(10·浙江B篇)
Below is a housing guide for students going to London. 

University accommodation (住所) offices Many university accommodation offices have their own list of registered landlords (房东). Others also provide information on accommodation agencies and other housing organization. The advantage of using your university accommodation is that you can get support if you have a problem. The disadvantage is that they are unlikely to have enough registered landlords to houses all their students. Property papers: Loot and Renting Loot is an important source (来源) of information about private housing for co-renters. The offers are from private landlords, agencies and individuals looking for other co-renters. They also have a website: www.loot.com. The advantage of using Loot is that there are some excellent bargains. The disadvantage is that there is no quality control over the offers. Renting is another useful paper. The offers in this paper are mainly from accommodation agencies. Their website is at www. renting.co.uk. Accommodation agencies The majority of rented accommodation in London is probably advertised through accommodation agencies. The advantage of using accommodation agencies is that you will have access to a large number of accommodations. A good agent will listen to your requirements and can save you time in looking for the right accommodation. The disadvantage is that they will make a range of charges to potential renters. Noticeboards      Around the universities you will find a number of noticeboards where offers of accommodation will be posted. These will either be from landlords or from students. Some universities will also have online noticeboards where students can advertise to other students. Advertisements from students can be an excellent way to find accommodation. However, advertisements from landlords can be problematic.  Word of mouth      Some of the best housing in London is never advertised but is passed on from one group of students to another by word of mouth. It might be that you can find out about good offers from final year students. However, don’t suppose that just because you have found out about housing from a friend it is necessarily going to be better than that found through any other source. Family     Faced with the very high rents charged in London, some students and their parents will consider buying as an alternative. In some cases this might be a good choice.

 

本篇是一篇应用文。介绍在伦敦留学的学生们住宿情况。

45. What is the advantage of using Loot?

   A. It has more offers from accommodation agencies than Renting.

   B. It gives you personal information about other co-renters.

   C. Their website is designed mainly for students.

   D. There are some good bargains.

46. A good agent can help you ____.

   A. know more people                 

B. find cheap accommodation

   C. get the right accommodation quickly

D. get free information about most accommodations

47. The information passed on by word of mouth is important because____.

   A. it is better than that found through any other source

   B. it helps you find some of the best housing never advertised

   C. the final year students always offer better information

   D. the landlords have little valuable information 

48. For students going to London for the first time, which of the following provides the most reliable information?

   A. University accommodation offices.      B. Loot and Renting

   C. Noticeboards.                       D. Family.

A study of English learning problems was carried out among a total of 106 foreign students. It shows that most students considered understanding spoken English to be their biggest problem on arrival. This was followed by speaking. Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficulties in writing papers that they were now expected to hand in. Reading remained as a significant(显著的) problem.

The information gained helped us in determining where special attention should be paid in our course. Although many students have chosen to join the course with a reasonable motivation(动机), we considered it important to note what seemed to encourage interest. Nearly all the students have experienced some kind of grammar-based English teaching in their own country. To use the same method would be self-defeating because it might reduce motivation, especially if it has failed in the past. Therefore a different method may help because it is different.

Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining(保持) or increasing motivation. Several years ago we had one timetable that operated throughout, but we soon found that both the students and the teachers lost interest by about halfway through the ten weeks. This led us to a major re-think, so finally we brought it into line with the expressed language needs of the students.

10. What is the text mainly about?

A. Foreign students have more problems.

B. There are many ways to improve English.

C. Teaching should meet students’ needs.

D. English learning problems should be studied again.

11. Writing became a bigger problem when foreign students________.

A. had to write their papers

B. became better at speaking

C. became less interested in reading

D. had fewer problems with listening

12. We may infer from the last two paragraphs that ________.

A. different teaching methods should be used

B. grammar-based teaching seems to be encouraging

C. English courses are necessary for foreign students

D. teaching content should be changed halfway.

You can be proud of yourselves, even if you can only make one or two of these green changes. The goal here is to limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which are closely associated to the big problem of global-warming.

Strategy 1:  Bring your own cup to Starbucks
You'll get a 10-cent discount, and it's one less paper cup to end up in a dustbin.	The store won't create more waste when they throw away a cup.
Strategy 2: Turn off your computer
When in standby mode, your PC is still using energy.	Turning off a monitor for 40 hours a week may only save $ 5 a month, but it reduces CO2 by 750 pounds.
Strategy 3:  Reuse plastic bags
Instead of throwing away 100 billion plastic bags a year, try and get a second, third, or tenth use out of them. Better yet, next time you shop, try a reusable bag.	You're reducing pollution. The amount of oil it would take to make just 14 plastic bags would run your car for one mile.
Strategy 4: Use recycled paper in the bathroom
Most of the toilet paper we use is made from  trees found in forests previously untouched by humans.	If every household replaced one roll of toilet paper with a recycled one,424,000trees would still be standing. Look for eco paper towels too.
Strategy 5: Buy energy-efficient appliances(电器)
Replace the old fridge with an Energy Star appliance and you'll use 15 percent less energy. It might be a little expensive to buy, but  you'll save money on your electricity bills and help the environment.	If we all used one Energy Star appliance at home, it would be like planting 1.7 million acres of new trees.
Strategy 6: Plant a tree
Adding green to your garden is beautiful and earth-pleasing.	Just one tree will help make cleaner air and save the environment from 5, 000 pounds of hot carbon dioxide each year.

