Though the whole world ______ against me, I would do what I consider as right.
A．is B．were C．are D．was
假定你是李华，将去英国某学校短期学习，被安排住在Smith先生家。请你写封短信与其取得联系并询问以下情况：
1. 住宿条件； 2. 膳食安排； 3. 交通情况。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好。
Dear Mr. Smith
I’m Li Hua from China, writing to ask about my stay with your family.
________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个（√）
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
1.During the weekend I traveled by air the first time
2.in my life. I generally travel by train and bus. It is
3.both cheaper and safer. But this was the short journey.
4.In the beginning I did not feel very happily, but this
5.feeling does not last long. The journey was very exciting.
6.I was soon high up in the sky among the clouds. The views
7.of mountains, fields and river were very interesting.
8.I enjoyed your short and comfortable journey very much.
9.This experience has shown what traveling by plane is
10.actually the safest way of make a journey.
Poor families in some countries spend as much as eighty percent of their money on food. Rising prices in recent months have created the worst food crisis(危机) in more than thirty years. The United Nations World Food Program says high food prices could push one hundred million people into hunger.
Nathan Childs is an expert on rice markets. He notes that the harvest for the latest growing season was the largest on record. But India, Vietnam and others have restricted exports(限制出口) to keep prices down at home and protect supplies.
Thailand’s agriculture minister says his country will never restrict rice exports. He told the Reuters news agency Thursday that Thailand has enough supplies to meet demand at home and for export.
Thailand is the world’s largest rice exporter. Recent signs of an increase in supplies have helped ease record prices for Thai rice. Prices rose last week above one thousand dollars a ton.
Vietnam, the second biggest exporter, has banned(禁止) exports until June. And Vietnamese officials have now warned that non-food traders who buy rice for speculation(投机活动)will be severely punished.
Some experts say speculation is a necessary part of market activity. But the head of the U.N. Environment Program blames it for the high food prices. “We have enough food on this planet today to feed everyone.” Achim Steiner told the Associated Press.
Earlier, a member of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission didn’t accept the idea that speculators are the main cause. Bart Chilton blamed reduced harvests and grain supplies and the falling value of the dollar.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called heads of major international agencies to a meeting this week in the Swiss capital, Bern. He says high food prices could harm world trade, economic growth, social progress and political security.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Vietnam has banned rice exports to other countries.
B．Thailand is the largest rice exporter in the world.
C．Some families are too poor to afford enough food.
D．Rising prices of food have led to the world food crisis.
2.Which country restricted food exports according to the passage?
A. Thailand. B. Switzerland. C. Vietnam. D. The USA.
3.All of the following are the results of rising prices of food EXCEPT ____.
A．the worst food crisis
B．reduced harvests and grain supplies
C．people spending more money on food
D．pushing one hundred million people into hunger
4.What is the reason for the speculation according to the head of the U.N. Environment Program?
A．High food prices.
B．The falling value of the dollar.
C．Enough rice supplies in some countries.
D．Restricted food exports in some countries.
Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.
The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts hardly lose their pumping power with age.
“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age.” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. “Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70. one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the ageing process.”
What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s.
“This gender(性别)difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink.
They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on heahhy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease.
The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart, said Goldspink.
The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.
1.The underlined word “longevity” in the second paragraph probably refers to _____.
A．health B．long life C．ageing D．effect
2.The text mainly talks about ______.
A．men’s heart cells B．women’s ageing process
C．the gender difference D．hearts and long life
3.According to the text, the UK scientists have known that _____.
A．women have more cells than men when they are born
B．women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat
C．the female heart loses few of the cells with age
D．women never lose their pumping power with age
4. We can know from the passage that ______.
A．scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells
B．the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out
C．the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss
D．wome over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20
When you learn reading, nlath, and other subjects taught in school from your parents or teaehers who come to your house, it’s called homeschooling. A kid may be the only one, or he may be taught with brothers, sisters, or kids from the neighborhood.
Parents choose to homeschool their children for many different reasons. Sometimes a kid is sick and can’t go to regular school. But more often, kids are homeschooled beeause their parents feel they can give their children a better education than the local school can. Patents also may choose homeschooling because they want their children’s education to include religious (宗教的) instruction, which isn’t offered at puhlie schools.
If you don’t like school, homeschooling might seem like the perfect solution. But it’s better for everyone if homeschooling isn’t chosen just as an escape from school or prohlems there. Finding solutions to the problem should be the first step.
Kids who are homeschooled may benefit from the one-on-one attention. For example, if you don’t understand something in math, the whole class won’t he moving on without you. You might be the whole class! It’s also possible that you might learn more than you would in a regular classroom, because if you really good at something, you can keep learning more at your own pace.
Kids who are homeschooled also may get out in their communities more than other kids. They may get to experience hands-on education at museums, libraries, businesses and other community resources. They also might volunteer or take part in “service learning” where they take on local projects.
No matter where a child goes to school, the key to learning is listening to the teacher and asking for help when you need it. A homeschooled child might feel more comfortable with his teacher (a parent), but the child still needs to pay attention and cooperate. Just like in a traditional school, teachers and students need to work together to achieve goals in the classroom.
1.The passage mainly tells us ____.
A．every kid should be taught at home
B．what homeschooling is and how it works
C．the advantages and disadvantages of homeschooling
D．homeschooled kids should go out to do volunteer work
2.What does the author think of homeschooling?
A．It shouldn’t be encouraged at all.
B．It is not a good way to get educated.
C．It can offer kids what suits their needs.
D．It is only good for the kids who can’t go to school.
3.The similarity of homeschooling and learning at school is that ____.
A．students all should cooperate with their teachers
B．students don’t feel lonely
C．students all have many classmates
D．studenls all have more opportunities to get out
4.Which of the following should NOT belong to the reasons why kids get homeschooled?
A． They can get more benefits from homeschooling.
B．They can’t go to school because of their bad health.
C．They can learn something that is not taught in school.
D．They escape from school because they hate going to school
