Everyone in our class took an _______ part in the camping trip. (activity)
According to the passage, the author seems to be ______.
A.against the education in the very early historic times
B.in favor of the educational practice in primitive cultures
C.quite happy to see an equal start for everyone
D.positive about our present educational instruction
Johnny: No, I didn't hear about it.
George: A man tried to rob the bank next to our building this morning.
Johnny: __8__
George: Yes, he tried to rob the bank at gunpoint.
Johnny: __9__
George: Oh, everyone in the bank is OK.
Johnny: That's good to hear.
George: He did get away, though.
Johnny: That is horrible.
George: __10__
Johnny: I'm sure they'll catch him eventually.
A.Did anyone get hurt
B.Thank the lucky stars
C.Are you serious
D.The cops don't know who the guy is
.We are often noisy at weddings and sympathetic at funerals.Our table manners are not the same at a picnic as in a restaurant.When speaking with people,we feel free to interrupt close friends but tend to listen to our employers until they finish.If we don’t make such adjustments(调整),we are likely to get into trouble.
From one point of view,language is behaviour;it is part of the way we act.And like every other kind of behaviour,it must be adjusted to fit different contexts or situations where it is used.For instance,among people who are used to a writing system,there is one adjustment everyone makes:they speak one way and write another way.Speakers can stop in the middle of a conversation and repeat themselves if they sense that they are being misunderstood;writers often go back over their writing to see that it is clear,which is,however,before the communication occur.Once writers have passed their writing to someone else,they cannot change it.
Speakers can use intonation(语调),stress(重音),and pauses to help make their meaning clear.A simple sentence like “John kept my pencil” may mean,by a shift in the stress and intonation patterns,either John rather than someone else kept the pencil,or John kept rather than just borrowed the pencil,or it was a pencil rather than anything else that he kept.Writers,on the other hand,have their special tools of various punctuation(标点) marks,capitals,italic(斜体) letters,and so on.Skillful writers could also change the word order of a sentence.So“Cindy only had five dollars” could be turned into “Cindy had only five dollars” to mean Cindy had no more than five dollars,or into “Only Cindy had five dollars” to mean nobody but Cindy had five dollars.
36.The main purpose of the first paragraph in this passage is to _______.
A.summarize the passage
B.introduce the topic of the passage
C.use examples to illustrate the first sentence of the paragraph
D.use examples to illustrate the last sentence of the paragraph
37.According to Paragraph 1,we must adjust our behavior. because _______.
A.we should appear happy at weddings and sad at funerals
B.we should listen to our employers more than to our friends
C.our manners should be different in different places
D.our behavior. should be acceptable to others around
38.Language as mentioned in Paragraph 2 is considered _______.
A.a kind of behavior
B.an act found in all situations
C.an adjustment everyone makes
D.both spoken and written
39.According to Paragraph 2,speakers and writers differ mainly in _______.
A.the amount of time they spend on the communication
B.the number of times they stop while communicating
C.how they can make sure that they are not misunderstood
D.when they decide to begin the communication
40.According to Paragraph 3,speakers can use such tools as _______ to make their meaning clear.
A.intonation patterns and word order
B.stress patterns and word order
C.pauses and punctuation marks
D.pauses and shifts in stress patterns
完型填空:阅读下面的短文,根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项将其补充完整。
Filing means keeping documents in a {A、B、C} place and being able to find them easily and quickly. Documents that are {A、B、C} will not easily tear, get lost or dirty.
A filing system is the central record-keeping system for an organization. It helps all people who should be able to access information to do so easily. It is always {A、B、C} when someone looks for something and is able to find it without difficulties. In our organizations we work in groups. We receive and send out documents on different subjects. We need to keep these documents for {A、B、C} reference. If these documents are not cared for, we cannot account for all our organizational activities. Everyone who needs to use documents should know {A、B、C} to get them.
1. A. clean B. secret C. safe
2. A. cared for B. caring for C. care for
3. A. a luck B. a pleasure C. a fun
4. A. future B. past C. historic
5. A. when B. why C. where
Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments Would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three or four times in packages that all have to be disposed off drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cannot be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us no only to buy thing we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by curing out unnecessary buying, excess use and careless disposal (处理) of the products we use in our daily lives.
The main cause of pollution is ______.
A.the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment
B.the production of new industrial goods
C.increased amounts of a natural substance
D.our ever-increasing population
Remember the Stone Age days of research back in elementary school and middle school? We would spend countless hours digesting the information we could find on index cards. Do you recall using those ancient com- puters that ran with the Gopher program or some generic database whose name connoted a marmot that could take half an hour to find Moby Dick?
