Xinhua News: March 10th, 2014
Malaysian Airlines says there is still no information on the location of its flight MH370, more than 24 hours after it lost contact with ground.
The airline spokesman said early Sunday that rescue(拯救) teams have “failed to find evidence of any wreckage(残骸).”
The flight, a Boeing 777-200, lost contact with ground control at 1:20 a.m. Beijing time on Saturday when it was flying over the Ho Chi Minh air traffic control area in Vietnam(越南).
On board were 227 passengers from 14 countries, including 154 Chinese and 12 Malaysian flight crew(机组成员).
A team of 93 staff(职员) from the airline arrived in Beijing late Saturday night. The spokesman said they were here mainly to take care of the relatives of those on board the missing flight.
Information Card
The flight’s name1.
What happened to the flight2.
The number of passengers on board3.
Did the rescue teams find any wreckage?4.
What will the 93 staff do?5. of those on board the missing flight.
March 20th is World Water Day every year. According to a report from the United Nations, more than half of the world's major rivers have serious water loss and are polluted.
The Yellow River, the world's fifth longest river, watered some of the oldest farms on earth. But now it has a serious problem. 1.In most of the past 35 years, it didn't reach the sea.
The Nile in Egypt, running 6, 650 km, is the longest river in the world. 2.Now it is down to 2 billion m³ or so. Australia's Murray River reaches the sea only every other year. One fifth of America's Rio Grande has no water, either.
3.Mostly it's damming (筑坝) and global warming that make rivers dry. 4. Now about 45, 000 of them lie across the world's rivers. They hold back around 15% of the world's fresh water from running to the sea.
Global warming is making things worse. Warmer weather takes water away. The glacier (冰川) are becoming smaller. 5.Global warming has had certain effects on water sources (源头). Droughts (干旱) happening around the world make people pay more attention to this fact.
A. Dams hold water to irrigate (灌溉) fields and make power. B. The source of the Yellow River is drying up because of it. C. It used to carry 32 billion m³ of water a year. D. How does it happen? E. Factories pour waste water into rivers directly. F. Its source on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is drying up. |
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe .Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, "It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃).
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up .When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries ,his father said to him "My dear son ,if you had bent (弯腰)down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things."
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。（10分）
1.Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
A. The son. B. The father.
C. Both the father and the son. D. Neither the father nor the son.
2.The farmer bought ___ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
A. some bread B.some water
C .some cherries D. some pennies
3.When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father___ .
A.beat the son B. said nothing
C. felt vary happy D. became very angry
4.The father dropped the cherries one by one, because___ .
A .he wanted to teach his son a lesson
B .he wanted his son to do more exercise
C .he wanted his son to eat them all
D. he wanted to laugh at his son
5.From the story, we can learn that___ .
A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them
B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
C.if we want to eat cherries ,we must pick up a horseshoe
D.if we don't worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things
Tips for Living in China
1.Dinners
When you are invited to a dinner, you don’t have to eat everything .First, try a little of every dish by putting some on your plate or in rice bowl. You don’t have to eat it, but as a foreign guest (客人),you are supposed to be served first. If you don’t try anything, your host will be embarrassed（尴尬）---and will put it on your plate for you .
2.Bargaining
When you go to open-air markets or personal stores, you need to bargain with the shop assistants. Remember to build a friendly relationship(关系)first. You are creating a relationship with the businessman ,not a price war. Think of it this way :Shouting ,arguing ,and pointing are not good. Smiling ,being friendly, offering to buy more for a better price is. And don’t be afraid to ask,” Can you offer me a better price?”
3.Chopsticks
Don’t point with them at other people’s faces ,and by all means don’t stick them upright in your rice bowl----that is how the Chinese honor (纪念)the dead at graves. You should put them beside the plate.
4.Smiling
Chinese smile for more reasons than Americans .A smile can mean the person is embarrassed, trying to be helpful ,curious, happy or friendly .In the middle of an argument ,smiling means that the speaker doesn’t want this to become personal. When all else fails ,smile in China. It shows you have no ill intention (意图)and can work wonders in getting better service.根据表格内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。（10分）
1.When you are invited to a dinner,__________.
