If English is not your first language, it is a good idea to take English language classes to improve your written and spoken communication skills. There are many ways to learn English. You can learn from a book, a DVD, on the Internet or by attending classes. One of the most successful ways to improve your English is to join a course in a country where English is widely spoken. The more you practice, the more you will learn. But why learn the English language? English is an important language for anyone who is planning to travel or become involved in business.
Many people love travelling, but if their English is poor, it can be difficult to understand signs, read directions and make themselves understood. Before travelling, it is important to understand the culture and customs of the places you visit. Learning basic English before you travel will help you to understand these customs and avoid mistakes that could be embarrassing. When you are travelling, you will also enjoy meeting new people. If you can speak English, you will have a better chance of being able to communicate with the people you meet. Many of your new friends will speak English and others will have English as a second language. Without English, your friendships will be limited as you travel around the world.
If you are involved in business, it is important to be able to communicate in English. The Internet, world travel and modern communication systems have made the world seem like a much smaller place. These days business people interact with customers and other business people from all over the world. That makes your English language skills more important than ever. There are many English language courses that major in business communications. Improving your English skills is one of the best things you could ever do to increase your chances of business success.
小题1:What kind of people is English important to according to the passage?| A．Travelers. | B．Teachers. | C．Students. | D．Language experts. |
小题2:Which of the following is the best way to learn English well?| A．Travelling around the world with English-speakers. | | B．Taking a course in an English-speaking country. | | C．Learning from all kinds of books or DVDs. | | D．Learning on the Internet by yourselves. |
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the aim of learning basic English?| A．To research the causes of cultural differences. | | B．To understand the customs of your destination. | | C．To avoid embarrassing mistakes on your journey. | | D．To have more opportunities to communicate with others. |
小题4: What is the main idea of the third paragraph?| A．The more you practice, the more you will learn. | | B．Doing business helps to improve your communication skills. | | C．English is important for anyone who is involved in business. | | D．The Internet has made the world become smaller and smaller. |
小题5:We can infer from the passage that _____.| A．learning English well will make you achieve goals more easily | | B．learning English only aims at achieving business success | | C．without learning English, your friendships will be limited wherever you are | | D．you needn’t learn English if you don’t want to travel |
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:A |
试题分析：这篇文章介绍了学好英语的重要性以及学习英语的方法。
小题1:根据English is an important language for anyone who is planning to travel or become involved in business.故选A。
小题2:根据One of the most successful ways to improve your English is to join a course in a country where English is widely spoken.故选B。
小题3:根据Learning basic English before you travel will help you to understand these customs and avoid mistakes that could be embarrassing. When you are travelling, you will also enjoy meeting new people. If you can speak English, you will have a better chance of being able to communicate with the people you meet. Many of your new friends will speak English and others will have English as a second language. Without English, your friendships will be limited as you travel around the world.所以答案为A。
小题4:根据If you are involved in business, it is important to be able to communicate in English.因此选C。
小题5:根据Improving your English skills is one of the best things you could ever do to increase your chances of business success.因此选A。
点评：要想答好题目，重在理解全文意思。这篇文章比较难，先看问题，再带着问题读短文，找出各段落的主旨句，理解全文内容，总结全文中心，然后再回到问题上来，很容易选出正确答案。多了解一些常识性知识有利于阅读理解。如果对文章的相关背景有所了解，读起文章一定既省时又省力。因此，在学习过程中，了解各方面的背景知识是十分重要的。 |
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Motorists over the age of 75 face compulsory tests of their eyesight and ability to drive under proposals being considered by ministers.
The biggest overhaul of motoring law in a generation could also lead to all drivers having to give assurances（保证）of their fitness to get behind the wheel every 10 years.
Other changes under consideration include issuing（发放）daylight driving licenses for motorists with night blindness, together with stricter checks on all drivers whose medical condition brought a threat to other road users.
It is understood that the proposals will be part of a review of the law governing the medical fitness of drivers that will be announced publicly by the summer.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is dealing with a rising number of motorists who are concerned that they have conditions---from failing eyesight to epilepsy---that could affect their driving.
In 2006, the DVLA dealt with 600,000 motorists whose physical ability to drive needed to be recertified（重新认证）, a 20 per cent rise on the previous year. With an ageing population, the biggest challenge is dealing with the rising number of elderly motorists. By 2021, there will be an estimated three million drivers over the age of 70 on Britain’s roads.
Drivers must renew their licenses at the age of 70 and every three years thereafter. The applicant is legally required to tell the DVLA of any conditions that could weaken their ability behind the wheel.
Ministers have ruled out a compulsory maximum age for driving but will instead rely on tightening up the checks on motorists over the age of 75. The most likely option would be tests to ensure motorists were fit to drive. They would include an eyesight test and a cognitive（认知） test that would prove a driver"s ability to react to road signs, driving conditions, pedestrians and vehicles.
