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The Shipowner cannot rely on the excepted perils if he has not（）due diligence to make the ship seaworthy and its nonfulfilment causes the damage，nor can he do so if the vessel makes an unreasonable deviation.
A . realized
B . practiced
C . maintained
D . exercised
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The Shipowner can，however，exempt himself from liability for（），but if he wishes to do so，he must use clear and unambiguous language.
A . seaworthy
B . seaworthiness
C . unseaworthy
D . unseaworthine
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he following conversation clearly violates the_____ .
A: How do you finally go to school?
B: The bus is so fast so I got to school very early.
A . Maxim of Quantity
B . Maxim of Relation
C . Maxim of Quality
D . Maxim of Manner
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If the Shipowner can only show that some part of the damage to the goods was due to a cause within the exception，he must also show how much of the damage is comprised in that part，otherwise he is liable（）.
A . for the part
B . for the whole
C . for the parts of damage not due to causes within the exception
D . for the parts of damage due to causes within the exceptio
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His example（）that everyone can become a useful person in society so long as he is willing to work hard.
A . expresses
B . thinks
C . indicates
D . supplie
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Jean worked just so much .
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He asked________ for the iPad. A. did I pay how much B. I paid how much C. how much did I pay D. how much I paid
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听力原文：It is an intricate work that needs searching information on Internet. He can't do this work without a laptop or a desktop.
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A．He can work better without a computer.
B．He is working with a new computer.
C．He has never used a computer in his work.
D．He needs a computer for his work.
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I have so much work to do that holiday for me this year is______.
A．on the question
B．on question
C．out of the question
D．out of question
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听力原文：M: You know, I feel really dumb. Um, there's so much that I don't know and so much to read that I can't process all the information available. Do you feel the same way？
W: I know what you mean. There's so much to find out about in so many different ways nowadays. We have television, we have radio, and we have all sorts of magazines.
M: Even in your own field, you know, you'd have to read twenty or thirty magazines a month in order to keep up.
W: Just to know what's happening.
M: Yeah. That's right.
W: You know, now, because of communication systems, uh, our sphere of interest is the whole world, whereas before, our sphere of interest was just our country or our area.
M: Yeah, yeah, that's right.
W: I think we realize now that we should know things. And therefore, we are pressed to know these things.
M: Yes, we're..., whereas before people didn't understand that...
W: And as an educated adult you also have to keep up with certain international events and affairs, or you cannot really be a responsible person.
M: Yeah, you know you're responsible for making decisions about not only your own life, but many other things and you have to be informed to be able to do that.
W: You have to learn to pick and choose information too.
Why does the man feel dumb？
A．He can't process all the information available.
B．There is so much he doesn't know.
C．There is so much he hasn't read.
D．All of the above.
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It happens to all of us sometimes, doesn’t it？ You have a deadline to meet，but instead of doing your work, you check Facebook or do some on line shopping.This is called procrastination, and it affects everyone.So how can you stop procrastinating？
We often procrastinate because a task seems too big, or impossible to achieve.Try breaking down the task into smaller pieces.For example, instead of thinking，“I need to finish this essay by 10 p.m.tonight ” tell yourself,“I’ m going to make a short outline, fill that in, and then look for quotes.”
Another important factor is your environment, isn’t it？ If there are too many distractions in your work space, you may be tempted to procrastinate more.Are there any things in your work space (for example, a TV) that could be causing you to lose focus？
Making a timeline with goals and deadlines is a great way to stop yourself from procrastinating.
However, it is important to make your deadlines realistic so that you can be sure you’ll stick to them.
Some people like to wait for the perfect time to start a task, while the perfect time is often now.Try something called the Two-Minute Rule to help you get started.This idea comes from David Allen’ s best-selling book, Getting Things Done.It states that.if something takes less than two minutes， such as washing your dishes after a meal, then you should do it now.
1.Procrastination means().
A.putting your work off till later
B.doing your work quickly
C.doing your work carefully
D.doing your work well
2.Sometimes we procrastinate because a task seems too().
