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1、Jane is crazy about painting these days. She in her studio all day long.
A．was staying B．stayed C．is staying D．will stay
2、Why do some governments spend billions of dollars on military expansion ________ the people of these countries are still suffering from starvation and poverty?
A. whether B. though C. unless D. when
3、Why _______ you leave with Lucas now? There are still two days left before you go to work and you can stay with us for more time.
A. should B. shall C. could D. must
4、 American films always have ______ edge on foreign films at ______ Oscars, regardless of how popular a foreign film might be.
A. an; the B. the; the C. an; / D. the; /
5、 ______ with the researchers' expectations, they found a positive connection between the strength of role identity and the length of time people continued to volunteer.
A.Content B.Consistent C.Creative D.Controversial
6、When Kerry and Sam met again two years later，each was pleased to see ____．
A．the other B．others
C．another D．other
7、An exercise method _____ to improve strength and balance is becoming popular in the United States.
A. designing B. designed
C. to be designed D. being designed
8、The BRICS leaders reached a consensus_______member countries should strengthen mutual cooperation.
A.Where B.that C.what D.which
9、Deep reading is a process in which people critically think______ trying to catch the words on the page．
A.in addition to B．in favor of
C．in reply to D．in search of
10、—Darling, the airplane is going to take off. I have to go.
—______. I will miss you so much.
A．Take care
B．Hurry up
C．Forget it
D．Never mind
11、The small boat was almost sunk by the dinosaurs which suddenly ________ to the surface，fighting each other，but fortunately the three men ________ get away.
A． rose；could
B． rose；were able to
C． arose；could have been able to
D． raised；could have
12、The cancer risks _______ with smoking have been well proved.
A. combined B. related
C. associated D. caused
13、A car was burning on the highway near Birmingham. In no time _____ to the spot.
A. the police had rushed
B. had the police rushed
C. the police rushed
D. did the police rush
14、—Will Uncle Peterson come to my birthday party tomorrow?
—Pity he ______ to Zimbabwe as a volunteer teacher.
A．would be sent
B．has been sent
C．had been sent
D．sent
15、With the final exams coming, Mark, the top student in our class, is not worried about Chinese, and _________ English．
A. still more B. at least
C. least of all D. better than
16、Little Jim to my home after he broke my mobile phone by accident.
A. dared not to come B. dared not coming
C. dared not come D. didn’t dare coming
17、If a friend snaps at you or is unfriendly， step back， and with a sense of compassion， try to experience life from his____．
A. perspective B. priority
C. privilege D. policy
18、_____ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time
A.To face B.Faced C.Face D.facing
19、His study is in______: his house keeper has long since given up trying to put his papers in order.
A.trouble B.danger C.collision D.chaos
20、The school board has teachers to spare no effort to help the students who have fallen behind in studies.
A. looked into B. turned into
C. called for D. cared for
21、 When you think about coffee alternatives, garlic is probably one of the last things that comes to mind, but that is exactly the ingredient that one Japanese inventor used to create a drink that looks and tastes like coffee.
74-year-old Yokitomo Shimotai, a coffee shop owner in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, claims that his unique “garlic coffee” is the result of a cooking blunder he made over 30 years ago, when he burned a steak and garlic while waiting tables at the same time. Intrigued by the scorched garlic’s aroma, he mashed it up with a spoon and mixed it with hot water. The resulting drink looked and tasted a lot like coffee. Making a mental note of his discovery, Yokimoto carried on with his job, and only started researching garlic coffee again after he retired.
Committed to turning his weird drink into a commercial product, Yokitomo Shimotai spent years optimizing the formula, and about five years ago, he finally achieved a result he was satisfied with.
To make his dissolvable garlic grounds, he roasts the cloves in an electric oven, and, after they’ve cooled off, smashes them into fine particles and packs them in dripbags.
“My drink is probably the world’s first of its kind,” the garlic coffee inventor told Kyodo News.
“It contains no caffeine so it’s good for those who would like to drink coffee at night or pregnant women.”
“The bitterness of burned garlic apparently helps create the coffee-like flavor,” Shimotai adds.
He claims that, although his garlic coffee does give off an aroma of roasted garlic, it doesn’t cause bad breath, because the garlic is thoroughly cooked. And if you can get past the smell, the drink apparently does taste a lot like actual coffee.
If decaf isn’t good enough for you, and you’re in the mood for something new, you can try Yokitomo Shimotai’s garlic coffee at his shop, in the city of Ninohc, Iwate Prefecture, or buy your own dripbags for just 324 yen($2.8).
