When things get tough, I take ______ in the company of my closest friends. ()A. careB. comfortC. creditD. measures

词语匹配题 1)____ 遇到 2)____ 提前 3)____ 自由行 4)____ 毕竟 5)____ 退房 6)____ 绝对贫困 7)____ 危机管理 8)____ 语音控制 9)____ 不安全行为 10)____ 质量管理A. Quality controlB. Unsafe actsC. Voice controlD. Crisis managementE. Absolute povertyF. Check outG. After allH. Do-it-yourself tourI. In advanceJ. Come across

Dragonflies （蜻蜓） eat a lot， and they constantly hunt for food． What's more， they usually catch it in the air． Zig! The dragonfly catches a small fly． Zag! It seizes a mosquito． Very few insects can outfly the dragonfly． No matter how fast they go， no matter which way they turn， the dragonfly is usually able to follow． Two engineers at the University of Tennessee Space Institute have been studying the way that dragonflies fly． Dr． James Wu and Dr． Ahmad Vakili are studying ways to design a fighter plane that can change direction as quickly and easily as dragonflies can． Why is that important？ If you are in a fighter plane， and another plane is after you， you want to be able to fly more quickly than the other plane， Dr． Vakili says． A dragonfly's wings are the key to its flying ability， Dr． Wu and Dr． Vakili say． If you look closely， you will see that a dragonfly has two wings on each side of its body-a long front wing and a slightly shorter back wing． During flight， small but powerful winds of air move along each of the dragonfly's front wings． Thus， the pressure of air keeps the dragonfly up in the air． A dragonfly's back wings help keep the winds from breaking up． Dr． Wu and Dr． vakili are studying ways to make fighter plane wings use air flow as efficiently as dragonfly wings． Does this mean that someday we'll have fighter planes that look like dragonflies？ Dr． Wu and Dr． vakili say no， because that would not be practical． They don't want wings that look like a dragonfly's． Rather， they want wings that work like a dragonfly's-designed to help fighter planes change course quickly and outfly their enemies．（1）The opening paragraph is mainly intended to show ____ ．A． the flying abilities of dragonfliesB． how dragonflies search for foodC． the food dragonflies preferD． why dragonflies fly so fast（2）What helps dragonflies fly quickly and change direction easily？ ____ A． The shape of their wings．B． The number of their wings．C． The strength of their wings．D． The structure of their wings．（3）Dr． Wu and Dr． vakili want to make fighter planes that can take advantage of ____ ．A． the power of the windB． the direction of the windC． air flowD． air pressure（4）We can infer that the fighter planes designed by Dr． Wu and Dr． vakili may ____ ．A． fly at a greater heightB． look like dragonfliesC． have more functionsD． make a turn quickly

Read the following passage. Fill in each plank with no more than three words. WE'REHIRING! Part-time fitness instructor position available at G o Gym, Green Park Mall Passionate about fitness? Qualified in a health and fitness related subject? Join our friendly team! Work with groups of people teaching fitness class es. Help individuals to achieve their fitness goals. Competitive salary and 24-hour free access to the gym. Two week's paid vacation per year. Send your resume and cover letter to Jenny Smith @gogym. com 11. What's the job position? Part-time fitness _. 12. Where is Go Gym? At _ Mall. 13. What is the main responsibility of the job? Work with groups of people teaching _ classes. 14. What is the benefit of the job? Two weeks paid _ per year. 15. How to apply for the job? Send your resume and _ to JennvSmith@aozvm. com.

