题目内容
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【小题1】Who lost a white cat with two big blue eyes?
A.Sam. | B.David. | C.Mary. | D.Charles. |
A.$59.60 | B.$49.60 | C.$39.60 | D.$29.60 |
A.Every day. | B.Friday and Saturday. |
C.Saturday and Sunday. | D.Thursday and Sunday. |
A.385-0926 | B.591-3127 | C.332-5147 | D.592-5147 |
A.map | B.dictionary | C.newspaper | D.guidebook |
【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】B
【小题5】C
解析
On August 4, while a young man in Hangzhou was caught because of killing another young man with his car, a 17-year-old girl died because of the same reason in the same city. It’s reported that the driver was badly drunk.
Cars are more and more popular for more Chinese these days. And the numbers of car accidents are increasing. From 1994 to 2008, deaths because of drunk-driving increased 7.3%. In 2009, a total of 18,371 people were killed in car accidents because of drunk driving.
In the middle of August, there were some new rules to deal with the drunk drivers:
1. If a driver’s alcohol content(酒精含量) is 20mg per 100 ml of blood, he is regarded as a drunk driver.
2. If a driver’s alcohol content is 80mg per 100ml or more, he will be held(拘留) for 15 days and have their license revoked(吊销执照)for six months, and are given a fine(罚款) of 2,000 yuan.
The first weekend, 3,167 drivers were held because of high levels of alcohol in their blood.
So many people are calling for the law to deal with drunk drivers in order to make drivers understand that drunk drinking can make serious problems.
【小题1】The girl in Hangzhou died because the driver _________.
A.was not careful enough | B.wanted to kill her |
C.drank too much | D.was too old to see clearly |
A.bigger than | B.smaller than | C.the same as | D.not the same as |
A.be held for 15 days | B.have his license revoked for six months |
C.be given a fine of 2,000 yuan. | D.A, B and C |
A.in the school magazine | B.in a newspaper |
C.in an advertisement | D.in a science book |
Give this memory test a try. Mix up 52 playing cards. Now look at the top seven for a second. Can you remember them in order?
Players at the World Memory Championships can. In fact, the 2002 champion (冠军), Andi, memorized the order of 1196 cards after looking at them for only an hour! And a German girl, Lara, only ten years old, memorized 75 faces and names in fifteen minutes!
In 1987, a Japanese man, Mr. Tomoyori, wanted to prove that his memory was the best in the world by remembering by heart pi (π), a number in math which starts 3.14159…This number never repeats itself or ends. He recited pi to 40,000 decimal places (小数位). It took the fifty-five-year-old man more than twelve hours to say the numbers, but he did it without making a mistake!
To remember pi, Mr. Tomoyori connected each number with a sound. He then made up stories to help him remember the words he made from the sounds. In an interview after his achievement, he said, “I decided to go ahead and memorize the value of pi up to one thousand places. But it wasn’t easy – in fact, it took me three years. To get to 40,000 decimal places it took me about ten years.”
Unluckily for Mr. Tomoyori, his record was broken in 1995, when another Japanese man, Mr. Goto, memorized pi to 42,195 places.
【小题1】Why was Lara’s success special?
A.She was just a little girl. | B.She was the 2002 champion. |
C.She was from Germany. | D.She remembered more words. |
A.He found pi easy to remember. |
B.His memory was the best in the world. |
C.He used stories to help remember words. |
D.He only made one mistake while saying pi. |
A.Andi. | B.Lara. | C.Mr. Goto. | D.Mr. Tomoyori. |
In a small village in England about 150 years ago, a mail coach (邮车) was standing on the street. Around the coach many people were talking to one another about it. Mail coach did not come to that village so often in those days. People had to pay a lot of money to get a letter. The person who sent the letter did not have to pay. The person who got the letter had to pay the postage (邮资). “Here?s a letter for Miss Alice Brown,” said the mailman. Everyone turned to a girl of about eighteen who was standing by the coach. “I?m Alice Brown,” she said in a low voice. The mailman gave her the letter. Alice looked at the envelope for a minute, and then handed it back to the mailman. “I’m sorry I can?t take it,” she said. “I don?t have enough money to pay the postage. ” The people standing around were very sorry for the girl. They were silent for a while. Then a gentleman came up to the mailman and paid the postage for Alice’s letter. When the gentleman gave her the letter, she said with a smile, “Oh, thank you very much, sir. This letter is from the young man I’m going to marry. His name is Tom. He went to London to look for work. He has to get enough money for our marriage (结婚). I’ve waited a long time for this letter, but now don’t need it. I don’t have to open the envelope because there is nothing inside. ” “Really?” the gentleman said in surprise. “How do you know that?” “He told me that he would put some signs on the envelope. Look, sir, this cross in the corner means that he is well, and this circle means he has found work. That’s very good news. ” The gentleman was Sir Rowland Hill. He did not forget Alice and her letter. “The postage to be paid by the receiver has to be changed,” he said to himself. He thought and thought for many years. At last he had a good plan. “The postage has to be much lower,” he said. “What about a penny (便士) for a letter? And the person who sends the letter pays the postage. He has to buy a stamp and put it on the envelope. ” “A good idea!” people said when they heard of his plan. The Government decided to adopt (采纳) the plan. The first postage stamp was put out in 1840. It was called the “Penny Black”. It had a picture of the Queen on it.
