a speech to business leaders
a speech of a manager to his staff
an article in a popular magazine
a movie
第1题：
From the passage, we can infer that "popular" words are ______.
A. essential to daily life
B. not regular in usage
C. convenient to use
D. not*standard enough to be used
第2题：
When we talk about “parts of speech”, we know that a describing word we use to describe a noun is a/an ______; a word that can be used instead of a noun is a/an _______; a word used in front of a countable or uncountable noun is a/an ___________.
A、pronoun, article, adjective
B、article, adjective, pronoun
C、adjective, article, pronoun
D、adjective, pronoun, article
第3题：
Which of the following can we infer from the passage?
A．Everyone has his lucky day.
B．The supermarket is dishonest.
C．The supermarket might just play a trick so customers should be more cautious.
D．Wives should listen to their husbands.
第4题：
We can infer from the passage that _______.
A there is little distinction between specialisation and professionalisation
B amateurs can compete with professionals in some areas of science
C professionals tend to welcome amateurs into the scientific community
D amateurs have national academic societies but no local ones
第5题：
We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald .
A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.
B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down
D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
第6题：
From the passage we can () that this disease can be cured.
A、insult
B、inspire
C、refuse
D、infer
第7题：
We can infer from the passage that （ ）
A． abstract thinking does not come from physical experiences
B． feelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwide
C． physical temperature affects how we see others
D． capable persons are often cold to others
第8题：
From the passage we can infer that ______.
A. Eaton invented the idea of the internet shopping
B. Eaton drove other businessmen to failure
C. Eaton never sold his goods on credit
D. Eaton was defeated by his rivals
第9题：
We can infer from the passage that the water table lies .
A. between the topsoil layer and the subsoil layer
B. in the subsoil layer above bedrock
C. between the subsoil layer and bedrock
D. in the bedrock layer beneath the subsoil
第10题：
From the passage we can infer that the story happened in______.
A. spring
B. summer
C. autumn
D. winter
48．答案为D 从第三段...under all the woolen scarves和乘客的谈话中可推断当时天气很冷，因此D为最佳答案。