Smith had some trouble______the man's accent.A.to understandB.understandingC.for understan
Smith had some trouble______the man's accent.
A.to understand
B.understanding
C.for understanding
D.with understanding
Smith had some trouble______the man's accent.
A.to understand
B.understanding
C.for understanding
D.with understanding
Mr. Smith went to switzerland. He did not know French or German, and had to communicate through gestures. He attended a physical training course. The instructor made him bend his knees, swing his arms, stretch his neck and shake his head rapidly. He bad to lie on the ground and raise his right and left legs alternately. After a time his muscles grew hard and firm. He forgot the financial crisis and the importance of raising the level of production. He even began to notice individual trees and individual birds.
Finally he returned home. But unfortunately his improvement was only temporary. Soon he was a normal business man again, worried about his property, his profits, his savings, his advancement in a technological society, and things in general.
Mr. Smith went to see his doctor because he ______.
A.had little to eat
B.was seriously ill
C.had to sleep
D.didn' t feel well
Mr. Smith became very______ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.
A.ingenious
B.empirical
C.objective
D.indignant
She considered that Mr. Smith had taken ______ of his position.
A.profit
B.benefit
C.interested
D.advantage
Mrs. Smith didn't call the police because ______.
A.she was on the bus
B.she was not sure whether she had the ten pound notes with her
C.she was too angry to do so
D.she didn't like to make trouble for others
In fact Mrs. Smith ______ what the man had said.
A.understood
B.was puzzled about
C.was glad to hear
D.didn't understand
A.profession
B.occupation
C.position
D.career
This student was experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and is uneasy about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think clearly because of the extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students.
Special university counseling course try to help students. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their tension. These courses teach students how to relax their minds. Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test.
An expert at the University of California explains, "With almost all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after talking our program. Most of them experience better control during their tests. Almost all have some improvement. With some, the improvement is very great.
To "blank out" is probably ______.
A.to be like a blanket
B.to be sure of an answer
C.to be unable to think clearly
D.to show knowledge to the teacher
Call the Disk Doctorl
1 Desperate computer users who 'lose' the data from their disks can get in touch with
experts who, for a fee, will recover the lost information. One of these experts is Dave Smith, who, some years ago, set up a company called fl3ve,5 Disk Doctor Service Ltd. Dave and a few of his friends work from home and give all the money they earn to charity. The fees are always the same, no matter how precious the data on the disk is. Some people, however, are so grateful that they send extra money to Dave or to the charities his company supports. One oil company offered him Li ,000 for his help and a vet sent him a blank check
2 It would be hard to put a value on the things rescued by the Disk Doctor. There have been disks containing medical research, television scripts, manuscripts of whole books, a comedlan,5joke collection, a solicitor' s papers for a court case, and even Margaret Thatcher,5itinerary for a visit to eastern Europe. For this last case, Dave was asked if he would go in person to Mrs. Thatcher's office 'for security reasons,!
3 Disks are usually sent to the Disk Doctor by post, but sometimes people are in such
a hurry that they can't wait for the post. Radio scripts have had to be rushed by taxi to
Dave's house because they were needed for broadcasting the next day, for example. When the material has been recovered, the disk is returned to the sender with a diagnosis and a prescription for avoiding the problem in future. One grateful client, an author put a 'thank you' to Dave in the front of his book.' Dave saved mc from a cardiac arrest' , he wrote 'But,,says Dave, 'most people don't take any notice ol the doctor's advice!'
Read Passage 2 and decide whether the following statements are Jrue or False. Write T for True and F for False against the number of each of the statements on your Answer Sheet
11. Computer users can get back their lost data from their disks without any payment in Dave's company
12. The company named Dave's Disk Doctor Service Ltd is set up by Dave Smith
13. Dave and his friends earn a large amount of money, but they spend none
14. According to the different value of the data on the disk, people need to pay different amount of money for saving them
15. Most people will take notice of the disk doctor' s . advice after the disk is repaired
16. hopeless _________ (paragraph 1)
17. thankful_(paragraph 1)
18. to save _________ (paragraph 2)
19. lawyer_(paragraph 2)
20. to keep from happening_(paragraph 3)
What does Cy Smith mean by referring to speeding tickets?
A.They don't cooperate with traffic police.
B.They have some concern about privacy.
C.They don't have the business in traffic survey.
D.They are not able to track mobile phones.
When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor. Someone had broken into his flat. The man had had a drink, smoked several of Tom's cigarettes--and had read his story. The visitor left Tom a note.
I have read your story and I don't think much of it. Please read my suggestions and then you can finish it. By the way, I am a burglar, I am not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a successful writer, I will return!
Tom read the burglar's suggestions. Then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story. He is still not a successful writer, and he is waiting for his burglar to return. Before he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story near his typewriter.
What did Tom Smith write about?
A.Animals.
B.Policemen.
C.Children.
D.Soldiers.