1. Water was cold as ice and f________ faster than a river.
2. They heard another great roar, and the wall of the house s________.
3. These books are fit for a_____ only. Children can’t read them.
4. I have many h_______, such as reading, singing, stamp collecting and so on.
Glynis Davis:
I first piled on the ponds when I was in the family way and I couldn’t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 140 pounds and I lost30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I’d lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year…but it didn’t happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. I’d lost willpower and tried to believe that the old age of fish and chips didn’t make any difference but the scales don’t lie.
Roz Juma:
To be honest, I never weigh myself any more I’ve leant to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My idea is simple. You shouldn’t be too much thinking about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a supper-thin body. This is obviously the size I’m meant to be and, most of all, I’m happy with it.
Lesley Codwin:
I was very happy about winning Young Slimmer of the Year. I’d look in the mirror to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem——perhaps from then on I didn’t pay any attention to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you. I feel a complete failure because I’ve put on weight again.
1. What do you think the three women were all talking about?
A. Their own slimming matter. B. Their life after marriage.
C. Their work as a housewife. D. Different diets they prefer
2. Where are these short passages most likely to be taken from?
A. Talks on the radio. B. Advertisements on the well.
C. Book in a library. D. Magazines for children.
3. What does the underlined word “scales” possibly mean?
A. The coach（教练）in the slimming club.
B. Some tools to measure weight.
C. Glynis Davis’ dear husband.
D. The salesperson in a food shop.
The best way of learning a language is using it．The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible．Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up( 混合 ) and people will not understand you．Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can' t understand them．But if you keep your sense of humor ( 幽默感 ) ， you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make．Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes．It's better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you ， because they don't understand what you are saying．The most important thing for learning English is ： "Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes."
1．The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is ____．
A．writing
B．listening
C．using it
D．learning grammar
2．What should you do in learning English?
A．Be careful not to make any mistake．
B．Write as quickly as you can．
C．Laugh more often．
D．Speak English as much as you can．
3．When people laugh at your mistakes，you should ____．
A．not care
B．be happy
C．feel worried
D．be unhappy
4．When you make a mistake ，you should ____．
A．keep quiet
B．keep your sense of humor
C．be kind
D．get angry
It’s 9 a. m. , the morning rush hour in Toronto. A man has fallen down on a downtown street suddenly. Several passers-by stop to help the man. One woman reaches into her purse for her cellphone and hits 911, the emergency number. 36 Within ten minutes, the stricken(患病的) man is in the back of an ambulance and is sent to the hospital for life-saving treatment.
This scene is fairly common in Toronto and other major cities. Over the years, cities have developed systems to respond quickly to emergencies. 37 But none of this would be possible without the cooperation of car drivers who yield(让路)to emergency vehicles on busy downtown streets. In fact, it’s against the law for drivers not to yield.
To yield (让路)means to give away or, more specifically, to get out of the way. 38 . As yet, China doesn’t have any specific laws that require drivers to yield, whether it is for slower cars to move over to the inside lane of a highway or for all cars to give way to emergency vehicles. 39 Drivers did not yield when they heard the ambulance’s siren.
In Canada, failing to yield to an ambulance vehicle can result in a fine of $400~$2, 000 and reduction of three points off your license. That’s for a first offense. 40 This punishment is severe because lives are in danger.
A. It has resulted in (导致)many lives being saved.
B. A second offense results in a bigger fine, the loss of your driver’s license for two years and a possible jail sentence.
C. It saves lives and, who knows, someday it may save your own.
D. Three minutes later, sirens(警报)are heard in the distance as a police car, an ambulance and a fire truck race to the area.
E. It means pulling to the side of the road to let others pass.
F. Recently, an injured Beijing cyclist died on the way to hospital because the ambulance carrying him got stuck in city traffic.
G. Safe driving depends on driver’s being aware of the traffic around them and yielding when necessary.
Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said: “Make something out of the Tinkertoys. You have 45 minutes today—and 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week.”
A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see what the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginations.
Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect（感染）other students.
Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare, “But I’m just not creative.”
“Do you dream at night when you’re asleep？”
“Oh, sure.”
“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.”The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. “That’s pretty creative. Who does that for you？”
“Nobody. I do it.”
“Really—at night, when you’re asleep？”
“Sure.”
“Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay？”
25. The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to .
A. make the lessons more exciting B. know more about the students
C. raise the students’ interest in art D. teach the students about toy design
26. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?
A. He liked to help his teacher. B. He preferred to study alone.
C. He was imaginative. D. He was active in class.
27. What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Mistake. B. Disadvantage. C. Difficulty. D. Burden
28. Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?
