1、阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。Britains long-term unemployed could be forced to carry out manual work or risk losing their welfare benefits under plans being put forward by the government. The U. S. -style scheme would see the long-term jobless ordered to take up four-week placements in or
2、der to get them used to having a full-time job. The idea is part of major reforms, due to be unveiled this week, to make cuts to Britains huge welfare bill, reduce dependency on benefits and weed out those earning money but not declaring it, papers said. “What we are talking about here is people who
3、 have not been used to working having both the opportunity and perhaps a bit more of a push as well, to experience the workplace from time to time. The vast majority of people in Britain will think that is the right thing to do. ”Foreign Secretary William Hague told BBC TV. Shortly after the Conserv
4、ative-Liberal Democrat Union took power in May, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith unveiled plans to simplify the complex web of benefits available to reduce errors and inefficiencies. Duncan Smith said the system had become regressive and was not giving people the right encouragement to
5、work as many were financially better off unemployed. Under his plans, separate benefits for items such as housing, income support or disability will be replaced by a“universal credit”system whereby(靠那个)individual households would get a single welfare payment to ensure those in work would be better o
6、ff. The Observer newspaper said that in return, long-term unemployed would be told to take up work placements of at least 30 hours a week for a four-week period. If they refuse or fail to complete the programme, their jobseekers allowance, worth 64. 30 pounds a week for those over 25, could be stopp
7、ed for at least three months. 【文章大意】由于英国的福利过高, 再加上近年来的经济危机造成的高失业率, 越来越多的英国人不愿再去劳心费力地工作, 干脆赖在家里向政府伸手要钱。当局为了减少养“好逸恶劳者”的经费, 出台强制性劳动方案, 要求失业的人从事劳力工作, 以此督促他们积极寻找工作。1. What will the unemployed with welfare benefits face if the major reform takes effect? A. They will lose their welfare benefits if they don
8、t work. B. They will be encouraged to buy their own farms. C. They will do some kinds of jobs. D. Either A or C. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。第一段第一句话的carry out manual work or risk losing their welfare benefits说明在新政下“懒汉”们面临的两种选择。2. What will most British people think of the new reform according to William Hague? A.
9、They are against it since the unemployed are poor. B. They are for it since the unemployed should keep fit. C. They are for it since its unfair for the employed and unemployed. D. They dont care as therere a few unemployed people having welfare benefits. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。第四段中The vast majority of people
10、in Britain will think that is the right thing to do. 说明绝大多数英国人支持新政。4. The underlined word in Paragraph 6 most likely means. A. well-receivedB. far-reachingC. old-fashionedD. live-and-let-live【解析】选C。词义猜测题。从该词所在句的was not giving people the right encouragement to work可知即将取消的措施就要过时了。4. What is the aim of
11、 Britains major reform for the long-term unemployed? A. To reduce the cost of welfare bill with healthy economy system. B. To make them healthier and save cost in medical care. C. To help more people go through financial crisis. D. To increase pay and bonus for those employed. 【解析】选A。主旨大意题。第三段的to ma
12、ke cuts to Britains huge welfare bill是直接目的, 最终的目的还是要建立合理健康的福利制度体系。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Wal-Mart is not just the worlds largest retailer （零售商）. Its the worlds largest company, which sells in three months what number-two retailer Home Depot sells in a year. Wal-Mart exercises its power f
13、or just one purpose: to bring the lowest possible prices to its customers. At Wal-Mart, that goal is never reached. The retailer has a clear policy for suppliers: On basic products that dont change, the price Wal-Mart will pay, and will charge shoppers, must drop year after year. But what almost no
14、one outside the world of Wal-Mart and none of its 21,000 suppliers know is the high cost of those low prices. To survive in the face of its pricing demands, makers of everything from bikes to jeans have had to close US plants in favor of obtaining products from abroad. Indeed, the real story of Wal-
15、Mart, the story that never gets told, is the story of the pressure the biggest retailer constantly applies to its suppliers in the name of bringing us every day low prices. The giant retailer s low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart s pressure can crush the companies it does business with
16、and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line? Of course, US companies have been moving jobs offshore for decades, long before Wal-Mart was a retailing power. But there is no question that the chain is helping accelerate the loss of American jobs to
17、low-wage countries such as Thailand. People ask, How can it be bad for things to come into the US cheaply? Sure, its great to have bargains. But you can t buy anything if you re not employed. There is no question that Wal-Marts drive to squeeze out cost has benefited consumers. By now, it is accepte
18、d wisdom that Wal-Mart makes the companies it does business with more efficient and focused. Wal-Mart itself is known for continuous improvement in its ability to handle, move, and track goods. It is legendary （传奇） for forcing its suppliers to redesign everything from their packaging to their comput
19、er systems. It is also legendary for quite straightforwardly telling them what it will pay for their goods. 1. How do suppliers meet the requirements of Wal-Mart?A. To sell even more goods in three months. B. To cut down the employment rate sharply. C. To charge shoppers at a much higher price. D. T
20、o run the business in a well-organized way. 2. Wal-Marts low price policy results in _.A. more high-paying jobsB. better designed packagesC. bigger profit of its partnersD. more jobless American workers3. What can we infer from the passage? A. Still more quality goods will be provided. B. The food y
21、ou get at Wal-Mart costs least. C. The value of Mal-Mart is over assessed. D. Wal-Mart is a very demanding company. 4. Whats the best title for the passage?A. The Fortune Wal-Mart MakesB. The Wal-Mart you dont Know C. The Biggest RetailerWal-MartD. The Money Saving Tip in Wal-Mart【参考答案】DDDB阅读下列短文，从每
