Part 1 Vocabulary & Grammar (词汇与语法)
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word according to each sentence given
【n】blanket, reward, guard, fee, heroine, league, violence, youth, opinion, lawyer, relative, president, principle, quality, republic
Being "great" means being determined, intelligent, brave, confident or famous, but "famous" is not a personal ________.
excellence, superiority (qualified adj.有资格的 cf quantity n.数量)
A _________ is someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court.
legal representative
A hero is a man who is admired for doing something extremely brave but for a woman, we call her a ______________.
brave woman, leading lady
Sun Yat-sen strongly believed in the three ______________: nationalism; people's rights and people's livelihood.
standard, rule
A ______________ is a country governed by elected representatives(代表) of the people, and led by a president.
state, nation
We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only leads to ______________.
fighting, violent behavior, cruelty (do violence to 对…行凶)
If our parents can afford to pay the tuition ___________ for us, we should put our studies in the first place.
charge, payment, cost
Every afternoon, lots of ______________ rush into Internet cafes and involve themselves in their fantasy worlds.
teens
A ______________ is a group of people or countries who have joined together because they have similar aims.
group, union
The wild flowers looked like a soft orange ______________ covering the desert.
cover, layer
Mr Smith invited all his friends and ______________ to his wedding.
family member
There were two ______________ on duty at the school gate every day.
protector, watch, safeguard
He asked his wife's ______________ on every important decision.
view, judgment, attitude
It is widely accepted that young babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to ______________.
prize, return, gift
A ______________ is the official leader of a country that does not have a king or queen.
leader, head
【v】educate, vote, escape, found, release, beg, devote, accept
Students ______________ most time to focusing on their study and look forward to being admitted to a better university.
give, offer (devoted adj.投入的, 忠实的; be devoted to专心于...)
______________ in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
set up, create
After the trainer was sure that the panda could look after itself, he ______________ it into the forest.
let go, publish, issue
The terrorists were fleeing in all directions, but few of them could ______________.
run away, avoid
He was ______________ at the local high school, after which he went on to Beijing University.
instruct, train
When a poorly dressed person puts out his hands to _______ for a few coins, do you hurry on, or hand over some money?
ask for, request
Black people could not ___________ or choose their leaders in South Africa last century.
take part in an election, choose
John received an invitation to dinner, and with his work finished, he gladly ______________ it.
allow, say yes, take
【adj & adv】generous, unfair, giant, equal, willing, legal, active
The Watergate Affair shocked people in the US, and made them less ______________ to trust their political leaders.
ready, eager, 反reluctant
It’s widely accepted that reading should be ______________, not passive(被动的).
effective, lively, energetic, keen, enthusiastic
The ____________ donation(捐款) from China to the sufferers in the Tsunami has brought out our people's unselfishness.
kind, 反mean
The ___________ panda, "Hua Mei" raised in the Wolong Center, is one year and four months old, weighing 46 kg.
huge
If payment is not received within five days, ___________ action will be our only choice.
lawful, official (反illegal adj.违法的)
In some African countries, girls do not enjoy ______________ rights with boys.
identical, the same
Personally, listening test is ____________ to the students in the areas where radio signals can’t be picked up effectively.
unjust
Complete the following sentences with the phrases given in their correct forms
in trouble, lose heart, blew up, Nobel Peace Prize, as a matter of fact, set up, turn to, be sentenced to, out of work, come to power
Hundreds of men were ________________________ when the coal mine closed down.
unemployed, jobless
-Is David a man with good manners(礼貌)? -I don't think so. ___________________, he is anything but(决不) polite.
actually, In fact, in consequence, to tell the truth
They had planned to ______________ the bridge but their bombs failed to explode.
explode, destroy
She is always ready to help people ______________ because she thinks it a pleasure.
in difficulty, having problems
With no one to ______________ in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.
rely on, refer to, consult, ask for help
Some people are not afraid of stress, while others _________________ at first sight of unusual difficulties.
