第五次作业
一、单项选择题(只有一个选项正确，共40道小题) 1. – Oh, God! I’ve made such a mistake! (B) Never mind. We all make mistakes. 正确答案：B
2. – What a poor job I’ve done!
(D) Don’t be upset. No one can do it better than you. 正确答案：D
3. – I had a minor accident yesterday but fortunately nothing is serious.
(A) What a relief to hear that! 正确答案：A
4. – I feel awful. I’ve left your book somewhere. (B) Don’t worry. I never liked it anyway. 正确答案：B
5. – I’ve lost a good chance to futher my study abroad last term.
(B) Don’t dwell too much on your past. 正确答案：B
6. – I’m sorry. I forgot to buy your ink in town. (C) Don’t worry. These things happen. 正确答案：C
7. – – We all make mistakes. (D) Please excuse me for spilling tea on you. 正确答案：D
8. – I’m bound to lose again. What should I do? (D) Cheer up. You can do it. 正确答案：D
9. – There is no way for me to pass the exam today! (D) Come on! You can do it. 正确答案：D 10. – It’s my fault. (A) Don’t blame yourself. 正确答案：A
11. He didn’t go to the party, but he does wish he ______ there. [本题1分] (A) had been 正确答案：A
12. ________, he remained honest. [本题1分] (C) Poor as Paul was 正确答案：C
13. All the big company’s trading partners come under _______ pressure to turn into E-businesses too. [本题1分] (B) intense 正确答案：B
14. These euphoric feelings are not ______, but they are in your head. [本题1分] (C) imaginary 正确答案：C
15. Somewhere along the line, Home Depot has ceased to
be just a shop selling things and has become a ______ services provider. [本题1分] (A) virtual 正确答案：A
16. He laughs best _______ laughs last. [本题1分] (C) who 正确答案：C
17. These books, ________ at any bookshop, will give you all the information you need. [本题1分] (D) which you can get 正确答案：D
18. Hardly _______ people ran toward it. [本题1分] (B) had the plane landed when 正确答案：B
19. I think we are rich enough to ______ and protect our environment, but we have to improve environmental education too. (B) care for 正确答案：B
20. Don’t worry about your son’s illness. What he really needs is _____ a few day’s rest. [本题1分] (D) nothing but 正确答案：D
21. He asked if _____ surprised. [本题1分] (B) you were 正确答案：B
22. Seldom _____ any mistakes during my past five years of service here. [本题1分] (B) did I make 正确答案：B
23. She _____ there to be a couple of dozen people in the room, most of them sitting with their backs to her. [本题1分]
(D) estimates 正确答案：D
24. Don’t you know how ______ it can be out here in the mist? [本题1分] (A) dangerous 正确答案：A
25. Five of the _____, all immigrants from Morocco and other African countries, were still in hospital. [本题1分] (B) victims 正确答案：B
26. And he knew there was no chance of ______. [本题1分] (C) escape 正确答案：C
27. In most EU countries, the employment regulations are ______ and the labor force itself is often resistant to change. [本题 (B) restrictive 正确答案：B
28. By evening, he had decided to make his request ______.
[本题1分] (D) in person 正确答案：D
29. The two plants he had ever worked for have _______ due to foreign competition. [本题1分] (A) shut down 正确答案：A
30. Things _______ us all, so we put them in and take them out as we like. [本题1分] (C) belong to 正确答案：C
31. He said he’ll ________ for a car to come and pick you up. [本题1分] (B) arrange 正确答案：B
32. Leave a few hours between eating and __________ any sporting activity. [本题1分] (A) participating in 正确答案：A
33. They would _______ David for the loss of the safe house. [本题1分] (D) blame 正确答案：D
34. Mr. Brown has already raised duty on the purchase of high-value _______. [本题1分] (A) properties 正确答案：A
35. Relaxed atmosphere and central _______ make this an ideal place for meeting friends. [本题1分] (C) location 正确答案：C
36. Smokers become _______ to nicotine, and on stopping smoking the sudden loss of nicotine can cause unpleasant illnesses. (C) addicted 正确答案：C
37. If it were as cheap and easy to get ________ here as in America, the British might double their time at the computer. [本题 (B) online 正确答案：B
38. He is a better driver than I am and most of the other drivers I _______. [本题1分] (B) encounter 正确答案：B
39. The weight of an object in space is not the same ______ its weight on the surface of the earth. [本题1分] (B) as 正确答案：B
40. When ________, John did not reply. [本题1分] (D) asked what his name was 正确答案：D
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二、阅读理解、完形填空题(共5道小题) 41.
