问答题Practice 1　　The forger’s greatest advantage is that many buyers wait years before opening their fraudulent bottles, if they open them at all. Bill Koch told me that he owns wine that he has no intention of ever drinking. He collects bottles from certai

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Practice 1　　The forger’s greatest advantage is that many buyers wait years before opening their fraudulent bottles, if they open them at all. Bill Koch told me that he owns wine that he has no intention of ever drinking. He collects bottles from certain vineyards almost as if they were baseball cards, aiming to complete a set. “I just want a hundred and fifty years of Lafitte on the wall,” he said. He would hesitate before consuming the harder-to-come-by vintages, because to do so would render the set incomplete, and also because the rarest old wines often come not from the best vintages but from the worst. Historically, when good vintages were produced, collectors would lay them down to see how they would age, Koch explained. But when renowned vineyards produced mediocre vintages, people would drink them soon after they were bottled, making the vintage scarce.　　The second great advantage for wine forgers is that when collectors do open fraudulent bottles, they often lack the experience and acute sense of taste to know that they have been defrauded. To begin with, even genuine old wines vary enormously from bottle to bottle. “It’s a living organism,” Sotheby’s Serena Sutcliffe told me. “It moves, it changes, it evolves-and once you’re into wines that are 40, 50, 60 years old, even if the bottles are stored side by side in similar conditions, you will get big differences between bottles.”　　Studies suggest that the experience of smelling and tasting wine is extremely susceptible to interference from the cognitive parts of the brain. Several years ago, Frédéric Brochet, a Ph. D. student in oenology at the University of Bordeaux, did a study in which he served 57 participants amid range red Bordeaux from a bottle with a label indicating that it was a modest vendee table. A week later, he served the same wine to the same subjects, but this time poured from a bottle indicating that the wine was a grand cru. Whereas the tasters found the wine from the first bottle “simple”, “unbalanced” and “weak”, they found the wine from the second “complex”, “balanced” and “full”. Brochet argues that our “perceptive expectation” arising from the label often governs our experience of a wine, overriding our actual, sensory response to whatever is in the bottle.　　Thus there is a bolder kind of forger who actually substitutes one type of wine for another. He often works with genuine bottles bearing genuine labels, obtaining empties from restaurants or antique shops, filling them with another type-or types-of wine, and replacing the cork and the capsule, assuming that the status-conscious buyer will never taste the difference. And, in many cases, this assumption is right. Sutcliffe believes that the vast majority of fake wines are happily enjoyed. Rajat Parr, a prominent wine director who oversees restaurants in Las Vegas, told me that several years ago, some of his customers ordered a bottle of 1982 Pttrus, which can sell in restaurants for as much as 6,000 dollars.
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  • 第1题：

    He told me that( ) would come, but only a few turned up.

    A、many of Jennifer’s friends

    B、many Jennifer friends

    C、many friends of Jennifer

    D、many friend's Jennifer


    参考答案：A

  • 第2题：

    On the way to the airport, the driver told me()

    A.he is lost

    B.he was lost

    C.he lost

    D.he loses


    参考答案：B

  • 第3题：

    The boy has been taking piano lessons from my neighbor ( ) he was 12.

    A、ever since

    B、ever when

    C、from when

    D、from since


    参考答案：C

  • 第4题：

    John's father ______ mathematics in this school ever since he graduated from Harvard University.

    A、teaches

    B、has taught

    C、is teaching

    D、taught


    正确答案:B

  • 第5题：

    I met him on the Internet and we chatted for several months. Every time I suggested we meet in person，he would come up with an excuse. I thought it was strange-but he told me that he had not gotten over the death of his wife and he was still grieving for her.

    I thought that he needed a friend and decided that I could be that friend. We sent cards, exchanged gifts，talked on the phone and I was sure that we would meet someday. I had spoken with his children so I was sure that what he told me was true. I could not wait for the day when we would meet. I was so looking forward to being able to reach out and touch him. To hug him，to hold him and feel his big strong arms around me.