lose motivation, give in (take heart振作)
After Mandela ________________________, his government did their best to improve the education for the blacks.
start having political control (come into action/fashion/season/sight/effect/use)
So successful was her business that Marie was able to ______________ new branches elsewhere.
start a company, organization, committee etc
They ________________________ ten years in prison for encouraging violence against the government.
punishment, prison term
Mandela won the ____________________ in 1993 because of his devotion to ending the system of apartheid(种族隔离).
the six international prizes (physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and economics & peace)
Complete the sentences with the words given in proper forms
The new international agreement opens up the possibility of much greater co-operation against ______________ (terror).
Mahatma Gandhi gave up riches and power and fought for the ______________ (free) of his nation.
Nelson Mandela spent 30 years in prison fighting for ______________ (equal) for black people in South Africa.
Kids are not good at controlling themselves, so they need teachers to _______ (guidance) them face to face in their study.
They are discussing the problem right now. It will ______________ (hopeful) have been solved by the end of next week.
Many video games are ______________ (violence) and the object(目标) in most of them is to kill the other player(s).
The parents and children seldom sit down together to talk or communicate with each other ______________ (equal).
Scientific American is a magazine with articles about new discoveries, written for ______________ (educate) readers.
Patience is an important quality of a happy and ______________ (reward) life.
It is legally permitted that everyone is free to engage in ______________ (peace) political activity.
Word study (mean, stage, attack, degree)
Intelligence doesn't necessarily mean success. You need to work hard as well.
Good ways of doing things mean saving time, and therefore it is important for us to find them.
I'm not sure what will happen during the trip. Anyhow, I will try all possible means to get there.
He's too mean to buy a present for his wife.
I've tried very hard to improve my English. But by no means is the teacher satisfied with my progress.
-Whenever you are short of money, just come to me. -Do you really mean it?
Nowadays, the mobile phone is a popular means of communication.
Students in poorer families sometimes support themselves by means of evening jobs.
My teacher encourages us to guess the meanings of the unknown words we meet in our reading according to the context.
Science is more than a collection of unrelated facts; to be meaningful and valuable, they must be arranged to show generalized character.
The program provides a stage for those people who want to show their talents(才干).
A man reaches the mature(成熟) stage of his reasoning(推论) powers hardly before the age of 28; a woman at 18.
In yesterday’s circus(马戏团) show, a tiger suddenly attacked its trainer and had to be shot dead.
Numbers of terrorist attacks in the last few years have signaled that counter-terrorism remains a long term goal for us.
According to the recent research, heavy coffee drinking and heart attack is not necessary cause and effect.
If you want to get a job as a professor in a well-known university, a PHD degree is needed.
Reading a book requires(需要) a degree of active attention and devotion.
The island is warm all year round and winter temperatures never fall below 10 degrees.
Grammar (定语从句2) (Complete the sentences with the relative pronouns and then underline the attributive clauses)
Relative adverb (when, where, why) as the adverbial
We will be shown around the city: schools, museums, and some other places, _______other visitors seldom go.
The film brought the hours back to me _________ I was taken good care of in that far-away village.
After living in Paris for fifty years he returned to the small town ________ he grew up as a child.
There was a time _________ I hated to go to school.
If a shop has chairs _________ women can park their men, women will spend more time in the shop.
We are living in an age __________ many things are done on computers and the Internet.
Complete the sentences with which, that, where, when, why
I will never forget the days ________ we spent the summer in Thailand.
I will never forget the days ________ we spent in Thailand.
This is the school ________all the students are working hard.
This is the school _________ the foreigners visited last week.
This is the reason ___________he was absent from work yesterday.
This is the reason _________ he did explain to his boss for his absence.
The mountain village ________ we visited last week is the one _________ the great man was born.
介词 + whom, which
In the dark street, there wasn't a single person to _________ she could turn for help.
The English play in________ my students acted at the New Year's party was a great success.