Coming Soon: the Next Great Flu Epidemic The virus first came to officials’ attention in a bag of dead chickens. Early in March 1997, a farmer from Hong Kong’s New Territories carried them into the Agriculture and Fisheries Department laboratory. The final state of some birds was a hideous, bloody mush. Cultures of their organs revealed they had died of avian influenza, type H5N1. Influenza of the H5 subtype had never been known to infect humans. But in the next seven months, 18 Hong Kong residents fell ill with H5N1 and six died. In late December 1997, public health officials took a drastic step, ordering the slaughter of every chicken in every farm and marketplace in Hong Kong. The HSN1 virus seemed to disappear but for how long The specter of the 1918 flu was raised by this new avian flu. The 1918 flu was one of the most changeable and resistant viruses known to man. After we’ve been infected with one strain, it can mutate and infect us again. We are only immune to flu strains our bodies have seen before. A flu can also "jump species" to an animal it has never infected before, once such a flu moves into humans, if it can "learn" to pass easily between them, it can spark a pandemic―a global outbreak. Birds carry the flu virus in their intestines and excrete it in their feces. In all likelihood, shoppers who got sick with H5 touched surfaces contaminated with chicken feces. Humans, however, carry flu in their respiratory tracts and usually spread them in a cough or sneeze. Flu strains that travel this way are highly contagious. The H5 virus in Hong Kong was different. It sickened very few, but killed a third of those infected. Most who got sick with H5 seemed to catch it directly from a bird they bought in a live-poultry market. After the Hong Kong outbreak, flu experts feared that H5―already deadly to humans―might learn to move between humans as well as between birds. That "raises the specter of 1918", says Nancy Cox, chief of the Influenza Branch of the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP). Geographic isolation was no protection during the 1918 pandemic. In the Alaska Territory, the mortality rate in some villages was as high as 90 percent. All told, at least 500000 Americans perished. It could happen again. The virus that became the Spanish flu probably came from a bird. Avian-flu expert Dr. Robert Webster of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., believes the virus may have leapt straight from birds to humans, possibly a year to two before the pandemic began. Once lodged in human lungs, it quickly passed from person to person in a simple cough or sneeze. To avoid that grim possibility, here are three measures all nations need to take: The first step is better surveillance. Most countries, though, don’t start tracking avian flu until after an epidemic kills their chickens. The United States dramatically increased its monitoring after a deadly outbreak in Pennsylvania in the early 1980s. The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) provides diagnostic support. Some virologists recommend enhancing surveillance of swine flu too. The U. S. National Institutes of Health is beginning to study the issue. Elsewhere, the coverage is not good enough, says Dr. W. Paul Glezen of the Baylor College of Medicine’s Influenza Research Center. He names Africa and South America as areas where the World Health Organizations net is incomplete. Another important measure is producing more vaccines and flu shots. Only three of the 15 known influenza subtypes―H1, H2 and H3―have been found in people. Vaccines exist for each, and an H5 vaccine is now being developed. Some experts believe that we should develop a vaccine for the other known subtypes as well. Health authorities add that more people need flu shots now. We should manufacture 120 million doses a year, but we are making only 80 million. If we bought more vaccines, manufacturers could produce more. This increased production capacity would be invaluable in a pandemic. A strong pandemic plan. The U. S. government has been developing a pandemic plan since 1997. The Hong Kong outbreak, notes CDCP investigator Keiji Fukuda, was a "dry run" for a real emergency. "It showed us we can get people there and answer some tough questions," but "H5 also taught us that lots of issues are hard to grapple with they come so fast". In March of this year, Hong Kong’s Agriculture and Fisheries Department announced it had found H5N1 in the goose excrement of a poultry stall.In Paragraph 14, all the following are indicated with the phrase " dry run" EXCEPT ______. A．it showed that experts can get people there and answer some tough questionsB．it taught us that lots of issues are hard to grapple with because they come so fastC．the H5 disease was too catastrophic to be controlled by human beingsD．it can serve as a wake-up call and none too soon

E Food serves as a form of communication in two fundamental ways. Sharing bread or other foods is a common human tradition that can promote unity and trust. Food can also have a specific meaning, and play a significant role in a family or culture's celebrations or traditions. The foods we eat—and when and how we eat them—are often unique to a particular culture or may even differ between rural (农村的) and urban areas within one country. Sharing bread, whether during a special occasion (时刻) or at the family dinner table, is a common symbol of togetherness. Many cultures also celebrate birthdays and marriages with cakes that are cut and shared among the guests. Early forms of cake were simply a kind of bread, so this tradition hits its roots in the custom of sharing bread. Food also plays an important role in many New Year celebrations. In the southern United States, pieces of corn bread represent blocks of gold for prosperity (兴旺) in the New Year. In Greece, people share a special cake called vasilopita. A coin is put into the cake, which signifies (预示) success in the New Year for the person who receives it. Many cultures have ceremonies to celebrate the birth of a child, and food can play a significant role. In China, when a baby is one month old, families name and welcome their child in a celebration that includes giving red-colored eggs to guests. In many cultures, round foods such as grapes, bread, and moon cakes are eaten at welcome celebrations to represent family unity. Nutrition is necessary for life, so it is not surprising that food is such an important part of different cultures around the world. 【小题1】According to the passage, sharing bread______. A．indicates a lack of food B．can help to develop unity C．is a custom unique to rural areas D．has its roots in birthday celebrations 【小题2】What does the coin in vasilopita signify for its receiver in the New Year? A．Trust. B．Success. C．Health. D．Togetherness. 【小题3】The author explains the role of food in celebrations by______. A．using examples B．making comparisons C．analyzing causes D．describing processes 【小题4】What is the passage mainly about? A．The custom of sharing food. B．The specific meaning of food. C．The role of food in ceremonies. D．The importance of food in culture.