However, checks are likely to be tightened at all ages. The strictest controls are expected to be imposed（强制） on motorists of any age who have had a heart attack or stroke. They could have to produce a doctor"s approval to resume（重新得到）driving. Anyone making a false declaration would be guilty of a criminal offence.
小题1:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The new motoring law will come into effect by the summer． | | B．Drivers over the age of 75 must renew their licenses every three years． | | C．Doctors will decide whether one can get their driving licenses． | | D．Drivers at all ages will be expected to provide their medical condition． |
小题2:What is the biggest challenge to the traffic safety in Britain according to the writer?| A．Ageing population． | B．Increasing number of cars． | | C．Increasing number of elderly motorists． | D．Driving conditions． |
小题3:The underlined word “overhaul” in Paragraph 2 means _______．| A．change | B．consideration | C．concern | D．challenge |
小题4:What can be learned from the passage?| A．There will be more and more aged drivers in Britain． | | B．Anyone can get a driving license as long as he/she is in good health． | | C．Health tends to decline as one gets old | | D．It will be guilty to make a false declaration． |
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Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping---watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some __46__ countries, people can turn on their __47__ and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and __48__ things.
Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden. __49__, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10 million. In France, there are two teleshopping channels, and the French __50__ about $ 20 million a year in buying things through those channels.
In Germany, __51__ last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can __52__ for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German __53__ are hoping these will help them sell more things.
Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without __54__. With all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans __55__ like this new way of buying things. They call __56__ “junk on the air.” Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things __57__ on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things __58__.
The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be __59__ the American companies. They will have to be more careful about __60__ of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves.
| 小题1: | | A．European | B．Asian | C．American | D．African |
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| 小题2: | | A．lights | B．switches | C．radios | D．TVs |
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| 小题3: | | A．some else | B．another many | C．the other | D．many other |
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| 小题4: | | A．Such as | B．For example | C．For teleshopping | D．It is like |
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| 小题5: | | A．takes | B．cost | C．spends | D．spend |
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| 小题7: | | A．begin | B．leave | C．open | D．turn on |
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| 小题8: | | A．people | B．women | C．businessmen | D．officials |
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| 小题9: | | A．to go out | B．going out | C．to buy things | D．buying things |
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| 小题10: | | A．still | B．don’t | C．even | D．won’t |
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| 小题11: | | A．teleshopping | B．TV | C．radio | D．telephone |
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| 小题12: | | A．appearing | B．coming out | C．for sale | D．to buy |
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| 小题13: | | A．in the shop | B．on TV | C．they bought | D．by this way |
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| 小题14: | | A．different from | B．the same with | C．as big as | D．larger than |
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| 小题15: | | A．the number | B．the quality | C．the places | D．the buyers |
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My son Jack, a fourth grader, was having a hard time in getting interested in story books recently, so I offered to read the first few chapters to him. In the early pages of ‘Incident at Halk Hill’, a quiet little boy has a special meeting with a female badger (獾).Soon after, another badger is caught in a steel leg trap(陷阱), and the author describes in detail the pain and scare of an animal struggling to its death. We meet the cruel hunter and his ill treatment of a dog; we see the badger being skinned by the boy"s father；and we experience the child"s confusion when beaten by his father in anger. Pretty heavy going for ten-year-olds, I thought.
Last night , I returned from a weekend away to find that Jack had finished the whole book on his own. “It was really, really good and sad, and violent，” he reported. “There was a lot of killing.”
“Were there any happy parts?" I asked,
"The boy"s life was saved by the badger, and that was good. But then that badger got caught in a trap again and at the end it"s dying, too. ” Jack said, "It was so sad that I almost cried. ”
I told him that many books have made me cry, beginning with Heidi, when I was just his age, right on up to the novel I finished last week.
“Well，” he admitted then, “I actually did cry. Reading that book just reminded me of all the sadness in the world, and it made me feel sad ,too. ”
So, I think, now he has been through the sad tone of the passage , the discovery that words on a printed page can give rise to such strong emotion ，that a book can move you right out of your own comfortable little self and into someone else"s pain. Thus we come to realize that if we are to remain fully engaged in life, open to its mysteries and feel sorry towards its suffering, we indeed need stories to grab（抓住） us by the neck and remind us of the sadness in the world that is not our own.
小题1:‘Incident at Halk Hill’ is a _______story.| A．sad | B．happy | C．funny | D．boring |
小题2:The underlined sentence “Pretty heavy going for ten-year-olds" means____| A．the book is too long for a ten year old child | | B．the book is too difficult for a ten year old child | | C．the book is too violent(暴力) for a ten year old child | | D．the book is too pretty for a ten year old child |
小题3:According to the passage , stories can be something to help you_____| A．enjoy your spare time | B．develop your care for animals | | C．realize the truth of life | D．think about your own life |
小题4:By writing the passage, the writer mainly wants to____.| A．tell a story that interested his son | | B．show the importance of reading stories | | C．share an experience between himself and his son | | D．show how to make children interested in books |
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I had made up my mind a long time ago that I would not give a homeless person money, because I could never be sure what that money would be used for. Instead, I decided, I would buy them a sandwich, a cold drink on a hot day, a cup of coffee, whatever I could manage.
