题目
We ______our dinner when a policeman came to the door.
A. just had
B. have just had
C. just have had
D. had just had
第2题
A、It was we being late.
B、It was our being late.
C、It was we were too late.
D、It was because we were late.
第3题
听力原文: Last summer, I took my first flight from London to New York. I boarded the plane at Crayon Airfield and, from that moment on, my life was arranged for me on the trip. First, I was directed to my seat by the stewardess, and then when the plane was ready to take off, the other passengers and I were told to fasten our seat belts. A few minutes after take-off, magazines and newspapers were passed out. Because my ears hurt, I was given some gum to chew. Next, we were given instructions on what to do in case of an emergency. We were given earphones to listen to music and told that a movie would be shown after dinner. Before dinner, we were asked if we wanted a cocktail. Dinner was served on a tray, and it was attractive and delicious. We were permitted to have a refill on any beverage. After the dinner, we were shown a new Hollywood movie. When I felt cold, I was given a blanket, when I felt airsick the stewardess gave me a paper bag. Everything was done for the comfort of the passengers. When the plane landed, I was almost sorry to get off and have to start doing things for myself again.
(33)
A.In Washington.
B.In London.
C.In New York.
D.In Yorkshire.
第4题
Why did the speaker say we might be surprised at a yuppie dinner party?
A.Because we might be offered a dish of insects.
B.Because nothing but freshly cooked insects are served
C.Because some yuppies like to horrify guests with insects as food.
D.Because we might meet many successful executives in the media industry.
第5题
We who take sight for granted can draw pictures of scent, but we have no language for doing it the other way about, no way to represent something visually familiar by means of actual scent. Most humans cannot know, with their limited noses, what they can imagine about being deaf, blind, mute, or paralyzed. The sighted can, for example, speak if a blind person a "in the darkness," but there is no corollary expression for what it is that we are in relationship to scent. If we tried to coin words, we might come up with something like "scent-blind." But what would it mean? It couldn't have the sort of meaning that "color-blind" and "tone-deaf' do, because most of us have experienced what "tone" and "color" mean in those expressions "scent-blind." Scent for many of us can be only a theoretical, technical expression that we use because our grammar requires that we have a noun to go in the sentences we are prompted to utter about animals' tracking. We don't have a sense of scent. What we do have is a sense of smell-for Thanksgiving dinner and skunks and a number of things we call chemicals.
So if Fido and sitting on the terrace, admiring the view, we inhabit worlds with radically different principles of phenomenology. Say that the wind is to our backs. Our world lies all before us, within a 180 degree angle. The dog's-well, we don't know, do we?
He sees roughly the same things that I see but he believes the scents of the garden behind us. He marks the path of the black-and-white cat as she moves among the roses in search of the bits of chicken sandwich I let fall as I walked from the house to our picnic spot. T can show that Fido is alert to the kitty, but not how, for my picture-making modes of thought too easily supply falsifyingly literal representations of the cat and the garden and their modes of being hidden from or revealed to me.
The phrase "other senses are largely ancillary" (paragraph 1) is used by the author to suggest that______.
A.only those events experienced directly can be appreciated by the senses
B.for many human beings the senses of sights is the primary means of knowing about the world
C.smell is in many respects a more powerful sense than sight
D.people rely on at least one of their other senses in order to confirm what they see
第6题
Read carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should: ●summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then ●comment on whether our brains will get lazy in a world run by intelligent machines. You can support yourself with information from the excerpt. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. With intelligent machines to do the thinking, will our brains get lazy? Changing technology stimulates the brain and increases intelligence. But that may only be true if the technology challenges us. In a world run by intelligent machines, our lives could get a lot simpler. Would that make us less intelligent? Artificial intelligence is taking over many human jobs. For instance, planes are being flown much of the time by automatic pilots. And the complex problem of controlling air traffic around large modern airports is also achieved by artificial intelligence that operates well beyond the capacity of mere human air traffic controllers. As machines get smarter, they will do more of our thinking for us and make life easier. In the future, the electronic assistant will develop to the point that it serves similar functions as a real living butler, fulfilling requests such as: “Organize a dinner party for six on Thursday, Jeeves, and invite the usual guests.” At that point, our long struggle with challenging technologies is at an end. Like Be Wooster, we can take it easy knowing that the hard work of planning and organizing is being done by a better brain-the electronic assistant. Starved of mental effort, our brains will regress.
