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In china, it is relatively usual to ask people their age, but in the west, this question is generally regarded as impolite. This is particularly true 61 women, and even more 62 if the inquirer is a man. However, it is 63 to ask children their age, and some adults may not mind 64 either. In fact, some elderly people are quite happy to 65 their age, especially if they feel they look young 66 their age. Nevertheless, it is not very wise to ask a(n) 67 question like ―How old are you?‖if elderly people want to talk about their age, and perhaps receive a compliment on how young they look, they may easily 68 the topic themselves, and ask the other person to 69

how old they are. 70 such a situation, it is quite acceptable to discuss age 71.They normally expect to be complimented on their youthfulness, though rather than 72 that they look very old! 73 westerners do not usually ask people directly how old they are, this does not 74 that they are not interested to know how old other people

are. They may ask 75 for the information, 76 they may try to 77 the topic indirectly. Sometimes discussions about educational 78 and the number of years of working experience may provide some 79 , but this is not always the 80 .80.

2.根据以下资料，回答5-8题。 　　As one approaches some crossroads, one comes to a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead．At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop (unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road); and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they are themselves on the main road. 　　Mr．Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroads．It had a "Slow" sign, so he slowed down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely. 　　At once he heard a police whistle, so he pulled in to the side of the road and stopped．A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and pencil in his hand and said, "You didn't stop at the crossing." 　　"But the sign there doesn't say 'Stop'," answered Mr Williams．"It just says ‘Slow’, and 1 did go slow." 　　The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face．Then he put his notebook and pencil away, scratched his head and said, "Well, I'll be blowed! I am in the wrong street!"8 The sentence “Well, I'll be blowed” shows the feeling of__．

3.Ⅴ.Daily Conversation ( 15 points)Directions:Pick out appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete thefollowing dialoaue by blackenina the corresuondina letter on the Answer Sheet.Woman : Hello, Mr. Johnson' s office.Man : Good morning.56 ？Woman : Sorry,he' s in a meeting at the moment.57 ？Man:Yes. This is Steve Lee from Brightlight Systems. 58 ？Woman:Tomorrow afternoon in your office.Man : 59Woman : Okay. 60Man : Thank you.60

4.There are___students in our school.

5.根据以下资料，回答78-81题。 　　The first true piece of sports equipment that man invented was the ball. 　　In ancient Egypt, as everywhere, pitching stones was a favorite children's game．But a badly thrown rock could hurt a child．Looking for something less dangerous to throw, the Egyptians made what were probably the first balls. 　　At first, balls were made of grass or leaves held together by vines．Later they were made of piece of animal skin sewed together and stuffed with feathers or hay. 　　Even though the Egyptians were warlike, they found time for peaceful games．Before long they had developed a number of ball games, each with its own set of rules．Perhaps they played ball more for instruction than for fun．Ball playing was thought of mainly as a way to teach young men the speed and skill they would need for war.79 This selection says that the Egyptians played __.

6.Romeo and Juliet was probably written in 1595, when Shakespeare was a young successfulplaywright. He had already written comedies and history plays, but had not yet developed his shill in tragedy.The power of fate is strong to Shakespeare’s play. Chance and evil eventually join to bring tragedy.Chance involves Romeo in a murder, chance prevents a message from reaching Romeo in time, chance brings about a deadly meeting in a cemetery.Many Elizabethans were followers of astrology(星相术) and believed that the stars could control events. Thus, Romeo and Juliet art referred to as” star-crossed lovers” whose stars doomed(命中注定)them to disaster.Elizabethans also had a concept of fate in the person of Dame Fortune (命运女神). By spinning her wheel, she could raise the state of a beggar or a lower that of a king. One of the fascinations of Shakespeare is the way in which he put these ideas into the play.One of the most difficult things to decide about this play is the question of responsibility. Didirresistible fate bring tragedy to Romeo and Juliet, or were they themselves to blame? The fact that this question is not resolved by the author also helps to make Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet a fascinating work.What is unresolved about this play is ____.

