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听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
What does the man want to do on the weekend?
Do some gardening.
Have a barbecue.
Go fishing.
What are the speakers talking about?
A new office.
A change of their jobs.
A former colleague.
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
What does the woman suggest they do next?
Go to another agency.
See some other flats.
Visit the neighbours.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
What makes Mrs. Johnson worried about her daughter in Africa?
Lack of medical support.
Inconvenience of communication.
Poor transportation system.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
Which aspect of the company appeals to the man?
The company culture.
The free accommodations.
The competitive pay.
What is difficult for the man to deal with?
Interpersonal relationships.
Quality-quantity balance.
Unplanned happenings.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
What was Robert like before he was 9 years old?
He had wild imagination.
He enjoyed sports.
He loved science.
What helped Robert become a writer?
Writing daily.
Listening to stories.
Reading extensively.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
What does Maxim say about the competition he attended at 10?
It inspired many young musicians.
It was the music event of his dreams.
It was a life-changing experience.
Which kind of music are the young players required to play?
Rock music.
Pop music.
Classical music.
What does Maxim value most in young players’ performance?
Expressiveness
Smoothness
Completeness
阅读理解
Where to Eat in Bangkok
Bangkok is a highly desirable destination for food lovers. It has a seemingly bottomless well of dining options. Here are some suggestions on where to start your Bangkok eating adventure.
Nahm
Offering Thai fine dining. Nahm provides the best of Bangkok culinary (烹饪的) experiences. It’s the only Thai restaurant that ranks among the top 10 of the word’s 50 best restaurants list. Head Chef David Thompson, who received a Michelin star for his Loodon-based Thai restaurant of the same name, opened this branch in the Metropolitan Hotel in 2010.
Issays Stamese Club
Issaya Siamese Club is intematoionally known Thai chef lan Kittichai’s first flagship Bangkok restaurant. The menu in this beautiful colonial house includes traditional Thai cuisine combined with modern cooking methods.
Bo. tan
Bo. tan has been making waves in Bangkok’s culinary sence since it opened in 2009. Serving hard-to-find Thai dishes in an elegant atmosphere, the restaurant is true to Thai cuisine’s roots, yet still manages to add a special twist. This place is good for a candlelit dinner or a work meeting with colleagues who appreciate fine food. For those extremely hungry there’s a large set menu.
Gaggan
Earning first place on the lates “Asia’s 50 best restaurants” list, progressive Indian restaurant Gaggan is one of the most exciting venues(场所) to arrive in Bangkok in recent years. The best table in this two-story colonial Thai home offers a window right into the kitchen, where you can see chef Gaggan and his staff in action. Culinary theater at its best.
What is special about Gaggan?
It hires staff from India.
It puts on a play every day.
It serves hard-to-find local dishes.
It shows the cooking process to guests.
Terri Bolton is a dab hand when it comes to DIY (do-it-yourself). Skilled at putting up shelves and piecing together furniture, she never pays someone else to do a job she can do herself.
She credits these skills to her late grandfather and builder Derek Lloyd. From the age of six, Terri, now 26, accompanied Derek to work during her school holidays. A day’s work was rewarded with £ 5 in pocket money. She says: “I’m sure I wasn’t much of a help to start with painting the rooms and putting down the flooring throughout the house. It took weeks and is was backbreaking work, but I know he was proud of my skills.”
Terri, who now rents a house with friends in Wandsworth, South West London, says DIY also saves her from losing any deposit when a tenancy (租期) comes to an end. She adds: “I’ve moved house many times and I always like to personalise my room and put up pictures. So, it’s been useful to know how to cover up holes and repaint a room to avoid any charges when I’ve moved out.”
With millions of people likely to take on DIY projects over that coming weeks, new research shows that more than half of people are planning to make the most of the long, warm summer days to get jobs done. The average spend per project will be around £ 823. Two thirds of people aim to improve their comfort while at home. Two fifth wish to increase the value of their house. Though DIY has traditionally been seen as male hobby, the research shows it is women now leading the charge.
Why did Terri’s grandfather give her £ 5 a day?
For a birthday gift.
As a treat for her work.
To support her DIY projects.
To encourage her to take up a hobby.
How did Terri avoid losing the deposit on the house she rented?
By making it look like before.
By furnishing it herself.
By splitting the rent with a roommate
By cancelling the rental agreement.
What trend in DIY does the research show?
It is becoming more costly.
It is getting more time-consuming.
It is turning into a seasonal industry.
It is gaining popularity among females.
I was about 13 when an uncle gave me a copy of Jostein Gaarder’s Sophie’s World. It was full of ideas that were new to me, so I spent the summer with my head in and out of that book. It spoke to me and brought me into a world of philosophy (哲学).
That love for philosophy lasted until I got to college. Nothing kills the love for philosophy faster than people who think they understand Foucault, Baudrillard, or Confucius better than you — and then try to explain them.
Eric weiner’s The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers reawakened my love for philosophy. It is not an explanation but an invitation to think and experience philosophy.
