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The consignment certainly does not match the samples（）you sent us last month.
A . these
B . -
C . what
D . when
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We find it easy to love those who are _________ or fun to have around, but we don’t like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable.v
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What is the term for a person who pretends to be a participant in an experiment, but is actually working with the experimenters?
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6. Most of us . But do you know that about 1.5 billion people in this world have no access to electrical power.(take......for granted)
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Many people have tried to sell us DVD players, but you are certainly one of _________ (persuasive) salespeople we have met.
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Why does a man in the west who asks for a job say something like "Yes, I can certainly do it"？
A．Because to get the job he should give an impression that he's just fit for the job.
B．Because he is not modest.
C．Because he could do nothing but speak that way.
D．Because he was eager to get the job.
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听力原文：My former boss is quite easygoing, but I resigned yesterday. For me, I prefer to work with a manager who speaks straight from the shoulder.
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A．I prefer a boss who speaks frankly.
B．My former boss talks over the shoulder.
C．A boss who straightens his shoulder while talking satisfies me more.
D．The manager is a fast speaker.
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It was an empty hut, but at least it offered us a______for the night.
A．roof
B．shelter
C．rescue
D．screen
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听力原文：Jack, thank you for inviting us to dinner in your house tomorrow. But I'm extremely sorry that my wife and I won't be able to make it.
The speaker feels sorry because______.
A．he can't attend tomorrow's dinner.
B．his wife can't attend tomorrow's dinner.
C．the couple can't attend tomorrow's dinner.
D．the couple would be unable to cook the dinner.
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I know some respectable people who don&39;t consider themselves at liberty to indulge in friendship for any individual who has not a certain competency, or place in society. (并列分句)
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For us it is a big and dark secret;to______it would be to jeopardize our future, confessed an avi-aphobe who is currently undergoing therapy.
A．divulge
B．recall
C．retain
D．duplicate
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City traffic jam—one of the least wanted effects of the motor vehicle—is something with which we're all familiar and for which most of us have an answer. But which solution is best？
Some people suggest for better roads, others for cars to be banned (禁止) from city centers and yet others say better public transport would attract drivers from their lonely and boring journeys.
But the important question is what natural power creates a big city center. We are, after all, in an age of electronic communication; our big shopping areas have moved out of city centers, and our living areas moved out of them long ago.
Yet some force causes offices and service industries related to them to gather in London or New York or Tokyo. This suggests that far from the problems of a crowded environment forcing companies and people to move out, there is a critical (重大的) size beyond which more companies are attracted to move in. Nobody seems to know why, yet the answer is important to the way traffic jam is dealt with.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as the cause of the traffic problem？
A．The poor public transport.
B．The over-concentration of shopping centers.
C．The great number of cars in the city centers.
D．The bad road conditions.
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Therefore, today's outcome is_____for us and for the hundreds of other companies who have licensed MP3 technology.
A．disappoints
B．disappointing
C．disappointed
D．disappointment
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Vaccines are normally conceived to fight infectious disease, but a new______will bring cheer to those who have resolved to kick certain habits in the new year.
A．shot
B．bound
C．finitude
D．gunnery
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Since pleasure is the first good and natural to us, for this very reason we do not choose every pleasure, but sometimes we pass over many pleasures, when greater discomfort accrues to us as the result of them; and similarly we think many pains better than pleasures, since a greater pleasure comes to us when we have endured pains for a long time. Every pleasure then because of its natural kinship to us is good, yet not every pleasure is to be chosen; even as every pain is also an evil, yet not all are always of a nature to be avoided. Yet by a scale of comparison and by the consideration of advantages and disadvantages we must form. our judgement on all these matters. For the good on certain occasions we treat as bad, and conversely the bad as good.
We must consider that of desires some are natural, others vain, and of the natural some are necessary and others merely natural; and of the necessary some are necessary for happiness, others for the repose of the body, and others for very life.
Unhappiness comes either through fear or through vain and unbridled desire; but if a man curbs these, he can win for himself' the blessedness of understanding. Of desires, all that do not lead to a sense of pain, if they are not satisfied, are not necessary, but involve a craving which is easily dispelled, when the object is hard to procure or they seem likely to produce harm. Wherever in the case of desires which are natural, but do not lead to a sense of pain, if they are not fulfilled, the effort is intense, such pleasures are due to idle imagination, and it is not owing to their own nature that they fail to be dispelled, but owing to the empty imaginings of the man.
