Chatting with friends online in English is an approach to enjoying the delight brought by using a foreign language as a real tool of communication. But I don't think it is the best way to improve our English.
Firstly,as you know,when you are chatting,you have no time and energy to pay attention to the grammar and it is common to spell words in wrong ways,and no teacher will check and correct errors for you. So if you overlook such kind of mistakes and fall into the habit of spelling and writing without thinking carefully,you will most likely forget the Standard English and totally be confused eventually. Here,I take the liberty to suggest that you should remember to confirm what you have "said" online as soon as possible by turning to your dictionaries and grammar books after being offline.
Secondly,during the spell of chatting,you have to answer the same questions such as "where are u from"，"how old are u" etc. patiently in order to show your politeness. And I don't think they are good questions,even it is not too much to say they are dull and tasteless. In other words,it will make both you and your friend feel tiresome soon. As a result,the atmosphere of chatting will be frozen. I suggest you should switch your topic wisely at that time instantly. Otherwise,both of you will be in low spirit,let alone learn something from each other and improve your English level. The only benefit,I guess,you can get from it is killing your precious time in an expensive way.
When it comes to talking about the fee spent for being online,I think it is still too high to be accepted by most students and unfortunately the greater proportion of chatters (who like chatting in English) are students who are supported by parents. And each penny is drenched in parents' sweat.
So,my conclusion is that chatting with friends in English online can't be totally substituted for learning English in class,and if you want to improve your English overall,then,chat online properly not frequently and do more hard work after being offline.
( ) 1. It seems this passage is written in response to someone's argument " ".
A. Chatting with friends online in English is a good approach
B. Chatting with friends online can better your English grammar
C. The advantage and disadvantage of chatting online with friends
D. Students should not kill their time by chatting online with others
( ) 2. According to this passage,some chatters make mistakes while chatting online chiefly because .
A. they have not got a teacher to check their writing
B. they have not got a dictionary or grammar book at hand
C. they have not learnt English well enough to chat with others
D. they have to answer questions online quickly and immediately
( ) 3. The writer believes that by answering questions like "where are u from"，"how old are u” etc.，the chatters may be in low spirits because .
A. you are not friendly if your questions are so direct
B. it is not polite to ask about someone's private affairs
C. your English is not standard and you should spell "you" instead of "u"
D. your questions are not creative and you should talk about something inviting
( ) 4. By saying " And each penny is drenched in parents' sweat"，the writer seems to say that .
A. money spent chatting online is not worthy
B. chatters should chat online with parents
C. it is hard for our parents to earn money
D. one should chat online properly
1. A本題考查文章的主旨大意，通讀全文，本文應(yīng)是回應(yīng)或駁斥這樣一個話題:用英語與網(wǎng)友聊天是學(xué)英語的一個方法。
2. D見文章第2段，因要快速地回應(yīng)網(wǎng)友的問題，無法思考或查閱參考書，因此,犯錯誤就難免了。
3. D作者認為網(wǎng)上聊天多半是一些無聊的話題，特別是和不熟悉的人難免是這樣一些無味又不得不答的初級話題。
4. C作者最后說網(wǎng)聊需要花錢，而學(xué)生的錢是父母的血汗錢。語篇導(dǎo)讀:作者的大女兒身患糖尿病，小女兒剛通過嬰兒心肺復(fù)蘇術(shù)，在生活的重壓下，作者禁不住嚎啕大哭。然而,一位偶然與作者相遇的白發(fā)老婦人改變了作者對生活的態(tài)度。
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George Black's father died in1889. George was eleven years old. His brother was fourteen. "We will not be able to go to school," his brother said, "we are going to have to work for a living. If we work hard and make men out of ourselves,even if we do not know the difference between A and B. people will call us Mr. Black someday."George repeated his brother's words proudly more than 80 years later. By then he was a very old man,everybody called him Mr. Black.
The two little boys,George and his brother,set out on their own in1889. They walked 40 miles from their village in North Carolina to the nearest big city Winston-Salem. They worked for a brickmaker for a while. After they learned how to make bricks,they started their own business. By the time I met George Black,he had been making bricks for a very long time. He still used the same method. He tied a mule to what he called a"mudmill (磨) ". The mule walked slowly in a circle turning the mill. The mill mixed dirt and water creating the wet mud from which bricks are made. Mr. Black gathered up the mud in his big hands and put just the right amount in each form. It was then ready to be heated in a hot fire. Each form made six bricks.
