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Big Foot in “Coward” by Naipaul is a kind person who is subjected to the ridicule of people on the Miguel Street.
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How many stories does The Miguel Street consist of?
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What kind of world is created in The Miguel Street?
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Why are people on the Miguel Street scared of Big Foot?
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Why is the garbage collector highly respected in the Miguel Street?
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How can you go ______ the street when the traffic is heavy?
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Miguel's perplexity is understandable-he's an all-purpose maintenance man at a mid-town-Manhattan residential building.
A．all out
B．versatile
C．prolific
D．capable
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听力原文：W: Maybe we should take Main Street this morning. The radio announcer said traffic on the 7th Avenue is really heavy.
M: Well, if he says to take Main Street, we should go the other way!
Q: What do we learn about the man？
(18)
A．He always does what the announcer says.
B．He thinks that the announcer is very good at his work.
C．He is angry at the announcer's words.
D．He doesn't believe what the announcer says.
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A postman delivers mail round a housing estate. He does not want to visit the same street more than once, but can pass over the same street comers. On which housing estate is this possible？
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此题为多项选择题。
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The （） of a happy home is what those people wandering in the street need most.
A．abandon
B．confrontation
C．mirage
D．security
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听力原文：W: I just found someone's wallet lying in the street. Luckily, the owner's telephone number is inside.
M: My house is a short walk from here.
Q: What does the man imply？
(16)
A．He knows who the wallet belongs to.
B．He can call the owner from his house.
C．Some member of his family lost the wallet.
D．The woman should keep the wallet at his house.
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Downing Street is a metonymy（） of ____________.
A．American government
B．British government
C．Japanese government
D．French government
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A room is bookedwith side view, overlooking a street.
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Passer-by: ______？ Local resident: Yes, there is one near the end of the street. It's behind the church.
A．Hello. Sir. Where's the bus station
B．Excuse me. Is there a parking lot anywhere around here
C．Excuse me, Sir？ How can I find the way to the police station
D．Which building is the Department of Immigration, please
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The government building is_________ the other side________ the street
A．at, of
B．on, in
C．at, in
D．on, of
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The dot-com collapse may have been a disaster for Wall Street, but here in Silicon Valley, it was a blessing. It was the welcome end to an abnormal condition that very nearly destroyed the area in an overabundance of success. You see, the secret to the Valley's astounding multiple decade boom is failure. Failure is what fuels and renews this place. Failure is the foundation for innovation.
The valley's business ecology depends on failure the same way the tree-covered hills around us depend on fire it wipes out the old growth and creates space for new life. The valley has always been in danger of drowning in the unwelcome waste products of success too many people, too expensive houses, too much traffic, too little office space and too much money chasing too few startups. Failure is the safety valve, the destructive renewing force that frees up people, ideas and capital and recombines them, creating new revolutions.
Consider how the Internet revolution came to be. After half a decade of start-up struggles, for example, hundreds of millions of Hollywood dollars were going up in smoke. It all seemed like a terrible waste, but no one noticed that the collapse left one very important byproduct, a community of laid-off C++ programmers who were now expert in multimedia design, and out on the street looking for the next big thing.
These media geeks were the pioneer of the dot-com revolution. They were the Web's business pioneers, applying their newfound media sensibilities to create one little company after another. Most of these start-ups failed, but even in failure they advanced the new medium of cyberspace. A few geeks, like Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark, succeeded and utterly changed our lives. In 1994 Clark was unemployed after leaving the company be founded, doggedly trying to develop a new interactive-TV concept. He approached Marc Andreessen, the co developer of Mosaic, the first widely used Internet browser, in hope of persuading Andreessen to help him design his new system. Instead, Andreessen opened Clark's eyes to the Web's potential. Clark promptly tossed his TV plans in the trash, and the two co-founded Netscape, the cornerstone of the consumer-Web revolution.
Like the interactive-TV refugees and generations of innovators before them, the dot-comers are already hatching new companies. Many are revisiting good ideas executed badly in the 1990s, while others are striking out into entirely new spaces. This happy chaos is certain to mature into a new order likely to upset an establishment, as it delivers life-changing wonders to the rest of us. But this is just the start, for revolutions give birth to revolutions. So let's hope for more of Silicon Valley's successful failures.
What is implied in the first sentence？
A．The Silicon Valley blamed its failure on the success of Wall Street.
B．The Silicon Valley is also noted for its complex ecological web.
C．The Silicon Valley takes a vain pride in its overabundant successes.
D．The Silicon Valley would benefit from the collapse in certain ways.
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You might think that borrowing a match upon the street is a simple thing. But any man who has ever tried it will assure you that it is not, and will be prepared to swear on oath to the truth of my experience of the other evening.
I was standing on the corner of the street with a cigar that I wanted to light. I had no match. I waited till a decent, ordinary man came along. Then I said:
"Excuse me, sir, but could you oblige me with the loan of a match？"
"A match？" he said, "why, certainly." Then he unbuttoned his overcoat and put his hand in the pocket of his waistcoat. "I know I have one," he went on, "and I'd almost swear it's in the bottom pocket — or, hold on, though, I guess it may be in the top — just wait till I put these parcels down on the sidewalk."
"Oh, don't trouble," I said. "It's really of no consequence."
"Oh, it's no trouble, I'll have it in a minute; I know there must be one in here somewhere"—he was digging his fingers into his pockets as he spoke — "but you see this isn't the waistcoat that I generally…"
I saw that the man was getting excited about it. "Well, never mind," I protested; "if that isn't the waistcoat that you generally — why, it doesn't matter."