Lately, more and more singles are turning to the Internet for better dating opportunities. The process of an online relationship, however, is very different from the real-life dating process. The online environment is, by its very nature, restrictive.
Trish met a man online, and the online relationship quickly blossomed into an intense, intimate encounter. She had lied in the beginning of the relationship by understating her own weight by 150 pounds. When he asked for her picture a week later, she worried about her lie, and sent a picture of a slimmer woman instead. In her mind, however, he would come to accept her physically once he fell in love with her soul. A few weeks passed, and the relationship intensified. He arranged to fly to meet her. She felt confident that her lie would be forgiven if she confessed in person. However, the woman he met was nothing physically that she had led him to imagine. He walked away angrily and refused to speak to her again. Trish blamed society’s focus on beauty, not willing to realize that she had cheated him.
Amy, a friend of mine, was involved in an online romance for several months with Jed, a man who lived in another state. Their relationship included lengthy and intimate phone conversations. They genuinely cared for each other, and spent time supporting one another through difficult life decisions. From their perspectives, they shared an intimate and loving relationship. When she suddenly became ill and hospitalized, I relayed messages to him, until he was able to contact her in her hospital room. They soon began discussing the possibility of living together. Problems occurred when they met for the first time. My friend complained that the spark that they shared online no longer existed in real life. Once completely charmed, they now easily annoyed each other. After sharing their feelings and troubles for three months, they became total strangers face-to-face. Realizing that they had crossed intimacy boundaries, it was uncomfortable to assume even a friendly relationship.
(1) According to the 1st paragraph, the online relationship _____________. [本题2分]
(D) is more and more popular among singles 正确答案：D
(2) Why didn’t Trish send her own picture to the man? [本题2分]
(B) Because she was not as slim as she lied. 正确答案：B
(3) When did the man arrange their first meeting? [本题2分]
(C) After their relationship became steady. 正确答案：C
(4) Why did the man get angry? [本题2分] (D) Because he realized he was cheated. 正确答案：D
(5) The story of Amy and Jed tells us _____________. [本题2分] (A) Love online is hard to survive (生存) in real life. 正确答案：A 42.
Who would want to build a virtual house on the Internet? Or spend hours online each week living inside a make-believe world? It sounds crazy, but thousands of video game enthusiasts do just that.
Online worlds are becoming more popular than ever. Many people have belonged to these online worlds for years. Inside these imaginary worlds, video gamers develop characters over time. These characters learn skills, fight battles, build relationships, and even own property. Some communities inside these online worlds have several hundred thousand citizens!
The people role-playing in online worlds buy and sell things with virtual money. Many gamers earn virtual money by running successful tailor shops and weapons dealerships in their online worlds. Money and treasures can also be taken from victims in battle—it’s a dangerous virtual world out there! But
gaining
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time-consuming for the gamer who wants to buy his castle now. Serious game addicts have begun doing something the online world designers probably never imagined.
Some gamers are exchanging real-world money to buy virtual money and property for their online worlds. Using online auction sites such as eBay.com, gamers buy and sell whatever they need. A whole mini-economy has grown around this trade of goods.
Some of the most valuable items for sale in online worlds aren’t cheap. Sometimes they are rare, which makes them even more valuable. For example, consider a nice virtual house in a prime location. This property might cost as much as a new TV set in the real world!
