Survival is an art. Survivors are artists. The best acting is done in daily life, not on the stage. My late uncle Sir Alexander Korda, the motion-picture producer who could “charm money out of an empty safe”, was a gifted survivor.
Once, a group of investors called him in to complain that he had lost 5 000 000 of their money. Most men would have tried to defend themselves. Alex did not. “You are right,” he said quietly, “I have been wasteful, and careless. I have chosen the wrong scripts, paid too little attention to the budgets. I am too old for this business. I will retire. I only hope you will forgive me.”
Within an hour, the investors were busy encouraging Alex, cheering him up. It was out of the question for him to resign; they wouldn’t hear it. And by lunchtime, Alex had 2 000 000 more of their money and was back in the action again. When I asked him if he was happy about it, he said, “No. They would have put up three or four million, I think. Still, it’s a good lesson for you to learn. Always settle for less than you could get. It doesn’t hurt to have a reputation as a gentleman.”
171. According to the author, Sir Alexander Korda is an excellent artist because ______.
A. he is a motion-picture producer B. he knows well about how to survive
C. he had a gift to act in the movie D. he can get large amounts of money from investors 172. The phrase to “charm money out of an empty safe” in the context means . A. to put all your money to your savings account B. to draw your money back if it is not in a safe place C. to avoid wasting money if you have an empty pocket D. to be able to get money even if it looks impossible
173. What would most probably have happened if Sir Alexander Korda had defended himself？ A. He would resign and live miserably. B. He would be considered a gentleman. C. The investors would not forgive him. D. The investors would give him more money. 174. Alex did not defend himself because . A. he hoped to have a happier life B. his nature prevented him from doing so C. he wanted to test if he could give the best acting D. he knew the way to cope with the investors
175. Alex was not happy with the settlement because .
A. he thought he could have got more from the investor B. he didn’t teach the author a good lesson C. he didn’t like the way he behaved D. he lost his reputation as a gentleman
Passage Four
Time is the biggest problem of most students. It becomes particularly difficult when you have to do library research for a term paper or report. Finding information in the library can take so much time that many students avoid it until the last possible minute.
Library research does not have to be time consuming. If you learn to use a library efficiently, you can save yourself a great deal of time. The exercises in this section are designed to familiarize you with the library so that you can find the information you need quickly.
The first and the most important thing to know about a library is that when you cannot find something, ask a librarian for help. The librarians are paid not just to shelve books, but to provide information and assistance. The most helpful librarians are usually those who work in the reference room. They will help you get started on a term paper and even help you find material. There are two basic places to begin looking for information, the card catalog and the various periodical indexes. The card catalog is a list of all the books in the library. A periodical index is a list of all the magazine and journal articles written on any subject.
176. According to the author, finding information in the library needs a lot of time, so students should ______. A. avoid it until the last possible minute B. do library research C. learn how to use it efficiently D. save a great deal of time 177. It is the librarians’ duty to do all the following things except______.
A. arranging and lending books B. helping students locate the needed books C. helping students find needed materials D. helping students write their term paper word范文
178. In what way could a student get familiarized with the library while reading this section? A. By doing the exercises provided. B. By asking the librarians. C. By looking into the catalog part. D. By reading in the reference room. 179. If you need to find a magazine article in the library, the best way for you to do is to ______. A. look in the card catalog B. look in the periodical indexes C. search through the bookshelves D. go to the reference room
180. The passage is taken from an introduction of a chapter, and the title of the chapter is probably ______. A. Save Your Study Time B. Using the Library for Your Term Paper C. Using the Library Efficiently D. Library--- An Information Source
Passage Five
Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start. All the shops reduce their prices and for two weeks, they are full of people looking for bargains. My husband and I do not normally go to the sales as we don’t like crowds and in any case are short of money as we have to buy lots of Christmas presents.
Last year, however, I took my husband with me to the sales at the large shop in the center of London. We both needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set. When we got to Oxford Street, it was so crowded that we decided to split up and meet again at the underground station. So I left my husband and started looking around the shops. Unfortunately all the clothes were in very large sizes and so were not suitable for me. But I did buy a television at a very cheap price, so I felt quite pleased with myself.
When I arrived at the station, my husband was not there. So I sat down in a nearby cafe to have a cup of tea. I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband and went out to meet him. He looked very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box. “Oh, dear!” I thought. Yes, we had no new clothes but two televisions. We shall not be going to the sales again. 181. In January ____________.
