Reading practice

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Reading practice
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between the lines
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No context, no text ---Guess the word from the
context.
1.????? ?Theyre renting a villa.
A.a house B.a farm C.a car
?Theyre renting a villa in the south of France.
?Theyre renting a villa in the south of France
for the summer holidays.
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• 2.?????????
• If youre near-sighted, good glasses will assist
  you to read.A.help B.support C.attend D.ask
• Charles asked the bank for a small loan
• so that he could repair his house.
• A.sum of money B.load C. tool
• 3)The flowers in the vase withered because they
  had no water.
• A.became sweeter B.became red
  
• C.became dry

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3.???????? (NMET) Although no fruit is yielded
during the winter, this cold period is good for
the tree. 73. The word yielded in the last
sentence means _____.A. improved B.
increasedC. produced D. sold
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4.????????? 1) I made numerous mistakes in
my exercises, but Jack made only a
few. 2)Most of us agreed however,Bill
dissented. 3)He is so homely, not at all as
handsome as his brother.
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5.???????? that is, in other words, which
means, we can put it another way, what I
want to say is, stand for,or.. ??? ----
1)Long ago goods were manufactured by
craftsmen--- who were skilled workmen. 2) Most
of us tell much the same white lies,harmless
untruths that help to save trouble.
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1 .Even though it is unlawful in almost
every state. 2.He enlarged his vocabulary by
essential reading. A.increased
B.recited C.reduced D.studied3.
Dont listen to his nonsense.

A. foolish talk meaningless words
B. clever talk meaningful words
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2006???? C Some
children are natural-born bosses.They have a
strong need to make decisions, manage their
environment, and lead rather than follow.
Examine the extended family, and youll probably
find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin
in every generation. Its an inheritable trait,
said Russell Barkley, a professor 44. The
underlined phrase inheritable trait in
Paragraph 2 means _____. A. inborn nature
B. developed character C.
accepted theory D. particular
environment
Examine the extended family, and youll
probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle
or cousin in every generation.
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2006???? E When she was
still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such
important magazines as partisan Review, she appea
red as the symbol of American cultural life,
trying hard to follow every new development,
Sontag walked at the latest edges of world
culture. 71. The underlined sentence means Sontag
___. A. was a symbol of American cultural life
B. developed world literature, film and art
C. published many essays about world culture
D.kept pace with the newest development of world
culture
trying hard to follow every new development,
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If you are really tired of the daily stress
which you have to go through
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...Relax...
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...Enjoy the fields...
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the red-coloured shirt the colourful life
His writing lacks color. He lost color at the
news. He came out in his true color. We cant
appreciate the bloody beauty.
nature
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1.All that glitters is not gold. 2. He's the last
man I want to see.

He is the last person to tell a
lie. 3.It's a wise man that never makes
mistakes. 4.The mountain is not valuable because
it is high. 5.It is more a poem than a
picture.
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1. My plans are still quite in the air. A.My
plans are still quite uncertain. B.My plans are
about the air. C.My plans have just been
started. D.My plans have ended in
smoke.
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2.Friendship must be earned.A.Friendship is not
real because it must
be earned with
money.B.Friendship is the most valuable


because it can be earned.
C.Try hard to be a real friend worthy of
the name, and then you will have a
good friend.D.The friendship that we must earn
is true friendship.
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3.It would be difficult to overpraise this book.
A.This is a difficult book. B.It is difficult
not to overpraise this book . C.It is difficult
to praise this book . D.The writer of this
sentence thinks this is an excellent
book.
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1.The basketball team never lacked vociferous
supporters, but they rarely responded to this
show of enthusiasm.
The basketball team
2.Scott Fitzgerald, who first introduced him to a
publisher, was one of the few contemporary
writers that Hemingway did not turn against.
Hemingway
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• 3. New York, 10 November ----- 527 pm,
  yesterday. Biggest power failure in the citys
  history.
• . The big electric clock in the lobby of
  the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in downtown Manhattan
  started ticking again at 525 this morning. It
  was almost on time. (NMET 2000 A?)
•    How long did the power failure last?
• Nearly 12 hours B. More than 12 hours
• C. Nearly 24 hours D. More than 24
  hours

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Choose the most general sentence. 1.A.Some
dogs are used as seeing Eye dogs to aid the
blind. B.Dogs ,particularly German shepherds,
are used as police dogs. C.Dogs are use their
acute sense of smell to aid in searching for lost
persons, tracking criminals, and locating drugs.
D.Dogs can be trained to do specialized jobs.
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2.A.He goes to work later in the morning
and gets home earlier in the evening.
B.There are several reasons why Tom
likes his job. C.He now earns more money
D.The skills he is learning will help him
to qualify for a much higher-paying
position.
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idea),?????????????? ??????
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• Normally when we go to sleep, our
  sleep centre blocks off nerves so that both our
  brain and our body go to sleep. One prevents us
  from wanting to doanything, and the other makes
  our internal organs and limbs go to sleep. But
  sometimes only one goes to sleep and the other
  does not. A very tired soldier can sometimes fall
  asleep (brain sleep) and keep on marching,
  because his body is not asleep!
• The passage mainly tells us ________.
• why we go to sleep
• B. when we should go to bed
• C. how sleep centre works
• D. what prevents us from sleeping

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Often no one looks more guilty than the
innocent.On the Other hand,nobody may look more
innocent than a professional criminal.And the man
who knows everything may really only be trying
to hide his own weakness.So,it is foolish to try
to judge a person only by his appearance.



