What kind of feeling does the line “The past is deep” show？A.It shows his lamentation o

A.Outrage

B.Suffocation

C.Delight

D.Enlightenment

B、What kind of writing style. you are adopting: formal or informal？

C、How to make your writing vivid & clear？

D、All of them

A．arouse their sympathy for people living a humble life

B．see what kind of person they are

C．show her generosity towards people inferior to her

D．experience the feeling of being served

Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

The wallet is heading for extinction. As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with the generation who read print newspapers. The kind of shopping－where you hand over notes and count out change in return—　now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters，like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk from a comer shop. At the shops where you spend any real money, that money is increasingly abstracted. 　　And this is more and more true, the higher up the scale you go. At the most cutting-edge retail stores—Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance—you don’t go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay. The staff are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa.

Which is nothing more or less than excellent service, if you have the money. But across society, the abstraction of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe I’m just old-fashioned. But earning money isn’t quick or easy for most of us. Isn’t it a bit weird that spending it should happen in half a blink (眨眼) of an eye？ Doesn’t a wallet—that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness—represent something that matters？

But I’ll leave the economics to the experts. What bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment. Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our world is becoming. The opposite of a wallet is a smartphone of an iPad. The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as pebble (鹅卵石). Instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into corners, we move our fingers left and right. No more counting out coins. Show your wallet, if you still have one. It may not be here much longer.

56. What is happening to the wallet？

A) It is disappearing. C) it is becoming costly.

B) It is being fattened. D) It is changing in style.

57. How are business transactions done in big modern stores？

A) Individually. C) In the abstract.

B) Electronically. D) Via a cash register.

58. What makes the author feel uncomfortable nowadays？

A) Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.

B) The pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.

C) Earning money is getting more difficult.

D) Spending money is so fast and easy.

59. Why does the author choose to write about what’s happening to the wallet？

A) It represents a change in the modern world.

B) It has something to do with everybody’s life.

C) It marks the end of a time-honoured tradition.

D) It is the concern of contemporary economists.

60.What can we infer from the passage about the author？

A)He is resistant to social changes.

B)He is against technological progress.

C)He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.

D)He fells insecure in the ever-changing modern world.

—How are you feeling？

--Much better. .

A Thanks for coming to see me

B You look great

C You are so kind

D Don’t mention it

根据下列材料请回答 46～50 题：

D

Long ago a kind farmer with the name of Fred lived in a small old house happily together withhis gentle wife，Doris，who couldn’t see anything at the age of five．

One cold winter night，the Luck Fairy(仙女)visited them while they were eating some bread in the dim(昏暗的)light．

“Fred，you’re so kind．I'd like to give you a wish．It's my pleasure to satisfy you．”said the Luck Fairy．“A wish？”Fred and Doris asked，standing hand in hand and smiling at each other．Then Fred answered，“Thanks，Luck Fairy．We’re living a happy life．…‘We are no longer young．but we still work in the field from morning to night every day．We enjoy ourselves，”said Doris．

“You work very hard but you make SO little money．Would you like some gold coins to buy a comfortable house？”asked the Luck Fairy．“0h no，my dear Luck Fairy．We love our small old house．We have lived here for a long time，”answered Fred，without a moment’s hesitation(犹豫)．“We are happy to work and live together all the time．That’s enough．”Doris agreed．

The couple(夫妇)were quite different from other people the Luck Fairy had ever met．She appreciated(欣赏)them very much．She disappeared，sayin9，“l wish you a happy life forever.”

Many years later，the couple lived happily as usual．It seemed to others that they were the happiest in the world．

Satisfaction is a kind of feeling that needs to be experienced from inside．It's very important to be satisfied with what you’ve got．If you enjoy the pleasure of the simple life。good luck will follow you．

第 46 题 What would the Luck Fairy give Fred？(1．5分)

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【参考解析】：The Luck Fairy would give Fred a wish．

On weekdays in pubs and bars throughout America, there is the late afternoon happy hour.The time may vary from place to place, but usually it is held from four to seven.After the workday is finished, office workers in larger cities and small towns take a relaxing pause and head off for the nearest bar or pub to be with friends, co-workers and colleagues.Within minutes the pub is filled to capacity with businessmen and secretaries, payroll clerks and stock executives.They gather around the bar and gossip about the intrigues (勾心斗角) of office life or matters more personal.This is their oasis (避风港); the place to free themselves from the day's stress at the office.

