The book has been well reviewed, but ____ actual sales it hasn ’t been very successfu

Which one is more formal？

A、This is to inform. you that your book has been rejected by our publishing company as it was not up to the required standard. In case you would like us to reconsider it, we would suggest that you go over it and make some necessary changes.

B、You know that book I wrote？ Well, the publishing company rejected it. They thought it was awful. But hey, I did the best I could, and I think it was great. I？m not gonna redo it the way they said I should.

The pen is more powerful than the sword （剑). There have been many writers who used their

The pen is more powerful than the sword (剑). There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them. She was born in the USA in 1811. One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freezing the slaves. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won. This book was named "Uncle Toms Cabin". There was time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse (唤起) peoples sympathies (同情). The writer herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the novel, which they said did not at all represent (代表) true state of affairs,but the Northern Americans were wildly excited over it, and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to let the slaves free.

1.How old was Mrs. Stowe when her world famous book was published？ （）

A、About 60 years old

B、Over 50 years old

C、In her forties

D、Around 30 years old

2.Why could Mrs. Stowe's book cause a civil war in America？ （）

A、She wrote so well that Americans loved her very much

B、She disclosed (揭露) the terrible wrongs that had been done to the slaves in the Southern States

C、The Southern Americans hated the book while the Northern Americans like it

D、The book had been read by many Americans

3.What can we learn from the passage？ （）

A、We needn't use weapons (武器) to fight things that are wrong

B、writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier

C、We must understand the importance of literature and art

D、No war can be won without such a book as "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

4.What do you learn about Mrs. Stowe from the passage？ （）

A、She had been living in the north of America before the American Civil War

B、She herself encouraged the northern Americans to go to war and set the slaves free

C、She was better as writing as using a sword

D、She had once been a slave

5.According to the passage（）.

A、every English-speaking person had read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

B、"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was not very interesting

C、those who don't speak English can not have read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

D、the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" did a great deal in the American Civil War

Procrastination(犹豫不决) is a disease of the mind. A scientific study in recent years has shown that it is a close relative of sadness and attention disorder; that procrastinators tend to be the result of low self-confidence and are likely to experience anxiety.

The research has shown, what is more, that the illness has become quite common. Susan Robert, a behavioral psychologist who has written a book called Living With Procrastination., says that about a quarter of the adult population of the United States and Canada is reported to have serious problems with procrastination. " when we say 'serious' we mean people for whom procrastination causes great discomfort and suffering. We 've found that such people are more troubled by daily life than others, that possibility of anxieiy is much higher among them than in the rest of the population.

In a society driven by achievement, it is little wonder that not being able to work at full steam will bring people sadness. Surely, in the land of opportunity, this anxiety has produced an industry of experts offering solutions. Many books and specialist solutions have appeared. In exchange for $19. 95, Dr. Jerome Murray will send out an audio-cassette called "Protect your future from the thief of procrastination. " Dr. Murray promises that if you follow his step-by-step rules you will be empowered to "turn self-defeat into self-realization". "Since the start of the 1990s, procrastination has been taken more and more seriously , " said Dr. Roberts, who has been treating patients troubled by the condition for more than 20 years. "It is now recognized as a true mental heath problem and is being seen more as a psychological problem and less as a moral issue.

What is the main topic of this passage？

A．Don't hesitate to give up smoking.

B．Don't regard depression as not important.

C．Delay can be a sign of illness.

D．Don't work too hard to stay healthy.

The American love of sports (11) to a pitch never before known. (12) the middle of the century we were practically without sports and even until some fifteen years ago there (13) very little enthusiasm aroused by sports (14) the fever that has within the past decade and a half swept over the country.

(15) the passionate fervor has been increasing，and the coming season promises to be the most enthusiastic of all.

(16) England the Romans brought their sports；then the Saxons and the Normans added others，and there were football matches and archery games.

In 1618 King James I issued a book of sports stating what sports were (17) after church service on Sundays；but intense anger was (18) among those who strictly observed the principles of the Bible，and in 1644 the Long Parliament ordered the book (19) by the public executioner，and all sports forbidden or strongly (20) .

A. have raised

B. has raised

C. have risen

D. has risen

A.would be

B.has been

C.was

D.had been

akers have been popular with audiences - we could ask one or two more next year. The centre we've booked is fine for this time, but the rooms are already being used to their full capacity. If we don't look elsewhere, we'll have to restrict delegate numbers next year. So, we should consider other options. Perhaps the location could also be more convenient for people coming by train.

