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Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping---watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some __46__ countries, people can turn on their __47__ and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and __48__ things.
Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden. __49__, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10 million. In France, there are two teleshopping channels, and the French __50__ about $ 20 million a year in buying things through those channels.
In Germany, __51__ last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can __52__ for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German __53__ are hoping these will help them sell more things.
Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without __54__. With all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans __55__ like this new way of buying things. They call __56__ “junk on the air.” Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things __57__ on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things __58__.
The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be __59__ the American companies. They will have to be more careful about __60__ of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves.
1．A. European
B. Asian
C. American
D. African
2．A. lights
B. switches
C. radios
D. TVs
3．A. some else
B. another many C. the other
D. many other
4．A. Such as
B. For example C. For teleshopping D. It is like
5．A. takes
B. cost
C. spends
D. spend
6．A. to
B. until
C. unless
D. by
7．A. begin
B. leave
C. open
D. turn on
8．A. people
B. women
C. businessmen D. officials
9．A. to go out
B. going out
C. to buy things D. buying things
10．A. still
B. don’t
C. even
D. won’t
11． A. teleshopping
B. TV
C. radio
D. telephone
12．A. appearing
B. coming out
C. for sale
D. to buy
13．A. in the shop
B. on TV
C. they bought
D. by this way
14．A. different from
B. the same with
C. as big as
D. larger than
15．A. the number
B. the quality
C. the places
D. the buyers
John, a famous musician, took his priceless zither (齐特琴) and played it in the crowded subway station. The music from the zither was delicately streaming __1__ the whole station. However, during the one-hour play only six or seven people truly __2__ the charming music. A three-year-old kid was so __3__ by the music that he forgot everything around. John only got 52 U.S. dollars for his work that day.
__4__, in normal days, when John is about to hold a concert, the ticket can be sold for more than 100 dollars and it is extremely __5__ to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, many __6__ in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not __7__ the famous musician and missing such a valuable but __8__ music feast.
I have a very busy friend who totally __9__ after knowing that his wife came down with a deadly illness. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. But his wife still did not __10__ to conquer the illness and passed away after three months. After that, he often sighed miserably that __11__ his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now it is impossible to __12__ it.
Actually, I also missed something __13__ before. The __14__ we missed those things is simple: we had thought that we could still own them __15__.
Yet tomorrow is actually by no means __16__. There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people’s __17__, they had only done two things: waiting and regretting. The result is that they were always too late to __18__ what they had. We would often claim to do something when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc. However, when we reach the __19__ we have expected, we could no longer __20__ our wish, because we have lost it by then.
16．A. throughout B. before
C. above
D. for
17．A. heard
B. appreciated
C. found
D. absorbed
18．A. attracted
B. confused
C. excited
D. stuck
19．A. Therefore B. However
C. Then
D. Also
20．A. convenient B. necessary
C. easy
D. hard
21．A. listeners B. passers-by
C. viewers
D. children
22．A. greeting B. recognizing
C. paying
D. contacting
23．A. common
B. meaningful
C. cheap
D. expensive
24．A. escaped
B. abandoned
C. submitted
D. changed
25．A. decide
B. want
C. manage
D. agree
26．A. as with B. thanks to
C. due to
D. as for
27．A. come up with B. look forward to
C. make up for D. look back on
28．A. difficult B. present
C. precious
D. delightful
29．A. reason
B. origin
C. chance
D. result
30．A. today
B. nowadays
C. yesterday
D. tomorrow
31．A. reliable B. easy
C. comfortable
D. charming
32．A. lives
B. works
C. plans
D. tasks
33．A. protect B. miss
C. suggest
D. value
34．A. top
B. condition
C. success
D. scene
35．A. say
B. understand
C. forget
D. realize
While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an incredible(难以置信的) sight. The
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was swimming and started with only three men. For one reason or another, two of them had a
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start, so they were disqualified. That would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to
38 against.
I watched the man
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off the blocks and knew immediately that something was wrong. Now I’m not an expert
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but I do know a good dive 41 a poor one, and this was not exactly medal
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. I listened to the crowd begin to
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this poor man that was clearly having a
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time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was 45
he made a few desperate(拼命的) stroke(划水) and you could tell he was exhausted.
But in those few
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strokes, the crowd had changed. No longer were they laughing, but beginning to
47 . Some even began to
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things like, “Come on, you can do it!” and he
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finished his race. The crowd went
50 . Even though he recorded one of the
51 times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other 52 .