A. To find out about their sleeping habits.
B. To help them to improve their memory.
C. To find out about their ways of thinking.
D. To help them to see their creativity.
International Studies (BA)
Key features
·Recognizes the “global community”(国际社会)
· Has close connections with practical research
· Much of the teaching is done in small discussion groups
About the course
The course gives you chances to know great power politics between nation states. It will provide more space to study particular issues such as relationship among countries in the European Union, third world debt, local and international disagreement, and the work of such international bodies as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, and the World Bank.
The course puts theories into the working of the international system with close attention to particular countries. You will also have a better knowledge of methods of solving the international problems.
Related (相关的) courses
●BA (Hons) Community Management ● BA (Hons) Public Policy and Management
Employment possibilities
●International organizations ● International business
Earth Science (BSc)
Key features
· Based on key courses and the latest research findings
·Pays much attention to practical skills
·Offers chances for fieldwork(实地考察)
About the course
The demand for natural resources is becoming an increasingly serious problem for the future of mankind. Graduates in Earth Science will play an important role in meeting this demand, and in knowing the meaning of using the natural resources.
The course covers geography and geology. You will carry out fieldwork in the UK and possibly overseas, and a research in an area of interest to you in the final year.
Related courses
BSc (Hons) Geography; BSc (Hons) Geology
Employment possibilities
Mineral , oil, water or other related engineering industries.
28. International Studies is a course in _______
A. international politics B. international business
C. international systems D. international bodies
29. After taking the course of International Studies, the students will _______.
A. become practical and open-minded B. have a greater ability to discuss theories
C. know how to settle international problems D. have good jobs in any international organizations
30. Earth Science, as described in the second text, ______.
A. is attractive because of the chances for fieldwork
B. pays more attention to practical skills than theories
C. is built on important courses and the results of recent studies
D. encourages students to play a role in using natural resources
31. It can be inferred that the above two texts are written for the students who _______.
A. enjoy research work B. plan to choose courses
C. study in the UK D. are interested in overseas fieldwork
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改同桌写的以下作文,文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处,错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(﹨)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
One cold winter day in 1900, a small boy was called Charles Chaplin was walked along the
street in London. He doesn’t have breakfast or lunch. He wanted to buy some bread, and he didn’t have any money. His father died since he was very young. His mother was often very sick, so she wouldn’t take care of Charles or his brother. Neither of them had to work to help his mother. He was very young but his dream was very big. He wanted to be great man in the world of films. So he worked very hardly.
A man steps on what seems like solid ground but discovers with horror that the ground is giving way beneath his feet. The man struggles desperately, but he is trapped. He cannot escape. Slowly he sinks deeper and deeper until at last he is gone, buried in the treacherous earth. The solid ground was solid only in appearance. It was actually quicksand, which is a deep mass of fine sand mixed with water.
How is quicksand formed? Water pushes up from below the surface and is held by the sand. The grains of sand are forced apart by the water. They cannot hold any weight. The subsurface water may have come from a spring, a river or a stream. Sometimes pools of water near beaches become filled with sand. When the soil under these pools does not allow for good drainage（排水）, the sand can become stretches of quicksand.
Is it true that a man who steps into quicksand is doomed to(注定)die? No, for men have fought their way from quicksand to firm land again. It is panic(恐慌)that creates the condition that can result in death, for the more a person struggles, the worse matters become. Quick movements will make the sand give way temporarily(临时地), but then it rushes and settles solidly around the body. A man trapped in quicksand should either lie back, or not move at all, except to stretch out his arms. When the weight of the sand his body has displaced equals his weight, he will stop sinking. With feet held still, and with slow movements of the arms, as in the backstroke in swimming men can manage to roll to safety and reach firm ground.
21． What is quicksand?
A. A piece of solid ground mixed with water.
B. A pool near the beach filled with water.
C. A deep mass of fine sand mixed with water.
D. A piece of sinking land in the water.
22．The underlined part “giving way” in the first paragraph probably means ______.
A. shaking and moving
B. allowing others to be first
C. rising to the top
D. breaking or breaking into pieces
23．A person stops sinking when the weight of his body is _____ that of the sand his body has displaced.
A. greater than B. the same as
C. half of D. close to
24．Men can manage to reach firm ground by ______.
A. holding feet still and moving arms slowly
B. lying back calmly and moving arms frequently
C. stretching out arms and swimming quickly
D. swimming quickly and moving arms slowly
Most children now chat daily either online or through their mobile phones. They are connecting to a huge number of other children all over the world. Some are shy “in real life” but are confident to communicate with others online; others find support from people of their own age on relationship issues, or problems at home.
