I have spent a lot of time （) repairing the machine .

A.at

B.不填

C.on

D.with

阅读理解My cousin, John, is a university student. Last year he went to Italy and stayed there for two months. I was surprised that John was able to have such a long holiday because he never has any money.

“How did you manage it, John” I asked. “I thought you were going to stay for two weeks,”

“It was easy,” John answered. “I got a job.”

“A job!” I exclaimed. “What did you do？”

“I gave English lessons to a grocer,” John answered. “His name is Luigi. We have become great friends.”

“But you’re not a teacher,” I said.

“I told Luigi I couldn’t teach,” John explained. “But he insisted on having conversation lessons. He wanted to practice his English. He has a lot of American customers, so it is important for him to speak English. I spent three hours a day talking to him. In return he gave me a room, three meals a day and a little pocket money.”

“Did your pupil learn much English？” I asked.

“I don’t know,” John said. “But I learned a lot of Italian!”

1. The cousin of the author is _________.

A)a university student

B) an Italian grocer

C) a tour guide

D) a news reporter

2. How long did John spend in Italy？

A)A week.

B)Two weeks.

C) A month.

D) Two months.

3. The author thought John could not have spent such a long holiday because _________.

A) John did not have money with him

B)John did not like Italy very much

C)John was traveling all by himself

D)John would miss his family very much

4. What do we know about John’s job？

A) John was paid well for his English lessons.

B) John gave English conversation lessons to an Italian.

C) Luigi learned a lot of English from his American customers.

D)Luigi did not know any English before John taught him.

5. What do we know about Luigi？

A) He showed John around during his stay in Italy.

B) He was angry because he learned nothing from John.

C)Every day he spent some time teaching John Italian.

D) He did not care whether John had teaching experience or not.

6. What does the underlined word “exclaimed” (Para. 4) probably mean？

A) cry out

B) laugh

C)answer

D)stand up

Read the following paragraph and select the irrelevant sentence.

Physical gestures and body language have different meanings in different cultures, and misunderstanding these signals can sometimes be embarrassing.So we must learn how to tolerate.Although I had spent a lot of time among non-Americans, I had never realized what this could mean in practical terms.I had an experience that taught me well, however.Some years ago, I organized and accompanied a small group of visiting foreign students to New York for four days of sightseeing by bus.Because these students were rather young, and because New York was such an overwhelming city, I was constantly counting heads to be sure we hadn't lost anyone.In the USA , it is very common to count people or things by pointing the index finger and, of course, I used this method.One young man became extremely quiet and pensive, and I thought that perhaps he wasn't enjoying himself.When I asked him what the matter was, he replied, In my country, we count people with our eyes.We use our fingers to count pigs.

A.Physical gestures and body language have different meanings in different cultures, and misunderstanding these signals can sometimes be embarrassing

B.So we must learn how to tolerate

C.Although I had spent a lot of time among non-Americans, I had never realized what this could mean in practical terms

D.I had an experience that taught me well, however

It cost her a lot of money, but she doesn't regret ______ a year traveling around the world

A) to have spent B) to spend C) spent D) spending

A.benefited

B.brought

C.spent

D.taken

W: Yes, certainly. I was a marketing consultant, responsible for marketing ten UK hotels. They were all luxury hotels in the leisure sector, all of a very high standard.

M: Which markets were you responsible for？

W: For Europe and Japan.

M: I see from your resume that you speak Japanese. Have you ever been to Japan？

W: Yes, I have. I spent a month in Japan in 2006. I met all the key people in the tourist industry, the big tour operators and tourist organizations. As I speak Japanese, I had a very big advantage.

M: Yes, of course. Have you bad any contact with Japan in your present job？

W: Yes. I've had a lot. The troth is I have become very popular with the Japanese, both for holidays end for business conferences. In fact, the market for all types of luxury holidays for the Japanese has increased a lot recently.

M: Realty, I'm interested to hear more about that, but first, ten me, have you ever traveled on a luxury train？ The Orient Express, for example.

W: No I haven't, but I have traveled on a glacier express to Switzerland and I traveled across China by train about 8 years ago. I love train travel. That's why Fm very interested in this job.

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A．Marketing consultancy.

B．Professional accountancy.

C．Luxury hotel management.

D．Business conference organization.

