Keep practicing and you _____ your English.
A. improve B. will improve C. improved D. were improving
The air in mountain areas is ____ that in big cities.
A. as fresh as B. fresher than C. as dirty as D. dirtier than
Beijing is _____ capital of China and it is _____ city with many places of interest.
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the
假如你是高三的学生，最近你就高三模拟考试该偏难还是该偏易这个问题进行了一次调查。请结合下表内容，用英语写一篇短文，介绍有关调查情况，并发表自己的看法。
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赞成偏难，反对偏易 |
赞成偏易，反对偏难 |
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1．喜欢挑战，越难越好； 2．有助于学生了解自己的薄弱环节，改进学习方法。 |
1．题目太难，学生会泄气，会害怕今后的高考； 2．题目容易，易得高分、获自信。 |
注意：1．词数120左右，开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Recently I have made an investigation on whether a model-test paper for Senior Three should be difficult or easy．Opinions are divided on this matter．
阅读下面短文, 请根据短文后的要求进行答题。（请注意问题后的词数要求）
[1] The year 2008 has one extra day in it--February 29th, why does this happen? Well, it actually takes the planet Earth a little more than 365 days to revolve completely around the sun. After four years an extra 24 hours have accumulated so an extra day is added to the calendar.
[2] It is called a leap year because hundreds of years ago in England, the extra day wasn't legally recognized. The British just leapt over that day. Therefore a year with 29 days in February is consequently called a leap year and that . If you are born on 29th February in a leap year, there are difficulties in celebrating your birthday. So people tend to celebrate on either 28th February or 1st March every year.
[3] There is a well-known tradition in the UK associated with 29th February, introduced many centuries ago. Women are allowed to break with tradition and propose (求婚) to their boyfriends on this day. This all started back in the 5th Century, when a famous Irish saint, Bridget, complained to Saint Patrick, another famous Irish saint, that women had to wait too long for men to propose. According to the legend, Saint Patrick said any female longing for a proposal could ask their boyfriend to marry them on this additional day in February.
[4] Now in 2008, there are calls for 29th February to become a public holiday. Some people believe that it should be an official day off, because no one gets paid for working in a leap day. For the moment though, the British still have to go to work on this day.
1.What is the main idea of the text? ( no more than 8 words)
2.Complete the following statement with proper words. ( no more than 5 words)
Hundreds of years ago, a popular tradition in England was recommended
Which 29th February.
3. How long does it take the planet Earth to revolve completely around the sun? (no more than 9 words)
4.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. ( no more than 8 words)
5.What does the word "them" (Line 5, Paragraph 3) probably refer to? ( no more than 3 words)
BC Social Report, August 14, 2010
Scandinavians may spend a lot of the winter in darkness but they are the happiest people in Europe, according to a study showed this month. Countries like Denmark and Finland scored highest on the study of happiness in Europe carried out by Cambridge University, which also found that the sunny southern countries of Italy, Portugal and Greece got the least joy out of life.
The survey entitled: "No Man is an Island" showed that countries where people enjoy time with friends and family, have trust in government and national institutions were more likely to be happy than those living in a sunny climate. The study rated respondent on their overall sense of happiness and life satisfaction on a scale of one to 10.
Danes (丹麦人)--who expressed a high level of trust in their politicians and public institutions--came top of the field at 8.3. Italians--who reported lower levels of satisfaction with their national quality of government--came last at 6.49.' "Italy, Greece, Portugal, Germany and France report the lowest levels of happiness while the Scandinavian Countries, Netherlands and Luxembourg report the highest," the study said.
Although Europeans are generally four times wealthier than their fathers and grandfathers, their levels of happiness are either equal to or lower than 40 years ago. The study also looked at factors contributing to happiness within countries and surprisingly found that an interest in politics actually increased happiness.
Lead researcher Luisa Corrado said tax cuts and throwing money at social problems appeared to have no effect on the happiness of citizens when compared with government policies which strengthened and supported wider social networks. "People are less naive ( 质朴的) than one would expect, politicians need to adapted their policies and target specific problems in specific areas," she said.
1. According to the passage, we can know .
A. Scandinavians are the happiest people in the world
B. the research is carried out by Oxford University
C. the people of the northern countries are much happier
D. Italians expressed their trust in politics and institutions
2.Which of the following factors increases happiness?
A. Interest in polities B. Wealth C. Health D. Websites.
3.The underlined word "scale" in the second paragraph means
A. sense B. life C. report D. range
4. What's the writer's attitude to the study?
A. Subjunctive. B. Objective. C. Pessimistic. D: Optimistic.
5.In what column may readers probably read the passage?
A. Lifestyle. B. Amusement. C. Politics. D. Health and Happiness.
