As I got up today, I smelt fresh coffee. I woke up to 36 a cup of it with some biscuits on my bedside table. This reminded me of 37 , the old school and college days, when mom used to wake me up by serving a 38 cup of coffee. The taste is still so 39 in my memories.
A 40 thought hit me, “I was in bed, so who prepared this coffee for me? Is it a dream?”
I pinched（掐）myself, ouch… that hurt, which meant I was not 41 . I walked out of the room with the cup of coffee, 42 my roommate. I asked him whether he prepared that for me, and the answer was YES.
I was relaxed 43 somehow my heart wanted him to say NO, because I wanted to be in a 44 that my mom prepared it for me. The whole 45 reminded me of mom and I 46 her at that moment.
On my way to my office, I was thinking about those days when mom used to cook my 47 meal. I could not 48 any single day when I slept without food. But now, I no longer 49 the food mom cooked.
This very thought 50 tears to my eyes and I decided to call up mom. I reached the office and gave her a call.
The first thing she asked was, “Is everything all right?” I was 51 . And I thought, “How the time has 52 ”.
When I was with her, I used to call her after every hour when I was out with my friends. In those days she 53 asked me what was wrong, as she knew that it was my habit. My call at this point of the day to her meant that I was in 54 .
Time has changed, she is still the same, and it is 55 who have changed.
| 小题1: | | A．find | B．drink | C．prepare | D．cook |
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| 小题2: | | A．kitchen | B．comfort | C．warmth | D．home |
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| 小题3: | | A．smelling | B．cooking | C．steaming | D．pouring |
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| 小题4: | | A．deep | B．fresh | C．heavy | D．recent |
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| 小题5: | | A．funny | B．possible | C．realistic | D．sudden |
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| 小题6: | | A．thinking | B．working | C．dreaming | D．reacting |
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| 小题7: | | A．in search of | B．in favor of | C．in place of | D．in case of |
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| 小题9: | | A．sense | B．relief | C．belief | D．state |
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| 小题10: | | A．scene | B．incident | C．care | D．matter |
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| 小题11: | | A．hated | B．expected | C．missed | D．questioned |
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| 小题12: | | A．last | B．every | C．tasty | D．complete |
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| 小题13: | | A．check | B．count | C．remember | D．cover |
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| 小题14: | | A．pack | B．finish | C．imagine | D．enjoy |
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| 小题15: | | A．brought | B．caused | C．pushed | D．raised |
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| 小题16: | | A．careless | B．speechless | C．rootless | D．homeless |
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| 小题17: | | A．influenced | B．passed | C．flied | D．changed |
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| 小题18: | | A．never | B．still | C．often | D．almost |
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| 小题19: | | A．peace | B．surprise | C．trouble | D．progress |
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| 小题20: | | A．my roommate | B．she | C．the situation | D．I |
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The story I am going to tell you happened about three years ago when I started to learn how to drive. At first, I was very frightened, and I thought I could never learn how to drive a car. Driving a car frightened me because in my home country women never drive, but in the United States every woman has to know how to drive. My husband paid an instructor to teach me how to drive. After that, my husband practiced with me for a long time. My husband always told me that I had to learn. It was important to me and my family.
However, I couldn’t get my license right away. I failed my driving test two times. After practicing for a long time, I decided to go for my third driving test. I had failed my first test because I was very nervous. Everybody encouraged me to continue practicing. Three weeks later, I decided to try it again, but I failed again. After that, I was very embarrassed（困窘的）, and I said I couldn’t get it, so I stopped practicing for a while.
Not knowing how to drive was bad because I couldn’t do anything. I had two kids, my husband works, and I have to take care of everything. Driving was so necessary that I decided to try it again. And finally, that time, I passed the test. Now I have my license. I know how to drive, and it has changed my life in some important ways. Now I’m driving to the college, learning English and hoping I will get a good job in the future.
