After walking in the Shanghai World Expo for a whole day, my legs ____ under me and I couldn’t walk any farther.
A. gave upB. gave out
C. gave inD. gave away
The New Year’s party, ______ we sang and danced until 10 p.m., was ____great success.
A. from which; /B. on which; /
C. for which; a D. in which; a
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I was used to complain about my art teacher for her bad temper. I was also tired with her teaching methods, it were always slow and bored. However, my attitude towards her began to change one afternoon. It was raining heavily and I didn't attend to school. At around 5:30 p.m. I received a phone call. "Are you all right?" asked my art teacher in quiet voice. On hearing his words, I was shocked and my mind was flooded with mixing feelings. She is showing her concern for me, though I had not been happily with her! Was she just acting, or should I smooth away my past misunderstanding of her?
I would like to tell you a story about my uncle Theo. He is my oldest uncle, a tall, thin, grey-haired man whose thoughts are always on learning and nothing else. He is quiet, gentle and absent-minded and with about as much sense as a child where money is concerned. Well, he applied a post in Camford University. It was a very good post and there were hundreds of candidates（候选人）who applied for it, and about fifteen, including Theo, were asked to be interviewed.
Camford is a very small town; there is only one hotel in it, and it was so full that they had to put many of the candidates two in a room. Theo was one of these, and the man who shared the room with him was a self-confident fellow called Adams, about twenty years younger than Theo, with a loud voice, and a laugh that you could hear all over the hotel. But he was a clever fellow all the same and had a good post in Iscaiot College, Narkover. Well, the Dean, who was the head of the department of the University, and the committee interviewed all the candidates; and as a result of this interview, the number of the candidates was reduced to two, Uncle Theo and Adams. The committee couldn’t decide which of the two to take, so they decided to make their final choice after each of the candidates had given a public lecture in the college lecture-hall. The subject they had to speak on was “The Civilization of the Ancient Summerians”; and the lecture had to be given in three days’ time.
Well, for these three days Uncle Theo never left his room. He worked day and night at that lecture, writing it out and memorizing it, almost without eating or sleeping. Adams didn’t seem to do any preparation at all. You could hear his voice and his laughter where he had a crowd of people around him. He came to his room late at night, asked Uncle Theo how he was getting on with his lecture, and then told him how he had spent the evening playing bridge, or at the music hall. He ate like a horse and slept like a log; and Uncle Theo sat up working at his lecture.
The day of the lecture arrived. They all went into the lecture hall and Theo and Adams took their seats on the platform. And then, Theo discovered, to his horror, that typewritten copy of his speech had disappeared! The Dean said they would call on the candidates on the alphabetical order, Adams first; and the despair in his heart, Theo watched Adams calmly take the stolen speech out of pocket and read it to the professors who were gathered to hear it. And how well he read it! Even Uncle Theo had to admit he couldn’t have read it nearly so eloquently（流利地）himself, and when Adams finished there was a great burst of applause. Adams bowed and smiled, and sat down.
Now, it was Theo’s turn. But what could he do? He had put everything he knew into the lecture. His mind was too much upset to put the same thoughts in another way. With a burning face he could only repeat, word for word, in a low, dull voice, the lecture that Adams had spoken so eloquently. There was hardly any applause when he sat down.
The Dean and the committee went out to decide who the successful candidate was, but everyone was sure what their decision would be. Adams leaned across to Theo and patted him on the back and said, smilingly, “Hard luck, old fellow, but after all, only one of us could win”.
Then the Dean and the committee came back, “Gentlemen”, the Dean said, “the candidate we have chosen is Mr. Hobdell.” Uncle Theo had won! The audience were completely taken by surprise, and the Dean continued, “I think I ought to tell you how we arrived at the decision. We were all filled with admiration at the learning and eloquence of Mr. Adams. I was greatly impressed. But, you will remember, Mr. Adams read his lecture to us. When Mr. Hobdell’s turn came, he repeated that speech, word by word from memory, though, of course, he couldn’t have seen a line of it before. Now a fine memory is absolutely necessary for this post; and what a memory Mr. Hobdell must have! This is why we decided that Mr. Hobdell was exactly the man we wanted! ”
As they walked out of the room, the Dean came up to Uncle Theo, who was so confused but so happy that he hardly knew whether he was standing on his head or heels; and as he shook Theo’s hand he said, “Congratulations, Mr. Hobdell! But, my dear fellow, when you are on our staff, you must be more careful and not leave valuable papers lying about!”
