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People often speak of fire as though it were a living creature--It grows, dances, needs ox

ygen, feeds on whatever it can find, and then dies. And when a forest fire rages out of control, threatening human lives and homes, it must be fought like a "wild animal." The fight is often desperate, since firefighters' best efforts may be dwarfed by the fury of a large fire. But the fire's own traits can be used against it.

The heated air above a fire rises in a pillar of smoke and burnt gases, pulling fresh air in from the sides to replace it. Firefighters use this fact when they "fight fire with fire." They start a fire well in front of the one which they are fighting. Instead of traveling on in front of the huge fire, the smaller fire is pulled back toward it by the updrafts of the larger blaze. As it travels back to meet the large fire, the smaller backfire burns away the fuel that the forest fire needs to survive.

Even when a backfire has been well set, however, the fire may still win the struggle. The wind which the firefighters used to help them may now become their enemy. When the backfire meets the main fire, before both die for lack of fuel, there is tremendous flame, great heat and wild winds. A strong gust may blow the fire into the treetops beyond the area, giving the fire new fuel and a new life.

This passage focuses on ______.

A．how fires start

B．damage caused by fire

C．the fascination of fire

D．fighting forest fires

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发布时间：2020-09-17

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第1题

Which of the following is NOT mentioned when the author explains the reasons of the rapid

growing number of English speaker？

A．New pupils are required to learn English at school.

B．Monolingual old people are encouraged to speak English.

C．Employees have to learn English if they want to get a chance of promotion.

D．Scholars use English as the language of their academic works more often than other languages.

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第2题

Based on Unit 1 Text A: People from different countries often communicate with each o

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第3题

Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly？ Have you ever bough

t something just because the salesman talked you into it？ Are you afraid to ask someone for a date？

Many people are afraid to assert themselves (坚持已见). Dr. Robert Alberti, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back, thinks it's because of their lack of confidence. "Our structure of organization tends to make people distrust themselves," says Alberti. "There's always a 'superior' around—a parent, a teacher, a boss—who knows better'. These 'superiors' often gain when they keep breaking at your self-image."

But Alberti and other scientists are doing something to help people assert themselves. They offer "assertiveness training" courses—AT for short. In the AT course people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive without hurting people.

In one way, learning to speak out is to overcome fear. A group taking an AT course will help the shy person to lose his fear. But AT uses an even stronger motive—the need to share. The shy person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels.

Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-image. If someone you face is more "important" than you, you may feel less of a person. You start to doubt your own good sense. You go by the other person's label. But, why should you？ AT says you can get to feel good about yourself. And once you do, you can learn to speak out.

People are reluctant to talk back because ______.

A．they have a poor self-image

B．they have not received AT courses

C．they have not grasped communication skills

D．they are not generous enough to share things

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第4题

By saying that "the decision is the prospect' s",the author means ______.A．advertisement o

By saying that "the decision is the prospect' s",the author means ______.

A．advertisement often persuades people to buy what they don't really want

B．advertisement can never really influence people's ability to decide

C．whether to buy an advertised product is up to the would-be customer

D．the effect of an advertisement on the public is difficult to determine

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第5题

Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they ar

e used to thinking of the British Isles as England. (1)_____, the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others (2)_____ to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (3)_____ the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed (4)_____ being classified as "English".

Even in England there are many (5)_____ in regional character and speech. The chief (6)_____ is between southern England and northern England. South of a (7)_____ going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, (8)_____ there are local variations.

Further north, regional speech is usually" (9)_____ "than that of southern Britain. Northerners are (10)_____ to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (11)_____ They are openhearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them (12)_____. Northerners generally have hearty (13)_____: the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (14)_____ at meal times.

In accent and character the people of the Midlands (15)_____ a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman.

In Scotland the sound (16)_____ by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be (17)_____ in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, (18)_____ inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (19)_____ as being more "fiery" than the English. They are (20)_____ a race that is quite distinct from the English.

A．In consequence

B．In brief

C．In general

D．In fact

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第6题

It has been justly said that while" we speak with our vocal organs we （1)_____ with our wh

It has been justly said that while" we speak with our vocal organs we (1)_____ with our whole bodies". All of us communicate with one another (2)_____, as well as with words. Sometimes we know what we're doing, as with the use of gestures such as the thumbs-up sign to indicate that, we (3)_____. But most of the time we're not aware that we're doing it. We gesture with eyebrows or a hand, meet someone else's eyes and (4)_____. These actions we (5)_____ are random and incidental. But researchers (6)_____ that there is a system of them almost as consistent and comprehensible as language, and they conclude that there is a whole (7)_____ of body language, (8)_____ the way we move, the gestures we employ, the posture we adopt, the facial expression we (9)_____, the extent to which we touch and the distance we stand (10)_____ each other.