A.easy
B.small
C.fun
D.big
3.Having a TV in your work space is an example of an environmental().
A.distraction
B.reaction
C.attration
D.concentration
4.Setting realistic is a() good way to stop procrastinating.
A.environments
B.deadlines
C.focus
D.places
5.The Two-Minute Rule states that if something takes no more than two minutes, you should().
A.put it aside
B.do it later
C.do it now
D.wait for a moment
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A parent should do as much as he or she can so as to give his or her child__________
A．failure and success
B．fear and despair
C．a chance to succeed
D．bright eyes and glowing smile
E．whether he or she will have a chance to see a good doctor
F．whether he or she will be healthy
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It's impossible for a child to do so much work within a short period of time, ______？
A．isn't it
B．is it
C．has it
D．hasn't it
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Actually the first secret of a receptionist to do a good job lies in how he or she can break the when meeting the visitor for the first time.
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Valerija Georgievska needs a course on working out how much money her firm can expect to have available each month.
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His brother is ill.So he has to do some e()work
1.His brother is ill.So he has to do some e( )work.
2.At first he thought English was hard,Bue later he became i( )in it.
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Jane: Hi, welcome to Hal’s Computer World. {A. Does he have any brand preference？; B. How much is it？; C. I’ll come back to buy it this weekend.; D. Can I help you？; E. How about this one？}
Smith: I would like to buy a computer for my son. I was told it is cheaper to buy computers here. Do you have any recommendations？
Jane: Yes. We have plenty of choices for you. So, home computer or a laptop, which one does he like？ {A. Does he have any brand preference？; B. How much is it？; C. I’ll come back to buy it this weekend.; D. Can I help you？; E. How about this one？}
Smith: He prefers ASUS(华硕), laptop, which is much more convenient.
Jane: I see. {A. Does he have any brand preference？; B. How much is it？; C. I’ll come back to buy it this weekend.; D. Can I help you？; E. How about this one？} ASUS F83E335Cr-SL. It is really suitable for students.
Smith: Let me see. Well, it’s good but I don’t think 320 GB is enough.
Jane: If you wish to upgrade the hard drive, we can definitely do so. It costs 150 to upgrade it from 320GB to 500GB.
Smith: Great. My son likes keeping a lot of movies and pictures on the hard drive.
Jane: No problem. I’ll give you a more detailed brochure later.
Smith: Thank you. {A. Does he have any brand preference？; B. How much is it？; C. I’ll come back to buy it this weekend.; D. Can I help you？; E. How about this one？} May I have a discount？
Jane: In total it costs 3900 yuan. If you pay for it on Saturday or Sunday this week, you can actually get 5 percent off the usual sale price.
Smith: Wow. That’s really good. {A. Does he have any brand preference？; B. How much is it？; C. I’ll come back to buy it this weekend.; D. Can I help you？; E. How about this one？}
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听力原文： When people succeed, it is because of hard work, but luck has a lot to do with it, too. Success without some luck is almost impossible. The French emperor Napoleon said of one of his generals, "I know he's good. But is he lucky？" Napoleon knew that all the hard work and talent in the world can't make up for bad luck. However, hard work can invite good luck..
When it comes to success, luck can mean being in the right place to meet someone, or having the right skills to get a job done. It might mean turning down an offer and then having a better offer come along. Nothing can replace hard work, but working hard also means you're preparing yourself opportunity. Opportunity very often depends on luck.
How many of the great inventions and discoveries came about through a lucky mistake or a lucky chance？ One of the biggest lucky mistakes in history is Columbus' so-called discovery of America. He enriched his sponsors and changed history, but he was really looking for India. However, Columbus' chance discovery wasn't pure luck. It was backed up by years of studying and calculating. He worked hard to prove his theory that the world was round.
People who work hard help make their own luck by being ready opportunity knocks. When it comes to success, hard work and luck are always hand in hand.
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A．Hard work is the most important thing for one's success.