小题1:Why did the author think that she could never learn how to drive a car?| A．Because she was not an American woman. | | B．Because she was afraid of a car or a bus. | | C．Because in her own country women never drive. | | D．Because her husband didn’t know how to teach her. |
小题2: The underlined word “instructor” in the first paragraph probably means __________.| A．someone who teaches a special skill | | B．someone who teaches a sport skill | | C．someone who teaches in an American college | | D．the information telling you how to drive a car |
小题3: How many persons in the author’s family are mentioned except the author herself?小题4:The passage mainly shows us that the author failed for quite a few times but she never gave up and __________.| A．she succeeded in driving her car to send her two children | | B．she succeeded in driving to the college to get a good job | | C．she succeeded in driving to the college and learned English | | D．she succeeded in passing driving test and got her license in the end |
小题5:The best title of this passage should be “__________”.| A．My Driving License | B．My Husband and I | | C．Passing the Test | D．Never Give Up |
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Whether it’s a carol（圣诞颂歌）service or an evening of karaoke in the pub, many people will enjoy a good old singsong this Christmas. Singing aloud will not just lift the spirits---it’s good for your physical health as well. Filling the lungs（肺）with air, increasing the heart rate and getting blood pumping round the body faster can all help our physical health.
For the past few years Heart Research UK has been Funding a Christmas campaign aimed at getting people singing, simply for the benefit it can bring. The organizer of the campaign says singing is a safe, simple and social activity that everyone can enjoy. “Singing is linked to long life, stress reduction, and general health protection. It also brings a great amount of happiness. It is impossible to sing well with a long face because it affects your pitch（音高）.”
Professor Graham Welch, who leads the International Music Education Research Centre at the University of London, has spent more than 30 years studying the effects of singing. He says that singing is a form of exercise. It means we’re also having a strong aerobic activity（有氧运动）when we’re singing, which results in increasing the feeling of pleasure while decreasing that of stress.
“And communal（共同的）singing—like in a singing group, a church service or even a singsong in the pub—helps improve our sense of self-respect. It increases our sense of satisfaction with ourselves, a greater sense of feeling included. ”
Helen Astrid, a singing teacher, also sees the great effects that singing brings. “It lifts us up on a spiritual level, it helps our self-respect, and it’s great for all ages from small kids to grannies—you can have a good sing and let your hair down.”
But she warns people not to have too many beers or glasses of wine, though a glass may help them gather courage before taking to the stage during the holidays.
小题1:Heart Research UK holds a campaign to __________.| A．encourage people to sing for God at Christmas | | B．study the effects of singing on people | | C．get people to sing and improve their health | | D．bring happiness to people during holidays |
小题2: What are the benefits of singing according to Graham Welch?
a. Singers’ living longer.
b. Singers’ general health protection.
c. Singers’ feeling happier.
d. Singers’ stress reduced.
e. Singer’s self-respect improved.| A．a, b, c | B．b, c, d | C．c, d, e | D．a, b, e |
小题3: The underlined part “let your hair down” probably means __________.| A．feel at ease | B．protect yourself | | C．dress casually | D．cover your nervousness |
小题4: What can we infer from the passage?| A．Singing at Christmas is good for health. | | B．In a low mood one is not able to sing well. | | C．Experts have disagreement on singing. | | D．Singing is the same as other aerobic activities. |
小题5:Which is the best title of the passage?| A．Karaoke—Best Place for Singing! | | B．Christmas—Best Time for Singing! | | C．Singing—Healthy but Difficult | | D．For Health—Let’s Sing! |
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One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a __20__. It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap （皮带）and in his hands was a saxophone. He was __21___ the saxophone to his __22__ and just about to play. My family walked on up the river towards the castle __23__ I stayed there by the statue, __24__ of playing a saxophone on TV.
Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my __25___ when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a __26__! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the __27___ book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I __28__hard but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost __29___ when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound – loud and clear like I __30__ the music of the man by the river in Kobe.
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| | A．car | | B．bus | | C．train | | D．motorcycle |
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| | A．bank | | B．castle | | C．mountain | | D．river |
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| | A．closed | | B．open | C．broken | | D．clear |
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| | A．low | | B．lonely | | C．loud | | D．deep |
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| | A．man | | B．statue | | C．photo | | D．picture |
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| | A．playing | | B．picking | | C．lifting | | D．rising |
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| | A．hands | | B．ears | | C．eyes | | D．lips |
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| | A．dreaming | | B．pretending | | C．admiring | | D．observing |
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| | A．anger | | B．regret | | C．sickness | | D．joy |
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| | A．guitar | | B．drum | | C．saxophone | | D．violin |
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| | A．music | | B．exercise | | C．instruction | | D．note |
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| | A．blew | | B．flew | | C．shook | | D．beat |
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| | A．reading | | B．crying | | C．talking | | D．asking |
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| | A．made | | B．heard | | C．played | | D．imagined |
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Americans use many expressions with the word “dog”. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. How ever, dogs without owners to care for lead a different kind of life. The expression “to lead a dog’s life” describes a person who has an unhappy existence.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.
