Once I learned to like spicy food, I liked it _____.A. for allB. for nothingC. for badD
A. for all
B. for nothing
C. for bad
D. for good
A. for all
B. for nothing
C. for bad
D. for good
I have learned many languages, but I have not mastered them the way a professional interpreter or translator has. Still, they have opened doors for me. They have allowed me the opportunity to seek jobs in international contexts and help me get those jobs. Like many people who have lived overseas for a while, I simply got crazy about it. I can’t imagine living my professional or social life without international interactions. Since 1977, I have spent much more time abroad than in the United States. I like going to new places, eating new foods and experiencing new cultures. If you can speak the language, it’s easier to get to know the country and its people. If I had the time and money, I would live for a year in as many countries as possible.
Beyond my career, my facility with languages has given me a few rare opportunities. Once just after I returned from my year in Vienna, I was asked to translate for a German judge at an Olympic level horse event. I learned a lot about the sport. In Japan, once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought. They asked, “Was it as good as American beef?” It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was.
A.She enjoys teaching languages.
B.She can speak several languages.
C.She was trained to be an interpreter.
D.She was born with a talent for languages.
听力原文:W: You are too careful. I can hardly put up with a car moving at this speed.
M: Once bitten, twice shy. I was involved in a bead-on collision a few months ago. I don't want to repeat it.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
(14)
A.The man doesn't want to repeat what he Mid.
B.The man has learned a lesson from his car accident.
C.The man is shy, so he can't drive fast.
D.The woman can't tolerate the man's attitude.
Once while trying to reach his car key, Li Ka-shing
dripped a two-dollar coin, which rolled under the ear. 【M1】______.
He figured out when the car started, the coin would fall 【M2】 ______.
into the gutter, so he bent down to pick it up. Seeing
this, an Indian attendant on duty immediately picked it
up for him. Having got back his coin, Li Ka-shing
surprisingly gave the attendant 100 dollars as a reward. His
explanation for such a big reward was: "If the attendant
hadn't picked up the coin, it have rolled into the gutter and 【M3】 ______.
the two dollars would have disappeared from the world.
When I gave 100 dollars to the attendant, he could spend it 【M4】______.
on some useful purpose. I think money should be used, not
wasted."
This incident illustrates Li Ka-shing's philosophy of 【M5】______.
economy. It also exemplify his way of thinking; that is, he 【M6】______.
judges whether an individual's action is justified with
determining whether it increases or decreases the total net
income of society. As long as the total net income of society 【M7】______.
increased, it doesn't matter if he himself suffers a loss;
conversely, if the total net income of society is decreased, 【M8】______.
his own personal financial gain will still be a loss in broad sense.
We shouldn't look down on this way of Considering the 【M9】______.
total net-income of society—it is a big issue concerned the
wealth and strength of the nation. In his book The Wealth of
Nations, Adam Smith expressed an important view: the
contribution individuals make to society in pursuing their 【M10】______.
own good is great than that made by individuals attempting
to benefit society.
【M1】
1.The writer learned English in Wuhan University for about ()
A.a week
B.a month
C.a term
D.a year
2.According to the writer, () is a good way to improve your English.
A.thinking in English
B.learning English grammar
C.watching English films
D.reading English books
3.The underlined phrase “got it over” in Paragraph 3 means “()” in English.
A.stick to it
B.depend on it
C.overcome it
D.understand it
4.To the writer’s surprise, his English improved quickly ().
A.in the university
B.in the middle school
C.in China
D.in America
5.The best title for this passage should be().
A.The Importance of English
B.My English Learning Experience
C.My University Life
D.My American Friends
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
Questions are based on the following passage.
When I first moved to New York, it once took me two hours to get from Park Slope to Lower Manhattan in a snow storm.I think I ended up on every line(36), including the G line that day.
Up until this winter I hadn"t had an(37)until a couple of weeks ago when there was some problem in Brooklyn.Usually the 96th Street station in Manhattan does not get nearly as(38)as 72nd Street.It took seven trains, with(39)of people racing back and forth across the platforms as trains were being(40)in and out of service before I was able to squeeze into a train that actually was in service.
At the next stop a man shoved his way in,(41)smashing me against the pole.I"m five feet tall and he was six feet tall and(42) me by at least 90 pounds.I braced (抵住)my arm against the pole(43)a move I learned in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (巴西柔术) so I wouldn"t be crushed a second time if he did it again.He did do it again, slamming himself against my elbow.of course he accused me of elbowing him when he was the one who(44)into me.He was so mad that the guy"s backpack was sticking out of the door that he smashed the guy"s backpack slamming the door open and closed 10 times in(45)Subway rage was clearly at a peak on that day.
A.adopting
B.approaching
C.available
D.Crowded
E.Declared
F.equivalent
G.immediately
H.incident
I.literally
J.masses
K.outweighed
L.pinned
M.possible
N.slammed
O.Succession
第(36)题应填__________ 查看材料
听力原文:M: Hello, Li Min. Come on in, and how've you been keeping recently?
