填空题Complete the notes below.Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.HOUSE RENTALExample Answer Name: Mary Collins Facility available: 【L1】______ General layout: upstairs: living roombedrooms downstairs: 【L2】______ Carpark: availability of a large 【L3】______ Shopping: at the 【L4】______ Place for children playing: 【L5】______ Education resources: a 【L6】______ in the community Rent: $980 a month(including the maintenance fees of the【L7】______ ) Date of house available: 【L8】______ Viewing arrangement (time): meet at 【L9】______ Postcode: GA58ER Address: 8【L10】______

填空题Which hotels have the following facilities?Write the correct letter, A, B, C, or D next to questions 1-6.A Royal HotelB Star HotelC Winchester HotelD All Three HotelsExample: Online booking B

填空题When does the agency not open to the public for the regular meeting?

填空题When did the woman buy the ticket?________

填空题EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVEAS —a book review The title of Eats, Shoots and Leaves refers to a famously misplaced comma in a wildlife manual that ended up suggesting a panda rather violently "eats, shoots and leaves" instead of eating shoots and leaves. The author of this book, journalist Lynne Truss, is something akin to a militant linguist, dedicating this "zero tolerance" manifesto on grammar to the striking Bolshevik printers of St. Petersburg who, in demanding the same remuneration for punctuation as they received for letters, ended up setting in motion the first Russian Revolution. Some of the book involves humorous attacks on erroneous punctuation. There is the confused Shakespearian thespian who inadvertently turns a frantic plea: "Go, get him surgeons!" into the cheerful encouragement of "Go get him, surgeons!" Street and shop signs have a ubiquitous presence. A bakery declares "FRESH DONUT"S SOLD HERE" and a florist curiously announces that "Pansy"s here!" (Is she?). The shameless title of a Hollywood film Two Weeks Notice is reeled in for criticism—"Would they similarly call it One Weeks Notice ?", Truss enquires—and sometimes, as in the case of signs promoting "ANTIQUE"S" and "Potatoe"s"—one questions whether we are bearing witness to new depths of grammar ignorance, or a postmodern caricature of atrocious punctuation. Eats, Shoots and Leaves is not just a piece of comedy and ridicule, however, and Truss has plenty to offer on the question of proper grammar usage. If you have ever wondered whether it is acceptable to simply use an "em dash" 1 in place of a comma—the verdict from Truss is that you can. "The dash is less formal than the semicolon, which makes it more attractive," she suggests. "It enhances conversational tone; and...it is capable of quite subtle effects." The author concludes, with characteristic wry condescension, that the em dash"s popularity largely rests on people knowing it is almost impossible to use incorrectly. Truss is a personal champion of the semicolon, a historically contentious punctuation mark elsewhere maligned by novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr., as a "transvestite hermaphrodite representing absolutely nothing". Coming to the semicolon"s defense, Truss suggests that, while it can certainly be over-used—she refers to the dying words of one 20th century writer: "I should have used fewer semicolons"—the semicolon can perform the role of a "a kind of Special Policeman in the event of comma fights". Truss has come under criticism on two broad points. The first argument criticises the legitimacy of her authority as a punctuation autocrat. Louis Menand, writing in the New Yorker , details Eats, Shoots and Leaves" numerous grammatical and punctuation sins: a comma-free non-restrictive clause; a superfluous ellipsis; a misplaced apostrophe; a misused parenthesis; two misused semicolons; an erroneous hyphen in the word "abuzz", and so on. In fact, as Menand notes, half the semicolons in the Truss book are spuriously deployed because they stem from the author"s open flouting of the rule that semicolons must only connect two independent clauses. "Why would a person not just vague about the rules but disinclined to follow them bother to produce a guide to punctuation?" Menand inquires. Ultimately, he holds Truss accused of producing a book that pleases those who "just need to vent" and concludes that Eats, Shoots and Leaves is actually a tirade against the decline of language and print that disguises itself, thinly and poorly, as some kind of a style manual. Linguist David Chrystal has criticised what he describes as a "linguistic purism" coursing through Truss" book. Linguistic purism is the notion that one variety of language is somehow more pure than others, with this sense of purity often based on an idealised historical point in the language"s development, but sometimes simply in reference to an abstract ideal. In The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate , Shot and Left , Chrystal—a former colleague of Truss—condemns the no-holds-barred approach to punctuation and grammar. "Zero tolerance does not allow for flexibility," he argues. "It is prescriptivism taken to extremes. It suggests that language is in a state where all the rules are established with 100 per cent certainty. The suggestion is false. We do not know what all the rules of punctuation are. And no rule of punctuation is followed by all of the people all of the time." Other detractors of Truss" "prescriptivism" are careful to disassociate needless purism from robust and sensible criticism, an oppositional stance they call descriptivism. "Don"t ever imagine," Geoffrey K. Pullum on the Language Log emphasises, "that I think all honest attempts at using English are just as good as any others. [Bad] writing needs to be fixed. But let"s make sure we fix the right things." In other words, we do not require a dogmatic approach to clean up misused language. Charles Gaulke concurs, noting that his opposition to "prescriptivism" does not require contending with the existence of standards themselves, but questioning whether our standards should determine what works, or whether what works should determine our standards. Ultimately, it is unlikely the purists and pedagogues will ever make absolute peace with those who see language as a fluid, creative process within which everyone has a role to play. Both sides can learn to live in a sort of contentious harmony, however. Creativity typically involves extending, adapting and critiquing the status quo, and revising and reviving old traditions while constructing new ones. Rules must exist in order for this process to take place, if only for them to be broken. On the flip side, rules have an important role to play in guiding our language into forms that can be accessed by people across all manner of differences, so it is vital to acknowledge the extent to which they can be democratic, rather than merely autocratic in function. Nevertheless, all the regulations in the world cannot stem the natural spring of language, which bursts through rivets and snakes around the dams that linguistic authorities may try to put in place. We should celebrate rather than curse these inevitable tensions. 注：1. Em dash=——

