"I can't believe what I’m hearing!" I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate (候选人) for president of Student Council. My best friend Tony came to me and said, “I’m sorry, Mike, I really thought you should be _ 36_ ."
Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a 37 "congratulations" and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine.
"I'm, er—I'm just wandering if you would … consider coming to work on my team," he said 38 . "You are really smart, and you would he a great manager."
“I don't think so," I replied, feeling unsure.
"Well, if you change your mind, we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to another table.
All right, I thought about the 39 from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process ( 选举过程) would give 40 a chance to make important changes at our school. I decided to join them.
My first goal was to 41_ a catchy advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a poster with Jeff's pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway 42_ passing Jeff's smiling face.
My next step was to 43 which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and. a volleyball team.
With tile information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. The headmaster 44 to add these activities to our school program.
With my help, Jeff and our ideas were well 45 at school.
An eighth grader said, "It'll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president.
Hearing these words made my heart filled with 46 I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff's team. He became the most popular candidate and I was a large part of his 47 . The fact that it has made a difference in other people's lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!
36. A. beard B. chosen C. invited D. followed
37. A. polite B. loud C. warm D. cheerful
38. A. proudly B. quickly C. nervously D. regretfully
39. A. advice B. chance C. message. D. offer
40. A. them B. him C. me D. us
41. A. print B. invent C. create C. send
42. A. for B. from C. with D. without
43. A. carry out B. try out C. work out D. find out
44. A. agreed B. wanted C. expected D. asked
45. A. allowed B. received C. introduced D. required
46. A. pride B. surprise C. patience D. hope
47. A. hick B. spirit C. life D. success
【主旨大意】本文主要讲述了体验幸福的三个秘密。
36. 答案：B解析:词义辨析，动词联系上下文，上文给出the last candidate(候选人) ，下文对应的动词应该是 be chosen，：你应该被“当选”。
37. 答案：A解析: 形容词感情色彩+联系上下文。由本段出现的第一个形容词usual 来判断作者的感情色彩是平淡的，故排除B. loud和D. cheerful选项，由 第二个形容词surprise 来判断，作者与Jeff的关系不是非常亲密所以排除C warm选项，跟Jeff说“祝贺”的时候自然是“礼貌”地说。
38. 答案：C解析:根据前文的“er-，wondering，would...”，都是紧张的表现，可推断是有点紧张，所以答案选择C nervously。
39. 答案：D解析: 考查名词的辨析，Jeff希望“我”能加入他的团队，对“我”来讲，这是给“我”提供了一个工作岗位，并非机会chance，选offer。
40. 答案：C解析: 根据上文主语都是I，所以答案选择C. me所以是给予我机会。
41. 答案：C解析: :词义辨析，根据句意：是想方设法创造有吸引力的广告，而不是发明或印刷，迷惑项是print；广告也不一定非要印刷，这是其实是“设计”的意思，只有create一词可以表示“创作、设计”的意思。
42. 答案：D解析: 介词搭配 最能凸显出 poster 效果的介词是without 否定介词与前面的no 相呼应，双重否定表肯定，构成：人人都常经过的走廊里贴满了Jeff笑脸的广告。
43. 答案：D解析: 短语辨析，carry out 实施， try out 尝试， work out 解决 find out 找出+事实，真相 ，结合上下文，wanted a chess club and a volleyball team,下文的 collect information，空后是宾语从句：“学生在学校里喜欢玩那些活动”，不是“算出，执行，实验”，而是“找出”得出答案为 D。
44. 答案：A解析:根据上下文，Jeff带着这些信息去见校长，校长也就“同意”把这些活动加上了。
45. 答案：B 解析: receive 在此表示的是接纳并不是我们熟悉的收到，所以此题为难题。
46. 答案：A解析: 我和Jeff的工作得到了他人的认可，心中感到自豪和满足，故答案选择A。
47. 答案：D 解析: 此题考查句意分析能力。前文说他成了最受欢迎的候选人，接着有连词and，也就意味着要填的空即是He became the most popular candidate，这样看来，是Jeff的成功，所以选success。
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Passage 3
Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.
Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。They felt unhappy and returned to their village.
"I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day.
"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!"
"I agree!" said Uncle Li. "How foolish (傻的) we were !"
1. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.
A. they hope to save money
B. they're both poor
C. their farms are at the
foot of the mountain
D. they're not far from their farms
2.The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.
A. make a journey B. visit some places of interest
C. meet their friends D. make a profit
3.The two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.
A. theirs weren't as good as the others'
B. theirs were much less than the others'
C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city
D. they forgot to carry them on a truck
4.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________.