Sometimes the online world, just like the real world, can introduce problems, such as arguments. Going online is great fun, but there are also a few people who use the Internet for offensive (冒犯性的) or illegal aims. Children must be made aware of both the good things and the dangers.
To keep children safe your management must cover the family computer. Just as you decide which TV pro-grams are suitable, you need to do the same for the websites and chat rooms your children visit. Remind your children that online friends are still strangers. Re-minding them of the risks will keep them alert (警惕).
Computer studies are part of schoolwork now, so it’s likely that your children may know more than you do. We get left behind when it comes to the latest gad-gets and the interactive areas of websites, like chat rooms and message boards, which are especially strange. The language of chat is strange to many parents, too. Chatters love to use abbreviations (缩写) such as: atb — all the best, bbfn — bye bye for now, cul8er — see you later, gr8 — great, Idk — I don’t know, imbl — it must be love, kit — keep in touch, paw — parents are watching, lol — laugh out loud, xlnt — excellent!
21. The passage is meant for ______.
A. children B. parents C. teachers D. net bar owners
22. In order to keep children safe online, you’d better ______.
A. choose suitable websites and chat rooms for them
B. teach them to use correct net words
C. surf the Internet together with them
D. forbid them to use the Internet
23. If you stand beside him when your son is chatting about something secret online, he may use ______.
A. bbfn B. lol C. paw D. cul8er
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
One day father and mother was waiting at the table for their sons to have lunch. She waited and waited but their son didn’t show up. Mother was sent father to look for their son in his bedroom. To his surprised, their son was lying on his stomach on the floor, totally losing in a book. Father orders their son to leave for food and he himself never returned to the table. Having waited impatient, mother sent their son back to look for his father, only to find that his father was doing exactly same as he had done on the floor.
用英语写一篇介绍查尔斯·达尔文(Charles Darwin)的100词左右的短文。
人物：查尔斯·达尔文
生平：1809年2月( February)2日出生(be born)在离塞文河(the River Severn)不远的一个家庭里，十六岁时，达尔文进入爱丁堡大学(Edinburgh University)学医(study medicine)。后来，他又被送到剑桥大学(Cambridge University)学习，并于1831年毕业(graduated in 1831.)。达尔文持续不断地从事他的科学研究( continue his scientific studies) ，直到1882年去世。他被安葬 (be buried) 在伦敦威斯敏斯特教堂(Westminster Abbey)。
–I’m sorry that I didn’t work out this problem.
–It’s_______ our ability. I didn’t figure it out, either.
A. over B. above C. within D. beyond
In 1492, Columbus _______on one of the Bahama islands, but he mistook it for an island of India.
A. lands B .landed C. has landed D. had landed
75. I find his lectures are very c , for he never sticks to the point.
76. Through careful (观察)he found the secret of the birds’ life.
77. Dr. Smith will d a lecture on endangered species.
78. It’s very c of the manager to work at home in such bad weather.
79. Remember to stay calm in case of an e , or you’ll run into trouble.
80. Each classroom in our school is (配备) with a computer, which is helpful to our study.
81. At the end of the news, they often give you a s of the main news stories.
82. He was injured and (因此)unable to play.
83. Life was difficult for her, but she s to make ends meet.
84. Did the little boy (表现)himself while his strict teacher was away?
I never forget the single act of kindness that changed my life over 25 years ago. During a vacation trip, I needed to find my 41 to the Greyhound bus station, some 30 miles away. Being a 42 student, I had little money to get there.
I 43 to call various taxis and shuttle services but they were all to 44 or too far away to pick me up. Then, I got one person on the 45 who managed to make out that I needed a ride to the Greyhound station but only had limited financial 46 and he agreed to transport me! He came to pick me up about 45 minutes 47 . The driver was older and I remember 48 why the shuttle didn’t have a meter (计时器) but his ID was there and I could see this was his 49 . The driver was so kind. He knew I was 50 so he distracted me with stories and good 51 . He said I looked like his granddaughter.
At one point, I asked him why he 52 so little to the others. Then ,he patiently explained that he was 53 retired and hadn’t removed his number from the phone book but when I called, clearly upset, he felt 54 to help. This man drove an hour out of his way to help a person he didn’t know for a fee that only 55 his gas, if that! Because of his 56 , I knew things were going to be okay. This man’s kindness warms my heart every time I think of him. 57 , I didn’t get his name and his face has 58 gradually from my memory but he is on my mind often and I wish I could thank him 59 . “Thank you Mr. Angel Shuttle-Man! I hope your granddaughter knows what a(n) 60 grandfather she has!”
