问题:共用题干 Hitchhiking(搭车旅游)When I was in my teens(十几岁)and 20s, hitchhiking was a main form of long-distance transport.The kindness or curiosity of strangers_________(1)me all over Europe,North America,Asia and southern Africa.Some of the lift-givers became friends, many provided hospitality_________(2)the road.Not only did you find out much more about a country than__________(3)traveling by train or plane,but also there was that element of excitement about where you would finish up that night.Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture.It has books and songs about it.So what has happened to_________(4)?A few years ago,I asked the same question about hitchhiking in a column on a newspaper.___________(5)of people from all over the world responded with their view on the state of hitchhiking,"If there is a hitchhiker's_______(6)it must be Iran,"came one reply.RuralIreland was recommended as a friendly place for hitchhiking,_________(7)was Quebec, Canada一 "if you don't mind being berated(严厉指责)for not speaking French." But while hitchhiking was clearly still alive and well in many parts of the world, the _________(8) feeling was that throughout much of the west it was doomed(消亡).With so much news about crime in the media,people assumed that anyone on the open road without the money for even a bus ticket must present a danger. But do we________(9) to be so wary both to hitchhike and to give a lift? In Poland in the 1960s,____________.(10)a Polish woman who e-mailed me,"the authorities introduced the Hitchhiker's Booklet.The booklet contained coupons for drivers, so each time a driver_________(11)somebody,he or she received a coupon.At the end of the season,_________(12)who had picked up the most hikers were rewarded with various prizes.Everybody was hitchhiking then."Surely this is a good idea for society.Hitchhiking would increase respect by breaking down_________(13)between strangers.It would help fight_________(14)warming by cutting down on fuel consumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels.It would also improve educational standards by delivering instant_________(15)in geography, history,politics and sociology._________(2) A:above B:over C:at D:on
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问题:共用题干 A Heroic Woman The whole of the United States cheered its latest hero,Ashley Smith,with the Federal Bureau of Investigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind.________(1)She was moving into her apartment in Atlanta,Georgia early on the morning of March 12,when a man followed her to her door and put a gun to her side."I started walking to my door,and I felt really,really afraid,"she said in a TV interview last week.The man was Brian Nichols,33.He was suspected of killing three people at an Atlanta courthouse(法院)on March 11 and later of killing a federal agent.__________(2)Nichols tied Smith up with tape,but released her after she repeatedly begged him not to take her life."I told him if he hurt me,my little girl wouldn't have a mummy,"she said.In order to calm the man down,she read to him from"The Purpose-Driven Life",a best-selling religious book.He asked her to repeat a paragraph"about what you thought your purpose in life was一what talents were you given."_________(3)"I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust,"Smith said.Smith said she asked Nichols why he chose her."He said he thought I was an angel sent from God,and we were Christian sister and brother,"she said."And that he was lost, and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people."__________(4) She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage(报道)of the police hunt for him."I cannot believe that's me," Nichols told the woman.Then,Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do.She said,"I think you should turn yourself in.If you don't,lots more people are going to get hurt."Eventually,he let her go._________(5)A US$60,000 reward had been posted for Nichols' capture. Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith would be eligible(有资格的)for that money._________(2)A:The local police were searching for him.B:Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter.C:Smith tried very hard to kill Nichols.D:She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave.E:And the two of them discussed this topic.F:Then she called the police.