In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals, feeling they have
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been cheated out of gold, or when they act so
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in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch an underdog(败者), a man that gave his all --- knowing that he had no chance, but competed because of his
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and the spirit of the games.
36．A. view
B. event
C. game
D. match
37．A. false
B. nervous
C. strange
D. violent
38．A. fight
B. struggle
C. defend
D. race
39．A. set
B. bounce
C. dive
D. fall
40．A. swimmer
B. coach
C. judge
D. adviser
41．A. from
B. in
C. beyond
D. between
42．A. feature
B. quality
C. example
D. sign
43．A. break off B. stand by
C. laugh at
D. focus on
44．A. happy
B. wonderful C. satisfying
D. tough
45．A. hopeful B. pitiful
C. boring
D. skillful
46．A.intellectualB. smart
C. awkward
D. excellent
47．A. support B. quit
C. cheer
D. hesitate
48．A. speak
B. present
C. conclude
D. yell
49．A. eventually B. hardly
C. successful
D. nearly
50．A. wild
B. angry
C. sad
D. grey
51．A. fastest B. luckiest
C. worst
D. slowest
52．A. companion B. competitors C. volunteers
D. partners
53．A. somehow B. already
C. even
D. anyway
54．A. poorly
B. carelessly C. sharply
D. proudly
55．A. advantage B. independence C. determination D. principle
Dear Xiaohua:
I’m very glad to receive your letter. From your letter, I know you have shown
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great interest in inventing new things. That’s great. As for how to be an inventor, there is no quick answer to
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.
Coming from different cultures and having different backgrounds, inventors do not seem to have much
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common. But creative thinking,
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is greatly valued, is perhaps the basic skill an inventor should have. In order to explore new possibilities, you will have to learn to break
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from old thought patterns. When you get stuck, try to look at the problem in
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many ways as possible. Each new
62． may improve your understanding.
More importantly, always keep it in your mind
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success is no accident. It is the result of a long process of trial and error. Above all, the main task for you is to study hard and try to learn more knowledge. This, of course, will lay a solid foundation.
Hope your future invention will make a difference.
Good luck.
Yours,
Wang Li
参考答案
1．A
2．D
3．D
4．B
5．D
6．B
7．C
8．C
9．B
10．B
11．A
12．C
13．B
14．A
15．B
【解析】
试题分析：本文介绍了发源于美国并流行于欧洲各国的电话购物法，说明了电话购物法的发展情况以及受大众欢迎的原因，同时也指出了这种购物法存在的问题，并提出了解决这些问题的途径。
A。上文讲到电话购物法在欧洲也开始起步，本句承接上文，对欧洲的情况作进一步介绍，因此，应选European。
D。电话购物法，应通过看电视选择物品，然后电话订购， 故应选TVs。
D。else为副词不用来修饰名词作定语。the other things意为“别的所有商品”不合文意，选项many other things意为“别的许多商品”为正确选项。
B。such as中的as为介词，因此该词组用于列举时，后面常直接接名词或名词性短语。而for example用于列举时与后面例子常用逗号隔开。因此B为正确选项。
