问题 完形填空

完成对话。在对话的空格中填上适当的单词,使对话完整正确。一空一词。 把答案按编号依次填入下面横线上。(共10小题,每小题1分;计10分)

A: Rebecca, We’re talking about shopping. Is there   小题1:  you hate about shopping?

B: Yes, I don’t like shopping when there are crowds of people. Usually when the   小题2:  are on, it can be a good time to shop and it also draws a lot of people and everybody is pushing and trying to get things they want.

A: Right.    小题3:  , the thing I really don’t like about shopping is to try on clothes. You know, you go and you find your coat and then you put it on, but it   小题4:  fit, then you have to try another on again.

B: Yeah, it seems every year the numbers are different sizes. You wear a size ten and then the next year it’s not the   小题5:size. That can be a real problem.

A: It drives me crazy. Now in Australia, when you are shopping in the store, do you normally get a lot of personal customer service?

B: Yes, They come up to you as soon as you come into the store, and if you say you’re just小题6: a look, then they leave you  小题7:, but it can be really good because I really don’t like being  小题8:around.

A: Yeah. In the United States I think the service is really good but  小题9:really annoying is that now they always want to have you join some club or some membership. I think I have so many cards in my wallet. When the assistant asks“Oh, are you a  小题10:” and I pull out all my cards and find I’m not a member of them. So they ask me to join them again.

B: Right, Usually these days I just say no, but it’s just so annoying.

答案

小题1:anything  

小题2:sales 

小题3:Actually/ However

小题4:doesn’t /iisn’t

小题5:same  

小题6:having

小题7:alone

小题8:followed

小题9:what’s

小题10:member

题目分析:本文就购物展开对话。谈论购物中最让人讨厌的事。如不喜欢购物的时候有成群的人。不喜欢购物时服务员跟着转等等。

小题1:根据We’re talking about shopping.和下面答语Yes, I don’t like shopping when there are crowds of people.可知此句句意:关于购物你有什么讨厌的事吗?所以填写anything。   

小题2:根据it can be a good time to shop and it also draws a lot of people and everybody is pushing and trying

to get things they want可知此句句意:通常在促销时。所以填写sales。 

小题3:句意:然而,我真的不喜欢购物的事就是试衣服。所以填写Actually/ However。

小题4:句意:但它不合适。doesn’t /isn’t。

小题5:句意:然后第二年大小不一样。same 。 

小题6:句意:,如果说你只是看一看。Have a look看一看,是一个固定短语,所以填写having。

小题7:句意:然后他们离开,独自留下你。所以填写alone。

小题8:句意:但那样可能真的很好,因为我真的不喜欢跟着我,所以填写followed。

小题9: 根据后面is that now they always want to have you join some club or some membership可知此句句意:真让人恼火的是现在,他们总是想让你参加一些俱乐部或成为会员。所以填写what’s。

小题10:句意:你是会员吗?所以填写member。

单项选择题
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When two of the world’s richest and mightiest men pledge to destroy an enemy, it is time to pay attention. Bill Gates, the former boss of Microsoft who now devotes all his time to his charitable foundation, travelled this week to New York, the city run by Michael Bloomberg, to join his fellow billionaire’s campaign to stamp out smoking.

Have the two potentates met their match Despite decades of work by health campaigners, more than one billion people still smoke today. Smoking kills up to half of those who fail to quit puffing, reducing their lives by an average of 10 to 15 years. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says more than 5 million people a year die early from the effects (direct or indirect) of tobacco. That exceeds the combined toll of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Despite that dismal situation, there are three reasons to give the latest pair of campaigners a slim chance of success: money, methods and motivation. Messrs Gates and Bloomberg vowed to spend a combined total of $ 500 million on discouraging the weed. Since Mr. Bloomberg’s charity had already announced an award of $125 million earlier, the new money pledged this week totalled a "mere" $ 375 million: $ 250 million from the mayor, and a fresh $ 125 million from the software magnate’s philanthropic outfit.

How will this cash be spent In quite innovative ways, and that is a second reason for optimism. Hitherto, most anti-smoking funds have been channelled through a few large bureaucracies. But Mr. Bloomberg’s charity wants to let a thousand flowers bloom: in other words, to lend a hand to many initiatives, both public and private, to see what works. There will be a competitive grant scheme for poor countries where the tobacco habit is spreading.

The very fact that two giants are teaming up is a landmark in American philanthropy- comparable to Warren Buffett’s decision, two years ago, to put his fortune at the disposal of Mr. Gates’ foundation. As part of their joint commitment, Mr. Gates is giving some of his $ 125 million directly to Mr. Bloomberg’s charity; the rest will go to carefully monitored projects in India, China and other places where the number of smokers is rising relentlessly.

Then there is motivation. There are other big players in this cause, and that should induce every new entrant to try bringing something fresh to the party. Earlier this year the WHO started a campaign against tobacco known as MPower. One of its selling points was that in contrast with many other projects, it had a fairly clear idea about what was needed. WHO experts have listed a series of tactics, ranging from aggressive public education to a rise in tobacco taxes, that deliver results. (Even if high taxes lead to some smuggling and diversion, studies done in Brazil, for example, show that fiscal measures do curb consumption. ) The World Bank, which funded that research, is also thought to be ready to join the anti-smoking scrum after years of paying little attention.

A crowded field, indeed. But having an extra $ 500 million from two hard-driven billionaires surely won’t hurt.

What does "stamp out" in the first paragraph probably mean()

A. Crush severely

B. Mark significantly

C. Destroy completely

D. Wipe heavily