【小题1】The first postage stamp was made ________.
A.in England | B.in America | C.by Alice | D.in 1910 |
A.she did not know whose letter it was |
B.the letter had already told her what she wanted to know |
C.she could not pay the postage |
D.the gentleman promised to pay the postage for her |
A.the people around her felt sorry for her |
B.the people thought that the girl was too poor |
C.none of them wanted to pay the postage for her |
D.the people was angry with the girl |
A.Tom had told her what the signs meant before leaving for London |
B.Alice was clever and could guess the meaning of the signs |
C.Alice had put the signs on the envelope herself |
D.Tom had put the signs as Alice had told him to |
A.the government | B.Sir Rowland Hill | C.Alice Brown | D.Tom |
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Welcome to 2013 Summer Camp 2013 summer Camp is open between 9:30 am and 11:30 am from July 20th to July 30th. All children aged 7-14 are welcome. Each child can take part in only one of the following activities and needs to pay ¥150 for it. ◆Sports (basketball, football, table tennis, etc. ) ◆Interest Groups (painting, singing, dancing, piano, computer, etc.) ◆English World (songs, movies, games, plays, etc. ) Some American children are coming to the camp. If you really want to spend an interesting summer vacation, please join us for learning with fun. Act now! Book your seat as soon as possible either by phone or by e-mail. Pay before July 18th, then you can have a Mickey T-shirt as a member of the camp. Nan fang Children’s Palace No. 23 Dongshan Street, Binhai City Tel: 83212563 E-mail: dsbc2010@childrenpalace.net |
Opening time | Between 【小题1】________ and 11:30 am from________ to July 30th |
Place | Nan fang children’s Palace, No,23 Dongshan Street, Binhai City |
Participants(参加者) | 【小题2】_______ |
Fee(费用) and paying time | 【小题3】________, _________ |
Activities | 【小题4】________, Interest groups, _________ |
Telephone and e-mail | 【小题5】________, dsbc2010@childrenpalace.net |
For many years, no one could communicate with people who had been born without hearing. These deaf people were not able to use a spoken language.
But, beginning in the 1700s, the deaf were taught a special language. Using the language, they could share thoughts and ideas with others. The language they used was a language without sound. It was a sign language.
How did this sign language work? The deaf were taught to make certain movements using their hands, faces, and bodies. These movements stood for things and ideas. People might move their forefingers across their lips. This meant, “You are not telling the truth.” They might tap their chins with three fingers. This meant, “my uncle”.
The deaf were also taught to use a finger alphabet(字母表). They used their fingers to make the letters of the alphabet. In this way, they spelled out words. Some deaf people could spell out words at a speed of 130 words per minute.
Sign language and finger spelling are not used as much as they once were. Today the deaf are taught to understand others by watching their lips. They are taught how to speak.
【小题1】In the 1700s, the deaf were taught __________.
A.to speak | B.to watch others |
C.a sign language | D.a spoken language |
A.the finger next to the thumb (拇指) | B.three fingers |
C.a language | D.hands |
A.how the deaf communicate | B.learning to spell |
C.teaching the deaf to speak | D.writing sign languages |
A.Deaf people draw signs |
B.Deaf people can’t use their fingers. |
C.Many deaf people now can speak |
D.Deaf people speak with their fingers. |
The Vieira family moved to the United States in 1981. At that time, they decided to stop speaking Spanish at home and only communicate in English. This was because they were now living in an English-speaking country.
