英語形考試題八

1、叮叮小文庫第八單元一、選擇填空，從 A、B、C 三個選項中選出一個能填入空白處的最佳選項。 （每 題 10 分）題目 1 How are you feeling now?正確答案是： Much better題目 2 How long will you be away from Italy?正確答案是： About a month題目 3The old houses are being pulled down to a new officeblock.譯文：老房子推倒了是為新的辦公區(qū)騰地。正確答案是： make room for題目 4It is no use to remember only

2、grammar rules.譯文：只是記住語法規(guī)則是沒用的。正確答案是： trying題目 5By the year 2020, China's population probably 1.4 billion.譯文：到 2020年，中國的人口可能會達到 14 億。正確答案是： will have reached題目 1 What's the weather like in this area?正確答案是： It's rainy題目 2 What time does the train leave?正確答案是：At half past five題目 3This overc

3、oat cost. What's more, they aresmall for me.譯文：這件外套太貴了。并且，對我來說太小了。正確答案是：too much; much too題目 4AII students are required to translate this poemEnglishinto Chin ese.譯文：所有學生都必須把這首詩從英文翻譯成中文。正確答案是：from題目 5He studied hard at school when he was young,contributeda lot to his success.譯文：他年輕時候上學很刻苦，這對他后來的

4、成功幫助很大。正確答案是：which題目 1 Have you ever bee n to Tokyo?正確答案是： No, but I hope to go there n ext year題目 2 How long will you be away from Italy?正確答案是：About a month題目 3In, the northerners have a particular liking for dumpli ngs while the souther ners are fond of rice.譯文：一般說來，北方人特別喜歡餃子，南方人喜歡吃米飯。正確答案是：genera

5、l題目 4He would be studying at the university now if hetheentrance exam in atio n.譯文：如果他通過了入學考試，現(xiàn)在他就在大學學習了正確答案是：had passed題目 5AII students are required to translate this poemEnglishinto Chin ese.譯文：所有學生都必須把這首詩從英文翻譯成中文。正確答案是：from二、閱讀理解：選擇題（每題 10分）-Win Strategies選擇題Alter native Legal Billi ngHourly bill

6、ing is the best way to be charged for legal services. About 95 perce nt of lawyers still perform their legalwork on an hourly basis.If you want something better than the old“bill by the hour ” deal, tryprese nti ng one of these billi ng structures.Project billi ng for rout ine issuesIf your legal n

7、eeds in clude large but repetitive tasks, con sider a flat-fee approach. Onceyou get a project billingestimate, don't hesitateto shop around to compare prices and services with other law firms. A firm may provide a better deal if it expects future work from your compa ny.Results-oriented options

8、“ Pay-according-to- success ” is one choice. It considers fees based on the outcome of the case and the performanee of your counsel. Contingency fees tur n the matter into a shared risk or shared en courageme nt, making the law firm your bus in ess part ner, not just represe ntatio n.Multi-layered t

9、asksIf you're shopping for a firm for actual legal work involving a number of legal specialties, con sider using ble nded hourly fees. The firm calculates in advanee an“average ” rate based on the anticipated timeeach lawyer spe nds on the matter.This arrangement helps the client to avoid paying

10、 a senior partner's hourly rate for research that should be con ducted by a junior associate.Legal “ In sura nee ”The con tract fee allows the clie nt to pick up the phone and talk to the lawyer without needing to eye the clock. This approach works like a legal in sura nee policy. It en courages

11、 compa nies to con tact their coun sel on non-litigation,non-crisismatters, and to save moneyin the long runby en gagi ng in more preve ntive legal acti on.1. 回答 is the best way to be charged for legal services.A. Results-oriented billingB. Hourly billi ngC. Flat-fee billi ng2. A flat-fee 即 proach 回

12、答A. is suitable for repetitive tasksB. is uselessC. is the best choice.3. 回答 make the law firm share your risk and encouragement.A. Con tract feesB. Ble nded hourly feesC. Con ti ngency fees4. Legal work involving a number of legal specialties should consider using 回答A. ble nded hourly feesB. in sur