【1】Which word is the closest in meaning to the underlined word“blunder”in the second paragraph?
A.mistake B.show C.mixture D.brand
【2】Who is not suitable to drink garlic coffee?
A.A woman bearing a baby.
B.A student having trouble with sleep.
C.A cleaner working on a day shift.
D.A young lady sick of garlic.
【3】Which of the following is not characteristic of garlic coffee?
A.It is caffeine-free.
B.Garlic powder dissolves in water.
C.The burnt garlic creates bitterness.
D.It is an improvement on a garlic dish.
【4】Which of the following can be used to describe Yokitomo Shimotai?
A.venturous and greedy B.innovative and perseverant
C.hardworking and cautious D.observant and helpful
22、The Jungle Book
The Jungle Books were published in 1894 and 1895. Lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves, Mowgli is brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill. Regular adventures with his friends and enemies in the jungles improve this child’s strength and cleverness and stir every reader’s imagination.
Price: $ 7.79
ISBN-13: 978-1613820742
Average Customer Review: ★★★★
A Stolen Life
The first work of its kind—Jaycee Dugard’s personal life story, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991. When Jaycee was eleven years old, she was kidnapped from a school bus stop. She was missing for more than eighteen years, and gave birth to two daughters during her imprisonment.
Price: $ 19.79
ISBN-13: 978-1442344983
Average Customer Review: ★★★★★
While We’re Far Apart
Five-time Christy Award winner Lynn Austin is called as “one of the style’s best historical fiction novelists”. Set in Brooklyn, New York, during World War I, while a motherless girl longs for her daddy and a young lady hopes for a second chance at love, this tale explores the uncertainty that stays in people in Europe.
Price: $ 6.00
ISBN-10: 0764204971
Average Customer Review: ★★★★
The Fashion Police
The Fashion Police was runner-up in the Chapter One Promotions Novel Competition 2010 and nominated (提名) Best Novel with Romantic Elements 2010 by The Romance Reviews. It is a strange comedy-mystery, combining murder with romance and chick-lit.
For starters, Amber accidently shoots Chief Inspector Janice Skipper and gets thrown off the police force. The only one who knows the truth about the incident is Amber, but no one will believe her. After accepting a job as an insurance investigator from her ex-fiancé, Brad Beckett, it turns out that Brad thinks they’ve still got unfinished business and the job description includes sexual favors that come with a price.
Price: $ 12.73
ISBN-13: 978-1451555653
Average Customer Review: ★★★
【1】If the book concerning a person who had children in prison appeals to you, you can choose the book .
A. A Stolen Life B. The Jungle Book
C. The Fashion Police D. While We’re Far Apart
【2】The ISBN of the book that gains least popularity among the research is .
A. ISBN–13: 978–1613820742
B. ISBN–13: 978–1442344983
C. ISBN–10: 0764204971
D. ISBN–13: 978–1451555653
【3】.If you want to buy one book about human’s living with animals and two about historical fiction, you have to pay .
A. 19.79 dollars B. 20.52 dollars
C. 27.58 dollars D. 18.73 dollars
【4】What makes the book The Fashion Police distinguish itself from others?
A. It wins the award Christy Award five times
B. It is a great book on violence and family education
C. It is named Best Novel with Romantic Elements 2010
D. It has many elements borrowed from stories of true policemen.
【5】In which part of a newspaper would the information of the books be most likely to appear?
A. Science B. Opinion
C. Lifestyle D. Advertisement
23、Skipping stones to Donate Books for Low-income Schools and Libraries
Are you working with students from low-income families or communities of color? Are you in a school or library that needs more books? We have many books that we wish to donate to schools and public libraries serving low-income students or communities of color. We have nature books as well as books on cultural awareness and diversity. In terms of ages or readership levels, we have novels for teenagers, chapter books, picture books, and a few reference books.
Skipping Stones invites you to write to us about students you serve, as well as your needs and wants in terms of books. We want to donate these books to your public school or library but we request that you cover the shipping costs. We think $50 or $100 will adequately cover the shipping of about 50 to 100 books, respectively. $200 will bring you four big boxes of about 200 to 250 books. This is just an estimate. We are happy to work with you.
Please note that we are NOT able to fulfill donation requests from overseas schools or libraries because of the high cost of airmail postage. Within the USA, we can use the cheaper MEDIA MAIL or LIBRARY RATE. Send your requests to info@skippingstones. org or by snail mail to:
EDITOR, Skipping Stones Magazine, P.O. Box 3939 Eugene, Oregon 97403-0939
【1】Where will the books be donated to?
A．Low-income students interested in reading books.
B．Low-income families with middle school students.