问题:The frame needs to be strong enough to support the engine.A:bottomB:surfaceC:topD:structure
问题:Did anyone call when I was out?A:everyone B:someone C:nobody D:anybody
问题:共用题干 第二篇Kobe BryantAfter 10 seasons wearing the No 8 on his back,Kobe Bryant will become No 24 next season.The reason for the surprising decision by the Los Angeles Lakers super guard last week has become a hot topic for debate.Bryant wore No 24 when he was in early high school,but he changed to No 33 in his senior year.He switched to No 8 when he was selected by the Lakers in 1996,and has not been changed since.Bryant has refused to explain the decision until the end of the play-offs(季后赛).So guessing Bryant's motive has become a popular game among NBA fans and newspaper columnists(专栏作家).There are all kinds of speculations.Many say that Bryant wants to leave the past behind and have a fresh start.He has often been criticized for playing to benefit himself and not the team as a whole.Others say that he may be trying to compare himself to Michael Jordan.Jordan was famous for his No 23 jersey(运动衫).Some, such as NBC Sport columnist Michael Ventre,argue that it is"all about money".Bryant will make more money by selling new jerseys to his fans.Some speculations are more about fun.For example,there is an opinion that Kobe is actually just a diehard(非常执着的)fan of the popular TV drama "24".All this talk has turned the number change into a major issue.It seems that there is a lot of fuss(大惊小怪)over something that should be pretty simple.Jersey numbers have their own special significance in American sports,especially basketball.Players choose their number when they join a team and they usually stick with that number for the rest of their career.When a great player retires,his team will honor him by retiring his number.To some extent,the jersey is the player,and the player is the jersey.Thus,when you see the famous No 23 for the Chicago Bulls,you immediately think about Michael Jordan.A No 32 Miami Heats jersey recalls the image of Shaquille O'Neal,and the Houston Rockets' No 11 belongs only to Yao Ming.Lots of stories are behind players' jersey number selections.Jordan said that he chose No 23 because it was roughly half of 45.Jordan's elder brother wore the No 45 in college.Yao Ming once revealed that the No 11 stands for two people in love一meaning him and his girlfriend Ye Li.Why did Jordan choose No 23?A:Because that number would make him famous.B:Because that number would make his fans miss him.C:Because that number was related to the number his brother once wore.D:Because that number was easy to remember.
问题:共用题干 Knowing Your Real Personality from Sleeping PositionsEveryone has got two personalities—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real.You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control yourself,but when you're asleep,your sleeping position shows the real you.In a normal night,of course,you often change your sleeping positions.The important position that best shows your se-cret personality is the one that you go to sleep.If you go to sleep on your back,you're a very open person.You nbrmally trust people and you are easily influenced by new ideas.You don't like to make people unhappy,so you never ex-press your real feelings.You're quite shy and you aren't very confident.If you sleep on your stomach,you are a person who likes to keep secrets.You worry a lot and you're always easily becoming sad.You never want to change your ideas,but you are satisfied with your life the way it is.You usually live for today not for tomorrow.If you sleep on curled up,you are probably a very nervous person.You have a low opinion of yourself and often protect yourself from being hurt,so you are very defensive.You're shy and you don't usually like meeting people.You like to be on your own.If you sleep on your side,you have usually got a well-balanced personality.You know your strengths and weaknesses.You're usually careful.You have a confident personality.You sometimes feel worried,but you don't often get unhappy .You always say what you think,even if it makes people angry.What does the passage tell us?A: Sleeping on your side is the best way of sleeping.B:Changing positions will cause sleeping problems.C: Sleeping positions show people's secret personalities.D: Enough sleep makes people look better and healthier.