She was educated at Beijing University, after ________ she went on to have her advanced study abroad.
In the office I never seem to have time until after 5: 30 p.m., by ________ many people have got home.
The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the jobs for ________ they are being trained.
The factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every year, 80 % of ________are sold abroad.
Part 2 Integrated Reading (完型填空与阅读理解)
1．Close Test
When I started looking for my first job, wise advisers said, " Be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. "
How ___1___they were! Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into____2___ and strangers into friends.
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the saying that helps you ____3_____there when the situation gets tough. It is the inner voice that ___4____. "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can't!"
It took years and years for the early work of Barbara Mc Clintock, a geneticist(遗传学家) who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be ___5____ accepted. Yet she didn't stop doing her experiments. Work was such a deep_____6___ for her that she never thought of stopping.
We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic ____7_____---as anyone knows who has ever seen a baby’s delight at the jingle of keys or the hurrying of a beetle.
It is this ___8___ wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever they age. At 90, cellist(大提琴家) Pablo Casals would start his day by ___9____Bach (巴赫). As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would ____10____ in his eyes. Music ,for Casals, was what made life a never ___11___adventure. As author and poet Samuel once wrote, "Years wrinkle the skin old, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkle the ___12_____."
We can't afford to waste ___13____ on "might-have-beens". Just as the saying goes, it is no use crying over spilt milk. . We need to live each moment ____14_____, with all our senses---finding pleasure in the sweet of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of life that puts a sparkle in our eyes and ___15___ the wrinkles from our souls.
1. A. right
B. responsible
C. elegant
D. successfully
2. A. success
B. wealth
C. opportunities
D. attempt
3. A. dress up
B. hang in
C. set off
D. hold up
4. A. cries
B. whispers
C. warns
D. tells
5. A. generally
B.? accidently
C. specially
D. naturally
6. A. pressure
B. fun
C. pleasure
D. source
7. A. ability
B. talent
C. nature
D. wonder
8. A. romantic
B. surprising
C. childlike
D. vivid
9. A. playing
B. approaching
C. appreciating
D. listening to
10. A.? recover
B. refresh
C.? appear
D. respect
11. A. amusing
B. appearing
C. coming
D. ending
12. A. body
B. life
C. blood
D. soul
13. A. money
B. tears
C. sweat
D. efforts
14. A. successfully
B. personally
C. wholeheartedly
D. dramatically
15. A. smoothes
B.? separates
C. softens
D. spreads
Reading comprehension
A
If you're in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you. As a director, I suggest, I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go.
In the 1986 movie Nothing in Common, Jackie Gleason's character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman. The scene, shot on a boat, shows Max's hopelessness about being out of work. I was looking for some ways that would allow Max to show his feelings.
Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened. What could I possibly tell "The Great One" about acting?
Out of fear I decided to direct by suggestion, and I sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene. "So Max is sad, right?" I said.
Gleason nodded,
"And he's probably still carrying his pens with his name on them--the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?"
Gleason nodded.
"So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?"
He was silent for a moment. "Why don't I throw them overboard?"
I stood up and turned toward the crew. "Hey, everybody, Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let's shoot it."
After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile, "Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?"
You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars for those who get the solution first, you'll all benefit when everything turns out right.
The writer tells us that, to succeed in the project you are in charge of, you should ______.
A. make everyone work for you B. get everyone willing to help you
C. let people know you have the final say D. keep giving orders to everyone
From the passage we can know ______.
A. Jackie Gleason is the director of the film Nothing in Common
B. Jackie Gleason is very angry when he is fired from his job
C. Max, a character in the film, is in very low spirits when he loses his job
D. Jackie Gleason writes the play of the film Nothing in Common
The underlined part "The Great One" (in Paragraph 3) refers to ______.
A. Gleason B. the director himself C. Max D. Max's boss
Why did Gleason call the director over and smile at him?
