We‘d better start work straight away. Here, “straight away“ means “directly off“。()

A、hadn’t we better got start

B、hadn’t we better get start

C、hadn’t we better get started

D、hadn’t we better not started

听力原文： In public speaking, the watch word is preparation. Most of us tend to put things off, at least occasionally. It's so easy to put things off especially those things we do not look forward to doing. So if the speaking engagement is several weeks off, we may feel that we still have plenty of time. But as the day draws closer, we begin to panic. Don't let this happen to you. Start preparing as soon as you're given or accept the speaking assignment. You have much to do and to do it right will take time. How much better your speech will be and how much better you'll feel if you have taken the time to do it right! When you are prepared, you have gathered the needed data, determined what is appropriate to the listener's understanding and acceptance levels, organized the ideas so they flow logically, selected examples and other supports for your ideas and made them interesting to your listeners, developed a great opening that you know will capture the attention of even the daydreamers in your audience checked out the room where you'll be speaking and requested any feasible changes you wish in the set-up of the room If you are prepared, you are confident that you can best convey your message to your listeners. If you waited until a few days before your presentation to begin to prepare, or worse, yet, the day before, no doubt you'll be anxious and with good reason. And now there is not enough time to engage in more than a superficial attempt. Both you and the audience will feel uncomfortable, like retirement planning. It is never too early to start preparing for your presentation. So, start preparing right away.

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A．Confidence.

B．Preparation.

C．Informativeness.

D．Select appropriate materials.

It's high time you _____.

A. start to work

B. would start to work

C. started to work

D. had started to work

Wo ____ when we begin our fieldwork here.

A: appearance

B: application

C: accomplish

D: achievement

A major difference between the Japanese and U.S workforces is that

A．the Japanese workforce is better disciplined.

B．the Japanese workforce is more productive.

C．the U.S workforce has a better education.

D．the U.S workforce is more organized.

A.A.

B.B.No matter

C.C.No wonder

D.D.Though

E.E.However

A．Cash would be no longer in use.

B．There would be more safety guards.

C．More prisons would be set up.

D．People would be better off.

We shall go to Shanghai on business before you _____back next week.

a、will come

b、came

c、would come

d、come

阅读理解：根据上下文，补全对话内容。

A. So maybe we should avoid long traveling hours, and make the trip a relaxing one.

B. Lakes always bring people peace and quiet.

C. Actually the boss told me to make plans for the trip.

D. One more thing, we need to make safety a priority.

E. There will be less traffic and fewer people there.

ZHANG HUA: Do you know that the senior members of our company were whispering about a short trip？

LIU HUI: Yes, I heard about it this morning. {A; B; C; D; E}.

ZHANG HUA: Really？ Then you will need to think hard about it.

LIU HUI: Sure. Since you are here, maybe you can help me work out some ideas.

ZHANG HUA: For a start, we need to bear in mind that many of them are about sixty years old.

LIU HUI: {A; B; C; D; E}.

ZHANG HUA: Right. What about the countryside？ {A; B; C; D; E}.

LIU HUI: That is an option. Besides, it's better to go to a place with a lake or river and hills covered with trees in the area.

ZHANG HUA: I like this idea. {A; B; C; D; E}.

LIU HUI: And they can either walk around the lake or take a boat for relaxation.

ZHANG HUA:{A; B; C; D; E}.

LIU HUI: Exactly. Thank you for your suggestions, I will work out an itinerary for the trip this afternoon.

ZHANG HUA: You're welcome.

The American population was the tallest in the world from about the American Revolution to World WarⅡ—that’s a long time.The U.S.had a very resource rich environment, with game, fish and wildlife. In fact we have data on disadvantaged people in America,such as slaves.They were obviously among the most mistreated populations in the world, but given the resource abundance，and given the fact that the slave owners needed their work,they had to be fed relatively decently. So the slaves were taller than European peasants. It’s no wonder that Europeans were just flooding to America.

Americans today are no longer the tallest people in the world.After World WarⅡ，many Western and Northern European countries began to adopt favorable social policies.There is universal health insurance in most of these societies—that,of course，makes a difference in health care.You can also consider income inequality in the U.S., since people who are at the low end of the totem pole(图腾柱)have considerable adversity making ends meet.I suspect the difference in height between Americans and Europeans is due to both diet and health care.

Americans today suffer from an additional problem:obesity.If children are too well nourished，then they’ re not able to grow optimally.There are certain hormones that control the start of the adolescent growth and the start of adolescence.Nutrition is one of the factors，along with genetic and hormonal ones which are associated with the start of puberty(青春期).And if puberty comes too early，then the youth will peak out sooner,and will not become as tall in adulthood as someone who had better nutrition.Also,the overload of carbohydrates and fats in a fast food diet may hinder the consumption of micro nutrients essential to growth.

1.The word "game" in(line 2，para.1)refers to.

(A). animals hunted for food

(B). rich natural resources

(C). activities played by kids

(D). sports events to be held

2.Slaves in America were taller than European peasants because.

(A). they were badly treated

(B). they did not do farm work

(C). they had sufficient food to eat

(D). they enjoyed better health care

3. It is implied in the second paragraph that.

(A). Europeans could make more money than Americans

(B). average Americans used to be shorter than Europeans

(C). welfare helps Europeans grow taller than Americans

(D). people on the totem pole are leading a comfortable life

4. According to the third paragraph,overweight children in the U.S..

A. tend to have better nutrition for growth

B. tend to eat more food to grow taller

C. will grow taller than average children

D. will fail to grow into an ideal height

5. Eating too much fast food may affect.

(A). the absorption of micronutrients

(B). the intake of carbohydrates

(C). the consumption of hormones

(D). the digestion of fats

Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is one life’s essentials. Eating

breakfast at the start of the day, we have all been told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the

family car before starting a trip.

But for many people the thought of food first thing in the morning is by no means a pleasure. So despite all the

efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are available, the

number of people who didn’t have breakfast, increased by 33 percent.

For those who feel pain of guilt about not eating breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies

in the last few years indicate that, for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast.

“Going without breakfast does not affect performance,” said Arrold E. Bender, former professor of the nutrition

at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve performance.”

Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most

of the recent work involves children, not adults, “The literature”, says one researcher, Dr. Erresto at the University

of Texas, “is poor”.

The latest year for which figures could be obtained is _______.

A. the year the author wrote the article

B. 1977

C. any year between 1997 and 1983

D. 1983