Although you were wealthy, I’d sooner you （)happy.

第1题

Looking hack on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Altho

ugh we were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages. I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic. Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim memory of the house we lived in. of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a crystal-clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds and, above all, the insects. I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigations. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil while reading about other people s observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle, because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, of which some might be honored with the title of scientific research. But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist; one of the outstanding and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist requires not only self-discipline but hard training, determination and a goal. A scientist, up to a point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.

The first paragraph tells us that the author______.

A．was born to a naturalist" s family

B．lost his hearing when he was a child

C．didn" t like his brothers and sisters

D．was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood

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第2题

Can you imagine what the world would be like if _________ no computers？

A.there are

B.there has been

C.there were

D.we have

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第3题

I ________ thank you too much for all your help to my son while we were away from home.

A.won’t

B.can’t

C.can

D.will

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第4题

—Was the driving pleasant when you vacationed in Mexico last summer？ —No, it______for four

days when we arrived, so the roads were very muddy.

A．was raining

B．rained

C．had been raining

D．have rained

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第5题

I was nervous—desperately nervous—about becoming car-free. But eight months ago our car wa

s hit, and the damage was so bad it had to be given up. And that s when I had an idea. Why not just give up having a car at all？ The more I thought about it, the more sensible it seemed. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. If any family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that family？ But my new car-free plan wasn t shared by my family. My teenage daughters were shocked. How would they get to and from university？ (A bus, I suggested.)What would their friends think about our family being "too poor to afford a car" ？ (I wasn t that bothered what they thought, and I suggested they take the same approach.) My friends, too, were astonished at our plan. Wasn t a car essential, when you had children？ What would happen if someone got seriously ill overnight and needed to go to hospital (erm...an ambulance？). People smiled, as though this was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure I d soon realise that a car wasn t a luxury, it was a necessity. Eight months on, I wonder whether we 11 ever own a car again. The idea that you "have" to own a car, especially if you live in a city, is all in the mind. I live—and many other people do too—in a community that has never been better served by public transport, and yet car ownership has never been higher. Do I really need a car？ The answer, for me, turned out to be no, and Im a lot richer because I dared to ask the question.

The author decided to live a car-free life______.

A．after his car was damaged beyond repair

B．after he was hurt in a terrible car accident

C．because maintaining a car was too costly

D．because the traffic jam was too much for him

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第6题

【D6】SPEAKER A: HELLO, MAY I SPEAK TO ALICE PLEASE？ SPEAKER B:【D4】______HOW"S IT GOING？ S

【D6】

SPEAKER A: HELLO, MAY I SPEAK TO ALICE PLEASE？ SPEAKER B:【D4】______HOW"S IT GOING？ SPEAKER A: I"VE BEEN TRYING TO CALL YOU ALL DAY. SPEAKER B:【D5】______I WAS CLEANING UP. SPEAKER A: IT"S OKAY. SPEAKER B: SO WHAT WERE YOU CALLING ME ABOUT？ SPEAKER A: OH, I JUST WANTED TO SEE【D6】______ SPEAKER B: SURE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO？ SPEAKER A: MAYBE WE CAN GO SEE A MOVIE OR SOMETHIN

G. SPEAKER B: THAT SOUNDS LIKE FU

N. 【D7】______ SPEAKER A: I"LL SEE YOU TOMORROW THE

N. SPEAKER B: SEE YOU THE

N. GOODBYE A. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

B. LET"S DO IT.

C. THIS IS SH

E.

D. IF YOU WANTED TO HANG OUT TOMORROW.

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第7题

【D7】SPEAKER A: HELLO, MAY I SPEAK TO ALICE PLEASE？ SPEAKER B:【D4】______HOW"S IT GOING？ S

【D7】

SPEAKER A: HELLO, MAY I SPEAK TO ALICE PLEASE？ SPEAKER B:【D4】______HOW"S IT GOING？ SPEAKER A: I"VE BEEN TRYING TO CALL YOU ALL DAY. SPEAKER B:【D5】______I WAS CLEANING UP. SPEAKER A: IT"S OKAY. SPEAKER B: SO WHAT WERE YOU CALLING ME ABOUT？ SPEAKER A: OH, I JUST WANTED TO SEE【D6】______ SPEAKER B: SURE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO？ SPEAKER A: MAYBE WE CAN GO SEE A MOVIE OR SOMETHIN

G. SPEAKER B: THAT SOUNDS LIKE FU

N. 【D7】______ SPEAKER A: I"LL SEE YOU TOMORROW THE

N. SPEAKER B: SEE YOU THE

N. GOODBYE A. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

B. LET"S DO IT.

C. THIS IS SH

E.

