The writer decided to drop out of the conspicuous consumption gang because____ (She Is an Unwilling Tool of Middleclassdom)A. of inflationB. life is made too easy by modern miracle-performing appliancesC. she’s spending too much time and energy to keep th
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A. of inflation
B. life is made too easy by modern miracle-performing appliances
C. she’s spending too much time and energy to keep things running
D. her children will be leaving home soon
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第1题：
Last week Polly decided to give up her job. She is fed up with it, she finds it boring and she wants to change her career. Her employers,‘Lucky Shops'，are not too bad. They give her quite good benefits，such as free lunches and paid holidays, but she does not get on with her boss. Her salary is quite goad, but，because she is not happy, she wants to lank far something else. Last Saturday she talked about it with David and Xiaoyan. They agreed with her. They said she should resign and try another career, so she took action. She lacked at advertisements in the paper and picked out three jabs that looked interesting. She had to write out her GV to apply for a jab, and she did that an Wednesday evening. Xiaayan helped her with it. She has a lot of experience of selling and goad business training but is worried about her lack of experience in some areas.
1. Polly has decided to ask for a higher salary.
A. Right
B. Wrong
2. She doesn't like her bass.
A. Right
B. Wrong
3. Her friends agreed that she should resign.
A. Right
B. Wrong
4. She has no experience of selling.
A. Right
B. Wrong
5. She's worried about her lack of experience in same areas.
A. Right
B. Wrong
参考答案B A A B A
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第2题：
Why was the young woman who had lost her wallet invited to dinner?
A．She was familiar with the writer"s aunt.
B．She was familiar with the writer"s uncle.
C．She happened to be invited so as to amount to 4 persons for dinner.
D．She was friend of writer"s uncle and aunt.
正确答案：C
其他选项都是猜测，文中没用表述。 -
第3题：
Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?
A. The frogs were easy money.
B. They needed money to buy visitors.
C. They wanted to please the visitors.
D. The frogs made too much noise.
正确答案：A
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第4题：
why did the villagers agree to sell frogs ?
A the frogs were easy money
B They needs money to buy medicine
C they wanted to plwase the visitors
D．the forgs made too much noise
正确答案：A
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第5题：
Passage Three
My husband and children feel very happy to live here. They can't see that we live on a dirty street in a dirty house among people who aren't good. They can't see that our neighbors have to make happiness out of all this dirt. I decided that my children must get out of this. The money that we've saved isn't nearly enough.
The McGaritys have money but they are so proud. They look down upon the poor The McGarity girl just yesterday stood out there in the street eating from a bag of candy while a ring of hungry children watched her. I saw those children looking at her and crying in their hearts; and when she couldn't eat any more she threw the rest down the sewer (下水道). Why? Is it only because they have money? There is more to happiness than money in the world, isn't there?
Miss Jackson who teaches at the Settlement House isn't rich, but she knows things. She understands people. Her eyes look straight into yours when she talks with you. She can read your mind. I'd like to see the children will be like Miss Jackson when they grow up.
44. This passage suggests that the writer______.
A. is easy to get along with
B. is never pleased with her neighbors
C. is unhappy with the life they are living
D. is good at observing and understanding people
正确答案：C
参见第一段。
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第6题：
She will be very please pleased to meet you.A:angry
B:happy
C:sad
D:unwilling答案：B解析：pleased和happy近义，都是“高兴的”意思。angry“生气的”, sad“痛苦的”, unwilling“不愿意的”。 -
第7题：
The reference she made to her friend,the poet,was interesting but too complex for anyone to appreciate.A:drastic
B:dull
C:obscure
D:distinct答案：C解析：本句意思：她给朋友找来的关于这位诗人的参考资料很有趣但是太复杂难懂了，任何 人都欣赏不了。complex意为“难以理解的，复杂的”，与obscure（模糊难懂的）意思相近。dras- tic激烈的，严厉的；dull单调的；distinct清楚的。 -
第8题：
She was unwilling to go but she bad no choice.A: unable
B: indecisive
C: ready
D: reluctant答案：D解析：句意为：她不想走但她别无选择。unwilling是willing的反义词，即“不愿意”。re-luctant意为“勉强”;indecisive意为“非决定性的、优柔寡断的”;ready意为“准备好，欣然”。 -
第9题：
共用题干
第一篇
Oseola McCarty
Late one Sunday afternoon in September 1999,Oseola McCarty,an elderly cleaning lady passed away
in the little wooden flame house where she had lived and worked most of her life.It may seem like an ordinary
end to a humble life,but there was something quite exceptional about this woman.