1.Which of the followings best describes Uncle Theo?
A. Good-mannered B. Modest
C. Childish D. Bookish
2.What do we know about the post at Camford University?
A. The applicants had to sit for an examination.
B. There was much competition for the post.
C. The post requires a lot of teaching experience.
D. The post offered quite high salary.
3.Adams did not bother to do any preparation because______.
A. he was quite familiar with the subject.
B. he knew the committee members well.
C. he had a well-thought-out plan.
D. he had full confidence in himself.
4.When Uncle Theo’s turn came, _______.
A. he felt so angry that he couldn’t see a word.
B. he felt so upset that he could not remember anything.
C. he had to put the same thoughts in another way.
D. he had to repeat the speech, word by word from memory.
5.When the committee went out to make a decision, Adams _______.
A. could not help feeling worried.
B. could hardly wait to show his joy.
C. felt sorry for Theo and tried to cheer him up.
D. felt ashamed and tried to chat with Theo.
6.Theo became successful because _______.
A. he had a better memory than Adams.
B. he was more experienced than Adams.
C. the committee knew he was exactly the man they wanted.
D. the committee knew Adams had copied Theo’s speech.
Almost everyone accepts the fact that crime can never be wiped out entirely. Thus control of crime becomes the focus of police and government around the world. The question lawmakers must answer is, “Which system of criminal punishment works best for society?” Each country has developed its own ideas for solution to this question, and these solutions then determine how criminals are punished under different systems. However, none of the current system in use has proved 100 percent effective.
There are many ideas about punishment of criminals. Some systems look only to get retribution（严惩）against criminals. These systems work to frighten criminals away from repeating a crime in the future. These systems also try to deter（威慑）others in society by using the criminal as an example of what can happen to a person if he or she is caught committing crimes. Rehabilitation（改造）is another philosophy by which many systems of punishment operate. The goal of these systems is to return a former criminal to society after a required period of treatment and training, usually in prisons. The idea is to help change the person’s behavior so that he or she becomes a law-abiding citizen.
Capital punishment is another form of punishment which systems use in extreme criminal cases, sometimes involving such crimes as a murder, rape, and violent theft. In these cases, the person is put to death. Today, capital punishment is used in relatively few countries. Many countries have done away with it. In other words, capital punishment remains only in officially law books but is rarely used. However, capital punishment remains in use in some countries including the United States.
When looking at the number of crimes committed, the effectiveness of any of these forms of punishment comes into question. In the United States, for example, 80 percent of the people arrested each year are male, and the majority of these are young men or boys. One-third of all auto thefts, robberies, and burglaries are committed by young men under the age of 18. Generally, young people have less responsibility in society, so they risk losing little if they are caught in a criminal activity. However, it can also be argued that today’s youthful criminals do not fear the punishment they receive if caught by police. Current methods of criminal punishment do not serve the purpose of deterring young criminals in the United States.
A major problem with the current system of rehabilitation in the United Stated is that most criminals return to crime after they have supposedly been rehabilitated. Two-thirds of those caught by police each year are repeat criminals. As a result of this fact, many people feel that rehabilitation of criminals is a lost cause. Since the late 1970s, many see retribution as a preferred punishment in criminal cases in the United States.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Capital punishment B. Prison system
C. Young criminals D. Control of crime
2.What is the main purpose behind retribution?
A. To satisfy the victim B. To create repeat offenders
C. To frighten future criminals D. To take criminals out of society
3.Many crimes in the United States are committed by _________.
A. leaders B. teenagers
C. factory workers D. street wanders
4.According to the passage, which is true of the legal system in the United States?
A. Capital punishment is not allowed
B. Few young people commit crimes
C. The majority of criminals will not repeat crimes
D. Many people see retribution as the preferred punishment
5.What is a big problem with the system of rehabilitation ?
A. Prisons are full B. Criminals repeat crimes
C. The crime rate is going up D. Young men are going to prison
