The sudden snow in Beijing on November 4, 2012 caught people by surprise. Many drivers got stuck on the road, ________.

A．coldly and helplessly                     B．cold and helpless

C．being cold and helpless                   D．in cold and helplessness

 

 

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A woman id her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drover her    1by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears,     2“Aunty Misery” at her.

One evening, a passer by asked to    3for the night. Seeing that he had an   4Face, she let him in and gave him a nice    5. The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫師), thanked her by granting (允準) her   6that anyone who climbed up her tree  7not be able to come back down until she   8it.

     When the children came back to steal her   9, she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her

long   10she gave the tree permission to let  11go. Aunty Misery was free from the   12at last.

One day another man    13her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her,   14she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you   15me.” said he.

Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to  16some pears from my dear tree to remember the 17

it brought to me in this life. But I am too    18to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   19as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree   20and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.

1.A. hopeless    B. painful   C. dull   D. crazy

2.A. calling     B. shouting   C. announcing  D. whispering

3.A. stay       B. live       C. hide     D. lie

4.A. interesting  B. honest    C. anxious    D. angry

5.A. gift      B. kiss      C. treat     D. smile

6.A. suggestion     B. demand      C. permission D. wish

7.A. could     B. should     C. might    D. must

8.A. permitted   B. promised      C. answered    D. declared

9.A. branch    B. food    C. tree     D. fruit

10.A. after      B. while     C. since       D. before

11.A. it        B. them      C. him        D. her

12.A. trick     B. question     C. trouble     D. difficulty

13.A. stepped into   B. left for       C. stopped at    D. walked around

14.A. so      B. but         C. although       D. because

15.A. with     B. off         C. upon         D. for

16.A. choose      B. pick      C. shake      D. hit

17.A. honor       B. pleasure   C. hope      D. excitement

18.A. light        B. short      C. old       D. thin

19.A. proud       B. kind       C. fine      D. smart

20.A. disappointedly       B. cheerfully      C. unwillingly     D. eagerly

 

I was sleeping in my room when my bed started shaking and a loud noise was heard. I woke up and my mom was screaming my name. Next moment I was running along with my younger sister, mom and dad. Before I ran out of the door, I realized my elder sister hadn’t come out yet. So I screamed her name at the top of my voice. My mom said she had gone to her class. Then the four of us, along with many others, were running on the staircase. We lived on the seventh floor, so I thought we would not be able to make it and the building would fall before we managed to reach even the fourth floor. My dad’s head was injured by something falling down. I did try to put my hand over his head. When we reached the sixth floor, the building split into two. We had no way to get down.

The next thing I remember is silence. There were around 30 people on the staircase and none could react. Five minutes later, someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat. We all went in. We were wondering how would get down. From the balcony of the sixth-floor flat, I saw people standing on the ground floor. All eyes were stuck on us. I could see my elder sister crying.

Our first hope of surviving came when a worker climbed a rope to where we were. That was the first time we thought maybe we could get down. Half an hour passed and we were still trapped. Finally RSS people arrived with ropes. They got people down one by one. My biggest worry was how my dad would get down. Finally after two and a half hours, we all got down.

That day we saw the power of nature. It has taken more than two years to build the flats and it took just one and a half minutes to destroy the structure.

What is this passage mainly about?

       A. Ways to survive an earthquake.

       B. Reasons why earthquakes happen.

       C. The love of parents in an earthquake.

       D. The writer’s experience in an earthquake.

When the building split into two, the writer and his family ____________.

       A. were still sleeping                                       

B. were trapped on the sixth floor

       C. were looking for a family member                                                          

D. were running on the staircase of the seventh floor

The first time the writer thought they would probably survive was when            .

       A. he was encouraged by people on the ground floor

       B. someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat

       C. a worker climbed up on a rope

       D. RSS people arrived with ropes

The earthquake made the writer realize that                       .

