Proverb Today
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
Part 1
1.[A]:Operator,I’d like to place a station-to-station call to
[B]: ___________.
A.OK.Where are you? B.Just a moment,please.
C.All right ,How are you? D.Sorry,you have to pay.
2.[A]:Are you Mr.Brown,the hotel manager?
[B]: ___________.
A.Oh,yes.Where are you from? B.No,you have found the right manager.
C.Yes. What can I do for you? D.Oh,yes.But I am very busy with my manager right now.
3.[A]: ___________.
[B]:I think I have caught a bad cold and got a terrible sour throat.
A.Do you think you have anything to declare,sir? B.Good morning.MayI help you?
C.How have you been getting along with your job recently? D.What seems to be the problem?
Part 2
1) The speaker was regarded as a troublemaker because she _____the granting of equality to all regardless of race,color or sex .
A.verified B.advocated C. aaadopted D.sustained
2)The sound of our voices was completely ____ by the roar of the machinery.
A. drowned B. submerged C.covered D. decreased
3)The Minister of Finance stresses that the quality of goods,_____the quantity of production,is the key to improving the nation’s economy.
A. other than B.better than C.more than D. rather than
Part 3
Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast 61 places on the earth. But they also 62 beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a 63 . The word geography 64 from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for “earth” and graphein, 65 means “to write”. The English word geography means “to describe the earth”. 66 geography books 67 on a small area like a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an 68 continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another 69 to divide the study of 70 is to distinguish between physical geography and 71 geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the 72 starts with human beings and studies 73 human beings and their environment act 74 each other. 75 when geography is considered as a single subject, neither branch can neglect the other.
1. A. similar B. distant C. various D. famous
2. A. pass B. go C. reach D. get
3. A. whole B. unit C. part D. total
4. A. falls B. results C. removes D. comes
5. A. what B. which C. that D. it
6. A. Some B. Most C. Many D. Few
7. A. rely B. rest C. reckon D. focus
8. A. extensive B. overall C. entire D. enormous
9. A. way B. means C. habit D. technique
10. A. world B. earth C. geography D. globe
11. A. mental B. military C. economic D. cultural
12. A. second B. next C. later D. latter
13. A. when B. what C. where D. how
14. A. upon B. as C. for D. to
15. A. And B. But C. Therefore D. For
参考答案：
Part 1 1) B 2) C 3)D
Part 2 1) B verified（核实，证实某些言论、资料等属实） advocated（鼓吹某种道德，理念或思想） adopted（采纳，采用；收养） sustained（承受，忍受，支撑）
译文：这个说话者被当成一个制造麻烦的人，因为他鼓吹人人平等的理念——无论种族，肤色或性别。
2）A drowned淹没①通常指人、动物被水淹没②（一声音）淹没（另一声音） submerged 遮住，掩盖；进入液面，海面等的下面； covered一般指物体被大片地覆盖或指避难所；decreased 减少，变少，一般指数量上的递减；
译文：我们的声音完全被机器的轰鸣声给淹没了。
3）D other than 一般用于否定词之后，除了…(表示所说的不包括在内)例如：He never speaks to me other than to ask for something.
Better than 一般用于比较级中
more than 一般和形容词happy，glad 连用;more than happy to do sth.非常乐意做某事 e.g. I am more than happy to take you there in my car.
rather than与其，不如是，一般强调两者中的一者
译文：财政部长再次重申：产品的质量而非数量是提高国民经济的关键。
Part 3 1