1.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Strategies to Save Money           

B. Ways to be Earth-Friendly

C. Strategies to End Global-Warming        

D. Ways to Limit Carbon Dioxide

2.According to the writer, what will happen if our PC is switched off when not in use?

A. It will help to save a large amount of money.

B. It will help to reduce a great deal of CO2.

C. It will save the amount of oil that runs your car for a mile.

D. It will be like planting 1.7 million acres of new trees.

3.Which strategies suggest recycling or reuse of things?

A. Strategies 1 & 3.                     B. Strategies 2 & 5.

C. Strategies 3 & 6.                     D. Strategies 4 & 5.

4.What benefits do these strategies have in common?

A. They all help reduce the use of energy like electricity.

B. They all cut down the amount of the use of paper.

C. They all result in producing less greenhouse gases.

D. They all aid to preserve our trees and forest.

 

“A thousand-mile journey begins with a single step,” as the saying goes. However,  36 it doesn’t tell us is that once the journey is started, it might be hard to stop.

That’s the  37 for Tang Renli, a senior at Nanjing University of Technology, who has backpacked to more than 200 cities in China during four years of college. To  38 his experiences, Tang has hosted a photo exhibition Play Hooky, Go Travel at the Beijing 798 Art Zone. On  __39_ are over 300 photos of his travels. The 22-year-old never  40 going to so many places when he   41  his first trip to Yangzhou during the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday in his freshman year. _42  he was hooked on travel. You may  43 how Tang could find the time, being a full-time college student. Did he really skip classes to go travel, like the  44 of his exhibition suggests? “I gave myself one to two weeks every month for travel. But I always took care of my class and  45__ first,” Tang said. Tang, who is a city planning major, has never  ___46_ a compulsory course at college.

“I spent more time and effort on my study,  47 during the finals’ weeks,” Tang said. Schoolwork was not the only  48 Tang had to face. His travel budget was  49 so Tang had to  50 what he had. He usually took the cheapest form of transport and stayed at youth hostels  ___51 less than 50 yuan per night. There were also times when he walked, hitchhiked, and slept in train stations, police offices and vans.

“Sometimes I felt  52 , helpless and even found myself in  _53 ,” Tang said. “But now that I look back, these setbacks  _54 my journey, and my life. Don’t think too much about the  ___55 because you’ll cross that bridge when you get to it. And once you take your first step, the feeling is amazing and addictive.”

1.                A．which          B．what           C．that  D．it

 

2.                A．case           B．excuse         C．motto    D．dream

 

3.                A．test            B．gain            C．share D．identify

 

4.                A．purpose        B．performance     C．discovery D．display

 

5.                A．thought of      B．spoke to        C．worried about D．turned out

 

6.                A．competed       B．completed      C．compromised  D．complained

 

7.                A．Up to now       B．Until then       C．From then on  D．In the end

 

8.                A．wonder        B．puzzle          C．surprise  D．trouble

 

9.                A．sentence       B．title            C．project   D．object

 

10.               A．comments      B．revision        C．achievements   D．assignments

 

11.               A．failed          B．succeeded      C． reached D．missed

 

12.               A．impatiently      B．increasingly     C．especially  D．anxiously

 

13.               A．excitement      B．mixture        C．expression D．obstacle

 

14.               A．limited         B．granted        C．applied    D．wasted

 

15.                                A．pay much attention to  B．take no notice of

C．put an end to                     D．make the most of

 

16.               A．losing          B．costing         C．offering   D．cheating

 

17.               A．alone          B．lively          C．lonely D．alive

 

18.               A．horror         B．anger          C．sorrow    D．danger

 

19.               A．enjoyed        B．enriched       C．engaged   D．endured

 

20.               A．importance     B．necessities      C．uncertainties   D．significance

 

 

We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests’ coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.

The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.

Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.

I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big “to do” over the younger one because she’s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions. But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.

I said, “What are you doing, my dear?”

She turned to me with a sad expression and said, “Mommy, why don’t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I’m not pretty? Is that why they don’t say nice things about me as much?”

I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.

Now, whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.

1.What were Kristen and Kelly asked to do last Sunday evening? (No more than 20 words.)

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2.Why did the guests praise Kelly so much rather than Kristen? (No more than 15 words.)

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3.The underlined expression “make a big ‘to do’ over” in Paragraph 4 means ________________. (No more than 5 words.)

4.Why did Kristen feel sad and cry? (No more than 15 words.)

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5.In your opinion, how should adults treat children? (No more than 15 words.)

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