The fire made _____ difficult to rescue the people trapped under the ruins in the earthquake.
A．/ B．this C．that D．it
The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to ________ the change.
A．adapt to B．adopt to C．apply to D．devote to
假定你是李华，亚洲冬季运动会将在你居住的地方举办，现在正在招募志愿者，你希望成为其中一员。请按要求用英文给组委会写一封申请信，内容应包括：
个人情况：年龄、性别、学历
个人条件：英语好、爱好体育、善于交往、乐于助人、熟悉本地情况
承诺：提供最佳服务
注意：
词数120-150左右，开头语已为你写好；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
生词：申请–apply (v.), application (n.)；志愿者–volunteer
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Li Hua. I would like to work as a volunteer for the Winter Asian Games. _____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Streit was an experienced safecracker who never used
force —either against people or safes (保险箱). He was a real artist of his
trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most difficult safe he had
ever encountered. In about 10 years, helped by his brother Stefan and two
friends, he took about $330,000 —from the safes of 28 banks in Austria. On his
last job, early in 1999, he left the safe door open and $80,000 behind. With
the money ws a note, "We don’t need all that much."
A witness (目击者) recognized his car and Streit
was caught by the police. Then he was sent to Austria’s Stein Prison to serve a
six-year sentence. He boasted (吹嘘) at his trial that he
would continue breaking the law, "I am a thief and I shall use every
opportunity." Despite the warn-ing, prison officials moved Streit to the
prison’s blacksmith (铁匠) shop. One day during the week
before Christmas, Streit disappeared. Searchers found all his doors were well
locked. Streit had managed to make a set of keys and let himself out.
Not to freedom, though. After
crossing into Bavaria, Streit attracted the suspicion (怀疑) of German customs police on
purpose and got himself arrested. "I want to be in a German
prison,"he explained to the surprised police. "As German courts give
much milder (温和的) sentences for crimes like mine and
will reduce the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison."
In prison, Streit persuaded
his keepers to let him make a Christmas Eve telephone call to his former
keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison. "I’m sorry if I caused trouble. I
didn’t want to embarrass anybody by escaping. Conditions weren’t that bad. In
fact the food was better than it is here."
1.The underlined word "safecracker" in the
first paragraph means "_________".
A．prisoner B．criminal C．stealer D．Robber
2.What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. Streit was caught by German customs police.
b. Streit left a note in the bank.
c. Streit was sent to Stein Prison.
d. Streit worked in a blacksmith shop.
e. Streit escaped from prison.
A．d-b-a-c-e B．b-a-c-d-e C．b-c-d-e-a D．d-b-c-e-a
3.What helped Streit escape from prison?
A．His living alone in prison. B．His good relations with the prison officials. C．His cooperation with other prisoners. D．His working in the blacksmith shop.
4.Streit was finally caught because _______.
A．his car was recognized by someone B．he left a note in the bank safe C．he was recognized by customs police D．he made a phone call to his former keeper
5.Streit preferred to serve his time in Germany
because _______.
A．he hated working in the blacksmith shop in the Austrian prison B．the life of prisoners in Germany was better than those in Austria’s C．he wouldn’t have to stay that long in a German prison D．he could escape more easily from a German prison
Four decades ago a group of college students visited the mountains of Borneo to examine moth (蛾) populations. Now a team of British scientists, including a member of the original trip, has returned to the same sites to repeat the survey. They have found that, due to rising temperatures, the insects now live 68 meters higher.
Global warming is forcing tropical (热带的) species uphill to escape the rising temperatures at a rate of nearly 2 meters a year, the new study from Borneo suggests.
Since this was the only chance to repeat the original survey, the scientist did everything they could to do it exactly the same way, going at the same time of year, in July and August, using photographs to find the exact original sites of the moth traps.
"While this is the first study of insects, a few other studies of tropical species are starting to appear," said Thomas. "If you look across all those studies, you’ll find the same results, and it’s extremely difficult to think of any other explanation for them."
While some species might survive by finding places on the mountains with temperatures similar to those of their original habitats, others may run out of habitat on the rocky peaks, warns the study.
In a paper in the journal Naturein 2004, Thomas and 13 other experts analyzed the habitats of 1,100 species on five continents, and estimated that on average one quarter were at risk of extinction.
Last year a paper published in the Public Library of Science in the US warned that the risk of extinction in the tropics was becoming more and more serious. The authors, Jana and Steven Vamosi, estimated that 20-45% of tropical species were at risk of extinction.
1.If the temperature continues to rise at the same rate for ten years,
the insects will live about ______.
A．6.8 meters higher B．19 meters higher
C．34 meters higher D．68 meters higher
2.What’s the problem for some species moving up mountains?
A．There’ll be too little space.
B．The temperature will be much too low.
C．They will be at greater risk of extinction.
D．They’ll find it hard to adapt to the environment.
3.We can learn from the passage that ______.
A．this survey of moths has been carried out many times
B．some scientists have put forward other explanations for the results
C．scientists tried to repeat the original survey
D．20-45% of tropical species were estimated to be at risk of extinction in 2004
4.Which of the following has been mainly discussed in the passage?
A．Climate change forcing moths higher.
B．Protecting moths from extinction.
C．How to research tropical moths.
D．How to study moths living on mountains.
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these "How to" books are available; in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words "How to" One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away. Many "How to" books give advice on careers (职业). They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed at it. If you fail, however, you can buy a book called “How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Million”. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called "How to" Live on Nothing? One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read "How to" Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life.? If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer a book called "How to". Make Yourself miserable?
Many of these books help people use their time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies, and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step by step instruction on how to repair things like plumbing (卫生管道工程) and electrical wiring, or on how to redecorate (重新装饰) or enlarge a house.
Why have "How to" books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. "How to" books help people deal with modern life.
1.These "How to" books are written to______.
A．tell people to love their life
B．earn money
C．give people some good advice on how to do something they want to do
D．say something about America
2.Before someone wants to find a good job. He had better______.
A．buy a book on "How to" Make a Million?
B．read a book on how to choose a career and how to succeed at it
C．beg bosses or managers for it
D．use his free time to look for it
3.If people will not succeed in what he is doing a book called________
can give help.
A．＂How to" Turn Failure into Success？
B．"How to" Make a Million?
C．"How to" Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life?
D．"How to" Make Yourself Miserable?
4.Which headline of the following is the best for this passage?
A．“How to" Books in America
B．"How to" Books Are Ordinary in America
C．Thousands of "How to" Books
D．Books with Title That Begin with the Words "How to"