问题:The conclusion can be deduced from the premises.A:gone B:derived C:done D:come
问题:共用题干 A Lucky BreakActor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones,and it always seems to happen when he's______(1) sport.In the film Play It to the Bone he______(2) the part of a middleweight boxer alongside Woody Harrelson.______(3)the making of the film Harrelson______(4) complaining that the fight______(5)weren't very convincing,so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight for real.The Spanish actor wasn't______(6)on the idea at first,but he was______(7) persuaded by his co-star to put on his gloves and climb into the boxing ring.However,when he realized how seriously his______(8) was taking it all,he began to regret his decision to fight.And then in the third round,Harrelson hit Banderas______(9)hard in the face that he actually broke his nose.His wife,actress Melanie Griffith,was furious that he had been playing“silly macho games”.“She was right,”confesses Banderas,“and I was a fool to______(10)a risk like that in the middle of a movie.”He was______(11)of the time he broke his leg during a football match in his native Malaga.He had always______(12)of becoming a soccer star,of performing in front of a big crowd,but doctors told him his playing days were probably over.“That's when I decided to take______(13) acting;I saw it as______(14)way of performing,and achieving recognition.What happened to me on that football______(15)was,you might say,my first lucky break.”12._________A:hopedB:pretendedC:dreamedD:looked forward
问题:共用题干 Why People Use Pseudonyms(假名字)?You can't choose the name you are given at birth,but in many countries you can change it legally when you reach adulthood.Of course,most people never change their names___________(51)they feel unhappy about them.However some people do____________(52)this course of action一particularly artists!What makes an artist want to change their name?Sometimes it's for purely_____________(53)reasons,such as the Nobel Prize winning poet from Chile,Neftaif Reyes.He didn't want his father to_____________(54)he was writing poetry,so he changed his name to Pablo Neruda when he was a young man._______________(55)other times the reason may Portuguese poet Femando Pessca,appear strange;take the case of the______________(56) wrote under 75 different names.The reason? "When I use a different name,I always write in a different way,"he explained.In most cases,____________(57),people change their names for social,historical,politi-cal,or cultural reasons.Here are some of the most ______________(58),The person's real name is just_____________(59)long and difficult to remember. Let's be honest,Madonna Louise Ciccone is not as._______________(60)to remember as just plain"Madonna".And short names are much easier to remember. William Bradley became Brad Pitt and Edson Arantes do Nascimento became Pele.Sometimes names are changed for marketing______(61).For example,if a name sounds too "foreign",it may be changed to something that is more recognizable in a___________(62).So in the film world,Ramon Estevez adopted the name Martin Sheen.Or maybe the artist's real name doesn't sound very attractive一Chad Everett does____________(63)a lot better than Raymond Cramton.Artists sometimes______________(64)the name of someone they admire.Robert Zimmerman changed his name to Boo Dylan because of his admiration for the Welsh poet,Dylan Thomas.Another reason may be practicality:in the past,women found it very difficult to get published.To _______________(65)this situation,they sometimes gave themselves men's names,so the English author Mary Ann Evans became George Eliot,and she did get her books published!_________(51)A:even ifB:asifC:asD:even
问题:共用题干 Teaching Is“One of the Least Popular Jobs in the UK”1. The UK government has just published a report on the future of secondary-school teaching (pupils aged 11~16),and the conclusion of the report is that many secondary schools now face great difficulties in finding people who want to be teachers.Since the 1980s,the number of grad-uates who say they would“seriously consider” teaching as a career has fallen sharply,from 64% in 1982 to just 17%today. The report suggests that urgent action needs to be taken in order to encourage more intelligent young graduates into teaching.2. The main drawback of secondary teaching,according to the report,is the low salary.Earnings in teaching are much lower than in many other jobs,and this means that fewer and fewer young people decide to be teachers .Joanne Manners,24,is a good example.“I graduated in maths last year,and I was thinking of doing a teacher training course to become a maths teacher -but when I looked into the details, it became clear that teaching isn't a very lucrative(赚钱的)job these days. I saw I could earn twice as much if I worked in marketing or advertising,and so I decided not to become a teacher.”3. It's not just about the money,however. The survey concluded that another reason why people don't want to be teachers is that some teenagers behave very badly in school. A lot of schools have problems with discipline,and it seems clear that children do not have the same respect for teachers as in the past. Here's the view of Dave Hallam,an accountant from London:“I think parents are to blame. They should have stricter rules with their children at home and also teach their children to have more respect for teachers.”4. “I love teaching;it's my passion.I've been a secondary-school teacher of Spanish for ten years now,and although it's a very demanding job,it's very satisfying. When I see my students passing their Spanish exams,or singing along to Spanish pop songs ,it makes me feel so proud.” Says Brian Jones,who works in a secondary school in London.So what does he think the govern-ment should do to encourage more people to become teachers?”