问答题Practice 7 Some people would say that the Englishman's home is no longer his castle; that it has become his workshop. This is partly because the average English is keen on working with his own hands and partly because he feels, for one reason or anoth
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Practice 7 Some people would say that the Englishman's home is no longer his castle; that it has become his workshop. This is partly because the average English is keen on working with his own hands and partly because he feels, for one reason or another, that he must do for himself many household jobs for which, some years ago, he would have hired professional help. The main reason for this is a financial one.. the high cost of labor has meant that the builders and decorators' costs have reached a level which makes them prohibitive for house-proud English people of modest means. So, if they wish to keep their houses looking bright and smart, they have to tackle some of the repairs and decorating themselves. As a result, there has grown up in the post-war years what is sometimes referred to as the “Do-it-yourself Movement”. The “Do-it-yourself Movement” began with home decorating but has since spread into a much wider field. Nowadays there seem to be very few things that cannot be made by the “do-it- yourself” method.
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第二篇
Cell Phones : Hang Up or Keep Talking?
Millions of people are using cell phones today.In many places it is actually considered unusual not to
use one.In many countries,cell phones are very popular with young people.They find that the phones are
more than a means of communication一having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.
The explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried.Some
doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile
phones.In England,there has been a serious debate about this issue. Mobile phone companies are worried about
the negative publicity of such ideas.They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health.
On the other hand,why do some medical studies show changes in the brain cells of some people who use
mobile phones?Signs of change in the tissues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning
equipment. In one case,a traveling salesman had to retire at a young age because of serious memory loss.He
couldn't remember even simple tasks.He would often forget the name of his own son.This man used to talk
on his mobile phone for about six hours a day,every day of his working week,for a couple of years. His family
doctor blamed his mobile phone use,but his employer's doctor didn't agree.
What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful?The answer is radiation.High-tech machines
can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones.Mobile phone companies agree that there is
some radiation,but they say the amount is too small to worry about.
As the discussion about their safety continues,it appears that it's best to use mobile phones less often.
Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time.Use your mobile phone only when you really need
it. Mobile phones can be very useful and convenient,especially in emergencies.In the future,mobile phones
may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health.So for now,it's wise not to use your mobile
phone too often.The salesman retired young because_________.
A:he disliked using mobile phones
B:he was tired of talking on his mobile phone
C:his employer's doctor persuaded him to
D:he couldn't remember simple tasks答案：D解析：由第一段第三句“cell phones are very popular”可知A项正确。由最后一段第四句“very useful and convenient”可知，B、D两项正确。故选C。
根据语境可知detect的意思是“发现，查明”。故选C。
由第三段可知那位销售员是因为严重的记忆问题而退休的，他连简单的任务都记不 住，故选D。
由第四段最后一句可知，移动公司承认手机有一些辐射，但他们认为辐射的量很小，无 需担心。
由文章最后一句可知，作者建议大家尽量少使用手机。 第三篇 本篇文章讲述了对杭微生物的杭力应引起注意。 -
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The dog has always been considered man′s best friend.Always noted for being particularly?faithful in watching over children,he also has his place by the fireside,in the cow pasture,on the?sheep range(放牧区),and beside the hunter in forest.He is easy to train,works hard,and often?performs astonishing feats.And in the frozen polar regions he was once the principal motive power,before being lately displaced by the plane and helicopter.
Because he howls or whines in the presence of impending death,the dog was once thought to?have supernatural powers and believed to be capable of seeing gods and ghosts invisible to men.Actually,the.basis for these beliefs lies in the hound′s sensibility to people′s feelings and his superior?hearing ability and sense of smell,which enable him to detect signs hidden from human observation.His record of saving lives is outstanding,for he often gives warning of fire and other dangers not noticed by his master.
The dog′s major contribution,however,has been to medical research.Both his diet and his?structure are comparable to those of the human being,and so he has been the subject Of countless?demonstrations and experiments.Open-heart surgery has been made possible largely because of the?dog.But his sacrifice has repaid his own species as well by safeguarding it from rabies(狂犬病),distemper,and other diseases.
The dog has always been noted for__________.A.protecting children
B.assisting shepherds
C.helping hunters
D.herding cattle答案：A解析：【考情点拨】事实细节题。【应试指导】文章第一段第二句前半句指出，狗总是以特别忠实地照看孩子而出名。 -
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He was made__his working because of his poor health.A.to give up
B.given up
C.give up
D.giving up答案：A解析：使役动词make用在被动句中其后的不定式不省略to。 -
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Kobe Bryant
After 10 seasons wearing the No.8 on his back,Kobe Bryant will become No.24 next season. The reason for the surprising decision by the Los Angeles Lakers super guard last week has become a hot topic for debate.
