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Which is wrong?

A.
He promised me a present for my birthday.
B.
He promised that he would give me a present for my birthday.
C.
He made a promise which he would give me a present for my birthday.
D.
He promised to give me a present for my birthday.

C
promise的用法为：promise sb. sth.／promise that…／make a promise that…

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M：We had a(1)r________ interesting debate in the science class today．

W：Really? What was it(2)a________?

M：Space exploration．Should we continue to(3)r________ or spend the money on what’s important to human beings? We had a heated discussion．

W：Well, I think it’s important to find out about the rest of the universe which

is(4)u________ even for human beings．It is great and difficult work．

M：But are we wasting money that could be(5)s________ on medical research and saving lives? Medical research is very important．

W：I see what you are saying, but we need to(6)u________ the universe and how it works．I think much about it is(7)p________ to all of us．

M：But why? We live on the earth．As long as we know how earth works…

W：Let me ask you something．Wouldn’t you like to travel into space or(8)v________ the moon?

M：Oh, yes, it would be(9)w________!

W：Well, exactly．Maybe in the future it’ll be(10)p________ to do that．

WHEN an Iraqi journalist threw a shoe at former US President George W.Bush at a news conference last December,the president’s bodyguards quickly moved to protect him.

Those bodyguards were from the US Secret Service.Their job is to protect the president.Now America’s first black president Barack Obama also has the same people at his side.Here are some details about these mysterious men and women.?

History?

◇The Secret Service is known today for protecting public officials and their families.

However,when it began in 1865,it was started to protect money.A third to a half of all US money during the Civil War was fake (假的).President Abraham Lincoln created the United States Secret Service to find those responsibly.?

◇The first 25 presidents had no special protection.That changed after President William Mckinley was murdered in 1901.?

Who gets protection?

About 30 people get full-time protection in the United States (more in an election year).

Included are:?

◇Presidents and vice-presidents and their wives,for up to 10 years after leaving office,and their children up to age 16.Anyone can decline protection after leaving office.Richard Nixon did.? ◇Candidates for president and vice-?president,their wives and children at a cost of $500,000 a month for 30-plus special agents (特工).?

◇The Secretary of State,National Security Adviser and others.The Secret Service also protects 80 to 200 visiting foreign political leaders every year.?

Getting around?

Rules for president

◇Limousines (豪华轿车) that can withstand a missile are used.?

◇Entering and exiting are never done on a street.?

◇Exact travel plans are kept secret.?

◇Bulletproof reading stands for speeches are used.

Agent’s task

◇Teach the president how to wave and move.

◇Test his food for poison.?

◇Use special radio channels for the police and the Secret Service.?

◇Use X-ray checks before allowing entry to secure areas,and search bags.?

◇Check lists of hundreds of people known to be dangerous.?

◇Keep files on thousands of people who have made even vague threats.?

◇Be part of counter-sniper (反狙击) teams.

What’s the purpose of writing the passage??

A. To tell us how to be a bodyguard.?

B.To introduce the US Secret Service to us.?

C.To give us some information about US

presidents.?

D.To inform us of the incident at a news

conference. ?

Which is the special agent’s task according to

the US Secret Service??

A. Have dinner with the president’s family.?

B.Teach the president to behave politely in

public.?

C.Keep a record of possible murderers.?

D.Check people carrying bags with X-ray.

What do you know about the US Secret

Service from the passage??

A. It is made up of 30 people.?

B.It protects only US presidents.?

C.It is responsible for the safety of all

Americans.?

D.It was created to protect money.

Which of the following can be inferred from

the passage??

A. The bodyguards from the US Secret

Service have no privacy.?

B.The US Secret Service bodyguards’ job is

full of challenges.?

C.No one knows the exact travel plan of

presidents.?

D.Every president in American history has a

bodyguard. ?

Although man has known asbestos （石棉） for many hundreds of years, it was not until 160 years ago that it was mined for the first time on the North American continent. H.W.Johns, owner of a New York City Supply Shop for roofers, was responsible for the opening of that first mine．
Mr.Johns was given a piece of asbestos which had been found in Italy． He experimented with the material and then showed its surprising powers to his customers. After putting on a pair of asbestos gloves, which looked much like ordinary work gloves, he took red-hot coals from the fireplace and played with them in his hands.How astonished the customers were to discover that he was not burned at all．You can well imagine that he had increasing business in asbestos roofing materials． However, because it was very expensive to transport them from Italy to the United States, Mr.Johns sent out a young scientist to seek a source nearer home. This young man found great vein（岩脉）, in the province of Quebec in Canada．
Ever since 1881 Quebec has led the world in the production of this unusual mineral, which is made up of magnesium, silicon, iron, and oxygen．When it is mined, the asbestos is heavy, just as you would expect a mineral to be．When it is separated, a strange thing happens: the rock breaks down into fine, soft, soapy fibres．
Scientists do not know why the rock can be separated easily into threads, but they have found thousands of uses of this fireproof material, of the so-called “cloth of stone”．
【小题1】Which title best expresses the main idea of this passage?

