Jim is the only one of the staff members who _______ to be promoted.
A.are going
B.have been going
C.is going
D.has been going
A.are going
B.have been going
C.is going
D.has been going
But Jim's one great shortcoming was that he could never tell a lie, no matter how hard he tried, not even a little one. In fact, he was so honest and shy that he would blush even when he was telling the truth. He used to stand in front of the mirror and practice lying while looking himself in the eyes at the same time. But as soon as he saw his face starting to go red he had to look away.
One morning, however, he didn’t feel like going to work because he had been to a party the night before and it hadn't ended till the early hours of the morning. And so far the first time in his life he decided to take the day off. He rang his boss, pretending to be a woman. "I'm afraid Jim can't come to work today. He isn't feeling very well."
Poor Jim was thankful that his boss couldn’t see him just at that moment because his hands were trembling(发抖) and his face was bright red.
"Thank you for letting me know," said Mr. Woods, his boss, and then just as he was about to hang up, he said, "just a moment, madam, who's speaking."
"Oh!" he stammered (口气地说), and going all out for making a voice like a woman, he cried in a voice: "This is my landlady speaking!"
Jim was ______.
A.mid-aged
B.a teen-ager(青少年)
C.over 25
D.between 20 to 25
听力原文:Jim: Oh, Rod! Um, welcome back!
Rod: Hi Jim. My goodness! What on earth happened to the flat?
Jim: Er, I had a party with a few friends.
Rod: A few! It looks like a bomb fell on in.
Jim: Look. I'm really sorry. I wasn't expecting you back so soon. I was going to tide every-thing up before you got back.
Rod: Hmm, hey, the leg on this table is broken.
Jim: Um, yes. I think someone fell over it. I'll fix it. Don't worry.
Rod: These are my records, aren't they? This one's scratched.
Jim: Is it? Well I'll replace it, of course.
Rod: I've only just bought it.
Jim: Yes. I feel really bad about all this. You know what it's like, Rod. Everyone was having fun and things just got, um, a bit out of head.
Rod: Some of our glasses are broken, too. Look.
Jim: Oh, I'll buy some new ones. Um, I'm afraid the record player doesn't work, but I'll take it to the shop this afternoon.
Rod: Have you seen all this rubbish on the floor? Empty cans, bottles, food, serviettes, cigarette ends...
Jim: Yes, I was just about to clear it up. I should have been more careful.
Rod: What a disaster! What about these stains on the sofa and the cigarette burns on the carpet?
Jim: Um, I'll clean the sofa immediately and the cigarette bums, I'll... well...
What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A.mother-son.
B.Flatmates.
C.Teacher-Student.
D.Brothers.
A.John Watson
B.Jim Moriarty
C.Greg Lestrade
D.Molly Hooper
Mysterious Nazca Drawings
One of the most mysterious archaeological spectacles in the world is the immense complex of geometrical symbols, giant ground-drawings of birds and animals, and hundreds of long, ruler-straight lines, some right across mountains, which stretch over 1,200 square miles of the Peruvian tablelands, at Nazca.
Nazca was first revealed to modern eyes in 1926 when three explorers looked down on the desert from a hillside at dusk and briefly saw a Nazca line highlighted by the rays of the sun. But it was not until the Peruvian airforce took aerial photographs in the 1940s that the full magnificence of the panorama was apparent. Hundreds of what looked like landing strips for aircraft were revealed. There were eighteen bird-like drawings, up to 400 feet long, four-sided figures with two lines parallel; and long needle-like triangles which ran for miles. Among the many abstract patterns were a giant spider, a monkey, a shark, all drawn on the ground on a huge scale.
The scale is monumental, but from the ground almost invisible and totally incomprehensible. The amazing fact about Nazca, created more than 1,500 years ago, is that it can only be appreciated if seen from the air. Many, therefore, regarded it as a prehistoric landing ground for visitors from outer space, but Jim Woodman, an American explorer, who was long fascinated by the mystery of Nazea, had a different opinion. He believed that Nazca only made sense if the people who had designed and made these vast drawings on the ground could actually see them, and that led him to the theory that the ancient Peruvians had somehow learned to fly, as only from above could they really see the extent of their handiwork. With this theory in mind, he researched into ancient Peruvian legends about flight and came to the conclusion that the only feasible answer was a hot-air balloon.