A. lots of people go shopping for discount
B. people have a lot of money to spend after Christmas C. all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holiday D. people don’t have enough money to go looking for bargains
182. In this passage, the word “bargain” could best be replaced by “something_______”.
A. given to people
B. offered at a reduced price
C. offered，sold or bought which is expensive D. sold for the purpose of reaching an agreement 183. The husband and wife in the story __________ .
A. wished to buy a TV
C. often went to the sales to buy clothes
B. went to the sales the year before
D. were usually not short of money after Christmas
184. The phrase “split up” in the second paragraph means“_________”.
A. break apart B. cause to break C. become pieces D. go indifferent directions 185. After their day’s shopping, they _________.
A. were happy with their bargains
B. had got everything they wanted
C. got more than they had hoped for D. had to go back to the sales the next day
Passage Six
In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the primary goal of language use is communication, then mistakes are secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually as awareness of those mistakes increases. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes. The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. For example, a Spanish speaker who has been saying “I do it” to express willingness to do something in the immediate future, could, by interacting with native speakers of English, observe that native speakers actually say “I’ll do it”. The resulting difference can serve as a basis for the student to modify his way of using the present tense in English. But a student who is unwilling to interact in the first place would lose this opportunity to learn by trial of an error. word范文
186. According to the passage, the present tense in English is ______. A. not used to express a desire to do something in the immediate future B. used with some verbs but not with others to express future intention C. basically the same in English as it is in Spanish
D. speaking without regard for native speakers
187. According to the passage, language learners can reduce the number of their mistakes by______. A. asking native speakers for explanations
B. reading good books in the foreign language
C. comparing their speech with that of native speakers D. learning through trial of an error
188. According to the passage, foreign language students who do not interact with native speaker will NOT ______.
A. learn very much about the foreign culture B. learn about the history of the foreign language C. have to worry about making mistakes D. take advantage of available language models
189. According to the passage, foreign language students should not worry too much about making mistakes because _______.
A. native speakers like foreign students who try to learn their language B. communication is the primary goal of language learning C. native speakers will ignore their mistakes
D. everyone makes mistakes when trying to communicate in a strange language
190. The author's major conclusion about the function of mistakes in foreign language learning is that ______. A. mistakes are not important in the process of learning a language B. learners are often very afraid of making mistakes
C. making mistakes can help the learner discover the rules of the language D. native speakers often do not tell foreign language learners about their mistakes
Passage Seven
I found my father a very hard man to understand when I was young. He was very short and thin and had large blue eyes. I could have loved him as I did my mother, but he seemed to hold us off so that we could not approach him or sit on his knee as love to do. I believe he had a hard life as a child, and I know that he left school at the age of ten and started to work. This made him an unsociable man, unfriendly even to the people closest to him. I never knew him to have a close friend as the other men did.
Everything he did had to be precise. If he chopped the sticks for the fire, each stick would be the same length and thickness as all the others, and they would all be stacked without one out of place. His motto was \a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well\In our household his word was law and nobody dared dispute it.
He worked hard when in a job and saw to it that we children learned the meaning of work. My mother did not have much pleasure but I do not remember her ever complaining ---except on Sunday afternoons when father would take off his clothes and get into bed, leaving her to mend his working clothes while he had his rest. This she disliked very much, for the clothes were dirty from the work he had been doing and she hated handling anything that was not clean.
191. The writer found it difficult to understand her father because he _____. A. looked distant B. rejected affection
C. ill-treated the family D. hated keeping company with children 192. What did the writer think made her father unsociable? A. An unhappy childhood. B. A lack of friends. C. No interest in hobbies. D. Not smoking or drinking. word范文
193. What was particular about the sticks for the fire?
A. They were arranged in a pattern. B. They were chopped in only one place. C. They were similar in length. D. They all weighed the same. 194. The writer's father believed that ______.
A. you should only do things for which you have the ability B. only important jobs are worth doing well
C. you should only attempt worthwhile jobs
D. anything you do should be done to your best ability 195. What did the writer's mother dislike about Sunday afternoons? A. Working while her husband rested.
