200 million. The media usually refers to them as “slaves” to property, credit cards, children and marriage.
A.on B.in C.at D.off
A.unsure B.doubtful C.anxious D.angry
A.turned B.took C.got D.run
A.wrestling B.going C.associating D.keeping
A.worried B.exhausted C.sad D.terrible
A.promoted B.risen C.put D.occupied
A.unhappy B.unimportant C.bad D.household
A.big B.many C.heavy D.slight
A.help B.decorate C.benefit D.beautify
A.make B.push C.pull D.encourage
A.fierce B.severe C.strong D.huge
A.planned B.prepared C.behaved D.grown
A.bike B.horse C.rollercoaster D.line
A.born B.raised C.started D.suffered
A.practice B.introduction C.completion D.influence
A.much B.most C.approximately D.little
A.loved B.protected C.avoided D.spoiled
A.likely B.seriously C.greatly D.relatively
A.childhood B.youth C.adulthood D.midlife
A.cope B.meet C.talk D.share
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探). It seems just like the lottery (彩票), but better you get both fame and money.
For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream. But everything last week in Beijing.
I was eating dinner with some friends. As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me. I was that I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her without it.
“You are a white man,” she said when she got to our table.
“Yes.”
“Can you speak ?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Oh good. Come with me now, please.”
I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest .
The woman, a talent agent, had a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to . She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one . My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then the club. When I got to the club, I was supposed to to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man. We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line or walk without tripping, but I got it right.
The talent scout ran to me afterward. “You are so . I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou. , it seems that my “star” talents are being white and being able to speak English. , next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the . If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me in my way to stardom (星途).
A.accepting B.bargaining C.winning D.predicting
A.although B.because C.if D.unless
A.changed B.began C.disappeared D.improved
A.amazed B.curious C.worried D.guilty
A.admitting B.imagining C.pretending D.realizing
A.cautiously B.breathlessly C.proudly D.surprisingly
A.Chinese B.French C.English D.Cantonese
A.cinemas B.nightclubs C.schools D.restaurants
A.signed B.needed C.persuaded D.introduced
A.come across B.fit in C.make out D.show up
A.around B.away C.beyond D.up
A.search B.name C.recognize D.enter
A.find B.turn C.offer D.stick
A.quickly B.simply C.reasonably D.properly
A.eventually B.hopefully C.obviously D.unfortunately
A.brave B.talented C.strange D.interesting
A.In return B.In brief C.In fact D.In turn
A.only B.last C.best D.other
A.Instead B.Besides C.Otherwise D.However
A.expression B.connection C.background D.meaning
Beware of those who use the truth to cheat. When someone tells you something that is , but leaves out important information that should be , he can create a false impression.
For example, someone might say, “I just a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and it for one hundred dollars!”
This guy’s a winner, ? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred , and only one was a winner. He’s really a big !
He didn’t say anything that was , but he deliberately left out some important . That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically , but they are just as not .
Untrustworthy candidates in campaigns often use this strategy. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and three million jobs. Then she another term. One of her opponents runs an advertisement , “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true. , an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of million jobs.”
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the . An advertisement might boast (吹嘘), “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples.” It to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation.
This kind of cheat happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
A.false B.true C.interesting D.boring
A.included B.contained C.involved D.referred
A.lost B.found C.donated D.won
A.swapped B.took C.turned D.made
A.right B.well C.really D.though
A.books B.papers C.tickets D.balls
A.winner B.loser C.fighter D.thinker
A.true B.real C.doubtful D.false
A.details B.information C.mistakes D.errors
A.stories B.truth C.facts D.lies
A.pleasant B.exciting C.honest D.clever
A.political B.commercial C.personal D.public
A.stopped B.found C.avoided D.gained
A.seeks B.gets C.achieves D.searches
A.writing B.reading C.saying D.speaking
A.Otherwise B.However C.In fact D.This way
A.one B.two C.three D.four
A.for B.to C.against D.in
A.words B.facts C.data D.truth
A.fails B.tries C.manages D.plans
How long can human beings live? Most scientists who study old age think that the human body is1to live no longer than 120 years. However, 110 years is probably the longest that anyone could hope to live -- if he or she is2healthy and lucky. Some scientists even say we can live as long as 130 years! Yet, our cells simply cannot continue to reproduce3. They wear out, and as a result, we get old and4die.
