2017.6浙江英语高考答案,浙江高考2017答案英语

1.求一下2017~2018宁波市九校联考高二上学期期末的语文和英语的试卷及答案

2.2017年浙江新高考英语作文怎么写

3.浙江高考英语阅读题附答案

4.河北英语高考题2017年

翻译：你在每次面试中所花的时间不要超过10分钟。

一、safe

1、含义：adj. 安全的；安然无恙的；可靠的；谨慎的。n. 保险箱

2、用法

safe的基本意思是“安全的，不会有危险的”，指某人或某物处于一种不受危险威胁的状态，也可指“没有受到损害的，平安的”，多指某人或某物在经受长时间的危险之后安全地回来。

safe还可指“不致导致损害或损伤的”“不冒险的，小心的”等。

safe from后接表示危险、危害、进攻等的名词，意指“不会受到…的危险，免受…的伤害”。

There is no safe landing on that coast.

那一带海岸没有安全的登陆处。

二、number

1、含义：n. 号码；数量；数字。v. 总计；编号；编号；把 ... 算作

2、用法

number的基本意思是“数字”，引申可作“编号，电话号码，房间号码”解，是可数名词。常缩写为No.或no.。

number也可作“数目，数量”解，其后常与介词of连用，引申可表示语法上名词或动词的“数”或“数词”。

He picked a winning number on the first draw.

他第一次便抽到一个中奖号码。

三、interviews

1、含义：n. 面谈；会见；面试；接见。vt. 接见；采访；对 ... 进行面试。vi. 面试；采访

2、用法

interview通常解释为“访问”，而不作为“接见”的意思。因此Peter?interviewed Mecheal是“皮特访问麦克”，不是“皮特接见麦克”；

“interview”可作抽象名词，有“面试”，“会谈”的意思。

How was your interview with Michigan?

你跟密歇根大学的人面谈得如何?

四、conduct

1、含义：n. 行为；举动；品行。v. 引导；指挥；管理。vt. 导电；传热

2、用法

conduct用作动词的基本意思是“引导，带领，指挥”，指利用自己的才能、权威或其他力量去引导、指导或命令其他人或事物，主要表示作为负责人指挥一群人为同一目的而工作。

引申可作“控制，操纵”“进行，管理”解，在科技术语中可作“传导”解。

His behavior transgressed the unwritten rules of social conduct.

他的行为违反了不成文的社交规范。

五、?about

1、含义：prep. 关于；大约；在 ... 周围。adv. 大约；附近；到处；在周围。adj. 即将的；正要的；在流行中的

2、用法

9世纪前进入英语，直接源自古英语的onbutan，译为在……之外。

在指“不久就要……”时，后通常接不定式，如about to start。也有接动名词，如about starting。但是不可再加表示时间的词，如不可说about starting at once。

It is about six o'clock now.

现在是六点钟左右。

求一下2017~2018宁波市九校联考高二上学期期末的语文和英语的试卷及答案

Ⅰ. 1. tutor 2. original 3. upset 4. argued 5. pushy

6. enough 7. style 8. matter 9. compare 10. complained

Ⅱ. 11. surprises 12. except 13. fail 14. pressure 15. compare 16. don’t have enough money 17. what should I do/what to do next 18. ask your teacher for help 19. argue with each other for money 20. from a young age

Ⅲ. 21. more 22. sandwiches 23. was invited 24. interested 25. dancing 26. different 27. friend’s 28. to buy 29. really 30. carefully

Ⅳ. 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. A 37. A 38. B

39. C 40. D 41. B 42. A 43. A 44. A 45. C

Ⅴ. 46. do you 47. doesn’t need any 48. the same age as 49. should not , either 50. what to do

Ⅵ. 51-55 C B A D B 56-60 B A D A D

Ⅶ A. 61-65 A A D A C B.66 friends 67informtion 68quickly 69eyes 70correctly

2017年浙江新高考英语作文怎么写

语文答案

浙江省宁波市九校2016-2017学年高二上学期期末联考语文试题参考答案

1．答案D A 项“谂”应读shn ；B 项“肱”应读gong ；C 项“当”应读dng 。

2．答案B A 项“淹没”应为“湮没”；C 项“了望台”应为“瞭望台”；D 项“陨身不恤”应为“殒身不恤”。

3．答案A “无所不至”应为“无微不至”。“无微不至”是指没有一个细微的地方没有考虑到，形容待人非常细心周到；“无所不至’，既指没有达不到的地方，也指凡能做的都做到了（用于坏事）。