"How many bricks do you think you have made in your life?" I asked him.
"Oh”， he said, "I do not know,I would be afraid to know. I made a million bricks one year. Mr. Arge Renals wanted to build a tobacco factory. He asked me if I thought I could make a million bricks. I studied and said' Yes,I could.,I did too. You can go see them if you want to. That building is still there. They are all my bricks,yes sir."I found myself filled with great respect for this man. He was standing in a hole in the ground covered in mud. He had made a life of earth and water and fire. He had made the building blocks of a city.
( ) 5. George Black became a brick maker because .
A. his brother was a brickmaker
B. he had been old enough to find a job
C. he had to support himself
D. he wanted to start his own business
( ) 6. All the following statements are true EXCEPT .
A. George made a million bricks every year
B. Both George and his brother were ambitious people
C. George insisted on making bricks by hand all his life
D. George was over90 years old when he was interviewed
( ) 7. From the passage we know that George is a person who is .
A. educated and hardworking B. oldfashioned and lonely
C. intelligent and easygoing D. strong and struggling
( ) 8. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A. A Brick maker B. Mr. Black
C. A Million Bricks D. Builder of the City
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Something roared like thunder. The earth shook a little and we heard the rat-a-tattat of gunfire. "Father!" Hassan cried. We sprung to our feet and raced out of the living room.
"Father!What's that sound?" Hassan screamed,his hands outstretched toward Ali. Ali wrapped his arms around us. A white light flashed and lit the sky in silver. It flashed again and was followed by rapid sharp sounds of gunfire.
"They're hunting ducks, ”Ali said in a hoarse voice. "They hunt ducks at night,you know. Don't be afraid."
A siren (警報聲) went off in the distance. Somewhere glass broke and someone shouted. I heard people on the street,awakened from sleep. Hassan was crying. Ali pulled him close and held him with tenderness.
We stayed huddled (蜷縮) that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour,but they had frightened us badly,because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. They were foreign sounds to us then. The generations of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of the bombs and gunfire were not yet born. Huddled together in the dining room and waiting for the sun to rise,none of us had any idea that a way of life had ended. The end came when Russian tanks were rolling into the very same streets where Hassan and I played,bringing the death of the Afghanistan I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting.
Just before the sunrise,Baba's car pulled into the driveway. His door slammed shut and his running footsteps pounded the stairs. Then he appeared in the doorway and I saw something on his face. Something I didn't recognize right away because I'd never seen it before：fear. "Amir!Hassan！" He cried as he ran to us,opening his arms wide. "They blocked all the roads and the telephone didn't work. I was so worried！"
We let him wrap us in his arms and,for a brief moment,I was glad about whatever had happened that night.
( ) 1. Who is the author of this passage?
A. Hassan. B. Ali. C. Baba. D. Amir.
( ) 2. By saying "They're hunting ducks"，Ali .
A. told the children the truth B. tried to calm the children
C. played a joke on the children D. cheered the children up
( ) 3. We can infer from the passage that .
A. there were thunderstorms that night
B. Afghan children were used to the war
C. that night was the end of people's peaceful life
D. people on the street shouted and broke the windows
( ) 4. From the last sentence of the passage,we know .
A. the author was glad to see his father come home safe
B. there was a chance that a world in peace was to come
C. what happened that night seemed nothing to the author
D. Baba's arms gave the author temporary comfort and joy
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A water bearer in India had two large pots. One of the pots had a crack in it,and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk,the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For two years this went on daily,with the water bearer delivering one and a half pots full of water to his master's house. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection. After two years of what it had considered to be bitter failure,it spoke one day to the water bearer by the stream.
"I am ashamed of myself,and I want to apologize to you."
"Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"
"Because this crack in my side I have been able for these last two years to deliver only half my load. Because of my faults,you do not get full value for your efforts," the pot explained.The water bearer felt sorry and said, "As we return to the master's house,I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path."Indeed,as they went up the hill,the cracked pot took notice of the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path,and this cheered it some. But at the end of the path,it still felt bad because it had still leaked half of its load,and so again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure. The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path,but not on the other pot's side? That is because I have always known about your weakness,and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path,and every day while we walk back from the stream,you have watered them. For two years I have been able to pick those beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table. Without you being just the way you are,he would not have this beauty."
