China recorded fewer traffic accidents in 2001 than in 2000 and a lower going continued in January this year .
The traffic accidents in 2001 totaled 270, 000 , fewer by 20, 000 than in 2000 .
But the number of the dead for 2001 was 54, 000 , an increase of 1, 000 from the year before . The increase was not as slow as that in recent years .
A government official said in Beijing yesterday that 3, 821 persons were killed in highway traffic accidents last month , a drop of 12.8 percent from January 2001 . He also said there were 21, 201 traffic accidents in the first month of the year , 10.1 percent fewer than January last year , and 11, 700 people injured .
The traffic accidents last year caused a loss worth 27.32 million yuan , about 2.9 million US dollars .
Economic Daily also said 170, 000 persons were injured in the traffic accidents in 2001 , fewer by 10, 000 than in 2000 .
( From China Daily , February 16 , 2002)
1. In 2000 the total number of the traffic accidents was ________ .
A. 290, 000 B. 250, 000 C. 270, 000 D. 20, 000
2. In 2000 ________ persons were killed in the traffic accidents .
A. 1, 000 B. 53, 000 C. 54, 000 D. 55, 000
3. Which is true according to the news report ?
A. The traffic accidents in 2002 will go up continuously .
B. Economic Daily said the traffic accidents caused a loss worth 2.9 million US dollars in 2000 .
C. In January 2002 , there were 3, 821 highway traffic accidents .
D. There were more traffic accidents in January 2001 than in January 2002 .
4. The best title for this news report should be ________ .
A. Road Accidents 2001 B. Road Accidents 2000
C. Death Up or Down This Year D. $ 2.9 Million Loss in Traffic Accidents
Ⅳ阅读理解(2×20，共40分)阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
Mr. Brown had a nice shop in the main street of a small town. He sold jewelry, watches and the like. All went well some years, and then his shop was broken into twice in one month at night, and a lot of jewelry was stolen each time. Three weeks had passed, yet the police had not done much to catch the thief. So Mr. Brown decided to try to do something about it himself. He bought a good camera and fixed it up in his shop and put some cheap jewelry in front of it for the thief so that it could take a photo of anyone who stole the jewelry. A few nights later the thief did come again. But he did not touch any of the cheap jewelry that Mr. Brown had put out for him. He took the camera, which was worth 15,000 pounds.
1. The jewelry the thief had stolen was ________
A. very valuable. B. worth little money.
C. quite cheap. D. of no use to the thief.
2. How did the thief know about jewelry?
A. He knew a little about jewelry.
B. He knew a lot about it.
C. The poor one knew nothing about jewelry.
D. He knew little about it.
3. Why did Mr. Brown buy a camera and put it in the shop?
A. Because the camera was not so expensive as the jewelry or the watches in the shop.
B. Because he knew that the thief was interested in a cheap camera.
C. Because he thought that a good camera could help him find out who the thief was.
D. Because the policemen told him to do so.
4. What did Mr. Brown lose during the two months?
A. 15,000 pound notes.
B. A camera and 15,000 pounds.
C. Lots of jewelry and a good camera.
D. A lot of jewelry, a camera and 15,000 pound notes.
Ⅲ完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Some people hate everything that is modern . They cannot 36 how anyone can really like modern music ; they find it hard to 37 the new fashions in clothing ; they think that all modern paintings are 38 ; and they seldom have a good 39 for the new buildings . Such people take their standards of perfection from the 40 . They are usually impatient with anyone who is 41 enough to 42 in new ways . It is , 43 , true that many artists do not 44 and instead produce 45 that can only be considered as 46 . If the work of art is a painting , the artist’s failure concerns 47 alone , but if it is a building , his failure concerns 48 too.
This does sometimes happen , 49 it is completely untrue to say , as some people do , that modern architecture (建筑) is 50 . We cannot 51 every modern building by the standards of the old times , though we 52 the buildings of the past . With better technique , the modern building are more 53 . The architect knows he should learn from the past ， yet 54 his greater resources of knowledge and materials , he will never follow the past . He is too 55 to do that .
36.A. imagine B. stand C. receive D. enjoy
37.A. show B. design C. accept D. make
38.A. beautiful B. ugly C. strange D. common
39.A. idea B. word C. dream D. project
40.A .foreigners B. custom C. nation D. past
41.A. outstanding B. foolish C. brave D. clever
42.A. experiment B. plan C. make D. manage
43.A. as usual B. in all C. on average D. of course
44.A. matter B. publish C. succeed D. paint
45.A. experiences B. works C. presents D. organizations
46.A. failures B. fools C. foreigners D. views
47.A. the art B. itself C. himself D. the painting
48.A. everybody B. the place C. the world D. others
49.A. and B. but C. for D. as
50.A. nothing B. something C. great D. simple
51.A. design B. judge C. consider D. think
52.A. dislike B. realize C. build D. admire
53.A. advanced B. beautiful C. gifted D. famous
54.A. by B. on C. at D. with
55.A. bright B. disappointed C. proud D. rich
. —Lucy, it is careless of you to have left your key in the lock hole of your car.
—__________!So I did. I might have my car stolen.
|
A．Thank you |
B．My god |
C．I am sorry |
D．It doesn't matter |
We’ve made it a rule that ___________ comes home first cooks supper for the whole family.
|
A．whichever |
B．whatever |
C．who |
D．whoever |
To their great joy, the day they looked forward to__________at last.
|
A．coming |
B．came |
C．comes |
D．come |