4．答案C A 项结构混乱，在“称为‘知其不可而为之’的人”前应加“被”字；B 项成分残缺，“贯彻弱私门、张公室”后面缺少宾语中心语，应加“的原则”；D 项动宾搭配不当，“调动、激发学生主动思考的精神和热情”部分，“调动精神”、“激发精神”均搭配不当。

5．答案A 《礼记》不属于四书。

6．答案C 古今义都指“光荣和耻辱”。A 项古义为“到处”，今义为“常常”；B 项古义为“地势高的路”，今义为“①动身，②上轨道”；D 项古义为“说话”，今义为“有别于书面语的口头语言”。

7．答案B B 项形作动，意为“远离”，其余三项均为形作名，分别意为“才俊’，“贤士”“长处”。

8．答案D 题中②③④⑦⑧均为宾语前置，①⑤均无特殊句式。

9．答案D ④⑤句写人面对社会悲剧时的态度；②句中的“可是”将语义转为人面对自然悲剧时的无奈和悲哀，①句照应⑤句；⑥句中的“然而”再次转折，表达了人在自然面前的勇气，③补充说明⑥。

10．（1）个人信息安全堪优。或：我们受到个人信息被泄露的困扰。（原文为：每一个人都有可能面临“数据裸奔”的窘境。）（2分）

（2）法律是最好的利剑，尽快出台统一适用的公民信息安全保护法；加强文责和处罚，建立严密的监管体系和防范制度；对于公民个人来说，要提高防范意识，保护好个人信息。（答对两点即可）（3分）

11．答案C “而氏可以”在文中并无依据，文中提到可以随意更改的是名。

12．答案D A 项“姬、姚、赢、姜”是为了说明母系氏族社会女性崇拜现象而举的例子；B 项战国时期，姓和氏的原始意义开始逐渐淡化，趋同是自汉代以后；C 项宋代史学家郑焦只是作出

解释，并无推波助澜。

13．句式特点：一句话用逗号隔开，变成几个急促的短句。（1分）

表达效果：更能体现作者当时极度哀痛的心情；有断断续续、字字硬咽、如泣如诉的声韵效果。（2分）

或：“伟大”不是反语，指三个女子在斗争中所表现出的勇毅行为。（1分） 意指反动派的血腥镇压在女子的勇毅行为面前显得如此逊色，表达了作者对三个女子临难不惧、从容镇定的伟大精神的赞叹，所以不是反语。（2分）

15．

①小镇交通闭塞，引出搭客仔急人所难的故事，推动情节发展；（1分

②小镇人鄙视搭客仔，与后文形成对比，强化故事的叙述效果；（1分）

③暗含着对小镇女人鄙视底层和社会边缘人物的批评。（1分）

16．

①小说运用神态、动作等细节描写，细腻地描写出这些搭客仔仔紧急时刻的救助行动；

②小镇女人因误了孩子高考而惊慌失措时，搭客仔意外出现，使情节有出人意料的效果；

③语言质朴、轻快，暗含着作者对搭客仔的赞叹之情。（共4分，每点2分，打出两点即可）

17．

①搭客仔的举动，使孩子们的新历收到了极大震动，情感上产生了变化；

②结尾的这句话，意在引起社会的思考：在我们生活中，没有一种职业是可以为卑贱的，有些小人物他们的品质与他们的社会地位不成比例；

③也表现出作者深切的人文关怀，希望那些生活在底层和社会边缘的小人物被给予更多的同情、理解和尊重。（共4分，每点2分，打出两点即可）

18．答案C 奄忽：死亡。

19．答案D 表转折，却/表条件，才。A 项均为结构助词，定语后置的标志；B 项均为表修饰关系；C 项均为结构助词，放在主谓之间取消句子独立性。

20．答案B “自己从未有一天优伤过”是反语，通过与自己有同样遭遇的吏目一家三口客死异乡的事，实则是为抒写自己遭贬后的愤?

