I fell in love with England because it was quaint(古雅)—all those little houses, looking terribly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I love London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.
Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play and good manners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good manners—people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.
I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.
As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public transport after 10 p.m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.
The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbor who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.The writer doesn’t like London because she___.
| A．is not used to the life there now | B．has lived there for seventeen years |
| C．prefers to live in an old-fashioned house | D．has to be polite to everyone she meets there |
Where do people usually meet their friends in England?
| A．In a café. | B．In a restaurant. | C．In a nightclub. | D．In a pub. |
The underlined part “it” (in Para.4) refers to ___.
| A．a taxi | B．the money | C．a bomb | D．public transport |
The writer took her neighbor to France for Christmas because he ___.
| A．felt lonely | B．had never been to France |
| C．was from a typically French family | D．didn’t like the British idea of family |
When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of people walking dogs. 48is still true that a dog is the 49useful and faithful animal in the world, 50the reason why people keep a dog has changed. In the old days people used to train dogs to protect themselves against animal attacks. And later they came to realize that a dog was not 51useful for protection but willing to obey his master. But now people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. 52
do they keep dogs, then? Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery. But the most important reason is 53companionship. A dog is his best friend for
54child when he has no friends to play with. For young couples, a dog is their child when they have 55children. For old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up.
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A new World
Bank report warns that children who do not get enough good food in the first two years of life suffer lasting damage．They may be underdeveloped or under weight．__71____In addition, poorly nourished（营养不良的）children are more likely to drop out of school and earn less money as adults．
The report is called "Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development．" It notes that too little food is not the only cause of poor nutrition．__72__ For example, the study says that mothers often fail to give their newly born babies their first breast milk（母乳）．This milk-like substance is called colostrums（初乳）．__73__
Africa and South Asia are affected the most by poor nutrition．__74__ The World Bank study also notes that rates of malnutrition（营养不良） in South Asia are almost double those in central and southern Africa．Other parts of the world are also severely affected, including Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Guatemala and Peru．
75 Instead of directly providing food, the study suggests educational programs in health and nutrition for mothers with young babies．It also recommends cleaner living conditions and improvements in health care．
| A．They may suffer from poor health or limited intelligence． |
| B．The study also links malnutrition to economic growth in poor countries． |
| C．Many children who live in homes with plenty of food suffer for other reasons． |
| D．The study says about half of all children in India do not get enough good food． |
E．It is full of nutrients that improve a baby's ability to fight infections and disease．
F．Poor countries could possibly double their economic growth if they improved nutrition．
G．The study recommends that developing countries change their policies to deal with malnutrition．
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A: ___61___?
B: I'm writing a letter.
A: But you don't often write . ___62___?
B: I'm writing to my aunt.
A: ___63___?
B: Just to thank her for giving me the birthday present.
A: But___64___.
B: No , she hasn't sent me anything th
is year. I'm writing to thank her for last year's present.
A : Do you think she will understand you?
B : Of course ,my letter will help her remember___65___
A : So you ' re expecting another present from her.
| A．What do you want to tell her |
| B．that my birthday is coming soon |
| C．How are you |
| D．What are you doing |
E .she hasn't sent you a present this year
F .She is not only my aunt but my friend as well
G . Who are you writing to
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Last month, students from one hundred and three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China. 71
Jerry Cain, coach of Stanford University Team, California, says “One of the programming problems was trying to figure out how to break an arbitrary chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible. 72 ”
The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty. 73 They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote needed software systems. Even the winning team form Shanhai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given time limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in 14th place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year.
74 It began in 1970 at Texas A and M University. The contest quickly became popular in the United States and Canada. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and area contests.
The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM. Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships. 75
| A．The competitors show great interest in IBM. |
| B．Then they figured out the requirements of each. |
| C．And that’s probably the simplest of all of them. |
| D．This competition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world. |
E．Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems.
F．The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.
G．They are also guaranteed and offer of employment with IBM.
Directions: Read the follow
ing text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
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cious, a way of tapping your inner self. Keep a note pad and pen by your bedside, and a
s soon as you wake, note down whatever snatches of dreams you can recall. Dreams can solve your problems, give you advice, reveal your true feelings, and be a source of inspiration.
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What are you aware of right now? Look at a familiar object in the room as if seeing it for the first time —explore it with your eyes. Next, listen intently to any sounds you can hear. What can you smell and taste at this moment? Touch whatever is within reach, run your hand over and around it —how does it feel? During the next few weeks activate all your senses. Visit an art gallery, walk in a pine forest, luxuriate in a second bubble bath, go to a concert, swim, have a massage. Try to experience it all as if it were totally new to you.
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If you’re right-handed, develop the skills of your left hand or vice versa —allow it to draw something, switch TV channels or drink a cup of tea. Try this exercise: write a list of ten adjectives which characterize your personality using the hand you usually write with. A few days later, repeat the exercise writing with the other hand. Then compare the two lists. You might be surprised at the secrets of your inner self! For example, on the first list you might have written that you’re “witty”, but the second list might say “suspicious”. Then try a similar exercise, making two lists of “ What I would most like to do”.
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Have you ever longed to paint portraits or watercolors, write a novel, draw cartoons, compose a song, design your own clothes, set up a business or landscape your garden? If so, why not start now? Yes, you might discover that your fast efforts are laughable —but try, try again. With a few notable exceptions such as Mozart, most people haven’t developed their creative talents through sheer hard work. Don’t kid yourself that you haven’t any spare time. It’s a question of making time, of seeing your talents as important enough to devote a few hours to each week. Who knows —you might be the next Laura Ashley or Agatha Christie?
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Forget about being told off for daydreaming at school. Daydreaming is good for you! Whether it’s a purely fantasy, or a dream about how life might be in the future, only the right-brain has visions of this kind. Creative visualization, vividly imagining whatever you desire as if it has already happened —and really believing in it, is said to be a powerful way of getting what you want. Many top sports people imagine themselves playing and winning —and it seems to work.