For the person who doesn’t participate in these online worlds, the appeal must seem peculiar. What’s the attraction with these online worlds? Why would people spend money on something that doesn’t really exist? The money being exchanged for those online swords and castles is real. The swords and castles aren’t. Absurd? Maybe. But the time and effort spent by the players is real. So is their love for online worlds. It seems only the human imagination can make something out of nothing!
(1) In the 1st paragraph, “make-believe world” refers to the
following EXCEPT_____________. [本题2分] (D) castles 正确答案：D
(2) In the 1st paragraph, “video game enthusiasts” refers to _____________. [本题2分] (A) video gamers 正确答案：A
(3) The gamers could earn virtual money by the following EXCEPT _____________. [本题2分] (B) designing some games 正确答案：B
(4) According to the author, human imagination _____________. [本题2分]
(D) can make anything possible 正确答案：D
(5) What’ s the author’s attitude toward things online? [本题2分] (C) Neutral 正确答案：C 43.
Mrs. Wilson, a Cree Indian in her sixties, was looking for a home to rent. She heard that one was available in an ideal location, close to the Calgary core.
Mrs. Wilson and her daughters went to look at the house. Sure enough, there was a “For Rent” sign in the window. A woman next door told them that the owner was Antonio Pompei, who owned a bakery farther up the street. Mrs. Wilson has great difficulty walking for she is almost blind, so she waited in the car while her daughters went along to the bakery. The daughters met Mr. Pompei, who agreed to rent the house. However, the daughters wanted to see the inside of the house before they agreed to rent it. One of the bakery employees went with them to the house, where he met Mrs. Wilson. All three women liked the house and returned to the bakery to tell Mr. Pompei that they would rent it.
When Mr. Pompei saw Mrs. Wilson, he quickly walked out of the bakery. He had not realized Mrs. Wilson was Indian. Her daughters look more like their father, who is of a different ethnic（种族）origin. The next day, Mrs. Wilson and her daughters returned to the bakery in an attempt to rent the house. Because of her blindness, Mr. Wilson was helped out of the car and guided into the bakery by one of her daughters. Mr. Pompei told the women that the house was already rented.
The Wilsons suspected discrimination. As soon as they got home, Mrs. Wilson phoned Mr. Pompei, without identifying herself, Mr. Pompei lost his temper.
Mrs. Wilson complained to the Human Rights Commission. Their examination discovered that the tenants
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who did rent the house had not even seen it at the time when Mrs. Wilson visited it. They applied to rent it a full week after Mrs. Wilson had applied.
(1) According to the passage, Mrs. Wilson was _____________. [本题2分]
(C) to rent the house for her family 正确答案：C
(2) According to the passage, we are certain that Mr. Wilson was _____________. [本题2分] (B) not an Indian 正确答案：B
(3) Mrs. Wilson found Mr. Pompei’s discrimination by _____________. [本题2分]
(C) making an unidentifiable phone call 正确答案：C
(4) In the end Mrs. Wilson couldn’t rent the house simply because _____________. [本题2分] (A) she was of Indian origin 正确答案：A
(5) Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE? [本题2分]
(B) The house had been rented to someone else a week before. 正确答案：B 44.
The advantages and disadvantages of a large population have long been a subject of discussion among economists. It has been argued that the supply of good land is limited. To feed a large population, poor land must be cultivated and the good land worked intensively. Thus, each person produces less and this means a lower average income than could be obtained with a smaller population. Other economists have argued that a large population gives more chance of development of facilities such as ports, roads and railways, which are not likely to be built unless there is a big demand.
One of the difficulties in carrying out a worldwide birth control program lies in the fact that official attitudes to population growth vary from country to country depending on the level of industrial development and the availability of food and raw materials. In the developing country where a vastly expanded population is pressing hard upon the limits of food, space and natural resources, the first concern of government will be to set a limit on the birthrate, whatever the final result may be. In a highly industrialized society the problem may be more complex. A decreasing birthrate may lead to unemployment because it results in a declining market for manufactured goods. When the pressure of population on housing declines, prices also decline and building industry grow weaker.
