Nobody’s Watching Me I am a foot taller than Napoleon and twice the weight of Twiggy; on m

Nobody’s Watching Me

I am a foot taller than Napoleon and twice the weight of Twiggy; on my only visit to a beautician, the woman said she found my face a challenge. Yet despite these social disadvantages I feel cheerful, happy, confident and secure.

I work for a daily newspaper and so get to a lot of places I would otherwise never see. This year I went to Ascot to write about the people there. I saw something there that made me realize the stupidity of trying to conform, of trying to be better than anyone else. There was a small, plump woman, all dressed up—huge hat, dress with pink butterflies, long white gloves. She also had a shooting stick. But because she was so plump, when she sat on the stick it went deep into the ground and she couldn't pull it out. She tugged and tugged, tears of rage in her eyes. When the final tug brought it out, she crashed with it to the ground."

I saw her walk away. Her day had been ruined. She had made a fool of herself in public--she had impressed nobody. In her own sad, red eyes she was a failure.

I remember well when I was like that, in the days before I learned that nobody really cared what you do . . .

I remember the pain of my first dance, something that is always meant to be a wonderful occasion for a girl... There was a fashion then for diamante (人造钻石) ear-rings, and I wore them so often practicing for the big night that I got two great sores on my ears and had to put sticking-plaster on them. Perhaps it was this that made nobody want to dance with me. Whatever it was, there I sat for four hours and 43 minutes. When I came home, I told my parents that I had a marvelous time and that my feet were sore from dancing. They were pleased at my success and they went to bed happily, but I went to my room and tore the bits of sticking-plaster off my ears and felt forlorn and disconsolate.

‘The beautician found the writer's face a challenge’, which means _________.

A．she thought it was a challenge to have such a face repaired

B．she thought it was a challenge to deal with such a face

C．the writer's face challenged the beautician's

D．it was a challenge to find the writer's face

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A: Can you help me with my homework？ B: （)else can. You have to do it yourself.A: Eve

Hello, everyone. I'd like to talk about myself. My name is Lily. I am an IT worker. I work at the ABC company in Shanghai. Now I am working as a trainee (实习) Information Technology Manager. I am in charge of about 45 people. I am here on my own. My family is in Hong Kong. I don't have any brothers, but I have a sister. She works on newspaper advertisements. She is now sitting in front of the TV set and watching me on TV in our house in Hong Kong. I believe, my mother and father are together with her too. I would like to say hello to my family. Hi, Mum and Dad! Hello, Rose! Can you see me and hear me clearly？ I am now in the TV studio (演播室) of Shanghai TV Station. We are making a program about our company. These people around me are my colleagues. That one over there is our boss.
(1). Lily works in IT.
A、 Right.
B、Wrong.
C、Doesn't say.
(2). Lily has got a big family in Hong Kong.
A、 Right.
B、Wrong.
C、Doesn't say.
(3). Lily is working on a training program in the TV studio of Shanghai TV Station.
A、 Right.
B、Wrong.
C、Doesn't say.
(4). Lily is going to be the IT Manager.
A、 Right.
B、Wrong.
C、Doesn't say.
(5). Lily's boss and her colleagues are in Shanghai now.
A、 Right.
B、Wrong.
C、Doesn't say.

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听力原文：M: Hello, professor Johnson.W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today？M: Wel
听力原文：M: Hello, professor Johnson.
W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today？
M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn't coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what a particular sport means to me when I participate in.
W: What sport did you choose？
M: I decided to write about cross-country skiing.
W: What are you going to say about skiing？
M: That's the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country.
W: So why is that a problem？
M: I'd like to start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods. I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn't as easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy, but that's not part of my paper, so I guess I should leave it out. But now I don't know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It's not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That's different.
W: Then you'll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out？ Part of your point you knew beforehand, but part you discovered as you wrote. That's common, right？
M: Yeah, I guess so.
Questions:
19. What is the topic of the man's writing assignment？
20. What problem does the man have while working on his paper？
21. What does the woman say is common in writing papers？
(20)
A．Beautiful scenery in the countryside.
B．Dangers of cross-country skiing.
C．Pain and pleasure in sports.
D．A sport he participates in.

Let's play cards（）watching television.