       A. there is always hope for people

       B. the power of nature is really great

       C. natural disasters can happen any time

       D. human beings are strong in natural disasters

Eleven top universities are joining the Open University to launch free Internet courses. King’s College London, along with the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick, has partnered with FutureLearn, a company set up by the Open University that will offer free and non-credit bearing courses to Internet-users around the world.
The courses are modeled on the US phenomenon “Massive open online courses” ( Moocs ), which have attracted millions of users around the world and are especially popular in emerging economies.
FutureLearn will improve UK institutions for international students, said Prof Martin Bean, voice-chancellor of the Open University. “At the moment, foreign students’ perception of UK Universities is: wonderful history, great tradition, really good teaching, but a bit boring.”
Leeds University says the partnership will benefit students studying on campus. “Students will have access to a rich set of resources from both Leeds and our partners. They can also broaden their education beyond their main subject areas.”
The UK higher education industry stands among the top five export earners for Britain Moocs have grown rapidly in the US over the past year, with two providers leading the field. Coursera offers courses from 33 Universities, including Princeton, Brown, Columbia and Duke, and has reached more than 1.7 million users, EdX, a nonprofit start-up from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology courses this autumn.
Simon Nelson, one of the key architects of BBC Online, will head FutureLearn as launch CEO. “It’s really meaningful for these universities to come together –we’ll punch much harder collectively than any other university will individually,” he said.
Partner Institutions will be responsible for their own content while the OU, which has been providing distance-learning courses since 1971, will assist with course delivery and infrastructure. Details of further universities will be revealed next year, as will the courses on offer.
【小題1】 What does the underlined word “perception” in paragrah3 mean?

A．expectation

B．view

C．dream

D．proposal

【小題2】 We can learn from the passage that              

A．Coursera, one of the two providers, leads the online courses in the US.

B．Economics is the most popular subject among these online courses.

C．FutureLearn is only set up for the Internet-users.

D．About 1,7million users are taking the free courses launched by UK.

【小題3】What is implied in Simon’s words?

A．It’s really meaningful for these universities to cooperate.

B．Single university can’t do the work very well.

C．These universities will compete with each other.

D．Joint efforts by these top universities will help the program go more smoothly.

【小題4】All of the following statements are true except             

A．Internet-users don’t need to get credit for the courses.

B．UK may top the list of online education one day.

C．The UK higher education industry stands among the top five export earners for England.

D．Some foreign students may think UK universities are not so satisfying.

【小題5】 In which magazine would you most likely find this passage?

A．Entertainment

B．Science

C．Education

D．Business Week

Below is a discussion on a website.

http://www.TalkingPoints.com/
Stuck on a desert island?
Started on 23rd April by Steve                   Posts 1 – 7 of 42
Post 1 Steve USA	Hi, everyone. What would you miss most and least if you were stuck on a desert island? For me, it would be the changing seasons in New England. I guess this will sound stupid but I’d probably miss the rain, too. I wouldn’t miss getting up at six every day to go to work, though! What about you?
Post 2 Tomas Germany	Good question. Steve, I think I’d miss different types of bread, and shopping at the supermarket. I’d miss the food most. What would I miss least? My mobile phone---I’d like to be completely quiet --- at least for a little while
Post 3 Paola Italy	I would miss the company of people because I know I’d like to have someone to share experiences with. I’d go mad on my own. And I sure wouldn’t miss junk mail(垃圾郵件) --- I hate coming home every evening and a pile of junk mail in my post box.
Post 4 Miko Japan	Hi, I would miss Manga cartoon, the internet and Japanese food, like sushi. I’d also miss TV shows and shopping for clothes… In fact, I’d miss everything.
Post 5 Roger UK	I would miss my daily newspaper and listening to the news on TV and radio. I’d feel very cut off if I didn’t know what was happening in the world. What I’d miss least would be traffic jams in the city, particularly my journey to work.
Post 6 Jayne	Why hasn’t anyone mentioned their family? I’d be lost without my husband and two kids. They’re the most important for me. And I can’t get started in the morning without a cup of black coffee. I wouldn’t miss doing the housework!
Post 7 Jaime Mexico	It would have to be music. I couldn’t live without my music. I wouldn’t miss going to school at all or doing homework!

 
【小題1】Who would miss his or her family most?

A．Jaime

B．Jayne

C．Miko

D．Paola.

【小題2】Which of the following people would feel most uncomfortable without the news media?

A．Steve.

B．Jaime

C．Roger.

D．Tomas

【小題3】How many of them mentioned that they would miss food or drink?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four