1、 1 2014 ( 120 150 ) I ( ) II ( ) l I 2 2B I ( 100 ) ( 30 ) ( 5 1.5 7.5 ) 5 A B C 10 1 What is the man s plan for Friday? A To go to a lecture. B. To do some reading C To write a novel 2 Why has the man bought two warm coats? A. To get a discount B. To give one to the woman C To prepare for a cold wi
2、nter 3. How should the woman go to the museum? A In the man s car B By subway. C. In Henry s car. 4 What does the report show? A. The Europe department is disappointing B. Mr Brown believes the wrong person C. Mr Brown is a good leader 5 What does the man mean? A He doesn t know the campus well 2 B
3、They ll enjoy a wonderful bus tour C They needn t show the students around. ( 15 1.5 22.5 ) 5 A B C 5 5 6 6 7 6 How will the speakers go to New York? A. By air B By train C By car 7 What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife B Colleagues. C Friends 7 8 9 8 H
4、ow long has the woman worked on the book? A For one month B For two months C For three months A Having no time of his own B Being unable to afford a trip C Having no one to travel with 8 10 12 10 Why didn t the woman receive the man s call? A The phone was stolen B The phone was broken C The phone w
5、as powered off 11 How did Mary react after seeing what was on the road? A She was scared B She tried to help C She was confused. 12 What did Mary think of her experience? A Funny B Strange C. Sad 9 13 16 13 How does Fanny find the man? A Handsome but shy. B Shy but humorous C Handsome and humorous.
6、14 What do we know about the woman? A She is a bit shy B. She is new there C. She is popular with people. 3 15 How long has the woman lived here? A For about 3 days B For about two weeks C For about two months 16 What happened last night? A A family got robbed B Mr Smith lost $ 500 outdoors C The ma
7、n lost some valuable things. 10 17 20 17 When was the school started A About 40 years ago B About 48 years ago C About 58 years ago 18 Who are the target students of the school? A Young kids B Teenagers C Adults 19 When will the welcome speech end? A At 10 15 am B At 10 30 am C At 10 45 am. 20 Where
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15、on s west end D At 1 A Camden High Street Central London 5 23 Which is suitable for people crazy about dancing and different fascinating dance music? A Pacha London B Amika London C Bar Rumba D Club Colosseum 24. the text is most probably from _ A a history book B a travel guide C a science magazine
16、 D an official notice B France refused to accept smiles even a slight Mona Lisa like smile in passport photos according to a ruling by a French appeals court on Thursday. An unnamed French civil servant sued French authorities after his initial passport application was rejected for a smile in the pa
17、ssport picture He lost the suit in 2014 when a French court ruled that he had a noticeable grin in the photo Both French courts made their decision based on regulations concerning passport photos which provide that the expression(of the applicant)should be neutral with the mouth closed and you must
18、certainly not smile The plaintiff( )and his lawyer both insisted that the photo involved only a smile with one s mouth shut while keeping a neutral expression like the mildly amused look on the face of the Mona Lisa in the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. The world-famous painting resides in th
19、e Louvre Museum in Paris. The regulations are of no legal value defense lawyer Romain Boulet said before Thursday s ruling Furthermore their argument emphasized that a smile would give hard-pressed France a morale boost and hoped the appeal court s approval would make the French people smile. Unfort
20、unately their intentions failed to amuse French justice Whether people are cheerful or not their passport photos must show only poker faces 25 The unnamed French civil servant had his passport application turned down because_. A he sued French authorities B he lost a suit in 2014 C there was a smile
21、 in his photo D his photo was too noticeable 26 Why was Mona Lisa mentioned in the passage? A To remind readers the painting is now In Paris B To emphasize the strictness of the passport rule C To introduce the greater painter Leonardo da Vinci 6 D To show what kind of smile is acceptable to authori
22、ties 27 If we say someone has a poker face we probably mean_ A he wears no expression B he looks attractive C he appears frightening D he is enjoyable 28 Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A To smile or not that is a question B Passport application becomes more difficult in
23、 France C French authorities are not moved by smiling faces D Mona Lisa would not qualify for a passport in France C It happened to me recently I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President A friend I was ta