13、a nee feesC. hourly fees5. You have to eye the clock whenyou talk to the lawyer whenyou choose 回答A. legal“ In sura nee ”B. the old “bill by the hour ” dealC. a flat-fee approach答案：1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B二、閱讀理解：選擇題（每題 10分）選擇題Is that 6 a.m. wokeout gett ing in the way of good sleep? Don't thi nk

14、your fat cells won't no tice. A new study published in The Ann als of Internal Medici ne （a medical jour nal） finds that in adequate shut-eye has a harmful effect on fat cells,reducing their ability to respond to insulin（胰島素）by about 30 percent. Over the long-term, this decreased response could

15、set the stage for type-2 diabetes （a medical con diti on in which some one has too much sugar in his or her blood）, fatty liver disease and weight gain.The study adds to a growing body of evidenee that there' “an intimate relationship between the amount of sleep weget and our ability to maintain

16、 a good, healthy body weight, ” says sleep expert Helene Emsellem, director of the Center for Sleep and WakeDisorders in Chevy Chase, Maryland. But America ns don't seem to be gett ing the message that we n eed seve n to nine hours par ni ght. More tha n 1 in 5 of us, accord ing to a report from

17、 theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention,is getting six or fewer hoursof sleep per ni ght, on average.So how did researchers study fat cells in the Ann als paper? Matthew Brady of the University of Chicago and a group of colleagues selected and persuaded seven volunteers to take part in the re

18、search project. They were all young, thin and healthy and agreed to sleep for eight nights in a sleep lab.“ For four ni ghts they were allowed to stay in bed for 8.5 hours ani ght, ” says Brady. Then, a mon th later, they came back for four additi onal n ightsbut this time they were allowed just 4.5

19、 hours ofsleep per ni ght.And after each visit, researchers got a sample of theirfat. Brady explains that the fat cells responded significantlyto the lossof sleep. “ I was very surprised to be honest,” he says.Bad things can happen whenfat cells becomeless responsive to insulin. “Fat cells are actua

20、lly your friend, ” he says. “They're there to store lipids （血月旨）.” Whe nlipids stay in side the cells, your body can utilize the fat whe n you're exercis ing or sleep ing or going about your day.“ However, whe n fat cells stare to be come in sulin resista nt, the lipidsstar to leach out of t

21、he fat cells and rise in the bloodstream, says.1. Accord ing to the passage, lack of sleep for a long while canprobably lead to all of the followi ng EXCEPT回答A. heart diseaseB. weight gai nC. diabetes2. The main idea of the third paragraph is回答A. how to write a medical research paperB. how to avoid

22、sleep lossC. how the research was con ducted3. What does the “ leach ” in the last paragraph probably mean?答A. Leap.B. Lead.C. Leak.4. Which of the followi ng is NOT TRUE accordi ng to the passage?答A. We will be in trouble if our fat cells become less resp on sive toin suli n.B. More and more studie

23、s are done to study the link between sleep weight.C. More tha n 20% of America ns are not gett ing eno ugh sleep.5. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?回答A. Poor Sleep May Lead to Too Much Stored Fat and DiseaseB. Sleep Experts Had Excit ing Findings in a Fat StudyC. Amer

24、ica ns Should Have More Tha n Six Hours of Sleep反饋參考答案：ACCBBBradyand二、閱讀理解：選擇題（每題 10分）正誤判斷題NEW YORK The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty. They would state their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defe ndants said Sun day.Scott Fenstermaker

25、, the lawyer for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the menwould not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but “would expla in what happe ned and why they did it.”Ali and four other men are accused of killing nearly 3,000 people in the nation's deadliest terrorist attack. The U.S. Justice

26、 Department announced earlier this month that they will face a civilian federal trial just blocks from the World Trade Cen ter site.Ali is also known as Ammaal-Baluchi. He is a nephewof claimed 9/11 pla nner, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.Mohammed, Ali and the others will expla in“ their assessme nt ofAmer

27、ican foreign policy,” Fenstermaker said.“Their assessment is negative,” he said.Fenstermaker met with Ali last week at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He has not spoke n with the others. But he said the men have discussed the trial among themselves.Fen stermaker was first quoted in The New York Times in Sun day's editi ons.Critics of Attorney General Eric Holder d