A. Gleason succeeded in hitting upon a wonderful idea.
B. Gleason thought his wonderful idea was accepted by the director.
C. Gleason was confident about his work the next day.
D. Gleason appreciated the director's way of directing films.
The most suitable title for the passage is ______.
A. Directing a Film B. The Key to Success C. A Wonderful Experience D. Working with Film Stars
B
Life is difficult.
But life is no longer difficult once we truly understand and accept it.
Most people do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems depending on their nature cause in us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole solving problems that life has its meaning.
Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, "Those things that hurt, instruct." It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
From the passage, it can be inferred that ______.
A. not everybody has problems B. we become stronger by facing and solving the problems in life
C. people like to complain about their problems D. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain
The writer probably uses just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ______.
A. save space B. persuade readers C. make readers laugh D. get readers' attention
The main idea of Paragraph 3 is ______.
A. most people feel life is easy B. the writer likes to complain about his problems
C. the writer feels life is easy D. most people complain about how hard their lives are
According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to ______.
A. encourage them to learn B. teach them to fear the pain of solving problems
C. help them learn to deal with pain D. teach them how to respect for problems
The saying from Benjamin Franklin "Those things that hurt, instruct." suggests that ______.
A. we do not learn from experience B. we do not learn when we are in pain
C. pain teaches us important lessons D. pain cannot be avoided
Part 3 Put the following sentences into English (汉译英)
你愿意加入我们刚建立的俱乐部吗? (willing; set up 定语从句)
永远不要灰心, 这样你才会成功。(lose heart)
新当选的总统什么时候上台执政? (come to power)
他只有靠大声叫喊才能使河对岸的人们听到他的声音。(only)
5. 参观哈尔滨最佳时间是11月到3月，那时有许多的冰雕可供欣赏。( when 引导定语从句 )
Part 1 Vocabulary & Grammar (词汇与语法)
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word according to each sentence given
【n】blanket, reward, guard, fee, heroine, league, violence, youth, opinion, lawyer, relative, president, principle, quality, republic
Being "great" means being, determined, intelligent, brave, confident or famous, but "famous" is not a personal quality.
excellence, superiority (qualified adj.有资格的 cf quantity n.数量)
A lawyer is someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court.
legal representative
A hero is a man who is admired for doing something extremely brave but for a woman, we call her a heroine.
brave woman, leading lady
Sun Yat-sen strongly believed in the three principles: nationalism; people's rights and people's livelihood.
standard, rule
A republic is a country governed by elected representatives(代表) of the people, and led by a president.
state, nation
We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only leads to violence.
fighting, violent behavior, cruelty (do violence to 对…行凶)
If our parents can afford to pay the tuition fee for us, we should put our studies in the first place.
charge, payment, cost
Every afternoon, lots of youths rush into Internet cafes and involve themselves in their fantasy worlds.
teens
A league is a group of people or countries who have joined together because they have similar aims.
group, union
The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket covering the desert.
cover, layer
Mr Smith invited all his friends and relatives to his wedding.
family member
There were two guards on duty at the school gate every day.
protector, watch, safeguard
He asked his wife's opinion on every important decision.
view, judgment, attitude
It is widely accepted that young babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to rewards.
prize, return, gift
A president is the official leader of a country that does not have a king or queen.
leader, head
【v】educate, vote, escape, found, release, beg, devote, accept
Students devote most time to focusing on their study and look forward to being admitted to a better university.
give, offer (devoted adj.投入的, 忠实的; be devoted to专心于...)