In the summer of 1995,McCarty gave $150,000,most of the money she had saved throughout her life,
to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown. The money was to help other Mrican Americans
through university.She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would return from school to
clean and iron for money which she would then save.
She led a simple，枷gal existence,never spending on anything but her most basic needs.Her bank
also advised her on investing her hard-earned savings.
When she retired,she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited means the
opportunity to go to university.She had wanted to become a nurse,but had to leave school to look after ill
relatives and work.When asked why she had given her life savings away,she replied,"I'm giving it away
so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did."After news of her donation hit the media,over 600
donations were made to the scholarship fund.One was given by media executive,Ted Turner,who reputedly
gave a billion dollars.
She didn't want any fuss made over her gift,but the news got out and she was invited all over the United
States to talk to people.Wherever she went,people would come up to her to say a few words or just touch
her. She met the ordinary and the famous,President Clinton included.In the last few years of her life,
before she died of cancer,McCarty was given over 300 awards:she was honoured by the United Nations and
received the Presidential Citizen's Medal.Despite having no real education,she found herself with two honorary
doctorates:one from the University of Southern Mississippi and the other from Harvard University.Her
generosity was clearly an inspiration to many people arid proof that true selflessness does exist.When her generosity was made ________.
A:people donated billions
B:hundreds of students got scholarships
C:hundreds of people put money into the fund
D:she was sent to university答案：C解析：本篇文章主要讲述的就是奥莎拉·麦卡迪把一生的积蓄全部奉献给了那些她并不认 识却需要帮助才能完成学业的年轻人。她的这一举措震惊、激励了全世界，得到了全社会的 认可。
由文章第二段最后一句话及第三段可知，奥莎拉·麦卡迪工作很辛苦，只进行基本需 求的消费。她很努力地存钱，并且银行也给她投资的建议。
由文章第四段第三句话“When asked why she had given her life savings away, she replied, 'I'm giving it away so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did."’可知答案为C。
由文章第四段第四句话“After news of her donation hit the media, over 600 donations were made to the scholarship fund.”可知答案为C。
由文章最后一段最后一句话“Her generosity was clearly an inspiration to many people and proof that true selflessness does exist.”可知答案为C。第二篇 本篇文章主要讲述的是庞兹骗局和麦道夫骗局。 -
第10题：
共用题干
第一篇
Oseola McCarty
Late one Sunday afternoon in September 1999,Oseola McCarty,an elderly cleaning lady passed away
in the little wooden flame house where she had lived and worked most of her life.It may seem like an ordinary
end to a humble life,but there was something quite exceptional about this woman.
In the summer of 1995,McCarty gave $150,000,most of the money she had saved throughout her life,
to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown. The money was to help other Mrican Americans
through university.She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would return from school to
clean and iron for money which she would then save.
She led a simple，枷gal existence,never spending on anything but her most basic needs.Her bank
also advised her on investing her hard-earned savings.
When she retired,she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited means the
opportunity to go to university.She had wanted to become a nurse,but had to leave school to look after ill
relatives and work.When asked why she had given her life savings away,she replied,"I'm giving it away
so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did."After news of her donation hit the media,over 600
donations were made to the scholarship fund.One was given by media executive,Ted Turner,who reputedly
gave a billion dollars.
She didn't want any fuss made over her gift,but the news got out and she was invited all over the United
States to talk to people.Wherever she went,people would come up to her to say a few words or just touch
her. She met the ordinary and the famous,President Clinton included.In the last few years of her life,
before she died of cancer,McCarty was given over 300 awards:she was honoured by the United Nations and
received the Presidential Citizen's Medal.Despite having no real education,she found herself with two honorary
doctorates:one from the University of Southern Mississippi and the other from Harvard University.Her
generosity was clearly an inspiration to many people arid proof that true selflessness does exist.McCarty's generosity indicates clearly that_________.