Even though we can't live forever, we are living a5life than ever before. In 1900, the average American life span (寿命) was only 47 years, but today it is 75 years!
When does old age begin then? Sixty-five may be out-of-date as the6line between middle age and old age. After all, many older people don't begin to experience physical and mental7until after age 75.
People are living longer because more people8childhood. Before modern medicine changed the laws of nature, many children died of common childhood9. Now that the chances of dying10are much lower, the chances of living long are much higher due to better diets and health care.
On the whole, our population is getting older. The11in our population will have lasting effects on our social development and our way of life. Some people fear such changes will be for the worse, while some see12, not disaster, many men and women in their "golden years" are healthy, still active, and young in13if not in age.
As the society grows old, we need the14of our older citizens. With long lives ahead of them, they need to15active and devoted.
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Some passengers won’t turn off their mobile phones or iPads during takeoff or landing. It happens on almost every now. It’s time to turn off personal electronic devices when the plane’s door . However, there’s always at least one person who keeps talking, texting, playing, watching or emailing — and strict orders to power down during flights.
“People have become so to those devices, and a lot of people whether they really need to turn them off,” says an airhostess from Southwest Airlines.
Is turning off the devices really in the first place? Lots of passengers have doubted about the of leaving devices on. They think one cell or message or game isn’t going to down the plane.
Indeed, there’s no scientific evidence that having devices powered on during takeoff and landing would cause a , only that there is the potential of a problem.
In the US, pilots are allowed to use certain electronic devices during takeoff and landing, but if passengers’ devices are tested at the same time, it may lead to wrong warnings and readings on the aircraft instruments. In some studies researchers found mobile phones could global-positioning satellite systems or other aircraft systems. Though the effects are slight, they could result in disaster.
If even the possibility of disaster exists, it’s better to turn them off during takeoff and landing.
A.seat B.flight C.passenger D.device
A.opens B.closes C.turns D.moves
A.giving B.obeying C.ignoring D.receiving
A.addicted B.connected C.opposed D.exposed
A.decide B.choose C.understand D.question
A.reliable B.necessary C.dangerous D.excellent
A.fact B.value C.danger D.price
A.knock B.bring C.shut D.fall
A.large B.great C.firm D.heavy
A.problem B.difficulty C.question D.mistake
A.small B.expensive C.various D.colorful
A.clear B.right C.bad D.false
A.affect B.operate C.control D.change
A.unusually B.strangely C.exactly D.seemingly
A.remotest B.biggest C.best D.worst
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Water costs money.In some places water is hard .What when a town
has these problems?A small town in California found a happy .
Very rain ever fell there.The town had no water .The water it used was from a river 300 miles away.As more people live in the town water was needed.Now water to be brought in from 600 miles away.All these cost money.
The town a plan.It found to clean its “dirty” water.Once the cleaned water was reused many ways.Five lakes were built.Here people could swim and fish and go .They have picnics in their new parks.Farmers had more water their crops.New factories can be built,now that they have the promise of .
In most places,water is used and thrown .The town that saved water
has saved the town!
