—Are you glad that you came to Changsha？
—Yes，indeed．I going to Shanghai or Shenzhen， but I’ve never regretted my decision．
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A．have considered |
B．am considering |
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C．had considered |
D．was considering |
假如你是陈宇，刚刚收到两年前参观过你市的英国笔友Mike的来信询问近来公共交通状况，请你简要介绍市政府采取的四条措施，并且从中选取一条或两条，结合自己的经历，写一篇短文，告诉Mike 你的感受和想法。
1.降低公汽票价
2.推行免费自行车租赁
3.修建4条地铁
4.增加出租车数量
注意：1.字数120左右，所给的开头语不计在内 2.参考词汇：bike rental自行车租赁
Dear Mike,
You asked me about the present situation of the public transportation in Wuhan in the last letter.
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Yours, Chen Yu
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
1.Philip seemed _________(被介绍给了) to Jane. He knew her well. (introduce)
2.The two high officials’ _______________(逮捕) has caused a stir among the common public. (arrest)
3.Thank goodness for poetry, without which I __________(不会度过) so wonderful a childhood. (spend)
4.At first, they took it for granted ___________(每个人都可自由进入) the library. (access)
5.We accepted the invitation. Only later _____________(我们怀疑) it might be a trap. (suspect)
6.The National Development and Reform Commission _____________(一直在跟踪) the trend of the food prices recently. (follow)
7.On account of the upward oil price, it ___________(已建议) that people should share their cars and give each other lifts. (suggest)
8.I called the clothing agent _____________(我发现她的电话号码) on the Internet. (find)
9.In the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China got nearly ___________（四倍的金牌）as Japan. (many)
10.Production of wine is almost completely European, with France _________(占有) 40%。 (account)
Dec. 24, 1848
Dear Johnston,
Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, “We can get along very well again,” but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behavior. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler(游手好闲). I doubt whether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work, in any other day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.
This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.
You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.
Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home-prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or to pay back any debt you owe. And to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for your own labor, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work.
Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work. You say if I furnish you the money you will deed(抵押) me the land, and if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession-Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.
Affectionately
Your brother
A. Lincoln
1.Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter to Johnston mainly to ________.
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A．show his concern for him |
B．recommend him to save money |
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C．decline his request and motivate him |
D．introduce him a new job |
2.What’s the problem with Johnston, according to Lincoln?
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A．He was very lazy. |
B．He wasted time a lot. |
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C．He couldn’t get much from work. |
D．He disliked working. |
3.In the letter Lincoln suggested that Johnston should ________.
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A．keep himself from getting into trouble |
B．go to work hard for somebody |
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C．manage well the things at home |
D．keep the children out of the idle habit |
4.If Johnston got one dollar for his work, Lincoln promised to _________.
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A．reward him with labor |
B．pay off his debt |
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C．hire him at 10 dollars a month |
D．give him another dollar |
5.In order to get 80 dollars from Lincoln, Johnston promised to ________.
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A．take away his place in Heaven |
B．deed Lincoln the land |
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C．live without the land |
D．do good work every day |
On December 8, 1980, John Lennon –an English musician who rose to fame as one of the founding members of Liverpool pop band The Beatles – was shot dead outside his New York apartment.
In the 1960s and 70s, Lennon was one of the most iconic（偶像的）men on the planet. Some 30 years ago on from his death, he is still respected by many people in the West.
The Beatles, formed in 1960 in Liverpool, were one of the most commercial successful acts on the history of pop music, with, according to some estimates, global record sales over 1.1 billion.
The band conveyed the progressive ideals in which many young people of the time believed.
In the 1960s and 70s, widespread tension developed in both British and American society, regarding issues such as women’s rights and the Vietnam War.
Lennon in particular became known for his message of peace and for his opposition to the war in Vietnam. This led to an attempt by former US president Richard Nixon to drive him away from the US. Lennon’s second-wife Yoko Ono was also politically active.
Lennon was also hugely admired for his musical abilities. Along with fellow-Beatle Paul, Lennon and McCartney were the Beatle’s song-writing team.
After Lennon was shot by crazy fan Mark Chapman，one of his most iconic songs, Imagine, became a humanist anthem(颂歌).
Lennon’s legacy survived his death and continued till this day. In 2008, he was ranked the fifth greater singer of all time in US-based Rolling Stone magazine.
Former possessions of Lennon or furnishings from his homes continue to be sold for vast sums.
