--What about the book? --Oh, very good. It's worth ______ a second time.A.readingB.being r
--What about the book? --Oh, very good. It's worth ______ a second time.
A.reading
B.being read
C.to read
D.to be read
--What about the book? --Oh, very good. It's worth ______ a second time.
A.reading
B.being read
C.to read
D.to be read
第1题
According to the woman, what will be given to the elderly on me Seniors Day?
A.A lovely booklet about health care of the elderly.
B.A lovely booklet about the bank"s special service for senior citizens.
C.A lovely booklet about me use of computer service for me elderly.
D.A lovely booklet about a conventional holiday for the elder bank clerks.
第2题
What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?
A.Encourage students to read more books.
B.Tell the importance of reading.
C.Show how reading methods have changed.
D.Explain how present reading habits developed.
第3题
A.To complain about school.
B.To explain working hours.
C.To request help in finding books.
D.To set a time to meet again.
第4题
What free gifts can children get from the library this year?
A.A pen.
B.A school bag.
C.A book.
D.A pencil.
第5题
What is the reason that Mr. Baker made a special request?
A.The rooms have already been booked solid.
B.Mr. Baker"s company has overdue payments.
C.The number of guests is not enough.
D.Mr. Baker"s company has already received a discount before.
第6题
听力原文:M: Good evening! Welcome to Denny's Hotel. May I help you?
W: Yes, I'd like to book a double room with a shower for two nights.
Q: What is the woman doing?
(9)
A.Booking a room.
B.Cleaning a room.
C.Taking a shower.
D.Ordering a dinner.
第7题
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A.Michael Harris has just got his first book published.
B.Harris analyzes what we may lose in the connected world.
C.The End of Absence reflects upon pre-Internet life.
D.People grow even more greedy in the Internet times.
第8题
Why People Use Pseudonyms (假名字) ?
You can't choose the name you are given at birth, but in many countries you can change it legally when you reach adulthood. Of course, most people never change their names ______【51】they feel unhappy about them. However some people do ______【52】this course of action—particularly artists! What makes an artist want to change their name? Sometimes it's for purely______【53】reasons, such as the Nobel Prize winning poet from Chile, Neftalf Reyes. He didn't want his father to ______【54】he was writing poetry, so he changed his name to Pablo Neruda when he was a young man.______【55】other times the reason may appear strange, take the case of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa,______【56】wrote under 75 different names. The reason? "When I use a different name, I always write in a different way," he explained. In most cases,______【57】, people change their names for social, historical, political, or cultural reasons. Here are some of the most______【58】:reason. The person's real name is just______【59】long and difficult to remember. Let's be honest, Madonna Louise Ciccone is not as______【60】to remember as just plain Madonna. And short names are much easier to remember: William Bradley became Brad Pitt and Edson Arantes do Nascimento became Pele.
Sometimes names are changed for marketing______【61】, For example, if a name sounds too foreign, it may be changed to something that is more recognizable in a ______【62】. So in the film world, Ramon Estsyez adopted the name Martin Sheen. Or maybe the artist's real name doesn't sound attractive—Chad Everett does______【63】a lot better than Raymond Cramton.
Artists sometimes______【64】the name of someone they admire. Robert Zimmerman changed his name to Boo Dylan because of his admiration for the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas.
Another reason may be practical: in the past, women found it very difficult to get published. To______【65】this situation, they sometimes gave themselves men's names, so the English author Mary Ann Evans became George Eliot, and she did get her books published!
(51)
A.even if
B.as if
C.as
D.even
第9题
I feel regret about what's happened.
A.sorry
B.disappointed
C.shameful
D.disheartened
第10题
What are they talking about?
A.They are talking about a project.
B.They are talking about a product.
C.The are talking about profit.
第11题
What are they talking about?
A.The weather.
B.Work.
C.Money.