“My view is that the government should reduce the burden of work on teachers. I find that I always have too much work to do.”5. The report is clear that the problem of teacher shortage is a very serious one.It says that the government should raise teachers' pay significantly,to catch up with workers in other professions. It also suggests that the government could launch a nationwide publicity campaign,with some ad-vertisements on TV and in the newspapers,to show the positive sides of teaching to young people. Another solution could be set a maximum number of hours per week that teachers can work,in or-der to reduce stress on teachers.“Hopefully,”the report concludes,“these solutions can im- prove the poor image of secondary teaching,and increase the number of young people who want to become teachers in the future. Morc and more young people are hold back from tcaching______.A: its benefitsB: their childhood memoriesC: their stressD: more trainingE: discipline problemsF: because of its low pay
问题:共用题干 Obesity(肥胖)Causes Global WarmingThe list of ills attributable to obesity keeps growing:Last week,obese people were accused of causing global warming.This.____(51)comes from Sheldon Jacobson of the University,of Illinois,Us,and a doctoral student, Laura McLay.Their study_______(52)how much extra gasoline is needed to haul fat Americans around.The answer,they say,is a billion gallons of gas per year.It_______(53)an extra 11 million tons of carbon dioxide.There have been______(54)for taxes on junk food in recent years.US economist Martin Schmidt suggests a tax on fast food__.____(55)to people's cars."We tax cigarettes partly because of their health cost,"Schmidt said."Similarly,leading a lazy lifestyle will end______(56)costing taxpayers more."US political scientist Eric Oliver said his first instinct was to laugh at these gas and fast food arguments? But such__________(57)are getting attention.At the US Obesity Society's annual meeting,one person__________(58)obesity、with car accident deaths,and another correlated obesity with suicides.No one asked whether there was really a cause-and-effect relationship,"The funny thing was that everyone took it.______(59),"Oliver said.In a 1960s study,children were_________(60)drawings of children with disabilities and without them,and a drawing of an obese child.They were asked______(61)they would want for a friend?The obese Child was picked last.Three researchers recently repeated the study_______(62)college students.Once again,__.___(63) no one,not even obese people,liked the obese person.But,researchers say,getting__________(64)is not like quitting smoking.People struggle to stop smoking,and,in the end,many succeed.Obesity is different。Science has shown that they have limited personal control over their weight.Genes also________(65)a part?_________54A:calls B:criesC:soundsD:noises
问题:共用题干 Margaret Sanger and Birth ControlMargaret Sanger,an American nurse,was the first to start the modern birth control movement in the United States.In 1912 she______(51)publishing information about women's reproductive(生殖的)concerns through articles and books. In 1914 Sanger was charged ______(52)violation of the Comstock Law,which federal legislation had passed in 1873 for-bidding the mailing of sexy material______(53)information about birth control and contraceptive(避孕的)devices. Though she was put in jail for these activities , Sanger______( 54 ) to publish and spread information about birth control.She and her sister Ethel Byrne opened the first of several birth control clinics in America on October 16,1916,in Brooklyn,New York.The Comstock Law was rewritten by Congress in 1 936 to______(55)birth control information and devices .Many states had laws forbidding distribution or use of contraceptive devices but the constitutionality(合宪性)of these laws was increasingly______(56).In 1965,theSupreme Court of the United States ruled that married people have the right to practice birth control without government intervention .In 1972,the court______(57)that unmarried people have the same right.Today there are more birth control options______(58),but overpopulation and unwanted pregnancies remain worldwide______(59).Having more children than one can support may lead______(60)poverty,illness,and high death rates for babies,children,and women.The problem of teenage pregnancy is______(61) worse in the United States ______(62)in almost any other developed country.Studies show that birth rates for women under 20 are higher in the United States than in 29 other______(63)countries.A detailed study suggested that the problem of teenage pregnancy in the United States may be______(64) to less sex education in schools and lower availability(可获性)of contraceptive services and supplies to young people,This study______(65)the view of people in the United States who argue that sex education or making contraceptive supplies available to school-age children promotes sexual activity.51._________A: offeredB: refusedC: beganD: took
