—Do you know the most ancient city in China—Xi’an well?
—No，this is the first time I ________ here.
A. came B. have come C. am coming D. come
The number of people invited ______fifty, but a number of them ______absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D were; were
What ________great fun it is to have a swim on a hot day in summer!
A. a B. the C. an D. \
阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给首字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
M: Jenny，you look so strong, quite 1. d______ from what you used to be．How I envy you!
W: I think you’ve2.h_____ the saying：“A sound mind dwells in a sound body．”I have always 3. t____ my best to keep fit for both my study and work．
M: Right you are! Can you give me some 4. t_____ as to how to keep fit?
W: To my 5.m______, the best way to keep fit is to go in for sports．
M: What kind of sports do you participate in?
W: I go swimming6. o_____ a week．I do this even in cold winter．
M: I used to swim in high school，but don’t have 7.t_____ anymore．
W: That’s too bad．Exercise is really8. i_________ for your health．
M: I know．I’m 9. g______ a little fat．I am short of breath when going upstairs．
W: That’s a bad sign．I think you need more 10.e_______．Well, I’m going swimming tonight．Do you want to go with me?
M: Okay．I really need to get in shape again．
The Red Cross is an international organization which cares for people who are in need of help. A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who was injured in an earthquake, and a family in India that lost their home in a storm may all be aided by the Red Cross.
The Red Cross exists in almost every country around the world. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent, the Red Mogen Daid, the Sun, and the Red Lion. All of these agencies share a common goal of trying to help people in need.
The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and wounded during a war started with Jean Henri Dunant. In 1859, he observed how people were suffering on a battlefield in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people regardless of which side they were fighting for. The most important result of his work was an international treaty called the Geneva Convention(日内瓦协定). It protects prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and other citizens during a war.
The American Red Cross was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of services for the public, such as helping people in need, teaching first aid and providing blood.
1.A good title for this passage is .
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A．People in Need of Help |
B．Safety and Protection |
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C．The International Red Cross |
D．Forming an Organization to Help People |
2.The word “aided ” in the first paragraph means .
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A．needed |
B．helped |
C．caught |
D．protected |
3.The author really tries to make the reader see that this organization .
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A．costs very little money |
B．works in many nations |
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C．teaches first aid if necessary |
D．is called the Sun |
4.We may draw a conclusion (下结论)that during a war.
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A．the Red Cross only protects the wounded |
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B．the Red Cross only helps prisoners of war |
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C．the Red Cross only helps citizens |
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D．the Red Cross helps all the people in need no matter which side they are fighting for |
While football fans feel strongly angry and shocked about mistakes made by referees (裁判) because they cannot see clearly what has happened, a small German company is quietly pleased.
For Carlos Technologies, mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy. The company has developed a tiny chip(芯片) that fits inside a football and determines whether the ball has crossed the goal line, by being able to discover its exact location on the field. The world football organization, FIFA, has shown interest in the technology. It is very possible that the new technology will be used in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
"We've been testing the technology at the main soccer stadium in Nuremberg for some time and more recently in an under-17 FIFA Cup in Peru," said Gunter Rohmer, a director of the company. "The technology has performed well, and we're pretty optimistic that it will be used at the games in Germany next year."
The chip only weighs 12 grams, and is placed in the center of the football. It sends 2,000 signals a second to a receiver network of 12 antennas(天线),placed around the field. The receivers then send information about the ball's location to a central computer, and because it works in real time, it can immediately tell the referee whether a goal has been scored. The chip even can tell when the ball crosses the line in mid-air. Oliver Braun, one of the inventors of the chip, says that feedback from German referees was generally positive. Germany sports-wear giant Adidas is also optimistic about using this kind of chip in other ball sports.
FIFA aims to test the technology later this year at another game in Japan before deciding whether or not to introduce it in all 12 stadiums in Germany for next year's World Cup.
1. Carlos Technologies is pleased because ________.
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A．football fans are angry with referees |
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B．their new product can satisfy football fans |
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C．their new product will have a good market |
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D．they can sell a lot of football in the future |
2.In the first sentence in Paragraph 2,"... mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy" means ___________.
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A．Carlos Technologies can't afford the high price for advertising their product |
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B．Mistakes in production are also a kind of advertisement |
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C．Carlos Technologies has already spent a lot of money on advertising their product |
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D．Referees' mistakes will be of great help for the sale of Carlos Technologies' new product |
3.The underlined word "feedback" probably means ___________.
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A．information given back by a user |
B．advice given by someone |
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C．supplying food to customers |
D．food given back by consumers |
4.The new product has drawn attention from some _________.
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A．famous people |
B．referees |
C．big companies |
D．countries |