D。分析句子，不难发现本句使用了“spend money in dong something”这一结构，且主语the French为第三人称复数，故应用spend的原形。
B。该句子表示“在德国，每天电话购物法仅在一个频道播放一个小时，这种情况一直持续到去年”，表示某状态一直持续到某个点时间，应用“until + 点时间”。
C。这里open表示“开放，开张，营业”，本句表示电影频道对电话购物实行了开放政策，可用来进行电话购物。
C。很明显，电话购物法为商人销售产品提供了一个极佳的渠道。因此本句表达了商人的愿望。
B。without为介词。后面应跟动词的-ing形式。根据文意，going out应为正确选项。
B。根据本句开头的But以及下文内容，这里提到的是对电话购物持反对态度的人。故选don’t。
A。一些人不喜欢电话购物法，称其为“垃圾”。故应选teleshopping。
C。人们担心的是电视上正在销售的产品的质量。A，B意思不对。for sale表示“待售”，为正确选项。
B。电话购物法令人们担心的是电视上展销的商品的质量，而不是商店里的商品，也不是已经买到手的商品。故选on TV。
。根据上文，欧洲人的购物观念与美国人有所不同。因此电话购物公司也得采取不同的措施。固定结构be different form意为“不同于……”为正确答案。
B。根据上文，消费者关心的是质量。因此电话购物公司必须对质量倍加小心。故选择quality。
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17．B
18．A
19．B
20．D
21．B
22．B
23．C
24．D
25．C
26．C
27．C
28．C
29．A
30．D
31．A
32．A
33．D
34．B
35．D
【解析】
试题分析：本文通过举了音乐家和朋友的故事，说明我们要珍惜现在，不要等到以后后悔。
16．考查介词：A. throughout贯穿B. before在…前面C. above在…上面D. for为了，弦音曼妙，在空旷处流淌
17．考查动词：A. heard 听见B. appreciated欣赏C. found 发现D. absorbed吸收，真正驻足聆听者只有六七人。
18．考查动词：A. attracted吸引B. confused混淆C. excited使…兴奋D. stuck卡住，一个三岁的孩子被音乐吸引了，选A
19．考查副词：A. Therefore因此 B. However然而C. Then然后D. Also也，然而平日，约翰的演奏会举行时，一张票超过100美元，
20．考查形容词：A. convenient便利的B. necessary必要的C. easy容易的 D. hard困难的，且一票难求。
21．考查名词：A. listeners听众 B. passers-by过路人C. viewers观众， D. children孩子，不少当时就在地铁站的扼腕自己眼拙，错过了一场免费或者廉价的音乐盛宴。
22．考查动词：A. greeting问候B. recognizing认出C. paying付钱D. contacting联系，因为没有认出音乐家感到惋惜，选B
23．考查形容词：A. common普通的B. meaningful有意义的 C. cheap便宜的 D. expensive昂贵的，错过了一场免费或者廉价的音乐盛宴。
24．考查动词：A. escaped逃离B. abandoned放弃C. submitted移交D. changed改变，位忙碌的朋友得知老婆罹患重症，彻头彻尾变了一个人
25．考查动词：A. decide决定B. want想要C. manage 管理D. agree同意，可是妻子敌不过病魔摧残
26．考查词组：A. as with和…一样B. thanks to多亏了C. due to由于D. as for至于，他很伤感地说，太忙了，错过与妻子营造最美好的人生时光，
27．考查词组：A. come up with 提出B. look forward to盼望C. make up for弥补 D. look back on回顾，想弥补却弥补不回来。
28．考查形容词：A. difficult困难的B. present现在的C. precious宝贵的D. delightful，事实上，我也错过一些事。
29．考查名词：A. reason原因B. origin起源C. chance机会D. result结果，错过的理由很简单：以为还有明天。
30．考查名词：A. today今天B. nowadays现在C. yesterday昨天D. tomorrow明天，解析同上，选D
31．考查形容词：A. reliable可靠的B. easy容易的C. comfortable舒适的D. charming迷人的，事实上，明天是不可靠的
32．考查名词：A. lives生活B. works工作C. plans计划D. tasks任务，很多人的一生中，只做了“等待”与“后悔”两件事，
33．考查动词：A. protect保护B. miss错过 C. suggest建议D. value重视，，结果是太晚了不能珍惜他们拥有的东西，选D
34．考查名词：A. top顶部B. condition条件C. success成功D. scene场景，，然而，当我们到达需要的条件，选B
35．考查动词：A. say说B. understand理解C. forget忘记D. realize意识到，实现，我们实现不了愿望，因为我们已经错过它了。选D
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【解析】
试题分析：本文讲述的例子旨在证明人应该努力挑战自己，全力以赴，并非是努力获得金牌，也非再试一次，更不是破纪录。
36．match的基本意思是“比赛,竞赛”,多指网球、足球、高尔夫球等运动项目的比赛,主要用于英式英语,是可数名词。game用作名词的意思是“游戏,运动,比赛”,也可表示比赛中的“一局、一盘或一场,比分,比赛规则”。引申可表示“策略,诡计”,是可数名词。
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38．……竞赛；本来是想当难的比赛，这次没有人与他竞争了，故选D
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46．Intellectual聪明的； smart聪明的； awkward笨拙的；excellent极好的。从那几次笨拙的划水中，人们的想法改变了，故选C。
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49．Eventually最后，终于； hardly几乎不； successful成功的； nearly几乎，差不多。他最终完成了比赛，故选A。
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53．到他们已经以某种方式被骗去金,不知何故A
54．或当他们做出如此自豪地在竞争对手面前
55．是很高兴看一个失败者
56．a
57．it
58．in
59．which
60．away
61．as
62．way
63．that
【解析】略