    After almost two years of time，thousands of dollars on long distance phone calls，I was very frustrated at the endless stream of excuses as to why we could never seem to make a time to meet. Finally，contacted the website WhoisHe. com and asked if they could check out the man who had taken up so much of my heart，my energy and my life. I had enough information about him and felt that if I could confirm what he had been telling me-I could feel okay about these delays. I had hopes that I didn't want to dash if he was telling the truth. I believed I could wait a little while longer.

    Well, I am glad that I decided to have him checked out-he was nothing he claimed to be. He was first and foremost a married man. He was not a man grieving for the loss of his wife. He was a man cheating on his wife，with me-and I found out later，with countless others on the“net”. He did not care that he had hurt me in a very deep and pathetic way. He talked of spending his life together with me. He told my son that he wanted to make me happy. Basically，he just lied. He was such a good liar I did not see it coming. It was as if he had been able to worm his way into my heart-and he didn't care about the effect he had on my hopes and dreams.

    Each of us should look at the signs that are so clear if we are willing to see them. Do not let someone keep making excuse after excuse. If something feels wrong-likely it is. It is good to know the truth and be able to deal with it. Next time I will pay more attention. I may never be able to trust someone online again.

    It can be inferred from Para. 4 that______.

    A．the man was a single person in reality

    B．the woman was the man's only girlfriend

    C．the man had too many girlfriends on the net

    D．the woman had countless online boyfriends


    正确答案：C
    解析：推断题。题干大意：从第四段能推断出……。根据第四段第三句和第四句可推知，这位男士在网上有许多女友。因此C项是正确选项。

  • 第6题：

    Some villagers were going to celebrate an important wine festival（酒宴）in a few days′time,so?they borrowed a huge barrel from the nearest town,put it in the village square,and decided that each?of them should empty a bottle of the best wine he had into it,so that there should be plenty at the?feast（宴会）.
    One of the villagers thought he would be very clever."If I pour a bottle of water in,instead of?wine,no one will notice it,"he said to himself,"because there will be so much excellent wine in the?barrel that?the water will be lost in it."
    The night of the feast arrived.Everybody gathered in the village square with their bowls and?their glasses for the wine.The tap（塞子）on the barrel was opened,but what came out was pure?water.Everyone in the village had had the same idea.

    The villagers borrowed a huge barrel in order to__________.

    A.hold water
    B.hold wine
    C.take the place of wine bottle
    D.empty bottles

    答案：B
    解析：
    从文章第一段“．．．each of them should empty?a bottle of lhe hest wine he had into it．．．”可知，村民借桶的同的是装酒。故B项正确。

  • 第7题：

    He has smoked for so many years that he can（）give it up

    • A、directly  
    • B、mostly
    • C、exactly 
    • D、hardly

    正确答案:D

  • 第8题：

    单选题
    What he told me to do was ______ I should get fully prepared before the interview.
    A

    what

    B

    if

    C

    which

    D

    that


    正确答案： D
    解析：
    句意：他告诉我要在面试前做好充足的准备。本题考查表语从句的引导词。这里what引导的主语从句是句子的主语。根据句意，只有that可以引导表语从句，A引导主语和宾语从句，B引导条件从句，C引导定语从句。因此答案为D。

  • 第9题：

    单选题
    He has been（）from the swimming race because he did not win any of the practice races.
    A

    reduced

    B

    deleted

    C

    eliminated

    D

    diminished


    正确答案： A
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第10题：

    单选题
    —He hasn’t watched the movie So Young, has he?— ______ . He told me it’s very moving and interesting, he’d like to watch it again.
    A

    Yes, he has

    B

    Yes, he hasn’t

    C

    No, he hasn’t

    D

    No, he has


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    考查反意疑问句的答语。根据回答可知，他看过这个电影。所以用肯定回答，选择A意为“不，他看过”。

  • 第11题：

    问答题
    练习4　　Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. (1) It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child—things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. (2) But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong.