What' S his mother like?（）

A: Why not stay a little longer?B:()

When looking for love, people may go to some extreme lengths. They might go on blind dates set up by family and friends. They might write personal ads to place in newspapers. Or they might use a computer to help them in their search for a soul mate by joining an online dating services. Some people have even tried to find their perfect match through game shows on television. Many of these TV dating shows, including The Bachelor and Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire？ have proved to be ratings blockbusters, with millions of viewers watching each week to find out which of the contestants will find true love. Of all these game shows, perhaps the one with the most unexpected ending was Mr. Right, which was shown in England in 2002. On the show, a bachelor, thirty-five-year-old Lance Gerrard-Wright, dated fifteen women to find the one who was his ideal partner. The host of the show was Ulrika Johnson, an English celerity originally from Sweden. For seven weeks on the show, Gerrard-Wright took turns going on dates with each of the women, taking them to expensive restaurants and exotic locations. He even met the women’s families and introduced them to his own. Then at the end of each episode, he would choose between one and three of the contestants with whom he had felt the least compatible, and say goodbye to them. At one point during the series, one contestant volunteered to leave because she said she didn’t find him attractive. After two dates she said she had had enough, and she couldn’t see it working. “He wasn’t my cup of tea.” In another episode the woman he was on a date with burst into tears when he called her by another contestant’s name. “You called me by another girl’s name. I can’t believe you did that. I really liked you,” she sobbed. But in the final episode, the woman he eventually chose decided she didn’t want to marry him after all. “I think you’ve chosen me because you have to choose someone,” she said. Maybe this was because she already knew he had fallen in love---with the show’s host! After leaving the show, Gerrard-Wright and Johnson were seen dining together and attending parties around London more and more often. Finally, on May 1, 2003, Gerrard-Wright proposed to Johnson on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral. And she accepted his proposal right away, although it was a conditional acceptance. Johnson has two children from previous relationships—an eight-year-old son, Cameron, and a two-year-old daughter, Bo. She had to make sure that they agreed to the marriage. Luckily, they did. Gerrard-Wright said, “In the end the show did work for me. I grabbed an opportunity to get a girlfriend and I did. Ulrika’s gorgeous.” Questions 1-3 Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage in a maximum of 2 words for each blank. 1. Lance Gerrard-Wright went to ____ to go on the show Mr. Right in order to find his perfect match. 2. On the show, Lance had the opportunity to date many gorgeous women among whom there might be one that he was almost ____. 3. Ulrika accepted Lance’s proposal ____ that her children agreed to their marriage as well. Questions 4-5 Choose the best answer according to the passage. 4. Which of the following did NOT happen on the show？ A. Lance went on dates with several women. B. The candidates went to some very good restaurants. C. Ulrika consulted her parents before she made her decision. D. The women met Lance’s family. 5. What happened after seven weeks of doing the show？ A. All of the women found their beloved. B. Lance started to date with the show’s host. C. One of the women on the show couldn’t help crying. D. Ulrika asked Lance to marry her.


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选词填空：It's our guilty pleasure: Watching TV is the most common everyday activity, after work and sleep, in many parts of the world

　　Question 37 to 46 are based on the following passage.

　　It's our guilty pleasure: Watching TV is the most common everyday activity, after work and sleep, in many parts of the world. Americans view five hours of TV each day, and while we know that spending so much time sitting(37)_____ can lead to obesity(肥胖症)and other disease, researchers have now quantified just how(38)_____ being a couch potato can be.

　　In an analysis of data from eight large(39)_____ published studies, a Harvard-led group reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association that for every two hours per day spent channel(40)_____, the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes(糖尿病)rose 20% over 8.5 years, the risk of heart disease increased 15% over a(41)_____, and the odds of dying prematurely(42)_____ 13% during a seven-year follow-up. All of these(43)_____ are linked to a lack of physical exercise. But compared with other sedentary(久坐的)activities, like knitting, viewing TV may be especially(44)_____ at promoting unhealthy habits. For one, the sheer number of hours we pass watching TV dwarfs the time we spend on anything else. And other studies have found that watching ads for beer and popcorn may make you more likely to(45)_____ them.

　　Even so, the authors admit that they didn't compare different sedentary activities to(46)_____ whether TV watching was linked to a greater risk of diabetes, heart disease or early death compared with, say, reading.

　　A.climbed

　　B.consume

　　C.decade

　　D.determine

　　E.effective

　　F.harmful

　　G.outcomes

　　H.passively

　　I.previously

　　J.resume

　　K.suffered

　　L.surfing

　　M.term

　　N.terminals

　　O.twisting

（）It’s __. __friend Parrot