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Question 3 · Single choice · 中档
$2. You have to ________ a choice. Are you going to leave the job or stay$?
A. decide B. get C. do D. make
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Question 8 · Single choice · 中档
$4. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread out further, _______ New York is an example.$
A. for which B. in which C. of which D. from which
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Question 10 · Single choice · 中档
5. --- Let’s go for a walk in the garden.
A. No, thank you B. That’s right C. Good idea D. Not at all
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Question 12 · Single choice · 中档
$7. The telephone _______, but by the time I got indoors, it stopped.$
A. had rung B. was ringing C. rings D. has rung
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Question 13 · Single choice · 中档
$8. In the United States, there is always ____ flow of people to areas of ______ country where more jobs can be found.$
A. a; the B. the ; a C. the; the D. a; a
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Question 14 · Single choice · 中档
$9. I used to quarrel a lot with my parents, but now we ________fine.$
A. look out B. stay up C. carry on D. get along
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Question 15 · Single choice · 中档
$10. Although this ________sound like a simple task, great care is needed$
A. must B. may C. shall D. should
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Question 16 · Single choice · 中档
$11. The manager believes prices will not rise by more than_____ four percent$
A. any other B. the other C. another D. other
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Question 17 · Single choice · 中档
$12. In some places women are expected to earn money_______ men work at home and raise their children.$
A. but B. while C. because D. though
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Question 18 · Single choice · 中档
13. --- Can you show me Mr. Jaffer’s office, please?
A. Thanks B. Go on C. Sure D. You are welcome
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Question 19 · Single choice · 中档
$14. We had an anxious couple of weeks _____ for the results of the experiment.$
A. wait B. to be waiting C. waited D. waiting
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Question 42 · Single choice · 中档
$37. Tracy started her work as a volunteer _______.$
A. after she met Mother Teresa B. after she finished high school C. when she was touring Calcutta D. when she was working in a hospital
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Question 43 · Single choice · 中档
38. Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?
A. She liked to work with Mother Teresa. B. She had already had some experience. C. She was asked by Mother Teresa’s example. D. She wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s example.
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Question 44 · Single choice · 中档
39. What is Tracy’s “new idea” (Paragraph 2) of being a volunteer?
A. Going abroad to help the sick. B. Working in Mother Teresa’s home. C. Doing simple things to help the poor. D. Improving oneself through helping others.
B
As nanny(保姆), cook, cleaner, shopper, driver, and gardener, she has one of the most demanding jobs in Britain today.
And paying someone else to do the chores(家务活) which take the average housewife 71 hours a week would cost €349.
At over €18,000 a year that’s more than the earnings of 70 percent of the population, including train drivers, firemen,
prison officers, and social worker. Looking after a baby less than a year old takes a housewife into a even higher pay league.
According to a study, she earns €457 a week – at nearly €24,000 a year, the same as teachers, engineers, and chemists.
Researchers put a price on each chore, then tried to find out how long the average person takes doing them. They found
housewives spend an average 70.7 hours a week on housework – with looking after the children (17.9hours) and cooking and
cleaning (12.9 hours each) the most time-consuming(费时).
A wife with a part-time job still works an average of 59 hours a week at home. Those in full-time employment put in
longer hours at home than in the workplace. The good news is that these hours drops sharply as children get older. While the
average mother with child under one puts in 90 hours weekly, the figure drops to 80 hours from one to four and to 66 hours
from five to ten.
Mother-of-four Karen Williams from London said, “Paying the housewives may not be practical, but the government
should recognize the value of housework, perhaps through the tax. Running a house takes a lot of time and most husbands
don’t understand this. For example, my husband only puts a shelf up now and again. He never cleans the kitchen – that’s the
real test.”
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Question 45 · Single choice · 中档
40. Who earns most according to the text?
A. A social worker. B. A fireman. C. A gardener. D. A teacher.
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Question 47 · Single choice · 中档
$42. According to the text, a housewife with a baby less than one year old may work _____.$
A. 66 hours a week B. 71 hours a week C. 80 hours a week D. 90 hours a week
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Question 49 · Single choice · 中档
44. Why do people feel sleepy in the early afternoon according to the text?
A. They eat too much for lunch. B. They sleep too little at night. C. Their body temperature becomes lower. D. The weather becomes a lot warmer.
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Question 50 · Single choice · 中档
45. If you get up at 6:30 am, what is the best time for you to take a nap?
A. About 12:30 pm. B. About 1:30 pm. C. About 2:30 pm D. About 3:30 pm
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Question 51 · Single choice · 中档
What do we know about the author?
A. He wanted to buy the oldest farm near where he lived. B. He made a study of many farms before buying. C. He made money by buying and selling farms. D. He had the money to buy the best farm in the country.
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Question 52 · Single choice · 中档
Why did the author decide to buy the Hollowell place?
A. It was of good market value. B. It was next to the highway. C. It was in a good position. D. It was behind a nice garden.
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Question 56 · Single choice · 中档
51. What do we know about the author?
A. He wanted to buy the oldest farm near where he lived. B. He made a study of many farms before buying. C. He made money by buying and selling farms. D. He had the money to buy the best farm in the country.
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Question 57 · Single choice · 中档
52. Why did the author decide to buy the Hollowell place?
A. It was of good market value. B. It was next to the highway. C. It was in a good position. D. It was behind a nice garden.
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Question 58 · Single choice · 中档
53. Why did the author want to buy the farm in a hurry?
A. He was afraid the owner might changes his mind. B. He hoped to enlarge the forest on the farm. C. He wanted to keep the farm as it was. D. He was eager to become a farm owner.
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Question 59 · Single choice · 中档
54. The underlined words “the loss” $in the last paragraph refer to ___.$
A. the money the author lost in buying the farm B. the sale of the garden in the Hollowell place C. the removal of the trees around the house D. the failure to possess the Hollowell place
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