Listen and Complete Now listen to a short speech/ talk and fill up the blanks according to what you have heard. The words in brackets will give you some hints. Good morning, everyone. It's my honor to introduce 1________(whom?) to you. Professor Waters is from 2________ (which country?). She will teach us English 3_______(when?). Professor Waters is an experienced teacher. She has taught English 4________(where?). She is a very good teacher and she is really an expert in 5_______ (what?). She is the author of 6______ (what?) in this field. So, it is a pleasure for us to have her as 7________ (who?) here. Now, let's welcome her to say 8_________ (what) to us!

Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts; they rely on depositors not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors should come to fear that a bank is not sound, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the depositors to appear on the same day. If they did. the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be funds to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank run that she experienced. One day in December of 1928, several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The other banks anticipated a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs. Vaught worked as a teller had enough funds on hand to pay off as many depositors as might apply. The officers simply instructed the tellers to pay on demand. Next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line convinced many that the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight for places near tellers windows. Clothing was torn and limbs broken, but the jam continued for hours. The power of the panic atmosphere is evident in the fact that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was sound and could pay out all depositors, nevertheless withdrew the funds in their own accounts. Mrs. Vaught says that she had difficulty restraining herself from doing the same.A bank run occurs when______.A．a bank is closed for one or more daysB．too many depositors attempt to draw out their money at one timeC．there is not enough money to pay all of its depositors at one timeD．employees of a bank take their own funds out of the bank

She _ the ingredients on the kitchen counter before beginning to prepare the delicious homemade meal.A. laid outB. lying outC. carried outD. put off

4 Read the statements and check (√)the true ones according low-|||-you hear.-|||-1 Mr.Zhang is a reporter during the Harbin International Icead-|||-Snow Festival-|||-2 The artists arrange the ice blocks into desired shapes beforeo-|||-and shaping them into various sculptures.-|||-V The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is one of the h-|||-ice and snow festivals in the world.-|||-4 Besides skiing and skating,ice and snow sculpture competition-|||-ice lantern shows are also held during the festival.-|||-5 All ice sculptures are left to melt naturally after the festival is

19.Military personnel waved goodbye to a_________ of China's People's Liberation Army Navy at a military port in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province.A. pileB. heapC. quantityD. fleet

Suppose a hunter walks all the way around a tree trying to get a shot at a squirrel. Meanwhile, the squirrel never leaves the tree but keeps crawling away from the hunter so that he can never get a clear shot at the squirrel. In other words, the squirrel keeps the tree between the hunter and itself. When John Brown and Henrietta Lacks discuss this hunting situation, John says the hunter circles the squirrel because the squirrel never leaves the tree and the hunter gets to the north, east, south, and west of the tree. Henrietta disagrees, saying the hunter never circles the squirrel because he will never get round to the back of the squirrel.What can be concluded from the disagreement between John and Henrietta?A. John lies when saying the squirrel cannot escape from the hunter's circle.B. John believes the hunter is flexible enough to finally get a clear shot at the squirrel.C. Henrietta thinks the hunter can never get behind the squirrel and shoot it in its back.D. Henrietta guesses it is the tree that blocks the hunter's sight to accurately target the squirrel.

1. Laughter is one of the most effective ________ of emotion. (express)2. My family eagerly awaited the ________ of my cousin's baby. (arrive)3. Much to our ________, the concert was cancelled. (disappoint)4. I do not think that you should place so much ________ on Mark's advice. (rely)5. Poorly written questions limit the ________ of surveys. (useful)

16.单选题(5.0分)Directions:Read the text and answer the question.Humankind's curiosity about what lies up above in space has long outpaced its interest in what lurks beneath the surface of the Earth's oceans. ①Indeed, more humans have visited the moon than the bottom of the sea. ②Such is the disparity that contemporary scientists possess more precise maps of the Martian surface than they do of the ocean depths. ③Even if only to better understand what constitutes nearly three quarters of the Earth's surface, the vast majority of which remains unexplored. ④But humans would do well to learn more about what lies in the ocean's depths. Such was the case presented by experts during the 54th annual World Economic Forum in Davos.What is the right order of the numbered sentences?A. ③②④①B. ④①②③C. ①③④②D. ②①④③

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