问题:共用题干 New Changes in American LifeOnce it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families,while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children.______(46)But by the middle of this centu- ry,men's and women's roles were becoming less firmly fixed.In the 1950s,economic and social success was the goal of the typical American.But in the l960s a new force developed called the counterculture.______(47)The counterculture presen- ted men and women with new role choices.Taking more interest in childcare,men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives.In fact,some young men and women moved to communal homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by both se- xes.______(48)Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Viet-nam。In terms of numbers,the counterculture was not a very large group of people.______(49) Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns.Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on“overtime”work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families.Some doctors,lawyers,and teachers turned away from high paying situa-tions to practice their professions in poorer neighborhoods.In the 1970s,the feminist movement,or women's liberation,produced additional economic and social changes.Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater numbers.______(50)But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work,banking,dentistry,and construction work.Women were asking for equal work,and equal opportunities for promotion.Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women.Naturally,there are difficulties in adjusting to these transformations.______(47)A: In ad dition,many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier.B: Most of them still took traditional women's jobs as public school teaching,nursing,and secretarial work.C: These roles were firmly fixed for most people,and there was not much opportunity for women to exchange their roles.D: But its influence spread to many parts of American society.E: The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals.F: A great many jobs that used to belong to men are now taken by women.
问题:共用题干 Why would They Falsely Confess?Why on earth would an innocent person falsely confess to committing a crime?To most people,it just doesn't seem logical.But it is logical,say experts,if you understand what can happen in a police interrogation(审讯)room.Under the right conditions,people's minds are susceptible(易受影响的)to influence, and the pressure put on suspects during police grillings(盘问)is enormous.______(1) “The pressure is important to understand.because otherwise it's impossible to understand why someone would say he did something he didn't do.The answer is:to put an end to an uncomfortable situation that will continue until he does confess.”Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn't do.______(2)The researchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting the“alt”key to see if they would sign a statement falsely taking responsibility.Redlich's findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely confess:59% percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed.______(3)Of the 15-to 16year-olds,72 percent signed confessions,as did 78 percent of the 12-to 13-year-olds.“There's no question that young people are more at risk,”says Saul Kassin,Professor at Williams College,who has done similar studies with similar results.______(4)Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire“interrogation”in their experiments consis-ted of a simple accusation一not hours of aggressive questioning一and still,most participants falsely confessed.Because of the stress of a police interrogation,they conclude,suspects can become con-vinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation.______(5)______(5)A:In her experiment,participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the“alt” key,because doing so would crash the systems.B:“In some ways,”says Kassin,“false confession becomes a rational decision.”C:“It's a little like somebody's working on them with a dental(牙的)drill, ”says Frank-lin Zimring,a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley.D:“But adults are highly vulnerable too.”E:How could an innocent person admit to doing something he didn't do?F:Redlich also found that the younger the participant,the more likely a false confession
