I Words in UseDirections:Fill in the blanks with the following words. Change the form where necessary. Each word can be used only once.strandcomplementapplianceconformitydeficientprosecutionoutfittransientappeaseoutrage1. We need to improve the quality of education so that our children will not leave school ________ in literary and reasoning skills.2. In a society governed by the rule of law, every citizen is subject to possible ________ if he violates the law.3. The pay gap between average workers and top corporate officers has led to pubic ________ as executives receive large packages despite falling share prices.4. The delicious meal ________ our hunger and made us feel warm again after having walked in the snow all day.5. The military insists on ________ in many areas, for example, dress and haircut, with the primary objective of promoting group unity.6. My daughter used to play with the dog by taking a(n) ________ of its hair and then spending a long time rubbing, combing and twisting it.7. When she left for the party, she took great care to make her necklace and shoes ________ her dress.8. It was necessary to provide living places for ________ immigrants passing through the area on their way to more permanent dwellings.9. They had just moved in, so they needed to buy a number of kitchen ________, including a microwave oven, a toaster, and a coffee maker.10. She wanted a beautiful and elegant ________ to attend the wedding of a friend, but couldn't find anything satisfactory in the nearby shops.
多选题:1. Generally speaking, how many parts does a paragraph include? What are they?A. topic sentenceB. supporting sentencesC. concluding sentenceD. thesis statementKEY: ABC2. What are the main features for a topic sentence?A. It contains a subject and a verb or predicate.B. It makes a statement.C. It gives a general statement.D. It states an opinion.3. What are two purposes that a concluding sentence serves?A. It signals the end of the paragraph.B. It leaves the reader with the most important ideas to remember.C. It gets the readers interested in reading.D. It carries the main idea.
单选题1. A paragraph can be as short as one sentence or long as ten sentences. The number of sentences is unimportant; however, the paragraph should be long enough to develop the main idea clearly, and completely.A. TrueB. False2. All those supporting sentences should give full support to the topic sentence by all means.A. TrueB. False3.“By saying specific details” means you should give vivid and persuasive support to your point.A. TrueB. False
Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants (被告). But in the executive circle, beauty can become a liability.While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman.Handsome male executives were perceived as having more integrity than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to account for their success.Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones; their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck.All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than was that of attractive overnight successes.Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is perceived to be more feminine and an attractive man more masculine than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the “masculine” qualities required.This is true even in politics.“When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently,” says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.The results showed that attractive males utterly defeated unattractive men, but the women who had been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes.1. The word “liability”(Para.1, Line 5) most probably means “ .”A) misfortuneB) instabilityC) disadvantageD) burden2. In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness .A) reinforces the feminine qualities requiredB) makes women look more honest and capableC) is of primary importance to womenD) often enables women to succeed quickly3. Bowman’s experiment reveals that when it comes to politics, attractiveness .A) turns out to be an obstacle to menB) affects men and women alikeC) has as little effect on men as on womenD) is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women4. It can be inferred from the passage that people’s views on beauty are often .A) practicalB) old-fashionedC) prejudicedD) radical5. The author writes this passage to .A) discuss the negative aspects of being attractiveB) give advice to job-seekers who are attractiveC) demand equal rights for womenD) emphasize the importance of appearance