A:scholarship funds are popular in US
B:kind-hearted people deserves doctorates
C:selflessness exists in human society
D:poor people can donate as much as rich people答案：C解析：本篇文章主要讲述的就是奥莎拉·麦卡迪把一生的积蓄全部奉献给了那些她并不认 识却需要帮助才能完成学业的年轻人。她的这一举措震惊、激励了全世界，得到了全社会的 认可。
由文章第二段最后一句话及第三段可知，奥莎拉·麦卡迪工作很辛苦，只进行基本需 求的消费。她很努力地存钱，并且银行也给她投资的建议。
由文章第四段第三句话“When asked why she had given her life savings away, she replied, 'I'm giving it away so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did."’可知答案为C。
由文章第四段第四句话“After news of her donation hit the media, over 600 donations were made to the scholarship fund.”可知答案为C。
由文章最后一段最后一句话“Her generosity was clearly an inspiration to many people and proof that true selflessness does exist.”可知答案为C。第二篇 本篇文章主要讲述的是庞兹骗局和麦道夫骗局。 -
第11题：
单选题According to the woman, what harms our memories?ADoing too much physical exercise.
BThe number of devices in modern life.
CDevices designed to help us remember things.
正确答案： C解析：
对话中女士提到…devices…are designed to make sure we don’t t forget things which can make our brains more idle and weaken our memories，故C项为正确答案。 -
第12题：
单选题Mary says this is the worst decision _____ she has ever made in her career life.Awhich
Bthat
Cwho
Dwhere
正确答案： A解析：
本题考查关系代词的选择。句意：玛丽说这是她参加工作以来所作的最糟糕的决定。如果名词前有形容词最高级修饰，定语从句应由that来引导。正确答案为B。 -
第13题：
Mary Cochran went out of therooms she lived with her father, Doctor Lester Cochran, at seven o' clock on aSunday evening. It was June of the year nineteen hundred and eight, and Marywas eighteen years old. She walked along Tremont to Main Street and across the railroadtracks toUpper Main, lined with small shopsand shabby houses, a rather quiet cheerless place on Sunday when there were fewpeople about. She had toldher father she was going to church but did notintend anything of the kind. She did not know what she wanted todo. "T' II get offby myself andthink," she told herself as she walked slowly along. The night,she thought, promised to be too fine to be spent sitting in a church andhearing aman talk of things that had apparently nothing to do with her ownproblem. Her own affairs were approaching a crisis, and it was time for hertobegin thinking seriously of her future.The thoughtful serious stateof mind in which Mary found herself had been induced in her by a conversationshe had with her father on the eveningbefore. Without any preliminary talk andquite suddenly and abruptly, he had told her that he was a victim of heartdisease and might die at anymoment. He had made the announcement as they stoodtogether in his office, behind which were the rooms in which the father anddaughter lived.
45. What did she intend to do that night?
A. She decided to go to church.
B. She decided not to think aboutthe problem.
C. She decided to talk over theproblem with her father.
D. She had no intention of goingto church.
46. What was the cause of Mary' S seriousstate of mind?
A. Concern about her future.
B. Her talk with her father.
C. Worry about her sudden heart attack.
D. Going to church made her worry.
47. Where did Mary live?
A. In the same building as herfather' s office.
B. Near the church.
C. In a shabby house as her father' soffice.
D. She lived in a small shop.
48. What was Dr. Cochran' S condition?
A. He had a serious heartbreak.
B. He had light heart trouble.
C. He had a fatal heart disease.
D. He had a bad cold.
参考答案：DBAC
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第14题：
The mother whale failed to help her baby because__________.
A. she had stayed in the polluted water for too long
B. the whirlpools she had made were not big enough
C. she had no other whales around to tutu to for help
D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction
正确答案：D
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第15题：
In the last but one paragraph，the writer indicates that the“white-haired boy”________．
A．is loved by all people
B．is not very popular among ordinary people
C．is easy to get along with
D．is too hard on the employees
正确答案：B
这段文字说出了普通人对得宠者的忿忿不平的心情。 -
第16题：
The writer thinks that we can't judge ______.
