第1题
People usually call the writer Jim instead of James because
A.it's the name of his grandfather
B.it's easier for people to call him
C.it's the name that his parents chose for him
D.it's more difficult than James
第2题
More and more people today ______.
A.are trying activities such as bungee jumping
B.are climbing the highest mountains
C.are coming chose to death in sports
D.are looking for adventures such as exploring unknown
第3题
It can be known from the passage that ______.
A.most people think white people are Europeans
B.there are many Africans and Asians living in Europe
C.white men are Europeans in the eyes of Africans and Asians
D.the British people think of themselves as Europeans
第4题
完成下列各题 D Popular British author,Charles Dickens’(1812—1870)family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter,who had a talent for music,to an academy. His lather was placed in prison for debts.And,being the oldest male at home,Dickens worked at a factory.His horrible experience there became the ruel for his future writing.His father was freed three months later,and Dickens was then sent to school. From l836 to 1837,he wrote a series of stories.Thus the Pickwick Papers came into being,which brought fame to him.His works are Oliver Twist,Tale of Two Cities,David Copperlield and Hard Times. “I do not write bitterly or angrily.for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am.”he once said. His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became,as well as his writing career there are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters,including David Coppeffield and Oliver Twist.“Minds,like bodies,will often fall into an ill—conditioned state from too much comfort.”he once wrote. The book that called public attention to Dickens was________.
A.David Copperfield
B.Oliver Twist
C.Tale of Two Cities
D.The Pickwick Papers
第5题
Originally the White House was gray and was called the Presidential Palace. It was built from 1792 to 1800. At this time, the city of Washington itself was being built. It was to be the nation's new capital city. George Washington, the first President, and Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French engineer, chose the place for the new city. L'Enfant then planned the city. The President's home was an important part of the plan.
A contest was held to pick a design for the President's home. An architect named James Hoban won. He designed a large three-story house of gray stone.
President Washington never lived in the Presidential Palace. The first President to live there was John Adams, the second President of the United States, and his wife. Mrs. Adams did not really like her new house. In her letters, she often complained about the cold. Fifty fireplaces were not enough to keep the house warm.
In 1812 the United States and Britain went to war. In 1814 the British invaded Washington. They burned many buildings, including the Presidential Palace.
After the war James Hoban, the original architect, partially rebuilt the President's home. To cover the marks of the fire, the building was painted white. Before long it became known as the White House.
The White House is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the United States. Every year more than 1. 5 million visitors go through the five rooms that are open to the public.
The White House was built in Washington______.
A.because a French engineer was invited to design it
B.because President George Washington liked to live in it
C.because the British invaders lived in it in 1812—1814
D.because it was to be the nation's capital city
第6题
The best title for passage might be .
A. Beauty Contests:Insults to Women
B. Beauty Contests:Sexist Cattle Market
C. Beauty Contests:A Headache for British people
D. Beauty Contests:Started in Britain but Unpopular Now
第7题
Popular British author,Charles Dickens’(1812—1870)family could hardly make ends meet. They could only afford to send one of their six children to school. Dickens was not that child. His parents chose to send a daughter, who had a talent for music, to an academy. Then at the age of 12,Dickens’ life took another turn for the worse.
His father, a clerk, was placed in prison for unpaid debts. And, being the oldest male left at home, Dickens took up work at a factory. His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing. His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.
From 1836 to 1837, he wrote a monthly series of stories. Thus The Pickwick Papers, came into being, which brought fame to him.
Throughout his career, Dickens covers various situations in his novels. He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist, the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities, and social reform. in Hard Times. He also wrote David Copperfield, a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
“I do not write bitterly or angrily, for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,” he once said. His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became, as well as his writing career. There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters, including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Like the author, all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success. u Minds, like bodies, will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort.’’ he once wrote. On June 9th, 1870, aged 58,Dickens died, leaving one unfinished work. The words on his tombstone read:“He was a sympathizer to the poor, the suffering and the oppressed,and by his death,one of England’ s greatest writers is lost to the world. ”
The book that first called public attention to Dickens was_____.
