We think much regret that we fail to complete the work ____the agreed contract time.
A.for
B.by
C.to
D.towards
A.for
B.by
C.to
D.towards
A.importance
B.emphasis
C.significance
D.analysis
Youth is a time when there are few tasks to make life difficult.If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved.It is impossible that he will again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return.In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child— things that have lost their interest for older people.But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong.
When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably.If he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison.If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up his position in society.
1.People can experience happiness if they ________.
A.always think of the past and regret it
B.value the present
C.are no longer young
D.become old and have much experience
2.When people were young, they used to _______.
A.be in charge of many business
B.have few things to think about and take on
C.look after their younger sisters and brothers
D.face a lot of difficulties
3.The pains of children lie in the fact that _______.
A.no one helps them make right decisions
B.they are not allowed to do what they like to do
C.they cannot be accepted and praised by others
D.they are often beaten by their parents
4.Children are usually happy because _______.
A.old people lose interest in them
B.they are free to do wrong
C.they are familiar with everything going on around them
D.things are new to them
5.The author presents the passage in a(n) _____ tone.
A.hostile
B.enthusiastic
C.critical
D.instructive
A.part
B.partly
C.partial
D.parted
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Mail 1
Mar 3, 2021
Qingdao King Industrial & Trading Co.
Dear Sirs,
We thank you very much for your hospitality in your booth at the TEXTILES Fair 2021 in Frankfurt.
We are interested in table cloth Art. No.1001 in the packing of 20 pcs per box. The quantity will be one 20-foot container for a start.
Therefore, you are kindly requested to give us your best price rather than USD10.10 per box quoted at the Fair so that we can send you our order for prompt shipment.
We await your early reply with best regards.
Yours truly,
Boston Trading Co. Ltd., USA
Mail 2
Mar 5, 2021
Boston Trading Co. Ltd., USA
Dear Sirs,
It was a pleasure to meet you at the TEXTILES Fair 2021 and to receive your enquiry for our table cloth.
In fact, the price we quoted at the Fair is already the most favorable one. However, in order to save time and to start business, we will further lower our price as follows:
TABLE CLOTH ART. NO. 1001 AT USD 10.00/BOX CIF BOSTON
We are sure this will be acceptable to you. Let us start our business and we will offer you our best service.
We look forward to your early reply.
Yours faithfully,
Qingdao King Industrial & Trading Co.
Mail 3
Mar 6, 2021
Qingdao King Industrial & Trading Co.
Dear Sirs,
We thank you for your E-mail and new price, which we expected to be lower but will accept, noting that this is the first deal between us.
We would also like to order table cloth Art. No.2002 in 10-pc per box at the price of USD 12.50/box. Please confirm. Therefore, our order is as follows:
One 20-foot container of TABLE CLOTH ART. NO. 1001
One 20-foot container of TABLE CLOTH ART. NO. 2002
Packed in paper boxes of 20 pcs and 10 pcs respectively, 50 boxes to a carton respectively.
Shipment from Qingdao to Boston.
Please inform. us roughly how many cartons can be loaded in a 1X20’ container.
Please also inform. us of your payment terms and the earliest shipment date. We are awaiting your good service,high quality and the fine packing as you promised at the Fair, to enable both of us to build a good cooperation to our mutual benefit.
Yours truly,
Boston Trading Co. Ltd., USA
Mail 4
Mar 7, 2021
Boston Trading Co. Ltd., USA
Dear Sirs,
We thank you for your new order, but we find your price for 10 pcs/box table cloth of USD12.50 per box is too low. Our calculation points to USD12.80 per box. But in order to start, we think we can accept USD12.70/box. If you agree, we will fax you our Sales Contract for your signature.
Shipping marks are at our option.
Payment: by a confirmed, irrevocable Letter of Credit in our favor, payable by draft at sight.
Insurance is to be covered by us for 110% of the invoice value against All Risks.
Delivery: within 30 days after receiving the relative L/C.
For your information, according to our calculation, a 20-foot container can hold 600 cartons of 10-pc boxes or 300 cartons of 20-pc boxes.
Yours faithfully,
Qingdao King Industrial & Trading Co.
Mail 5
Mar. 8, 2021
Qingdao King Industrial & Trading Co.
Dear Sirs,
Thanks for your E-mail. We regret we are unable to accept USD12.70 for 10–pc boxes. The best we can do is USD12.60/box, for the start of our cooperation.
As we indicated earlier, you should accept the above price, taking into consideration the higher cost of freight at our expense.
Payment and date of shipment are acceptable. Please entertain our bid, so that we can proceed with the opening of the relevant L/C.
Yours sincerely,
Boston Trading Co. Ltd., USA
Mail 6
Mar. 10, 2021
Boston Trading Co. Ltd., USA
Dear Sirs,
As the cost of raw material is increasing sharply these days, we are facing big problems. Please appreciate our position.
However, in order to start the ball rolling, we accept your price for table cloth in 10-pc boxes at USD12.60/box. We are enclosing our S/C No. QK2021UB100. Please sign and return one copy for our file.
Also enclosed is our banking information. Please establish the covering L/C as soon as possible and fax us a copy of it for our reference.
We are glad to have concluded this initial transaction with you. We hope this would mark the beginning of a long-standing and steady business relationship between us.
Yours sincerely,
Qingdao King Industrial & Trading Co.
