It might rain tomorrow, ____ we’ll have to put off the sports meet until next Friday.
A. in which case B. if possibly C. in case D. in case that
Nowadays, few people form the habit of keeping a supply of candles in the house in case of power_____.
A. drop B. failure C. lack D. absence
Much to the disappointment of the neighboring countries, the Japanese government refuses to admit ____ crime they did in ___ World War II in the history.
A. the; the B./;the C./;/ D. the;/
前不久，相关部门针对黄金周的去留问题，在网上征集意见。下面是一个对10，000个网民所作的调查。请你把调查的结果用英语写成短文，并谈谈自己的看法（不得少于两点），发表在学校的报刊上。
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原因 |
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赞成长假期（45%）
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假期集中，方便外出旅行，尽情放松；更多时间与家人在一起
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取消长假期（55%） |
容易造成交通堵塞，甚至交通事故；人流量大，对景点保护不利；各项服务质量下降 |
注意：1.对所给要点，不要简单翻译，要有适当发挥。
2.字数150左右。短文中开头已写好，不计入词数。
3.参考词汇：网民--- netizen
注意：每空格填1 个单词，并抄写在答题纸的相应位置上。
Recently three kinds of foods are very popular in the United States.
Convenience Foods
Instead of buying only fresh foods, Americans buy many more convenience foods. These are foods which are ready partly or completely prepared. There are also many canned convenience foods, such as soups and vegetables.
Convenience foods save time and trouble. They are popular with people who are busy or who don’t like to cook or wash dishes. But they often cost more money than fresh, unprepared foods and may contain man-made additives. Also they don’t taste as good as home-cooked foods.
Health Foods
In the 1960s, a “back to-the –earth” movement was started by young people in the United States. The movement was a reaction against the harmful effects of technology. Many people now prefer natural and organic foods to the prepared foods sold in food stores.
Diet foods
These days Americans are more and more concerned with their weight. American supermarkets sell a variety of diet foods such as soft drinks, diet candy, and diet salad dressings. Each year dozens of new diets are popularized. However, some of the diet foods are unbelievable. There are tricks in their advertisements.
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Three popular foods in the United States |
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Convenience foods |
Health foods |
Diet foods |
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People who like the foods |
Those who are(1.)______.Those who don’t like to cook or wash dishes
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Those who are against the (2.) ___effects of technology. |
Those who are more concerned with their(3.)___ |
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Advantages |
Save(4.)____and trouble |
Be good for one’s health |
Help people to (5.)____weight |
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(6.)_____
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Cost more (7.)____ May contain (8.)____additives Not (9.)___ as good as home-made foods |
Unknown |
(10.)____ all of the diet foods are believable |
How should one invest a sum of money in these clays of inflation (通货膨胀)? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. "The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round people's wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves."
Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring the time of clay according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout tire time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.
However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hour- glasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.
Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?
1.According to the passage, collecting antique clocks____.
A. can hardly keep the value of your savings B. will cost much of your savings
C. may increase your wealth D. needs your bravery
2.By quoting (引用) the remark of a being from another planet, the author intends to____.
A. suggest human beings are controlled by a clock
B. describe why clocks can rule the planet Earth
C. tell readers what clocks look like
D. compare chicks to human beings
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to measure the time?
A. Counting the beating of one's own heart. B. Making use of candles, sand and water.
C. Observing shadows cast by the sun. D. Keeping slaves busy day and night.
4.The underlined phrase stately homes in paragraph 4 means _________.
A. state-owned houses B. houses in very good condition
C. grand houses open to the public D. houses where statesmen meet regularly
5.The purpose of the passage is _________.
A. to introduce the culture of antique clocks
B. to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks
C. to compare different ways to make a future profit
D. to explain convenient and reliable ways of telling time
