Our children and grandchildren may not have a chance to visit many of the most famous places around the world. War, weather, age, traffic and pollution damage these famous places. Looking after these places often costs more than one country can afford.
In the early 1970s, world governments decided that if they joined together, they would be able to preserve our history. If every country paid some money, they said, it would be possible to look after important historic places. Also, if they discovered that a monument needed urgent help, they would have money for repairs. For these reasons, countries around the world united to form the World Heritage Organization in 1972. Today, the organization helps to maintain and restore the most important places from our history.
However, one of the biggest problems for historic places is vandalism. People sometimes enter the sites and destroy or damage the buildings. At some sites, such as Stonehenge(巨石阵）in England, governments have built high fences to protect the site from vandals.
There are many different ideas about how to solve the problem of vandalism. Stone experts say that if guards patrolled the sites, vandals would not be able to get in. Some experts say that if they fixed more television cameras, they would not need so many guards. Other experts say that the best solution is education. If people learned to respect history, they would not destroy or damage it. They would also want to spend money looking after old places. For this reason, the World Heritage Organization helps to spread information about the value of historic sites.
1.Why did countries all over the world unite to form the World Heritage Organization?
A. It would be able to keep our history.
B. It would be possible to take care of important historic places.
C. They would have money to do some repairs if a monument needed help.
D. All of the above.
2.Which of the following shows us the action of vandalism?
A. People enter the sites and cause damage to the buildings
B. Governments build high fences to protect the site from vandals
C. Guards patrolled the sites and they fixed more television cameras
D. They collect as much money as they can to preserve the buildings
3.What’s the best way to solve the biggest problem of preserving our history?
A. Every country spends more money looking after these places
B. To form the World Heritage Organization
C. Too many guards are needed to prevent vandals getting in
D. To make people know more about the value of historic sites
The most widespread fallacy (谬论)of all is that colds ire caused by cold. They are actually caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coining into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever But they do not. And in the isolated Arctic Regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.
During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.
In the Second World War prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp，naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty rooms. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
If then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter. Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
1.The writer offered examples to support his argument
A. 4 B. 5
C. 6 D. 7
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Eskimos suffer from colds from time to time.
B. Colds are not always caused by cold.
C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.
D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.
3.Arctic explorers may catch colds when they are .
A. working in the isolated arctic regions
B. writing reports in terribly cold weather
C. free from work in the isolated arctic regions
D. coming into touch again with the outside world
4.Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit .
A. suffered a lot B. never caught colds
C. often caught colds D. became very strong
5.The passage mainly discusses .
A. the experiments on the common cold
B. the fallacy about the common cold
C. the reason and the way people catch colds
D. the continued spread of common colds
China, org. cn selected its top 10 people who moved China in 2012. These heroes included a jet engineer, a businessman, a teacher, as well as nurses and migrant workers. Here are the accounts of the exemplary deeds of Zhang Lili, a teacher. Zhang Lili is a teacher at the No. 19 Middle School in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province. She suffered from serious injuries after saving two students from being hit by an oncoming bus on May 8.
Zhang and her students were crossing the road just outside the school gate when suddenly a runaway school bus changed direction towards the students. Zhang managed to push both students out of the vehicle’s destructive (破坏的，毁灭性的）path, but she herself did get run over. Her legs were crushed and later had to be cut off above the knee.
Bom on Jan. 19, 1984，in Jiamusi, Zhang was a 168cm-tall lively and cheerful young woman who had devoted herself entirely to her job. She got married in 2009. The couple planned on having a baby after the graduation of her class.
Zhang’s act of heroism has moved a large number of people. She was even named “the most beautiful teacher” by netizens. She was awarded the “May I Labor Medal” and given the title of “Female Pace-setter” by authorities. She became a Party member in July.
1.According to the first paragraph, we know people who moved China .
A. came from all walks of life
B. made great contributions to China in their lives
C. all held important positions in the government
D. all were grass roots
2.Which of the following is right according to the passage?
A. Two students were hit by a bus.
B. Zhang and her students crossed the street smoothly.
C. The accident happened on a street near the school gate.
D. Some students did not obey traffic rules.
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Zhang Lili’s legs were completely cut off.
B. Zhang Lili and the two students were all injured.
C. Zhang Lili gave her life to teaching.
D. Zhang Lili loved her students very much.
4.Which of the following can be used to describe Zhang Lili?
A. Devoted and caring. B. Optimistic and humorous.
C. Healthy and wealthy. D. Proud and confident.
假设你是王晓明，请根据你校美化校园的规划，用英语给你在美国的笔友Peter写一封短信，介绍该规划。短信的主要内容如下：
规划目的 ：美化校园、净化空气 。创造良好学习和生活环境。
规划内容 ：种植花草树木。建一个植物园，供参观、实践；建一个小花园，供休息、读书；建几座名人雕塑，激励师生。
词数：100左右。
参考词汇：雕塑—statue (n.) 植物园—botanical garden (n.)
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Mrs. Brown was walking near a playground. She was a hurry to visit her four grandchildren. She missed them very much, because she has’t seen them for quite a long time. She was walking while suddenly she saw a ball coming in her direction. She was already in her seventy. Should she kick a ball to send it back and should she just go past leaving the ball where it was? Finally with greatly care she gave it a kick. The ball went straight out the goal. How wonderful it was! And she happened to have helped won the match. And all his four grandchildren were on the team of the winners.
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, fo
ur things are neccessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 1.spoken.. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 2. ,we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success 3. language learning. 4. good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only 5.(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and 6.meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. 7.we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language “Learn through use” is a good piece of 8.(advise) for those 9.are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 10.(write) the language whenever we can.