If we take a close look at successful language learners, we may discover a few techniques which make language learning easier for them.
First of all, successful language learners are independent learners They do not depend on books or teachers; they discover their own way to learn the language.Instead of waiting for the teacher to explain everything, they try to find the patterns and the rules for themselves.They are good guessers who look for clues and form. their own conclusions.
Successful language learning is active learning.Therefore, successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language; they look for such·~chance.They find people who speak the language and ask these people to collect them when they make a mistake.They will try anything to communicate.When communication is difficult, they can accept information
that is inexact or incomplete.It is more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word.
Finally, successful language learners are learners with a purpose.They want to learn a language, because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it.It is necessary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from them.
31.What is the purpose of this passage? ()
A.To explain the importance of language learning.
B.To teach people to speak English.
C.To introduce some useful techniques of language learning.
D.To compare language learning with language teaching.
32.Which one of the following statements is true about successful language learners according to the passage? ()
A.They are more intelligent than others.
B.They use special techniques.
C.They have good teachers and good books.
D.They spend much more time learning than others.
33.According to the passage, when successful language learners meet some new words, they usually().
A.pay no attention to them
B.look them up in the dictionary at once
C.ask their teachers
D.try to guess their meanmgs
34.Successful language learning is active, so successful learners().
A.look for a chance to use the language
B.wait for a chance to use the language
C.try to avoid using the language
D.only use the language in class
35.Successful language learners want to learn the language because().
A.they have to pass the examination
B.they have interest in the language
C.they think it's very easy to learn the language
D.they want to find better jobs
I remembered our happy growingup years in a small town in West Virginia. With good family education, Jerry had been a kind kid. He was only 15 when Dad died. Unlike him, I got over the sorrow soon, but he started drinking. Soon he began hanging out with bad guys.
Jerry and I didn’t see each other often, but we talked on the phone. Usually, though, we ended up fighting. When Mom came to live with us, Jerry dropped in regularly at first, but after a while his visits became sporadic. He explained he couldn’t handle seeing Mom in such a bad condition. Another excuse, I thought.
One day I went to see the doctor about my back.It had been aching for months.“I can’t find anything wrong with you physically,”the doctor said.“But I can tell you’re very tense. Is something bothering you?” I poured out my story about Jerry.“Do you think he’s likely to change?” he asked. I shrugged.“Probably not.”“But,you can, ”he said gently.
Me? Why did I have to change? He was the one who constantly let us down.But what had I done? Maybe the doctor was right. I couldn’t love his behavior, but I could love him—the way I did when we were little. As I walked into the house I sensed a relief.
Jerry died young due to drinking .I miss him. But I’m grateful I was given the opportunity to show him I loved him—as he was, not as I wanted him to be.
A-31.When Jerry failed to carry out his promise that night,his mother_____.
A、felt very angry
B、tried to defend him
C、was indifferent about it
D、phoned him to ask him to come back
32阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-32.Jerry got into the habit of drinking mainly because_____.
A、he was influenced by bad guys
B、his mom left to live with his sister
C、nobody cared for him after his father died
D、he couldn’t get over the sadness of losing his father
33阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-33.The underlined word “sporadic” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_____”.
A、occasional
B、frequent
C、formal
D、Unpleasant
34阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-34.What did the author think of the doctor’s suggestion at first?
A、It was acceptable.
B、It gave her much hope.
C、It was unreasonable.
D、It made her confused.
35阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-35.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A、Love can help a person give up bad habits.
B、Too much tension will destroy a person’s health.
C、We shouldn’t expect too much of a person.
D、We should try to love a person as he is.
A.three times more
B.three times as much
C.as many three times
D.as three times more
“Energy independence” and its rhetorical (修辞的) companion “energy security” are, however, slippery concepts that are rarely though through. What is it we want independence from, exactly?
Most people would probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil. But there are reasons that we buy all that old from elsewhere.
The first reason is that we need it to keep our economy running. Yes, there is a trickle(涓涓细流)of biofuel(生物燃料)available, and more may become available, but most biofuels cause economic waste and environmental destruction.
Second, Americans have basically decided that they don't really want to produce all their own oil. They value the environmental quality they preserve over their oil imports from abroad. Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection. To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back imports?
Third, there are benefits to trade. It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit. And although you don't read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.
There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy. When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices, At the same time, we derive massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world.
61. What does the author say about energy independence for America?()
A.It sounds very attractive.
B.It ensures national security.
C.It will bring oil prices down.
D.t has long been everyone's dream.
62. What does the author think of biofuels?()
A.They keep America's economy running healthily.
B.They prove to be a good alternative to petroleum.
C.They do not provide a sustainable energy supply.
D.They cause serious damage to the environment.
63. Why does America rely heavily on oil imports?()
A.It wants to expand its storage of crude oil.
B.Its own oil reserves are quickly running out.
C.It wants to keep its own environment intact.
D.Its own oil production falls short of demand.
64. What does the author say about oil trade?()
A.It proves profitable to both sides.
B.It improves economic efficiency.
C.It makes for economic prosperity.
D.It saves the cost of oil exploration.
65. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?()
A.To justify America's dependence on oil imports.
B.To arouse Americans' awareness of the energy crisis.
C.To stress the importance of energy conservation.
D.To explain the increase of international oil trade.