The disturbance of the soul cannot be ended nor true joy created either by the possession of the greatest wealth or by honour and respect in the eyes of the mob or by anything else that is associated with causes of unlimited desires. We must not violate nature, but obey her; and we shah obey her if we fulfil the necessary desires and also the natural, if they bring no harm to us, but sternly reject the harmful. The man who follows nature and not vain opinions is independent in all things. For in reference to unlimited desires even the greatest wealth is not riches but poverty.
Insofar as you are in difficulties, it is because you forget nature; for you create for yourself unlimited fears and desires. It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
What does "greater discomfort accrues to us" in Paragraph 1 mean here？
A．We get greater discomfort over a period of time.
B．We are tortured by greater discomfort.
C．Greater discomfort exists in our body.
D．Greater discomfort makes us miserable.
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—I've not finished with my dinner yet. —But our friends______for us.
A．waited
B．to be waited
C．waiting
D．are waiting
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Summer is winding down, but it's still not too late to put the top down and hit the road. For those of us who can't spring for a Corvette or a BMW, here's some good news: Two of the coolest convertibles on the road are also more affordable-- Volkswagen's New Beetle and Chrysler's PT Cruiser.
Both start at about $20,000, seat four, and get between 22 and 24 miles per gallon from their four-cylinder engines. Each has fully insulated cloth tops with rear windows made of real glass, which makes them comfort- able to use in winter. Front-wheel drive helps make them safer to drive over snow and ice. Both also offer high- performance turbocharged models starting at about $25,000. Both have bulging fenders and cool, retro personalities.
Beyond that, they're very different. The PT Cruiser focuses on practicality, while the Beetle is more fun to drive.
That fun comes from the car's chassis, suspension, and overall structure. Crank the steering into a turn and the Car follows like an eager puppy. The engine isn't powerful, but loves to rev, so you can downshift to accelerate.
The New Beetle Convertible has developed an unfortunate reputation as a "chick car" for its cute looks and the lack of power in the standard model. But for an extra $1,600, VW offers its turbocharged version, with a 150 horsepower, 1.8 liter engine, which gives the car some snap.
Even so, the convertible top eliminates what little practicality the New Beetle hatchback offers. To fit the folding top, the back seat was narrowed and angled so upright it's uncomfortable. And the folded top sits above a tiny trunk, with only five cubic feet of capacity and accessible through a smaller porthole.
Weekend trippers had better not have kids --or plan to rough it with more than a backpack or two. Interior storage is also minuscule. As with the New Beetle hatchback, the windshield is disconcertingly far away, and the wipers clear only a small slit of a view in front. Compared with the profile of the hatchback, however, the convertible sports a top that' s lower and a little less cartoonlike.
The PT Cruiser, on the other hand, looks its sinister best with the top up. Peeling the top off reveals its cutesy "roll hoop". (Chrysler denies the hoop offers rollover protection and calls it a light bar.) But the Cruiser, like its four-door brethren, offers all the year-round practicality the original Beetle convertible did in its day. The back seat is comfortable for two people, and the trunk is roomy.
Unfortunately, it's also hard to access because the big trunk lid gets in the way when open. So instead of standing to load or unload the car, you have to squat or kneel. But the storage space is huge --the biggest I've seen in any convertible. And the back seats fold forward in case you need to carry some long cargo. The interior offers four cup holders and several large storage bins.
The 220-horsepower turbocharged engine in the GT model makes the Cruiser seriously quick, which backs up its hot-rod looks. But after that, the driving experience falls apart. Like its hot-rod inspirations, the Cruiser is best on a straight, smooth road. Over bumps, its floppy chassis wobbles like jello. On the highway, the Cruiser I tested needed continual corrections to stay in its lane. The manual shifter on the GT proved sloppy; it was hard to be sure which gear the car was about to engage. Several times I hit fifth gear when aiming for third. Chrysler apparently anticipated this problem, as a brief warning chimes to let you know when you're in reverse.
