If you want to get the most out of the study of a language, you must also read for pleasure: novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the important thing is to get on with the reading; to try to grasp what the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole. This is impossible if you stop and think over the meaning of every single word which happens to be unfamiliar(不熟悉). You can not enjoy a story if you stop half a dozen times on every page in order to look up words in the dictionary. You may even prevent yourself from understanding the story as a whole by doing this.

  When you are reading books of this kind, therefore, you will usually have to rely mainly on(依靠) the context (上下文) to help you. If you meet an unfamiliar word, do not let it take too much of your attention from the main thread(主線) of the story. In all probability(可能) you will meet the same word again a few pages later on in a slightly different context, and each time you see it that your understanding of it will become more exact.

To read for pleasure means _____________.

A．to take pleasure in reading 

B．to be satisfied in reading book

C．to read such books as novels, plays, travel books, etc

D．to go on with reading pleasantly

The phrase “to get on with reading” in the passage has the same meaning as “_________”.

A．to try to grasp the meaning of every sentence in the book

B．to try to catch the meaning of every word in the book

C．to try to understand all the writer is going to tell you

D．to try to understand the main idea of the book

、When you meet new words in reading such kinds of books, you’d better _________.

A．stop and look them up in a dictionary         B．stop and think them over

C．try to guess their meanings from the context    D．have none of them

According to the passage the best way to read novels, plays and travel books is _____.

   A．to read very slowly      B．to read quickly and not too carefully

C．to read very carefully    D．to read very seriously

The best title for this passage is “___________”.

A．Read for Pleasure    B．Get on with the Books

C．Reading Skills       D．The Importance of Reading

Most shops in Britain open at 9:00 am, and close at 5:00 or 5:30 in the evening. Small shops usually close for an hour at lunchtime. On one or two days a week—usually Thursday and/or Friday—some large food shops stay open until about 8:00 pm for late night shopping.

Many shops are closed in the afternoon on one day a week. The day is usually Wednesday or Thursday and it is a different day in different towns.

Nearly all shops are closed on Sundays. Newspaper shops are open in the morning, and sell sweets and cigarettes as well. But not all the things can be sold on Sundays.

Usually it is not difficult for foreign visitors to find where to buy things. Most shops sell the things that you want to buy. One problem is stamps. In Britain you can only buy these at post offices. Many large food shops are self-service. When you go into one of these shops, you take a basket and you put the things you wish to buy into this. You pay for everything just before you leave. If anyone tries to take things from a shop without paying they are almost certain to be caught, because most shops have detectives.

When you are waiting to be served in a shop, it is important not try to be served before people who arrive before you. Many foreign people are surprised at the British way of queuing (排隊).

Most shops in Britain stay open for about ______ a day.

A. eight hours    B. five hours    C. ten hours    D. six hours

According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?  

A. Some large food shops open for about 11 hours on Thursday or Friday.

B. Many shops are closed in the afternoon once a week on Tuesday.

C. Only a few things can be bought on Sundays.

D. It is not difficult for foreign visitors to buy things in Britain.

You can not buy ______ in shops.  

A. cigarette.      B. sweets.     C. stamps.     D. clothes.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?  

A. Most shops usually close for an hour at lunchtime.

B. Many large shops are self-service.

C. Most shops have detectives.

 D. People do not have to queue to be served.

Which of the following statements can be the best title of this passage?

A. Shops in Britain

B. How to buy things in Britain?

C. The British Way of Queuing

D. How long are the British shops?

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Throw the bottles and boxes of drugs out of your house. A new theory suggests that medicine could be bad for your health, which should at least come as good news to people who cannot afford to buy expensive medicine. This new theory argues that healing is at our fingertips: we can be healthy by doing Yoga on a regular basis.

Supporters of medical treatment argue that medicine should be trusted since it is effective and scientifically proven. They say that there is no need for spiritual methods such as Yoga. These waste our time, something which is quite precious in our material world. There is medicine that can kill our pain, x-rays that show us our bones or MRI that scans our brain for tumors.