填空题At WabiSabiLabi, a hacker can sell a bug for a fixed price or ______ it.

填空题..............

填空题rockets as war weapons

填空题You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26 which are based on Reading Passage 2 below. The Pursuit of Happiness A. In the late 1990s, psychologist Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania urged colleagues to observe optimal moods with the same kind of focus with which they had for so long studied illnesses: we would never learn about the full range of human functions unless we knew as much about mental wellness as we do about mental illness. A new generation of psychologists built up a respectable body of research on positive character traits and happiness-boosting practices. At the same time, developments in neuroscience provided new clues to what makes us happy and what that looks like in the brain. Self-appointed experts took advantage of the trend with guarantees to eliminate worry, stress, dejection and even boredom. This happiness movement has provoked a great deal of opposition among psychologists who observe that the preoccupation with happiness has come at the cost of sadness, an important feeling that people have tried to banish from their emotional repertoire. Allan Horwitz of Rutgers laments that young people who are naturally weepy after breakups are often urged to medicate themselves instead of working through their sadness. Wake Forest University's Eric Wilson fumes that the obsession with happiness amounts to a "craven disregard" for the melancholic perspective that has given rise to the greatest works of art. "The happy man," he writes, "is a hollow man." B. After all, people are remarkably adaptable. Following a variable period of adjustment, we bounce back to our previous level of happiness, no matter what happens to us. (There are some scientifically proven exceptions, notably suffering the unexpected loss of a job or the loss of a spouse. Both events tend to permanently knock people back a step.) Our adaptability works in two directions. Because we are so adaptable, points out Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky of the University of California, we quickly get used to many of the accomplishments we strive for in life, such as landing the big job or getting married. Soon after we reach a milestone, we start to feel that something is missing. We begin coveting another worldly possession or eyeing a social advancement. But such an approach keeps us tethered to a treadmill where happiness is always just out of reach, one toy or one step away. It's possible to get off the treadmill entirely by focusing on activities that are dynamic, surprising, and attention- absorbing, and thus less likely to bore us than, say, acquiring shiny new toys. C. Moreover, happiness is not a reward for escaping pain. Russ Harris, the author of The Happiness Trap, calls popular conceptions of happiness dangerous because they set people up for a "struggle against reality". They don't acknowledge that real life is full of disappointments, loss, and inconveniences. "If you're going to live a rich and meaningful life," Harris says, "you're going to feel a full range of emotions." Action toward goals other than happiness makes people happy. It is not crossing the finish line that is most rewarding, it is anticipating achieving the goal. University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Richard Davidson has found that working hard toward a goal, and making progress to the point of expecting a goal to be realised, not only activates positive feelings but also suppresses negative emotions such as fear and depression. D. We are constantly making decisions, ranging from what clothes to put on, to whom we should marry, not to mention all those flavors of ice cream. We base many of our decisions on whether we think a particular preference will increase our well-being. Intuitively, we seem