Bryant wore No.24 when he was in early high school,but he changed to No.33 in his senior year. He switched to No.8 when he was selected by the Lakers in 1996,and has not been changed since.
Bryant has refused to explain the decision until the end of the play-offs（季后赛）.So guessing Bryant's motive has become a popular game among NBA fans and newspaper columnists（专栏作家）.
There are all kinds of speculations.Many say that Bryant wants to leave the past behind and have a fresh start. He has often been criticized for playing to benefit himself and not the team as a whole.Others say that he may be trying to compare himself to Michael Jordan.Jordan was famous for his No. 23 jersey（运动衫）.Some, such as NBC Sport columnist Michael Venter, argue that it is "all about money".Bryant will make more money by selling new jerseys to his fans.
Some speculations are more about fun.For example,there is an opinion that Kobe is actually just a diehard（非常执著的）fan of the popular TV drama "24".
All this talk has turned the number change into a major issue.It seems that there is a lot of fuss （大惊小怪）over something that should be pretty simple.
Jersey numbers have their own special significance in American sports,especially basketball. Players choose their number when they join a team and they usually stick with that number for the rest of their career. When a great player retires,his team will honor him by retiring his number.
To some extent,the jersey is the player,and the player is the jersey.Thus,when you see the famous No.23 for the Chicago Bulls,you immediately think about Michael Jordan.a No.32 Miami Heats jersey recalls the image of Shaquille O'Neal,and the Houston Rockets' No.11 belongs only to Yao Ming.
Lots of stories are behind players' jersey number selections.Jordan said that he chose No.23 because it was roughly half of 45.Jordan's elder brother wore the No.45 in college.Yao Ming once revealed that the No.11 stands for two people in love-meaning him and his girlfriend Ye Li.Why did Jordan choose No.23?
A:Because that number would make him famous.
B:Because that number would make his fans miss him.
C:Because that number was related to the number his brother once wore.
D:Because that number was easy to remember.答案：C解析：问题：布莱恩特在哪支球队打球？文章第一段提到布莱恩特是洛杉矶湖人队的超级后卫。因此，正确答案为选项A“洛杉矶湖人队”。
问题：布莱恩特穿着8号球衣多长时间了？文章第一句提到，10个赛季身着8号球衣之后，下个赛季，科比·布莱恩特的球衣号码将改为24号。一个赛季是一年，因此答案为10个赛季。
问题：根据本文描述，以下有关布莱恩特改变球衣号码动机的猜测哪个是错误的？ 文章第四段有关布莱恩特动机的猜侧涉及了A、B、C三个选项。因此，选项D是答案。
问题：为什么乔丹选择23号球衣？文章最后三段主要谈论球衣号码背后的故事，提到了乔丹选择23号球衣与乔丹的哥哥在大学穿着的球衣号码有关。因此，答案是C。
问题：姚明选择的球衣号码代表了什么？ 文章最后一句是答案所在。姚明曾经表示11号代表了他和女朋友叶莉两个人的爱情。因此，答案是C“两个人的爱情”。 -
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The Storyteller
1 Steven Spielberg has always had one goal:to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist,Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2 Even decades later,Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' 5 1966 divorce.He commented,"It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors（流星）.His mother remembers,"He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house,he would jump into my bad.And that'5 just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Poltergeist."
3 Spielberg was 1 1 when he first got his hands on his dad'5 movie camera and began shooting short flicks（电影）about flying saucers（飞碟）and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning,he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling, he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips,when night fell,young Steven became the center of attention."Steven would start telling his ghost stories,"says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294,"and everyone would suddenly get quiet so hat they could all hear."
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there,but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid, non-credit internship（实习）in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract, and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5 Now,many years later,Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas,and Spielberg will shrug."The process for me is mostly intuitive,"he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it's for a variety of reasons,for personal reasons,or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool,and I think that my kids will like it."Paragraph 3______
A:Getting Into the Movie Business
B:Inspirations for His Movies
C:An Aim of Life
D:Telling Stories to Make Friends
E:The Trouble of Making Movies
F:A Funny Man答案：D解析：文章第-段第-句话是该段的主题句。由主题句“Steven Spielberg has always had on goal: to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的「标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选C。
文章第二段第-句是主题句，该段主要讲Steven Spielberg的-些最成功的电影的灵瘪来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选B。
文章第三段主要讲，Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的朋友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选A。
由文章第二段第-句话“Even decades later, Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories of hi earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知Steven Spielberg所拍摄的-些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers, 'He was scared of just about every thing.’"可知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选B。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事，他的毒事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能因此交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后-段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety c reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选F。 -
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There are many ways of defining success.It is accurate to say that each of us has our own concept of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily.Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities,it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.