A. buildings by the ancient standards
B. all the buildings by the ancient standards
C. all the modern buildings by the ancient standards
D. modern buildings
正确答案：C54．答案为C。根据第二段第一句，We can't judge every modern building by the standards of the ancient time，even though we admire the ancient buildings作出该项选择。
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第17题：
It’s Mary’s own fault if she feels_______ at the party—she makes no effort to be friendly to people.A.cut out
B.stood out
C.left out
D.made out答案：C解析：本题考查动词短语辨析
C选项，句意为“如果玛丽感到在派对上受到冷落，那也是她自己的错—她没有尽力对人友好”。be/feel left out“被忽视/冷落”，符合题意。综上，C 选项正确。
A选项，cut out “剪下”，不符合题意，故排除。
B选项，stand out “突出，显眼”，不符合题意，故排除。
D选项，make out “理解，辨认出”，不符合题意，故排除。
故正确答案为C项。 -
第18题：
The drivers complain that the road sign is not easy to read;therefore,they suggest the words on it be made to stand out.A:stick out
B:unusual
C:undamaged
D:unstable答案：A解析：本句意思是：司机们抱怨路标很难认，因此他们建议让上面的字更突出。句中stand out意为“显眼，引人注目”，如：Grammatical errors are always obvious to me , spelling mistakes stand out.语法错误对我来说总是非常明显，而拼写错误也很显眼。四个选项中stick out意为“突出，显眼”，例如：The central part of the painting stuck out for its bright colour.这部绘画的中央部分因色彩明亮而夺人目光。unusual意为“不经常的”，如：Her voice was imbued with an unusual seriousness.她的声音里充满一种不寻常的严肃语气。undamaged意为“未受破坏的”。unstable意为“不稳定的”，如：The political situation remains highly unstable.政局仍然十分动荡。只有选项A同句中画线词语含义接近。 -
第19题：
She will be pleased to meet you.A:angry
B:happy
C:sad
D:unwilling答案：B解析： -
第20题：
共用题干
第一篇
Oseola McCarty
Late one Sunday afternoon in September 1999,Oseola McCarty,an elderly cleaning lady passed away
in the little wooden flame house where she had lived and worked most of her life.It may seem like an ordinary
end to a humble life,but there was something quite exceptional about this woman.
In the summer of 1995,McCarty gave $150,000,most of the money she had saved throughout her life,
to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown. The money was to help other Mrican Americans
through university.She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would return from school to
clean and iron for money which she would then save.
She led a simple，枷gal existence,never spending on anything but her most basic needs.Her bank
also advised her on investing her hard-earned savings.
When she retired,she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited means the
opportunity to go to university.She had wanted to become a nurse,but had to leave school to look after ill
relatives and work.When asked why she had given her life savings away,she replied,"I'm giving it away
so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did."After news of her donation hit the media,over 600
donations were made to the scholarship fund.One was given by media executive,Ted Turner,who reputedly
gave a billion dollars.
She didn't want any fuss made over her gift,but the news got out and she was invited all over the United
States to talk to people.Wherever she went,people would come up to her to say a few words or just touch
her. She met the ordinary and the famous,President Clinton included.In the last few years of her life,
before she died of cancer,McCarty was given over 300 awards:she was honoured by the United Nations and
received the Presidential Citizen's Medal.Despite having no real education,she found herself with two honorary
doctorates:one from the University of Southern Mississippi and the other from Harvard University.Her
generosity was clearly an inspiration to many people arid proof that true selflessness does exist.She gave her money away because________.
