History tells us that the origin of Santa Claus begins in the 4th century with Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (an area in present day Turkey). One of the legends tells about that he【C1】______ a fortune when his parents died while he was still in his teens. By【C2】______ St. Nicholas was an honest and【C3】______ man. He cared deeply for the poor, and particularly【C4】______ to children. He brought various gifts, money and other useful items to the houses of the poor. He did this at night, and in【C5】______ , so that no one knew,【C6】______ he wanted no glory, he just wanted to help people. He became widely known for his generosity.
There is one famous【C7】______ about Saint Nicholas. The story tells【C8】______ Nicholas hearing one day of three beautiful sisters who lived in a miserable【C9】______ on the edge of Myra. The three sisters were very poor. They could【C10】______ earn enough to keep themselves and their old mother from starving to death. When Nicholas heard of their【C11】______ , he was very concerned. He decided to do【C12】______ to help them.
One night, when everyone was asleep, Nicholas crept through the streets to the【C13】______ of town. He tiptoed up to the hut【C14】______ where the three sisters lived. He climbed onto the roof and【C15】______ three bags of gold through the hole in the roof where the smoke from the fire came out. Now it so【C16】______ that the three sisters has washed their stockings before they went to bed. The stockings have been hung by the fire to【C17】______ . When Nicholas dropped the gold through the smoke hole, each bag of gold fell into a stocking,
The three sisters were overjoyed to find three bags of gold in their stockings when they woke up the next morning. Soon, the story began to【C18】______ . Other people began to hang【C19】______ stockings in the hope of finding bags of gold when they woke up in the morning. From this legend sprang the【C20】______ of hanging stockings up by the chimney on Christmas Eve. Over the years, Saint Nicholas became associated with Christmas.
【C1】
A．acquired
B．required
C．inquired
D．lost
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The author aims to tell us that __________.
A . A. women’s minds perform better than men’s
B . B. men’s minds decline more with age
C . C. everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older
D . D. a survey on human’s mind decline was done recently
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The novel tells us that we should find the balance of beauty and _____.
A、three
B、four
C、five
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The story of a “useless tree” mentioned in the text mainly tells us that some living things in nature can survive others because of their naturalness.
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The Chinese idiom “ 羊羔跪乳 ” tells us that we should always show gratitude to our teachers.
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By using the example of fingerprints, the author tells us that ________.
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The passage mainly tells us that（ ）.
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The passage tells us that ________.
A) sometimes advertisements really sell what the consumer needs
B) advertisements occasionally force consumers into buying things they don’t need
C) the buying motives of consumers are controlled by advertisements
D) fire insurance is seldom a worthwhile investment
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The passage tells us that the author_____.
A．was a social worker
B．worked in the Body Positive office near the WTO
C．was asked to take some pictures of WTC
D．ran toward WTC because he wanted to make out what was happening
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The tone of this passage tells us that the writer__________ 查看材料
A.hates to lie
B.enjoys lying
C.often tells a lie
D.tries to analyze lying
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The passage tells us that insurance is______.
A．a service too expensive for people to enjoy
B．a necessary evil we must look in the face
C．an unhappy topic we should avoid talking about
D．a very complex subject we don"t have to understand
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The text "Studying Abroad and Culture Shock" tells us that you should try to understand why people in the foreign country behave the way they do and compare them and us, good and bad.（）
是
否
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The passage tells us that
A．sometimes advertisements really sell what the consumer needs
B．advertisements occasionally force consumers into buying things they don't need
C．the buying motives of consumers are controlled by advertisements
D．fire insurance is seldom a worthwhile investment
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The first paragraph tells us that_____.
A．Visionics produced the best face-recognition software enhancing airport security
B．Visionics's stocks rose in price
C．the airports were satisfied with the software
D．Visionics's software was a great success
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The passage tells us that ______.
A．sometimes advertisements really sell what the consumer needs
B．advertisements occasionally force consumers into buying things they don't need
C．the buying motives of consumers are controlled by advertisements
D．fire insurance is seldom a worthwhile investment
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The story of Leon Chameides tells us that he had to______.