For some people,simply being able to live their life with a minimum of misery and suffering is considered a success.Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep,enjoys his frugal life with his family in the beauty of nature,and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of and accepted by him and his society.On the other hand,it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions,many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success. Because not all ventures can be successful,one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving suecess,but if one has self-confidence it would be unfortunate to set one's goals at too low a level of achievement.
A wise counselor once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration with his own professional success:"You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park or riding the subway downtown."The counselor added,"You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like,and to which you have given your best effort."The word "frugal" (Line 3,Para.2)means_________.
A:wealthy
B:wasteful
C:thrifty
D:miserable答案：C解析：推断题。根据第一段最后一句：Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities,it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly．由于每个人天赋有所不同，而且所拥有的可以使这种天赋得以实现的有利环境也因人而异，确实应该对成功做一个广义的定义。该句话暗示取得成功的主要因素就是能力和环境。因此正确答案选C。
词义推断题。thrifty“节约的”; wealthy“富有的”; wasteful“浪费的”; miserable“可怜的，悲惨的”。根据该句中…poor shepherd...enjoy his frugal life…以及后一句话中的 On the other hand ,...appear to be rich....seem to be miserable…通过对照来说明财富并不是评判成功的标准。贫穷的牧羊人虽然生活节俭但很享受，而有钱人却过着自认为悲惨的生活。
细节题。根据第二段第三句：...some people appear to be rich in material possessions，…consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success．有的人似乎物质上很富裕，可是按照他们自己对于成功的判断标准来看，他们却并不认为自己成功。由此可知，有些富人之所以觉得自己不成功就是因为他们按照自己对于成功的标准来判断。因此正确答案选D。
推断题。最后一段最后一句：The counselor added,"You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like , and to which you have given your best effort.”这位咨询人员补充道：除非你已经尽力而为但没有做成自己特别喜欢的事情，否则你并没有失败，也没有减少成功的概率。由此可以推断：只有已经尽力而为但没有做成自己喜欢的事情才是失败，只要是尽力做好自己喜欢的事情就是成功。因此正确答案选D。
主旨题。根据第一段第一句：There are many ways of defining success．和最后一句：...it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly．可知本文主要内容即成功的定义。第二段主要通过举例子的方式来说明成功的定义可以很宽泛。最后一段则是通过一位咨询人士之口来暗示出：只要尽最大的努力去做自己喜欢的事情就是成功。因此正确答案选A。 -
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There are many ways of defining success.It is accurate to say that each of us has our own concept of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily.Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities,it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.
For some people,simply being able to live their life with a minimum of misery and suffering is considered a success.Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep,enjoys his frugal life with his family in the beauty of nature,and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of and accepted by him and his society.On the other hand,it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions,many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success. Because not all ventures can be successful,one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving suecess,but if one has self-confidence it would be unfortunate to set one's goals at too low a level of achievement.
A wise counselor once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration with his own professional success:"You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park or riding the subway downtown."The counselor added,"You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like,and to which you have given your best effort."Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because_________.
A:their life is miserable
B:they do not live in peace
C:their goals are too low
D:they are not rich enough by their own standards答案：D解析：推断题。根据第一段最后一句：Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities,it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly．由于每个人天赋有所不同，而且所拥有的可以使这种天赋得以实现的有利环境也因人而异，确实应该对成功做一个广义的定义。该句话暗示取得成功的主要因素就是能力和环境。因此正确答案选C。
词义推断题。thrifty“节约的”; wealthy“富有的”; wasteful“浪费的”; miserable“可怜的，悲惨的”。根据该句中…poor shepherd...enjoy his frugal life…以及后一句话中的 On the other hand ,...appear to be rich....seem to be miserable…通过对照来说明财富并不是评判成功的标准。贫穷的牧羊人虽然生活节俭但很享受，而有钱人却过着自认为悲惨的生活。
细节题。根据第二段第三句：...some people appear to be rich in material possessions，…consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success．有的人似乎物质上很富裕，可是按照他们自己对于成功的判断标准来看，他们却并不认为自己成功。由此可知，有些富人之所以觉得自己不成功就是因为他们按照自己对于成功的标准来判断。因此正确答案选D。
推断题。最后一段最后一句：The counselor added,"You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like , and to which you have given your best effort.”这位咨询人员补充道：除非你已经尽力而为但没有做成自己特别喜欢的事情，否则你并没有失败，也没有减少成功的概率。由此可以推断：只有已经尽力而为但没有做成自己喜欢的事情才是失败，只要是尽力做好自己喜欢的事情就是成功。因此正确答案选D。
主旨题。根据第一段第一句：There are many ways of defining success．和最后一句：...it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly．可知本文主要内容即成功的定义。第二段主要通过举例子的方式来说明成功的定义可以很宽泛。最后一段则是通过一位咨询人士之口来暗示出：只要尽最大的努力去做自己喜欢的事情就是成功。因此正确答案选A。 -
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The Storyteller
1.Steven Spielberg has always had one goal；to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist , Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2.Even decades later , Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years , which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' s 1966 divorce.He commented , "It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors (流星）.His mother remembers , " He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house , he would jump into my bed.And that ' s just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Pottorgeist.