7.She ______to say that she was not interested in what I was talking about.

8.They will never succeed,___hard they try.

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Farley worked for the Canadian government.One day, he was1 to learn moreabout wolves.Do wolves kill lots of caribou(北美弱鹿）？Do they kill people?

They gave him lots of food and clothes and guns.Then they put him on a plane andtook him to 2.The plane put him down and went away,There were no houses or people in this place.But there were lots of animals and lots of wolves.

People tell terrible stories about wolves.They say wolves like to kill and eat people

Farley remembered these stories,and he was3 ,He had his gun with him4

Then one day,he saw a group of wolves.There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves.A father wolf and another young wolf lived with them.

Farley watched these wolves every day.The mother was a very5 mother.Shegave milk to her babies,She gave them lessons about life.They learned how to6 food.The father wolf got food for the mother.The young wolf7 the children.Theywere a nice,happy family-wolf family!Farley did not need his8 any more.Inashort time,he got on well with the family.Farley watched them for five months.Helearned that many stories about the wolves were9 .Wolves do not eat people,and theydo not eat many large animals.And he also learned bad things about men.It was men whokilled many caribou and wolves.

Later,Farley wrote a book about wolves.He wanted people to10 them and notto kill them.6.

10.Passage FiveClaude-Oscar Monet ( 1840 -- 1926 ) was a French artist and a leading member of the Impressionist group of painters. Born in Paris, Monet spent his childhood in Le Havre. There he met a local artist, Eugene Boudin. Who encouraged him to become a landscape painter.　　In 1859, Monet went to Paris to study at the Academie Suisse. Between 1860 and 1862, Monet served in the army in Algeria ( 阿尔及利亚 ). He returned to Paris where he met most of the major artists of the era. In 1870, Monet married Camille Doncieux. To escape the Franco-Prnssian war,they moved to London Back to France, they settled at Argenteuil, a boating centre on the Seine (塞纳河 ) which drew many other Impressionist painters. Working from nature was a particular symbol of the Impressionist movement, and one that Monet valued, reflecting in his paintings the ever-changing impact of light and weather conditions.　　In 1872,he visited Le Havre where he painted "An Impression,Sunrise". When exhibited in 1874, part of its title was used by a critic to label the whole movement "Impressionism".　　Monet's wife died in 1879,and he set up home with Alice Hoschede, the wife of one of his most important sponsors. During the 1880s, Monet traveled through France painting a variety of landscapes. He gradually became better known and for the last 30 years of his life he was regarded as the greatest of the Impressionists.　　From 1890 he began to paint a series (系列 ) of pictures of one subject, including "Haystacks" "Rouen Cathedral" and "Waterlilies". The latter were painted in the fine garden Monet created at his house at Giverny, where he lived from 1883 on. He painted them over and over again,most significantly in a series especially for a museum in Paris.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

11. Fiftyyearsagonotmanypeoplewouldhavesomethingrepairedintheirhomes.Inthosedayslaborwasfairlycheapandmost peoplewouldhavethoughtitworthwhiletohavesomebodyrepairtheirthingsunlesstheywereverypoor.Today,however,itisquiteadifferentstory.Menandwomeninallwalksoflifeturntheirhandstoallkindsofjobsroundthehouse.Somepeoplehaveevensuccessfullybuilttheirownhouses.Thesejobshavebeenmadeeasiertodaybyusingpreparedmaterials.,IneveryhighstreetthroughoutBritainnowadaysthereisatleastone“DIY”shop.And ”do it yourself"isaboomingbusinessAlot of people visitedtheseshopsevery day becauseofthehighcostofpresent-daylabor.5.Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?（）

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Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they1their work, he left them, saying, "When the sun is down, I will come and see your work. "

At last one of them said, " What's the use of doing this foolish work? We can2 fill the basket."3man answered,"That is none of your business.The firstsaid."You may do as you like,but I am not going to work at4soFoolish."He5 his bucket and went away.The other man said no word,and kept on carrying6 last the well was almost7.

