NO. One：
Advertisers tend to think big. And perhaps this is why they’re always coming in for criticism. Their critics seem to 47 them. They say: “It’s unfair that this entirely unproductive industry should absorb millions of pounds each year. Why don’t t hey stop advertising and reduce the price?”
But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another 48 important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods 49 largely from the advertisements we read. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing-machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details 50 performance, price etc. from an advertisement.
Lots of people 51 that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is 52 possible not to read advertisements these days. Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a 53 wall or reading railway bye-laws while waiting for a train?
We must not forget that advertising makes a positive 54 to our pockets. The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programs is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Another thing we mustn’t forget is the “small ads”, which are in 55 every newspaper and magazine and perform a useful service for the community! For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death, but by far the most fascinating section is the personal column. No other item in a newspaper offers such a deep 56 into human nature.
A) consent B) derives C) regarding
D) hardly E) concerned F) equally
G) contribution H) perception I) resent
J ) blank K) insight L) vacant
M) pretend N) attribution O) virtually
_____________________________________________________________________ NO. 2
Looking back over my life, it seems to me that I have (47) ________ the most when I felt the greatest pain. My mother’s death, for example, made me more (48) __ _________ aware of the beauty in nature. My (49) __________ for finding joy in the most ordinary events (watching a flower open, leaves turning red, a bird taking a bath) seems to deepen each time I live through great sorrow. Death makes life more (50)
__________; frustration makes success more fulfilling, failure makes the next accomplishment more meaningful.
In order to feel deeply it is necessary to feel everything. It is (51) ________ to choose. You can’t really know how great is your sense of joy at a baby’s birth or your satisfaction at succeeding a hard job unless you are also deeply aware of the anguish of separation and the pain of fa ilure. It’s through the capacity to feel that we discover ourselves and others and (52)_________ the potential for a full, significant life.
This is an especially important issue for parents. Our natural inclination is to
try to (53) ___________ children from pain. We have the mistaken notion that if a child is happy, we are doing a good job; if a child is sad, we are (54) __________ as parents. But giving children the (55) __________ that happy is good and sad is terrible decreases their capacity to explore the full range of human experiences.
Children need to understand that suffering, frustration and failure are not only inevitable but (56)__________. The parent who took a simple puzzle away from a four year old—because “he gets too upset and frustrated when he can’t get it right immediately,” — did the child a great disservice. Children need to experience such feelings as they grow up; it helps them to develop the patience, persistence and ability to cope that they’ll need when a scientific experiment fails, or a low grade is received after diligent study. There is nothing so terrible about failing and feeling pain; what
No.3
There's no question that the Earth is getting hotter. The real questions are: How much of the warming is our fault, and are we 47 to slow the devastation by controlling our insatiable 48 for fossil fuels?
Global warming can seem too 49 to worry about, or too uncertain—something projected by the same computer 50 that often can't get next week's weather right. On a raw winter day you might think that a few degrees of warming wouldn't be such a bad thing anyway. And no doubt about it: Warnings about 51 change can sound like an environmentalist scare tactic, meant to force us out of our cars and restrict our lifestyles.
Comforting thoughts, perhaps. Unfortunately, however, the Earth has some discomforting news.
From Alaska to the snowy peaks of the Andes the world is heating up right now, and fast. Globally, the 52 is up 1°F over the past century, but some of the coldest, most remote spots have warmed much more. The results aren't pretty. Ice is 53 , rivers are running dry, and coasts are 54 , threatening communities.
The 55 are happening largely out of sight. But they shouldn't be out of mind, because they are omens of what's in store for the56 of the planet.
A. remote
B. techniques
C. consisting
D. rest
E. willing
F. climate
G. skill
H. appetite
I. melting
J. vanishing
K. eroding L. temperature M. curiosity N. changes O. skillful
No.4
Old Lucy was a very strange woman. The fine house in which she had lived overlooked a lovely valley. But she hardly ever went out. Though a servant looked after her, her only real __(47)_ were two cats. For years she had _(48)__ to see any of her relations as she felt that all they were interested in was her money.