3.Spielberg was 11 when he first got his hands on his dad's movie camera and began shooting short flicks(电影) about flying saucers(飞碟) and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning , he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling , he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips , when night fell , young Steven became the center of attention." Steven would start telling his ghost stories , says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294 , " and everyone would suddenly get quiet so that they could all hear.
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there , but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid,non-credit internship(实习) in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5.Now , many years later , Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas , and Spielberg will shrug." The process for me is mostly intuitive , he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it ' s for a variety of reasons , for personal reasons , or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool , and I think that my kids will like it.Some of Spielberg ' s most successful movies came from______.
A:a lot of money
B:a number of reasons
C:almost everything
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:making children laugh答案：D解析：文章第一段第一句话是该段的主题句。由该句“Steven Spielberg has always had one goal : to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的巨标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选A。
文章第二段第一句是主题句，主要讲Steven Spielberg的一些最成功的电影的灵感来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选C。
文章第三段主要讲Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的用友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选F。
由文章第二段第一句话“Even decades later , Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories[ his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知，Steven Spielberg月拍摄的一些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers , ' He was scared of just about everything'.”石知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选C。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事。他的故事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能让他交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后一段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety of reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选B。 -
第9题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1.Steven Spielberg has always had one goal；to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist , Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2.Even decades later , Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years , which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' s 1966 divorce.He commented , "It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors (流星）.His mother remembers , " He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house , he would jump into my bed.And that ' s just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Pottorgeist.
3.Spielberg was 11 when he first got his hands on his dad's movie camera and began shooting short flicks(电影) about flying saucers(飞碟) and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning , he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling , he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips , when night fell , young Steven became the center of attention." Steven would start telling his ghost stories , says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294 , " and everyone would suddenly get quiet so that they could all hear.
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there , but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid,non-credit internship(实习) in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5.Now , many years later , Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas , and Spielberg will shrug." The process for me is mostly intuitive , he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it ' s for a variety of reasons , for personal reasons , or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool , and I think that my kids will like it.When Spielberg was a boy , he used to be scared of______.
A:a lot of money
B:a number of reasons
C:almost everything
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:making children laugh答案：C解析：文章第一段第一句话是该段的主题句。由该句“Steven Spielberg has always had one goal : to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的巨标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选A。
文章第二段第一句是主题句，主要讲Steven Spielberg的一些最成功的电影的灵感来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选C。
文章第三段主要讲Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的用友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选F。
由文章第二段第一句话“Even decades later , Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories[ his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知，Steven Spielberg月拍摄的一些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers , ' He was scared of just about everything'.”石知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选C。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事。他的故事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能让他交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后一段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety of reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选B。 -
第10题：
Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton.
As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England.
Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal.
But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices.
We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet.
After a time, people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory.
One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac.
Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet.
The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.From the story Balzac told we know that the wife’s lover must have become （）.- A、a corpse
- B、a phrase
- C、a skeleton
- D、a secret
正确答案:C -
第11题：
单选题When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim _____.Amakes shoes in his home
Bdoes his extra work at night
Cdoes his own car and home repairs
Dkeeps house and looks after his children
正确答案： A解析： -
第12题：
问答题Practice 8 The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform; Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle. Dryden’s page is a natural field, rising into one qualities, and diversified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation; Pope’s is a velvet lawn, shaven by the scythe, and leveled by the roller. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It is not to be inferred, that of this poetical vigor Pope had only a little, Because Dryden had more; for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden’s performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic necessity; he composed without consideration, and published without correction, what his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If of Dryden’s fire the blaze is bright, of Pope’s the heat is more regular and constant. Dryden often surpasses expectation, and Pope never falls below it. (300 words)正确答案：
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德莱顿的写作风格形式多样,变化多端;蒲柏则严谨而统一。德莱顿创作时直抒胸臆,蒲柏则按自己的章法创作。德莱顿有时文笔激烈恣肆,蒲柏则流畅匀整,温柔有致。德莱顿的诗篇是片自然田地,高低起伏不一,郁郁葱葱,杂然纷呈。蒲柏的诗篇则是天鹅绒般丝滑的草地,镰刀修整得法,滚筒机抚平般的平整光滑。
所谓天才,就是以其才力造就伟大诗人,并使知识见解免于晦涩呆滞。其能力可汇集万念、聚集百思、延伸四方、激活万物。从这些方面比较,德莱顿要胜出几分。然而依此来推断蒲柏诗才匮乏,德莱顿才华横溢,却又有些荒谬。须知自弥尔顿以来,除德莱顿外,蒲柏可雄踞其他文人之上。即使比较两人,德莱顿虽有些惊人语段,但通篇匀整流畅则不及蒲柏。德莱顿常因形势所迫、或家用所急而下笔匆匆。行文未加思索,付梓又不加修正。他所追求的无非是心随所想,兴致所到之处就作成诗篇。蒲柏下笔则极为谨慎,小心翼翼,所以能凝练情思,丰富意象,又能借积累之所学,机缘之巧遇。若德莱顿文章之火易熊熊燃烧,蒲柏诗篇则是微火慢炖,持久弥香。德莱顿常常出人意料,蒲柏则处处不负所望。解析： 暂无解析 -
第13题：
共用题干
Lifetime Employment in Japanese Companies
In most large Japanese companies,there is a policy of lifetime employment.What this means is that when people leave school or university to join an enterprise,they can expect to remain with that organization until they retire.In effect,the employee gets job security for life,and can only be fired for serious mistakes in work.Even in times of business recession,he or she is free from the fear of being laid off.
