When we plan our vacation, mother often offers______suggestions.A.carefulB.practicalC.effe
When we plan our vacation, mother often offers______suggestions.
A.careful
B.practical
C.effective
D.acceptable
When we plan our vacation, mother often offers______suggestions.
A.careful
B.practical
C.effective
D.acceptable
When we plan our vacation, mother often offers ______ suggestions.
A.careful
B.practical
C.effective
D.acceptable
When we plan our vacation, mother often offers______suggestions.
[A] careful
[B] practical
[C] effective
[D] acceptable
听力原文:W: Would you mind if we discuss our plan before dinner?
M: Not at all. I certainly don't want to talk about it over dinner.
When will they probably discuss the plan?
A.Before dinner.
B.After lunch.
C.Over dinner.
D.Before lunch.
— Which company (A, B, C or D) does each sentence 1 - 7 refer to?
— For each sentence 1 - 7, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
— You will need to use some of the letters more than once.
A
"We're ahead of our competitors in that every year we invite customers to headquarters to discuss their expectations for the next five years. In addition to customers, the meeting includes approximately 100 employees and suppliers. We parade our five-year plan, including such things as service, quality and on-time delivery, and involve everyone in a feedback process. The outcome becomes part of our long-range strategic plan, which is communicated to every employee in the organisation - a process we call management by planning."
B
"The approach we find we need to take to increasing customer satisfaction is systemic. There isn't an easy way to do it. Everything is interconnected and builds. In order to delight customers, you need smooth manufacturing processes, which means you need an accurate warehouse, which in turn relies on a good manufacturing requirements system and good suppliers. You can't accomplish one in isolation."
C
"As part of our improvement process, employees participate actively in raising customer satisfaction. They establish the areas in which they will be measured that translate into quality performance: things like, 'How quickly do you respond to a call?' or 'How effective are your dealings with the customer?' Feedback is provided regularly to employees. They analyse the data to determine when additional instruction and support are needed, or when processes need to be re-worked or improved, or when our goals need to be changed. They are also encouraged to keep an eye on the competition and how they are doing. These data are used for planning purposes."
D
"Our senior managers are constantly pulling the competition's products apart to see what they're doing. They've also done some benchmarking against our better competitors. There are a few good ones that make us run faster and harder. But, to be honest, in terms of new service initiatives, for example, we've had to look outside our industry to find what could be called 'best of breed'. We've milked our own industry."
Staff are invited to set the standards that are used to assess their productivity
Since we are actually 【C8】______ our audience face to face we may omit some of the information we believe our audience shares. 【C9】______ the more familiar we are with our audience, the more information we are likely to leave out. In any 【C10】______ they can always stop and ask a question or ask for clarification if we have left out too much. A reader, however, cannot do this, but can at least attempt comprehension 【C11】______ his own speed; 【C12】______ is to say, he can stop and go backwards or forwards, 【C13】______ to a dictionary or just stop and rest. When we listen we may have to work hard to sort out the speaker's 【C14】______ by referring backwards and forwards while the speaker continues. As the speaker struggles to organize his thoughts, he will use filler phrases to give him time to plan. 【C15】______ these fillers, he will still make mistakes and repeat what he has already said. His speech will be characterized 【C16】______ a limited range of grammatical patterns and vocabulary and the use of idioms to 【C17】______ some general meaning quickly. It should be clear, then, that the listener has to take an active 【C18】______ in the process by ignoring the speaker's repetitions and mistakes, and by seeking out the main idea information through recall and prediction. To keep the process going smoothly he also has to 【C19】______ the speaker that he has understood 【C20】______ actually interrupting.
【C1】
A.However
B.Although
C.Since
D.Unless
【C1】
A.However
B.Since
C.Although
D.Unless
Everyone predicted that we'd break up one day. We were determined to prove them wrong and were engaged when we were 19. The evening I proposed was like something from a romantic novel. I chose my moment and asked the magic question: "Jody, darling, will you marry me?" Her answer was a few tears of happiness.
A year later, we had a typical, big wedding ceremony and Jody really did look the perfect bride in her white gown. We had a great time at Lake Taho for our honeymoon and came back and settled down to married life. Jessica, our daughter, was born, according to plan, two years after we were married and that was when our problems began.
We were both delighted to be parents, but somehow we just grew further and further apart from each other. Eventually, after four years, we separated and then, divorced. I still see Jessica regularly. I'm really sad about our divorce, but I guess everyone was right: we were too young when we started going out together and, the truth is, we were never really compatible.
(30)
A.10 or 11.
B.14 or 15.
C.12 or 13.
D.19
We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First, this includes an awareness (意识) of our surroundings. It means using all of our senses to become aware of our world. This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture (质地), as well as taste, when we plan a meal. Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.
A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things. If we believe the expression, "There is nothing new under the sun. The creativity is remaking or recombining (组) the old in new ways." For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.
A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to ask for them to achieve some new results. To think up a new idea is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.
These three parts of creativity are included in all the great works of geniuses, but they are also included in many of our day to day activities.
Which of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to the passage?
A.To prepare for a meal.
B.To arrange the furniture in a special way.
C.To buy some books from a bookstore.
D.To "write" a letter with the computer.
The most widespread problem in applying oneself to study is that of______.
A.the failure to keep to a routine of methodical and intensive work
B.changing from one subject to another
C.unwillingness to follow a systematic plan
D.applying oneself to a subject only when one feels inclined
听力原文: OK, everybody. Can we begin the meeting now? I' m Mike Johnson, the chairman of the Graduation Committee for this year. You've all been chosen as representatives to plan the graduation ceremony. I am sending around a sheet of paper for you to write down your name and telephone number. Also, please write down which part of the ceremony you'd like to work on. Remember, as a representative, you'll have a lot of responsibilities. So only sign up if you feel you have the time to participate. When everyone has finished writing down the information, please return the pa per to me. At our next meeting, one week from today, we will start to discuss the details of the ceremony.
What is the purpose of the meeting?
A.To determine who will graduate this year.
B.To discuss the seating arrangement.
C.To begin planning the graduation ceremony.