I was out recently and saw a homeless man outside of a Starbucks. I decided I would buy this man lunch. I bought a sandwich and soda.
Just as I was leaving the store, two policemen were approaching the man. Obviously the shop owners had complained of his wandering and the police were there to draw him away from the storefronts. Just as they were about to wake him, I asked one of the officers if it was all right if I just gave the man something before he went. I was not sure why I asked the permission but the policeman said sure and I just left the bag in the man’s cart, got in my car and drove off.
As I was driving off I remember thinking “I hope people saw that”. Then I had to seriously ask myself why I hoped people had seen me give the man a sandwich from Starbucks. Was it because I wanted people to think, “She’s such a nice person!”? Why did I hope others had seen me do it? I continued to wonder this all evening.
The next morning, it came to me that I wanted people to have witnessed that small act of kindness not so that I would receive credit and praise but so that they might be inspired to do the same and in so doing that others still would witness their acts of kindness. Thus the whole spirit of pity and giving would be lasting.
小题1:The underlined word “Starbucks” in the second paragraph is the name of a _________.| A．shop | B．bookstore | C．bank | D．man |
小题2:When the author saw the homeless man, he was __________.| A．begging outside | B．buying goods | | C．staying awake | D．falling asleep |
小题3:What’s the purpose of the passage?| A．To show the author is great. | | B．To encourage people to help others. | | C．To introduce an experience that changed the author. | | D．To call on people not to give money to a homeless man. |
小题4:The author can be best described as __________.| A．bad-tempered | B．hard-working | | C．kind-hearted | D．self-confident |
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Helen was loved as a friendly 1ady by a11 who knew her. She had belonged to the same church for almost all her adult lire and was highly 36.______. Poor Helen was well into her 90’s. Since her husband passed away，she moved in with Jennifer, her young granddaughter. However, life is 37._______. One night driving home from the store, Jennifer was hit dead by a drunk driver. Once again, Helen was alone.
The 38._______ of losing those closest to her and the loneliness of being all alone were 39.______ she could bear. She changed--she fell into 40._______ and hopelessness. Naturally, people around her saw the change. But nobody seemed to know how to 41._______ her. Months passed. It was now December, and the holiday season was 42._______ to be harder than Helen imagined it would be. She felt like she was 43._______, slowly inside. She wondered if she would see Christmas this year.
44._______, the second Sunday of December, the Sunday School teacher came to her with a special request. Would she be 45.______ enough to help decorate the tree that was in the middle of the children’s classroom? Each child had handmade a special decoration to 46.______ on the tree, and they needed assistance. Helen attempted to 47._______ refuse, but the teacher said that the children had requested she be the 48._______ that year. It was important to them for some reason, the teacher whispered.
The night of the special event, Helen was present and wore the best smile. The 49.______ of the young children was bittersweet, which held memories of her dear Jennifer. For the first time in months, though, you could see her eyes 50._______ through tears. She was happy that the children had 51.______ her. Most decorations had been placed on the tree 52._______ a group of nine children came and sat in front of her. Each of them either had no grandmother any longer, 53.______ had never even known theirs. This was a very special celebration and union. In the middle lay a gift-wrapped box 54._______ for her with a card reading “Our Grandma, with love. ”
Christmas this year wasn’t unkind to Helen. No, it was a new 55._______, a brand-new start and nine new reasons to her…
| 小题1: | | A．valued | B．rewarded | C．approved | D．respected |
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| 小题2: | | A．funny | B．challenging | C．boring | D．diverse |
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| 小题3: | | A．weakness | B．coldness | C．sadness | D．tiredness |
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| 小题4: | | A．other than | B．more than | C．rather than | D．1essthan |
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| 小题5: | | A．nervousness | B．anxiety | C．depression | D．separation |
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| 小题6: | | A．acknowledge | B．distinguish | C．appreciate | D．comfort |
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| 小题7: | | A．desired | B．pictured | C．aiming | D．proving |
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| 小题8: | | A．crying | B．dying | C．moving | D．struggling |
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| 小题9: | | A．Gradually | B．Recently | C．Then | D．Meanwhile |
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| 小题10: | | A．kind | B．optimistic | C．patient | D．enthusiastic |
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| 小题11: | | A．base | B．place | C．hide | D．set |
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| 小题12: | | A．politely | B．personally | C．seriously | D．unwillingly |
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| 小题13: | | A．volunteer | B．visitor | C．teacher | D．assistant |
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| 小题14: | | A．view | B．thought | C．sight | D．scenery |
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| 小题15: | | A．staring | B．shining | C．looking | D．1ighting |
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| 小题16: | | A．helped | B．treated | C．invited | D．amused |
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| 小题19: | | A．intended | B．written | C．sent | D．1eft |
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| 小题20: | | A．ending | B．process | C．goal | D．beginning |
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