C．Schools or public libraries serving low-income students.
D．Overseas low-income schools with communities of color.
【2】What does Skipping Stones require schools to do?
A．Ship the books.
B．Post the books.
C．Cover all the costs.
D．Cover the shipping cost.
【3】How can schools send their requests?
A．By telephone.
B．By fax.
C．In person.
D．By e-mail.
24、You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride．Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it．But Lee Gray，PhD，of the University of North Carolina，US，has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport．He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.
“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的)，” Gray told the BBC．“The elevators are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”
We walk in and usually turn around to face the door．If someone else comes in，we may have to move．And here，according to Gray，liftusers unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements．He told the BBC what he had observed.
He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift，you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box.
If there are two of you，you go into different corners，standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance.
When a third person enters，you will unconsciously form a triangle．And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square，with someone in every corner．A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.
New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively．Once in，for most people the rule is simple – look down，or look at your phone.
Why are we so awkward in lifts?
“You don’t have enough space，” Professor Babette Renneberg，a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin，told the BBC．“Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us．And that’s not possible in most elevators.”
In such a small，enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be understood as threatening or odd．“The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact，” she said.
【1】According to Gray，when people enter an elevator，they usually _____.
A． turn around and greet one another
B． look around or examine their phone
C． make eye contact with those in the elevator
D． try to keep a distance from other people
【2】Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?
A．
B．
C．
D．
【3】According to the article，people feel awkward in lifts because of _____.
A． someone’s odd behaviors
B． a lack of space
C． their unfamiliarity with one another
D． their eye contact with one another
【】What’s the passage mainly about _____.
A． Bad manners in the elevator
B． Some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette
C． An interesting but awkward elevator ride
D． The strange behaviors in the elevator
25、A few years ago, I was working in a small office. I noticed that even though the ________ of the organization was not huge, we often worked in different teams. While everyone was friendly, there was a(n) ________ atmosphere in the workplace culture.
One week, I ________ to make people smile, but I wanted to do it quietly, perhaps in the hope of inviting a sense of trust or playfulness in the office ________. So one evening, I wrote a few quotes that had encouraged me over the years. The next________ . I went to work a bit early and ________ posted them by the sinks and ________ in the office restrooms. Maybe someone else would enjoy the ________ as much as I had, and perhaps they might just brighten their day, I thought.
For the next few months, some of the quotes got ________ but I noticed that some remained. So perhaps others ________ them, too. Finally, I finished my job with that organization and went to work in another ________.
A few years passed, during which I got ________ from my former boss and ________ every so often. A few months ago, I was ________ to a meeting with my former team to hear how the project I had worked on was going. ________ I no longer worked in this office, I had really ________ working with them, and was happy to see them all again.
Toward the end of the ________ I went to the restroom, and the quote that I had written was still up in the same spot by the mirror! What a ________! It read “The real ________ of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new ________.”
【1】
A．operation
B．profit
C．future
D．size
【2】
A．scary
B．serious
C．uncomfortable
D．disturbing
【3】
A．decided
B．promised
C．turned
D．happened
【4】
A．routine
B．work
C．staff
D．culture
【5】
A．morning
B．week
C．month
D．evening
【6】
A．deliberately
B．quickly
C．gradually
D．accidentally
【7】
A．doors
B．walls
C．mirrors
D．desks
【8】
A．posts
B．notes
C．plans
D．quotes
【9】
A．turned over
B．put on
C．taken down
D．swept off
【10】
A．disliked
B．spotted
C．adored
D．ignored
【11】
A．company
B．office
C．department
D．community
【12】
A．gifts
B．e-mails
C．wishes
D．tasks
【13】
A．teammates
B．friends
C．neighbors
D．employees
【14】
A．paid
B．accepted
C．admitted
D．invited
【15】
A．Because
B．But
C．Although
D．So
【16】
A．hated
B．minded
C．enjoyed
D．imagined
【17】
A．job
B．project
C．meeting
D．day
【18】
A．surprise
B．day
C．coincidence
D．shame
【19】
A．business
B．voyage
C．trouble
D．means
【20】
A．purposes
B．affections
C．ideas
D．eyes
26、假如你非常喜欢中央电视台的“动物世界(Animal World)”这个节目，请根据以下内 容提示，以“My Favourite TV Program”为题，给CCTV-9英语频道的编辑写一篇英语短文。
喜欢这一节目的理由：1．喜欢小动物；2．节目生动有趣；3．增长了不少知识。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增减细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
My Favourite TV Program
“Animal World”is a popular TV program by CCTV．It is also my favorite program.
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