A .you need to eat all the dishes
B. you may take one dish to put it on your own plate
C. you should try to eat the dish on your plate
D .you may go out if you don’t like to eat the dishes
2.What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “bargaining”?
A . 讨价还价 B .聊天 C.争论 D .交谈
3.If you want to buy something in a proper price, you should _____ .
A. shout to the shop assistant
B. argue with the shop assistant
C .talk with the shop assistant with a smile
D .fight with the shop assistant
4. Which sentence is right?
A .You may point with the chopsticks at people’s faces when you are talking .
B .When you finished eating the food ,you may lick the chopsticks.
C .If you are full ,you may stick the chopsticks upright.
D. When you finished eating the dinner, you may put the chopsticks next to the plate.
5. When you are in the middle of an argument , smiling means ________.
A. laughing at the other people
B. this is the best attitude to the other people
C .the speaker doesn’t want this to become personal
D. we must beat the other people
That was my grandmother's first Christmas without Grandfather. When my parents and I arrived at her little house ,we found she had waited up all night for us.
Grandfather had always said that the Christmas tree was the most important decoration (装饰物) of all. So first we took out the beautiful tree that was stored in the closet (贮藏室). But the star was missing. It was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree.
"Why? It must be somewhere in the closet," my grandmother said.
As we opened up boxes one by one and found no star, my grandmother's eyes were full of tears. Grandfather had given it to her some fifty years ago, on their first Christmas together. But on her first Christmas without him, the star was gone.
The next morning, my family sat down together to open the presents.
"The last gift is to Grandmother from Grandfather," Father said, in a strange voice.
"From whom?" There was surprise in my grandmother's voice.
"I found this gift in Grandfather's closet when we got the tree down," Mother explained.
My grandmother opened the box. There was a shinning (发亮的) golden star and a note in it:
Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while putting away the decorations, and I couldn't bear to tell you. I hope it brings you as much happiness as the first one. Merry Christmas!
Love, Bryant
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。（10分）
1. The family couldn't find the star on the Christmas tree because _____.
A. the grandfather had taken it away with him
B. the grandfather put it in a box
C. the grandfather had broken it
D. the family didn't look carefully enough for it
2. Which of the following is TRUE about the grandmother?
A. She lived with the author's family.
B. She felt sad when the star was missing.
C. She had never got a Christmas present from her husband.
D. She couldn't believe her husband's death.
3. What would probably happen to the grandmother after she read the note?
A. She would ask her children to buy a new star.
B. She would get angry with her husband.
C. She would be greatly moved (感动).
D. She would throw away the new star.
4. What does the underlined word "missing" mean in Chinese?
A. 褪色的 B. 错过的
C. 想念的 D. 找不到的
5.What can we know from the story?
A. The grandfather was afraid of his wife.
B. The grandfather loved his wife very much.
C. The grandmother didn't know how to spend Christmas Day.
D. The grandfather left home on Christmas Day.
There are many kinds of friends. Many people will step in your life, but only true friends leave footprints (脚印). I shall always recall (回忆) the autumn and the girl with the __ ____. I know she will always be my best friend. It was the golden season. I liked walking alone in the leaves, __ to the sound of them.
Autumn is a season but life is uninteresting. The free days always get me down. But one day, the sound of a violin flowed into my ears. A young girl, standing in the wind, was interested in playing her violin. I had seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened . Lost in the music, I didn't know that I had been standing there for so long. But it did not seem to disturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building _ ___I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only .
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly ______.To my surprise, the girl came over to me.
"You must like violin." she said.
"Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?" I asked.
Suddenly, a sad expression appeared her face and I could feel something unusual. "I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was listening every day that encouraged me." she said.
"In fact, it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn," I answered, "Let's be friends."
1. A. piano B. guitar C. violin D. drum
2.A. listening B. hearing C. watching D. looking
3.A. lively B. lovely C. harvest D. lonely
4.A. ever B. already C. just D. never
5.A. quickly B. quietly C. slowly D. friendly
6.A.when B. where C. if D. that
7.A. reader B. writer C. singer D. listener
8.A.waited B. stopped C. began D. changed
9. A. in B. of C. on D. with
10. A. your B. my C. her D. our