A.supplying B.getting C.to get D.to supply
A.happens B.happening C.is happened D.happened
A.key B.answer C.answering D.way
A.little B.a little C.few D.a few
A.of itself B.of its own C.for its own D.for itself
A.fetch B.take C.brought in D.guided
A.come to B.came to C.coming to D.came for
A.many B.plenty of C.more D.many more
A.has B.had C.must D.needed
A.many B.a few C.a great many D.a lot of
A.put B.made C.supply D.noticed
A.a way B.ways C.an answer D.a key
A.for B.by C.at D.in
A.man-making B.man-make C.man-made D.man made
A.boating B.to boat C.to boating D.on boating
A.must B.could C.needed D.had to
A.as B.with C.for D.to
A.water enough B.enough water C.crops enough D.enough crops
A.off B.of C.away D.out of
A.it’s B.its C.one’s D.his
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Presently selfie (自拍) is popular among many young persons, even some elders. Danny Bowman was so crazy about it in order to attract girls when he was at school. He spent 10 hours a day ________ more than 200 selfies trying to find the ________ one.
He would take 10 photos of ________before he washed and would go ________ class secretly three times every hour. At 16, he dropped out of school________ he could throw himself into his addiction, and he ate ________.He did not leave his house for six months, and when he failed to take the perfect picture, he tried to ________ himself by taking an overdose(过度用药). His mother, Penny, ________ to save him, and forced him to ask for help after his addiction had become ________ .
Then 19-year-old, believed to be Britain's first selfie ________ , is now under special treatment ________ . He has not taken a picture of himself in seven months and has ________ that achieving perfection is ________ . He told the Sunday Mirror, "I was constantly ________the perfect selfie and when I realized I couldn't, I wanted to die. I ________ my friends, my education, my health and almost my life. The only thing I ________ about was having my phone with me so that I could satisfy the desire for a picture of myself at any time of the day." He expressed his ________ to the doctors and said their help kept him ________ and called on others to ask for help __________ they ended up in hospital.
One psychologist at a clinic ________ Danny was treated said the addiction to taking
selfies has now become a mental illness.
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It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ______ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed ______. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls (灵魂) ______ their souls belonged to the ______ .
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man ______ in front of it. “I’m Steve”, he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “ I can’t talk with you. I’ m ______”, he said. He was chatting online with somebody—probably someone he didn’t know---and, ______, he was playing a computer game--- a war game. I was _____ .
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried ______ to speak to that computer geek(电脑玩家),______ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction. I was ______ . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “ ______ !” I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I ______ , and saw nobody showed any interest.
______, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more ______ having a relationship with the ______, particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to ______ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines ______ with people.
I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even ______ that the coffee was bad, ______Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.
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A sufferer of Hansen’s Disease in Fiji, with twisted hands, became an internationally known artist. “My ____ I see as a gift led me to my life’s work,” he said. “If it had not been for it, none of these things would have ____.”
Some people succeed ____handicaps(残疾). Others succeed because of them. The ____is that our problems help to make us what we are. Those who____often learn the value of sympathy. And those who ____often teach others how to rise again. Our troubles can ____us in ways a carefree (无忧无虑的) existence cannot.
A ____is told about an Eastern village that through the centuries was known for its good pottery(陶器). Especially ____were its pots, high as tables, wide as chairs; they were ____around the globe for their strong form and great beauty.
Legend has it that when each pot was seemingly ____, there was still one final step. The craftsman ____it---and then put it back together with gold filigree(金银丝).
A(n) ____pot was then transformed into a priceless work of art. What seemed finished wasn’t until it was broken.
So it is with ____! Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedies, they can become ____and bitter. ____when mended by a hand of patience and love, the finished ____will be a work of beauty; a life that could ____reach its wholeness after it was broken.
If you feel broken, ____that you are a work of art! And you may not actually be complete until the ____are bonded with gold filigree of love.
A.sickness B.guilt C.danger D.complaint
A.failed B.spread C.happened D.stopped
A.in honour of B.in place of C.in advance of D.in spite of
A.decision B.truth C.excuse D.promise
A.escape B.suffer C.argue D.exist
A.fall down B.calm down C.get up D.turn up
A.scold B.shape C.trap D.disturb
A.story B.dream C.lie D.joke
A.boring B.frightening C.relaxing D.striking
A.saved B.lost C.admired D.stolen
A.counted B.purchased C.received D.finished
A.shared B.collected C.broke D.changed
A.ordinary B.precious C.small D.heavy
A.history B.culture C.people D.space
A.disappointed B.ashamed C.amused D.shy
A.Or B.But C.So D.Because
A.experiment B.building C.passage D.product
A.seldom B.never C.only D.sometimes
A.explain B.deny C.inform D.remember
A.edges B.pieces C.ends D.facts
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool.A letter can be enjoyed, read and ____.It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart(远离的);it can keep a ____with very little effort.