    正确答案：
    (1) 在他的生活里,不可能再有得到这么多而无需付出和回报的时候了。
    (2) 但是孩子也有自己的痛苦:他没有做自己想做的事的自由,人们总是告诉他不能做什么,或者为他做的错事惩罚他。
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第12题：

    单选题
    —Look at the boy playing basketball on the ground. Is it George’?—It ______ be him. He told me he would play basketball after class, but he’s not sure.
    A

    mustn’t

    B

    must

    C

    can’t

    D

    may


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    考查情态动词。根据回答可知，George下课后会去打篮球，但是他不确定。表示不太肯定的推测用may。mustn’t意为“禁止”；must意为“必须”；can’t表推测时，意为“不可能”。

  • 第13题：

    He told me _____ would come to his birthday party.

    Amany Jack friends

    Bmany Jack’s friend

    CJack’s many friends

    Dmany friends of Jack’s


    正确答案：D

  • 第14题：

    When he crashed the car,______six bottles of beer.

    A. drank

    B. was drinking

    C. drinks

    D. had drunk


    参考答案D

  • 第15题：

    Last time he told me that he()English for nearly two years.

    A、had learned

    B、is learning

    C、will learn

    D、would learn


    正确答案：A

  • 第16题：

    We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because 。

    A. he reads the ads in the newspaper

    B. he lives in the same neighborhood

    C. he has seen the car owners in the park

    D. he has trained the pigeons to follow them


    正确答案：A
    文章第三段提到Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad (启事) in the newspaper asking for help. 故正确答案应该选择A。

  • 第17题：

    Where goods are shipped under a bill of lading and the Charterer of the vessel is named as consignee，the Charterer，if he indorses the bill of lading to a third party，has no claim for substantial damages against the shipowners in respect of the loss of the goods for he has no ______ interest in them．

    A.prospective

    B.preliminary

    C.proprietory

    D.temporary


    正确答案：C

  • 第18题：

    He has smoked for so many years that he can（）give it up

    Adirectly  

    Bmostly

    Cexactly 

    Dhardly


    D
    略

  • 第19题：

    问答题
    Practice 1　　Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. (1) It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child—things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. (2) But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong.

    正确答案：
    (1) 在他的生活里,不可能再有得到这么多而无需付出和回报的时候了。
    (2) 但是孩子也有自己的痛苦:他没有做自己想做的事的自由,人们总是告诉他不能做什么,或者为他做的错事惩罚他。
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第20题：

    单选题
    He has smoked for so many years that he can（）give it up
    A

    directly  

    B

    mostly

    C

    exactly 

    D

    hardly


    正确答案： C
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第21题：

    单选题
    Due to the many ______ in his committee presentation, Mark’ s advisor suggested that he revise his work and practice in front of a mirror before presenting it to the entire department.
    A

    facilities

    B

    jeremiads

    C

    gaffes

    D

    obloquies

    E

    exploits


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    由于“advisor”建议Mark “revise and practice his work in front of a mirror”，说明Mark的“committee presentation”错误频出，仪态尽失，选项中表达这个意思的只有C项gaffes（失礼，言行失态）。A项facilities设施，工具；B项jeremiads悲叹，伤心的故事；D项obloquies责骂，指责；E项exploits功绩，业绩。

  • 第22题：

    单选题
    For many years, Mark, a film star in Hollywood, has been suffering from the _____ that he is a great man.
    A

    allusion

    B

    illusion

    C

    elusion

    D

    delusion


    正确答案： D
    解析：
    句意：多年来，马克，好莱坞的一个电影演员，一直沉浸在自己是一个大人物的幻想之中。delusion错觉，幻想。allusion暗指。illusion幻觉，错觉。elusion逃避。

  • 第23题：

    问答题
    Practice 1　　●You have just received a telephone call for your colleague, Sue Benton, who is away from her desk. A sales representative, John Smith, from Barton’s & Co has been delayed. He cannot get to a meeting with Sue, but thinks he can get there later. He has given you his mobile number and would like Sue to call him back.　　● Write a message for your colleague saying:　　● who has called　　● why he will be late　　● when he can get there　　● what he wants Sue to do　　● Write 30-40 words.

    正确答案： 【参考范文】
    Hi, Sue,
    John Smith from Barton’s & Co called just now and left a message that he was trapped in a traffic jam. He thinks he might be about half an hour late for the meeting with you slotted for 9 am. So he wants you to call him on 25249680 to confirm for a meeting at 9:30 am.
    Alan
    解析： 暂无解析

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