15. 单选 Most British people prefer ____.A. White TeaB. Green TeaC. Black TeaD. Yellow Tea

The universities have trained the intellectual pioneers of our civilization—the priests, the lawyers, the statesmen, the doctors, the men of science, and the men of letters. The conduct of business now requires intellectual imagination of the same type as that which in former times has mainly passed into those other occupations. There is one great difficulty which hinders all the higher types of human effort. In modern times this difficulty has even increased in its possibilities for evil. In any large organization the younger men, who are novices. must be set to jobs which consist in carrying out fixed duties in obedience to orders. No president of a large corporation meets his youngest employee at his office door with the offer of the most responsible job which the work of that corporation includes. The young men are set to work at a fixed routine, and only occasionally even see the president as he passes in and out of the building. Such work is a great discipline. It imparts knowledge, and it produces reliability of character; also it is the only work for which the young men, In that novice stage, are fit, and it is the work for which they are hired. There can be no criticism of the custom. but there may be an unfortunate effect: prolonged routine work dulls the imagination. The way in which a university should function in the preparation for an intellectual career, is by promoting the imaginative consideration of the various general principles underlying that career. Its students thus pass tutu their period of technical apprenticeship with their imaginations already practiced in connecting details with general principles. Thus the proper function of a university is the imaginative acquisition of knowledge. Apart from this importance of the imagination, there is no reason why businessmen, and other professional men, should not pick up their facts bit by hit as they want them for particular occasions. A university is imaginative or it is nothing—at least nothing useful.What is a basic requirement for work in all professions according to the passage(). A. Imagination. B. Reliability of character. C. Discipline. D. Obedience to orders,

Task 2 Read the passage. Choose the best answer. A laugh a day keeps the doctor away You're feeling stressed out. So what do you do? Go to the doctor? Speak to a friend? Have a warm bath and do some yoga? At Professor Hart's clinic in London you can find another way of dealing with the symptoms of stress. His treatment is called "Laughter Therapy" and it's becoming more and more popular. Professor Hart holds his laughter sessions three times a week. "Most of my patients are in their 30's and 40's," he says, "But I do have some younger patients too— college students who are worried about their studies or nervous about exams." So, what happens in a laughter session? Professor Hart explains , "Well, I take a group of ten patients together and I tell them to laugh. At first they find it very difficult. It's not easy to laugh just because someone tells you to! But then, after a while, they start laughing, and when they start then they can't stop. They laugh, all together, for an hour. Their heart rates rise, their faces go pink and they look so much better when they leave. And they all come back for more! They tell me that the laughter sessions stop them feeling stressed." It seems that laughter really is the best medicine!(1) (单选题)Professor Hart .A.is a yoga teacherB.helps patients who have backachesC.treats his patients'stress(2) (单选题)Most of Professor Hart's patients are .A.young childrenB.college studentsC.People in their 30's and 40's(3) (单选题)At Professor Hart's sessions, .A.patients laugh together for an hourB.patients run and do exercises to keep fitC.Patients talk to each other(4) (单选题)According to Professor Hart, . A.his patients will live for up to ten years longerB.his patients look much better when they leave his clinicC.few of his patients need to come back(5) (单选题)Professor Hart's patients say the sessions help them to .A.feel less stressedB.get more done at workC.have better family relationships

5 单选 (2分) The British Parliament consists of two major parts: the House of Commons and_A. the Lower HouseB. the House of LordsC. the Labor PartyD. the Cabinet