A.The Pickwick Papers
B.Oliver Twist
C.Tale of Two Cities
D.David Copperfield
The underlined word “shades”,in the passage means “_____”A.symbols
B.examples
C.signs
D.reminders
How did Dickens see his childhood?A.He felt grateful for it.
B.He felt it a pity that things weren, t in his favor.
C.He loved writing about it.
D.He chose to forget the bitterness about it.
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第8题
It is (4) in Britain to “go for a drink” with friends. People often (5) at a pub before going on to another place. On Friday and Saturday evening pubs in some city centers can be very (6). Some people do a tour of all pars in one (7) and have a drink in each one: this is called a“pub crawl”.
It used to be (8) to get a cup of coffee in a pub, and children were not allowed inside. Though it is still against the law to serve alcohol to anyone under eighteen, pubs are now trying to (9) family. Pubs with gardens or chairs arid table sout side are often crowded in the summer.Pubs are still a central part of British (10) .
A.centered
B.depended
C.based
D.acted
A.planned
B.agreed
C.decided
D.accepted
A.customary
B.strange
C.important
D.expensive
A.necessary
B.difficult
C.cheap
D.common
A.history
B.science
C.education
D.culture
A.corner
B.room
C.area
D.street
A.protect
B.remind
C.encourage
D.punish
A.call
B.meet
C.smoke
D.discuss
A.beautiful
B.surprising
C.crowded
D.lonely
A.comforts
B.explains
C.shouts
D.apologies
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第9题
But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don't fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other's experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out—often encouraged by college administrators.
Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves—they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that's a c6ndemnation of the students as a whole, and doesn't explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We've been, told that young people have to go to college because our economy can't absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds either.
Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn't make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things—maybe it's just the other way around', and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up.
What does the author believe according to the passage?______
A.People used to question the value of college education
B.People used to have full confidence in higher education
C.All high school graduates went to college
D.Very few high school graduates chose to go to college
第10题
The aim of the first type of holiday-makers is__________ .
A.to enjoy themselves
B.to enjoy good food
C.to have a good sleep
D.to get drunk
第11题
However there is another important part of the jobs picture that was targely ovedookcd. There was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part-time. This figure is now 830,000(4,4 percent)above its year ago level.
Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction. Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get. An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet. There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000(9 percent)from its year ago level.
We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us. The survey used by the Labor Department asks people if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week. If the answer is "yes."they are classified as working part-time. The survey then asks whether they worked less than 35 hours in that week because they wanted to work less than full time or because they had no choice. They are only elassified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.
The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare becanse one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment. For many people, especially those with serious health conditions or family members with serious health conditions, before Obamacare the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance.
However, Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either get insurance through Medicaid or the exchanges. These are people who may previously have felt the need to get a full-time job that provided insurance in order to cover themselves and their families. With Obamacare there is no longer a link between employment and insurance.
36. Which part of the jobs picture was neglected?
A.The prospect of a thriving job market.
B.The increase of voluntary part-time jobs.
C.The possibility of full employment.
D.The acceleration of job creation.
Many people work part-time because they___________________A.prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs
B.feel that is enough to make ends meet
C.cannot get their hands on full-time jobs
D.haven' t seen the weakness of the market
The text mainly discusses___________________.A.employment in the US
B.part-timer classification
C.insurance through Medicaid
D.Obamacare's trouble
Involuntary part-time employment in the US___________________A.is harder to acquire than one year ago
B.shows a general tendency of decline
C.satisfies the real need of the jobless
D.is lower than before the recession
It can be learned that with Obamacare,___________________ . A.it is no longer easy for part-timers to get insurance
B.employment is no longer a precondition to get insurance
C.it is still challenging to get insurance for family members
D.full-time employment is still essential for insurance
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