The body language serves a variety of purposes. Firstly it can replace verbal communication, (11)_____ with the use of gesture. Secondly it can modify verbal communication, loudness and (12)_____ of voice is an example here. Thirdly it regulates social interaction: turn taking is largely governed by non-verbal (13)_____. Finally it conveys our emotions and attitudes. This is (14)_____ important for successful cross-culture communication.

Every culture has its own" body language", and children absorb its nuances (15)_____ with spoken language. The way an Englishmen crosses his legs is (16)_____ like the way a mate American does it. When we communicate with people from other, cultures, the body language sometimes help make the communication easy and (17)_____, such as shaking hand is such a (18)_____ gesture that people all over the world know that it is a signal for greeting. But sometimes—the body language can cause certain misunderstanding (19)_____ people of different cultures often have different forms behavior. for sending the same message or have different (20)_____ towards the same body signals.

A．address

B．reverse

C．converse

D．confer

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第7题

A man and his wife had a small bar near a station．The bar often stayed open until after m

idnight，because people came to drink there while they were waiting for trains． At two o'clock one morning，one man was still sitting at a table in the small bar．He was a—sleep．The barman’s wife wanted to go to bed．She looked into the bar several times，and eachtime the man was still there．Then at last she went to her husband and said to him，“You’vewaken that man six times now，George，but he isn’t drinking anything．Why haven’t you senthim away？It is very late．” “0h，no，I don’t want to send him away，”answered her husband with a smile：”Yousee，whenever I wake him up，he asks for his bill，and when I bring it to him．He pays it．Then he goes to sleep again．” 根据以上内容，回答下列各题。 The bar often stayed open__________．

A.until 12 o'clock in the evening

B.until early next morning

C.all day and all night

D.until after 12 o'clock in the evening

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第8题

Among the many ways in which people communicate through speech, public speaking has probab

ly received more study and attracted more attention than any other. Politicians campaigning for public office, salespeople presenting products, and preachers delivering sermons all depend upon this form. of public communication. Even people who do not make speaking a part of their daily work are often asked to make public speeches: students at graduation, for instance, or members of churches, clubs, or other organizations. Nearly everyone speaks in public at some time or other, and those who perform. the task well often become leaders.

There are many reasons for speaking in public. A public speaker may hope to teach an audience about new ideas, for example, or provide information-about some topic. Creating a good feeling or entertaining an audience may be another purpose. Public speakers, however, most often seek to persuade an audience to adopt new opinions, to take certain actions, or to see the world in a new way.

Public speakers usually know well in advance when they are scheduled to make an address. Consequently, they are able to prepare their message before they deliver it. Sometimes, though, speakers must deliver the message unprepared, or off the cuff, such as when they are asked to offer a toast at a wedding reception or to participate in a televised debate or interview.

When they do not have to speak unprepared, most speakers write their own speeches. Politicians and business executives sometimes employ professional writers who prepare their speeches for them. These professional writers may work alone or in small teams. Although the speaker may have some input into the contents of the speech, the writers sometimes have a great influence over the opinions expressed by their employers. Regardless of how a speech is prepared, the person who delivers it is given credit for its effect upon its hearers.

Public speaking is well known to the average people because______.

A．most of them have been trained as public speakers

B．such activities are prevalent in the society

C．most of them have to do it when they study at college

D．the passage does not mention the reason

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第9题

Some psychologists（心理学家) maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed

Some psychologists(心理学家) maintain that mental acts such as thinking are not performed in the brain alone, but that one's muscles also participate. (76)It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies.

You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music without moving their body or, more specifically, some part of their body. Often when one listens to a symphonic concert on the radio, he is attracted to direct the orchestra (乐队) even though he knows there is a good conductor on the job.

Strange as this behavior. may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot derive all possible enjoyment from music unless he participates, so to speak, in its performance. The listener "feels" himself into the music with more or less noticeable motions of his body.

(77) The muscles of the body actually participate in the mental process of thinking in the same way, but this participation is less obvious because it is less noticeable.

Some psychologists think that thinking is ______

A．not a mental process

B．more of a physical process than a mental action

C．a process that involves our entire bodies

D．a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain

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第10题

England has many interesting places that people like to visit.Among them, the pub is oft

en said to be a very special place for visitors to get to know the real life of the English people.The pub is a small “public place”, where people can buy beer, soft drinks and even some fast food.What’s more, a pub is also a meeting place where people sit and enjoy the beer and talking with their friends.One can easily find a pub at the street corner or in a small village.English people like the pub a lot.After a whole day of busy work, many men spend the whole evening in the pub and go back home at about eleven o’clock when the pub closes.

1.One can easily find a pub in England.（）

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.The passage doesn't tell us

2.A pub is usually a large restaurant.（）

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.The passage doesn't tell us

3.People go to the pub to （）.

A.watch a film

B.sit and enjoy the beer

C.talk with their friends

D.both B and C

4.Many men spend the whole day drinking in the pub.（）

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.The passage doesn't tell us

5.The pub usually closes around （）o’clock in the evening.

A.10

B.11

C.12

D.None of the above

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