B. Repairing her husband's clothes.
C. Not being able to derive any pleasure from what she herself found delightful. D. Touching unclean clothes.
Passage Eight
Have you ever wondered why different animals or pests have their particular colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Birds, especially seagulls, are very fond of locusts, but birds cannot easily catch locusts because locusts change their colors together with the change of the color of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But when crops are ripe, locusts take on exactly the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are usually easily found and eaten by their enemies. So they have to hide themselves in terror for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life in any part of the world, you will find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests. They are usually invisible to the eyes of hunters, because they have the color much like the barks of trees.
An even stranger act remains to be noticed. A kind of fish living in seas can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, its enemies cannot find it, and it immediately swims away. Thus, it has existed up to now though it is not powerful at all.
196. This passage mainly talks about ______.
A. the change of color in locusts B. the protective coloration of animals and pests C. how a certain sea fish protects itself D. animals or pests can dye themselves different colors 197. Locusts are not easily wiped out by their enemies because ______.
A. they are powerful enough B. they are dangerous to their enemies C. they take on the same colors as crops D. they fly extraordinary fast
198. The pests that have different colors from plants usually appear at night because ______.
A. birds take their rest when night comes B. their enemies can easily find them and eat them C. they have the habit of coming out in darkness D. it’s easy for them to destroy plants in darkness
199. Bears and wolves have the same colors as barks of trees because ______.
A. they fear other beasts B. they prefer brown or grey colors C. they enjoy walking through forests quietly
D. the colors help prevent themselves from being noticed
200. A certain fish living in seas has lived through millions of tears because ______. word范文
A. it is the most powerful in the sea B. it can swim much faster than any other fish
C. it can send out a kind of liquid which makes its enemies unable to find it D. it can send out a kind of liquid which can kill its enemies
Passage Nine
Advertising has become a very specialized activity in modern times. In the business world of today, supply is usually greater than demand. There is great competition between different manufacturers of the same kind of product to persuade customers to buy their own particular brand. They always have to remind the consumer of the name and the qualities of their product. They do this by advertising. The manufacturer advertises in the newspapers and on posters. He sometimes pays for songs about his product in commercial radio programs. He employs attractive salesgirls to distribute samples of it. He organizes competitions, with prizes for the winners. He often advertises on the screens of local cinemas. Most important of all, in countries that have television he has advertisements put into programs that will accept them. Manufacturers often spend large sums of money on advertisements. We buy a particular product because we think that it is the best. We usually think so because of the advertisements that say so. Some people never pause to ask themselves if the advertisements are telling the truth. 201. How many kinds of advertisements are mentioned in the passage? A. 7.
B. 5. C. 4.
D. 8.
202. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Some people never have any doubts about what advertisements tell them. B. Great competition exists between different manufacturers of the same products. C. The customer usually demands more than the manufacturer can supply. D. The manufacturer wants to persuade customers to buy his own brand. 203. Which of the following advertisements is the most important one? A. Advertising in the newspapers. B. Putting advertisements into TV programs. C. Distributing samples by attractive salesgirls. D. Organizing competitions with prizes for the winners.
204. The passage tells us that the customer usually buys a particular brand because he thinks that ______.
A. he can get a prize
B. it is the cheapest
C. there is great competition between customers for the same brand D. it is the best 205. Which of the following can best be used as the title of the passage? A. Different Approaches to Advertising C. The Manufacturer and the Customer
B. Supply and Demand
D. The Negative Sides of Advertising
Passage Ten
It seems that beauty and women are twins. You are joking? No, I am not. Observe for yourself. Ads on fashion flood TV screens, radio programs, magazines, newspapers, and the streets. Whether they have realized or not, women are besieged （包围）by a sea of fashion. They are taught to think that without beautiful clothes they will grow old and lose their charm. So who dares to neglect dressing up at the cost of their appearance and youth?
But I do not agree with the opinion that women have to show their beauty through their looks. The richness of their mind proves to be more beautiful and attractive than their looks. A woman who has experienced many troubles and may be called “aunt” or “granny” can still maintain her beauty if she has such excellent qualities as knowledge, ability, a kind heart, great courage and concern for others.
In addition, old and young, beautiful and ugly are relative concepts（概念）. People who keep a young mind will never feel old. Curious about new things and eager to learn more, they keep up with the tide. Plainly dressed women may have a type of beauty, which is pure and real.
Reading and learning is the best way to keep one youthful. Good books are fertile（肥沃的）soil which can feed the flower of one’s heart and looks. word范文
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