There are some strange driving laws in different countries.

Countries

Laws

Vietnam

If you’re in Vietnam without a Vietnamese driver’s license, you risk a prison sentence of up to three years.

Russia

In Moscow, if your car is dirty enough to draw dust art, you will be fined about 2,000 rubles (about US 55 dollars). Worse yet, it’s illegal to wash your car by hand in public places – forcing you to take it to one of the few car wash facilities.

Thailand

Drivers – male or female – can’t drive shirtless whether it’s a car, bus, or a tuk-tuk cab.

France

France requires its drivers to carry a portable breathalyzer(便携式酒精测量仪) at all times when driving a car. The one-time breathalyzer cost around US 5 dollars, and if you don’t have one, you will be fined US 15 dollars.

Cyprus

Raising your hands in the car can get you fined of US 35 dollars. The law states a driver can be fined if the person “is in an irregular position inside the car or raises his hand from the steering wheel unnecessarily.”

Japan

Politeness isn’t just the culture in Japan; it is part of driving laws. Splashing(飞溅) a person by driving through a puddle(水坑) with your car will cost you over US 60 dollars. The country is also strict with its DUI (酒驾) laws – riding with or lending your car to a driver who gets caught drinking and driving can lead to a fine costing thousands of dollars.

1.Where should you go to wash your car when you are in Moscow?

A. The forest. B. Any public place.

C. Your home. D. The car wash facilities.

2.What can you get fined for in Cyprus?

A. Forgetting to carry a portable breathalyzer.

B. Not having a Cyprus driver’s license.

C. Putting your hands above your head.

D. Driving without a shirt.

3.If you are fined thousands of dollars in Japan, you may have been ________________.

A. sitting in a car with a drunk driver

B. in an irregular position in your car

C. splashing a person with mud

D. impolite to other drivers

4.This passage can most likely be found in __________.

A. a law document

B. a book on interesting cultures

C. an international newspaper

D. a fashion magazine

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Albert Einstein offered us more than just the amazing theory of relativity and E=mc2. Through his persistence in his discoveries in science, Einstein shined a light on how each of us can do the impossible by working hard, experiencing failure,and valuing people. 1. _

●Simplify Your Work

“If you can’t explain it to a six years old, you don’t understand it yourself.”—Albert Einstein

The more complicated you have to make something seem, the more you do not understand the inner workings of it. 2. Did they make even the most complicated topics full of vocabulary that you did not understand or did they make it easier to understand by simplifying?

●Live in the Present

“I never think of the future — it comes soon enough.”—Albert Einstein

3. .You can try to get yourself worried about the future and make plans that may not work out according to plans. What matters most is living now, today. Do your best right now and do not worry about tomorrow.

●Work Towards the Impossible

“Only those who attempt the absurd(荒谬的) can achieve the impossible.”—Albert Einstein

If it seems ridiculous to others and you are willing to take the risk, then you are able to achieve the impossible. 4. You complete what was once an obstacle.

●Value People

“Life isn’t worth living; unless it is lived for someone else.”—Albert Einstein

If you put people first, they will value you and consider you a person who genuinely cares about others. 5. Show them that you value them. Thank them and send compliments their way. It will not only make their day better, but they will appreciate it and remember what you have done for them.

A.Spend at least a few minutes out of your busy day talking with people without any distraction.

B.Scientists in different fields are interested in the unique theory of relativity.

C.When you go beyond what others think is reasonable, an amazing thing starts to happen.

D.Think differently, and you may find your answer.

E.Even if you are not a scientist, you can apply these life lessons to your own life.

F.You are only guaranteed the moment that you have right now, at this moment.

G.Think about the best teachers that you have had in your life.

阅读表达

阅读下面的短文,请根据短文后的要求答题。

Years of expecting this time has finally arrived; there were times when I thought we would never get here. We are having three graduations in one family. My daughter is graduating from 4-year College in nursing, and my son is graduating from a high school, and I also just graduated last week. The dream was planted many years ago. I had always dreamt of going back to school, but it was too worrying and too hard.

Three years ago, I lost one of my dear friends. She died suddenly someday. All those thoughts of “someday” seemed to take on different meanings. So, I decided to take a course, then I took two. I finally took 4 courses. When I was in the second week of school, my family was in a terrible car accident. My husband, my two children and I were on our way to visit my another daughter at work in another city for her twenty-third birthday, and we were hit by a truck a half mile from our house. My husband was seriously hurt, and I was told by doctors many times it was a miracle(奇迹) that he had survived a serious head injury.

The three of us were barely passing after that time period. I had a broken arm and could not write. However, none of us had cold feet. As one of the top ten students in the college, my daughter graduated from college and got her Bachelor’s Degree. My son was admitted to a famous university after his graduation. I am proud of them.

As my password, I called myself “mountain climber.” The journey was difficult and every hill seemed higher to climb. Last week, the highlight of my life was walking across that platform and getting my degree six months before I turn fifty. I am proud of myself, too.

1.What was the author’s dream? (no more than 8 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

2.What does the miracle refer to? (no more than 8 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

3.How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? (no more than 6 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

4.Why is the author proud of herself? (no more than 13 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

5.Do you agree with the author’s view on life? Give reasons in your own words (no more than 20 words)

____________________________________________________________________________

完形填空

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

When l was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident.As she was ________to the bus in order not to miss it,she slipped on some ice and fell under the rear wheels of the bus.She ________ the accident,but was paralyzed from the waist________ .1 went to see her,in my 13-year-old mind thinking she wouldn’t live ________ from then on.

Over the years,I moved and didn’t think ________ about Helen after that.Three years ago,in Florida,my oldest son was ________by a car while riding his bike, ________ a terrible brain injury. ________ I was looking after him,a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called.It was a(n) ________ trying(难受的)day.I burst into tears for no________ and hung up.

A short time later,a beautiful woman,in a wheelchair, ________ into my son’s room with a box of tissues.After 16 years, I still recognized Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her ________ I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about her ________ since we last saw each other. She had married, had children and gotten her degree so that she could ________ the path for those less________ than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be ________ .

Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt ________ . But I also felt the first hope I had felt since learning that my son was hurt. From this person that I thought would have no________of life, I learned where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously ________ and we moved back north, but I owe Helen a ________ that I can never repay.

1.A. walking B. riding C. running D. driving

2.A. escaped B. resisted C. sacrificed D. survived

3.A. down B. up C. in D. out

4.A. normally B. comfortably C. seriously D. optimistically

5.A. many B. much C. less D. little

6.A. collapsed B. driven C. drawn D. hit

7.A. making B. causing C. resulting D. leading

8.A. Before B. While C. After D. Since

9.A. unnormally B. eventually C. particularly D. necessarily

10.A. reason B. excuse C. matter D. account

11.A. ran B. walked C. rolled D. moved

12.A. how B. where C. what D. who

13.A. son B. life C. mother D. work

14.A. build B. smooth C. take D. follow

15.A. fortunate B. healthy C. powerful D. wealthy

16.A. hope B. dream C. fancy D. ideal

17.A. confident B. selfish C. small D. depressed

18.A. ability B. way C. quality D. standard

19.A. worsened B. recovered C. disappeared D. overcame

20.A. life B. bill C. success D. debt

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