21．吾不知尔郡邑/尔乌乎来为兹山之鬼乎/古者重去其乡/游宦不逾千里/吾以窜逐而来此/宜也/尔亦何辜乎

22．你如的确是为留恋这五斗米而来，那就应该高高兴兴地上路，为什么我昨天望见你的脸上流露出悲戚，似乎承受不起优愁的样子呢? （4分）

23．本联以声衬静、化静为动（反衬）（1分），那山上树林里的蝉儿，边叫边飞，穿过了空疏的门户；那野生的藤蔓，曲屈盘绕，偷偷地伸进了破旧的窗子里，营造出静谧、破败的环境（（1分）。这句诗蕴含着作者闲居时孤独、落寞的心境。（1分）

24．颈联用典自比，我与这三人不同：虽然我和伯夷、叔齐一样，遇到“好时代”，但我不会选择饿死；虽然我和屈原一样受人毁谤而被贬逐，但我不会选择投江而死．（1分）我的心情是很平静的：我饱食终日，高卧无优，美酒消遣，只是遗憾酒还不足罢了．（1分）但这是自嘲，表面上说自己生活平静自适，实则内心充满被贬退的牢骚和愤恨。（1分）

25．曳尾涂中（1分）

26．孔子之乐：坚守仁义，安贫乐道。（1分）庄子之乐：保全生命，享受自由。（1分）

看法：示例1：更倾向于孔子式的快乐。真正的快乐并不在于富贵而在于内心是否充实是否高贵。孔子心怀仁义，安贫乐道，这是一种无法用金钱获取的快乐；而庄子追求的快乐只是一

己避世隐居独善其身的快乐，缺少社会的贵任感，所以，我不赞同。（2分）

示例2：更倾向于庄子式的快乐。生命与自由是人生快乐的源泉，庄子鄙弃名利富贵，因为在他看

来，珍爱生命，享受生命赋予的自由才是真正的快乐，他是真正懂得生活的人；孔子追求的快乐只是“道不行于世”后一种无奈的自我安慰，所以我并不赞同。（2分）（单单写“更倾向于?的快乐”，却不展开分析者不给分。）

27．默写

（1）疏林不做美

（2）大底圣贤发愤之所为作也

（3）雁阵惊寒 声断衡阳之浦

（4）无求生以害仁 有杀身以成仁

（5）往者不可谏 来者犹可追

译文

在大明正德四年秋季某月初三日，有一名吏目从北京来到这里，不知他姓甚名谁。身边带着一个儿子、一个仆人，将要上任，路过龙场，投宿在一户苗族人家。我从篱笆中间望见他，当时阴雨昏黑，想靠近他打听北方的情况，没有实现。第二天早晨，派人去探视，他已经走了。近午时刻，有人从蜈蚣坡那边来，说：“有一个老人死于坡下，旁边两人哭得很伤心。”我说：“这一定是吏目死了。可悲啊! ”傍晚，又有人来说：“坡下死了两个人，旁边一人坐着叹息。”问明他们的情状，方知他的儿子又死了。第二天，又有人来说：“看到坡下堆了三具尸体。”那么，他的仆人又死了。唉，令人伤心啊! 想到他们的尸骨暴露在荒野，无人认领，于是我就带着两个童仆，拿着畚箕和铁锹，前去埋葬他们。两名童仆脸上流露出为难的情绪。我说：“唉，我和你们，本像他们一样啊。”两名童仆怜悯地淌下眼泪，要求一起去。于是在旁边的山脚下挖了三个坑，把他们埋了。随即供上一只鸡、三碗饭，一面叹息，一面流着眼泪鼻涕，向死者祭告说：