24、lking to agreed with me that it was in his words a brilliantly( )written book However he then went on to talk about Mr. Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at a11 I sensed that I was talking to a book liar And it seems that my friend is not the only one Approximately two
25、thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven t In the World Book Day s Report on Guilty Secrets Dreams From My Father is at number 9 The report lists ten books and various authors which people have lied about reading and as I m not one to lie too often(I d hate to be caught out)
26、I ll admit here and now that I haven t read the entire top ten But I am pleased to say that unlike 42 percent of people I have read the book at number one George Orwell s 1984. I think it s really brilliant The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it It says that many
27、 people lie about having read Jane Austen Charles Dickens Fyodor Dostoevsky(I haven t read him but haven t lied about it either)and Herman Melville Asked why they lied the most common reason was to impress someone they were speaking to This could be tricky if the conversation became more in depth! B
28、ut when asked which authors they actually enjoy people named J. K Rowling John Grisham Sophie Kinsella(ah the big sellers in other words) Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the 7 story(I ll come clean I do this and am aston
29、ished that 58 percent said they had never done so) 29 How did the author find his friend a book liar? A By judging his manner of speaking B By looking into his background C By mentioning a famous name D By discussing the book itself 30 Which of the following is a guilty secret according to the World
30、 Book Day report? A Charles Dickens is very low on the top-ten list B 42 of people pretended to have read 1984 C The author admitted having read 9 books D Dreams From My Father is hardly read 31 By lying about reading a person hopes to _ A control the conversation B appear knowledgeable C 1earn abou
31、t the book D make more friends D How do you spend your time? To get it Paul T Rankin asked sixty-eight individuals to keep an accurate detailed record of what they did every minute of their waking hours He discovered that 70 percent of their waking time was spent on one thing only communication Put
32、that evidence alongside the research findings uncovered the Human Engineering Laboratories they discovered that vocabulary more than findings uncovered by the Human Engineering Laboratories they discovered that, vocabulary more than any other factor yet known predicts financial success New words mak
33、e us better thinkers as well as communicators What s better reason for beginning right now to extend your vocabulary? But how? Hybrid( )corn combines the best qualities of several varieties to ensure maximum productivity A hybrid approach to vocabulary should in the same way ensure maximum results T
34、hat s why you should use the CPD formula Through Context When students in a college class were asked what should be done when they came across an unknown word in their reading 84 percent said Look it up in the dictionary If you do however you short-circuit the very mental processes needed to make yo
35、ur efforts most productive 8 But there s another reason Suppose someone asks you what the word fast means You answer speedy or swift But does it mean that in such context as fast color or fast friend ? And if a horse is fast is it securely tied or galloping at top speed? It could be either It all de
36、pends On the dictionary? No on the context After all there are over twenty different meanings for fast in the dictionary But the dictionary context. Through Word Parts Now for the next step Often unfamiliar words contain one or more parts which if recognized provide definite help with meaning Take t
37、he word monolithic for example Try to separate the parts. There is the prefix mono- meaning one and the root-lith meaning stone Finally there s the suffix ic meaning consisting of Those three parts add up to this definition consisting of To speed up your use of word parts you will be introduced to t
38、he fourteen most important words in the English language The prefix and root elements in those few words are found in over 14 000 words With those amazingly useful shortcuts you can build up vocabulary not at a snail s pace one word at a time but in giant leaps up to a thousand words at a time Throu
39、gh the Dictionary Now you can see why you should consult the dictionary last not first You ve looked carefully at the context You ve looked for familiar word parts Now you play Sherlock Homes. In light of context or word parts you try to solve a mystery What exactly does that strange word mean? Only after you go through the mental gymnastics to
