The word "provided" in the second sentence of the 4th paragraph is closest in meaning to _
A.supplied
B.stipulated
C.added
D.suggested
A.supplied
B.stipulated
C.added
D.suggested
第1题
What does the word "provided" mean as used in the passage (Line 3, Paragraph 3)?
A.describe as a story
B.give what is needed
C.state as a condition
D.prove what is required
第2题
The word "habitat" (Line 2, Pars. 3) means the place where ______.
A.animals or plants live or grow naturally
B.wildlife is protected
C.animals raise their young
D.food is provided for animals
第3题
on, in, that, which, breach, instead of, complied, shall, should, to, for, occur
"Shall" is one of the most frequently-used words in international business contracts and the accurate legal word(1)contracts, we usually use the word "shall"(2)words like "must" or "have to", when we express the meaning(3)something must be done or some obligations must be(4)with.If the obligations in the contract can not be fulfilled,(5)of the contract may(6).
E.G.: The contractor(7)prepare the general construction schedule
(8)the Project based(9)the above target, subject(10)adjustments of this contract time as provided in the contract documents.
第4题
听力原文: The Mediterranean is a word both easy to pronounce and easy to spell—if you only know how. It is a word of five syllables: Mediterranean, meaning mid-earth. The Chinese translation is a happy one, as it means exactly the same thing.
Europe owes its early growth to the Mediterranean Sea. On its shores were the seats of early civilization: Egypt, Greece and Rome. The Mediterranean fed the people in these lands and provided a high way for trade and diplomacy. Together, they formed a Mediterranean civilization.
In 1869 the Suez Canal was cut after 10 years of arduous work. Linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean, the Canal shortened the passage from Europe to Asia by some 10,000 kilometers.
The Canal is 171 km long and 65 km wide. An ocean liner takes some 10 hours to go through. It goes slowly, but safely. The Canal is now completely Egyptian property. Foreign ships pay for their passage, making the Canal a good earner of hard currency.
(33)
A.Pleasing.
B.Careful.
C.Wonderful.
D.Suitable.
第5题
?Read the article below about cars in America.
?Choose the correct word or phrase to fill each gap from A, B, C, or D.
?For each question 21--30, mark one letter (A, B, C, or D) on your Answer Sheet.
Cars in America
Before the 20th century the horse provided day to day transportation in the United States. Trains were used only for long-distance transportation. Today the car is the most popular means of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely (21) the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for (22) 90 percent of all personal (23)
Most Americans are able to (24) cars. The average price of a (25) made car was, 650 in 1950, 740 in 1960 and up to, 750 (26) 1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about (27) their products and work efficiency.
As a result, the yearly income of the (28) family increased from 1950 to 1975 (29) than the price of cars.
For this reason, (30) a new car takes a smaller part of a family's total earnings today.
(21)
A.denied
B.reproduced
C.replaced
D.ridiculed
第6题
•Read the article below about training.
•Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite page.
•For each question (19-33), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
Who Benefits Most from Company Training?
According to recent research, the better educated and the higher up the socio-economic scale you are, the more likely you are to be offered workplace training. And, incidentally, the more likely you are to then turn (19) the offer, pleading family and personal commitments or (20) of work. Less qualified staff, on the other hand, are offered fewer training opportunities, but are more eager to (21) them up. In fact, people with few or no educational qualifications are three times more likely to accept training when it is offered.
In the majority of companies, more (22) are allocated to management training than to other areas. Employers (23) their better qualified staff as more important to the business, so they pay them accordingly and invest more in them in (24) of training. This is (25) by the fact that organisations are dependent on properly (26) managers making the right decisions. But this (27) may mean that companies are (28) other parts of the workforce down.
The researchers found a growing demand for training among the lower-skilled. Unfortunately this demand is not being (29) by employers, even though there are strong indications that companies would benefit from doing so. They also discovered that, despite the substantial (30) between the training provided for managers and that offered to other staff, there was still widespread endorsement of training.
