When Xia Min started drinking alcohol with classmates to celebrate her friend’ s birthday, she didn’t realize a tragedy was drawing near. She drank a lot and fell into a coma. The 15-year-old girl from Chongqing never recovered, leaving great sorrow for her family and friends. Xia’ s death is a warning to other students and society. As more and more teenagers are drinking alcohol , the government recently passed a new rule to stop them.
Teens are not allowed to buy or drink alcohol. Shops are not allowed to sell it to them and must display warning signs. The rule will go into effect on January 1 ,2006.
A 1999 Chinese law forbade’ shops to sell alcohol to underage youths. But it is not taken seriously by shopkeepers because it lacks specific punishments.
Experts hope the new rule will work. It sets a 2,000 yuan fine for those who sell alcohol to underage youths. China doesn’t have a legal drinking age.But in China” underage” has been understood to mean under 18.
“I tasted alcohol when having the dinner of the last Spring Festival Eve, “said Liang Yuqi, a 16-year-old girl in Xiamen.She believes that the new rule will stop students’ curiosity about alcohol and help them grow in a healthy way. “Although it may be a little disappointing not to have beer at celebrations, I think soft drinks can serve as well, “she said.
1.The passage is mainly about ________
A．the harmful effects of drinking alcohol
B．the legal age for drinking alcohol
C．a new rule to stop underage drinking
D．students’ ideas about drinking alcohol
2.What can we know from the passage?
A． According to the new rule ,it is illegal for underage youths to drink alcohol.
B．In China there has been no law to forbid shops to sell alcohol to underage youths.
C．Without an ID card, young people can’t buy alcohol.
D．It seems that the young girl, Liang Yuqi, likes to drink alcohol.
3.We can conclude from the passage that _________
A．China’s legal drinking age is clearly defined to be under 16
B．whether the new rule can work still remains to be seen
C． shoppers for alcohol must show their proof of age
D．many teens prefer to drink alcohol to show they’ ye grown up
Terry Thomas has a very boring job ,although it pays very well .What Terry does is sitting in a rowboat all day long .He makes $ 16.37 an hour ,which is certainly an excellent wage for sitting in a little boat and doing nothing.
The boat stays all day under a bridge that is being rebuilt. There is a distance of about 100 feet between the boat and the workers on the bridge overhead. The rest of Terry’s fellow workers are up on the bridge working . Terry’s job is to rescue anyone who falls off the bridge into the water. So far, no one has given him anything to do .Although he’s delighted that none of his companions has fallen into the water, he also admits that the job is very boring because there is nothing to do.
No one on the work crew really wants duty on the boat. But the job is a union requirement ,and it must be filled. To quality for the job, a person must be an excellent swimmer and have training in lifesaving skills. Only a few men on the work crew meet those standards. Before Terry took the boat job, several others had it and gave up because they found it so tedious.
What does Terry do in his little boat all day? He spends a good bit of time making sure that his suntan lotion is adequate for the job of protecting his skin. He reads and listens to the radio .Each day he looks forward to lunch and then to quitting time.
1.What’s the best title for the passage?
A．A Boring Job B．The Man in a Rowboat
C．A Job of Great Skill D．Hard Physical Labor
2.Another word for the underlined word “tedious” is .
A．difficult B．boring C．serious D．tiring
3.Terry uses the suntan lotion because .
A．he likes the smell B．he’s out in the sun all day
C．his shirt is torn D．it keeps the fly away
4.The best part of Terry’s job is .
A．the books they give him B．getting to work with his friends
C．the chance of promotion D．the pay, lunch, and quitting time
Greenwich is on the River Thames. It is five miles from the middle of 1. The first English people were fishermen there, 2they named the place Greenwich, meaning “green village”. Later the English kings and queens lived at Greenwich in their beautiful palaces.
The 3of the earliest palace was Placentia. Henry VIII lived there .He knew that England must be 4at sea. So he started two big shipyards at Greenwich, and for 350 5the ships made there were the best in the world.
But trouble was coming to Greenwich. In 1649, a war 6in England and a for eleven yesrs there was no king. The men who worked for him at Placentia 7to live in the palace themselves. 8sold all its beautiful things and bought small pieces of the palace garden with money. 9, the war ended and King Charles II came 10. But Placentia was falling down. So King Charles II built a new and 11palace, which is now open to the public.
At this time, Charles was 12about losing so many of its ships at sea. So in 1675, Charles 13John Flam Steed, the first astronomer in England, try to find the 14. Flam Steed worked in a new building on the high ground in Greenwich Park. 15it, with a telescope which he made himself, Flam Steed could look all around the 16. And he did night after night, for twenty years. Carrying on Flam Steed’s work a hundred years 17, an astronomer called Garrison finally made a 18which told the time at sea, and help 19to know there they were . Because of Flam Steed’s work, every 20in the world now tells its time by Greenwich time.
1.A．London B．Paris C．Berlin D．Brussels
2.A．because B．and C．but D．so
3.A．title B．shape C．name D．form
4.A．great B．helpful C． strong D．brave
5.A．months B．days C．weeks D．years
6.A．started B．found C．needed D．wanted
7.A．moved B．rushed C．hurried D．decided
8.A．He B．They C．We D．She
9.A．Unfortunately B．Finally C．Mainly D．Gladly
10.A．back B．out C．around D．along
11.A．smaller B．higher C．stronger D．bigger
12.A．interested B．worried C．excited D．puzzled
13.A．got B．helped C．made D．forced
14.A．key B．answer C．question D．problem
15.A．From B．On C．at D．over
16.A．sea B．palace C．park D．sky
17.A．ago B．later C．before D．after
18.A．clock B．computer C．compass D．beacon
19.A．drivers B．workers C．sailors D．farmers
20.A．watch B．country C．ship D．scientist
—Two tickets for Friday evening.
—Sorry, we’ve got left.
A．no one B．quite a few C．nothing D．none
Which of the following is WRONG?
A．They didn’t find the secret until they got there.
B．Not until they got there did they find the secret.
C．It was not until they got there that they found the secret.
D．Not until did they got there that they found the secret.
The library’s study room is full of students for the exam.
A．busily prepared B．busy preparing
C．busily preparing D．are busy preparing