In this she was __(49)__. After her death, the few relations she had, __(50)__ at the house to hear Lucy’s lawyer read her will. They were all sure that Lucy had left a great __(51)__ and they each demanded a share. This led to ___(52)___ arguments. In particular, they quarreled about the house. Lucy’s nephew felt that it should go to him, as he was one of the few people who used to visit his old aunt before she __(53)__ herself off from her relations. Lucy’s cousin objected to this and there was an angry scene in the living room while they waited for the __(54)___ to arrive. When the lawyer entered, the nephew said jokingly that his aunt had probably left hundreds of debts.
Their lawyer did not even smile at this and asked them all to sit down. He began to read the __(55)___ in a solemn voice. Lucy had indeed been __(56)__ rich. But she
No.5
Once President Roosevelt’s house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt’s friends wrote to him and advised him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt wrote back immediately, saying, “Dear friend, thank you for your letter to 47 me. I’m all right now. I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three reasons: firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not 48 me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things instead of all my things; thirdly, most 49 for me, it was the man rather than me who became a 50 …”
It was quite unlucky for anyone to be stolen from. However, President Roosevelt had such three reasons to be so 51 . This story tells us how we can learn to be grateful in our life.
Being grateful is an important 52 of life and a great wisdom. It is impossible for anyone to be lucky and successful all the time so long as he lives in the world. We
should learn how to face failure or 53 bravely and generously and to try to deal with it. If so, should we 54 about our life and become frustrated and disappointed ever since then or should we be grateful for our life, rise again ourselves after a 55 ? William Thackera y, a famous British writer, said, “Life is a mirror. When you smile in front of it, it will also smile and so will it when you cry to it.” If you are grateful to life, it will bring you shining sunlight. If you always complain about everything, you may own nothing in the end. When we are successful, we can surely have many reasons for being grateful, but we have only one 56 to show ungratefulness if we fail.
A. assist F. worry K. luckily
B. hurt G. comfort L. thief
C. grateful H. fall M. complain
D. philosophy I. misfortune N. greet
E. excuse J. subtle O. suffer
No.6
The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the 47 computer in business class. In the last 15 years, pilots have reported well over 100 48 that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this interference 49 unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic device such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones.RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation（航空）industry, has recommended that all airlines ban（禁止）such de vices from being used during “ 50” stages of flight,
51 take-off and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are 52 to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights. The difficulty is 53 how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircraft’s computers. Experts know that portable device emit radiation which 54 those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not. The fact that aircraft may be vulnerable（易受损的）to interference raises the risk that terrorists may use radio systems in order to damage navigation 55 . As worrying, though, is the passenger who can’t hear the instructions to turn off his radio because the music’s too 56.
[A] definite [B] incidents [C] effects
[D] remains [E] critical [F] particularly
[G] reluctant [H] refreshing [I] portable
[J] enormous [K] predicting [L] liberal
[M] affects [N] equipment [O] loud
No.7
Parents can no more be friends to their children than teachers can be to their students. For the essence of 47 is reciprocity（互惠）: giving and getting something like what you give. Parents 48 to the proper development of their children, and teachers guide the shaping of their students’ minds.
It should be 49 now why real friendship requires more than merely having “50 in common.” It is what people have in common that determines the kind of friendship they will have. Real friendship requires at least a sound moral character out of the richness of which 51 are able to give and get this precious affection. The more individuals give, the more they realize a genuine kind of selfishness, the better friends they are. A good man will not only do for his friend what he would do for himself but also, if 52 , do more.
These prerequisites are hard to fulfil, true friendship is bound to be rare. To acquire a real friend, 53 , is one of the most praiseworthy accomplishments in 54 . Montaigne tells a story of Cyrus, the ruler of Persia. He was asked whether he would 55 a valuable horse for a kingdom. Cyrus 56 ,“ No, truly, sir, but I would give him with all my heart to get there by a true friend, could I find out any man worthy of that alliance.”
A) change B) life C) individuals
D)understanding E)clear F) necessary
G)require H)friendship I) therefore
J) see K) something L) give
M) replied N) however O) common