Now the Vieira children are adults, and they sometimes travel to Spain to visit their family and friends. But they cannot communicate with them. Unfortunately this is common. When people move to new countries, they often leave their own customs and mother language behind. This is a mistake because there are many benefits to knowing more than one language.
One advantage of speaking more than one language is that you can communicate directly with more people around the world. You do not have to depend on others to talk for you, so you’re more independent. People who know only one language must use others to help them communicate.
Furthermore, speaking a second language also allows people to experience other cultures and customs more effectively. Local expressions, vocabulary, and even jokes can have a powerful effect on a person’s understanding of another culture. So, knowing more than one language increases your knowledge of other cultures.
Finally, having more multi-language speakers improves relationships between countries. If people from different countries can communicate well, the world can become closer. Countries will then have more respect for each other and better understand each other’s problems.
The benefits of knowing more than one language are clear. In fact, there are no disadvantages. It is very sad that many people don’t try to learn another language. It is even worse when people let themselves forget their mother language and become silenced.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?
A.The benefits of learning other languages. |
B.The reasons why people come to America. |
C.The importance of learning English. |
D.How to learn another language. |
A.discuss the need for teaching a new language |
B.introduce the passage’s main characters to the readers |
C.describe the advantages of moving to another country |
D.show the problems of speaking only one language |
A.their mother language | B.a new language |
C.more than one language | D.body language |
A.find a better job |
B.make more friends |
C.better understand history |
D.communicate more independently |
A.Not knowing another language. |
B.Forgetting one’s mother language. |
C.Refusing to learn another language. |
D.Failing to communicate with others. |
The willful blindness in hockey toward concussions (头部撞击) has dropped. Hockey Canada has followed the lead of USA Hockey in preventing bodychecking (身体拦截) below age 13. A bad head injury of Sidney Crosby, the hockey's greatest star, opened the eyes of hockey people everywhere. This country's children have been facing similar danger at early ages, and Hockey Canada had to deal with a deep worry in the minds of Canadians to make the rule change. The liking for bodychecking from an early age is part of what makes Canadian hockey what it is.
The change in rules should be taken as a chance to draw special attention to skill development in an environment free of danger. It may also control the loss of thousands of young players who don't enjoy that environment.
For years, many Canadian hockey parents and coaches have insisted that bodychecking at early ages is necessary to ensure that players can do it safely at older ages. True or not, there may be a safer way to teach hitting than to make younger players pay a price for it in head injuries. When USA Hockey changed its rules for the 2011-2012 season, it also created bodychecking-education programs that will be mandatory(强制的) for all coaches, including those teaching players in the pre-checking ages. And it began to encourage more "touch" - without real bodychecking - from 9 t0 12. It also made the rules for 13 and up stricter. The USA is trying to show that it's possible to teach hockey protective skills without putting11 and 12-year-olds in greater danger. It's worth the try.
Hockey Canada has taken serious steps to do away with hits on the head. However, it's hard to change a sports culture so connected with who we are as a country. Too often, bodychecking has been used to try to separate a player from his head rather than from the ball. Children were paying a price for this country's love of the game.
There are always changes in Canada's game, and the change in the bodychecking age sends the clearest message yet to coaches and parents that player safety is paramount(至上的) in the game.
【小题1】We can tell that the problem of bodychecking in Canada____________.
A.is controlled strictly |
B.is taken more seriously now |
C.is caused by players' carelessness |
D.is connected with players' interest |
A.The safe ways of controlling the loss. |
B.The steps of drawing special attention. |
C.The possible results of changing the rules. |
D.The methods of improving the environment. |
A. The USA found a safer way to teach bodychecking.
B. Bodychecking-education programs in the USA are successful.
C. Bodychecking is a good way to value players' skills in the USA.
D. The USA has tried to create an environment of less bodychecking.
【小题4】What is probably the best title' for this passage?
A.Which is more important? |
B.How do we change the rules? |
C.Why is hockey a dangerous game? |
D.When should bodychecking be prevented? |