W: Quite all right, thanks, Dr. Francis. How's your project going?
M: Very smoothly. I'm playing a consultant role. I've only been here a month, but I'm already on very good terms with my colleagues in the Department of Computer Science.
W: Dr. Francis, do you know I've got a chance to go to Cambridge in August? I wonder if you could tell me something about Britain.
M: Certainly. Well, I was actually brought up in Scotland. In fact, I've never been to Cambridge. But well, I'm sure I can give you some useful tips. What do you want to know?
W: Things like weather. What's the usual temperature there?
M: The temperature in Scotland is 22, or 23 degrees Centigrade, on average, I think, but Cambridge would be warmer, around 25, because it's down south.
W: That's nice. Where do you think I should live?
M: Oh, that's important. You can live in the college-owned flats, which are often near where you have your classes, and some are even on the campus. That would certainly be convenient.
W: Yes, it would.
M: But it can also be a disadvantage because you are, in a sense, separated from ordinary society. I think learning from society is a valuable experience.
W: Yes, exactly, so what's the alternative?
M: Maybe finding an English host family. I know a student Ali from the Middle East. He told me that he had learned a lot by staying with a British family.
W: Thank you, I think it's quite a good suggestion. By the way, Dr. Francis, do you think I could...?
(20)
A.A teacher of English in Cambridge.
B.A specialist in computer science.
C.A consultant to a Scottish company.
D.A British tourist to China.
I have learnt many languages, but I’m not mastered them the way the professional interpreter or translator has。 Still, they have open doors for me。 They have allowed me the opportunity to seek jobs in international contexts and help me get those jobs。 Like many people who have lived overseas for a while, I simply got crazy about it。 I can’t image living my professional or social life without international interactions。 Since 1977, I have spent much more time abroad than in the United States。 I like going to new places, eating new foods and experiencing new cultures。 If you can speak the language, it’s easier to get to know the country and its people。 If I had the time and money。 I would live for a year in as many countries as possible。 Beyond my career, my facility with languages has given me a few rare opportunities。 Once, just after I returned my year in Vienna。 I was asked to translate for a German judge at Olympic level horse event and learned a lot about the sport。
In Japan, once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought。 They asked” Was it as good as American beef?” It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV, speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you’ve just heard。
Question 19 What does the speaker say about herself?
Question 20 What does the speaker say about many people who have lived overseas for a while?
Question 21 How did the speaker experience of living in Vienna benefit her?
Question 22 What was the speaker asked to do in the Japanese studio?
阅读以下文章,选择最佳答案填空。
In the depths of my memory, many things I did with My father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call 1_________ and love.
I don't remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did love the water Any kind of 2_________ _________ ride seemed to give him pleasure, And he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But! never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being 3 _________ the water, moving through it, having it all around me. I was not a strong 4 _________ or one who learned to swim early, for I had fears. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father's office and 5 _________ those summer days with my father, who would come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the 6 _________ person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go inside his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me 7_________ anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk while he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn't be playing with his 8 _________ But my father always showed up and said easily, "Oh , no , it's 9_________ "Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get myself an ice cream.
A poet once said, "We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is 10 _________ "And! think it is not only what we "look at once, in childhood" that determines our memories, but who, in that childhood look at us.
1.A、desire B、anger C、joy D、worry
2.A、boat B、bus C、train D、bike
3.A、on B、off C、by D、in
4.A、runner B、rider C、walker D、swimmer
5.A、spending B、saving C、wasting D、running
6.A、next B、only C、other D、last
7.A、put up B、break down C、play with D、work out
8.A、fishing net B、office things C、wooden chair D、lab equipment
9.A、fine B、strange C、terrible D、funny
10.A、experience B、wealth C、memory D、practice
W: I still have 2 more final exams to take.
M: Really?
W: Yeah.
M: What are you doing this summer, anything special?
W: My parents have always liked taking my sister and me to different places in the United States. You know, places with historical significance. I guess they wanted to reinforce the stuff we learned in school about history. And so even though we are older now, they still do once in a while.
M: Oh, so where are you going this summer?
W: Well, this summer it's finally going to be Gettysburg.
M: Gettysburg ! It's probably the most famous civil war site in the country. It's only a couple of hours away. I have been there a couple of times.
W: We were gonna to go there about ten years ago, but we ended up not going anywhere that year. I cannot remember why.
M: What a pity!
W: Yeah, but I hope that doesn’ t happen again this year. I wrote a paper about Gettysburg last semester for a history class I was taking in which I got to know about the political situation in the United States right after the battle at Gettysburg, so I'm eager to see the place.
(23)
A.The woman has passed her final exams.
B.The woman wants to know how to write term papers.
C.The woman is going to visit Gettysburg.
D.The man introduces his experiences in Gettysburg.