The world has never been more closely and intricately connected. Our behavior【C1】______the
【C1】
A.harms
B.influences
C.beautifies
D.dominates
【C1】
A.harms
B.influences
C.beautifies
D.dominates
第1题
A.He has met some of the world"s best writers.
B.He has written some books about world classics.
C.He has learned a lot from the literature class.
D.He is just back from a trip round the world.
第2题
Which of the following is TRUE of Spaceship One?
A.Spaceship One is the world's first spacecraft.
B.The purpose of its flight is to collect money for the charity.
C.The purpose of its flight is to compete for a prestigious space travel prize.
D.Spaceship One has never flown.
第3题
Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writer, made full use of the great resources of the English language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal, employment of English; Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand! There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it. Such a study is well worth the effort (it is not, of course, recommended to beginners), even though some aspects of English usage, and the meaning of many words, have changed since Shakespeare's day.
The passage tells readers that English people ______.
A.have never discussed who is the world's greatest poet and greatest dramatist
B.never discuss the world's great poets or dramatists
C.do not care who is the world's greatest poet and greatest dramatist.
D.are sure who is the world's greatest poet and greatest dramatist
第4题
In a telephone survey of more than 2,000 adults. 21% said they believed the sun revolved (旋转) around the earth. An【1】7% did not know which revolved around【2】. I have no doubt that; 【3】all of these people were 【4】in school that the earth revolves a-round the sun;【5】may even have written it【6】a test. But they never【7】their incorrect mental models of planetary (行星的) 【8】because their every day observations didn't support【9】their teachers told thern: People see the sun moving【10】the sky as morning turns to night, and the earth seems stationary (静止的)【11】that is happening.
Students can learn the right answers【12】heart in class, and yet never combined them【13】their working models of the world. The objectively correct answer the professor accepts and the 【14】personal understanding of the world can【15】side by side, each unaffected by the other.
Outside of class, the student continues to use the【16】models because it has always worked well【17】that circumstance. Unless professors address【18】errors in students' personal models of the world, students are not【19】to replace them with the【20】one.
(1)
A.excessive
B.extra
C.additional
D.added
第5题
It is hard to believe that people can describe vividly things that they have 【M1】 ______
never seen or experienced. However, there is such a famous author whose
name is Jules Verne. There were very few places in the world that he did not
visit. He went around the world a hundred time or more. 【M2】 ______
While Jules Verne, the ordinary man, was stay-at-home, he did 【M3】 ______
made several visits to Europe and North Africa. But that was all. Surprisingly, 【M4】 ______
he only spent less than one tenth of his entire life travel, but he was the most 【M5】 ______
extraordinary tourist in the world and was most imaginative author that I have 【M6】______
ever known.
He never held a test tube in his hands, but he was a inspiration to scientists【M7】 ______
in the laboratory. He could describe all those experiments in such detail that
people could hardly distinguish reality from imagination. He has TV working 【M8】______
in his books long before radio was invented. His name of it was phonon- 【M9】______
telephoto. There are specific description of the new machine's appearance and
functions. Again, many people believed his words because he wrote with such 【M10】______
exact detail.
【M1】
第6题
to find jobs in London has led to immigrants from many different parts of the world living there.Also, because it was the home of London s docks, it was easy for people to get there by ship.One famous bui lding in Brick Lane has been a church, a synagogue and is now a mosque Nowadays this part of London, which is known as the East End.is home to people from many different parts of the world.including Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.This means that there are many shops and restaurants selling ethnic food.In the past the East End was one of the poorest parts of London, but now it is becoming more fashionable and house prices are rising rapidly.This is because many people want to live near to where they work in the centre of the city.Also improved transport links to both other parts of London and to other countries via the Channel Tunnel train station and Dock lands Airport have attracted more people to the area.
21.East London has()
A.has never been a home for immigrants
B.has recently become a home for immigrants
C.has always been a home for immigrants
22.Immigrants are attracted by()
A.low house prices
B.jobs
C.ethnic food
23.London' s docks were()
A.easy to reach by plane
B.mainly in East London
C.a good place to find work
24.East London()
A.is a cheap place to live
B.has never been a cheap place to live in
C.ued to be a cheap place to live in
25.House prices are rising rapidly because()
A.it has good transport links and more people want to live there near the center of London
B.there are lots of jobs in East London
C.there are lots of good shops and restaurants
第7题
【C12】______ we choose the right kind of books, reading gives the 【C13】______ kind of pleasure. Some books we read simply for pleasure and 【C14】______ -- for example, good novels. And novels and books of imagination must have their 【C15】______ in everyone's reading. When we are tired, or the brain is weary with 【C16】______ study, it is a recreation to 【C17】______ ourselves in some absorbing story written by a 【C18】______ hand.
But to read nothing but books of fiction is like eating nothing but cakes and sweetmeats. 【C19】______ we need plain, wholesome food for the body, so we must have serious reading for the 【C20】______ . And here we can choose according to our taste.
【C1】
A.custom
B.tradition
C.habit
D.convention
第8题
听力原文:WB How's your business doing?
MB Well, sales are definitely lower than expected. I think that's because the housing market has been slowing down recently. In the appliance world, even small changes in the housing market tend to affect us a lot.
WB Hmm... I guess I never made the connection between the home appliance industry and the housing market before. But it makes sense.
MB It sure does. When people buy new houses they usually buy new appliances for them. In fact, you can accurately gauge how the housing market is doing just by looking at our sales figures.
What does the man say about his business?
A.It plans to open new stores around the world.
B.Sales are not as high as he had been expecting.
C.It has been affected by recent political events.
D.Sales are expected to increase in the next quarter.
第9题
Trade, according to the passage, has never really touched Antarctic because Antarctic is
A.a land surrounded by a great ocean
B.an empty desert and has no plant life
C.not open to public
D.different from the Arctic
第10题