B．Hard work may invite good luck.
C．Good luck plays an important role in one's success.
D．Success has nothing to do with luck.
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Woman: I am trying to find out how this dishwasher works. The manual is in French. I cant wait for Bill to translate it for me. Man: Dont worry, Mary. I can do the dishes before the machine starts to work. Question: What does the man mean？
A．He will tell Mary how to operate the dishwasher.
B．He will wash the dishes himself instead.
C．He will help Bill to translate the manual.
D．He himself will operate the dishwasher.
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There must be few questions on which responsible opinion is so utterly divided as on that of how much sleep we ought to have. There are some who think we can leave the body to regulate these matters for itself. "The answer is easy," says Dr. A. Burton. "With the tight amount of sleep you should wake up fresh and alert five minutes before the alarm tings." If he is right many people must be under sleeping, including myself. But we must remember that some people have a greater inertia than others. This is not meant rudely. They switch on Slowly, and they are reluctant to switch off. They are alert at bedtime and sleepy when it is time to get up, and this may have nothing to do with how fatigued their bodies are, or how much sleep they must take to lose their fatigue.
Other people feel sure that the present trend is towards too little sleep. To quote one medical opinion, "Thousands of people drift through life suffering from the effects of too little sleep; the reason is not that they can't sleep. Like advancing colonists, we do seem to be grasping ever more of the land of sleep for our waking needs, pushing the boundary back and reaching, apparently, for a point in our evolution where we will sleep no more. This in itself, of course, need not be a bad thing. What could be disastrous, however, is that we should press too quickly towards this goal, sacrificing sleep only to gain more time in which to jeopardize our civilization by actions and decisions made weak by fatigue.
Then, to complete the picture, there are those who believe that most people are persuaded to sleep too much. Dr. H. Roberts, writing in Every Man in Health, asserts it may safely be stated also. It would be a pity to retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to work and play well with less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm. If one of the trends of evolution is that more of the life span is to be spent in gainful waking activity, then surely these people are in the van of this advance.
The author seems to indicate that ______.
A．there are many controversial issues like the right amount of sleep
B．among many issues the right amount of sleep is the least controversial
C．people are now moving towards solving many controversial issues
D．the right amount of sleep is a topic of much controversy among doctors
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John Preston lives in a flat in north London. He moved there after his wife died four years ago to be close to his daughter’s family, and because his big detached house and garden were too much work for him as he got older. It’s easier in the flat because the letting agent does everything that needs doing. The agent has the not satisfied because the window frames need painted two years ago, but the painters didn’t do it very well, so they need doing again. John pays over ￡1,500 a year for service and maintenance, and he thinks that it’s not good enough because the flats look shabby and a lot of things need repairing.
His daughter June, and her husband, Pete, on the other hand, have to do everything themselves or find builders to do it. They live in a large semi-detached house further out from the center of London than John, but they are still near enough to see him often. They live in the suburbs with a nice garden when their children play. They moved there four years ago to have more space. The only drawback is that June’s husband has to commute into the centre of London every day, but, overall, they are happy with their decision. When they bought the house, a lot needed doing to it and still does. June says, “We have a list of things to do as long as your arm-the roof needs repairing and the chimney needs mending. The bedrooms need decorating and we haven’t had the broken windowpanes replaced yet in the conservatory. We need to fix the gate and repair the path-it looks dreadful when you arrive.
31. John lives in the centre of London.（）
32. The agent hasn’t done anything to John’s flat.（）
33. June and Pete live near to John.（）
34. There are broken windowpanes in conservatory.（）
35. The front of the house is in a good state (处于较好的状态)。（）
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It is often difficult for a man to be quite sure what tax ought to be paid to the government because it depends on so many different things: whether the man is married; how many children he has; whether he supports any relations; how much he earns; how much interest he receives; how much he has spent on his house during the year, and so on and so forth.All this makes it difficult to decide exactly how much the tax is.
There was a certain artist who was always very careful to pay the proper amount.