第7题
At that moment I noticed the similarity between fish and haiku.
Nowadays, if Mom doesn't ever serve fish for dinner at least the kids get a taste of
haiku at school.
For most of us,our first introduction comes from reading translations from Japanese,
which is a bit like comparing sushi to frozen fish sticks. Even with the knowledge of the
exotic, most poets stick to the meat and potatoes of English literature. It often isn’t until we get older that we accept the simple goodness of fish,adding them to the menu more often.
Having acquired a taste for fish and learned how to cook them, one is better able to
appreciate the short form. of haiku. Like fishing, haiku writing can be done with minimal
equipment. A pin or a pen,and a scrap of paper, is enough,but it is tempting to go all out and buy a rod and reel (even study Zen,visit a monastery or take a trip to Japan).
If one goes in for deep sea fishing,a computer and laser printer are soon on the list of 'must haves'.
Like fishing, to catch haiku you have to go where they are. Unlike fish, haiku are
everywhere. Still,you have to know the secret places where they hide and how to get there.
Wearing old comfortable clothes(usually thought of as a meditative state) we look around
just where we are. It does little good to only read of fishing off the coast of Japan when
sitting beside the lake by our own front door. It does help to know which fish are edible and which are not. There are two ways of finding this out. We can either eat everything we catch and publish what feels right, or we can read books containing others’experiences while making up our minds about what kind of fish to go for.
If we compare spending days on rough seas to fish or strolling on the beach writing
haiku; it is very easy for me to decide where my interest lies. Still I do love a fish dinner and I hope my neighbor enjoys my latest poems.
(1). The similarity between fishing and writing haiku the text does NOT mention is
A. the freedom to choose what we do with the product of each activity
B. the delayed appreciation of both activities
C. the thrill experienced when engaging in them
D. the limited resources required for practising them
(2). In paragraph 2,the author refers to sushi_.
A. to point out that the American eat frozen fish sticks more often
B. to contrast it with meat and potatoes
C. to give an example of an exotic dish
D. as a metaphor for original Japanese texts
(3). According to the author, haiku writers have to_·
A. read about the process of haiku writing
B. be observant of what is around them
C. try to have their poems published
D. get acquainted with Zen philosophy
(4). The best title of this text would be_·
A. Something fishy about haiku
B. The forgotten skill of fishing
C. Writing haiku is easy
D. The art of writing haiku
(5). The author's attitude towards haiku is_.
A. positive
B. neutral
C. indifferent
D. negative
第8题
W:But frozen foods are convenient and handy.aren't they? Just think of all tile tedious work we would have to do in the kitchen if it weren't for frozen foods and the like.
M:Yes.that's true! (20)But you spend much more time cooking and preparing meals in your country than we do in Britain.don't you?
W:Yes.I suppose we do.You make less fuss about food than we do.In my own country,we have two big meals a day,that is,lunch and dinner,and we spend a lot of time preparing them.(21)Here in Britain,you have only one big meal a day, apart from breakfast and lunch snack, and you spend much less time preparing it.
M:Yes,but we're just as fond of good and delicious food as you are.
W:Well, you certainly don't show it!
M:We do fuss about our meals sometimes,and remenber,we like to eat out on special occasions,such as weekend evenings.birthday parties and other celebrations.London is full of foreign restaurants where you can get all the exotic dishes of the world.You must come out with us one evening,Lisa.
W:Thank you very much,I'd love to.That's what I like about London.(22)There's always so much to see and do!I think I made a wise decision when I chose to live and study in London.
(23)
A.They are everywhere and tasty.
B.Food is not tasty because of them.
C.They spoil the food in Britain.
D.They make food taste bad.
第9题
【C1】
A.separate
B.invite
C.gather
D.long
第10题
(56)
A.hot
B.warm
C.cool
D.heated
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