&8226;You will hear another five recordings. Five people are phoning about conference arrangements.

&8226;For each recording, decide what the speaker's purpose is.

&8226;Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording.

&8226;Do not use any letter more than once.

&8226;After you have listened once, replay the recordings.

A. to request travel information

B. to book a meeting room

C. to postpone an appointment

D. to suggest a future change of venue

E. to ask for a conference programme

F. to cancel a reservation

G. to invite a guest speaker

H. to confirm their attendance

environment we all share, and we are tied into a global economy and global communication system. 【C2】______choosing to buy one garment rather than another we help determine whether someone on the other side of the world retains or【C3】______their job; emissions from one part of the world contribute to a hole in the ozone layer somewhere else; we can【C4】______with others anywhere via satellites, the Internet and the mobile phone. This interdependency, 【C5】______"connexity", is the defining characteristic of the world today. However, despite connexity, human beings have also【C6】______been more separate. Belief in individual rights and freedoms is at the heart of the Wests world view. People nowadays insist their freedom to【C7】______how to live, who to love, what to consume and what to believe. In economics, the sovereignty of the consumer and the shareholder is paramount. In politics, the sovereignty of nations remains a【C8】______concern. In this inspiring and important book Mulgan argues that our freedom and our connectedness are set or collision course and argues that the【C9】______way out of our current impasse(僵局) is to go beyond our sense of ourselves as【C10】______unit, and recognize the webs of mutual responsibility in which we live.

【C1】

A．harms

B．influences

C．beautifies

D．dominates

I’ve been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so.

Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possibly the single greatest barrier to writing that most of us encounter. If you are listening to that 5th grade English teacher correct your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting (稍纵即逝的) thought, the thought will die. If you capture the fleeting thought and simply share it with the world in raw form, no one is likely to understand. You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking that it is.

What prevents people from writing on is ________.

A) putting their ideas in raw form

B) attempting to edit as they write

C) ignoring grammatical soundness

D) trying to capture fleeting thoughts（B）

Questions 61-65 are based on Passage Two:

Passage Two

Science is a dominant theme in our culture．Since it touches almost every facet of our life, educated people need at least some acquaintance with its structure and operatiom They should also have an understanding of the subculture in which scientists live and the kinds of people they are, An understanding of general characteristics of science as well as specific scientific concepts is easier to attain if one knows something about the things that excite and frustrate the scientist．

This book is written for the intelligent student or lay person whose acquaintance with science is superficial; for the person who has been presented with science as a musty storehouse of dried facts; for the person who sees the chief objective of science as the production of gadgets; and for the person who views the scientist as some sort of magician． The book can be used to supplement a course in any science, to accompany any course that attempts to give an understanding of the modern world, or-independent of any course-simply to provide a better understanding of science．We hope this book will lead readers to a broader perspective on scientific attitudes and a more realistic view of what science is, who scientists are, and what they do． It will give them an awareness and understanding of the relationship between science and our culture and an appreciation of the roles science may play in our culture． In addition, readers may learn to appreciate the relationship between scientific views and some of the values and philosophies that are pervasive in our culture．

We have tried to present in this book an accurate and up-to-date picture of the scientific community and the people who populate it．That population has in recent years come to comprise more and more women．This increasing role of women in the scientific subculture is not an unique incident but, rather, part of the trend evident in all segments of society as more women enter traditionally male-dominated fields and make significant contributions． In discussing these changes and contributions, however, we are faced with a language that is implicitly sexist, one that uses male nouns or pronouns in referring to unspecified individuals．

To offset this built-in bias, we have adopted the policy of using plural nouns and pronouns whenever possible and, when a'bsolutely necessary, alternating he and she．This policy is far from being ideal, but it is at least an acknowledgment of the inadequacy of our language in treating half of the human race equally．

We have also tried to make the book entertaining as well as informative,Our approach is usually informal． We feel, as do many other scientists, that we shouldn't take ourselves too seriously． As the reader may observe, we see science as a delightful pastime rather than as a grim and dreary way to earn a living．

According to the passage, “scientific subculture”means ()．

A．cultural groups that are formed by scientists

B．people whose knowledge of science is very limited

C． the scientific community

D． people who make good contributions to science

A.Having not been written carefully

B.Not writing carefully

C.Having written not carefully

D.Not having been written carefully