One result of this practice is that the Japanese worker identifies closely with his company and feels strong loyalty to it.By working hard for the company,he believes he is safeguarding his own future.It is not surprising that devotion to one's company is considered a great virtue in Japan.A man is often prepared to put his firm's interests before those of his immediate family.
The job security guaranteed by this system influences the way employees approach their work.They tend to think in terms of what they can achieve throughout their career.This is because they are not judged on how they are performing during a short period of time.They can afford to take a longer perspective than their western counterparts.
This marriage between the employee and the company-the consequence of lifetime employment-may explain why Japanese workers seem positively to love the products their company is producing and why they are willing to stay on after work,for little overtime pay,to participate in earnest discussions about the quality control of their products.The Japanese worker is fond of his company's product because of the close link between him and his company.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析：由第一段第三句“In effect , the employee gets job security for life , and can only be fired forserious mistakes in work.”可知，员工如果在工作中犯严重错误，就会被辞退，可见日本的终身雇佣制并非意味着员工可以在工作中犯严重错误。
根据第二段第四句可知，日本员工时刻准备着把公司的利益放在他的直系亲属的利益的前面。由此可知，日本员工把公司利益看得比家庭利益重要。
根据第二段第二句“By working hard for the company , he believes he is safeguarding hisown future.”可知，日本员工通过努力工作来保证他自己能够有个好未来。
根据第三段第一、四句可知，终身雇佣制会影响员工的职业选择，与西方国家的员工相比，他们在选择职业方面的目光更长远。
根据第四段可知，终身雇佣制使日本员工与公司关系亲密，这也使他们比较喜爱自己公司的产品。
本篇文章只在第四段提到了日本公司的产品，指出日本员工比较喜爱他们公司的产品，并在结尾处讲到，尽管加班费不多，日本员工也常常加班讨论产品质量的控制，可没有提到他们的产品是否物美价廉。
本篇文章主要介绍了日本的终身雇佣制以及终身雇佣制对员工的影响，而非对终身雇佣制的评价。 -
第14题：
The dog has always been considered man′s best friend.Always noted for being particularly?faithful in watching over children,he also has his place by the fireside,in the cow pasture,on the?sheep range(放牧区),and beside the hunter in forest.He is easy to train,works hard,and often?performs astonishing feats.And in the frozen polar regions he was once the principal motive power,before being lately displaced by the plane and helicopter.
Because he howls or whines in the presence of impending death,the dog was once thought to?have supernatural powers and believed to be capable of seeing gods and ghosts invisible to men.Actually,the.basis for these beliefs lies in the hound′s sensibility to people′s feelings and his superior?hearing ability and sense of smell,which enable him to detect signs hidden from human observation.His record of saving lives is outstanding,for he often gives warning of fire and other dangers not noticed by his master.
The dog′s major contribution,however,has been to medical research.Both his diet and his?structure are comparable to those of the human being,and so he has been the subject Of countless?demonstrations and experiments.Open-heart surgery has been made possible largely because of the?dog.But his sacrifice has repaid his own species as well by safeguarding it from rabies(狂犬病),distemper,and other diseases.
The article does not say whether the scientists′experiments with dogs have__________.A.benefited animals other than dogs
B.served man
C.helped other dogs
D.contributed to medical knowledge答案：A解析：【考情点拨】事实细节题。【应试指导】文章最后指出，科学家们对狗的实验使狗免于犬瘟、狂犬病之类的疾病，而没有提及对其他动物有益。故选A。 -
第15题：
Mr.Verder never thought that he would become a member of the board of directors because of his__________origin.A.humble
B.previous
C.critical
D.false答案：A解析：【考情点拨】考查形容词词义辨析=【应试指导】句意：由于出身卑微，傅德先生从未想过他会成为董事会的一员：humble卑微的；previous先前的．以前的：critical批评的：false错误的。 -
第16题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1 Steven Spielberg has always had one goal:to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist,Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2 Even decades later,Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' 5 1966 divorce.He commented,"It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors（流星）.His mother remembers,"He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house,he would jump into my bad.And that'5 just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Poltergeist."