Neither the PT Cruiser convertible nor the New Beetle is perfect. But for fun in the sun or even the fall -- what could be better？ Both cars brought constant waves, smiles, and stories from passersby.
What's a convertible about if it isn't looking good on the road and brightening your day？
Those who choose Volkswagen's Ne
A．practicality
B．fun to drive
C．prices
D．style
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听力原文： I would like to begin by welcoming everybody from the many different countries who have been kind enough to join us today. You are very welcome to the UK and I hope that you find your trip worthwhile- we are certainly grateful for your contribution to this debate. I consider the question of how we harness the potential of technological change—alongside the related question of science, to be the fundamental economic and social challenge of our future. What we do with information technology and how we use it will determine our success industrially and as a society for years to come.
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听力原文：Certainly I can give you some example. Factory farming is very bad for the environment, but it makes factory farming companies very high profits; companies aren’t concerned about the destruction of the rain forest and they are often not concerned about the conditions their workers work in.
For questions 13-17, choose the person who is speaking.
Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the recording.
Do not use any letter more than once.
After you have listened once, replay the recording.
A. manager of a fast food company
B. employee representative of a dairy company
C. personnel manager
D. farmer
E. lawyer
F. bank manager
G. journalist
H. manager of a farm
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Certainly no creature in the sea is odder than the common sea cucumber. All living creatures, especially human beings, have their peculiarities, but everything about the little sea cucumber seems unusual. What else can be said about it is: a bizarre animal that, among other eccentricities, eats mud, feeds almost continuously day and night but can live without eating for long periods, and can be poisonous but is considered supremely edible by gourmets.
For some fifty million years, despite all its eccentricities, the sea cucumber has subsisted on its diet of mud. It is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tubefeet, under rocks in shallow water, or on the surface of mud flats.
Common in cool water on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, it has the ability to suck up mud or sand and digest whatever nutrients are present.
Sea cucumbers come in a variety of colors, ranging from black to reddish-brown to sand-color and white. One form. even has vivid purple tentacles. Usually the creatures are cucumber-shaped hence their name and because they are typically rock inhabitants, this shape, combined with flexibility, enables them to squeeze into crevices where they are safe from predators and ocean currents.
Although they have voracious appetites, eating day and night, sea cucumbers have the capacity to become motionless and live at a low metabolic rate — feeding sparingly or not at all for long periods, so that the marine organisms that provide their food have a chance to multiply. If it were not for this faculty, they would devour all the food available in short time and would probably starve themselves out of existence.
But the most spectacular thing about the sea cucumber is the way it defends itself. Its major enemies are fish and crabs. When attacked, it squirts all its internal organs into the water. It also casts off attached structures such as tentacles. The sea cucumber will eviscerate and regenerate itself when it is attacked or even touched; it will do the same if the surrounding water temperature is too high or if the water becomes too polluted.
The passage mainly discusses
A．the reason for the sea cucumber's name.
B．what makes the sea cucumber unusual.
C．how to identify the sea cucumber.
D．places where the sea cucumber can be.
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We know that many animals de not stay in one place. Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time. They move for different reasons: most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.
When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration (迁移) is probably the migration of fish, which is called "salmon". This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is old, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies there. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.
Recently, scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster (龙虾). Every year, when the season of bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across, the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go.
So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another, but at other times we don't. Maybe living things just like to travel.
Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to ______.
A．give birth
B．enjoy warmer weather
C．find food more easily
D．find beautiful places
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听力原文：On behalf of Reading Advantage, I'd like to thank you all so much for recognizing the contributions we've made to literacy in Trenton this year. This award is such great encouragement for us to work even harder towards advancing citywide literacy in the years to come. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who contributed to our success and accomplishments, not only this year, but for the past five years since we began our mission to eliminate illiteracy in Trenton. I'd like to start by thanking Michelle Gray as one of the largest donors to our organization. We wouldn't have been as successful without her assistance.
What is the speaker doing？
A．Accepting an award
B．Holding an auction
C．Organizing an event
D．Overseeing a contest
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For miles around us there was nothing but a desert, without a single plant_____.
A、on earth.
B、at a distance.
C、in sight.
D、in place.
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Certain___ of chocolate make us feel happy（）
A．account for
B．confess
C．crush
D．inherit
E．manufacture
F．meltG．propertyH．release