Founded in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
set up, create
After the trainer was sure that the panda could look after itself, he released it into the forest.
let go, publish, issue
The terrorists were fleeing in all directions, but few of them could escape.
run away, avoid
He was educated at the local high school, after which he went on to Beijing University.
instruct, train
When a poorly dressed person puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, or hand over some money?
ask for, request
Black people could not vote or choose their leaders in South Africa last century.
take part in an election, choose
John received an invitation to dinner, and with his work finished, he gladly accepted it.
allow, say yes, take
【adj & adv】generous, unfair, giant, equal, willing, legal, active
The Watergate Affair shocked people in the US, and made them less willing to trust their political leaders.
ready, eager, 反reluctant
It’s widely accepted that reading should be active, not passive(被动的).
effective, lively, energetic, keen, enthusiastic
The generous donation(捐款) from China to the sufferers in the Tsunami has brought out our people's unselfishness.
kind, 反mean
The giant panda, "Hua Mei" raised in the Wolong Center, is one year and four months old, weighing 46 kg.
huge
If payment is not received within five days, legal action will be our only choice.
lawful, official (反illegal adj.违法的)
In some African countries, girls do not enjoy equal rights with boys.
identical, the same
Personally, listening test is unfair to the students in the areas where radio signals can’t be picked up effectively.
unjust
Complete the following sentences with the phrases given in their correct forms
in trouble, lose heart, blew up, Nobel Peace Prize, as a matter of fact, set up, turn to, be sentenced to, out of work, come to power
Hundreds of men were out of work when the coal mine closed down.
unemployed, jobless
-Is David a man with good manners(礼貌)? -I don't think so. As a matter of fact, he is anything but(决不) polite.
actually, In fact, in consequence, to tell the truth
They had planned to blew up the bridge but their bombs failed to explode.
explode, destroy
She is always ready to help people in trouble because she thinks it a pleasure.
in difficulty, having problems
With no one to turn to in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.
rely on, refer to, consult, ask for help
Some people are not afraid of stress, while others lose heart at first sight of unusual difficulties.
lose motivation, give in (take heart振作)
After Mandela came to/into power, his government did their best to improve the education for the blacks.
start having political control (come into action/fashion/season/sight/effect/use)
So successful was her business that Marie was able to set up new branches elsewhere.
start a company, organization, committee etc
They were sentenced to ten years in prison for encouraging violence against the government.
punishment, prison term
Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 because of his devotion to ending the system of apartheid(种族隔离).
the six international prizes (physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and economics & peace)
Complete the sentences with the words given in proper forms
The new international agreement opens up the possibility of much greater co-operation against terrorism (terror).
Mahatma Gandhi gave up riches and power and fought for the freedom (free) of his nation.
Nelson Mandela spent 30 years in prison fighting for equality (equal) for black people in South Africa.
Kids are not good at controlling themselves, so they need teachers to guide (guidance) them face to face in their study.
They are discussing the problem right now. It will hopefully (hopeful) have been solved by the end of next week.
Many video games are violent (violence) and the object(目标) in most of them is to kill the other player(s).
The parents and children seldom sit down together to talk or communicate with each other equally (equal).
Scientific American is a magazine with articles about new discoveries, written for educated (educate) readers.
Patience is an important quality of a happy and rewarding (reward) life. (adj.报答的, 有益的, 值得的)
It is legally permitted that everyone is free to take part in peaceful (peace) political activity.
Word study (mean, stage, attack, degree)
Intelligence doesn't necessarily mean success. You need to work hard as well. (意味着, 想要)
Good ways of doing things mean saving time, and therefore it is important for us to find them.
I'm not sure what will happen during the trip. Anyhow, I will try all possible means to get there. (手段, 方法; 媒介)
He's too mean to buy a present for his wife. (吝啬的, 低劣的, 卑鄙的, 普通的, 简陋的, 平均的, 惭愧的, 不舒服的)
I've tried very hard to improve my English. But by no means is the teacher satisfied with my progress. (决不)
-Whenever you are short of money, just come to me. -Do you really mean it? (此话当真)
Nowadays, the mobile phone is a popular means of communication.
Students in poorer families sometimes support themselves by means of evening jobs. (用, 以, 依靠)
My teacher encourages us to guess the meanings of the unknown words we meet in our reading according to the context.
Science is more than a collection of unrelated facts; to be meaningful and valuable, they must be arranged to show generalized character. (adj.意味深长的)
The program provides a stage for those people who want to show their talents(才干).