Faced with concern such as these, the government of a developed country may well prefer to see a slowly increasing population, rather than one which is stable or in decline.
(1) The main topic of this article is _____________. [本题2分] (B) population growth 正确答案：B
(2) The passage says that a small population may lead to _____________. [本题2分]
(C) higher production and a higher average income 正确答案：C
(3) According to the passage, the use of birth control perhaps is good for_____________. [本题2分] (A) a developing country 正确答案：A
(4) In a developed country, people will perhaps be unemployed if the birthrate _____________. [本题2分] (B) goes down 正确答案：B
(5) The author is aiming to show that_____________. [本题2分]
(C) different nations have different views of population growth 正确答案：C
45. When reality __(1)__ hard to take, there’s an __(2)__ to a parallel universe—a virtual world without end __(3)__ real people create online personas called avatars. Anything is possible.
Catherine Smith showed CBS News correspondent Jerry Bowen that her avatar has “red hair” and “big nice cool glasses”.
“This is my deck __(4)__ the beach, and I’ve got neighbors that have a giant pirate ship,” Smith explained. Smith can’t __(5)__ a beach house in real life. But in Second Life, the online game __(6)__ by her employer, Linden Lab, she—and nearly 100,000 other subscribers who pay $10 a month— can have that and more.
“You can go skydiving and not be afraid of dying; you could become a wild animal, __(7)__ that you could never do in real life,” she said.
__(8)__ as this may be to believe, there is real money changing hands among the players in these games, Bowen reports. An estimated $1 billion worldwide __(9)__ spent by users buying and selling virtual goods, such as furniture for virtual houses and clothing for their avatars. But it’s paid for with real-world credit cards—at Second Life alone, $6 million a month.
“What we have here is a virtual loft of sorts that we created for the artist Regina Spektor,” says Ethan Kaplan of Warner Bros. Records, which has set up shop to __(10)__ the
pop singer’s music.
“Our goal with Second Life is to make it better than real life in a lot of ways,” says Phillip Rosedale, Linden Lab’s CEO and founder. (1) [本题1分] (B) gets 正确答案：B (2) [本题1分] (C) escape 正确答案：C (3) [本题1分] (D) where 正确答案：D (4) [本题1分] (B) overlooking 正确答案：B (5) [本题1分] (C) afford 正确答案：C (6) [本题1分] (A) created 正确答案：A (7) [本题1分] (D) something 正确答案：D (8) [本题1分] (B) Hard 正确答案：B (9) [本题1分] (A) is 正确答案：A (10) [本题1分] (C) publicize 正确答案：C 第六次作业
一、单项选择题(只有一个选项正确，共40道小题) 1. – Can you come to our party this Friday? (A) Yes, that would be fun. 正确答案：A
2. – Do you think it OK if I postpone my Tuesday’s appointment till Wednesday? (B) No problem. 正确答案：B
3. – Would you like to see a movie with me tonight? (C) Yes, with pleasure. 正确答案：C
4. – Can Mr. Brown see me today? (A) Sorry, he’s out. 正确答案：A 5. – __________________
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– Yes, I’m free then.
(D) I want to know if you are free on Saturday. 正确答案：D
6. – I am wondering if you’d like to go to a concert with me this evening.
(D) I can’t make it today. How about tomorrow? 正确答案：D 7. – __________________
– Sorry. I have another appointment next Monday. (B) I’d like to make an appointment for next Monday. 正确答案：B
8. – I won’t be able to keep my 9:00 appointment, but I can come at 10:00. (C) That’s all right. 正确答案：C
9. – How about 2 o’clock?