A. they had sustained losses in business
B. they had lost some money in the city
C. something was wrong with the tractor
D. other people profited in the city
5.Which of the following is true?
A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.
B. The two farmers will soon get rich.
C. Neither of the farmers is clever.
D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.
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An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request.
The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, "I am too old to see well." I can't even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."
On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman, " What? Did you call me a plastic model?"
The old woman was greatly surprised. "On, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a robot of a new type."
1.The old woman wanted ______in the clothes shop.
A．to buy something
B．to play a joke on someone
C．to look for someone
D．to talk to the girl
2.The assistant was a ________.
A．woman B．model C．robot D．man
3.The assistant took no notice of the old woman because _______.
A．she was a plastic model
B．she was a robot
C．she was not a good assistant
D．she had bad hearing
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用括号里所给动词的适当形式填空
Robot Vogel is a police officer in New York. One Morning, he was drinking coffee in a restaurant. Suddenly a man ran in and shouted, "Officer! A car is going down the street, and a little kid ____1.__(drive) it!"
Officer Vogel ran out of the restaurant and saw a car____2.___(go) slowly at about 25 miles an hour. He jumped into his police car and followed it. When he was behind it, he turned on his red light and siren(警笛), The car moved to the side of the road and stopped.
Officer Vogel got out of his police car and looked inside. The driver was a little boy. His name was Rocco, and he was five years old. In the back seat was his little sister who was only two year old. Both children _____3.___(cry).
"I want my mommy!" Rocco cried. "But she can't get here, I have the car." Then he had an idea "Just a minute," he told Officer Vogel. "I can drive. I____4.____(go) to get her."
"No!" Officer Vogel said. “You stay with me."
Officer Vogel___5.___(drive) Rocco and his sister o the police station. Then he called their mother. Rocco told Officer Vogel and his mother that he got the car key from the refrigerator while his father was at work and his mother was sleeping.
Newspapers and TV station heard about Rocco, and a lot of reporters went to his house. One reporter asked Rocco, "What do you want to be when you____6.__(grow) up?"
Rocco smiled, "I want to be a truck driver," he said.
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My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his CF & thr 3:-@ kids FTF ILNY, its gr8.
Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad: neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet or cellphones. To newcomers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the "translation" of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York; it's great.
Schoolteachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming（破坏）the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes cxan be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted（面目全非的）.
Everyone should just relax, say linguists（语言学家）. They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nunberg, from Stanford University, agrees. "People get better at writing by writing," he says, "Kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mail, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than, their parents."
Linguist James Millroy says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can bet your bottom dollar that when today's teenagers become tomorrow's parents, they too will think this way. Milroy argues that languages do not and cannot become "corrupted"; they simply change to meet the new needs.
However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write Standard English. Cynthia McVey says, "I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is a must for their future."
Perhaps we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, age 12, says, "I wouldn't use text language in my homework. Texting is just for fun"
1.What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To give an example of a foreign language.
B. To show an example of creative methods.
C. To express worries about using Netspeak.
D. To lead in the topic of Netspeak.
2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Cynthia McVey points out teenagers can deal with Netspeak properly.
B. Geoffrey Nunberg believes Netspeakers can write Standard English.
C. David Crystal thinks Netspeak helps develop the habit of writing.
D. James Milroy says that language is changing and improving.
3.The expression "bet your bottom dollar" in Paragraph 5 means ______.
A. be fairly sure B. be greatly surprised
C. think it a pity D. find it interesting
4. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Netspeak: A Widely-Used Language on Internet
B. Is Netspeak Harming the English Language?
C. Is Netspeak Helpful in Language Learning?
D. Netspeak: Advantages and Disadvantages
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1阅读短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题或翻译句子。
It was very cold .It snowed heavily and blew very strongly . It was not a good night to go out . But David had to walk home from work ."I can be warmer ," he thought ,"I wear my coat backwards (反方向地)."He took off his coat and put it on backwards "That's much better." He thought and walked on . About ten minutes later a car hit him. The driver stopped his car and got out of it .He ran to help David .
Soon a police car arrived .The policeman ran to look at David ."I'm afraid he's dead. " The policeman told the driver .
The driver could not believe it ." He can't be dead ."He cried, "I did not touch him. Look at my car. There is not a mark on it."
"He's dead ." The policeman said again .
"I don't understand it ." The driver said ,"As soon as I hit him. I ran to help him. He was lying on the road , but he was breathing and there was no blood."
"Did you touch him ? " The policeman asked .
"Yes," The driver said ,"but I only turn his head around the right way ."
1.Why was David walking in such bad weather ?
2.How did David make himself warmer ?
3.Did the driver run to help David ?
4.Who killed David ?
5.把画线的句子译成汉语。
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