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The main idea of this passage is
that__________ A.an innocent person looks more
guilty than a professional does. B.the man who
knows everythingmay really knows nothing. C.we
are foolish if we judge a person only by his
appearance. D.it is difficult to tell the guilty
from the innocent.
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• Hope ????
• Desire ????
• Grow ????
• Work hard ????
• Be yourself ????

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• Smile with your heart
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• Confide in others
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• Give to others
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• Be gentle with
• others, always
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Alaskas ice water teems with(??)
fish.Fishing industry is the leading industry.The
value of products prepared every year for market
is about1000,000,000. This forms the important
part of Alaskas wealth.

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71.The passage deals with________ A.geography of
Alaska B.fishing industry of Alaska C.fish
market of Alaska D.Alaskas wealth
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Before a new type of airplane goes into
service, every part of it is tested again and
again. But there are two tests that are more
important than all the others. these two tests
are examples of how planes are made safe before
they ever carry passengers. ( 2004 ???) 71.
What might be the most suitable title for the
text? A.Two Important Tests
on Airplanes B. The Importance of
Flying Safely C. The Danger of Testing
Airplanes D. How Airplanes Are
Made and Tested


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A close friend siad If I could only figure
this out, I think I could find happiness. I have
heard this before ....  Many people believe
that finding happiness is all about finding
something else they want. Not many have ever
found long term happiness by .... The answer to
finding happiness is to look within yourself. 
In other words, happiness is a completely
inside job. The most important piece to finding
happiness is to comprehend happiness is a choice
and not the result of an experience.
66.Which would be the best title for the
passage? A. Look within to find
happiness. B. Happiness, a choice or the
result of an experience? C. The
definition of happiness D. How can we
create happiness?
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Like other opinions about the situation, Burke's
predictably, and sensibly, forecasts a rise in
unemployment among the young.
Like other opinions
predictably, and sensibly
Whats the opinion of most people? And the
authors?
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?????????? approve of the book ? Professor
Baker's publisher has stated that this new book
will soon take the place of all the old standard
works in this field in view, however, of both
the style and content of Professor Baker's book,
I find this claim most difficult to accept.

in view, however,


I find most difficult to
accept
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2) When I first opened the package containing a
copy of Professor Baker's latest book and read
its title, I must admit I felt a sudden sinking
of the heart yet once I had gathered courage to
begin my reading, I found the work so far beyond
my wildest hopes that I actually missed supper
rather than put the volume down unfinished.
so far beyond
hopes that I actually missed supper rather
than
Some think.. .Others still others hold the
view that...But in fact
But in fact
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• Wildlife belongs to everyone and not to the
  gunners alone.Now, it is time to realize that
  animals have the same right to life as we do and
  that there is nothing fair or right about a
  person with a gun shooting the harmless and
  beautiful creatures.If, as they would have . ..
  war.58.It can be inferred from the text that the
  author seems to ________. A. blame the
  majority of people
• B. worry about the existence of wildlife
  C. be in favor of war
• D. be in support of character-building

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• Be understanding, when its needed
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• Have confidence in life
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• Have faith
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I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude
bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate
the sun more. I wish you enough happiness
to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough
pain so that the smallest joys in
life appear much bigger.

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I wish you enough gain
to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss
to appreciate all that you
process. I wish you enough hellos
to get you through the final goodbye.
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2000C Decision-thinking is
not unlike poker,it often matters not only what
you think , but also what others think you think
and what you think they think you think . The
mental process(??) is similar . Naturally , this
card game has often been of considerable interest
to people who are , by any standards , good
thinkers .
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2000C Decision-thinking is
not unlike poker. ,it often matters not only what
you think , but also what others think you think
and what you think they think you think . The
mental process(??) is similar . Naturally , this
card game has often been of considerable interest
to people who are , by any standards , good
thinkers .
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The great mathematician John von Neumann was one
of the founders of game theory . In particular ,
he showed that all games fall into two classes
there are what he called games of 'perfect
information', games like chess where the players
can't hide anything of play tricks they don't
win by chance , but by means of logic and skills
. Then there are games of 'imperfect
information', like poker , in which it is
impossible to know in advance that one course of
action is better than another.
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The great mathematician John von Neumann was one
of the founders of game theory . In particular ,
he showed that all games fall into two classes
there are what he called games of 'perfect
information', games like chess where the players
can't hide anything of play tricks they don't
win by chance , but by means of logic and skills
. Then there are games of 'imperfect
information', like poker , in which it is
impossible to know in advance that one course of
action is better than another.

they don't win by chance ,
but by means of logic and skills


poker
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One mistaken idea about business is that
it can be treated as a game of perfect
information . Quite the reverse, Business ,
politics,life itself are games which we must
normally play with very imperfect information .
Business decisions are often made with many
unknown and unknowable factors(??), which would
even puzzle best poker players . But few business
people find it comfortable to admit that they are
taking a chance , and many still prefer to
believe that they are playing chess , not poker.
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One mistaken idea about business is that it can
be treated as a game of perfect information .
Quite the reverse, Business , politics,life
itself are games which we must normally play with
very imperfect information . Business decisions
are often made with many unknown and unknowable
factors(??), which would even puzzle best poker
players . But few business people find it
comfortable to admit that they are taking a
chance , and many still prefer to believe that
they are playing chess , not poker.