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A．Who cares? |
B．No bother. |
C．I don’t mind at all |
D．Is it as bad as that? |
请你根据以下要点提示，以学校学生会的名义，以Save our limited farmland 为标题写一篇海报，呼吁人们节约耕地资源。我国人口不断增长，而耕地面积在日益减少，耕地面积只占全国土地总面积的10%左右；更国糟糕的是，建工厂，修公路和铁路，以及建设房屋等占用了大量耕地。呼吁大家节约用地，充分利用土地，以及保护现有的耕地资。
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The Students’ Union
Wednesday, March 19
I’m Yuan Longping born into a poor farmer’s family in 1931 when farmers in China used to live a hard life．For d , they struggled to search for ways to increase rich harvests, but without success. Thanks to my research on the hybrid rice that has a high output, which makes_______ possible to produce harvests twice as large as before_____ expanding the area of fields, which m （意味）22% of the world's people rid themselves of h (饥饿). I am circulating this knowledge in many countries to increase their harvest. Therefore, I am c “father of hybrid rice” In addition , I am s （满意）with my simple life. I c little for money. In my free time I love listening to music, playing mah-jongg and reading. Look at my s face and arms and my slim, strong body and you will think I’m __ like a farmer than a scientist.
1.Professor Holloway, an eye____________（专家）, organized a national survey of eye diseases in children.
2.Someone in another car started making (手势) and pointing at our tires.
3.There is a c between pollution and the death of trees.
4.He was a little boy, but he b as if he were an adult.
5.It was （令人吃惊的）to everyone that the court had made such a decision.
6. （不幸地）he won’t be here tomorrow evening.
7.The National Day was celebrated (遍及) the country.
8.A museum should aim to e as well as educate.
9.The novel describes the way of life of the o people there.
10.She’s s to bring up a family alone.
Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected, means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying “no,” criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it’s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialogue may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than people in any other forum.
Humor is often the best way to keep a small misunderstanding from escalating into a big deal. Recently a neighbor of mine had a squabble with his wife as she drove him to the airport. Airborne, he felt miserable, and he knew she did, too. Two hours after she returned home, she received a long-distance phone call. “Person-to-person for Mrs. I. A. Pologize,” intoned the operator. “That’s spelled ‘P’ as in…” In a twinkling, the whole day changed from grim to lovely at both ends of the wire.
An English hostess with a quick wit was giving a formal dinner for eight distinguished guests whom she hoped to enlist in a major charity drive. Austerity（节俭）was a fashion in England at the time, and she had asked her children to serve the meal. She knew that anything could happen—and it did, just as her son, with the studied concentration of a tightrope walker, brought in a large roast turkey. He successfully elbowed the swinging dining-room door, but the backswing threw the bird onto the dining-room floor.
The boy stood rooted: guests stared at their plates. Moving only her head the hostess smiled at her son,” No harm, Daniel,” she said. “Just pick him up and take him back to the kitchen”… she enunciated clearly so he would think about what she was saying… “and bring in the other one.”
A wink and a one-liner instantly changed the dinner from a red-faced embarrassment to a conspiracy of fun.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Humor is the key to success in our work and our lives.
B.Humor enables us to cope with difficult situation effectively.
C.Humor is the only best way to criticize someone without losing his face.
D.Humor makes fun of any difficult situations.
2.Which of the following is NOT stated in the passage?
A.Comedians on TV are believed to have done a lot in making people more tolerant of racial and religious differences.
B.To make up differences, humor is a most acceptable as well as a most effective means.
C.People often turn to humorous ways when meeting with difficult situations because of its effectiveness.
D.Only by adopting the means of humor can one succeed in some jobs.
3.By saying “and bring in the other one,” the hostess meant that_________.
A.the son had to cook another turkey for the guests
B.she already had made more than one turkey ready for the dinner
C.some other dish would be served instead of a turkey
D.the son could serve the same turkey after it was cleaned
Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself.
The expression to be in hot water is a very old expression. Hot water was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.
That no longer happens. But we still get in hot water. When we are in hot water, we are in trouble. It can be any kind of trouble—serious or not so serious. A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police. A young boy can be in hot water with his mother, if he walks in the house with dirty shoes.
Being in deep water is almost the same as being in hot water. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult position.
To keep your head above water is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt. A company seeks to keep its head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.
Water over the dam is another expression about a past event. It is something that is finished. It cannot be changed. The expression comes from the idea that water that has flowed over a dam cannot be brought back again.
Another common expression to hold water, is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from a way of testing the condition of a container.; If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your argument can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes.
Throwing cold water also is an expression that deals with ideas or suggestions. It means to not like an idea. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But your wife throws cold water on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much.
1.If Robert says he is in deep water, we may guess_________.
A.he is swimming under the water
B.he is tired of changing shoes
C.he nearly breaks a law
D.he faces a difficult choice
2.What can you say to your friend Jane, who is troubled by a mistake she has made?
A.Keep your head above water.
B.Throw cold water.
C.It is water over the dam.
D.It can hold water.
3.If your argument doesn’t hold water, then it is _________.
A.weak B. convincing C. logical D. disappointing
4.The passage explains the origins of the following expressions EXCEPT_________.
A.to be in hot water
B.to keep your head above water
C.water over the dam
D.to hold water
