Ellis Island is located in New York Harbor. Ellis Island is open daily year round from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours during summer. It is closed on December 25. There is no admission charge to Ellis Island; but donations are gratefully accepted.
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Park information (212) 363-7620
Emergencies (212) 363-3260
Ferryboat information (212) 269-5755
Lost and found (212)363-7620
Dining, gifts & audio tour 344-0996
Transportation
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ferry; boats leave from Battery Park, Manhattan, and from Liberty State Park, New Jersey. They run about every 30 to 45 minutes beginning at 9:15 a.m.(The time for ferry is changeable)
Hours: May vary; call the number above
Closed: December 25
Ferry fees (includes Liberty and Islands) adults, $7; senior citizens, $6; children (age 3~17), $5. (Group rates are available
for 25 or more adults.)
1.In summer, visitors will have ______ to visit Ellis Island.
A. a limited time B. a longer time
C. a shorter time D. a wonderful time
2.Which number would you call if our friend were suddenly ill? _______
A. (212)344-0996B. (212)363-7620
C. (212) 363-3260D. (212) 269-5755
3. Which of the following is NOT true?________
A. People can visit Ellis Island free of charge.ww.zxxk
B. The boats departure time from Battery Park is at 9:15 all the year round.
C. Ferry fees for children are cheaper than for adults.
D. Ferry fees for group visitors can be reduced.
The size and locatio
n of the world’s deserts are always changing. Over millions of years, as climates change and mountains rise, new dry and wet areas appear. But within the last hundred years deserts have been increasing after frightful speed. This is partly because of natural changes, but most responsible for creating deserts are men.
Man can make deserts, but they can also prevent them from getting bigger. Algeria is planning a green belt of trees along the edge of the Sahara Desert to stop the sand. In China, too, windbreaks are being built in the northwest to keep the desert from growing.
But desert still threaten the world. Experts believe that land that is on the way to becoming deserts equals the size of Australia, Russia and US put together. Can we stop the spread of the world’s deserts and save the land that is so essential to mankind? Yes, we can, And we must.
1.The reason for the land that turns into deserts is mostly because of _______
A. the changing of the climates B. man
C. the natural changes D. the wind
2.The word “windbreak” means _______
A. trees planted as a belt to stop the wind
B. high walls as a belt to stop the wind
C. long and deep ditch as a belt to stop the wind
D. men stood side by side as a belt to stop the wind
3. The deserts still threaten the world in the way ______
A. of increasing at an unbelievable speed
B. of spreading in Australia , Russia, and the US
C. of appearing new dry and wet areas in every part of the world
D. that they cause the changes of the climates
4.Which of the following do you think is the best method?____
A. People move away from the land that is on the way to become deserts
B. To build great walls to stop the wind and sand
C. To plant trees and grass on the surface of the land
D. To irrigate the desert
假设你校新图书馆已经建成了,准备开放,请用英语写一份通知。主要内容如下：
1、新的图书馆已经建成，明天开放。2、师生可以借书，每人一次可以借两本。3、借期两周，按时还书。4、要爱护图书。5、阅览室今天下午课后开放。6、可阅读报纸和杂志，但不可以拿走，读后放回原处。7、保持安静。
注意：1、内容的顺序可作调整，不少于100词。2、开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
The new library in our school ________________________________________________
翻译单词（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
1. ________n. 飞行;班机
2.________adj. 勇敢的
3.________adj. 历史性的
4.________vt. 破坏
5. ________vi. 争论
6.________vt. 观察，注意到
7.________adv. 有时;偶尔 
8.________adj. 优美的;优雅的
9.________n. 表现;表达
10._______adj. 传统的，习俗的
The sun had gone behind a cloud. I was very tired and wanted nothing in the world so much as to be at home. At last I got to the gate of Hide Park. But this was worse than ever; there were buses there—high and terribly red cars, taxis and still more buses in an endless line. Everywhere there were people hurrying past or waiting to get into the buses, while I stood lost in the middle of them.
I was ready to cry. In despair, I crossed the street on to an “island”, where I found a policeman. I took my last bit of courage in both hands and said, “Please, sir, where is Addison Road?” He began to explain, but when he saw that I couldn’t understand he became helpless, too. “Are you French at school?” A few minutes later, he smiled and raised his hand. How wonderful! The traffic stopped. Even the red buses stood still and waited until I had crossed the road.
1.That is the most probable reason why she was tired out.
A. it had been very hot by t
hen
B. the writer had been standing lost for a long time
C. the writer had been completely lost
D. the writer had been wandering in the park for a long time
2.Because the writer was made so worn out, .
A. she wanted nothing on earth but her home
B. she thought it perfect to stay at home
C. she would never leave her home at all
D. she didn't get to the park on time.
3.In this passage “islan
d” means .
A. a piece of land surrounded by water
B. a raised place in a busy street where people may be safe from traffic
C. a safe place that can only be used by policemen
D. a safe place that nobody can use without permission
4.Why did the traffic stop? Because .
A. all the drivers could understand French
B. perhaps a certain driver had broken the traffic rules
C. all the drivers knew the policeman very well
D. the policeman was directing the traffic
5.In which country do you think the story happened?
A. Switzerland. B. France. C. England. D. A certain non-English speaking country.
There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters(匪徒)in return 
for “protection”. If the money was not paid immediately, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Getting “protection money” is not a modern means. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
Then Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a group of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to those who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money with this method. In spite of this, the Ita
lians regarded him as a sort of hero .When he died at eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had his picture painted, which was in memory of “this bravest man”.
1.What protection did Chicago gangsters give to those who paid them?
A. They saved those people’s businesses from destruction.
B. They left those people’s business unharmed much.
C. They sent soldiers to serve them no matter what help they needed willingly.
D. They didn’t take those people’s lives
2.Sir John Hawkwook's Italian name “Giovanni Acuto” was one which .
A. he gave himself in order to become better known to the Italians
B. he earned through his sharp practice of selling his ‘protection’
C. he needed so as to hire his soldiers to Italians
D. was given hi
m in telling his services to the others’
3.The Italians regarded Hawkwood as a sort of hero .
A. because they couldn’t help admiring his bravery and boldness(胆大)
B. as he aided the citizens in peacetime when business was bad for them
C. he had played an important role in their daily life
D. for he lived so long and was given a state funeral by the Florentines
4.From the passage, we can guess the gangsters were those .
A. who were of great importance to the poor
B. who made the businessmen do whatever they were in need of
C. who were always ready to be sent abroad
D. who did harm to others
5.According to the writer, Hawkwood was .
A. a sort of national hero B. an experienced leader C. a brave soldier D. a noble gangster