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket,he saw a bright thing in it.Hepicked it up.It was a beautiful gold ring.Just then the king came.8he saw the ring,he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted.He told him to keep the ringforhimself."You9so well in this little thing,"he said,"10now I know I canbelieve you with many things."9

13.A network is two or more computers connected together so that all types of information can be( ) or sent from one computer to anther.在()处填入的最佳答案是()。

14.In some countries, ________is called ― equality does not really mean equal rights for all citizens.

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Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers in the village.Plants grow in Tom's garden all through the1and they are much2.

Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting room table,eats some fruits and vegetables,buthe3most of them in the market.His vegetables,fruit and flowers are so4andbeautiful that they sold much more5in the market than those of other villagers.

How does Tom grow these beautiful things?He is so6that he just sits under hisorange tree with his radio.

He7the music all day.That is quite true.Tom8things inspring,summer,autumn and winter.Afterthat he sits with his radio.And everything9.It is the music that does the work.Tomknows more clearly that music makes the biggest vegetables and the most beautiful flowers.Plants love10as much as people.4、

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When you stretch out in the sun you can do one of the three things: you can use no sun tan oil, an ordinary sun tan oil; or Bergasol.

If you don't use any sun tan oil when you're in

the sun, you will burn surprisingly quickly. If you use an ordinary sun tan oil, you will protect your skin to a lesser or greater degree.How much protection depends on the "protection-factor number" on the bottle. Some oils block out so many of the sun's rays and you can stay in the sun all day without burning but you won't go very brown,either.

Bergasol will protect your skin like an ordinary

sun tan oil. It also has a tan accelerator that speeds up the rate at which the sun activates the skin cells that produce melanin(黑色素). It is melanin that gives the skin its brown colour. Bergasol enables you to go brown faster,am as the days pass the difference will become more obvious.Unfortunately, this special formulation isn't Cheap to prepare.So Bergasol is rather more expensive than ordinary sun tan oil. However, the price looks more attractive as you do.

Bergasoi It makes you go brown faster

Protection Many people imagine that "cover-up" means you don't get a tan. Nothing to show for your holiday.

Not so. With "cover-up", you can get brown if

you want to. The point of "cover-up" is to protect your skin from the harmful rays of the sun which,according to the experts ,make your skin look older.

That's what Solex Cover-up is all about--protection for your skin. It has a Sun Protection Factor 8,which makes it suitable for anyone. Find out how it works for you by consulting the Solex Sun Chart.

On sale wherever Solex is. With Solex Cover-up, you can tan as slowly as you like. As gently as you like. And with much less chance of peeling. Your tan will look better. Your skin will stay young longer.

Solex Gentle tan.., full protectionWhy is Solex suitable for everyone?

17.Themarket is a concept.If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale you areProducing for the market.You might sell some to your neighbour and some to the managerof the local supermarket.But in either case,you are producing for the market.Your efforts are being directed by the market.If people stop buying tomatoes,you will stop producing them.If you take care of a sick person to earn money,you are producing for the market.If your father is a steelworker or a taxi driver or a doctor or a grocer(杂货商），he is producing goods or service for the market.When you spend your income,you are buying things from the market.You may spend money in stores,supermarkets and gas stations.Still you are buying from the marketWhen the local grocer hires you to drive the delivery truck,he is buying your labor in the labour market.The market may seem to be something abstract(抽象的）。But for each person or businessman who is making and selling something,it is real.If nobody buys your tomatoes,itwon't be long beforeyou get the message.The market is telling you something.It's tellingyou that you are using energies and resources in doing something the market doesn't wantyou to do!You are buying from the market when you（）

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The point of the whole thing is to overcome your nervous inhibitions, to break through the invisible barrier that separates you from the person who’ ll read what you wrote.

19. Bill looked around for a participant__________.

20.Of the two new teachers, one is experienced and __.