3 Spielberg was 1 1 when he first got his hands on his dad'5 movie camera and began shooting short flicks（电影）about flying saucers（飞碟）and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning,he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling, he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips,when night fell,young Steven became the center of attention."Steven would start telling his ghost stories,"says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294,"and everyone would suddenly get quiet so hat they could all hear."
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there,but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid, non-credit internship（实习）in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract, and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5 Now,many years later,Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas,and Spielberg will shrug."The process for me is mostly intuitive,"he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it's for a variety of reasons,for personal reasons,or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool,and I think that my kids will like it."Some of Spielberg's most successful movies came from________
A:making children laugh
B:almost everything
C:a lot of money
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:a number of reasons答案：D解析：文章第-段第-句话是该段的主题句。由主题句“Steven Spielberg has always had on goal: to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的「标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选C。
文章第二段第-句是主题句，该段主要讲Steven Spielberg的-些最成功的电影的灵瘪来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选B。
文章第三段主要讲，Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的朋友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选A。
由文章第二段第-句话“Even decades later, Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories of hi earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知Steven Spielberg所拍摄的-些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers, 'He was scared of just about every thing.’"可知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选B。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事，他的毒事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能因此交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后-段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety c reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选F。 -
第17题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1 Steven Spielberg has always had one goal:to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist,Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2 Even decades later,Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' 5 1966 divorce.He commented,"It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors（流星）.His mother remembers,"He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house,he would jump into my bad.And that'5 just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Poltergeist."
3 Spielberg was 1 1 when he first got his hands on his dad'5 movie camera and began shooting short flicks（电影）about flying saucers（飞碟）and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning,he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling, he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips,when night fell,young Steven became the center of attention."Steven would start telling his ghost stories,"says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294,"and everyone would suddenly get quiet so hat they could all hear."
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there,but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid, non-credit internship（实习）in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract, and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5 Now,many years later,Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas,and Spielberg will shrug."The process for me is mostly intuitive,"he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it's for a variety of reasons,for personal reasons,or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool,and I think that my kids will like it."When Spielberg was a boy,he used to be scared of_______
A:making children laugh
B:almost everything
C:a lot of money
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:a number of reasons答案：B解析：文章第-段第-句话是该段的主题句。由主题句“Steven Spielberg has always had on goal: to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的「标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选C。
文章第二段第-句是主题句，该段主要讲Steven Spielberg的-些最成功的电影的灵瘪来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选B。
文章第三段主要讲，Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的朋友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选A。
由文章第二段第-句话“Even decades later, Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories of hi earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知Steven Spielberg所拍摄的-些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers, 'He was scared of just about every thing.’"可知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选B。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事，他的毒事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能因此交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后-段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety c reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选F。 -
第18题：
共用题干
第一篇
There are many ways of defining success.It is accurate to say that each of us has our own concept of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily.Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities,it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.
For some people,simply being able to live their life with a minimum of misery and suffering is considered a success.Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep,enjoys his frugal life with his family in the beauty of nature,and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of and accepted by him and his society.On the other hand,it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions,many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success. Because not all ventures can be successful,one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving suecess,but if one has self-confidence it would be unfortunate to set one's goals at too low a level of achievement.
A wise counselor once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration with his own professional success:"You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park or riding the subway downtown."The counselor added,"You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like,and to which you have given your best effort."The last paragraph implies that__________.
