题目内容
---It’s the second time that I ___ to Shanghai.
---What great changes! It’s ten years since I _____ it last time.
A. have been, left B. had been, left C. am, had left D. come, had left
A
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Father Maurice Chase used a special way to celebrate his 90th birthday. The Catholic priest(神父) took $ 15,000 in cash to Los Angeles’ Skid Row (贫民区) and gave it away. Twenty wheelchair – bound people received 100bills,whiletherestreceived1to 3each.“IcomeoutheretotellthemthatGodlovesthemandIlovethemandthatsomeoneisconcernedaboutthem,”Chasesaid.ChasehasgivenawaycashandblessingseverySundayatthesamecornerfor24years.Severalhundredpeoplewaitforhimeveryweek.HemakesapointofcomingonThanksgivingandChristmas,too,butthisisthefirstyearhespenthisbirthdayinthedowntownneighborhoodwherepeoplelivemainlyinsheltersandondirtysidewalks.“It′stheplacethatmakesmethehappiest.Ijustloveit,”saidChase.“Ilookforwardtocominghere.”ThemoneycomesfromdonationshereceivesfromrichandfamouspeoplehemetduringhisworkasassistanttothepresidentofLoyolaMarymountUniversity.Thecrowdbrokeintochorusesof“HappyBirthday”severaltimes.Somepeoplepresentedhimbirthdaycards,tohisdelight.TravisKemp,a51–year–olddisabledmanwithlongblackhair,wasoneofthelucky20toreceive 100. He said he had no special plans for spending the money. “He has a lot of respect from me,” Kemp said. “I know I couldn’t do it.”
【小题1】On his 90 th birthday, Chase .
A.handed out cash to the needy |
B.collected money for poor people |
C.visited poor people’s homes with gifts |
D.held a party at Los Angeles’ Skid Row |
A.Celebrating his birthday with his neighbours. |
B.Working in Loyola Marymount University. |
C.Celebrating Christmas with the people he has helped. |
D.Going to Los Angeles’ Skid Row to help people there. |
A.All his savings. |
B.His earnings as a Catholic priest. |
C.Donations from the wealthy and celebrities(名人). |
D.Donations from Loyol![]() |
A.he was the luckiest person on that day |
B.the disabled need to be taken care of |
C.Chase is greatly appreciated by the needy |
D.even old people came to celebrate Chase’s birthday |
A.Every recipient could get $100 in cash from Father Maurice Chase. |
B.Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away not only on his birthday but also on other occasions. |
C.Although Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away on his birthday, he didn’t receive anything in return. |
D.Father Maurice Chase earned a lot of money as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University. |
Obama Still Smokes in Secret
US President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makers.He has just signed a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry.The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products.
At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday.
Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn’t completely kicked the habit.Every now and then he still smokes in secret.
“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time.Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes.Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No.” Obama said at a news conference.
“I don' t do it in front of my lads.I don 't do it in front of my family.I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said.
"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important.The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up.What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said.
Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases.
1.The new law makes life difficult for .
A.Obama |
B.tobacco industry |
C.White House |
D.US Food and Drug Administration |
2.What do we know about Obama?
A.He no longer smokes. |
B.He still smokes as usual. |
C.He began to smoke at eighteen. |
D.He is trying hard to give up smoking. |
3.According to the passage, Obama is most concerned about .
A.children |
B.officials |
C.his family |
D.businessmen |