One year, after posting his check as usual, he began to wonder if he had paid enough, and after a lot of work, with a pencil and paper, he decided that he had not.He believed that he owed the government something.
He was just writing another check to send to the tax-collector when the postman dropped a letter into the box at the front door.Opening it, the artist was surprised to find inside it a check for five pounds from the tax-collector.The official explained that too much had been paid, and that therefore the difference was now returned to the taxpayer.
21.It is mentioned in the passage that one has to pay tax according to().
A.how much education one has received
B.whether one is single or married
C.how old one's children are
22.The underlined word "proper" in the second paragraph means().
A.small
B.big
C.right
23.After a lot of work, the artist thought that he had paid the government()
A.less tax than he should have
B.more tax than he should have
C.as much tax as usual
24.What did the artist receive()
A.A check from the bank clerk.
B.A check from the tax-collector.
C.A gift from the tax-collector.
25.Why did that tax-collector send a letter to the artist()
A.To send him a new tax form.
B.To return the money over-paid.
C.To remind him of paying the tax.
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One silly question I simply can't stand is "How do you feel？". Usually the question is asked of a man in action --- a man on the go, walking along the street, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say？ He'll probably say, "Fine, I'm all right," but "you've put a bug in his ear" -- maybe now he's not sure. If you are a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk, that he overlooked that morning. It starts him worrying a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else, "How do you feel？"
Every question has its time and place. It's perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask "How do you feel？" if you're visiting a close friend in the hospital, But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to make a train, or sitting at his desk working, it's no time to ask him that silly question.When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays was in his eighties, someone asked him "How do you feel？" Shaw put him in his place. "When you reach my age," he said, "either you feel all right or you're dead."
1.According to the writer, greetings, such as "How do you feel？" ____.
A、show one's consideration for others
B、are a good way to make friends
C、are proper to ask a man in action
D、generally make one feel uneasy
2.The question "How do you feel？" seems to be correct and suitable when asked of ____.
A、a man working at his desk
B、a person having lost a close friend
C、a stranger who looks somewhat worried
D、a friend who is ill
3.The writer seems to feel that a busy man should ____.
A、be praised for his efforts
B、never be asked any question
C、not be bothered
D、be discouraged from working so hard
4.George Bernard Shaw's reply in the passage shows his ____.
A、cheerfulness
B、cleverness
C、ability
D、politeness
5.“You've put a bug in his ear ”means that you've ____.
A、made him laugh
B、shown concern for him
C、made fun of him
D、given him some kind of warning
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It is often difficult for a man to be quite sure how much tax he ought to pay to the government because it depends on so many different things：whether the man is married;how many children he has;whether he supports any relations，how much interest he receives，how much he has spent on his house during the year，and so on. All this makes it difficult to decide exactly how much the tax is.There was an artist who was always very careful to pay the proper amount.
One year，after posting his check as usual，he began to wonder if he had paid enough，and after a lot of work，with a pencil and paper，he found that he had not. He thought that he owed the government something.
He was just writing another check to send it to the tax collector when the postman dropped a letter into the box at the front door. Opening it，the artist was surprised to find inside it a check for five pounds from the tax collector. The official explained that too much had been paid，and that therefore the difference was now returned to the taxpayer.
11. According to the passage，to decide the exact amount of tax to be paid is ____________.
A. simple
B. easy
C. difficult
D. interesting
12. It is mentioned in the passage that one has to pay tax according to ____________.
A. how much education one has received
B. whether one is single or married
C. how old one’s children are
D. where one lives
13. The word “proper” in the second paragraph means __________.
A. small
B. big
C. right
D. wrong
14. After a lot of work，the artist thought that he had paid the government ____________.
A. less tax than he should have
B. more tax than he should have
C. as much tax as usual
D. just enough tax
15. Why did the tax collector send a letter to the artist？
A. To send him a new tax form.
B. To return the money overpaid.
C. To remind him of paying the tax.
D. To explain the rules of tax paying.
