Relation between the United States and Columbia suffered for many years because of an incident involving the Republic of Panama. By the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, many Americans felt that an easier and faster way was needed to get ships from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Some people in the United States first believed that a canal across Nicaragua was the answer. However, President Theodore Roosevelt decided that a canal through Panama would be a better choice.
In order to build the canal , the United States had to negotiate （谈判） a treaty with Columbia , which at that time controlled Panama . Roosevelt offered Columbia $ 10 million plus $ 250,000 a year for 99 years for a six-mile-wide strip of land across Panama. Columbia rejected the United States’ offer. This ranged President Roosevelt, and negotiations with Columbia ended.
In 1903, a revolution broke out in Panama. The United States ships were sent by President Roosevelt to protect the Panamanian revolutionaries from Columbian forces. The revolution succeeded, and Panama declared its independence from Columbia. The United States then negotiated with the newly formed government. A treaty was signed, and the United States began building the canal.
As a result of the incident, Columbia and the United States remained on bad terms for many years. Not until 1921, when the United States agreed to pay Columbia some compensation (赔偿) for its territory, did relations between the two countries improve.
1.According to the passage, the United States and Columbia were on bad terms because the United States had ________.
A. at first wished to build a canal through Nicaragua
B. promised to pay Columbia $ 10 million for Panama
C. wished to build a canal through Panama
D. supported Panamanian revolutionaries in their fight for independence from Columbia.
2. From the information in the passage, it can be concluded that the United States ______.
A. wanted to build a canal because it was considered starting a war
B. felt that building a canal through Panama was worth the risk of ruining relations with Columbia
C. believed that a canal through Nicaragua would be profitable
D. had lost the Spanish-American War
3.It can be inferred from the passage that an important reason for the decision of the United States to build a canal was to _______.
A. develop trade relations with Europe
B. improve relations with South American countries
C. prevent European ships from reaching the Pacific Ocean
D. reduce travel time for its ships in case of war
4.The passage mainly gives us________.
A. advice B. information
C. humor D. News
Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later. I am one of those unfortunate people who have sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get on my way there. When I was young I was so that I never dared ask strangers the way and so I used to round in circles and hope that I would happen to get to the place I was heading for. I am too shy to ask people for directions, but I often replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will on telling you the way, even if they do not know it ; others who are to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the direction. If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong but even this can have embarrassing (尴尬的) results. Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and him in the crowd behind me I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting. Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the man who had asked for directions to my office and his when he recognized me as the person he had asked.
1.A. good B. instant C. poor D. fine
2.A. lost B. disappeared C. stuck D. missing
3.A. brave B. nervous C. afraid D. shy
4.A. come B. show C. look D. wander
5.A. still B. no longer C. any more D. often
6.A. receive B. accept C. give D. import
7.A. advise B. suggest C. insist D. persuade
8.A. glad B. anxious C. interested D. angry
9.A. line B. list C. page D. paragraph
10.A. say B. know C. divide D. tell
11.A. right B. same C. other D. opposite
12.A. friend B. policeman C. stranger D. foreigner
13.A. direction B. advice C. answer D. road
14.A. direct B. tell C. take D. point
15.A. similar B. common C. usual D. general
16.A. noticed B. realized C. believed D. considered
17.A. look B. find C. discover D. search
18.A. when B. then C. while D. as
19.A. only B. certain C. very D. just
20.A. astonishment B. excitement C. judgment D. Embarrassment
You can’t be too careful; this kind of cloth_____.
A.is washed easily B. isn’t washed easily
C. washes easily D. doesn’t wash easily
He is really an excellent doctor and he is _____ to becoming an expert in this field.
A.in a way B. by the way
C. on the way D. under the way
The boy student is poor in health now; his parents wish that his health _____when he grows up
A. can improve B. could improve
C. can be improved D. could be improving
Don’t enter the office unless _______.
A. you have told to B. told to
C. telling D. you are told