“唉，悲伤啊! 你是什么人，什么人啊? 我是此地龙场驿的驿丞、余姚王守仁呀。我和你都生长在中原地区，我不知你的家乡是何郡何县，你为什么要来做这座山上的鬼魂啊? 古人不会轻率地离开故乡，外出做官也不超过千里。我是因为流放而来此地，理所应当。你又有什么罪过而非来不可呢? 听说你的官职，仅是一个小小的吏目而已。薪俸不过五斗米，你领着老婆孩子亲自种田就会有了。为什么竟用这五斗米换去你堂堂七尺之躯? 又为什么还觉得不够，再加上你的儿子和仆人啊? 哎呀，太悲伤了! 你如真正是为留恋这五斗米而来，那就应该欢欢喜喜地上路，为什么我昨天望见你皱着额头、面有愁容，似乎承受不起那深重的忧虑呢? 一路上常冒着雾气露水，攀援悬崖峭壁，走过万山的峰顶，饥渴劳累，筋骨疲惫，又加上瘴疬侵其外，忧郁攻其中，难道能免于一死吗? 我固然知道你会必死，可是没有想到会如此之快，更没有想到你的儿子、你的仆人也会很快地死去啊。都是你自己找来的呀，还说它什么呢? 我不过是怜念你们三具尸骨无所归依才来埋葬罢了，却使我引起无穷的感怆。唉，悲痛啊! 纵然不葬你们，那幽暗的山崖上狐狸成群，阴深山谷中粗如车轮的毒蛇，也一定能够把你们葬在腹中，不致长久的暴露。你已经没有一点知觉，但我又怎能安心呢? 自从我离开父母之乡来到此地，已经三个年头。历尽瘴毒而能勉强保全自己的生命，主要是因为我没有一天怀有忧戚的情绪啊。今天忽然如此悲伤，乃是我为你想得太重，而为自身想得很轻啊。我不应该再为你悲伤了! 我来为你唱歌，你请听着。

我唱道：‘连绵的山峰高接云天啊，飞鸟不通。怀念家乡的游子啊，不知西东。不知西东啊，顶上的苍天却一般相同。地方纵然相隔甚远啊，都在四海的环绕之中。想得开的人儿到处为家，又何必守住那旧居一栋? 魂灵啊，魂灵啊，不要悲伤，不要惊恐!

不知道能不能帮到你，呵呵

浙江高考英语阅读题附答案

　You can take away our money, house, car, or even our clothes and we can survive. But if our health was taken away, we would surely die. That is why we always try to eat in a healthy way and exercise regularly.

In order to eat healthily, I usually avoid eating food high in fat, like French fries or cookies. I also eat little meat. I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruit which are full of vitamins.

Taking exercise every day helps us build a strong body. Regular exercise is an important part of keeping me healthy.

What＇s more, I think friends are an important part of one＇s health. Many studies show that people with a wide range of social contacts get sick less than those who don＇t.

I always feel better when I am with friends than when I am alone. When I am with my friends, I always laugh. Laughing is also an important part of health. I like to laugh with my friends.

By eating properly and exercising regularly, I can keep my body at a proper weight and keep healthy. By spending time with my friends, I can keep my mind as well as my body happy.

These things sound easy to do, but not many people can manage them. I think a strong will is necessary if we want to keep healthy.

河北英语高考题2017年

浙江高考英语阅读精选题附答案

　阅读能力是浙江高考英语考察的重要英语能力，提高英语阅读能力十分重要。下面我为大家带来浙江高考英语阅读精选题，欢迎同学们阅读练习。

浙江高考英语阅读精选题(一)

　I was due to take my driving test at 11：30 am.It was a rainy morning with low clouds and as I approached the driving school at 9：50 am，my heart sank.My driving instructor. Stan，said something，trying to drive away my fears，but I was not impressed

　We set off for the test centre with an hour to go I wanted a run round the test circuit (圈)，but we got stuck in a traffic jam，and could only drive no faster than walking.

　We arrived at the test centre at 11 am.Stan made me watch a group of six learners emerging from the building with their respective(各自的)examiners.Their instructors were looking out from two windows.We watched them drive off They must have been feeling very nervous

　Stan took me round the probable test track，pointing out the traps.The weather became even worse It seemed to make me feel worse too.I had developed a couldn't-care-less mood，and was almost calm We returned to the test centre in time to see the six unfortunates returning.Their nerves must have been in a terrible state.

　I sat in the waiting room until six examiners came in to call out our respective names. Mine showed no emotion as he asked me to go to my car I showed none either，but the tension began mounting again.

　1.On their way to the test center，Stan tried to comfort the author_________

　A.but it made the author's heart sink deeper

　B.but the words produced no effect

　C.so that the author could drive to the center with no fears

　D.so that they could prepare for all he flaps

　2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　A.Six learners would be tested at the same time.

　B.The learners were tested in the presence of their instructors

　C.None of the six learners passed the test in the end.