A man reaches the mature(成熟) stage of his reasoning(推论) powers hardly before the age of 28; a woman at 18.
In yesterday’s circus(马戏团) show, a tiger suddenly attacked its trainer and had to be shot dead.
Numbers of terrorist attacks in the last few years have signaled that counter-terrorism remains a long term goal for us.
According to the recent research, heavy coffee drinking and heart attack is not necessary cause and effect.
If you want to get a job as a professor in a well-known university, a PHD degree is needed.
Reading a book requires(需要) a degree of active attention and devotion.
The island is warm all year round and winter temperatures never fall below 10 degrees.
Grammar (定语从句2) (Complete the sentences with the relative pronouns and then underline the attributive clauses)
Relative adverb (when, where, why) as the adverbial
We will be shown around the city: schools, museums, and some other places, where other visitors seldom go.
The film brought the hours back to me when I was taken good care of in that far-away village.
After living in Paris for fifty years he returned to the small town where he grew up as a child.
There was a time when I hated to go to school.
If a shop has chairs where women can park their men, women will spend more time in the shop.
We are living in an age when many things are done on computers and the Internet.
Complete the sentences with which, that, where, when, why
I will never forget the days when we spent the summer in Thailand.
I will never forget the days that / which we spent in Thailand.
This is the school where all the students are working hard.
This is the school that / which the foreigners visited last week.
This is the reason why he was absent from work yesterday.
This is the reason that / which he did explain to his boss for his absence.
The mountain village which we visited last week is the one where the great man was born.
介词 + whom, which
In the dark street, there wasn't a single person to whom she could turn for help.
The English play in which my students acted at the New Year's party was a great success.
She was educated at Beijing University, after which she went on to have her advanced study abroad.
In the office I never seem to have time until after 5: 30 p.m., by which many people have got home.
The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the jobs for which they are being trained.
The factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every year, 80 % of which are sold abroad.
Part 2 Integrated Reading (综合阅读与阅读理解)
When I started looking for my first job, wise advisers said, " Be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. "
How ___1___they were! Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into____2___ and strangers into friends.
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the saying that helps you ____3_____there when the situation gets tough. It is the inner voice that ___4____. "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can't!"
It took years and years for the early work of Barbara Mc Clintock, a geneticist(遗传学家) who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be ___5____ accepted. Yet she didn't stop doing her experiments. Work was such a deep_____6___ for her that she never thought of stopping.
We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic ____7_____---as anyone knows who has ever seen a baby’s delight at the jingle of keys or the hurrying of a beetle.
It is this ___8___ wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever they age. At 90, cellist(大提琴家) Pablo Casals would start his day by ___9____Bach (巴赫). As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would ____10____ in his eyes. Music ,for Casals, was what made life a never ___11___adventure. As author and poet Samuel once wrote, "Years wrinkle the skin old, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkle the ___12_____."
We can't afford to waste ___13____ on "might-have-beens". Just as the saying goes, it is no use crying over spilt milk. . We need to live each moment ____14_____, with all our senses---finding pleasure in the sweet of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of life that puts a sparkle in our eyes and ___15___ the wrinkles from our souls.
1. A. right
B. responsible
C. elegant
D. successfully
2. A. success
B. wealth
C. opportunities
D. attempt
3. A. dress up
B. hang in
C. set off
D. hold up
4. A. cries
B. whispers
C. warns
D. tells
5. A. generally
B.? accidently
C. specially
D. naturally
6. A. pressure
B. fun
C. pleasure
D. source
7. A. ability
B. talent
C. nature
D. wonder
8. A. romantic
B. surprising
C. childlike
D. vivid
9. A. playing
B. approaching
C. appreciating
D. listening to
10. A.? recover
B. refresh
C.? appear
D. respect
11. A. amusing
B. appearing
C. coming
D. ending
12. A. body
B. life
C. blood
D. soul
13. A. money
B. tears
C. sweat
D. efforts
14. A. successfully
B. personally
C. wholeheartedly
D. dramatically
15. A. smoothes
B.? separates
C. softens
D. spreads
Reading
A ( 3 成功的关键在于发挥集体的智慧) (07 肇庆1摸)
If you're in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you.1/5 As a director, I suggest, I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go.