I have learned many languages, but I have not mastered them the way a professional interpreter or translator has. Still, they have opened doors for me. They have allowed me the opportunity to seek jobs in international contexts and help me get those jobs. Like many people who have lived overseas for a while, I simply got crazy about it. I can’t imagine living my professional or social life without international interactions. Since 1977, I have spent much more time abroad than in the United States. I like going to new places, eating new foods and experiencing new cultures. If you can speak the language, it’s easier to get to know the country and its people. If I had the time and money, I would live for a year in as many countries as possible.

Beyond my career, my facility with languages has given me a few rare opportunities. Once just after I returned from my year in Vienna, I was asked to translate for a German judge at an Olympic level horse event. I learned a lot about the sport. In Japan, once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought. They asked, “Was it as good as American beef？” It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was.

A.She enjoys teaching languages.

B.She can speak several languages.

C.She was trained to be an interpreter.

D.She was born with a talent for languages.

We stayed in a small hotel in the West End. It was convenient as we did most of our sight seeing on foot. Taxis were too expensive; the bus routes were too difficult for us to understand; and my wife didn't like traveling by underground. She said it made her feel shut in.

We went to look at the places, which all tourists see. We saw Buckingham Palace, the National Gallery and Piccadilly Circus. We went shopping in Oxford Street and spent too much money. What we liked most, though, was going to the theatre. We don't have the chance to see such wonderful plays at home. A lot of people say English food is very bad. We didn't think so. It's true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some very good meals.

In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have booked another trip to England for this year. We're going to take our umbrellas, though. I'm sure we'll need them.

1)、While in London, the writer and his wife usually got around on foot.

A.T

B.F

2)、The wife didn't like traveling by underground because it was not fast enough.

A.T

B.F

3)、They could visit good museums in London that they have no chance of doing at home.

A.T

B.F

4)、In London it is not easy for people to find English restaurants.

A.T

B.F

5)、They are going to take their umbrellas because it often rains in London.

A.T

B.F

Passage One

Shortly after the war, my brother and I were invited to spend a few days' holiday with an uncle who had just returned from abroad. He rented a cottage in the country, although he rarely spent much time there. The cottage, however, had no comfortable furniture in it, many of the windows were broken and the roof leaked, making the whole house damp.

On our first evening, we sat around the fire after supper listening to the stories our uncle had had to tell of his many adventures in distant countries. I was so tired after the long train journey that I would have preferred to go to bed, but I could not bear to miss any of my uncle's exciting tales.

He was just in the middle of describing a rather terrifying experience he had, when there was a loud crash from the bedroom above, the one where my brother and I were going to sleep.

"It sounds as if the roof has fallen in!" shouted my uncle, with a loud laugh.

When we got to the top of the stairs and opened the bedroom door, a strange sight met our eyes. A large part of the ceiling had collapsed (坍塌), falling right on to the pillow of my bed. I was glad that I had stayed up late to listen to my uncle's stories, otherwise I should certainly have been seriously injured, perhaps killed.

That night we all slept on the floor of the sitting room downstairs not wishing to risk our lives by sleeping under a roof which might at any moment collapse on our heads. We left for London the very next morning and my uncle gave up his cottage in the country. This was not the kind of adventure he cared for, either!

What does the writer say about his uncle during the war？

A．He had a lot of adventures.

B．He fought as a soldier.

C．He made a lot of money.

D．He enjoyed many of his adventures.

I have learnt many languages， but I’m not mastered them the way the professional interpreter or translator has。 Still， they have open doors for me。 They have allowed me the opportunity to seek jobs in international contexts and help me get those jobs。 Like many people who have lived overseas for a while， I simply got crazy about it。 I can’t image living my professional or social life without international interactions。 Since 1977， I have spent much more time abroad than in the United States。 I like going to new places， eating new foods and experiencing new cultures。 If you can speak the language， it’s easier to get to know the country and its people。 If I had the time and money。 I would live for a year in as many countries as possible。 Beyond my career， my facility with languages has given me a few rare opportunities。 Once， just after I returned my year in Vienna。 I was asked to translate for a German judge at Olympic level horse event and learned a lot about the sport。

In Japan， once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show， I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought。 They asked” Was it as good as American beef？” It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV， speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was。

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you’ve just heard。

Question 19 What does the speaker say about herself？

Question 20 What does the speaker say about many people who have lived overseas for a while？

Question 21 How did the speaker experience of living in Vienna benefit her？

Question 22 What was the speaker asked to do in the Japanese studio？