【題目】（★ ★ ★） （2013 河南鄭州模擬）As a couple, the Smiths can always make the __________ decision to work through their problems.
A. conventional
B. courageous
C. conscious
D. compulsory
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【題目】Pop stars today enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty(皇室）. Wherever they go, people turn out in their thousands to greet them. The crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colorfully dressed idols. The stars are transported in their chauffeur driven Rolls-Royces, private helicopters or executive aero planes. They are surrounded by a permanent entourage (隨從）of managers, press agents and bodyguards. Photographs of them appear regularly in the press and all their comings and goings are reported, for, like royalty, pop stars are news. If they enjoy many of the privileges of royalty, they certainly share many of the inconveniences as well. It is dangerous for them to make unscheduled appearances in public. They must be constantly shielded from the adoring crowds who idolize them. They are no longer private individuals, but public property. The financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice cannot be calculated, for their rates of pay are great.
And why not? Society has always rewarded its top entertainers lavishly. The great days of Hollywood have become legendary ： famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth and adulation (奉承）on an all-time scale. By today's standards, the excesses of Hollywood do not seem quite so spectacular. A single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did. The competition for the title "Top of the Pops” is fierce, but the rewards are truly huge.
It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. Don't the top men in industry earn enormous salaries for the service they perform to their companies and their countries? Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency—often more than large industrial companies- and the taxman can only be grateful for their massive annual contributions to the exchequer (國庫） So who would begrudge them their rewards?
It's all very well for people in boring jobs to complain about the successes and rewards of others. People who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars represent only the tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a living. A man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very high rewards. He has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always be a limit to what he can earn. But a man who at-tempts to become a star is taking enormous risks. He knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top. He knows that years of concentrated effort may be rewarded with complete failure. But he knows, too, that the rewards for success are very high indeed ： they are the payback for the huge risks involved and once he makes it, he will certainly earn them. That's the essence of private enterprise.
【1】 The author develops the passage mainly by __________.
A. comparing different ideas
B. giving explanations
C. inferring
D. listing typical
【2】 The underlined word “begrudge" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to __________.
A. be jealous of
B. be satisfied with
C. be anxious about
D, be crazy about
【3】 According to the passage, which of the following can match the view of the author?
A. He who laughs last laughs best.
B. If you venture nothing, you will gain nothing.
C. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
D. Success belongs to the persevering.
【4】 The author holds a(n)__________ attitude towards the high income of pop stars.
A. critical
B. approval
C. optimistic
D. indifferent
【5】 Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. People are blind in idolizing stars.
B. There is fierce competition in becoming pop stars.
C. The government taxes pop stars very little.
D. Pop stars'life is more luxurious than that of royalty.
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【題目】I like walking in the garden on summer afternoons, for the flowers there __________ sweet smell.
A. give in
B. give away
C. give out
D. give up
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【題目】It was three in the afternoon and I was putting my baby to sleep when the phone rang. It was a little girl asking for the Gold-stein family. " 【1】__" I said，"you've got the wrong number. " 【2】the phone didn't stop ringing. Each time it was the voice of a little girl. She was 【3】 one call after another, each time asking for the Gold stein family. My baby wouldn't stop crying. I started to lose my 【4】 . 1 left the phone 【5】 the hook for about an hour, certain that this would 【6】 her. But as soon as I put the phone back on the hook, she 【7】 ！ I started to cry. After about the tenth call I told her that if she called one more time I would call the 【8】 . At 6： 30 pm, the phone rang for about the 25th time. I picked it up, but remained 【9】 . 1 could hear the same voice of a girl. What kind of 【10】 would allow her to do this all the afternoon! I 【11】 to speak to her mother. To ray 【12】 ，she called her mother to the phone. I told the mother what her little girl had been doing to me all the 【13】 . The mother assured me that this was the 【14】 phone call her daughter had made that day. "My daughter's teacher gave all the girls in the class the phone number of their new teaching 30. The entire class of 【15】 girls was told to call the new assistant to find what time their class would be. The teacher must have given them the wrong number 【16】 "
Until about 9:00 pm, the phone 【17】 rang from time to time. Each time, it was a little girl wanting to know what time the class was ！ Some girls, even after hearing they had the wrong 【18】 ，would anyway ask if I knew the time ！ I would just 【19】. It had turned into a joke now! I would 【20】 have thought that an entire class of girls, all with the same voice, was calling me ！
A. Stop B. Sorry C. Fine D. OK
A. Then B. So C. But D. And
A. making B. returning C. receiving D. sending
A. hope B. interest C. sense D. temper
A. at B. on C. off D. above
A. discourage B. frighten C. puzzle D. connect
A. arrived B. called C. appeared D. returned
A. school B. director C. neighbors D. police
A. angry B. calm C. silent D. serious
A. operators B. parents C. teachers D. mothers
A. refused B. started C. preferred D. demanded
A. surprise B. disappointment C. joy D. satisfaction
A. day B. night C. afternoon D. morning
A. first B. last C. second D. easiest
A. plan B. assistant C. course D. advisor
A. on purpose B. in advance
C. by mistake D. for the moment
A. still B. sure C. always D. just
A. place B. information C. address D. number
A. cry B. laugh C. complain D. wait
A. almost B. yet C. already D. never
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【題目】Noah Webster, born on October 16, 1758, is known for The American Dictionary of the English Language. He has been called the" Father of American Scholarship and Education. " His " Blue-Backed Speller" books were used to teach spelling and reading to five generations of American children. But how much do you know about him beyond that?
At the age of 16, Noah Webster began attending Yale College, Unfortunately, he spent his four years at Yale during the American Revolutionary War, and, because of food shortages, many of his college classes were held in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Later, he served in the army. Having graduated from Yale in 1778, Webster wanted to continue his education in order to earn his law degree. He had to teach school in order to pay for his education. He set up many small schools that didn’t survive, but he was a good teacher because instead of forcing his students to learn, like what most teachers did, he rewarded them.
He earned his law degree in, 1781, but did not practice law until 1789. Once he started he found the law was not to his liking. Webster did not have much money.
In 1793, Alexander Hamilton lent him $ 1500 to move to New York City to edit a newspaper. In December, he founded New York’s first daily newspaper, American Minerva, and edited it for four years. For decades, he published textbooks, political essays, a report on some diseases, and newspaper articles for his party. He wrote so much that a modern list of his published works required 655 pages.
Noah Webster died on May 28, 1843 and was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery.
【1】Which of the following best describes Webster’s life at Yale?
A. Tough. B. Smooth.
C. Normal. D. Tiring.
【2】What did Noah want to be after graduation from Yale?
A. A teacher. B. A lawyer.
C. A headmaster. D. A scholar.
【3】What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A. Webster was a most productive author.
B. Webster led a miserable life in New York City.
C. Webster’S books added up to 655 pages.
D. Webster didn’t write any political Works.
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【題目】I told him it was a bad idea, but David was so ________ that he just never listened.
A. ambitious
B. stubborn
C. energetic
D. outgoing
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【題目】With more people __________ the traffic rules, our city is becoming better organized.
A. respect
B. being respected
C. respected
D. respecting
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【題目】I regret __________ you that I'll have to leave for America tomorrow for some special reason.
A. to telling B. telling
C. to tell D. tell
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