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1、四五六总分得分一、阅读理解1. W hen people find out that the product they bought is unsatisfying or in some other way does not live up to the manufacturer s claims , the first step is to present the warranty , or any other records which might help , at the store of purchase . In most cases , this action will prod

2、uce results . However , if it does not , there are various means the consumer may use to gain satisfaction . A simple and common method used by many consumers is to complain directly to the store manager . In general , the “ higher up ” his or her complaint , the faster he or she can expect it to be

3、 settled . In such a case , it is usually settled in the consumer s favor , assuming he or she has a just claim . Consumers should complain in person whenever possible , but if they cannot get to the place of purchase , it is acceptable to phone or write the complaint in a letter . C omplaining is u

4、sually most effective when it is done politely but firmly , and especially when the consumer can demonstrate what is wrong with the item in question . If this cannot be done , the consumer will succeed best by presenting specific information as to what is wrong , rather than by making general statem

5、ents . For example , “ The left speaker does not work at all and the sound coming out of the right one is unclear ” is better than “ This stereo does not work . ” The store manager may advise the consumer to write to be manufacturer . If so , the consumer should do this , stating the complaint as po

6、litely and firmly as possible . If a polite complaint does not achieve the desired result , the consumer can go to a step further . She or he can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a private or public organization responsible for protecting consumer s rights . 1. When peopl

7、e find that their purchase is unsatisfying , the first thing they should do is to _ . A. complain personally to the manager B. threaten to take the seller to court C. write a firm letter of complaint to the store of purchase D. show some written proof of the purchase to the store 2. How can a consum

8、er make his or her complaint more effective , according to the passage ? A. Make polite and general statements about the problem . B. Threaten to take the seller to court . C. Explain exactly what is wrong with the item . D. Avoid having direct contact with the store manager . 3. What s the best tit

9、le of this passage ? A. How to settle a consumer s complaint B. How to make an effective complaint C. How to avoid buying a faulty item D. How to deal with complaints 2. H ere are some traditional German beer games . B eer Boot Pass A very , very popular game played in Germany is the beer boot pass

10、（ Bier Boot ） , which has gained popularity all over the world . The game is usually played to pin the next round of beer on a person . In this , a full glass of beer is passed around in the group there are some rules for this it has to be tipped every time before it is passed and not a drop of beer

11、 must be spilled . The second-to-last person who finishes the beer must pay for the next round . The game then becomes all about judgment because either you drink the entire beer or have a sip and pass it on . You never know who the second to last person will be , so the uncertainty and excitement m

12、akes the game a favorite . B eer Crate-Running T his is a traditional game that is extremely popular in Germany , Switzerland , and Austria , more popularly referred to as Kastenlauf . The game is similar to running a race , where a route is marked , ranging from anywhere between 5-12 km . Each part

13、icipant brings a crate of beer （ the size and quantity will be specified ） . The first person who success fully finishes the entire crate of beer before getting to the finish line wins . F lunkyball T his outdoor game is played with one team being matched against another , with equal numbers in both

14、 . The teams stand on opposite sides of the ground in a line , with their beers lined before them . An empty bottle or a tin can is placed in the center and another object （ used as an aim ） is brought in , something like a tennis ball . The first team （ A ） hits the ball onto the target to tumble（打

15、翻）it . Once the bottle has tumbled , team A will start drinking their beers . Meanwhile , team B must run to the center , place the bottle upright , find the ball , and cross back into the line before yelling Stop . Team A then stops drinking and team B starts to throw the ball at the bottle and car

16、rying forward the game . The game continues till one team has finished all their beer and they are declared winners . D rinking Relay D ivide the group of people into two teams and get them to stand in a line with beer placed in front of each member . At the blow of the whistle , the first person li

17、fts the glass and starts drinking the beer . After he is done , he has to turn the glass over to show that there is no more beer in the glass . Then , the next person starts drinking and so on . The next in line can only drink when the first person has emptied his glass . The team whose last member

18、empties the glass ahead of others wins . H erman the German E ven though this game seems simple , it is a lot of fun . It runs on the lines of Who stole the cookie . A person is chosen as Herman the German （ HTG ） and he has to get the game running . The other members sit in a random manner and are

19、given names , better if they are confusing names like China Port No. 1 , Rum M a ster Blaster etc . The game starts with HTG saying “ HTG dropped a missile on China Port No. 1 , sir ” and China Port No. 1 has to reply with “ It wasn t me , sir . ” Then HTG replies “ Who then , sir ” and it goes on .

20、 The sentence has to end with sir and if it doesn t , then the player has to down a beer . Similarly , if at any point the players fumble , they have to do the same . The tension makes the players forget things and there s a whole lot of beer flowing as a result . 1. Which two games have something t

21、o do with running ? A. Beer Boot Pass and Beer Crate-Running B. Flunkyball and Drinking Relay C. Beer Crate-Running and Flunkyball D. Drinking R e lay and Herman the German 2. The loser will have to buy beers for others in the game _ . A. Beer Boot Pass_ B. Beer Crate-Running C. Flunkyball D. Drinki

22、ng R e lay 3. A person with a good memory may have a advantage in playing _ . A. Beer Boot Pass B. Flunkyball C. Drinking Relay D. Herman the German 4. Which of the following statements is listed as a rule of the games ? A. Every person has to sip the beer when playing Beer Boot Pass . B. The person

23、 who replies to HTG with “ sir ” at the end will be punished . C. The team can start drinking their beers as soon as they throw the ball in Flunkyball D. The team members have to drink their beers in turn when playing Drinking Relay .3. I t s the worst event in human being s nautical（航海的）history , s

24、ix times more deadly than the Titanic . When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes（鱼雷）fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II , more than 10,000 people mostly women , children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany were pack

25、ed aboard . A n ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down . Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down . Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their

26、way aboard . Most people froze immediately . “ I ll never forget the screams , ” says Christa Ntitzmann , 87 , one of the 1,200 survivors . She recalls watching the ship , brightly lit , slipping into its dark grave-and into seeming nothingness , rarely mentioned for more than half a century . N ow

27、Germany s Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead , including more than 4,000 children-with his latest novel Crab Walk , published last month . The book ,which will be out in English next year , doesn t dwell on the sinking : its heroine is a pregnant young

28、woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later : “ Nobody wanted to hear about it , not here in the West （ of Germany ） and not at all in the East . ” T he reason was obvious . As Grass put in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche : “ Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for we

29、re and are so dominant , we didn t have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings . ” The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable and necessary . B y unreservedly owning up to their country s monstrous crimes in the Second World War , Germans have managed

30、to win acceptance abroad , marginalize the neo-Nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors . T oday s unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long , troubled history . For that , a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic w

31、as perhaps a reasonable price to pay . But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they ve now earned the right to discuss the full historical record . Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims , but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy . 1. W h y does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst event in nautical history ? A. It was attacked by Russian torpedoes . B. Most of its passengers were frozen to death . C. Its victims were mostly women and children . D. It caused the largest number of casualties . 2. How do