—Growing population resulted in growing rubbish.
—There is ______that rubbish will become the major threat to human beings in future.
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A．hope |
B．afraid |
C．possibility |
D．likely |
—Happy birthday to you!
— ______.
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A．Happy birthday to you! |
B．I am very glad． |
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C．That’s all right. |
D．Thank you. |
假如你是李华，在美国留学。你母亲今天下午要从国内来看你，但你凑巧要去做个讲座，故给你的朋友Peter留下字条请他下午三点半去机场接你母亲。因Peter未见过你母亲，请根据下表在字条中描述你母亲的特征以便他辨认。
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age |
around sixty |
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appearance |
fat, short, gray hair, a long face |
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clothes |
a white blouse, brown trousers |
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luggage |
a yellow suitcase |
注意：1．开头已给出，不计入总词数； 2．词数：100左右。
Sunday
Peter,
I am very glad that my mother is coming this afternoon by air ...
Yours,
Lihua
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
By midday the sun was very strong. Jim was so tired 1．
to walk. There was no trees near the road, so he rested 2．
under a big rock. After drinking some water, he took his 3．
shirt, lying down on the ground and fell asleep at once. 4．
He was very tired that he didn’t wake up until the evening. 5．
He was just about to jump while he felt something moving 6．
near his feet. He looked up and saw a long black snake. 7．
Jim was so frightening that he didn’t dare to move. The 8．
snake began to crawl(爬) across his legs. It crawled on and 9．
on until it was disappeared under the rocks, Jim jumped 10．
to his feet, picked up his shirt and ran down the road.
Professor Martin’s report says that children who
attend a number of different schools，because their parents
have to move around the country，probably make slow progress in their studies.
There are also signs，says Professor Martin，that
an unusually large number of such children are mentally affected.
The professor says，“It’s true，my personal feeling is that children should stay in one school. But our findings are based on research and not on any personal feelings. ”
Captain Thomas James，an
Army lecturer for the past 20 years and himself a father of two，said，“I’ve
never heard of such rubbish. Taking me for example. no harm is done to the
education of my children，who change schools regularly—if they keep to the
same system，as in our Army schools. In my experience—and
I’ve known quite a few of them—Army children are as well adjusted as any others，if
not more so. What the professor doesn’t appear to appreciate is the fact that
in such situation children will adapt much better than grown-ups.”
When this reached Professor Martin，he said that at no time had his team suggested that all children were backward or mentally affected in some way，but simply that in their experience there was a clear tendency.
“Our findings show that while the very bright
children can deal with regular changes without harming his or her general
progress in studies，the majority of children suffer from constantly
having to enter a new learning situation.”
1.Professor’s Martin’s report suggests that
A. it may not be good for children to change
schools too often
B. parents should not move around the country
C. changing schools is the reason of children
making slow progress
D. more and more children are mentally affected
2. According to the
passage，Professor Martin's personal feeling.
A. is the opposite of what his report has shown
B. is in a way supported by his research
C. has played a big part in his research
D. is based on the experience of his own
children
3.From the passage，we can conclude that Captain James’ children_____.
A. have been affected by changing schools
B. go to ordinary state schools
C. can get used to the Army school education
D. discuss their education regularly with their father
4.About children and
grown-ups，Captain James says that children____.
A. are generally poorly-adjusted
B. are usually less experienced
C. can adapt much more
easily
D. can deal with changes quickly
Many boys love reading about the legends of old pirates (海盗) and dreaming of their own wild adventures. But modern pirates are not a thing of the past. Last month Somali pirates did their boldest hijacking (劫持) to date. They seized the Saudi supertanker (超大型油轮) Sirius Star carrying crude oil worth about $100 million. They demanded $15 million to free the ship and its crew.
The pirates have kept hitting the headlines this year: 92 attacks have been attempted, with 36 successful hijackings and 268 crew members taken hostage (人质). The Chinese fishing ship Tianyu 8, with 17 Chinese and 8 foreigners on board, has been in their hands since November 14.
Of course piracy (海盗行为) is nothing new. Even since there has been water and ships there have been pirates. The earliest documented history of pirates dates back to the 13th century in the Mediterranean Sea. Even the famous Roman emperor Julius Caesar was once kidnapped by pirates.
Piracy reached its peak in the mid-1700s. It was during this time in the Caribbean and off the coast of Africa that men like “Blackbeard the Pirate” made this profession attractive. But with the creation of stronger national Navies piracy became less popular around the world.
In the mid-20th century, most pirates were petty (小规模的) thieves. They used hooks to sneak (偷偷摸摸) on board ships at anchor, and grabbed all that they could find. These pirates were more likely to flee than fight if faced by the crew.
However, nowadays piracy has become a multi-million-dollar business at tracting many in poor countries. Pirates are treated like heroes among local fishermen.
They use satellite phones and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Once they spot their target, they swarm the ship with fast boats and shoot it by firing AK-47s or even rocket-propelled grenades (火箭榴弹炮). Then they hold the ship and its crews for money.
“The world should take forceful actions together to fight piracy,” said leaders at the Asian and Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru.
“However, putting in anti-piracy army can only be half of the solution. We have to protect the fair chance of Somali fishermen to get a good living and keep them from the lure of easy money,” said Peter Lehr, a lecturer in terrorism studies.
1. When did piracy reach its peak?
A. In the 13th century. B. In the mid-1700s.
C. In the mid-20th century. D. November 14, 2008.
2.What does the underlined sentence probably mean?
A. Pirates were very bold at first. B. Pirates were very popular then.
C. Pirates were very attractive then. D. Pirates were not so bold at that time.
3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The pirates have committed 92 crimes successfully this year.
B. Piracy became more and more popular as the national Navies became powerful.
C. Nowadays, pirates are learning to use modern weapons to commit crimes at sea.
D. On November 18, a Chinese ship was attacked by a suspected pirate ship.