At these happy hours, social binding occurs between people who share the same workplace or similar professions.They may gossip about each other or talk about a planned project that has yet to meet a deadline.In this sense, these places become extensions of the workplace and may make up a good portion of one's social life.

These happy hours are those late afternoon chances to relax after work and before returning home.Conversations which may begin quietly and with reserve, rise gradually from a chatter to a roar.The oasis quickly fills up with smoke.Loud laughter may cackle in the air as a way to relieve the tensions of the day.The cheerful mood, heightened by the feeling of relief, competes with a TV broadcasting the latest update of CNN evening news or a sports game already in progress.

(1).How long are happy hours？

A.They are exactly two hours

B.They last as long as there are customers

C.They vary from place to place and the price of drinks.

D.Not exactly an hour but maybe a little bit longer

(2).What are the usual times for a happy hour？

A.From 5 p.m.to 8 p.m

B.From 4 p.m.to 7 p.m

C.From 6 p.m.until 9 p.m

D.From 10 p.m.until midnight

(3).Who usually attend happy hours？

A.Teachers and school administrators

B.College students and young people

C.Office workers and business people

D.Housewives

(4).What is the purpose of a happy hour？

A.To give people a happy feeling

B.To help people unwind from the stress of their jobs

C.To have the chance to drink cheaply

D.To bring in extra business

(5).What kind of conversation occurs at a happy hour？

A.General gossip and light business talk

B.Serious conversation

C.Not much talking but a lot of drinking

D.A lot of joking around with the bartender

听力原文：M: Hello, professor Johnson.

W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today？

M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn't coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what a particular sport means to me when I participate in.

W: What sport did you choose？

M: I decided to write about cross-country skiing.

W: What are you going to say about skiing？

M: That's the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country.

W: So why is that a problem？

M: I'd like to start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods. I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn't as easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy, but that's not part of my paper, so I guess I should leave it out. But now I don't know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It's not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That's different.

W: Then you'll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out？ Part of your point you knew beforehand, but part you discovered as you wrote. That's common, right？

M: Yeah, I guess so.

Questions:

19. What is the topic of the man's writing assignment？

20. What problem does the man have while working on his paper？

21. What does the woman say is common in writing papers？

(20)

A．Beautiful scenery in the countryside.

B．Dangers of cross-country skiing.

C．Pain and pleasure in sports.

D．A sport he participates in.

WILL E-READERS REPLACE THE CONVENTIONAL PAPER BOOK？

Kindles, Nooks and other e-readers are threatening the future of printed books. But reading itself may get a boost from the devices. For example, a study found that the kids felt better about reading after a course in which they used Amazon Kindles. The research is in the _International Journal of Applied Science and Technology._

For two months, 199 middle-school students in a reading improvement class in Texas had 15 to 25 minutes every day when they were free to read on the Kindle. In general, the students felt the device improved their reading ability. And they tended to enjoy using an e-reader.

They noted the ease of carrying multiple books in one device, and the feeling that reading was suddenly a high-tech 21st-century activity rather than a boring waste of time. And some low-level readers who might otherwise be embarrassed to be seen with a simple book liked keeping their peers in the dark about what title they were reading. In the old days, one had to use a fake book-cover to achieve that level of secrecy.

1. Amazon Kindles is a kind of e-books. {T; F}

2. The research done in the _International Journal of Applied Science and Technology_ has lasted for two years. {T; F}

3. The students felt e-books could not improve their reading ability. {T; F}

4. Many students tended to enjoy using an e-reader. {T; F}

5. Some low-level readers used to use fake book-covers to keep their peers in the dark. {T; F}

Please find the exact definition for "spectator".

A. a person who watches ,esp.an event or sport without taking part

B. a group of countries under one central government，often ruled by an emperor

C. a feeling of fondness for something in the past，often mixed with a kind of pleasant sadness

D. varity