We must admit that these methods are very effective in the examples that they provide. However, there are some “everyday complaints” such as back pains, headaches, insomnia, which are treated currently with medicine. When you have a headache, you take an Aspirin; when you cannot sleep, you take Xanax without thinking of the side effects of these. When you use these pills for a long period, you become addicted to them; you cannot sleep without them. We pay huge amounts of money and become addicted instead of getting better. How about a safer and more economical way of healing? When doing Yoga, you do not need anything except your energy so it is very economical. Its popularity has spread particularly throughout America and Western Europe. In quantum (量子) physics, energy is recognized as the fundamental substance which the universe consists of. Yoga depends on the energy within our bodies. It is a simple and effective way of restoring the energy flow. There are no side effects and it is scientifically explained.

Opponents of alternative healing methods also claim that serious illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and cancer cannot be treated without drugs. They think so because these patients spend the rest of their lives in the hospital taking medicine. How can Yoga make these people healthy again? It is very unfortunate that these patients have to live in the hospital losing their hair because of chemotherapy (化療), losing weight because of the side effects of the medicine they take. Actually, it is common knowledge that except for when the cancer is recognized at an early stage, drugs also cannot treat AIDS or cancer. Most of the medicines these patients use are to ease their pain and their sufferings. Instead of drugs which are expensive and have many side effects, you can use your energy to overcome the hardships of life, find an emotional balance, leave the stress of everyday life and let go of the everyday worries. We should definitely start learning Yoga and avoid illnesses before it is too late.

Below the topsoil of the earth is the subsoil, _____ layer that contains stones mixed with a small amount of _____ organic matter.

A. a; the           B. the; the         C. 不填; 不填           D. a; 不填

_____ in her most beautiful skirt, the girl tried to make herself ______ at the party．

A. Dressed; noticing               B. Dressing; noticed

C. Dressed; noticed                D. Dressing; being noticing

Arriving in the deep night, we found there was no food _____ as all the shops were shut．

    A．left     B．convenient   C．remaining        D．a(chǎn)vailable

While he was investigating ways to improve the telescope, Newton made ____ discovery which completely changed ________ man’s understanding of color.

    A. a ; /               B. a ; the           C. / ; the            D. the ; a

— Do you really want to go out?

   — It may rain．         , I shall go out; I don't mind the rain．   

    A． Anyhow  B． Otherwise   C． Somehow D． Therefore

_____ the fact that David failed in the competition ,his teacher thought he had done his best.

      A. Although       B. Despite         C. While    D. Without

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Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (梔子花) was   31  to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always   32  －it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to  33  the sender’s identity and just  34  in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical，perfect white flower lying in  35  pink paper．

    But I never stopped  36  who the giver might be．My mother  37  to these imaginations．She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special  38  who might be showing appreciation．I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had  39  me even though I didn’t know him．

    One month  40  my high-school graduation．my father died．My feelings  41  from sorrow to fear and  42  ：my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life．I became completely  43  in my coming graduation，the senior-class play and the ball．But my mother would not hear of my  44  any of those things．Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress，but it was the  45  size．When my father died，I forgot about the dress．

    The day before my ball，I found that dress——in the right size——over the living room sofa．It was  46  to me so lovingly．I didn’t  47  if I had a new dress or not．But my mother did．She wanted her children to feel  48  ，filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of  49  ．In truth，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia——lovely，strong and perfect——with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery．

    My mother died ten days after l was married．The following year the gardenia stopped  50  ．

A．delivered       B．taken        C．brought D．given

A．helpful     B．useless      C．hopeful      D．useful

A．realize     B．check    C．discover D．recognize  

A．pleasant        B．pleasing         C．satisfied    D．delighted

A．tough   B．soft     C．light    D．hard  

A．remembering     B．imagining    C．recalling    D．considering

A．a(chǎn)sked       B．preferred        C．contributed      D．refer

A．job     B．thing   C．happiness    D．kindness

A．watched         B．noticed      C．hated    D．observed

A．before B．later    C．a(chǎn)go      D．a(chǎn)fter  

A．differed        B．suffered C．judged  D．ranged 

A．happiness  B．depressing       C．a(chǎn)nger    D．shock 

A．interested      B．unhappy  C．disappointing    D．uninterested   

A．disappearing   B．losing       C．lost D．lacking

A．false       B．proper       C．right    D．wrong

A．presented  B．introduced      C．a(chǎn)warded  D．provided 

A．wonder      B．desire       C．care     D．doubt   

A．loved       B．respected    C．honored D． loving  

A．difficulty  B．hardship     C．sorrow   D．sorry   

A．a(chǎn)ppearing       B．following        C．presenting   D． coming