In an auction(拍卖) to be held next week in London, lines written by Lennon on the back of a demand for an outstanding bill are expected to sell for ￡350,000(3.7 million yuan).
In August, a bathroom from his last home in Britain, was auctioned for ￡9,500. And in 2009, a British film describing his early years before the Beatles began, was one of the most successful films of the years in the UK.
But do Lennon and his music continue to resonate(共鸣) with the young people of today?
1. The passage is written here to show that Lennon has _______.
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A．lasting appeal |
B．long history |
C．exciting records |
D．great success |
2.Which of the following is right about the Beatles according to the passage?
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A．It was founded in the 1960s in London. |
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B．It had 1.1 billion sales in Britain. |
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C．It was commercially successful. |
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D．Many of today’s young people believe its ideals. |
3.Lennon was forced to leave the US as a result of ________.
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A．the tension between Britain and America |
B．his wife’s political activity |
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C．his struggle for women’s rights |
D．his opposition to the war in Vietnam |
4.We can guess that the rest of the passage will tell us ________.
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A．why Lennon and his music are still popular with today’s young people |
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B．why Lennon and his music spoil today’s generations of young people |
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C．that today’s generations of young people don’t like Lennon’s songs |
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D．that today’s generations of young people like Lennon’s songs better |
Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have gotten some new helpers recently—animals.
That’s right, animals. Scientists have begun to understand what farmers have known for thousands of years. Animals often seem to know in advance that an earthquake is coming, and they show their fear by acting in strange ways. Before a Chinese quake in 1975, snakes awoke from their winter sleep early only to freeze to death in the cold air. Cows broke their halters (缰绳) and tried to escape. Chickens refused to enter their cage. All of this unusual behavior, as well as physical changes in the earth, warned Chinese scientists of the coming quake. They moved people away from the danger zone and saved thousands of lives.
One task for scientists today is to learn exactly which types of animal behavior predict quakes. It’s not an easy job. First of all not every animal reacts to the danger of an earthquake. Just before a California quake in 1977, for example, an Arabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of his enclosure. The Australian horse next to him, however, remained perfectly calm. It’s also difficult at times to tell the difference between normal animal restlessness and “earthquake nerves”. A zoo keeper once called earthquake researchers to say that his cougar had been acting strangely. It turned out that the cat had an upset stomach.
A second task for scientists is to find out exactly what kind of warnings the animals receive. They know that animals sense far more of the world than humans do. Many animals can see, hear, and smell things that people do not even notice. Some can sense tiny changes in air pressure, gravity, or the magnetism of Earth. This extra sense probably helps animals predict quakes.
A good example of this occurred with a group of dogs. They were shut in an area that was being shaken by a series of tiny earthquakes. (Several small quakes often come before or after a large one.) Before each quake a low booming sound was heard. Each boom caused the dogs to bark wildly. Then the dogs began to bark during a silent period. A scientist who was recording quakes looked at his machine. It was acting as though there were a loud noise too. The scientist realized that the dogs had reacted to a booming noise. They also sensed the tiny quake that followed it. The machine recorded both, though humans felt and heard nothing.
In this case there was a machine to monitor what the dogs were sensing. Many times, however, our machines record nothing extraordinary, even though animals know a quake is coming. The animals might be sensing something we measure but do not recognize as a warning. Discovering what animals sense, and learning how they know it is a danger signal, is a job for future scientists.
1.Through the passage the writer hopes to explore __________.
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A．why animals send a danger signal before an earthquake |
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B．how animals know when an earthquake is coming |
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C．why animals not men have good sense of danger |
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D．how much animals know about an earthquake |
2. During an earthquake in China in 1975, _________.
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A．chickens refused to go out of their cage |
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B．snakes were frozen to death in their caves |
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C．snakes awoke from their winter sleep earlier |
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D．cows broke their halters and escaped from their sheds |
3.Which of the following is one of earthquake nerves according to the passage?
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A．An Arabian horse tried to escape from his enclosure. |
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B．A cougar had an upset stomach unexpectedly. |
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C．An Australian horse was perfectly calm. |
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D．A cat acted very strangely in a zoo. |
4.The scientists did an experiment with a group of dogs to _________.
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A．find out that the machine could record unusual happenings |
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B．compare the reactions of animals and those of humans |
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C．prove that animals could sense more than humans |
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D．find out what exact warnings animals sent |