In the 1986 movie Nothing in Common, Jackie Gleason's character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman.2 The scene, shot on a boat, shows Max's hopelessness about being out of work. I was looking for some ways that would allow Max to show his feelings.
Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened. What could I possibly tell "The Great One" about acting?3
Out of fear I decided to direct by suggestion, and I sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene. "So Max is sad, right?" I said.
Gleason nodded,
"And he's probably still carrying his pens with his name on them--the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?"
Gleason nodded.
"So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?"
He was silent for a moment. "Why don't I throw them overboard?"
I stood up and turned toward the crew. "Hey, everybody, Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let's shoot it."
After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile, "Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?"4
You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars for those who get the solution first, you'll all benefit when everything turns out right.
The writer tells us that, to succeed in the project you are in charge of, you should ______.
A. make everyone work for you B. get everyone willing to help you
C. let people know you have the final say D. keep giving orders to everyone
From the passage we can know ______.
A. Jackie Gleason is the director of the film Nothing in Common
B. Jackie Gleason is very angry when he is fired from his job
C. Max, a character in the film, is in very low spirits when he loses his job
D. Jackie Gleason writes the play of the film Nothing in Common
The underlined part "The Great One" (in Paragraph 3) refers to ______.
A. Gleason B. the director himself C. Max D. Max's boss
Why did Gleason call the director over and smile at him?
A. Gleason succeeded in hitting upon a wonderful idea.
B. Gleason thought his wonderful idea was accepted by the director.
C. Gleason was confident about his work the next day.
D. Gleason appreciated the director's way of directing films.
The most suitable title for the passage is ______.
A. Directing a Film B. The Key to Success C. A Wonderful Experience D. Working with Film Stars
B ( 3 从失败和痛苦中学习) (07 肇庆1摸)
Life is difficult.7
But life is no longer difficult once we truly understand and accept it.
Most people do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties8 as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems depending on their nature cause in us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole solving problems that life has its meaning.
Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn.9 As Benjamin Franklin said, "Those things that hurt, instruct."10 It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
From the passage, it can be inferred that ______.
A. not everybody has problems B. we become stronger by facing and solving the problems in life
C. people like to complain about their problems D. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain
The writer probably uses just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ______.
A. save space B. persuade readers C. make readers laugh D. get readers' attention
The main idea of Paragraph 3 is ______.
A. most people feel life is easy B. the writer likes to complain about his problems
C. the writer feels life is easy D. most people complain about how hard their lives are
According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to ______.
A. encourage them to learn B. teach them to fear the pain of solving problems
C. help them learn to deal with pain D. teach them how to respect for problems
The saying from Benjamin Franklin "Those things that hurt, instruct." suggests that ______.
A. we do not learn from experience B. we do not learn when we are in pain
C. pain teaches us important lessons D. pain cannot be avoided
Part 3 Put the following sentences into English (汉译英)
你愿意加入我们刚建立的俱乐部吗? (willing; set up 定语从句)
Are you willing to join the club we've just set up?
永远不要灰心, 这样你才会成功。(lose heart)
Never lose heart, and you will succeed.
新当选的总统什么时候上台执政? (come to power)
When will the newly-made president come to power?
他只有靠大声叫喊才能使河对岸的人们听到他的声音。(only)
Only by shouting was he able to make people on the other side of the river hear him.
5. 参观哈尔滨最佳时间是11月到3月，那时有许多的冰雕可供欣赏。( when 引导定语从句 )
The best time to visit Harerbin is from November to March, when a lot of ice-sculptures are on display.