Weiner starts each chapter with a scene on a train ride between cities and then frames each philosopher’s work in the context (背景) of one thing they can help us do better. The end result is a read in which we learn to wonder like Socrates, see like Thoreau, listen like Schopenhauer, and have no regrets like Nietzsche. This, more than a book about undestanding philosophy, is a book abour learning to use philosophy to improve a life.
He makes philosophical thought an appealing exercise that improves the quality of our experiences, and he does so with plenty of humor. Weiner enters into conversation with some of the most important philosophers in history, and he becomes part of that crowd in the process by decoding (解读) their messages and adding his own interpretation.
The Socrates Express is a fun, sharp book that draws readers in with its apparent simplicity and gradually pulls them in deeper thoughts on desire, loneliness, and aging. The invitation is clear: Weiner wants you to pick up a coffee or tea and sit down with this book. I encourage you to take his offer. It’s worth your time, even if time is something we don’t have a lot of.
Why does the author list great philosophers in paragraph 4?
To compare Weiner with them.
To give examples of great works.
To praise their writing skills.
To help readers understand Weiners book.
What does the author like about The Socrates Express?
Its views on history are well-presented.
Its ideas can be applied to daily life.
It includes comments from readers.
It leaves an open ending.
What does the author think of Weiners book?
Objective and plain.
Daring and ambitious.
Serious and hard to follow.
Humorous and straightforward.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Tricks To Becoming A Patient Person
Here’s a riddle: What do traffic jams, long lines and waiting for a vacation to start all have in common? There’s one answer._16_.
In the Digital Age, we’re used to having what we need immediately and right ai our fingertips. However, research suggests that if we practiced patience, we’d be a whole lot better off. Here are several tricks.
●Practice gratitude (感激)
Thankfulness has a lot of benefits: Research shows it makes us happier, less stressed and even more optimistic._17_. “Showing thankfulness can foster self-control,” said Ye Li, researcher at the University of California.
● Make yourself wait
Instant gratification (满足) may seem like the most “feel good” option at the time, but psychology research suggests waiting for things actually makes us happier in the long run. And the only way for us to get into the habit of waiting is to practice._18_. Put off watching your favorite show until the weekend or wait 10 extra minutes before going for that cake. You’ll soon find that the more patience you practice, the more you start to apply it to other, more annoying situations.
●_19_.
So many of us have the belief that being comfortabel is the only state we will tolerate, and when we experience something outside of our comfort zone, we get impatient about the circumstances. You should learn to say to yourself, “_20_.” You’ll then gradually become more patient.
A. Find your causes
B. Start with small tasks
C. Accept the uncomfortable
D. All this adds up to a state of hurry
E. It can also help us practice more patience
F. This is merely uncomfortable, not intolerable
G. They’re all situations where we could use a little extra patience
语言知识运用
Many years ago, I bought a house in the Garfagnana, where we still go every summer. The first time we_21_there, we heard the chug chug-chug of a motorbike_22_its way down the hill toward us. It was_23_called Mario, coming to_24_us a box containing some tomatoes and a bottle of wine. It was a very nice_25_for him to make. But when we looked at the tomatoes, we were_26_because they were so misshapen: not at all like the nice, round,_27_things you get in a supermarket. And the wine was cloudy, in a funny old bottle with no label (标签) on it. These can’t be any_28_, we thought. But we were_29_his kindness, so we_30_them.
What we discovered is that it’s31 _to judge what you eat only by its32. Those tomatoes had_33_that reminded me of the ones my uncle used to grow when I was a child. Nowadays supermarket tomatoes_34_perfect but taste of water. Nobody’s going to have a_35_memory of those. It’s a surprise they haven’t managed to grow square ones so that they can_36_them easily. Mario’s wine may have been cloudy and come out of an old bottle, but it was_37_.
It’s good to eat things at the correct time, when they’re_38_, and as close as possible to where they were_39_. What Mario had_40_us was the taste of the Garfagnana.
For thousands of years, people have told fables (寓言)_41_(teach) a lesson or to pass on wisdom. Fables were part
of the oral tradition of many early cultures, and the well-known Aesop’s fables date to the_42_(six) century, B.
C. Yet, the form of the fable still has values today,_43_Rachel Carson says in “A Fable for Tomorrow”
Carson uses a simple, direct style common to fable. In fact, her style and tone (口吻) are seemingly directed at
children. “There was once a town in the heart of America,_44_all life seemed to enjoy peaceful existence with is
surroundings,” her fable begins,_45_(borrow) some familiar words from many age-old fables. Behind the simple
style, however, is a serious message_46_(intend) for everyone.
_47_(difference) from traditional fables, Carson’s story ends with an accusation instead of a moral. She warns of
the environmental dangers facing society, and she teaches that people must take responsibility_48_saving their
environment.
The themes of taditional fables often deal with simple truths about everyday life. However, Cason’s theme is a more
weighty_49_(warn) about environmental destruction. Carson proves that a simple lyric form that has been passed
down through the ages can still_50_(employ) today to draw attention to important truths.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修以你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧), 并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
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