A．conceal his real identity
B．hide away in a sewer
C．move from place to place
D．become a Christian
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The author intends to tell us that______.
A．someday the computers will replace human beings
B．very shortly the computers will dominate people
C．soon the computers will become completely independent
D．in the future the computers will be helpful in various fields
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The first paragraph tells us that______.
A．with the increased flow of immigrant workers, the number of language discrimination cases has increased also
B．immigrant workers may feel resentful towards workers with native English skills
C．native English speakers may feel hostile towards co-workers who use other languages on the job
D．in a culturally diverse workforce, some tension between different groups is inevitable
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The last sentence of the 2nd paragraph tells us that the writer believes that____.
A．the computer is as smart as human beings
B．the computer is friends with human beings
C．human beings can interact with the computer and do what they want at their will
D．human beings have not used the computer to its fullest advantage
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The third paragraph tells us that higher levels of education______.
A．can prevent Alzheimer"s
B．are related to greater mental awareness in youth
C．are related to lower levels of mental decline in old age
D．is only one of many factors that can slow the rate of mental decline
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The last paragraph tells us that______.
A．inadequate federal funding facilitated the privatization of schools and museums
B．public institutions were too quick to accept corporate marketing as a source of funding
C．companies manipulated schools through sophisticated ad campaigns
D．by the 1980s, very few public institutions were not being funded by corporations
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Peter: ______ Diane: No, not all memories are correct, but they all tell us something about the person who is doing the remembering. The memory may tell us what the person likes or dislikes, what he or she wishes, and it may also tell us about his or her fears. Peter: ______ Diane: That's a good question. It's easier to remember things that have emotional meaning to you. It's also easier to remember information that you practice and use a lot. Repetition also reinforces memory; the more you repeat something, the better you remember it.
A．Are all memories accurate？ ; What kind of things are easier for people to remember？
B．Are there different kinds of memory？ ; What makes it easier for people to remember certain things？
C．What makes it easier for people to remember certain things？ ; Are all memories accurate？
D．What aspects of brain biology interest you？ ; Are all memories accurate？
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The first paragraph tells us that________.
A．Visionics produced the best face-recognition software enhancing airport security
B．Visionics's stocks rose in price
C．the airports were satisfied with the software
D．Visionics's software was a great success
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听力原文：W: Doctor White, we recently learned that a large piece of the Larsen lee shelf in Western Antarctica broke off in early January. Could you please tell us exactly what happened？
M: I'd be happy to. The piece that broke off was over a thousand square miles in area. More recently and quite alarming to scientists is that a forty-mile crack, some 30 feet wide in places has torn through the ice shelf.
W: I understand that the scientific community is quite concerned. What is the significance of these events？
M: Well, some scientists believe that this is a clear sign of global warming. Back in 1978, some American researchers predicted that Antarctica would show early signs of global warming due to the green house effect.
W: But couldn't crumbling ice shelves also be a result of the unusual weather Antarctica itself has experienced lately？
M: That's certainly possible, but you'll have to remember that over the past thousands of years, ice shelves have been through a lot of weather changes without breaking up.
W: I think most people know that if the ice cap over Antarctica melts, the level of the oceans will rise. What sort of impact will this have？
M: Well, the ice shelves currently insulate the Antarctic continent from wind, which slows down the melting. If the winds cause even a tenth of the continent's ice to melt, the world's oceans could rise as much as 30 feet.
What are the speakers mainly discussing？
A．An experiment in Antarctica.
B．Part of the Larsen Ice Shelf broke off.
C．The formation of the Larsen Ice Shelf.
D．An expedition in Antarctica.
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The text tells us that the reason inhibited temperaments cannot be so easily connected to social phobia is______.
A．there is weak evidence linking the two
B．there are many uninhibited temperaments that do not develop social phobia
C．the reactions in the brain are substantially different
D．temperaments are part of human diversity, not abnormalities