convinced that the more choices we have, the better off we will ultimately be. But our world of unlimited opportunity imprisons us more than it makes us happy. In what Swarthmore psychologist Barry Schwartz calls "the paradox of choice," facing many possibilities leaves us stressed out - and less satisfied with whatever we do decide. Having too many choices keeps us wondering about all the opportunities missed. E. Besides, not everyone can put on a happy face. Barbara Held, a professor of psychology at Bowdoin College, rails against "the tyranny of the positive attitude". "Looking on the bright side isn't possible for some people and is even counterproductive," she insists. "When you put pressure on people to cope in a way that doesn't fit them, it not only doesn't work, it makes them feel like a failure on top of already feeling bad." The one-size-fits-all approach to managing emotional life is misguided, agrees Professor Julie Norem, author of The Positive Power of Negative Thinking. In her research, she has shown that the defensive pessimism that anxious people feel can be harnessed to help them get things done, which in turn makes them happier. A naturally pessimistic architect, for example, can set low expectations for an upcoming presentation and review all of the bad outcomes that she's imagining, so that she can prepare carefully and increase her chances of success. F. By contrast, an individual who is not living according to their values, will not be happy, no matter how much they achieve. Some people, however, are not sure what their values are. In that case Harris has a great question: "Imagine I could wave a magic wand to ensure that you would have the approval and admiration of everyone on the planet, forever. What, in that case, would you choose to do with your life?" Once this has been answered honestly, you can start taking steps toward your ideal vision of yourself. The actual answer is unimportant, as long as you're living consciously. The state of happiness is not really a state at all. It's an ongoing personal experiment. Questions 14-19 Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A-F. Which paragraph mentions the following? Write the correct letter, A-F, in boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet. NB You may use any letter more than once.

填空题the impact of a particular fictional character on the sales of children's books

填空题The average Belgian has a lower ______ than the average Czech.

填空题Certain pollutants actually protect us from ______ .

填空题Questions 27-33 Complete the table below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 27-33 on your answer sheet. Growth Model Basic Needs Approach SLA 　(27)　was the main goal Typified by small-scale aid such as bealth and 　(29)　 Tries to encourage ways of living that are more self-sufficient Poverty described as living on less than a dollar a day Poverty seen as an inability to reach 30 　(30)　 poor people identify thdir own 　(32)　 It was discovered that poverty could increase in step with 　(28)　 Projects costly and 　(31)　requiring ongoing involvement The problen of 　(33)　 not adequately addressed;& ignores issues of social dominance and authority

填空题Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text? {{B}}Write TRUE{{/B}} if the information in the text agrees with the statement. {{B}}Write FALSE{{/B}} if the information in the text contradicts the statement. {{B}}Write NOT GIVEN{{/B}} if there is no information on this.

填空题

填空题Most tourism in China is ______ .

填空题................

填空题Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 3?In boxes 31-36 on your answer sheet, writeYES if the statement agrees with the views of the writerNO if the statement contradicts with the views of the writerNOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

填空题a. mentalb. give upc. beginningd. bewilderede. newf. worn-outg. offensiveh. retreat

填空题Germany differs