Well, all I have to say can be summed up in five words: Thank God For The Internet! Screw going to the library! I have access to dozens of databases, journals, and collections of literature right at my fingertips. I can complete all of my research at home and no longer must run amok in the library, stressing out while trying to find Shakespeare’s The Tempest or some other book, all the while trying to block out the noisy study groups who have forgotten what the "silence policy of libraries" means.
If you recall the flood epidemic that hit Colorado State University just a couple summers ago, that natural disaster wreaked havoc all over campus. A large portion of journals and texts were located in our libraries' basement which completely filled up with about 10 feet of rain water in a matter of hours.
The Lory Student Center’s basement was also flooded and that was where the university bookstore was lo- cated. This forced almost every professor to order new textbooks and that really put a dent in our wallets. Many students here, myself included, still have to face the disappointment of searching for a particular book or journal for a last minute paper, only to find out that the certain item was a casualty of the flood.
Thanks to the Internet, the university implemented the Inter-Library Loan system. Several universities around Colorado have generously aided us in our research endeavors by loaning any resource we need for at least two to three weeks. All we have to do is type in a request and five other university libraries automatically search for that information.
Without this program, I may have failed several papers and projects. I would have had to spend my nights running from public library to public library around the state just to find a certain article or novel. The World Wide Web has also given us the capability to order any textbook at a much lower price than the university bookstores charge. Hey, we're all college students and we're usually broke, so anytime we can find a deal or discount that will save us a few bucks, we will gladly take it.
And last but not least, for those of us who are constantly homesick, have a special someone far away or still want to keep in touch with pals, we have e-mail. Like most of you, I moved away from home to go to school and my high school friends spread out across the globe. Instead of wasting money on stationery and envelopes and stamps (which seem to increase in price about every year), I can chat with everyone through the Internet. Plus, scanning has allowed us to send pictures to our sweethearts, friends, and family who have forgot- ten what we look like. So, I’m asking everyone to get on their hands and knees and to pay homage to the telecommunications god, the Internet.
The word "havoc" in the third paragraph means
A.great concern.
B.widespread horror.
C.long-lasting influence.
D.great damage or destruction.
1.The word “currency” (ParA. 1) most probably means __________.
A.plastic cards
B.money
C. coins
D. goods
2.According to the passage, we all need _______.
A.coins
B.some kind of money
C.credit cards
D.currency
3. Our thumbprints may be used in the future because ________.
A.every thumbprint is difficult to lose or make
B.each store will have a computer
C.they will help each store
D.computers need them
4. Which of the following statements gives the main idea of the second paragraph?
A.Credit cards are worse than currency.
B.Currency may not be more of a problem than credit cards.
C.We use credit cards because people steal money.
D.We have many problems with money.
5.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.There is something easier to use than credit cards.
B.There are no problems with currency.
C.Every person will have a different thumbprint number.
D.There are some problems with the use of credit cards.
These crimes are not usually committed by people who are poor or in need. Young people often dislike and hate the adult world. They will do things to show that they are rebels. Also in Britain today it is easier for young people to commit crimes because they have more freedom to go where they like and more money to do what they like.
There are two other possible causes which are worth mentioning. More and more people in Britain live in large towns. In a large town no one knows who anyone else is or where they live. But in the village I come from crimes are rare because everyone knows everyone else.
Although it is difficult to explain, I think the last cause is very important. Perhaps there is something with our society which encourages violence and crime. It is a fact that all the time children are exposed to films and reports about crime and violence. Many people do not agree that this influences the young people, but I think that young people are very much influenced by the society they grow in. I feel that the fault may be as much with our whole society as with these young people.
6. From the passage we know that many British people are confused about ().
A. the cause of juvenile crimes
B. the rise of the crime rate
C. the problem of crimes in their country
D. the various kinds of juvenile delinquency
7. One reason why young people in large cities are more likely to commit crimes is that ().
A. nobody knows anything about others
B. they are free to move
C. they live a better life
D. they need more money
8. According to the passage, which groups of the following young people are LEAST likely to commit crimes?
A. Those living in big cities
B. Those who are in need of help
C. Those who are very poor
D. Those living in the countryside
9. Unlike many others, the author holds that one important cause for juvenile delinquency is that().
A. young people nowadays do not like adult world
B. young people in Britain today are freer than before
C. too many young people have come to live in big cities
D. young people are influenced by crime and violence in films and newspapers
10.According to the passage, which is to blame for juvenile crimes, apart from the young people themselves?
A. The adult world
B. Their parents
C. The development of the cities
D. The society