Sports dangers (P3)
A. Some safety tips to take into account when playing football at school.
B. The advantages and disadvantages of playing football.
C. Possible injuries that might happen while playing football and ways to prevent them.
D. Young players and parents’ concerns about football injuries and their impact.
2. Which word best describes the author’s attitude toward the future of football in the US?
A. Worried.B. Scared.
C. Unconcerned.D. Hopeful.
A. It has been discovered that football players have a great chance of suffering from depression.
B. The US government hasn’t taken any measures to deal with football injuries.
C. Football coaches are now doing their best to encourage students to come back to football.
D. Injuries related to playing football have influenced the popularity of the sport.
Extra second is ... (P5)
A. Critical. B. Positive.
Sing away the pain (P6)
1. Why did the author get mad at the girl next door?
A. The girl kept making all kinds of noises all day.
B. She couldn’t sleep well because of the girl’s singing.
C. The girl often came over and disturbed her work.
D. She couldn’t concentrate on her writing because of the girl’s singing.
2. When the author learned that the girl had cancer, she ______.
A. recommended a good hospital to the girl’s family
B. felt deeply sorry for her complaints and went to apologize
C. asked her husband to take back his rude words
D. didn’t think her singing was annoying any longer
3. When the author returned home from business, ______.
A. the girl was still singing loudly next door
B. the girl had just come back from hospital
C. she started to miss the girl who had died
D. she wanted to write a song for the girl to sing
“Cultural difference” is a broad term. However, when living in America, you can experience the difference in culture when you compare various details of people’s lives. 1 By seeing how American students treat their weekends in a New England boarding school (寄宿学校), I have found some differences between American culture and my own.
If you’re picturing American boarding school weekend life as partying all the time, your depiction (描绘) might be inaccurate (不准确的) – at least at my school. Influenced by the diligent (勤奋的) working culture in New England, a Saturday in Groton follows a half-weekday schedule. 2 There are often sports matches in the afternoon – either home or away – and if not, there are still sports practices and rehearsals (排练) for drama and dance. 3 There isn’t a chance to stay up all night on Friday night to party.
4 After a long week of school, everyone yearns (渴望) for entertainment. Back in China, I used to go to dinners or movies with my friends on weekend nights, and it’s the same in Groton. Although it lies in a suburban area, there are always Saturday night dinner trips to restaurants in town, and sometimes the Student Activity Center even organizes movie trips to a mall nearby. There are also theme dances, where students can dress up according to the theme and throw themselves onto the dance floor to have a good time.
5 Unlike in China, where I had to spend my whole Sunday taking extra classes and doing homework, American students don’t usually have extra classes and prefer to save homework for study hall in the evening. On Sunday mornings, I usually sleep until 11, have a light brunch, then hang out with my friends and have fun – we usually watch TV or play guitar and sing together.
A. Sunday is a day for recovery.
B. Saturday night, however, is the time for fun.
C. So basically everyone is busy all day on Saturday.
D. Looking at the weekend, therefore, is interesting.
E. Classes on Sunday are more interesting in the US.
F. Classes start at eight in the morning and end at noon.
G. Students could spend half a day preparing for the parties.
1. After joining the firm as a clerk, he was promoted several times, and ______ as a manager.
A. ended up B. dropped out
2. Asking my father for money after college was completely ______, so I needed to support myself.
A. out of the question B. out of the way
C. out of control D. out of luck
3. Advertising online is often the most ______ method of promotion.
A. careful B. potential
C. effective D. objective
4. That theory is too complicated for me. I can barely understand it, ______ explain it.
A. leave out B. leave alone
C. let go D. let alone
5. ______ having the largest population in the country, the city is a major shipping port.
A. According toB. In addition to
C. In the form ofD. In terms of
Modern transportation has changed the way we live 7. _______ lives. One important mode of transport has been the bus. In London, buses take on a bigger role. They are used 8. _______ (tour) the city. Red tourist buses have open roofs, 9. _______ let people take many photos as they drive past Big Ben, the Thames, the London Eye, and so on.
D1 1-3 BBD
1. The culture of tipping in the UK.
2. Americans.
3. cafes, fast food restaurants, or casual restaurants.
4. They are asking for a tip.
5. 《电讯报》说，很少有事情能像给小费那样，一定会让注重礼节的英国人不知所措。
D3 1-3 CCB
D4 1-4 ABDA
D5 1-5 BCABC 6-10 CADCC
11-15 ADDDC 16-20 BBBCB