22、题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。LEEDS, EnglandA Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.The hate we hold within us is a cancer, Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and hear
23、t disease.More than 70 people have become members in Harts first 20-week workshop in Londona course he says is the first of its kind in the world.These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up d
24、rinking it themselves, said Canadian- born Hart.The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people. People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness, he
25、 said, People confuse forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed.The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect yo
26、u, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with, said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project.Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people want to get free of the past.36. From this passage we know that_.A. high blo
27、od pressure and heart disease are caused by hateB. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professorsC. without hate, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heartD. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。文章第二段“.holding
28、 in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.”说明心怀愤怒可能导致如高血压和心脏病之类的问题。所以没有仇恨，人们将有更少和血液心脏有关的麻烦。故选C。37. If you are angry with somebody, you should_.A. attend Harts course B. never meet him or her any longerC. persuade him or her to have a positive talk with youD.treat h
29、im or her positively instead of negatively【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。通过文章第6段可知，如果你生某人的气，你应该以一种积极的态度去对待他（她），而不是消极的。38. In Harts first 20- week workshop, people there can _.A. meet their enemiesB. change their attitudesC.enjoy the professors teachingD. learn how to quarrel with others【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。通观全文，我们可以看出人们在
30、Hart的工作室能够学会原谅，改变他们对仇恨的态度。故选B。39. If you are a member in Harts workshop, youll_.A. meet in eight or ten groups B. get rid of the illness of cancerC.attend a gathering twice a month D. pour out everything stored in your mind【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。第五段“The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour
31、 workshop with an adviser every fortnight.”说明成员们每两周聚集一次，也就是一个月两次。40. The author wrote this passage in order to_.A. persuade Britons to go to Harts workshop B. tell us the news about Harts workshopC. tell us how to run a workshop like Harts D.help us to look at various kinds of angers【答案】B【解析】推理判断题。第
32、三段“More than 70 people have become members in Harts first 20-week workshop”和第七段“Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed.”都说明作者写这篇文章是为了告诉我们关于Hart的工作室的消息。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。注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。My friend Dick was seven ye
33、ars old, and her sister Katherine was five. One day their mother take them to their aunts to play while she went to the city buy some new clothes. They played for a hour, and then their aunt took Dick into the kitchen. She gave him a nicely cake and a knife and said, “Dick, cut this cake in half, an
34、d give one of the piece to your sister. But remembering to do it like a gentleman.” “How do gentlemen do it？” Dick asked. “They always give the bigger one piece to the other person,” answered his aunt. Dick thought up this for a few seconds. Then he took the cake to his sister but said to her, “Cut
35、this cake in half, Katherine.”【参考答案】4.My friend Dick was seven years old, and her (his) sister Katherine was five. One day their mother take (took) them to their aunts to play while she went to the city (加to ) buy some new clothes. They played for a (an) hour, and then their aunt took Dick into the
36、kitchen. She gave him a nicely (nice) cake and a knife and said, “Dick, cut this cake in half, and give one of the piece (pieces) to your sister. But remembering (remember) to do it like a gentleman.” “How do gentlemen do it？” Dick asked. “They always give the bigger one piece to the other person,”
37、answered his aunt. Dick thought up (about) this for a few seconds. Then he took the cake to his sister but (and) said to her, “Cut this cake in half, Katherine.”5.短文改错下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。 After our final examinati
38、ons, my brother and me thought we would give ourselves a treat at restaurant. While waiting for our food, we emptied all our small changes from our wallets on the table and counted it out. Soon, our food arrived with a note. It reads, “Your lunch has been paid for. Have a lovely meal!” It was a wond
39、erfully surprise as nothing like that had ever been happened to us. I remembered an old man sitting nearby. He should have thought we didnt have enough money to the bill. We looked around to thank him, and he was not there. His kindness meant so many to us.【参考答案】5.After our final examinations, my br
40、other and me thought we would give ourselves a treat I at restaurant. While waiting for our food, we emptied all our small changes from our wallets a change on the table and counted it out. Soon, our food arrived with a note. It reads, “Your lunch has been readpaid for. Have a lovely meal!” It was a
41、 wonderfully surprise as nothing like that had ever been wonderful happened to us. I remembered an old man sitting nearby. He should have thought we didnt have mustenough money to the bill. We looked around to thank him, and he was not there. His kindness for but meant so many to us. much6.假定英语课上老师要
42、求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改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。错误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：在错的词下画一横线，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；2只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。Dear Amy,I glad to discuss your present situation with you. People often miss parents for the first time they left home.
43、However, most people have to leave home for higher educations or employment. You cannot live with our parents forever. You should realize that the separation will help improve your person ability. You need to make new friends and share ideas with whomever has something in common with you. Maybe you
44、will still miss your parents, and your new friends will bring joy to your new life. Also I suggest you will enjoy yourself by taking the active part in different activities. You will get much pleasure.Faithfully yoursSharon【参考答案】6.1.在glad前加am 2.在parents前加their3.leftleave 4.educations-education5.our-your6.personpersonal 7.whomever-whoever8.andbut 9.will-should10.the-an