Each of us has our own unique weakness. We are all cracked pots. But if we will allow it,the Lord will use our weakness to grace His Father's table. In God's great economy,nothing goes to waste. Don't be ashamed of your weakness. Acknowledge them,and you too can be the cause of beauty. Know that in our weakness we find our strength.
( ) 5. How did the cracked pot feel?
A. Desperate. B. Proud. C. Guilty. D. Faulty.
( ) 6. The bearer was a clever person because .
A. he made use of the weakness of the cracked pot
B. he picked beautiful flowers for his master every day
C. he felt sorry for the cracked pot and tried to comfort it
D. he carried only one and a half pot of water every day
( ) 7. Everyone has weakness. The proper attitude towards it is to .
A. accept it and let it be
B. take advantage of it
C. do all you can to cover it up
D. feel shameful and discouraged
( ) 8. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means .
A. nobody should waste anything
B. everyone was born to be helpful
C. God is saving,he won't waste anything
D. God won't send anything to the waste station
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Working women over 70 caught in the retirement trap at 74 ,Marie Maes is struggling to find work.
Even though she spent four 1 working in Colorado hospitals and Seattle nursing homes,the retired licensed practical 2 lives just above the poverty line on little more than $12 a day after she pays her rent.
She is among a nearrecord and 3 number of women working well into their 70s,thanks to smaller Social Security checks,4 careers,smaller pensions,longer life spans than men and bad 5 planning.
"Of course I need to 6 to work," said Maes,a direct and optimistic woman. Asked whether she 7 herself poor,she replied, "I never gave it a thought,but I guess I am."
Over the past 14 years,the number of women 8 in the United States between the ages of 70 and 74 nearly 9 from 324,000 to 618,000,according to the Labor Department.
More elderly Seattleites are looking for work these days,10 city job fairs not necessarily because they want to,11 because they need the money.
Single older women like Maes are particularly vulnerable (易受傷害的) .Nearly one in five of them lives in 12 ,more than three times the rate of the 13 people of the same age,according to a National Women's Law Center analysis of 2002 Social Security data. And many carry fewer resources into their 70s than men.
The gap suggests the nation's retirement system is 14 Maes and plenty of other women. Instead of 15 the New Mexico native for decades of hard work,it left heir with no pension,an empty bank account, $824 a month from Social Security and 16 to get back to work.
Maes' 1 7 is not uncommon. She started work later in life,18 less money and relied on her husband to prepare for their retirement.
"We're still in that Beaver Cleaver generation," said Marge Hampton,70, chairwoman for Crone of Puget Sound,a community group for older 19 . "We looked to the man to take care of us ... Then we 20 up one day and said, ' Oh my God,what is here?'"
( ) 1. A. years B. months C. weeks D. decades
( ) 2. A. nurse B. doctor C. teacher D. professor
( ) 3. A. decreasing B. extending C. spreading D. growing
( ) 4. A. longer B. better C. earlier D. shorter
( ) 5. A. working B. family C. financial D. studying
( ) 6. A. get back B. come back C. fall back D. hold back
( ) 7. A. made B. implied C. considered D. kept
( ) 8. A. living B. playing C. working D. staying
( ) 9. A. doubled B. developed C. lifted D. improved
( ) 10. A. taking B. covering C. packing D. seeking
( ) 11. A. but B. and C. so D. then
( ) 12. A. richness B. poverty C. happiness D. sorrow
( ) 13. A. single B. married C. rich D. poor
( ) 14. A. preventing B. discouraging C. failing D. stopping
( ) 15. A. saying B. paying C. prizing D. rewarding
( ) 16. A. pressure B. force C. ability D. pleasure
( ) 17. A. condition B. situation C. event D. state
( ) 18. A. saved B. wasted C. made D. spent
( ) 19. A. women B. men C. workers D. employees
( ) 20. A. made B. got C. put D. woke
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When Kristi was born,the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward (向內(nèi)扭曲) ."Left 1 ,it would be a problem," he told us.
We did our best to help our baby. When she was only two weeks old,I brought her back to the doctor,just as he had 2 and the doctor put her 3 feet into casts. Because she was growing,I had to take her 4 to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast.