(A) I’m sorry. But it won’t be so convenient for me. 正确答案：A
10. – Would you like to join us for a picnic tomorrow? (C) Yes, I’m happy to. What time? 正确答案：C
11. Her interests __________ from basketball to chess. [本题1分] (A) vary 正确答案：A
12. We must __________ action before it is too late. [本题1分] (B) make 正确答案：B
13. __________ a thorough investigation, no trace of her husband has been found. [本题1分] (A) Although 正确答案：A
14. Whether we will go or not __________ the weather. [本题1分]
(D) depends on 正确答案：D
15. Linda is not interested in political __________. [本题1分] (B) problems 正确答案：B
16. A person who is able to read and write is called __________. [本题1分] (D) illiterate 正确答案：D
17. The manage is good at __________ difficult customers. [本题1分] (C) tackle with 正确答案：C
18. It’s difficult to get this __________ to children. [本题1分] (D) by 正确答案：D
19. A sore throat and running nose are __________ of getting cold. [本题1分] (A) signs 正确答案：A
20. Harry is __________ and he always lacks self-confidence. [本题1分] (B) independent 正确答案：B
21. What really made me decide to buy the house was the beautiful __________ through the window. [本题1分] (B) look 正确答案：B
22. She was __________ the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived. [本题1分] (C) at 正确答案：C
23. Last year the crime rate __________ by 20 percent. [本题1分] (A) raised 正确答案：A
24. Computer technology will __________ a revolution in our daily life. [本题1分] (C) bring out 正确答案：C
25. A truck __________ Wendy’s dog and sped away. [本题1分]
(C) ran through 正确答案：C
26. You see the lightening __________ it happens, but you hear the thunder later. [本题1分] (D) in an instant 正确答案：D
27. UN is trying to do something to __________ better understanding between the two countries. [本题1分] (C) heighten 正确答案：C
28. Once out of the earth’s gravity, the astronauts are __________ by the problem of weightlessness. [本题1分] (A) affected 正确答案：A
29. If your coat is too large, the tailor can __________ it to fit you. [本题1分] (B) change 正确答案：B
30. All her energies are __________ upon her children. [本题1分]
(D) focused 正确答案：D
31. Knowing something as a whole is far from knowing all its __________. [本题1分]
(B) character 正确答案：B
32. His being careful made a deep impression ___________ the young girl. [本题1分] (A) in 正确答案：A
33. I heard that Tim was knocked down by a car and badly __________. [本题1分] (C) hurt 正确答案：C
34. My mother seemed to be in no __________ with my poor school report. [本题1分] (B) contact 正确答案：B
35. Bob was very __________ to get the results of the exam for he was not fully prepared. [本题1分] (B) concerned 正确答案：B
36. Cindy can’t concentrate __________ what she was doing while her family were watching TV. [本题1分] (D) in 正确答案：D
37. This debate contest will be broadcast live on the National Television __________. [本题1分] (C) e-mail 正确答案：C
38. There’s still no __________ evidence that supports the scientist’s theory. [本题1分] (C) valid 正确答案：C
39. Before he went to Hong Kong for his vacation, Jason went to the bank to __________ some money. [本题1分] (A) pull 正确答案：A
40. Please pass me the salt, __________ you? [本题1分] (B) don’t 正确答案：B
二、阅读理解、完形填空题(共5道小题) 41.
Emotional intelligence is a person’s ability to understand their own emotions and those of others, and to act appropriately using these emotions. Research suggests that a person’s emotional intelligence (EQ) might be a greater predictor of success than his or her intellectual intelligence (IQ), despite an assumption that people with high IQs will naturally accomplish more in life.
The Marshmallow Test is mentioned in Emotional Intelligence, by Goleman. How a child performs on this test at the age of 4 is a better predictor of his or her future success in life than his or her IQ.
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What researchers do is leave the child alone in a room with a marshmallow, telling them they can either eat the marshmallow immediately, or, if they can wait till the researchers return, they can have 5 marshmallows. What this is testing is “impulse control” and the ability to “delay gratification”. It’s an example of “frustration tolerance”. Much of what we want later on in life requires resisting the immediate impulse, and also being able to “delay gratification”, i.e., when in college, you might have preferred to be off surfing in Hawaii, but, since you valued what a college education would do for you, you stuck with it. And it meant giving up some things you might have preferred doing at the time.
