单选题WhattimeisMike'swife'sappointment?A.At2:00pm.B.At2:30pm.C.At3:30pm.

单选题{{B}}Section C{{/B}} In this section, there is one passage followed by five incomplete sentences. Read the passage carefully, and then complete each sentence in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. In sixteenth-century Italy and eighteenth-century France, waning prosperity and increasing social unrest led the ruling families to try to preserve their superiority by withdrawing from the lower and middle class behind barriers of etiquette. In a prosperous community, on the other hand, polite society soon absorbs the newly rich, and in England there has never been any shortage of books on etiquette for teaching them the manners appropriate to their new way of life. Every code of etiquette has contained three elements, basic moral duties, practical rules which promote efficiency and artificial, optional graces such as formal compliments to, say, women on their beauty or superiors on their generosity and importance. In the first category are considerations for the weak and respect for age. Among the ancient Egyptians the young always stood in the young men bow as they pass the huts of the elders. In England, until about a century ago, young children did not sit in their parents' presence without asking permission. Practical rules are helpful in such ordinary occurrences of social life as making proper introductions at parties or other functions so that people can be brought to know each other. Before the invention of the fork, etiquette directed that the fingers should be kept as clean as possible, before the handkerchief came into common use, etiquette suggested that after spitting a person should rub the spit inconspicuously underfoot. Extremely refined behaviour, however, cultivated as an art of gracious living, has been characteristic only of societies with wealth and leisure, which admitted women as the social equals of men. After the fall of Rome, the first European society to regulate behaviour in private life in accordance with a complicated code of etiquette was twelfth-century Provence, in France. Provence had become wealthy. The lords had returned to their castle from the crusades, and there the ideals of chivalry grew up, which emphasized the virtue and gentleness of women and demanded that a knight should profess a pure and dedicated love to a lady who would be his inspiration, and to whom he would dedicate his valiant deeds, though he would never come physically close to her. This was the introduction of the concept of romantic love, which was to influence liter ature for many hundreds of years and which still lives on in a debased form in simple popular songs and cheap novels today. In Renaissance Italy too, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a wealthy and leisured society developed an extremely complex code of manners, but the rules of behaviour of fashionable society had little influence on the daily life of the lower classes. Indeed many of the rules, such as how to enter a banquet room, or how to use a sword or handkerchief for ceremonial purposes, were irrelevant to the way of life of the average working man, who spent most of his life outdoors or in his own poor hut and most probably did not have a handkerchief, certainly not a sword, to his name. Yet the essential basis of all good manners does not vary. Consideration for the old and weak and the avoidance of harming or giving unnecessary offence to others is a feature of all societies everywhere and at all levels from the highest to the lowest. Questions:

单选题Tactlessshemaybe,butungrateful_______thinkher.

单选题 Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.{{B}}Passage A{{/B}} Questions 21 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

单选题"If Winter comes. Can Spring be far behind?" is a famous line by ______. A. John Keats B. William Blake C. William Wordsworth D. Percy Bysshe Shelley

单选题AccordingtoDavid,whatisthemainproblemforstaffusingcomputersnow?A.ThelackofITsupport.B.Thespeedoftheirnetworks.C.Theneedformorelaptops.

单选题Britain is a ________ country.

单选题If I lose my new watch my parents will be very annoyed ______ me.

单选题After the robbery, the shop installed a sophisticated alarm system as an insurance ______ further losses. A. towards B. for C. from D. against

单选题Which is the oldest bridge in the world?

单选题—John hasn"t turned up and Stefan is ill. ______ —I"m afraid not. We"re very short-staffed at the moment. —Can you ask the shift supervisor to ask one of his team to do some overtime? Perhaps Tom can stand in for an hour or two until we find a replacement.

单选题I wanted to go to the football match, so I ______ from the office. Unfortunately, the boss found out and told me to get his permission in future.

单选题Which of the following is the most famous work of the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald? A. A Farewell to Arms B. The Sound and the Fury C. Long Day Journey into Night D. The Great Gatsby

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单选题He admits that his team really ______ him to play a role of responsibility.

单选题Listentothesepeopletalkingaboutabook.Whatkindofbookaretheydiscussing?A.Alovestory.B.Athriller.C.Asciencebook.

单选题Had William received five more votes in the last election, he ______ our chairman now.

单选题What have astronomers recently discovered?

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