　D The instructors were as nervous as the learners

　3.When the author was sitting in the waiting room，he was quite_________

　A.upset B.nervous C.frightened D.relaxed

　4.When it was his turn to take the test，the author went to his car with___________

　A.firm confidence B mixed emotions C.increased nervousness D.perfect calmness

　5.The passage is mainly about___________

　A.the influence of bad weather upon a test taker

　B the feelings of a learner before his driving test

　C the preparations before a driving test

　D.an unforgettable day

　 浙江高考英语阅读精选题答案

　1.B

　2.A

　3.D

　4.C

　5.B

浙江高考英语阅读精选题(二)

　The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image(形象)of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

　An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past."We were surprised by just how positive today's young people seem to be about their families," said one member of the research team. "They're expected to be rebellious(叛逆的)and selfish, but actually they have other things on their minds: they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There's more negotiation(商议)and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don't want to rock the boat."

　So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends."My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me," says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall. "I always tell them when I'm going out clubbing. As long as they know what I'm doing, they're fine with it." Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. "Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I'd done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that."

　Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments,"Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over."

　1.What is the popular image of teenagers today?

　A.They worry about school.

　B.They dislike living with their parents.

　C.They have to be locked in to avoid troubles.

　D.They quarrel a lot with other family members.

　2.The study shows that teenagers don't want to__________ .

　A.share family responsibility

　B.cause trouble in their families

　C.go boating with their family

　D.make family decisions

　3.Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today's parents__________ .

　A.go to clubs more often with their children

　B.are much stricter with their children

　C.care less about their children's life

　D.give their children more freedom

　4.According to the author, teenage rebellion__________ .

　A.may be a false belief

　B.is common nowadays

　C.existed only in the 1960s

　D.resulted from changes in families

　5.What is the passage mainly about?

　A.Negotiation in family.

　B.Education in family.

　C.Harmony in family.

　D.Teenage trouble in family.

　 浙江高考英语阅读精选题答案

　1.D

　2.B

　3.D

　4.A

　5.C

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河北英语高考题2017年

　第I卷

　注意事项：

　1.答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上

　2.选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效

　第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)

　做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上

　第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题题。每段对话仅读一遍。

　例：How much is the shirt?

　A.￡19.15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15.

　答案是C。

　1. Where is Mary?

　A. In the classroom. B. In the library. C. On the playground.

　2. How much should the man pay for the tickets?

　A. $16. B. $12. C. $6

　3. Why can?t the woman give the man some help?

　A. She is quite busy now.

　B. She doesn?t like grammar.

　C. She is poor in grammar，too.

　4. What happened to Marx?

　A. He lost his way.

　B. He found his bike missing.

　C. He lost his wallet.

　5. Why did the man fail to attend the party?

　A. He forgot it.

　B. He didn?t know about the party.

　C. He wasn?t invited to the party.

　第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

　听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

　听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

　6. Why must the man drive to work?

　A. It is the quickest way.

　B. He has to use his car after work.

　C. He lives too far from the subway.

　7. What?s the relationship between the speakers?

　A. Boss and employee.

　B. Grandmother and grandson.

　C. Teacher and student.

　听第7段材料，回答第8～9题。

　8. When is Alice?s birthday?

　A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. Today.

　9. What will the two speakers buy for Alice?

　A. A recorder. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates.

　听第8段材料，回答第10~12题。

　10. What does the woman do in the group?

　A. Play the piano. B. Play the violin. C. Sing for the group.

　11. Who is Miss Pearson?

　A. Leader of the group.B. Director of the group. C. Teacher of the group.

　12. How often does the group meet?

　A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Every third week.

　听第9段材料，回答第13~16题。

　13. Who possibly is the woman?

　A. An air hostess. B. A native Indian. C. A travel agent.

　14. How long does the trip last?

　A. Seven days. B. Eight days. C. Nine days.

　15. What will the man probably do at the second stage?

　A. Do some shopping. B. Visit the Taj Mabal. C. See wild animals.

　16. What will the speakers do next?

　A. Say goodbye to each other.B. Find out the price. C. Go to India by air.

　听第10段材料，回答第17~20题。

　17. In what way does Jack like to travel?

　A. With a lot of people.

　B. With one or two good friends.

　C. All by himself.

　18. What does Helen prefer on holiday?

　A. Staying at home.

　B. Seeing famous places.

　C. Enjoying nature quietly.

　19. What does Bob like the best about travel?

　A. Making more friends. B. Buying what he wants. C. Seeing and learning.

　20. Who prefers to do shopping while traveling?

　A. Jack. B. Helen. C. Bob.

　第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

　第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　A

　We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.

