The car stopped so _______ that the bus behind almost ran into it.
A.closely
B.immediately
C.suddenly
D.soon
A.closely
B.immediately
C.suddenly
D.soon
A.distracted me from
B.kept me from
C.prevented me from
D.stopped me from
The trouble with owning a foreign car is that spare () are so expensive.
A.pieces
B.articles
C.parts
D.times
The summer holidays are the best part of the year for most children.The weather is usually good, so that one can spend most of one’s time playing in the garden or, if one lives in the country, out in the woods and fields.Even if one lives in a big town, one can usually go to a park to play.
The best place for a summer holiday, however, is the seaside.Some children are lucky enough to live near the sea, but for the others who do not, a week or two at one of the big seaside towns is something which they will talk about for the whole of the following year.
In England, it is not only the rich who can take their children to the seaside; if a factory worker or a bus driver, a street cleaner or a waiter wants to take his wife and children to Southend or Margate, Blackpool or Clacton, he is usually quite able to do so.
Now, what is it that children like so much about the seaside? I think it is the sand, sea and sun more than any other things.Of course, there are lots of new things to see, nice things to eat, and exciting things to do, but it is the feeling of sand under one’s feet, of salt water on one’s skin, and of the warm sun on one’s back that makes the seaside what it is.
1.Summer holidays start _________.
A.with July
B.as soon as the examinations are over
C.in mid-June
D.in August
2.After the examination, all pupils leave for home ________.
A.by train only
B.by air
C.by bike
D.by either train or car
3.The summer holiday lasts _______.
A.as long as two months
B.more that two months
C.one and a half months
D.a little less than two months
4.July and August are the brightest months for most children, for they can _______.
A.stay with their parents for all the vacation
B.do more reading
C.play out of doors
D.meet their old friends
5.Children like the seaside so much because they can _______.
A.swim in the sea
B.play with the sand
C.take a sun bath
D.do all of the above
(1)加里对轿车的式样和型号之间的区别知道得很少。他如何利用市场信号、声誉或标准化来进行比较?
(2)你是一家银行的贷款员。在选好了一辆车之后,加里到你这里来寻求贷款。由于他毕业不久,没有较长的信贷史。尽管如此,该银行具有为新毕业生融资买车的悠久历史。这一信息在加里的例子中是否有用?如果是的,怎样有用?
Cary is a recent college graduate. After six months at his new job, he has finally saved enough to buy his first car,
a. Gary knows very little about the differences between makes and models of cars. How could he use market signals. reputation , or standardization to make comparisons?
b. You are a loan officer in a bank. After selecting a car, Gary comes to you seeking a loan.Since he has only recently graduated, he does not have a long credit history. Despite this, the bank has a long history of financing cars of recent college graduate. Is this information useful in Gary's case? If so , how?
The brain is a seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime’s knowledge. But is there a point where it reaches capacity. The answer is no, because brains are more sophisticated than that. Instead of just crowding in, old information is sometimes pushed out of the brain for new memories to form. Precious behavioral studies have shown that learning new information can lead to forgetting. But in a new study, researchers demonstrated for the first time how this effect occurs in the brain. In daily life, forgetting actually has clear advantages. Imagine, for instance, that just lost your bank card. The new card you receive will come with a new personal identification number(PIN). Each time you remember the new PIN, you gradually forget the old one. This process improves access to the relevant information, without old memories interfering. And most of us may sometimes feel the frustration of having old memories interfere with new, relevant memories. Consider trying to remember where you parked your car in the same car park you were at a week earlier. This type of memory (where you are trying to remember new, but similar information) is particularly vulnerable to interference. When we acquire new information, the main automatically tries to incorporate(合并) it within existing information by forming associations. And when we retrieve(检索) information, both the desired and associated but irrelevant information is recalled. The majority of previous research has focused on how we learn and remember new information. But current studies are beginning to place greater emphasis on the conditions under which we forget, and its importance begins to be more appreciated. A very small number of people are able to remember almost every detail of their life. While it may sound like an advantage to many, people with this rare condition often find their unusual ability burdensome. In a sense, forgetting is our brain’s way of sorting memories, so the most relevant memories are ready for retrieval. Normal forgetting may even be a safety mechanism to ensure our brain doesn’t become too full. What does the passage say about forgetting?
A、It can enlarge our brain capacity.
B、It helps get rid of negative memories.
C、It is a way of organizing our memories.
D、It should not cause any alarm in any way.
Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
When I joined a private football league a few years ago,the sport meant everything to me. My coach said that I had lots of potential,and I became captain of my 36. That was before all the fun was taken out of 37 .At first,everyone on the team got 38playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games,and the 39 started. Some parents,who had paid the coach extra money so their daughters could have 40 one-on-one training,got angry when she didn't give them more playing time in our 41 . The coach was replaced.The new coach,however,took all the fun out of the game:All we did during practice was 42 . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 43 .Of course,all teams run drills;they are 44 . But we ran so much that,afterwards,we had trouble 45 . Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises 46 for 18-year-olds.I was very thin 47 I started football,but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much,because I was afraid of being too 48 to run. I feared making mistakes,and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 49 .Is all this pressure necessary ?I 50up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same,and two of them stopped playing football completely. That's 51 ,because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they 52from the coach or their parents.I continued playing football at school and 53my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 54 him,he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 55 down,I played better. When you enjoy something,it's a lot easier to do it well.
36 A. class B. club C. team D. board
37 A. playing B. living C. learning D. working
38 A. great B. equal C. right D. extra
39 A. business B. struggle C. attempt D. pressure
40 A. free B. private C. good D. basic
41 A. matches B. courses C. lessons D. programs
42 A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot
43 A. duty B. meeting C. operation D. training
44 A. necessary B. boring C. scientific D. practical
45 A. speaking B. moving C. sleeping D. breathing
46 A. used B. intended C. made D. described
47 A. till B. since C. before D. because
48 A. full B. tired C. lazy D. big
49 A. size B. share C. space D. state
50 A. gave B. kept C. ended D. picked
51 A. loud B. fast C. publicly D. calmly
52 A. People B. Nobody C. Somebody D. I
53 A. shock B. wonder C. worry D. pleasure
54 A. if B. for C. while D. although
55 A. excited B. satisfied C. think D. laugh
A.tenants
B.residents
C.occupiers
D.occupants