A:we should have high goals
B:success means achieving great goals
C:success means taking a walk in the park
D:success means trying one's best at what one really likes答案：D解析：推断题。根据第一段最后一句：Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities,it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly．由于每个人天赋有所不同，而且所拥有的可以使这种天赋得以实现的有利环境也因人而异，确实应该对成功做一个广义的定义。该句话暗示取得成功的主要因素就是能力和环境。因此正确答案选C。
词义推断题。thrifty“节约的”; wealthy“富有的”; wasteful“浪费的”; miserable“可怜的，悲惨的”。根据该句中…poor shepherd...enjoy his frugal life…以及后一句话中的 On the other hand ,...appear to be rich....seem to be miserable…通过对照来说明财富并不是评判成功的标准。贫穷的牧羊人虽然生活节俭但很享受，而有钱人却过着自认为悲惨的生活。
细节题。根据第二段第三句：...some people appear to be rich in material possessions，…consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success．有的人似乎物质上很富裕，可是按照他们自己对于成功的判断标准来看，他们却并不认为自己成功。由此可知，有些富人之所以觉得自己不成功就是因为他们按照自己对于成功的标准来判断。因此正确答案选D。
推断题。最后一段最后一句：The counselor added,"You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like , and to which you have given your best effort.”这位咨询人员补充道：除非你已经尽力而为但没有做成自己特别喜欢的事情，否则你并没有失败，也没有减少成功的概率。由此可以推断：只有已经尽力而为但没有做成自己喜欢的事情才是失败，只要是尽力做好自己喜欢的事情就是成功。因此正确答案选D。
主旨题。根据第一段第一句：There are many ways of defining success．和最后一句：...it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly．可知本文主要内容即成功的定义。第二段主要通过举例子的方式来说明成功的定义可以很宽泛。最后一段则是通过一位咨询人士之口来暗示出：只要尽最大的努力去做自己喜欢的事情就是成功。因此正确答案选A。 -
第19题：
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A Minor Microsurgery Last year,Sean Martinovich,from Whitianga,had life-saving surgery when a golf-sized tumor was removed from his brain stem.But the operation left half his face paralysed.He talked with a slur,sometimes dribbled（流 口水）out of the side of his mouth and could not close his eye properly.Although he could run around with the other boys in the playground,when they laughed he could not laugh with them.Without a smile,he could suffer psychologically and emotionally. Last week,6-year-old Sean had seven hours of microsurgery that should give him back his smile.Doctor Bartlett removed a nerve from the back of one of Sean's legs and transplanted it into his face.On the normal side of his face the nerve divides into lots of little branches."We'll cut those nerve branches and then we'll take a nerve graft from one leg and tunnel it across his face from one side to the other and join that on to the nerve that' s been cut on the good side of his face."Doctor Bartlett said before the operation."If this was not fixed he conld face physical and emotional problems as he got older,"Doctor Bartlett said."Socially people can become quite withdrawn because of the face paralysis.It's easy for people,especially children,to become rather emotionless because they prefer the flatness of no movement on either side to the weirdness of an asymmetry of smiling on one side and having this twisted face." Sean is not smiling yet.Over the next six months the nerves will grow across the face to the damaged side and after that movement will hopefully come back.Sean's parents,Steve and Wendy Martinovich,said they had been through a year of hell.But their son was a determined boy who just got on with it,said Mrs Martinovich.They are amazed at the technology that they hope will restore the cheeky smile they love so much.For Doctor Bartlett the microsurgery is almost routine.For Sean's parents,it is a miracle.Why?
A:Because he may not want others to see the weirdness of an asymmetry of smiling on one side,sohe will choose to withdraw.
B:Because other children will be scared to see his face.
C:Because he will be through time of hell.
D:Because other children will refuse to talk or play with him.答案：A解析：第一段第一句表明，Sean是在去年做的手术；第二段第一句表明，上周Sean的年龄为6岁。所以去年手术时、Sean的年龄应为5岁。
第一段第三句表明，Sean谈吐不清，有时会流口水，还不能正常地闭眼睛；第一段最后一句说明他不能微笑。综合这些可推知，" paralysed"、的意思为“瘫痪的”，也就是失去了感觉和对肌肉的控制。
根据第二段第四句引用的Bartlett医生的话语可知，移植到Sean脸上的神经来自于他的腿上。
由第二段最后两句引用Bartlett医生的话语可知，由于面部瘫痪，人们会变得很内向。特别是孩子，宁愿与面无表情的人接触，也会远离只有半边脸微笑的不对称表情。由此推测，Sean可能为了避免让别人发现他那不对称的微笑而采取躲避的方法，这会引起一系列生理问题和心理问题。
第三段倒数第二句说明，对于Bartlett医生来说，微创手术是“routine"（日常工作），可见微创手术对Bartlett医生来说是一件很容易的事。 -
第20题：
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The Storyteller
1.Steven Spielberg has always had one goal；to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist , Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2.Even decades later , Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years , which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' s 1966 divorce.He commented , "It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors (流星）.His mother remembers , " He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house , he would jump into my bed.And that ' s just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Pottorgeist.
3.Spielberg was 11 when he first got his hands on his dad's movie camera and began shooting short flicks(电影) about flying saucers(飞碟) and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning , he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling , he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips , when night fell , young Steven became the center of attention." Steven would start telling his ghost stories , says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294 , " and everyone would suddenly get quiet so that they could all hear.
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there , but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid,non-credit internship(实习) in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5.Now , many years later , Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas , and Spielberg will shrug." The process for me is mostly intuitive , he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it ' s for a variety of reasons , for personal reasons , or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool , and I think that my kids will like it.Spielberg is very good at______.