Doghouse provide shelter but they can be cold and lonely in the winter. Husbands and wives use this doghouse term when they are angry at each other. For example, a woman might get angry at her husband for coming home late or forgetting their wedding anniversary. She might tell him that he is in the doghouse. However, the husband may decide that it is best to leave things alone and not create more problems. He might decide to let sleeping dogs lie.
Dog expressions also are used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
小题1:The passage tells us something about________.| A．dogs and their life | B．the expressions that describe dogs | | C．the meaning of expressions with the word “dog” | D．the structures of dog expressions |
小题2: By saying _______, we compare people to dogs in bad ways.| A．“meaner than a junkyard dog” | B．“to work like a dog” | | C．“teach an old dog new tricks” | D．“as sick as a dog” |
小题3:By saying ________, we mean every person enjoys a successful period in life.| A．“he lives in a dog-eat-dog world” | B．“he leads a dog’s life” | | C．“he is in the doghouse” | D．“every dog has its day” |
小题4: If we advise the others to leave things alone and not create more problems, we say_______.| A．“become sick as a dog” | B．“rain cats and dogs” | | C．“let sleeping dogs lie” | D．“stay in the doghouse” |
小题5: It has been really hot these days, as _______.| A．it rains cats and dogs | B．we are having the dog days of summer | | C．we’re leading a dog’s life | D．we’re in the dog’s house |
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In the 1880s, people drank John Pemberton’s tonic to cure headaches. It wasn’t a very popular drink, and he sold only about a dozen drinks a day. That’s why Pemberton was willing to sell the rights to his medicinal drink. The buyer, Asa Griggs Candler, paid just $ 2,300 for the rights to Coca-Cola. Today, Coca-Cola (or Coke) is worth billions of dollars. It controls 50 percent of the world market in soft drinks.
How did Coca-Cola become so popular? One answer is that Asa Candler was a very clever businessman. He was one of the first people to use mass marketing. How did he do this? First, he made his product unique. When he bought the rights to Coca-Cola, it came in ordinary bottles. It looked like every other drink on the market. To make Coca-Cola look different, Candler modernized the bottles. He also made an eye-catching logo for his products. When other companies tried to imitate Coca-Cola’s name, Candler took them to court.
In addition to the unique bottle and logo, Candler spent a lot of time and money advertising his product. He used advertising to make a powerful image of Coca-Cola in the minds of his customers. He gave away free bottles of Coke. He put the name of his drink on pencils, trays, Japanese fans, matches, and many other things. Then he gave the things to people for free. He advertised Coca-Cola in the newspaper and painted the words “Drink Coca-Cola” on the sides of buildings and barns. By 1902, Coca-Cola was the best known product in the United States.
Candler was also able to make memorable advertisements. They often had catchy slogans such as “The Pause That Refreshes.” He also used famous athletes to advertise his product. They helped people to think of Coca-Cola as a delicious drink for everyone.
Today, businesses all over the world use mass marketing, but the makers of Coke were the first.
小题1:Candler bought the rights to Coca-Cola from _______. | A．the inventor of a medicinal drink | B．a well-known businessman | | C．a doctor | D．a carpenter |
小题2: The underlined sentence in paragraph 2 implies that __________. | A．he invited people from other companies to attend a court ball | | B．he shared Coca-Cola’s name with other companies after they went back from the court | | C．he played basketball with people from other companies on the basketball court | | D．he took legal action to those who wanted to copy Coca-Cola’s name |
小题3: Candler used slogans to advertise his product. Slogans are _______.| A．popular music | B．free products | C．memorable phrases | D．simple things |
小题4: By using mass marketing, Asa tried many ways EXCEPT _______.| A．making Coca-Cola look different | | B．paying $ 2,300 for the rights to Coca-Cola | | C．advertising Coca-Cola a powerful image in the minds of the customers | | D．using famous athletes to advertise his product |
小题5:The passage is mainly to _______.| A．explain that it is easy to use mass marketing | | B．advice people to spend a lot of money and time on mass marketing | | C．tell how Asa changes Coca-Cola into a worldwide business by using mass marketing | | D．describe different ways of using mass marketing |
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