It happened to be very cold ______ the morning of our sports meeting. A．at B．of C．on

A、it happened

B、did it happen

C、it was happened

D、has it happened

A.I’m sorry to hear that

B.I’ve no idea

C.Terrific

D.Forget it

Write a passage about an incident you’ve witnessed.You may follow the ideas given.

(1)Describe what happened exactly.

(2)Pay attention to who，what，when，where，etc.of the incident.

(3)Offer your advice，if any，to people in similar situations.

回答题Text 2

Every year for more than a decade I"ve gone with some good male friends to the music festi- val. Women are not invited， but they do prepare a picnic for our trip. The better the food， the more likely we are to continue our annual tradition and give them peace at least one week out of the year.

When we"re not eating， we sit around in circles and talk about manly stuff: women， mostly.After years of this special journey I have figured out women are different from us， especially when it comes to how we communicate. Women don"t need to manufacture reasons to chat， but guys need excuses like outings or organized events.

And I"ve noticed that when women are in groups there can be several conversations going on at once. When men are in a group， one man talks， and everybody else listens. It"s like bluegrass jamming in a way; one musician plays the lead， and the rest try to follow.

I"ve had more heartfelt conversations with other men at the festival than I"ve had at any other time in my life， partly because there are no women there， and partly because we"re all a little drunk. It was males bonding over whatever parts we still had left. The festival is also the only place I"ve ever cried in front of other men.

As the years have slipped by， some in our group have lost parents and grandparents， some have divorced， and others have changed careers， not always on purpose. It seems that every year something distressing has happened to at least one member of our crew， and the rest of us are there to listen and offer support.

I hope that this column can offer some comfort to women: if your man heads out on a bowling or poker night with the guys， be happy. Chances are good he"s not fleeing you and the kids， but he"s running toward the conversations he can only have with other men， and he"ll come home the better for it.

It is implied in the first paragraph that 查看材料

A.the trip is a relief for both men and women________

B.the trip will continue in spite of everything

C.the quality of the picnic needs improvement

D.the women can rarely get peace themselves

(1). When will Xiaoyan leave England？A

A、month later.

B、10 days later.

C、A year later.

(2). Where will Xiaoyan live after moving out？

A、 She will stay in her friends' place.

B、She will be on the plane to Shanghai.

C、She will have to find a hotel to live in.

(3). What will happen to Franco's flat when Xiaoyan and Mary move out？

A、 It will be sold at a good price.

B、It will be rented to other people.

C、It will be kept for Xiaoyan when she comes back.

(4). Why does Xiaoyan need another suitcase？

A、 She has got more things than she came with.

B、Her old suitcase is broken.

C、She has to give things to charity shops.

(5). What would Xiaoyan most possibly do when she sees her friend Sharon？

A、 To ask Sharon to show her around Shanghai.

B、To talk about what happened to them recently.

C、To show Sharon her new clothes.

阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容进行判断，正确写“T”错误写“F”。

Xiaoyan,

I thought you’d like to know what has happened to your report about improving the website.

Last week I had a meeting with the designers. I gave them a copy of your report and I told them that we needed to have the website redesigned.

-- I’ve had the first page simplified.

-- I have asked them to make the icons large.

-- The colours are now different too.

-- There are more functions, as you suggested, so that customers will be able to transfer funds to an account in another bank.

I’m going to make a presentation about these changes at the Paris, conference and would like to talk to you about that. There are some things I can do myself, but I would like your help with some technical aspects. I must get some slides made too, and would like your opinion about them.

Have you got time for a coffee on either Wednesday or Thursday morning？

David

1. David had a meeting with the designers yesterday.{T、F}

2. David had made the icons larger.{T、F}

3. The speed of access has been made quicker.{T、F}

4. David is going to make a presentation in Paris.{T、F}

5. David would like some help from Xiaoyan.{T、F}

阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容进行判断，正确写“T”错误写“F”。

Xiaoyan,

I thought you'd like to know what has happened to your report about improving the website.

Last week I had a meeting with the designers. I gave them a copy of your report and I told them that we needed to have the website redesigned.

-- I've had the first page simplified.

-- I have asked them to make the icons large.

-- The colours are now different too.

-- There are more functions, as you suggested, so that customers will be able to transfer funds to an account in another bank.

I’m going to make a presentation about these changes at the Paris, conference and would like to talk to you about that. There are some things I can do myself, but I would like your help with some technical aspects. I must get some slides made too, and would like your opinion about them.