问题:共用题干 Mau Piailug,Ocean NavigatorMau sailed from Hawaii to Tahiti using traditional methods.In early 1976,Mau Piailug,a fisherman,led an expedition in which he sailed a tradi-tional Polynesian boat across 2,500 miles of ocean from Hawaii to Tahiti.The Polynesian Voyaging Society had organised the expedition.Its purpose was to find out if seafarers(海员) in the distant past could have found their way from one island to the other without naviga-tional instruments,or whether the islands had been populated by accident.At the time,Mau was the only man alive who knew how to navigate just by observing the stars,the wind and the sea.He had never before sailed to Tahiti,which was a long way to the south.However,he understood how the wind and the sea behave around islands,so he was confident he could find his way.The voyage took him and his crew a month to complete and he did it without a compass or charts.His grandfather began the task of teaching him how to navigate when he was still a baby.He showed him pools of water on the beach to teach him how the behaviour of the waves and wind changed in different place.Later,Mau used a circle of stones to memorise the positions of the stars.Each stone was laid out in the sand to represent a star.The voyage proved that Hawaii's first inhabitants came in small boats and navigated by reading the sea and the stars.Mau himself became a keen teacher,passing on his traditional secrets to people of other cultures so that his knowledge would not be lost.He explained the positions of the stars to his students,but he allowed them to write things down because he knew they would never be able to remember everything as he had done.Mau was familiar with the sea around Tahiti.A:RightB:WrongC:Not mentioned
问题:She was awarded a prize for the film.A:given B:rewarded C:sent D:reminded
问题:Over six thousand soldiers paraded down the Chang'an Avenue.A:marched B:lingered C:demonstrated D:matched
问题:共用题干 The Value of MotherhoodIn shopping malls,the assistants try to push you into buying“a gift to thank her for her unselfish love”.When you log onto a website,a small popo-up invites you to book a bouquet for her.Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread around for this special Sunday in May.______(1)The popularity of Mother's Day around the world suggests that Jarvis got all she wanted.In fact,she got more一enough to make her horrified.______(2)They buy,among other things,132 million cards.Mother's Day is the No 1 holiday for flower purchases.Then there are the various commodities,ranging from jewelry and clothes to cosmetics and washing powder,that take advantage of the promotion opportu-nities.Because of this,Jarvis spent the last 40 years of her life trying to stop Mother's Day.One protest against the commercialization of Mother's Day even got her arrested一for distur-bing the peace,interestingly.______(3)As Ralph Fevre,a reporter at the UK newspaper The Guardian,observe, traditionally“motherhood is something that we do because we think it's right.”But in the logic of commercialism,people need something in exchange for their time and energy.A career serves this purpose better.______(4)So they work hard and play hard.Becoming a mother,however,inevitably handicaps career anticipation.______(5)According to The Guardian,there are twice as many child-free young women as there were a generation ago.Or,they put off the responsibility of parenting until later in their lives.So,Fevre writes that the meaning of celebrating Mother's Day needs to be updated:“It is to persuade people that parenting is a good idea and to honor people for their attempt to be good people.”_______(1)A:The American version of Mother's Day was thought up as early as 1905,by Anna Jarvis,as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.B:But what's more,commercialism changes young people's attitude towards mother-hood.C:Obviously,the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.D:According to a research by the US card company Hallmark,96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.E:As a result,motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.F:In addition,women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire.
问题:Anderson left the table,remarking that he had some work to do.A:doubtingB:sayingC:thinkingD:knowing
问题:共用题干 第三篇Book Shops in LondonLondoners are great readers.They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books一specially paperbacks,which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises inthe costs of printing. They still continue to buy"proper"books,too,printed on good paper and bound between hard covers.There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London.Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found,from the celebrated one which boasts of being"the biggest bookshop in the world"to the tiny,dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dicken's time. Some of these shops stock,or will obtain,any kind of book,but many of them specialize in second-hand books,in art books,in foreign books,in books on philosophy,politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written.One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet.Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books,Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes,the collector must venture off the beaten track,to Farringdon Road,for example,in the East Central district of London.Here there is nothing so grandiose as bookshops.Instead,the booksellers come along each morning and tip out their sacks of books on the small barrows(流动集售货车)which line the gutters(街沟).And the collectors,some professional and some amateur, who have been waiting for them,pounce(一把抓住)upon the dusty cascaded(一叠叠图书).In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.The best topic for this passage is________.A:Bookshops in LondonB:The biggest bookshop in the worldC:Charring Cross RoadD:Buying books in London