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To get started being slim just Click Here. 55. What is the aim of this diet program? A. To keep healthy first and to lose weight second. B. To lose weight as much as possible. C. To lose weight at the cost of the health. D. To lose weight first and to keep healthy second. 56. Which of the following is NOT true? A. This program makes a change in your lifestyle. B. This program can stop you from feeling hungry. C. This program allows you 1,700 to 2,000 calories for each meal. D. The pictures above show what great progress people have made in losing weight. 57. If you“Click Here”, what will you read on the Internet? A. Some other programs. B. The contents of this program. C. Some interesting foods. D. Some things you can buy. C A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment. The unpunctual man, on one hand, never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itself. The unpunctual man is for ever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset (财产) as well as others. The unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or return calls or keep appointments promptly. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time. He knows that he can not get through his huge amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every piece of work when it has to be attended to. Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointments is the sign of disrespect towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be regarded as a great disrespect to the host and all other guests present. Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to one’s duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are put in charge of important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men. 58. What does the author think is the main difference between a punctual person and an unpunctual person? A. A punctual person does everything ahead of time. B. An unpunctual person never does anything at the right time. C. A punctual person has a lot of appointments. D. An unpunctual person has little time to do anything. 59. According to the passage, the main reason that a person is always unpunctual is that _______. A. he has more work to do than other people B. he is always in a hurry when he works C. he doesn’t care much about time D. he always mismanages and wastes his time 60. If someone isn’t punctual in keeping his appointments, he might ________. A. lose his life B. mismanage his asset C. be thought to disrespect others D. do harm to others 61. According to the third paragraph, when you are invited to dinner, you should arrive there ________. A. after other guests B. before other guests C. at the appointed time D. after the host getting things ready 62. Which of the following statements best describes the harm of unpunctuality? A. If you are an unpunctual person, you cannot be in charge of any important task. B. If your friends know that you are unpunctual, they may not see you again. C. Unpunctuality may bring about heavy losses for both public and private affairs. D. Unpunctuality may make you miss a lot of appointments and lose friends. 第二节 简答题 (共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 阅读下面短文, 根据第63---67 小题的具体要求, 简要回答问题。 When someone says, “well, I guess I’ll have to face the music,” it does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn’t do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced. At sometime or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry voice, “I want to talk to you.” and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was! The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Looper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage. When they got onto the stage, they often said, “Well, it’s time to face the music.” And that was exactly what they did — facing the orchestra(乐队)which was just below them. And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So the expression “to face the music” comes to mean “having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.” Other explanations about the expression go back to the army. When the men faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment(设备)clean, shinny enough to pass the check? Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the check. What else could they do? Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility(责任)for something that should not have been done. For example，when a soldier leaves the army because he does something terrible, he is dishonored. The band does not play. Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat. The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse. 63. How many explanations does the phrase “to face the music” have? (no more than 3 words) ___________________. 64. When did Americans start to use “to face the music”? (no more than 4 words) ________________________. 65. What’s the meaning of “to face the music” in the first paragraph? (no more than 8 words) ______________________________________________________. 66. The underlined word “hostile” means _____________. (no more than 2 words) 67. When is a soldier forced to leave the army and the band doesn’t play? (no more than 8 words) ______________________________________________________. 第三部分 书面表达 (共三节，满分25分) 第一节 填空题 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文, 根据所读内容在文后第68--77格里填上适当的单词或短语。 注意：每空不超过3个单词。 When we think of chocolate, many of us think of candy bars, sweet, and gooey syrup (黏糖浆). But this is not how chocolate comes to us. Actually, it comes from the cacao tree that is found in the tropical forests of Central and South America, because cacao beans need to grow in a hot and humid climate. The Mayas were well familiar with the tree as a source of food and drink. The Aztecs regularly took the cacao beans and broke them into pieces in hot water, making a drink that was tasty and energy-producing for the body. When Columbus and Cortez came to America, they sent cacao beans back to Spain by sea. However, the drink was not widely accepted at first because the taste was strange. When Columbus gave the information back to the Spanish Queen and King that one cup of chocolate from the cacao beans could put a man in condition to make a whole day’s march without the need for other food, attitudes quickly changed. The beans were recognized for their strength-giving qualities. The demand for chocolate produced by the cacao beans rose sharply, so did the cost. Soon all Europeans had fallen in love with chocolate. Because of its supply shortage and high price, only the nobles and wealthiest merchants could afford this confection (甜食). At first, too much chocolate made people sick because more than half of the cacao bean consists of fat, and the process for removing the too much fat content was unknown then. Perhaps that is how we arrived at the expression, “Too much of a good thing can be bad for you.” Places History of 70. Effects Central and South America The hot and humid climate is good for 71. ________ of cacao beans. 75. _____________drink that could produce energy for the body. 68. ________ They 72.________cacao beans back to Spain by ship. Supplying a man a whole day’s march 76._ ________ of other food. 69. ________ Only the nobles and 73.________ could afford this confection because of 74.________ _ and high price. 77. ________ people sick because more than half of the cacao bean consists of fat. (责任编辑：admin) |