阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Alice, John, Betty and Johnson went to a shop to buy radios. The shop assistant showed them four models: a Sea Lion which cost 80 dollars （美元）; a Popular which cost 60 dollars; a Philip which cost 130 dollars, and a National which cost 100 dollars. Each of them bought a different model. Afterwards （后来）they talked to each other:“ I only spent 80 dollars ,” said Alice. “Mine is better than Johnson's,” said the one who bought the Philip. “I bought the cheapest. ”someone said to John. “I'm glad I didn't buy the Popular,” said Johnson. ”Mine is cheaper than yours, ”said Johnson to John. Now, who bought which of the radios?

1．Alice's radio is more expensive than ______.

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A．John's　　　　 B．Betty's

C．Johnson's　　　D．all of the other's

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A．the Sea Lion, $ 80

B．the Popular, $ 130

C．the National, $ 60

D．the Philip, $ 100

3． Betty bought ______, which cost ______.

[　　]

A．the National, $ 100

B．the Sea Lion, $ 80

C．the Popular, $ 80

D．the Philip, $ 130

4． John bought ______, which cost ______.

[　　]

A．the Philip, $ 130

B．the National, $ 60

C．the Popular, $ 80

D．the Sea Lion, $ 100

5． Johnson bought ______, which cost ______.

[　　]

A．the Popular, $ 60

B．the Sea Lion, $ 80

C．the Philip, $ 130

D．the National, $ 100

完成句子（每题 2 分，每空一词，共计10 分）

1. Afterwards, I ________ _________ _________ cheerful, but Hanna sensed something was wrong.

后来，我假装很开心，但汉娜还是觉察到哪儿有点不对劲。

2. He could not _______ _______ _______ the game, and as a result of his careless playing we lost.

他跟不上比赛的节奏。由于他的漫不经心，我们输了球赛。

3. A girl’s closest friend, however, might be ________ ________ tell her about something that has happened in life.

一个女孩的密友则可能迫不及待地向她吐露自己生活中发生过的一些事情。

4. It is our duty to try to ________ _________ _________production and reduce the amount of things we make and buy.

我们有责任努力削减生产，减少制造和购买的东西的数量。

5. ________ _________, I find many people willing to pay a little higher price for things that are friendly to the environment.

我问过周围的人，发现许多人都愿意支付稍高一些的价钱来购买环保产品。

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of women. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman's youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty－five years and is likely to take paid work until sixty.”

　　This important change in women's life has only recently begun to have its full effect(影响)on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a full－time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school－leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more afterwards(后来)return to full－time or part－time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship(关系)in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share(份额)of the duties and satisfactions(满意)of family life.

1．We are told that in a family about 1900 ________.

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A．few children died before they were five

B．seven or eight children lived to be more than five

C．the youngest child would be fifteen

D．four or five children died when they were five

2．One reason with the woman of today may take a job is that she ________.

[　　]

A．is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves

B．does not like children herself

C．needn't worry, about food for her children

D．can be free from family duties when she reaches sixty

3．Many girls are now likely to ________.

[　　]

A．give up their jobs after they are married

B．leave school as soon as they can

C．marry so that they can get a job

D．continue working until they are going to have a baby

4．According to the passage, it is now quite common for women to ________.

[　　]

A．stay at home after leaving school

B. marry men younger than themselves

C．start working again late in life

D．marry while still at school

The way we do things round here

Some years ago, I was hired by an American bank. I received a letter from the head of the Personnel Department that started, "Dear John, I am quite pleased that you have decided to join us." That "quite" saddened me. I thought he was saying "we're kind of pleased you decided to join us although I wish we had hired someone else." Then I discovered that in American English "quite" sometimes means "very", while in British English it means "fairly".

So the first lesson about working in other countries is to learn the language and by that I don't just mean the words people speak. It is body language, dress, manners, ideas and so on. The way people do things highlights many of the differences we see between cultures（文化）．

Some of these differences may be only on the surface-dress, food and hours of work-while others may be deeper and take longer to deal with. Mostly, it is just a question of getting used to the differences and accepting them, like the climate（气候），while getting on with business.

Some of the differences may be an improvement. People are more polite; the service is better; you ask for something to be done and it happens without having to ask again. However, other differences can be troubling, like punctuality（准时）．If you invite people to a party at 7 o'clock your guests will consider it polite to turn up exactly on time in Germany, five minutes early in the American Midwest, an hour early in Japan, 15 minutes afterwards in the UK, up to an hour afterwards in Italy and some time in the evening in Greece. I prefer not to use the word "late" because there is nothing wrong with the times people arrive. It is simply the accepted thing to do in their own country.

1.The author was unhappy as mentioned in Paragraph 1 because he thought______．

 A. the American bank didn't think much of him

 B. the American bank might hire another person

 C. it's difficult to get used to American culture

 D. it's easy to misunderstand Americans

2.The word "highlights" in Paragraph 2 probably means_____.

 A. encourages  B. helps to narrow

 C. increases    D. draws attention to

3.According to the author, what should we do with most cultural differences?

A. Ask the native people for help.

B. Understand and accept them.

C. Do things in our own way.

D. Do in-depth research.

4.When invited to a party the people who are usually punctual are______.

A. Italians   B. Germans   C. Greeks  D. the British