Some of the children can’t resist, and take the marshmallow immediately. Others stick it out, and what do they do? They count their fingers and toes... get up and look out the window... find a book in the room and read it... look up at the ceiling—they are very clever!
Somewhere they developed this skill... could it have been their parents?
My mom used to tell me “When you’re angry, stop and count to ten”. She was teaching me to stop and think before I spoke or took action. This is a tried-and-true way to emotional intelligence—stopping to think before you act or react.
(1) Which of the following is not included in EQ? [本题2分] (A) the ability to understand one’s own emotions 正确答案：A
(2) The Marshmallow Test is to __________. [本题2分] (D) test one’s temper 正确答案：D
(3) You stuck with a college education although you preferred to be off surfing in Hawaii. This example is to explain __________. [本题2分]
(C) the ability to “delay gratification” 正确答案：C
(4) The example of the author and his mother shows __________. [本题2分]
(B) the author is very clever 正确答案：B
(5) Which of the following is true? [本题2分] (B) If a person’s EQ is high, he will be successful. 正确答案：B 42.
IQ is not the determining factor for success,” said Janell Kilgore, a staff counselor in the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program. IQ contributes about 20 percent to the factors that determine life success, which leaves 80 percent to other forces, including EQ, she noted. Goleman writes that “the vast majority of one’s ultimate status in society is
determined by non-IQ factors, ranging from social class to luck”. Emotional intelligence is one of those factors that can be improved or enhanced.
According to Kilgore, understanding and practicing five key concepts can improve your emotional intelligence.
Knowing one’s own emotions
Recognize and name emotions you feel; understand why you feel that way; and distinguish between feelings and actions. “As a parent, you can begin now with your children, teaching them about their emotions. But first you have to know your own. You have to be able to tell yourself what you’re feeling,” Kilgore said.
Recognizing emotions in others
The ability to take another person’s perspective, Kilgore said, is a skill that effective managers and supervisors possess. Emotionally intelligent individuals also are sensitive to other people’s feelings and listen well. Kilgore led workshop participants through an exercise designed to illustrate these ideas. She showed two emotionally charged clips from the movies Parenthood and E.T., asking individuals to write down emotions they saw exhibited by the characters’ body language. Participants also wrote down their own feelings during each scene. The group’s list demonstrated the many emotions seen through the films’ characters, as well as the different ways people felt about the same scenes.
Managing emotions
Accept your feelings, but find a balance between over sensitivity or over expression and emotional suppression. Kilgore said her teenage daughters, when angry, have sometimes stomped up the stairs in their home. While some people may find this behavior unacceptable, Kilgore said she finds it healthy for them to express their emotions rather than suppressing them.
Handling relationships
Being perceptive, applying conflict management skills instead of ignoring conflict, and being considerate and cooperative are important in handling relationships with others. Kilgore also stresses that communication skills are essential to healthy relationships.
(1) According to researchers, which of the following is true?
[本题2分]
(D) EQ contributes a small part to life success. 正确答案：D
(2) The word “sensitive” in paragraph 4 line 2 means __________. [本题2分]
(C) likely to cause disagreement or make people angry or upset 正确答案：C
(3) Why did Kilgore ask individuals to write down emotions they saw in the movie characters and their own feelings? [本题2 (A) Because she researched human emotions. 正确答案：A
(4) The example of Kilgore’s daughters indicates __________. [本题2分]
(C) Suppressing emotions is good for her daughters’ health 正确答案：C
(5) The main idea of the passage is __________. [本题2分] (B) EQ is more important than IQ 正确答案：B 43.
When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or upsetting situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do.
For instance, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it. He probably isn't sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And, if he can't make things work out right, he doesn't feel ashamed that he failed; he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook on life, a special feeling about life, and knows how he fits into it. If you look at children, you'll see great difference between what we call \children and \of people, not just the same kind with different amount of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life - he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But, the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream-world; he seems to have a wall between him and life in general.
If the driving force of intelligence in the twentieth century business has been IQ, then in accordance to
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