A:a lot of money
B:a number of reasons
C:almost everything
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:making children laugh答案：E解析：文章第一段第一句话是该段的主题句。由该句“Steven Spielberg has always had one goal : to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的巨标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选A。
文章第二段第一句是主题句，主要讲Steven Spielberg的一些最成功的电影的灵感来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选C。
文章第三段主要讲Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的用友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选F。
由文章第二段第一句话“Even decades later , Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories[ his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知，Steven Spielberg月拍摄的一些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers , ' He was scared of just about everything'.”石知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选C。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事。他的故事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能让他交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后一段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety of reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选B。 -
第21题：
Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton.
As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England.
Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal.
But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices.
We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet.
After a time, people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory.
One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac.
Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet.
The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.In Chinese the world "skeleton" means （）.- A、尸体
- B、标本
- C、收藏
- D、骷髅
正确答案:D -
第22题：
问答题Practice 4 Charles Darwin didn’t want to murder God, as he once put it. But he did. He didn’t want to defy his fellow Cantabrigians, his gentlemanly Victorian society, his devout wife. But he did. He waited 20 years to publish his theory of natural selection, but—fittingly, after another scientist threatened to be first—he did. Before Darwin, most people accepted some version of biblical creation. Humans were seen as the apotheosis of godly architecture. Humans could thus be an accident of natural selection, not a direct product of God. Worries about how much his theory would shake society exacerbated the strange illnesses he suffered. It’s also worth noting that Darwin’s life wasn’t Darwinian: he achieved his wealth through inheritance, not competition, and some might say his sickly children suffered because they were inbred. Darwin’s theories still provoke opposition. One hundred and forty years after The Origin of Species, backers of creationism have made a comeback in states like Kansas, pushing evolution out of the schoolroom. Yet Darwinism remains one of the most successful scientific theories ever promulgated. There is hardly an element of humanity—not capitalism, not gender relations, certainly not biology—that can be fully understood without its help.正确答案： 【参考译文】
查尔斯·达尔文并不想杀死上帝,他也曾经这样说过。但是他催毁了人们对上帝的信仰。他并不想挑衅剑桥的校友,蔑视温文尔雅的维多利亚社会,违抗虔诚的妻子。但是事与愿违。他为把自然选择的理论公之于众等待了20年,而在另一名科学家可能抢先的情况下他选择了适当的时机——论文最终发表了。
达尔文以前的人一般都相信圣经记载,即人是由上帝创造出来的。人类被神化了,被认为是上帝创造的杰作。但是人类可能只是自然选择中的偶然产物,而不是上帝直接创造的成果。由于担忧这个理论会极大地冲击社会,达尔文的怪病病情加剧。值得一提的是达尔文的一生并不符合他的理论:他的财富并非通过竞争,而是通过继承得来,据说他的孩子多病是由于父母近亲结合的缘故。
今天达尔文的理论仍然有反对的呼声。《物种起源》出版140年后,上帝造人论的支持者在美国堪萨斯等州卷土重来,要求把进化论驱出课堂。然而达尔文的理论仍然是历史上最为成功的科学理论之一。没有进化论,人类的许多问题几乎无法破解,资本主义、性别关系、当然还有生物学等都无法得到完全的认识。 解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
问答题In social situations, the classic Intention Movement is “thechair-grasp”. Host and guest have been talking for some time, butnow the host has an appointment to keep and can get away. His urge 1．______to go is held in check by his desire not be rude to his guest. If he did 2．______not care of his guest’s feelings he would simply get up out of his chair 3．______and to announce his departure. This is what his body wants to do, 4．______therefore his politeness glues his body to the chair and refuses to let him 5．______raise. It is at this point that he performs the chair-grasp Intention 6．______Movement. He continues to talk to the guest and listen to him, but leansforward and grasps the arms of the chair as if about to push himself upwards. 7．______This is the first act he would make if he were rising. If he were not 8．______hesitating, it would only last the fraction of the second. He would lean, 9．______push, rise, and be up. But now, instead, it lasts much longer. Heholds his “readiness-to-rise” post and keeps on holding it. It is as if his 10．______body had frozen at the get-ready moment.正确答案：
1.can改为must。 根据上文可知主人是“必须”而不是“可以”离开。
2.在not后加to。 “not to be rude to his guest’’作定语修饰his desire。
3.第一个of改为for/about。 care for/about在意,在乎。
4.去掉and或to。 去掉to,连词and连接两个并列的谓语动词get和announce。去掉and,不定式作目的状语。
5.therefore改为but。 这里两个分句是转折关系,不是因果关系,
6.raise改为rise。 raise是及物动词,后面须跟宾语,rise是不及物动词,作“起立,起身”讲。
7.√
8.make改为do/perform。 do/perform an act“采取行动”,是固定搭配。
9.第一个the改为a。 a fraction of a second一瞬间。
10.post改为posture。 post标志;位置,职位。posture姿势,体态。解析： 暂无解析