5 the casting was finished,and it was time for 6 shoes and bars. Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she 7 to walk. Those first,awkward steps made us so 8 . When she entered preschool,her steps appeared quite 9 . Encouraged by her progress,we looked for something else to help 10 her poorer body.
As it 11,she loved the ice！
When she 12 six,we entered her in skating lessons and soon she was gliding like a swan. We watched in 13 as she skimmed the ice. She worked hard at every new movement. She loved the ice and her dedication 14 . At the senior World Championships in 1991,she won the women's singles!Then we found ourselves filled with love and 15 in France,at the 1992 Winter Olympics,as our daughter,Kristi Yamaguchi won the gold medal.
I thought back to the early years of 16 for Kristi―the years of frustration for her as a child who simply wanted to 17 the endless doctor visits;the first baby steps with bars and corrected shoes. We 18 her strength and dedication,and how far she had come on two tiny feet that had once been 19 in heavy casts. In our eyes,Kristi had always walked with the 20 of a true champion.
( ) 1. A. unarmed B. unattended C. uncorrected D. unoperated
( ) 2. A. directed B. showed C. promised D. told
( ) 3. A. fat B. thin C. red D. tiny
( ) 4. A. over B. out C. back D. away
( ) 5. A. Fortunately B. Specially C. Eventually D. Unluckily
( ) 6. A. nice B. helpful C. corrective D. strong
( ) 7. A. struggled B. stuck C. hoped D. decided
( ) 8. A. sad B. excited C. relieved D. pleasant
( ) 9. A. usual B. general C. normal D. common
( ) 10. A. heighten B. strengthen C. harden D. widen
( ) 11. A. turned out B. brought out C. left out D. taken out
( ) 12. A. became B. got C. went D. turned
( ) 13. A. surprise B. sorrow C. wonderment D. anxiety
( ) 14. A. paid off B. came up C. taken in D. came out
( ) 15. A. anxiety B. hope C. admiration D. hesitation
( ) 16. A. hopelessness B. challenge C. fear D. surprise
( ) 17. A. walk B. run C. speak D. stand
( ) 18. A. worried B. respected C. preferred D. frightened
( ) 19. A. hunted B. bound C. treated D. rejected
( ) 20. A. truth B. determination C. grace D. hardship
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I should say I owe my success to my mother. My 1 began when I was just a kid. I 2 becoming a doctor.
My mother was a servant. Through her work,she observed that 3 people spent a lot more time reading than they 4 watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 5 TV programs during the week. In our free time,we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and 6 written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 7 because my mother was uneducated.
When I entered high school I was a (n) 8 ,but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes and I wanted to 9 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 10 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay,I'll give you all the money I 11 this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms,and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything 12 ,you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want." I was very 13 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (分配) money,there was 14 left.
I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 15 over our heads and any kind of food on the table,16 buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my 17 and became an A-student again,and eventually I 18 my dream and I became a doctor.
My mother is a woman with 19 formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job more 20 than parenting.
( ) 1. A. belief B. work C. schooling D. promise
( ) 2. A. majored in B. got used to C. dreamed of D. got tired of
( ) 3. A. lazy B. easygoing C. successful D. reliable
( ) 4. A. cost B. paid C. took D. did
( ) 5. A. preselected B. unprepared C. interesting D. foreign
( ) 6. A. read B. present C. teach D. explain
( ) 7. A. joke B. means C. tool D. trick
( ) 8. A. A-student C. B-student C. C-student D. D-student
( ) 9. A. get rid of B. hang out with
C. break away from D. keep in touch with
( ) 10. A. making B. stopping C. finishing D. getting
( ) 11. A. accept B. win C. spend D. make
( ) 12. A. left over B. paid off C. used up D. carried out
( ) 13. A. angry B. pleased C. disappointed D. bored
( ) 14. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
( ) 15. A. house B. room C. roof D. floor
( ) 16. A. let alone B. let out C. let in D. let off
( ) 17. A. guys B. mother C. studies D. play
( ) 18. A. made B. realized C. changed D. tried
( ) 19. A. little B. much C. few D. high
( ) 20. A. interesting B. natural C. important D. strange
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9. The company had to dozens of its employees because of the sharp drop in sales.
A. lay off B. lay down
C. lay out D. lay aside
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3. I find it who steals food for a hungry child。(condemn)
我發(fā)現(xiàn)很難去譴責(zé)一位為饑餓的孩子而偷食的母親。
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