Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete
strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.
I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn't know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction I you should be going.
If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.
Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did
not want to keep him waiting.
Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions to my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked. What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?
A.He will direct the right way to the person willingly. |
B.He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town. |
C.He will give the very person long list of direction. |
D.He is going to show the man an opposite direction. |
Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky person?
A Because of his poor sense of direction.
B. Because he always forget the way to his home.
C. 13ecause he did not have any friend.
D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way. How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?
A.He felt strange. |
B.He felt embarrassed. |
C.He felt very sad. |
D.He felt astonished. |
Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?
A.Someone we don't know. |
B.The writer did it for himself. |
C.The secretary did so. |
D.A warm-hearted old lady did such a thing. |
INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF PANLANDConsidering all imports and exports, what statement can be made about Panland’s trade?
A.Panland imports food and exports raw materials(原材料). |
B.Panland imports manufactured goods(加工品) and exports food. |
C.Panland imports manufactured goods and exports raw materials. |
D.Panland imports raw materials and exports manufactured goods. |
With which of the following does Panland carry on the most trade?
A.Asia. | B.Africa. | C.Middle East. | D.United States. |
What is probably Panland’s largest import from the Middle East?
A.oil | B.food | C.wood | D.cotton |
Judging from its economy, it could be concluded that most of Panland’s working people are _____
A.farmers | B.fishing people | C.unskilled laborers | D.skilled factory workers |
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I have been very lucky to have won the Nobel Prize twice. It is, of course, very exciting to have such an important recognition of my work, but the real pleasure was in the work itself. Scientific research is like an exploration of a voyage of discovery. You are continually trying out new things that have not been done before. Many of them will lead nowhere and you have to try something different, but sometimes an experiment does work and tells you something new and that is really exciting. However small the new finding may be, it is great to think “ I am the only person who knows this” and then you will have the fun of thinking what this finding will lead to and deciding what will be the next experiment. One of the best things about scientific research is that you are always doing something different and it is never boring. There are good times when things go well and bad times when they don’t. Some people get discouraged at the difficult times but when I have a failure, my policy has always been not to worry but to start planning the next experiment, which is always fun.
It is very exciting to make a new discovery. Some people will do the strangest things for this excitement, such as going round the world in a balloon or walking to the North Pole. There are not many new places to explore but there is a lot of new information to be discovered in science and a journey into this unknown area can be much more worthwhile and just as exciting.
I am sometimes asked, “What do you have to do to win a Nobel Prize?” My answer is: “I don’t know. I have never tried.” But I know of one way not to win one. There are some people whose main reason for doing science is to win prizes and they are always thinking about how to do it. Such people don’t succeed. To do good science you must be interested in it and enjoy doing experiments and thinking out problems. And, of course, you must be prepared to work hard and not to be too discouraged by failure.In the writer’s eyes his greatest pleasure in all his lifetime is _______.
A.to win the Nobel Prize for the first time |
B.to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the second time. |
C.in the work itself |
D.to have a much more important recognition of his work. |
Why did the writer think scientific research to be one of the best things?
A.You will be able to win the Nobel Prize through the scientific research |
B.You can make as much money as possible by doing the scientific research. |
C.You may continue doing with something different and exciting, so you can never be tired of doing the scientific research. |
D.You can get much more chances of promotion by making the scientific research. |
What would the writer do when he had a failure?
A.He would forget this failure and start the next experiment. |
B.He used to be worried about it for several days and never forget it. |
C.He always gave up his study as the result of the failure. |
D.He used to think out the reasons and then continue to do it again. |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.The writer could still keep calm when he heard the news that he had won the Nobel Prize. |
B.The writer always gave up his courage when he met with some difficulties in the course of his scientific research. |
C.In the field of science there are still many new things which need to be studied further. |
D.There are still many exciting places to explore in the world. |
A traveler lost his way and got off the highway to see where he was. As he drove by, he saw rows and rows of pigpens and pigs running in fields. Suddenly, his eyes caught something really strange. It looked like a pig with a wooden leg.
He drove up into the arm, where he met the farmer. “ Excuse me, ” the traveler said. “ I was just driving by and looking at all your pigs, and I just had to stop and ask about it. Tell me, is there really a pig out there with a wooden leg?” The farmer smiled. “ Oh, that would be old Caesar you saw. He’s the finest pig I’ve ever had ---and smart! Well, let me tell you a little about that pig.”
“ One night a couple of years ago I got to drinking and I guess I had more than I should have. I fell down and knocked over a lamp. That started a fire in the house and old Caesar smelled the smoke. He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused me up and got me out. There is no question about it ---- that night old Caesar saved all our lives. You know that I’m not going to forget it too easily.”
“ Why,” the traveler said, “ this is amazing! I have never heard of a pig like this before! This is fantastic! But tell me, how did he get that wooden leg?”
The farmer laughed and said, “ Well, when you have a pig so smart, you don’t want to eat him all at one time!”The farmer thought the pig _______.
A.very fat | B.very clever | C.very kind | D.very strange |
The passage indicates that _______.
A.the pig lost a leg in the fire |
B.the farmer deeply thanked the pig |
C.the pig had a very good keeper |
D.the real leg had been eaten by the farmer |
The author wants to _______.
A.report a piece of news |
B.tell us a moving story |
C.tell us a humorous story |
D.have a joke with us |
Over a period of time, many habitats (栖息地)change with respect to the types of plants and animals that live there. This change is known as succession.
Succession occurs because plants and animals cause a change in the environment in which they live. The first weeds and grasses that appear on a bare field, for example, change the environment by shielding the soil from direct sunlight. As these plants spread, the ground becomes cooler and more moist than it was originally. Thus, the environment at the ground surface has been changed. The new surface conditions favor the sprouting(产生)of shrubs. As shrubs grow, they kill the grasses by preventing light from reaching them and also enhance (增加)the soil. Pine seedlings (苗)soon take hold and as they grow, they in turn shade out the shrubs. They are not able to shade out oak and hickory (山核桃)seedlings, however, that have found the forest floor suitable. These seedlings grew into large trees that eventually shade out the pines.The best title of this passage is _____.
A.The Importance of Weeds and Grasses |
B.The Success of Oak and Hickory |
C.How Environmental Habitats Change |
D.Animal and Plant Habitats |
It can be inferred (推理) from the passage that ______.
A.oak and hickory trees grow taller than pines |
B.weeds and grasses prefer cold climate |
C.pines and grasses can exist together |
D.birds encourage the growth of shrubs |
Which of the following is a stage of succession as described in the passage?
A.A forest cut down to build an airport. |
B.A flood washing away a crop of wheat |
C.Wild flowers growing in an unused parking lot |
D.Animals being tamed (驯服)by children |