I will give___.A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting____.We had been close as____but had grown apart.Our meetings were not____; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only ___our misunderstanding.Then he____a small island in the Caribbean and we___touch.One day he wrote me a letter.He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to____.Rereading the letter, I was____by its humor(幽默)and clever expressions.These were all qualities for which I had____respected my older brother but____he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so____.And with that one letter we became friends____.
It might never have occurred to____to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no___.For him, writing was a necessity.It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch.Because we live in an age of____communication(通讯), people often____ that they don't always have to phone or email.They have a____.And that is to write.
A.received B.rewritten C.returned D.reread
A.record B.promise C.friendship D.secret
A.an example B.a lesson C.an experience D.a talk
A.through B.together C.along D.away
A.brothers B.children C.fellows D.classmates
A.normal B.necessary C.pleasant D.possible
A.deepen B.start C.express D.settle
A.toured B.stopped C.reached D.moved to
A.lost B.kept in C.needed D.got in
A.think B.write C.enjoy D.read
A.driven B.beaten C.surprised D.honored
A.never B.seldom C.sometimes D.once
A.realized B.judged C.thought D.expected
A.well B.often C.much D.soon
A.later B.anyhow C.too D.again
A.us B.anyone C.someone D.my brother
A.mail services B.transport services C.phones D.relative
A.poor B.easy C.popular D.busy
A.believe B.decide C.argue D.forget
A.habit B.choice C.method D.plan
What do Chinese college graduates have in common with ants? The recent Ants Tribe about the lifeof some young people flock (聚集) to Beijing after university, describes the graduates, like ants, as smart but as individuals, drawing strength from living together in communities.
The book, which is based two years’ interviews with about 600 low-income college graduates in Beijing, in mid September, about a month before an announcement from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that 74% of the 6.11 million new graduates had been by Sept. 1.
For the book’s chief editor, Lian Si, a professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, that piece of statistic says about the real situation for many of these graduates. “I am always how many of these employed college graduates are leading a decent life,” Lian said. “I hope this book could offer a window on these graduates, whose stories are known.”
The setting of the book is several so-called “settlement villages for college students” on the outskirts of Beijing, large number of college graduates . Most of these graduates work for or medium-sized businesses, less than 2,000 yuan a month. They live together because it’s : the rent in these communities is only around 350 yuan a month. Many of them travel several hours a day for short-term jobs or job interviews.
Tangjialing, a small 20 kilometers from Tiananmen Square, has around 3,000 villagers, but has become a for more than 50,000 migrants, most of them from all over the country. Lian describes the students’ as five-or-six-storey buildings with two or three people crammed together in each room of about 10 square meters. Up to 70 or 80 people share the same toilet and kitchen.
A.film B.story C.book D.magazine
A.who B.what C.which D.whose
A.leaving B.studying C.going D.working
A.meaningful B.meaningless C.important D.tiring
A.up B.on C.at D.out
A.camp up B.came on C.came along D.came out
A.fired B.interviewed C.employed D.graduated
A.much B.little C.some D.more
A.wondering B.researching C.studying D.telling
A.rarely B.well C.always D.often
A.which B.that C.why D.where
A.work B.study C.relax D.live
A.small B.big C.famous D.unknown
A.earning B.thinking C.shopping D.paying
A.expensive B.comfortable C.cheap D.convenient
A.city B.town C.community D.village
A.original B.young C.rich D.poor
A.school B.hotel C.home D.company
A.benefit B.differ C.come D.suffer
A.lives B.dormitories C.buildings D.restaurants