A:she wanted to help the university
B:she wanted others to have the chance to become nurses
C:she wanted others to have the opportunity to escape a hard life
D:she wanted to he remembered after her death答案：C解析：本篇文章主要讲述的就是奥莎拉·麦卡迪把一生的积蓄全部奉献给了那些她并不认 识却需要帮助才能完成学业的年轻人。她的这一举措震惊、激励了全世界，得到了全社会的 认可。
由文章第二段最后一句话及第三段可知，奥莎拉·麦卡迪工作很辛苦，只进行基本需 求的消费。她很努力地存钱，并且银行也给她投资的建议。
由文章第四段第三句话“When asked why she had given her life savings away, she replied, 'I'm giving it away so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did."’可知答案为C。
由文章第四段第四句话“After news of her donation hit the media, over 600 donations were made to the scholarship fund.”可知答案为C。
由文章最后一段最后一句话“Her generosity was clearly an inspiration to many people and proof that true selflessness does exist.”可知答案为C。第二篇 本篇文章主要讲述的是庞兹骗局和麦道夫骗局。 -
第21题：
共用题干
第一篇
Oseola McCarty
Late one Sunday afternoon in September 1999,Oseola McCarty,an elderly cleaning lady passed away
in the little wooden flame house where she had lived and worked most of her life.It may seem like an ordinary
end to a humble life,but there was something quite exceptional about this woman.
In the summer of 1995,McCarty gave $150,000,most of the money she had saved throughout her life,
to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown. The money was to help other Mrican Americans
through university.She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would return from school to
clean and iron for money which she would then save.
She led a simple，枷gal existence,never spending on anything but her most basic needs.Her bank
also advised her on investing her hard-earned savings.
When she retired,she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited means the
opportunity to go to university.She had wanted to become a nurse,but had to leave school to look after ill
relatives and work.When asked why she had given her life savings away,she replied,"I'm giving it away
so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did."After news of her donation hit the media,over 600
donations were made to the scholarship fund.One was given by media executive,Ted Turner,who reputedly
gave a billion dollars.
She didn't want any fuss made over her gift,but the news got out and she was invited all over the United
States to talk to people.Wherever she went,people would come up to her to say a few words or just touch
her. She met the ordinary and the famous,President Clinton included.In the last few years of her life,
before she died of cancer,McCarty was given over 300 awards:she was honoured by the United Nations and
received the Presidential Citizen's Medal.Despite having no real education,she found herself with two honorary
doctorates:one from the University of Southern Mississippi and the other from Harvard University.Her
generosity was clearly an inspiration to many people arid proof that true selflessness does exist.This woman shocked and inspired the world because__________.
A:she had managed to save so much money
B:she gave her money to African Americans
C:she gave her life savings to help others through university
D:she only spent money on cheap things答案：C解析：本篇文章主要讲述的就是奥莎拉·麦卡迪把一生的积蓄全部奉献给了那些她并不认 识却需要帮助才能完成学业的年轻人。她的这一举措震惊、激励了全世界，得到了全社会的 认可。
由文章第二段最后一句话及第三段可知，奥莎拉·麦卡迪工作很辛苦，只进行基本需 求的消费。她很努力地存钱，并且银行也给她投资的建议。
由文章第四段第三句话“When asked why she had given her life savings away, she replied, 'I'm giving it away so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did."’可知答案为C。
由文章第四段第四句话“After news of her donation hit the media, over 600 donations were made to the scholarship fund.”可知答案为C。
由文章最后一段最后一句话“Her generosity was clearly an inspiration to many people and proof that true selflessness does exist.”可知答案为C。第二篇 本篇文章主要讲述的是庞兹骗局和麦道夫骗局。 -
第22题：
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的內容從每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。
A
Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States，yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies．As she once said of herself：“I would never sit back in a rocking-chair，waiting for someone to help me．”
She was born on a farm in New York State．At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven，she married Thomas Moses，the tenant of hers．They farmed most of their lives．She had ten children，of whom five survived；her husband died in 1928．
Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby，but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time．Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition，and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painteD．Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art，and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York．Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures：careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known，with a wonderful sense of color and form．
Grandma Moses spent most of their life________．A.nursing
B.painting
C.farming
D.embroidering答案：C解析： -
第23题：
单选题Mary，says this is the ______ decision she has ever made in her career life.Abad
Bworst
Cworse
Dbadly
正确答案： D解析：
句意：玛丽说这是她参加工作以来所作的最糟糕的决定。本题考查的是关系代词的选择，如果名词前有形容词最高级修饰，定语从句要由that来引导。所以本题的正确答案为B。