her earthly life: this time around, as a(n) ____48____, she gets to see the results of Margot’s decision: why something happened as it did, and how each person is loved and guarded by their angels.
It is an interesting book. I have to admit, however, that I, with all my experience of
guardian angels do not believe we come ____49____ as our own protectors. In my experience, our guardian angels see everything, everywhere, because they ____50____ us and are always encouraging us to “fear not”. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41.
A. point A. time A. died A. grass
B. basis B. place B. left B. dust
C. reason
D. purpose
C. courage C. graduated C. water
D. success D. escaped D. success D. effortless D. at D. harm
D. nearly D. affecting D. guesses
A. helpless A. into
B. hopeless B. for
C. careless C. after
A. hardship A. officially A. disturbing A. hears
B. sadness B. hardly
C. surprise
C. formerly C. deserting C. wonders
B. protecting
B. knows
A. repeating B. correcting C. avoiding D. Admitting
没有42题 43. 44. 45. 46.
A. love
B. praise
C. follow
D. praise
A. powerful A. complain A. as with
B. grateful B. destroy
C. afraid C. end
D. calm D. change
D.
B. along with C. because of
instead of 47. 48. 49. 50.
第二部分 阅读理解 （共15小题， 每小题2分，满分30分）
A. difference A. human A. up
B. disagreement B. place
C. experience C. courage
D. mistake
D. success
B. back C. over D. about
D. replace
A. trust B. educate C. occupy
A
Shopping is a game with two teams---shoppers and retails(零售商). Here is the game
plan you need.
Bargains and Impulse(冲动) Shopping
Limit the number of stores you go to. The more “legwork” you put in, the more you may
feel the need to “reward” yourself for your effort.
Don’t make friends with the sales staff. The more you interact(互动) with the sales staff,
the more likely it is that you will buy something. This is because you feel like you don’t want to let down someone who has helped you.
Leave your credit cards at home. Research shows people are willing to spend more
money with plastic than with cash. The less immediate the payment the more easily people will spend.
At the Supermarket
Slow down and double-check what you’re picking up. Stores can make sales very specific
and confusing, such as placing a sign offering 50% a 2kg ham wedged(嵌入) between the full-price 3kg ones. Shoppers could wind up grabbing the wrong one and paying full price.
Don’t think when you buy in bulk(大批量) you’re getting a better deal. That’s not always
the case. In the produce department, for example, individual capsicums are almost always cheaper than those in the multi-pack.
Don’t buy something in bulk just because it’s on sale. The ten-for-$10 promotion is one
of the most effective. This is what stores do to get volume out the door----even if they’re raised the unit price to do it.
Shopping Online
Hide your cookies. Companies use online cookies (a piece of data from a website stored
on your web browser that informs the site of related net activity) to target shopper with relevant ads, but they can also reveal information from your browsing history. Stick to budget-friendly sites to bump into lower offers. And use your browser settings to block third-party tracking cookies.
Look online first. Even if you choose to shop in store rather than online, check sites with
user reviews and ratings, such as amazon.com and cnt.com, to find products with the most
positive feedback. If the highest-rated items are cheaper online, including delivery, ask the store to match the total price.
Geo-blocking is what some multinational retails do to charge different prices for the same
product in different markets. With a little more effort, you can get around geo-blocking. Apple, for instance, will let you shop in their US store by using US iTunes gift-cards that can be bought online.
Play the Game to Get Instant Bargains
Speak up! Not happy with the view from your hotel window, or the way the burger is
cooked?
Don’t be forced to put up with the poor experience, give honest, polite feedback and we’re almost certain you’ll be treated to what you expected----- and paid for.
Find better online actuation(驱动) deals. Misspelled it! One of the best ways to find great
deals on eBay is via auctions(拍卖) that have misspelled words. For example, an “Xbox Connect” will often sell for less than an “Xbox Kinect” since fewer people search for the wrong version. Website FatFingers.com helps you find these listings. With thousands of items listed on eBay with spelling mistakes each year, you’re likely to find what you’re looking for at much lower prices.
