单选Unit11. I had a teacher once who called his students " idiots"' when they screwed up.A. mess upB. clean up c. put up D. stay up2. He corrected our wayward hands and arms by poking at us with a pencil.A. stirB. stabC. pickD. point3. I was among them, toting my long-neglected viola.A. holdB. carryC. dragD. tackle4. Now I'm no calling for abuse; I'd be the first to complain if a teacher called my kids names.A. insult kidsB. check kids' namesC. praise kidsD. scolding kids5. Grit is a better predictor of success than SAT scores.A. factorB. indicatorC. elementD. component6 And the following eight principles-a manifesto if you will, a battle cry inspired by my old teacher and buttressed by new research-explain why.A. declarationB. displayC. interplayD. presentation7. In a 2012 study, 111 French sixth-grades were given anagram problems that were toodifficult for them to solve.A. word playB. homonymyC. polysemyD. synonym8. The fear, of course is that failure will traumatize our kids, sapping them of self-esteem.A. upsetB. shockC. distressD. hurt9. The researchers had assumed that the most effective teachers would lead students to knowledge through collaborative learning and discussion.A. captiveB. motiveC. communicativeD. cooperative10. Instead, they found disciplinarians who relied on traditional methods of explicit instruction, like lectures.A. sectarianB. humanitarianC. authoritarianD. librarianUnit21 The president is attempting to dispel the notion that he has neglected the economy.A. illustrateB. eliminateC. disposeD. display2 The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps.A. strongB. intenseC. powerfulD. tough3 Extrinsic motivation is a motivation that comes from outside, like when you're paid to achieve something specific.A. exteriorB. extraC. extraordinaryD. extroverted4 In 1950, the infamous husband and wife were accused by the FBI of passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union.A. inferiorB. notoriousC. deceitfulD. criminal5 Our football fan club began to recruit new members last week.A. trainB. uniteC. selectD. change6 In language learning it is attitude, not aptitude, that determines success.A. adaptabilityB. skillC. mannerD. talent7 The American language owes much to its writers for its enrichment.A. abundanceB. enhancementC. entertainmentD. enforcement8 In recent years the Austrian economy has outperformed most other industrial economies.A. outputB. outdoneC. outflowedD. outraged9 He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick.A. representB. reportC. repelD. repeat10 Rituals, celebrations, and festivals form an integral part of every human society.A. interiorB. internalC. entireD. externalUnit31 Chinese government has taken measures to clean up any signs of “Chinglish,” the trend of English fused with Chinese.A. mixedB. mergedC. combinedD. infringed2 Indo-European groups encompass half of the world's dialects, including Hindi, Persian, Norwegian, and English.A. compassB. encloseC. compriseD. embrace3 The globalization of conquest, trade, religion created an overlapping of languages, but it also fortified linguistic divisions in the world.A. strengthenedB. forceC. enhanceD. improved4 Interestingly English (considered a Germanic language), is a fusion of this segregation, a product of both Germanic and romance origins.A. isolationB. segmentationC. insulationD. separation5 English is often used in foreign countries due to mounting tension within countries to choose one local language over another.A. buildingB. maintainingC. increasingD. climbing6 English is thus seen as an ethnically neutral choice to avoid the conquest of one Indian culture over another.A. epicallyB. morallyC. raciallyD. empirically7 English thus helps to muffle fears of cultural and political hegemony in both Indian and IraqA. depressB. concealC. repressD. marvel8 The standardization of a few languages is responsible for wiping out smaller, indigenous languages.A. clearing upB. clearing outC. putting outD. putting off9 Many of the indigenous people have different ties and perspective on nature that science has not tapped into thus far.A. digged intoB. marched onC. touched uponD. trapped in10 The transformations could potentially lead to new languages in the future, leading to trend counter to the one seen with native languages.A. close toB. oppose toC. contrary toD. compared toUnit 41 Steve Jobs had been in conflict with some other members of his crew.A. different fromB. in opposition toC. indifferent toD. unfriendly to2 An entrepreneur is more than just a risk taker. He is visionary.A. visual artistB. hard workerC. fortune-tellerD. foreseer3 The Prime Minister's fragile government was on the brink of collapse.A. blinkB. edgeC. basisD. process4 She loved to ride; on horseback, she was reckless and utterly without fear.A. flawlessB. tirelessC. boldD. restless5 Writers of history books often attempt to integrate the past with the present.A. put togeth erB. put up withC. put asideD. put on6 A language teacher should initiate students into the elements of grammar.A. startB. leadC. ensureD. install7 Signature must be consistent with that in you policy record.A. be clear aboutB. be nice toC. be concerned aboutD. be the same as8 Cultivating and training college students setback-resistance should be an important part in quality education.A. feedbackB. flashbackC. discouragementD. retreat9 If you can't dazzle people with brilliance, dazzle them with your smile.A. impressB. terrifyC. helpD. get along with10 As far as quality is concerned, we must not make do with what we have, but must constantly strive for excellence.A. look forB. serve forC. try hard fo rD. praiseUnit51 However, nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world and demolishing the