41. A. connection B. entrance C. way D. route
42. A. poor B. lucky C. wealthy D. talented
43. A. forgot B. failed C. agreed D. managed
44. A. valuable B. expensive C. reasonable D. special
45. A. paper B. email C. Internet D. phone
46. A. difficulties B. support C. market D. system
47. A. later B. earlier C. before D. after
48. A. admiring B. doubting C. wondering D. knowing
49. A. field B. function C. duty D. business
50. A. upset B. excited C. hurt D. crazy
51. A. speech B. introduction C. conversation D. connection
52. A. spent B. demanded C. offered D. charged
53. A. actually B. easily C. certainly D. clearly
54. A. disturbed B. troubled C. driven D. permitted
55. A. covered B. included C. involved D. provided
56. A. courage B. honesty C. kindness D. patience
57. A. Unfortunately B. Thankful C. Surprisingly D. Delightedly
58. A. abandoned B. fixed C. existed D. disappeared
59. A. secretly B. in person C. privately D. in a hurry
60. A. wonderful B. strange C. ordinary D. brave
______ of the students ______ to go to Tibet to work.
A. Two third, like B. Two thirds, likes C. Two third, likes D. Two thirds, like
51、This is the only thing which we can do now.
52、The long hot summer was at last at end
53、All the people present at the meeting felt shocking at the news.
54、Hearing the bad news, he burst out cry.
55、In the end of the term, the school will organize a summer camp.
56、Million of people left their homes and went to town.
57、Those who was trapped in the burning building managed to escape.
58、Usually people think small of their health until they fall ill.
59、The flower gave away a sweet smell.
60、 Two third of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
The Amber Room, 61 was originally built in the 18th century in Prussia, was once considered an “Eighth Wonder of the World”.
It is 62 (amaze) that several tons of amber were used 63 (make) it. Peter the Great of Russia admired this treasure during a visit 64 Prussia and in 1716, it 65 (give) to him as a gift by the King of Prussia, Frederick WilliamⅠ, to 66 the amber room belonged. At first, the room served as a small reception hall in Russia. Later, Catherine Ⅱhad the Amber Room 67 (move) to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summer. Sadly, the room got lost during World War Ⅱ and was never found ever since. Some people think that the room didn’t 68 (survival) a fire in the war, while some believe that it still lies at the bottom of a lake. Its disappearance still remains a mystery.
However, a new amber room had been built before the 300th birthday of the city of St Petersburg. 69 took 25 years and 11 million dollars to reconstruct the new room. Do you think the room is worth 70 (rebuild)?
It was not until he came back ___ he knew the police _____ looking for him.
A. which; was B. that; were C. which; were D. that; was
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful bird, which was very curious about hell. When she was little, her mother always told her that if she didn’t master the flying skills, she would go to hell. She was so curious about hell that she always asked others what hell looked like, but no one was sure, because none of them had ever been there. Some said hell was a place full of water, and others told her that hell was full of burning fire. However, the bird knew they were lying. She wanted to find out what hell was.
When other birds were learning flying skills, she always hid herself and watched them. She thought in this way she could go to hell and see what hell looked like. However, she spent so little time learning flying skills that one day she was caught by a little boy. The little boy gave her to his grandpa in the countryside as a gift. The old man liked her very much. He made a delicate cage and put her in it. The bird was very worried because she thought she couldn’t find out what hell was like staying in this small cage. However, she couldn’t escape. Day after day, she just stayed in the cage, watching other birds flying. She lost her freedom and she became sadder and sadder. At last, she became ill. The old man finally opened the cage, but she was too weak to fly. Lying on the ground, she thought of the question that she ever asked all the time.
“What does hell look like?”
“Hell is a small well-decorated cage.” Before she closed her eyes forever, she finally answered that question herself.
5. What does the underlined word “master” in the first paragraph mean?
A. Miss. B. Finish. C. Follow. D. Learn well.
6. Why did the bird hide herself when other birds were learning flying skills?
A. Because she was lazy.
B. Because she didn’t like learning flying skills.
C. Because she thought she could go to hell by doing this.
D. Because she thought she didn’t have to learn flying skills.
7. According to the passage, the bird at last found that ___________.
A. hell was a place full of water. B. hell was a place full of burning fire
C. there was no hell D. hell was a small well-decorated cage