D. IF YOU WANTED TO HANG OUT TOMORROW.

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第8题

【D5】SPEAKER A: HELLO, MAY I SPEAK TO ALICE PLEASE？ SPEAKER B:【D4】______HOW"S IT GOING？ S

【D5】

SPEAKER A: HELLO, MAY I SPEAK TO ALICE PLEASE？ SPEAKER B:【D4】______HOW"S IT GOING？ SPEAKER A: I"VE BEEN TRYING TO CALL YOU ALL DAY. SPEAKER B:【D5】______I WAS CLEANING UP. SPEAKER A: IT"S OKAY. SPEAKER B: SO WHAT WERE YOU CALLING ME ABOUT？ SPEAKER A: OH, I JUST WANTED TO SEE【D6】______ SPEAKER B: SURE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO？ SPEAKER A: MAYBE WE CAN GO SEE A MOVIE OR SOMETHIN

G. SPEAKER B: THAT SOUNDS LIKE FU

N. 【D7】______ SPEAKER A: I"LL SEE YOU TOMORROW THE

N. SPEAKER B: SEE YOU THE

N. GOODBYE A. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

B. LET"S DO IT.

C. THIS IS SH

E.

D. IF YOU WANTED TO HANG OUT TOMORROW.

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第9题

【D4】SPEAKER A: HELLO, MAY I SPEAK TO ALICE PLEASE？ SPEAKER B:【D4】______HOW"S IT GOING？ S

【D4】

SPEAKER A: HELLO, MAY I SPEAK TO ALICE PLEASE？ SPEAKER B:【D4】______HOW"S IT GOING？ SPEAKER A: I"VE BEEN TRYING TO CALL YOU ALL DAY. SPEAKER B:【D5】______I WAS CLEANING UP. SPEAKER A: IT"S OKAY. SPEAKER B: SO WHAT WERE YOU CALLING ME ABOUT？ SPEAKER A: OH, I JUST WANTED TO SEE【D6】______ SPEAKER B: SURE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO？ SPEAKER A: MAYBE WE CAN GO SEE A MOVIE OR SOMETHIN

G. SPEAKER B: THAT SOUNDS LIKE FU

N. 【D7】______ SPEAKER A: I"LL SEE YOU TOMORROW THE

N. SPEAKER B: SEE YOU THE

N. GOODBYE A. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

B. LET"S DO IT.

C. THIS IS SH

E.

D. IF YOU WANTED TO HANG OUT TOMORROW.

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第10题

【D1】SPEAKER A: SO, WHAT" S THE STATUS OF OUR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN？ SPEAKER B: AS I MENTIO

【D1】

SPEAKER A: SO, WHAT" S THE STATUS OF OUR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN？ SPEAKER B: AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT"LL BE A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN STARTING NEXT MONT

H.【D1】______FIRST, WE"LL HAVE 30-SECOND SPOTS ON TELEVISION ONCE A DAY FOR 3 WEEKS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE"LL DO 15-SECOND RADIO COMMERCIALS 3 TIMES A DAY IN SELECTED CITIES WITH LARGE POPULATIONS. FINALLY, WE"LL HAVE SOME OUTDOOR ADS USING BILLBOARDS NEAR MAIN ENTRANCES TO BIG CITIES. SPEAKER A: 【D2】______ SPEAKER B: WE" RE FOCUSING ON SLICE OF LIFE, SHOWING HOW YOU CAN BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT BY BITING INTO A COOL ICE-CREAM SANDWIC

H. WE WILL TELL EVERYONE REASONS FOR WHY WERE COMMEND THE PRODUCTS THROUGH HYPING OUR CHOICES OF FLAVORS AND SHOW EVERYONE THEY" RE NOT STUCK WITH JUST VANILLA. SPEAKER A:【D3】______WILL WE HAVE A NEW SLOGAN？ SPEAKER B: DEFINITELY. THE ADVERTISING AGENCY" S WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. 【D4】______ SPEAKER A: SOUNDS LIKE WE"LL HAVE A WINNER ON OUR HANDS! A. SOUNDS LIKE AN IDEAL APPROAC

H.

B. WHAT STYLE. WILL THE ADS USE？

C. THEY"LL HAVE SOME PROPOSALS READY BY THE END OF THE WEE

K.

D. WE" VE DECIDED TO USE A VARIETY OF MEDIA FOR FULL COVERAG

E.

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