environment.A. concernB. determinationC. extensionD. extent2 Throughout the wilderness, post bands provided entertainment and boosted morale.A. influencedB. establishedC. raisedD. maintained3 Proponents of these reforms argued that public ownership and regulation would ensure wide spread access to these utilities and guarantee a fair price.A. expansionB. extensionC. opportunity to useD. excitement4 Except for Boston, whose population stabilized at about 16000 in 1760, cities grew by exponential leaps through the eighteenth century.A. long warsB. rapid increasesC. new lawsD. exciting changes5 One of the best-known examples of mass extinction occurred 65 million years ago with the demise of dinosaurs and many other forms of life.A. changeB. deathC. transformationD. recovery6 I admire your foresight and sagacity.A. integrityB. quick-witC. insightD. acquaintance7 Regularity ought to be observed, as regularity is very conducive to health.A. beneficialB. constructiveC. exclusiveD. classical8 It was courageous enough for Galileo to defy the falling object theory developed by Aristotle, the authoritative Greek scientist.A. advanceB. refuteC. justifyD. translate9 Free medical service is available to near all the college students in China.A. obtainableB. appealingC. convenientD. average10 No one can supersede the position of Irish poet William Butler Yeats in the circle of Englishpoem in the 20th century.A. changeB. surpassC. ImproveD. replaceUnit61 Now where, once the great pile had been gathered and assembled, to put it all?A. constructedB. collectedC. fabricatedD. accumulated2 The Sunnyside back garden, it turned out, was large enough to accommodate one of the large models.A. adaptB. provide forC. assistD. supply3 They had succumbed to an understandable temptation to send in slips for interesting words, but not for the prosaic ones.A. ordinaryB. poeticC. prosaismD. unusual4 Take special note of passages which show or imply that a word is either new and tentative.A. temporaryB. cautiousC. preliminaryD. tempting5 One has to assume, if unkindly, that those living under the heel of firmly prescriptive linguistic authorities were a little unsure how prudent it might be to read for a book that would be so wildly different in its constitution form those they were used to.A. prudishB. hare-heartedC. carefulD. crude6 Murray and his tiny band of workers were kept furiously busy sifting, sorting, and deciding, day after day after day.A. scrutinizingB. sievingC. separatingD. choosing7 And all the words used in the definition must appear elsewhere in the dictionary, so that any reader’s puzzlement can be rectified by his simply looking those up as well.A. rectitudeB. testifiedC. verifiedD. corrected8 In his definition of the word elephant, for example, he writes of the animal’s pudicity.A. bashfulnessB. purityC. obesityD. good nature9 Queries of all kinds are asked and answered in an instant.A. inquiriesB. questsC. questionsD. surveys10 “The circle of the English language has a well-defined centre ,” James Murray wrote in his famous Introduction, “but no discernible circumference.”A. discerningB. perceptiveC. noticeableD. discriminativeUnit71 The labor union and the company’s management, despite their long history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly ( ), albeit still tentative, agreement on next year’s contact.A. conclusiveB. onerousC. hesitantD. swift2 Human reaction to the realm of thought is often as strong as that to sensible presences; our higher moral life is based on the fact that ( ) sensations actually present may have a weaker influence on our action than do ideas of ( ) facts.A. familiar symbolicB. material remoteC. emotional impersonalD. definitive controversial3 In response to the follies of today’s parliaments, the councilor dose not ( ) inflamed indignation, but rather ( ) the detachment and smooth aphoristic prose of an eighteenth-century wit.A. resort to, spurnsB. rely on, avoidsC. suppress, clingsD. express, affects4 As is often the case with collection of lectures by ( ) authors, the book as a whole is ( ) , although the individual contributions are outstanding in themselves.A. different, disconnectedB. incompetent, abysmalC. famous, systematicD. mediocre, unexciting5 The essence of belief is the establishment of ( ) ; different beliefs are distinguishable by the different modes of action to which they give rise.A. allegiancesB. practiceC. trustD. commitments6 The results of the experiments performed by English Hazen and Rachel Brown were ( ) not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the ( ) methodology into question.A. specious, originalB. predictable, contemporaryC. provocative, prevailing C. inconclusive, traditional7 As early as the seventeenth century, philosophers called attention to the ( ) character of the issue, and their twentieth-century counterparts still approach it with ( )A. problematical, antipathyB. unusual, composureC. complex, antipathyD. auspicious, caution8 The ( ) with which the French aristocracy greeted the middle-class Rousseau was all the more ( ) because he showed so little respect for them.A. appreciation, deservedB. suspicion, uncannyC. reserve, unexpectedD. deference, remarkable9 Congress is having great difficultly developing a consensus on energy policy, primarily because the policy objectives of various members of Congress rest on such ( ) assumptions.A. fundamentalB. trivialC. divergentD. commonplace10 Hydrogen is the ( ) element of the universe in that it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are producedA. expendableB. fundamentalC. lightestD. steadies翻译Unit1:SchoolingPassage One1.Marva was a striking woman with high cheekbones and strong angular features.在人群中，马文老师总是会显得很醒目，她有着高高的颧骨，瘦而强健。