Have you got time for a coffee on either Wednesday or Thursday morning？

David

1. David had a meeting with the designers yesterday.（）

2. David had made the icons larger.（）

3. The speed of access has been made quicker.（）

4. David is going to make a presentation in Paris.（）

5. David would like some help from Xiaoyan.（）

Some brains do deteriorate with age. Alzheimer's disease, for example, strikes 13 percent of Americans 65 and older. But for most aging adults, the authors say, much of what occurs is a gradually widening focus of attention that makes it more difficult to latch onto just one fact, like a name or a telephone number. Although that can be frustrating, it is often useful. "It may be that distractibility is not, in fact, a bad thing," said Shelley H. Carson, a psychology researcher at Harvard whose work was cited in the book. "It may increase the amount of information available to the conscious mind. "

For example, in studies where subjects are asked to read passages that are interrupted with unexpected words or phrases, adults 60 and older work much more slowly than college students. Although the students plow through the texts at a consistent speed regardless of what the out-of-place words mean, older people slow down even more when the words are related to the topic at hand. That indicates that they are not just stumbling over the extra information, but are taking it in and processing it. When both groups were later asked questions for which the out-of-place words might be answers, the older adults responded much better than the students.

"For the young people, it's as if the distraction never happened," said an author of the review, Lynn Hasher, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute. "But for older adults, because they've retained all this extra data, they' re now suddenly the better problem solvers. They can transfer the information they've soaked up from one situation to another. "

Such tendencies can yield big advantages in the real world, where it is not always clear what information is important, or will become important. A seemingly irrelevant point or suggestion in a memo can take on new meaning if the original plan changes. Or extra details that stole your attention, like others'yawning and fidgeting, may help you assess the speaker's real impact.

From the first two paragraphs, we learn that______.

A．aging brains tend to process more information simultaneously

B．one becomes forgetful when he gets old

C．older people don't think their brainpower is declining

D．the aged always stress long-term benefit

听力原文：W: Hi, Frank. What are you up to？ Is that really a French grammar book？

M: Well, I'm trying to teach myself some French. When I go to Montreal next semester, I don't want to sound like just another tourist. Most of the people there are bilingual.

W: Leave Boston to go to Montreal？ I didn't know this university had a program in Canada.

M: It doesn't. I'm planning to take a short leave of absence from school, so I can go there on my own.

W: What's the reason for this sudden interest in Canada？ M: Well, actually I've been thinking about going for some time now. I know someone there who's been wanting me to visit.

W: A relative？

M: An old friend of my uncle's runs a chemical engineering department there. So, I'm hoping he can help me enroll in some interesting courses.

W: If you want those credits transferred back here later on, you'd better arrange for it before you leave. Don't forget what happened to Susan after she came back from Rome.

M: Yeah, but her situation was different. I already have all the credits I need to graduate.

W: So you'll be taking courses just for the sake of learning.

M: That will be a nice change of pace, won't it？

What was Frank doing at the beginning of the conversation？

A．Planning a sightseeing tour.

B．Writing to his uncle.

C．Arranging his class schedule.

D．Looking through a language textbook.

Subject:Reorganisation

Date:12.11.2005

From:Simon Harris

To:Brett

Cc:

Dear Brett,

Welcome back to St.Swithen’s.I look forward to hearing about your adventures in the US.

I’m writing because there have been a lot of changes since you went away, and you need to know about them before you can start work.

The main change is that we have had a new computer system installed.You will need to be trained in using the system before you can see any patients! I’ve arranged for you to have a training session at 10 o’clock on Monday with our IT consultant, Gerry.He’s a really nice guy.

It’s especially important that you can use the patient records system.We’ve had a few teething problems, and it seems complicated at first;but when you get used to it, you’ll find it really helpful.For example, it’s much quicker than the old system.Remember you used to wait ages before the information came up on the screen？ Well, now it’s very quick.

You will also need to be familiar with the appointment booking system, so you can see who your next patient is.The new program makes it impossible to double-book a patient, so we shouldn’t get as many complaints as we used to.

As well as the computer system, we’ve also installed a new electronic security door.You will need a special card from reception and it will need replacing every two months.I’m afraid we made Bill redundant.It’s a shame;I used to enjoy talking to him every morning.

Well, I hope you like the improvements.Most people find that it makes their work easier and faster.There is one downside though;the atmosphere has become less personal.I used to talk to everyone a lot, but now we communicate by email most of the time.I even email people who work in the same room as me!

Well, see you on Monday, Brett.Nice to have you back.

Best wishes,

Simon

1.Brett has just come back from ().

A.Europe

B.England

C.America

D.China

2.Brett will ()on Monday morning.

A.see his next patient

B.have a training session

C.get a special card form. the reception

D.talk to Bill in the morning

3.The main change that has happened since Brett went away is that ().

A.the company has had a new computer system installed

B.the company has installed a new electronic security door

C.the company has imported many new computers

D.the company has dismissed many old staff

4.The new patient records system is better than the old one because().

A.it’s much quicker than the old one

B.you should wait for ages before the information came up on the screen

C.you need not to be familiar with the appointment booking system

D.people need not talk to each other face to face any more

5.The main disadvantage of the new computer system is that ().

A.you need to be very familiar with the booking system

B.the card from the reception will need replacing every months

C.it’s impossible to double-book a patient

D.the atmosphere has become less personal