[单项选择]I am ashamed to begin with saying that Touraine is the garden of France; that remark has long ago lost its bloom. The town of Tours, however, has something sweet and bright, which suggests that it is surrounded by a land of fruits. It is a very agreeable little city; few towns of its size are more ripe, more complete, or, I should suppose, in better humor with themselves and less disposed to envy the responsibilities of bigger places. It is truly the capital of its smiling province; a region of easy abundance, of good living, of genial, comfortable, optimistic, rather indolent opinions. Balzac says in one of his tales that the real Tourangeau will not make an effort, or displace himself even, to go in search of a pleasure; and it is not difficult to understand the sources of this amiable cynicism. He must have a vague conviction that he can only lose by almost any change. Fortune has been kind to him: he lives in a temperate, reasonable, sociable climate, on the banks, of a river which
A. the shaded quay
B. the Loire
C. the great dike
D. French history.

[单项选择]I am ashamed to begin with saying that Touraine is the garden of France; that remark has long ago lost its bloom. The town of Tours, however, has something sweet and bright, which suggests that it is surrounded by a land of fruits. It is a very agreeable little city; few towns of its size are more ripe, more complete, or, I should suppose, in better humor with themselves and less disposed to envy the responsibilities of bigger places. It is truly the capital of its smiling province; a region of easy abundance, of good living, of genial, comfortable, optimistic, rather indolent opinions. Balzac says in one of his tales that the real Tourangeau will not make an effort, or displace himself even, to go in search of a pleasure; and it is not difficult to understand the sources of this amiable cynicism. He must have a vague conviction that he can only lose by almost any change. Fortune has been kind to him: he lives in a temperate, reasonable, sociable climate, on the banks, of a river which
A. Touraine is an area frequently devastated by floods
B. Touraine is surrounded by a land of fruits
C. the peasantry here are worse off than in most other parts of France
D. the peasantry here are more conservative

[填空题]Well, I’d like to begin by saying how pleased I am that so many of you have come to the first of our study skills sessions this term. In the past, many students have said how they have appreciated the classes. ’Why didn’t they tell me that at school ’ is one of the most frequent remarks. Further education is quite different from being at school, as I am sure you’ re finding out. You will be treated more (21) —but you will also be expected to be much more independent. This means that there is far more pressure on you to take your own decisions—such as working out a (22) — and sticking to it. I’ll give you our programme for the term during the break, by the way. You may also find that you are asked to do things in a different way from classes at school—taking part in seminars and (23) , for example. That is going to be the theme of this evening: speaking skills. I’ll refer to writing from time to time because I am not going to talk about pronunciation—I am

[单项选择]Do you follow what I am saying（　）
A. change
B. investigate
C. write
D. understand

[填空题]I’ve just begun learning English. I am a (begin) ______.

[填空题]I left a message, saying that I needed him with extreme (urge) ______.

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