（D）

As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have．It’s likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen will have a washing machine and a microwave oven．Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need． You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week．

Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for．Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world．They feel that the long-hour work culture to make more money to buy more things is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes．Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting_is one of them．

Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year．One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz．They used to work in central London．He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank．They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs （郊区）, leaving their two children with a nanny（保姆）．Most evenings Daniel wouldn’t get home until eight or nine o’clock, and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings．They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by．

Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales．“I always wanted to have a farm here,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift．It’s taken some getting used to, but it’s been worth it．We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays．However, I think it’s made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier．”

Liz, however, is not quite sure．“I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours．I’m not really a country girl, but I suppose I’m gradually getting used to looking after the animals．One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children．My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all．”

68．What do the first two paragraphs tell us?

A．People seldom work long hours to make money．      

B．People hardly buy more things than necessary．

C．People are sure everything they own is in the right place．

D．People realize more is involved in life than just making money．

69．Daniel agrees that the move to the farm __________．

A．was easy to organize               B．has improved family life

C．was extremely expensive           D．has been a total success

70．The underlined word "downshifting" in the second paragraph means ________．

A．repairing your car by yourself

B．spending money carefully

C．moving out to the countryside to live a simpler and better life

D．living in a big house in the suburbs and dining out once a week

根据题中所给的中文提示或首字母写出符合句意的单词的正确形式。
【小题1】We are waiting at the train station in ______(期待) of his coming.
【小题2】She felt so proud as the groups ______(为...鼓掌) his choice.
【小题3】It never o______ to her that the young man is dishonest.
【小题4】The government should take e______ measures to stop water from being polluted.
【小题5】I can’t expect a great many ______(申请人) for this occupation.
【小题6】As we all know, Song Qingling was a truly _____（不同寻常的）  woman.
【小题7】There is ______(无处) for those who lost their homes in the earthquake to live now.
【小题8】I’d like to talk with your sale manager about something ______(带来  麻烦的) .
【小题9】He always succeeded in ______（获得）what he wanted.
【小题10】This job is open to all, r______ of previous experience.

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41. If Wu Dong will take an LELTS exam, which advertisement will attract him?

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C. Information Event about the Marriage Course,

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42. How can you get full information about Private Language Tuitions and Translations?

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43. The underlined word "Intermediate" in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to "_______".

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44. According to the text, we can learn that ________________.

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Joe came to New York from the Middle West, dreaming about painting. Delia came to New York from the South, dreaming about music. Joe and Delia met in a studio. Before long they were good friends and got married.

They had only a small flat to live in , but they were happy. They loved each other, and they were both interested in art. Everything was fine until one day they found they had spent all their money.

Delia decided to give music lessons. One afternoon she said to her husband:

“Joe, I’ve found a pupil, a general’s daughter. She is a sweet girl. I’m to give three lessons a week and get $5 a lesson.”

But Joe was not glad.

“But how about me?” he said.” Do you think I’m going to watch you work while I play with my art? No, I want to earn some money too.”

“Joe, you are silly,” said Delia. “You must keep at your studies. We can live quite happily on $15 a week.”

“Well, perhaps I can sell some of my pictures,” said Joe.

Every day they parted in the morning and met in the evening. A week passed and Delia brought home fifteen dollars, but she looked a little tired.

“Clementina sometimes gets on my nerves. I’m afraid she doesn’t practice enough. But the general is the oldest man! I wish you could know him, Joe.”

And then Joe took eighteen dollars out of his pocket.

“I’ve sold one of my pictures to a man from Peoria,” he said, “and he has ordered another.”

“I’m so glad,” said Delia. “Thirty-three dollars! We never had so much to spend before. We’ll have a good supper tonight.”

Next week Joe came home and put another eighteen dollars on the table. In half an hour Delia came, her right hand in a bandage.

“What’s the matter with your hand?” said Joe. Delia laughed and said:

“Oh, a funny thing happened! Clemantina gave me a plate of soup and spilled some of it on my hand. She was very sorry for it. And so was the old general. But why are you looking at me like that, Joe?”

“What time this afternoon did you burn your hand, Delia?”

“Five o’clock, I think. The iron-I mean the soup-was ready about five, Why?”

“Delia, come and sit here,” said Joe. He drew her to the couch and sat beside her.

“What do you do every day, Delia? Do you really give music lesson? Tell me the truth.”

She began to cry.

“I couldn’t get any pupils,” she said, “So I got a place in a laundry ironing shirts. This afternoon a girl accidentally set down an iron on my hand and I got a bad burn. But tell me, Joe, how did you guess that I wasn’t giving music lessons?”

“It’s very simple,” said Joe. “I knew all about your bandages because I had to send them upstairs to a girl in the laundry who had an accident with a hot iron. You see, I work in the engine-room of the same laundry where you work.”

“And your pictures? Did you sell any to that man from Peoria?”

“Well, your general with his Clemantina is an invention, and so is my man from Peoria.”

And then they both laughed.

1.To support the family, Delia worked as             .

A. a tutor                            B. a music teacher

C. an artist                          D. a laundry assistant

2.It happened that             .

A. a man from Peoria liked Joe’s pictures              

B. Delia earned $15 dollars a week easily

C. the couple worked at the same laundry                

D. Clemantina and the general were kind

3.Who hurt Delia’s hand?

A. The general                 B. Clemantina    C. Herself        D. A girl

4.We can infer from the underlined sentence that             .

A. Clemantina was an invention of the general

B. Clemantina was an invention of the man from Peoria

C. there were no such men as the general, Clemantina and the man from Peoria

D. the general, Clemantina and the man from Peoria were the couple’s clients

5.The couple’s attitude towards each other is             .

A. faithful                              B. honest

C. ashamed                               D. heartbreaking

6.Which do you think is the best title of the story?

A. A service of love                  B. A story of Joe and Delia

C. Lies and truth                     D. Servants of love

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ---Thomas Macaulay

Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs Nanette O'Neill gave an arithmetic   36   to our class. When the papers were   37   she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about   38  in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O'Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to   39   after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs O'Neill asked   40   questions, and she didn't   41   us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the   42   words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to    43   these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don't know about the other eleven boys. Speaking for   44   I can say:it was the most important single   45   of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay's words, they   46   seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a way to _47____ourselves rather than others.

 48   of us are asked to make   49    decisions about nations going to war of armies going to battle. But all of us are called   50   daily to make a great many personal decisions.   51   the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the   52  change received at the store be forgotten or   53  ? Nobody will know except   54  . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always   55   to live with someone you respect.

1.A. test           B. problem       C. paper            D. lesson

2.A. examined   B. completed         C. marked           D. answered

3. A. lying     B. cheating      C. guessing            D. discussing

4.A. come      B. leave              C. remain          D. apologize

5.A. no        B. certain          C. many          D. more

6.A. excuse     B. shout           C. help               D. scold

7.A. above      B. common         C. following       D. unusual

8.A. repeat     B. get            C. put                 D. copy

9.A. myself     B. ourselves        C. themselves        D. herself

10.A. chance        B. incident       C. lesson          D. memory

11.A. even      B. still              C. always          D. almost

12.A. measure       B. respect          C. love              D. believe

13.A. All           B. Few            C. Some            D. None

14.A. quick     B. wise           C. great           D. personal

15.A. out           B. for            C. up               D. upon

16.A. Should   B. Must           C. Would           D. Need

17.A. extra     B. small              C. some            D. necessary

18.A. paid      B. remembered     C. shared          D. returned

19.A. me            B. you            C. us              D. them

20. A. easier       B. more natural  C. better          D. more peaceful