83. A)learnt B)learned C)learning D)learn 84. A)around B)to C)from D)beside 85. A)to B)onto C)into D)with
86. A)intelligence B)work C)attitude D)weakness
Passage 4
I know quite a lot of Chinese students in Britain. It seems to me that __67___ of Chinese students have never made efforts to reach out and embrace real British life on ___68____ own terms. Instead, most of them prefer to share apartment with one or more ___69____ Chinese students, communicating in mandarin and eating Chinese food on a daily ___70____. In some respects, it seems as though these Chinese young men ___71_____ China. Interactions with British people tend to be limited to relatively formal, even purely academic ___72____, such as the lecture room, the library, and the professor’s office. ___73_____, few Chinese students participate in campus extracurricular activities, such as athletic matches and dances, which would put them into ___74____ with a diverse array of British young people, who also long to make Chinese friends. ___75_____, most limit themselves to taking part in programs arranged by the Chinese student associations and quite naturally, these ___76____ are generally linked to Chinese occasions such as the Spring Festival. As a result, they often find it difficult to engage British friends ___77___ sophisticated conversation about subjects such as British politics and popular music. In short, they ___78____ a ―feel‖ for the country.
Chinese students widely acknowledge this phenomenon even ___79____ they maintain differing views as to its cause. Some contend that they have difficulty bridging the divide ___80____ such practical consideration as money. However, most British students are just as poor. And most campus-based activities are ____81_____ to meet student needs.
I hope, and also believe, that the next ___82____ of the Chinese students in Britain—those who will begin the 21st century—will recognize their critical function in the process ___83____ Britain-China understanding. They will return to the People’s Republic of China in ___84____ numbers to contribute to China’s development in constructive ways. I only hope that ___85____ these students find their way back to China, they could find their way __86_____ the heart of Britain. 67. A) a majority B) majorities C) the majorities D) the majority 68. A) its B) our C) my D) their 69. A) folk B) fellow C) clan D) citizen 70. A) basics B) bases C) base D) basis 71. A) never had left B) had never left C) never left D) were never leaving 72. A) outlooks B) positions C) settings D) occasions 73. A) Consequently B) Again C) Moreover D) Instead 74. A) contact B) context C) content D) connect 75. A) Furthermore B) Preferably C) Rather D) Additionally 76. A) events B) incidents C) affairs D) accident 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86.
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Passage 5
It’s an annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that __67__ evening you’re burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, __68__ are throwing the book at kids. __69__ elementary school students are complaining of homework __70__. What’s a well-meaning parent to do?
As hard as __71__ may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you’ve got to get them to do it, __72__ helping too much, or even examing __73__ too carefully, you may keep them __74__ doing it by themselves. ―I wouldn’t advise a parent to check every __75__ assignment,‖ says psychologist John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough Homework. ―There’s a __76__ of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children __77__ the grade they deserve.‖
Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to rethink their __78__. But ―you don’t want them to feel it has to be __79__,‖ she says.
That’s not to say parents should __80__ homework---- first, they should monitor how much homework their kids __81__. ―Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in __82__ four, five, and six is standard‖, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be ―__83__ more than an hour and a half,‖ and two for high-school students. If your child __84__ has more homework than this, you may want to check __85__ other parents and then talk to the teacher about __86__assignments.
67. A) very B) exact C) right D) usual 68. A) officials B) parents C) experts D) schools 69. A) Also B) Even C) Then D) However 70. A) fatigue B) confusion C) duty D) puzzle 71. A) there B) we C) they D) it 72. A) via B) under C) by D) for 73. A) questions B) answers C) standards D) rules 74. A) off B) without C) beyond D) from 75. A) single B) piece C) page D) other 76. A) drop B) short C) cut D) lack 77. A) acquire B) earn C) gather D) reach 78. A) exercises B) defects C) mistakes D) tests 79. A) perfect B) better C) unusual D) complete 80. A) forget B) refuse C) miss D) ignore 81. A) have B) prepare C) make D) perform 82. A) classes B) groups C) grades D) terms 83. A) about B) no C) much D) few
84. A) previously B) rarely C) merely D) consistently 85. A) with B) in C) out D) up
86. A) finishing B) lowering C) reducing D) declining
Passage 6
How many different kinds of emotions do you feel? You may be 67 to find that it is very hard to specify all of them. Not only 68 hard to describe in words, they are difficult to 69. As a result, two people rarely 70 all of them. However, there are a number of 71 emotions that most people experience. When we receive something that we want, or something happens 72 we like, we usually feel joy or happiness. Joy is a positive and powerful emotion, 73 for which we all strive. It is natural to want to be happy, and all of us 74 happiness. As a general 75, joy occurs when we reach a 76 goal or obtain a desired object. 77 people often desire different goals and objects, it is 78 that one person may find joy in repairing an
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automobile, 79 another may find joy in solving a math problem. Of course, we often share 80 goals or interests, and therefore we can experience joy together. This may be in sports, in the arts, in learning, in raising a family, or in 81 being together. When we have difficulty 82 desired objects or reaching desired goals we experience 83 emotions such as anger and grief. When little things get in our way, we experience 84 frustrations or tensions. For example, if you are dressing to go out 85 a date, you may feel frustration when a zipper breaks or a button falls off. The more difficulty you have in reaching a goal, the more frustrated you may feel and the angrier you may become. If you really want something to happen, and you feel it 86 happen, but someone or something stops it, you may become quite angry.
67. A) shocked B) astounded C) surprised D) bewildered 68. A) emotional feelings are C) the emotional feeling is 69. A) list B) recognize 70. A) agree B) agree on 71. A) necessary B) vital 72. A) if B) what 73. A) one B) the one 74. A) search to B) search of 75. A) practice B) rule 76. A) desired B) desirous 77. A) For B) when 78. A) understanding B) understood 79. A) however B) if 80. A) same B) common 81. A) just B) purely 82. A) of obtaining B) in obtaining 83. A) bad B) uneasy 84. A) little B) unnecessary 85. A) on B) in 86. A) will B) shall
B) are emotional feelings D) is the emotional feeling
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