The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation: at a lunch with a friend and in a university class. He found that if they had a lunch appointment with a friend, the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. However, the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes.
In an American university, classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States, but also end at the scheduled time. In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12: 00; many remained past 12: 30 to discuss the class and ask more questions. While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil, neither is staying late.
The word "punctual' most probably means______.
A.leaving soon after class
B.coming early
C.arriving a few minutes late
D.being on time
1.A.that
B.a
C.the
D.some
2.A.being
B.that
C.since
D.be
3.A.foot
B.foots
C.feet
D.feets
4.A.long
B.wide
C.width
D.wider
5.A.houses
B.buildings
C.construction
D.huts
6.A.one
B.some
C.a
D.that
7.A.oblong
B.enormous
C.airy
D.awful
8.A.come
B.get
C.go
D.act
9.A.yet
B.thus
C.but
D.and
10.A.house
B.building
C.place
D.locality
11.A.so
B.such
C.that
D.some
12.A.return
B.refund
C.rebuke
D.retreat
13.A.adapted
B.accustomed
C.accompanied
D.appropriate
14.A.turn to
B.turn up
C.turn out
D.turn in
15.A.dotted
B.covered
C.made
D.covering
16.A.weeds
B.clothes
C.grass
D.woods
17.A.be
B.sit
C.talk
D.run
18.A.stands
B.finds
C.lies
D.goes
19.A.over
B.on
C.from
D.to
20.A.include
B.contain
C.consist
D.content
根据以下材料回答 1~20 题:
By 1830 the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had become independent nations. The roughly 20 million___(1)___of these nations looked ___(2)___to the future. Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian Colonialism, many of the leaders of independence ___(3)___ the ideas of representative government, careers___(4)___to talent, freedom of commerce and trade, the___(5)___ to private property, and a belief in the individual as the basis of society, ___(6)___there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states, large enough to be economically viable and integrated by a___(7)___set of laws.
On the issue of___(8)___ of religion and the position of the church,___(9)___, there was less agreement___(10)___the leadership. Roman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one ___(11)___by the Spanish crown,___(12)___most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism___(13)___the official religion of the new states, some sought to end the ___(14)___of other faiths. The defense of the Church became a rallying___(15)___ for the conservative forces.
The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian, valuing equality of everything. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had ___(16)___in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spain's ___(17)___colonies. Early promises to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much ___(18)___ because the new nations still needed the revenue such policies ___(19)___ Egalitarian sentiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was___(20)___ self-rule and democracy.
第 1 题 请选择(1)处最佳答案()。
A.natives
B.inhabitants
C.peoples
D.individuals
It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, be again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke fast. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, "I have failed again". On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed".
Some newspapers at first criticized the speech, but little by little as people redid the speech they began to understand better. (76) They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
Today, every American school child learns Lincoln' s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
In 1868, Abraham Lincoln was ______.
A.very critical
B.unpopular
C.very popular
D.very courteous
In Copernicus'time people still believed that all things—the sun, the stars, and the planets moved around the earth. It was an old belief that few men had ever questioned. Aristotle had based his theory of astronomy on this belief. Because the Church had long been the center of learning, the theory was also linked to religious beliefs.
In 1506 Copernicus returned to his homeland. A few years later he began to work for the Church. All those years Copernicus carried on his work in astronomy. He had just the most basic equipment and, like other scientists of his day, made observations with only his eyes. Still, using mathematics and logic, Copernicus worked out a different theory, which held that the planets went around the sun.
Copernicus did not announce his ideas. He did not want to make trouble. But he could not hide the scientific truth. So he talked about his theory with his friends, who strongly advised him to have his work published. His great book, on the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies, appeared at the very end of his life. Copernicus saw the first copy on the day he died, May 24, 1543.
Which of the following is true about Copernicus?
A.He had two brothers and a sister.
B.He used to be called Niklas Koppernigk.
C.He lost his father soon after he was born.
D.He spent 10 years at the University of Cracow.
A.end up
B.on end
C.to an end
D.in end
A.at one’s wits end
B.in his wits end
C.at his wits’ end
D.out of his wits end
I hate queuing up for hours ______ in order to get a ticket.
A.in the end
B.without end
C.at the end
D.on end