For the purposes of the research, training was defined as any (31) of planned instruction or tuition provided by an employer with the aim of helping employees do their work better. It therefore included a wide variety of approaches. On-the-job and classroom training (32) to be used equally by employers. But learning on the job, which involved observing a certain procedure and then practising it, was easily the most popular method for all categories of employee. While many felt that learning from colleagues was best, very few (33) the internet as an effective way to train.
(19)
A.back
B.over
C.down
D.off
第7题
&8226;Read the text below about the life cycle of a product.
&8226;In most of the lines41-52thereisone extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.
&8226;If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.
&8226;If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.
The product life cycle
Products have a limited life, not only from the consumer's viewpoint, but also when as far as the producer is concerned. For example, a particular model
41. of car might last 5 years before production is stopped and it is replaced
42. for by a completely new model. New inventions and technology
43. have to made many products obsolete. Fashion can be another major
44. as influence on the life of a product. Some products survive because
45. they now sell after in different areas. Products, since they have a
46. limited life, all have a life cycle. It is obvious that different products
47. are last for different lengths of time but their life cycles have certain
48. common in elements which can be described as the introduction, growth
49. and maturity stages. The length of the product's life cycle can often be
50. extended by a modifying the product in some way and this is often done by
51. companies to keep their products on the market for a longer period.
52. Provided that the product remains so competitive, this can be much less expensive than developing a new model.
(41)
第8题
School buildings themselves can show liberal (开明的) or conservative views about what should go on in a classroom. The earliest schools had separate classrooms for different grades. The rooms were laid out formally, with pupils’desks fastened to the floor in straight rows facing the teacher’s desk. Clearly, such schools reflected a teacher-and-subject-centered view of education. Schools of the next generation had more open space, and most had movable desks. They also often provided special rooms or areas for science, art, music, and physical education. There were still separate rooms for different grade levels, however, and the desks still were likely to be formally arranged. That is, the schoolroom was still largely designed to carry out the old-school program, which involved grade levels, uniform. time blocks, and study of subject matters. Newer subjects, not newer teaching methods, accounted for most of what was new in school design. The first school buildings constructed to encourage liberal teaching methods appeared in the mid-1950s. Folding interior (内部的) walls permitted the flexible use of space to encourage large-group, small-group, or individual instruction. Some provided carrels for individual study, areas for team teaching, and centers for programmed instruction. In the newest buildings called open schools, the use of space is even more flexible. Areas within the buildings can be readily expanded for program changes, and used for many kinds of functions. One should remember, though, the physical layout (布局) of a school cannot decide whether it has the conservative or liberal teaching practices. What determines whether the classroom is liberal or conservative is the spirit and attitude of the teacher. The word “carrel” in Paragraph 3 most probably refers to ________.
A、a room with folding walls
B、a room with liberal instructions
C、a room with conservative instructions
D、a room with small space
第9题
听力原文: Slang has always been the province of the young. Words come in and out of favor in direct proportion to the speed with which they travel through the age ranks. Once college kids know that high school kids are using a term, it becomes pass6. And seniors don't want to sound like freshman and so forth. Once a word finds its way to mainstream media or worse, is spoken by parents, no young person with any self-respect would use it.
Fifties slang wasn't particularly colorful as these things go. The Sixties, with its drug and protest culture to draw from, would be slang heaven. In the Fifties, hot-rodders and Beats provided inspiration.
About the Beat Culture. This was by no means a mainstream movement. I didn't actually know any Beats nor I suspect did most of my peers across America. But they sure seemed "cool" to us. A sharp contrast from the way real teens lived in a preppy, conservative, conformist world.
(30)
A.they prefer more sophisticated words
B.they don't want to sound like younger people
C.slang gets boring
D.they can't be bothered keeping up with popular trends
第10题
The word "rudimentary" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A.thorough
B.strict
C.basic
D.occasional