Carla, Philip, Tracy and Monika are four students studying at London School of Business and Finance. At the beginning of the term, they are to choose their own course(s). Read the course descriptions (A, B, C and D) and match them with the needs expressed by the four students marked 1-4.Carla: I feel like increasing skills in business English to find a nice job.
Philip: I want to improve my exam results to enter a British university next year.
Tracy: I’d like to gain more help from a teacher to improve my English more quickly.
Monika: I really need to improve my English speaking skills to communicate more freely.
| A The IELTS examination is fast becoming the leading test for English around the world, co-managed by the University of Cambridge and the British Council. It is recognized as the required English test for University admission in the United Kingdom, with some universities looking for scores as high as 8.0 in this challenging examination. The ILETS examination preparation course can be taken with a choice of 20 and 30 lessons per week. |
B A number of courses are designed for people looking to increase language skills in their own field. The Business and Professional English programmes provide students with the skills to study and organize high level business information, write reports, give presentations, and develop other professional skills needed in the workplace. The courses can be taken with a choice of 25 and 30 lessons per week. |
| C These courses develop students’ confidence and ability in spoken English while improving their pronunciation. The conversation classes improve students’ speaking ability, enabling them to communicate more confidently in various English speaking environments. The pronunciation classes meet students’ personal needs by giving necessary help. The courses can be taken with a choice of 25 and 30 lessons per week. |
D These courses are a great opportunity for students to learn and practice English with one of the School’s teachers in a comfortable and quiet environment. General English studies, sports English and so on can all be included into the student’s lesson plan. One-to-one courses are taught using various learning methods, where teachers can focus on the student’s personal needs and topics of interest. The courses can be taken with a choice of 15 and 20 lessons per week. |
There was a park near my home. But I didn’t go there very often. Many people said there was nothing special. One afternoon I went into the park and found it was really small. I walked quickly because there wasn’t much to see. I walked for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths. 71 I found that the two paths were different from each other.
The left one was wide and clean. There were lots of flowers on both sides of the path. Though the flowers weren’t very beautiful, they made me feel good. I decided to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one. The path didn’t look nice. 72Grass grew everywhere. For a long time I couldn’t make up my mind.
73 It wasn’t nice , but I didn’t want to give up. At last, I came to the end of the path. Ah! There was a small garden there. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen. 74
Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park. Now I’d like to tell them that if they had followed the right way, they would have felt differently. But when I told them about what I had seen in the park, they just smiled at me without saying a word. I knew they didn’t believe me. They couldn’t even remember that path because it was so small.
75 Don’t be afraid to choose a different path. You may get a big surprise!
| A．There is nothing that I want to see. |
| B．It looked like it had not been cleaned for months. |
| C．After a while a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path. |
| D．“ Which way should I go?” I asked myself. I looked at one way, then the other. |
E. I told them what happened.
F. My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life.
G. There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was the nicest part of the park.
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If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? 1But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars．So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow．When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop．This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?"
2Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood．Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to get help from reading．
Once you read a book, you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you． 3Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas．If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!
This is nothing but creativity． 4Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words．
So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading． 5Go and get a book!
| A．The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed． |
| B．Why not do some reading while you are hungry? |
| C．Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry． |
| D．Now what are you waiting for? |
E．Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading．
F．Reading can help you make more friends, too．
G．Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary．
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Ancient Rome was one of the world’s most powerful empires more than 2,000 years ago. The Romans’ ideas about roads, laws, government and buildings still influence us today. Italy is shaped like a boot.
The Colosseum in Rome was built during the time of the Roman Empire, in the first century A.D. 71It is a popular tourist attraction today.
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taly is well-known for its designers, who create cars, handbags, clothes, shoes and other items that are in demand for their style and fine workmanship.
Today, the economy of Italy is stronger than in the past. 72Today, manufacturing and tourism are the main sources of income. There are some big companies, but Italy has many smaller companies, too.
73The southern part does not offer as many manufacturing jobs, so it is not as prosperous.
Italy is a member of the European Union, a group of countries that join together for better trade. The currency, or money, they use is called the “euro”.
Food and eating good meals are important to Italians. 74
Popular foods include pasta, risotto, minestrone and pizza．McDonald’s is also popular there.
Many families still eat their main meal in the middle of the day. 75Families spend a lot of time together.
A. The family is very important to the Italian way of life.
B. The country used to depend on agriculture.
C. Mountains cover about three-fourths of the country.
D. It could seat about 50,000 people, who went to see fights between animals and peo
ple.
E. While there are some supermarkets, many people shop at small, neighborhood markets.
F. Italy has several islands off the coast.
G. The northern part of the country is the main manufacturing center.
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Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.
1. Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colors. Ice cream packers are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.
2. Recently, some kind of pain killer was brought out, but researchers found it didn’t sell well, because the color made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package -- because we think of blue as safe, and white as calm.
3. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.
It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!
The most successful producers know the troth: 4. The founder of Pears soup, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote their goods, came to the conclusion: “ 5.”
| A．It’s not enough to have a good product. |
B．Coloring, for example, varies according to  what the producers are trying to sell. |
| C．Any fool can make soup, but it takes a genius to sell it. |
| D．The colors tricked the customers into shopping. |
E. The size of a product can attract a shopper.
F. A good product is an advantage.
G. The colors turned the customers off.
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?__ 1___. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
※ Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.
※ Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. ___2___.
※ When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Trul
y happy people don’t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
※ __3__. These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.
※ ___ 4___ . Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subcons
ciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.
※ Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.
※ Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. __5___ .
| A．What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy. |
B．On the contrary, if y ou are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious. |
| C．Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood． |
D．These are i mportant questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves. |
E．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.
F．There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.
G． It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.