"Hold on, now, hold on!" the man said. "I've got one of the cursed things in here somewhere. I guess it must be in with my watch. No, it's not there either. Wait till I try my coat. If that damned tailor only knew enough to make a pocket so that a man could get at it!"
He was getting pretty well worked up now. He had thrown down his walking-stick and was searching his pockets with his teeth set. "It's that cursed young boy of mine," he exasperated; "this comes of his fooling in my pockets. By God! perhaps I won't warm him up when I get home. Say, I'll bet that it's in my hippocket. You just hold up the tail of my overcoat a second till I…"
"No, no," I protested again,"please don't take all this trouble, it really doesn't matter. I'm sure you needn't take off your overcoat, and oh, pray don't throw away your letters and things in the snow like that, and tear out your pockets by the roots! Please, please don't trample over your overcoat and put your feet through the parcels. I do hate to hear you swearing at your little boy, with that peculiar grumble in your voice. Don't — please don't tear your clothes so savagely."
Suddenly the man gave a grunt of joy, and drew his hand up from inside the lining of his coat.
"I've got it," he cried. "Here you are!" Then he brought it out under the light.
It was a toothpick.
Yielding to the impulse of the moment I pushed him under the wheels of a trolley-car and ran.
The author narrates the story in a _________________ tone？
A．sorrowful
B．humorous
C．indifferent
D．excited
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The 10 households on a certain street have household incomes that range from $34,000 to $150, 000 and an average (arithmetic mean) household income of $ 60,000. If the household with the highest income and the one with the lowest income are excluded. What is the average household income for the remaining 8 households？
A．$41,600
B．$47,000
C．$52,000
D．$61,000
E．$75,000
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A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. “Is this your car, Mister？” he asked.
Paul nodded. “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was astounded. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing？ Boy, I wish….” He hesitated. Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, “Would you like to take a ride in my automobile？”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes aglow, said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house？”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wante d. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are？” the boy asked.
He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.
“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m gonna give you one just like it…, then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he had said: “It is more blessed to give….”
1、The boy was astounded.
A、He was very surprised
B、He was so surprised that he was shocked
C、He was extremely surprised
D、The car was so beautiful that he felt excited
2、Paul looked at the boy…, then impulsively he added, “….”
A、 he did this without planning and thinking
B、he did this with careful thinking
C、he was impelled by his brother to do this
D、he was forced by his mother to do this
3、The boy was not coming fast because ().
A、he was coming down the steps
B、he wanted to sit down on the steps
C、he wanted to see the car clearly
D、he was carrying his crippled brother
4、He…squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.
A、moved closer and touched him
B、held him tightly in his arms
C、pushed him nearer to the car
D、pulled him closer and supported him
5、…the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.
A、easy to remember
B、likely to be noticeable
C、worth remembering
D、likely to be seen
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Robert Miguel, CFA, is a portfolio manager for a large investment advisory firm. In appreciation of his impressive portfolio returns last quarter, one of his clients, Kevin Goodman, has invited Miguel
A、Both of these Standards.
B、Neither of these Standards.
C、Only one of these Standards.
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Why are people on the Miguel Street scared of Big Foot? 答案:He is strong and brooding.
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--Excuse me, is there a grocery nearby？--Davis Street is three blocks ahead.（）
是
否
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Tianjin Ancient Culture Street with 600 years’ history, standing by the key section of the Haihe River, is located in Nankai District of Tianjin.As a cultural area Tianjin Ancient Culture Street is well known to both domestic and overseas tourists.Yu Huang Ge and Tian Hou Temple are the two historic cultural relics on the list of municipal government protection.
Tianjin Ancient Culture Street, rebuilt in the 1980’s, is a great success.The whole block is still conserved the existing urban pattern and traditional Chinese style.The lanes and houses in the street are almost preserved in a good condition with Tianjin local features.In the past, wheneverthe day of 23rd of March in the lunar calendar was coming, which is said to be the birthday of Tian Hou (the Heaven Mother), a great ceremony would be held there.On the ceremony, many Chinese traditional performances were shown, such as Shiziwu (dancing playing as a lion), Huahanchuan (dancing with a ship-like dressing), Caigaoqiao (dancing standing on stilts) and so on.
As the result of expanding Tian Hou Temple, renovating the Yu Huang Ge building and renewing the Haihe Lou, this street with fine landscape and distinctive architectural style. has become a flourishing cultural and tourist attraction.
()41.In which district is Tianjin Ancient Culture Street located？
A.Xiqing.B.Hexi.C.Hongqiao.D.Nankai.
()42.What are the historic and cultural relics preserved in Ancient Culture Street？
A.Yu Huang Ge and Tian Hou Temple.
B.The passage doesn’t mention them.
C.The old houses along the street.
D.The old lanes and houses.
() 43.What was damaged in rebuilding the whole block？
A.The existing urban pattern.
B.The lanes and houses in the street.
C.The traditional Chinese architectural style.
D.None of the above.
()44.What happened on the day of 23rd of March in the lunar calendar in the past？
A.A big feast was given for all the people in the street.
B.Heaven Mother’s birthday was celebrated.
C.A cooking competition was held.
D.Chinese and foreign magicians gave joint performance.
()45.After reconstruction, the cultural street has become____.
A.a business center
C.a leisure and pleasure land.
B.a walking street
D.a tourist attraction.
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Dorm 6 is on the Second Street.（）