To prove his theory, Woodman would have to make such a thing using the same fabrics and fibers that would have been available to the men of Nazca at the time. He started by gathering information from ancient paintings, legends, books and archaeological sites. After many attempts, Woodman built a balloon-type airship. It took him into the air, letting him have the sensation he had never had from viewing the same ground that he had seen many times. His flight was a modern demonstration of an ancient possibility.
One of the “most mysterious archaeological spectacles in the world” is______.
A.the size of Nazca
B.the lines over mountains
C.the Peruvian tablelands
D.the huge and complicated ground-drawings
Jim ______ one of his fellow workers at the beach yesterday.
昨天吉姆在海边遇见了自己的同事。
A.Entailment
B.Presupposition
C.Contradiction
D.Tautology
One day Jim borrowed ten dollars from Bob.
A.Right.
B.Wrong.
C.Doesn't say.
Who is Jim Dixon?
A.He is a representative of Lakewood Fitness Center.
B.He is one of the leaders of Walk at Work.
C.He is head of the personnel department.
D.He is a gardener at Lakewood Parks.
When I was studying English at a training center in Washington D.C. in 2008, I shared a house with two young Americans, Jim and Steve. Jim was studying French and Steve Chinese, both at the Foreign Service Institute. We shared many things in common, but we also thought and acted quite differently. Steve was interested in speaking Chinese. He always tried every opportunity to talk with me with his very English-like pronunciation. I was often touched with his diligence. However, I wanted to practice English with him, too. So we often spoke at the same time in the other’s mother tongue. Jim was fresh from college and the youngest of the three. He was going out all the time. The only time we met was at breakfast. There was a small round table in our kitchen, where we saw around to enjoy our food. Steve had Chinese fast food such as dumplings or noodles, and I ate bread and boiled eggs. But Jim often just drank a cup of tea because he had nothing in his fridge. He was too busy dating pretty French girls to do any shopping. I often offered him some of my food. But Steve told me in his poor Chinese that I didn’t need to do that. He said that it was Jim’s own fault and that it served him right. Although he was learning Chinese, he still had his American sense of values.
Two years later, I returned to China. The three of us still keep in touch. Jim now works in a travel agency in Paris. He got married to one of the pretty girls. He wrote to tell us that he can now enjoy a delicious breakfast with his beautiful wife every morning in their comfortable living room. Steve wants to work in China. And I’m helping him with this. I have introduced him to the dean of the Overseas Section of our university. He is very interested in Steve. He wants to know if Steve can work here teaching the overseas students Chinese. I have sent the message to Steve. I’m sure he’d be very happy to accept the job. However, I hope he could try harder to improve himself. Otherwise, all the overseas students would speak with his terrible pronunciation!
(1) Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?()
A、Steve and Jim were more alike in character.
B、The author didn’t enjoy talking with Steve.
C、The three of them were all language majors.
D、Their living condition was rather poor.
(2) Which of the following is TRUE about Jim?()
A、He has a French way of making friends.
B、Going out with girls cost him a lot of time.
C、He learned French in order to date Paris girls.
D、He liked doing housework.
(3) What is the author’s opinion of Steve?()
A、Steve was a very hardworking fellow.
B、Steve enjoyed cooking Chinese food.
C、Steve enjoyed shopping more than Jim.
D、Steve’s Chinese accent was quite pure.
(4) What does the last sentence of the first paragraph imply?()
A、Steve didn’t like offering help to others.
B、American people only eat their own food.
C、Steve wanted Jim to do his own shopping.
D、Americans and Chinese differ in their sense of values.
(5) What can be learned from the last paragraph?()
A、Jim is a very good husband.
B、Steve enjoys teaching Chinese.
C、The author works for overseas students.
D、The three friends still keep in touch.
听力原文:Who is the manager of the selling department?
(A) He is not here.
(B) Jim, the one on the left of Miss Xu.
(C) He is 40 years old.
(26)
A.
B.
C.
A.Jim Cantrell
B.Peter
C.Jim Bonevac
D.Les Crane