51. To control the impulse of shopping, the writer suggests that shoppers_______.
A. go to visit the shops as many as possible B. have a close relationship with the sales staff C. pay in cash instead of by credit card D. increase their knowledge of colors
52. The writer recommends shoppers look online first because ________.
A. it helps them to bargain with the store B. new products are available online first C. reviews and ratings are always reasonable D. they will save much “legwork”
B
A bargain is something offered at a low and advantageous price. A more recent definition
is: a bargain is a dirty trick to force money out of the pockets of silly and innocent people.
The cost of producing a new-----for example-----toothpaste would make 80p the proper
price for it, so we will market it at ￡1.20. It is not a bad toothpaste, and as people like to try new things it will sell well to start with; but the attraction of novelty soon fades, so sales will fall. When that happens we will reduce the price to ￡1.15. and we will turn it into a bargain by printing 5p OFF all over it.
Sometimes it is not 5p OFF but 1p OFF. What breathtaking rudeness to advertise 1p OFF
your soap or washing powder or whatever! Even the poorest old-age pensioner ought to regard this as an insult(侮辱), but he doesn’t. A bargain must not be missed. People say one has to have washing powder (or whatever) and one might as well buy it a penny cheaper.
The real danger starts when necessary things become “bargains”. Many people just can’t
resist bargains. Provided they think they are getting a bargain they will buy clothes they will never wear or furniture they have no space for. Once I heard of a man who bought an electric saw as a bargain and cut off two of his fingers the next day. But he had no regrets: the saw had been truly cheap.
Quite a few people actually believe that they make money on such bargains. A lady once
told me: “I’ve had a lucky day today. I bought a dress for ￡120, reduced from ￡400; and I bought a beautiful Persian carpet for ￡600, reduced from ￡900.” It will never occur to her that she has actually wasted ￡720. She feels as though she had made ￡580. She also feels, I am sure, that if she had more time for shopping, she could make a living out of it.
Some people buy in large quantities because it is cheaper. Once a couple bought enough
sugar for their lifetime and the lifetime of their children and grandchildren. They bought it a bargain not to be missed. When the sugar arrived they didn’t know where to store it---until they realized that their toilet was a very spacious one. So that was where they piled up their sugar. Not only did their guests feel rather strange whenever they were offered sugar to put into their coffee, but the toilet became extremely sticky.
To offer bargains is a commercial trick to make the poor poorer. When greedy fools fall
for this trick, it severs them right.
53. Which word best describes the language style of the passage?
A. Polite
B. Foolish
C. Humorous
D. Serious
54. What does the underlined word “novelty” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Good quality B. Low price C. Newness D. Curiosity
55. How does the author feel about 1p OFF a product?
A. It’s a gift for poor people. B. It’s an offense to shoppers. C. It’s a bargain worth trying. D. It’s a real reduction in price.
C
A setting of a story acts as a photographic backdrop to your plot and interacts with the
characters.
Time is the starting point of your setting. You develop your story and combine characters
with respect to your chosen time period. Likewise, your story could evolve from a specific time of the day.
A locale, in other words is the clothing of your story. This could be just about any place
you have heard of or you created. What follows your locale next is the architecture of the place----for example, if your character was born in a Victorian style house then you will need to add in details like colored brickwork or fireplace to go with your character.
Atmosphere has got to do with the climatic influences in your story. This could mean the heavy rains, mild wind or big earthquakes. Wrapping your story with weather details is a safe way of lightening the mood of your story.
Geography of a place, again, helps to set mood of your story. It could be strange forest or lifeless river.
Your cultural setting greatly helps with your character. The social practices, history or music, are some of the cultural factors to develop the story.
Senses are extremely vital. Imagine being wakened by the sweet of freshly-cut grass on a summer morning; or sitting by the side of a fireplace while the logs(圆木) crepitate(破碎)；or enjoying a creaming chocolate; or watching the painting on cave walls; or moving one’s fingers tenderly through someone’s thick hair.
While you can add many layers to your story through the setting elements above, there are chances that as an author, you would fail to see the forest for its trees. In other words, you would be so caught up with the minutiae(微小的细节) details of the settings that you will,