　Using your NatWest Service Card

　As a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, whenever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money (or an agreed overdraft (透支) to cover it). It is also a cheque guarantee card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.

　Using your NatWest Cash Card

　You can use your Cash Card as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.

　Using your cards abroad

　You can also use your Service Card and Cash Card when you?re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.

　We take a commission charge (手续费) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to￡4) and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro to pay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.

　Using your NatWest Credit Card

　With your credit card you can do the following:

　* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days? interest-free credit.

　* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the MasterCard or Visa logos.

　* Collect one AIR MILE for every￡20 of spending that appears on your statement (结算单). (This does not include foreign currency or traveler?s cheques bought, interest and other charges.)

　21. If you carry the Service Card or the Cash Card, ________.

　A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wish

　B. you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently

　C. you can spend as much money as you like without a limit

　D. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK

　22. If you withdraw￡200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged ________.

　A. ￡4 B. ￡4.5 C. ￡5.25 D. ￡5.3

　23. Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?

　A. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.

　B. You can use the card in any shop across the world.

　C. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.

　D. You will gain one air mile if you spend ￡20 on traveller?s cheques.

　24. The purpose of the passage is to show you how to ________.

　A. pay for goods with your cards B. use your cards abroad

　C. draw cash with your cards D. play your cards right

　B

　Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I?ve ever had: Be bold and brave ? and mighty (强大的) forces will come to your aid.

　Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

　Boldness means a decision to bite off more than you can eat. And there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas ? even physical strength greater than most of us realize.

　Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. But they are more important than physical ones. A college classmate of mine, Tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player. ?In one game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,? said Tim. ?I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet ? and stopped him cold.?

　Boldness ? a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme?is not one that can be acquired overnight. But it can be taught to children and developed in adults. Confidence builds up. Surely, there will be setbacks (挫折) and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

　So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities?and you?ll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

　25. Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?

　A. He faced huge risks. B. He lacked mighty forces.

　C. Fear prevented him from trying. D. Failure blocked his way to success.

　26. What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?

　A. Swallow more than you can digest. B. Act slightly above your abilities.

　C. Develop more mysterious powers. D. Learn to make creative decisions.

　27. What can be learned from Paragraph 5?

　A. Confidence grows more rapidly in adults. B. Trying without success is meaningless.

　C. Repeated failure creates a better life. D. Boldness can be gained little by little.

　C

　The wallet is heading for extinction. As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with the generation who read print newspapers. The kind of shopping-where you hand over notes and count out change in return?now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters，like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk from a corner shop. At the shops where you spend any real money, that money is increasingly abstracted. And this is more and more true, the higher up the scale you go. At the most cutting-edge retail stores?Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance?you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay. The staff are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa.

　Which is nothing more or less than excellent service, if you have the money. But across society, the abstraction(抽象) of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned. But earning money isn't quick or easy for most of us. Isn't it a bit incredible that spending it should happen in half a blink(眨眼)of an eye? Doesn't a wallet?that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness?represent something that matters?

　But I'll leave the economics to the experts. What bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment. Everything about the look and feel of a wallet?the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets?is the very opposite of what our world is becoming. The opposite of a wallet is a smartphone or an iPad. The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as pebble(鹅卵石). Instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into corners, we move our fingers left and right. No more counting out coins. Show your wallet, if you still have one. It may not be here much longer.

　28. What is happening to the wallet?

　A. It is disappearing. B. It is being fattened.

　C. It is becoming costly. D. It is changing in style.

　29. What makes the author feel uncomfortable nowadays?

　A. Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.

　B. The pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.

　C. Earning money is getting more difficult.

　D. Spending money is so fast and easy.

　30. Why does the author choose to write about what's happening to the wallet?

　A. It represents a change in the modern world.

　B. It has something to do with everybody's life.

　C. It marks the end of a time-honoured tradition.

　D. It is the concern of contemporary economists.

　31. What can we infer from the passage about the author?

　A. He is resistant to social changes.

　B. He is against technological progress.

　C. He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.

　D. He feels insecure in the ever-changing modern world.