A．Asbestos mined in Canada	B．Fireproof matter
C．A “wonder” mineral	D．A new roofing material

【小题2】Johns proved his ability as a salesman by_______．

A．going into roofing business	B．carrying asbestos from Italy
C．sending a trained scientist	D．showing the use of asbestos gloves

【小题3】Which is the most important characteristic of asbestos that the author wants to show us?

A．It is like thread．	B．It feels soapy．
C．It burns easily．	D．It is unusually heavy．

【小题4】The author’s main purpose in writing this passage was to _______．

A．show the need for more scientists

B．compare asbestos with other minerals

C．increase the sales of asbestos

D．present facts about asbestos

Chelsea Clinton, the 31-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is stepping into her own spotlight.
According to the New York Times, NBC has hired Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent（记者） for NBC News. Her feature stories will reportedly be used in the “Making a Difference” series, which runs on “NBC Nightly News”. The sections attract people who volunteer to improve the lives of others in their communities.
When Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992, the first lady asked the press to keep Chelsea out of the public eyes. As a young adult, Chelsea continued to avoid media attention in order to attend college and quietly enter the business world. Once her mother decided to run for the presidency in 2007, however, Chelsea made hundreds of public appearances, mostly on college campuses, to support the campaign. More recently, she has worked for New York University and promoted her father’s latest book. She is currently pursuing a doctor’s degree at Oxford.
Clinton is the second daughter of a president hired by NBC News; Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former President George W. Bush, works as a correspondent for NBC’s “Today” show.
【小题1】 Chelsea Clinton continued to stay out of media attention to _____.

A．improve the lives of others

B．help her father in the election

C．study and go to the business circle

D．support her mother for the presidency

【小题2】 What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 2?

【小题3】 Which is the right order of the events?
a. Chelsea helped to sell Bill Clinton’s latest book.
b. Chelsea pursues her doctor’s degree.
c. Chelsea supported her mother’s career.
d. Chelsea was out of the public attention.

A．d, a, c, b	B．c, d, b, a
C．c, b, d, a	D．d, c, a, b

【小题4】 According to the text, we can conclude that _____.

A．Chelsea Clinton is the second daughter of Bill Clinton

B．Chelsea Clinton is in favour of her parents’ careers

C．Chelsea Clinton always follows her mother’s advice

D．Jenna Bush Hager is a correspondent for “NBC Nightly News”

Despite rising education levels, Americans of every age are reading less and less for pleasure these days, according to an analysis by the National Endowment for the Arts. The decline(下降) could have bad effects as people tune out books, tune in popular culture and become less socially engaged.

"We've got a public culture which is almost entirely commercial(商业化)and novelty - driven (追新)," says NEA chairman Dana Gioia. "I think it's letting the nation down."

The study gathers years of data on Americans' reading habits and finds that, at every age group, we're reading less.

Most of the data have appeared in private, government and university surveys, but today's report is the first to combine them into a single portrait. It suggests that the demands of school, work and family and the decisive advantage of other forms of entertainment have caused the decline in reading for millions of Americans.

·Only 38% of adults in 2006 said they had spent time reading a book for pleasure.

·65% of college freshmen in 2005 said they read little or nothing for pleasure.

·30% of 13 - year - olds in 2004 said they read for fun "almost every day," down from 35% in 1984.

According to Gioia, a poet, they decline is probably the single most important social issue in the United States today. The findings should be a wake - up call to educators to change the way they teach literature at every level. It was once believed that if someone went to college, they would become a lifelong reader. What we're seeing right now is that we're no longer producing readers. We're producing B. A. s and M. A. s and Ph. D. s.

Cioia also wants main media to wake up to how they can promote good books in many ways. He notes that when a character in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral recited a few lines of W. H. Auden's poem Funeral Blues, the poet briefly became a best seller.

65.The underlined phrase "tune out" in the first paragraph probably means________.

A.close B.publish C.prove D.read

66.According to Dana Gioia, the change of Americans' reading habit________.

A.is positive and valuable B.does harm to the nation

C.is caused only by popular culture D.can make poets best sellers

67.Which of the following is NOT the cause for the change in reading habit?

A.Demands of getting a B. A., M. A. or Ph. D.

B.Demands of family, school and work.

C.The change in the way the literature is taught.

D.Advantages of the entertainment.

68.We can infer that the number of teenagers reading for pleasure reduced by________in 20 years.

A.30% B.38% C.65% D.5%

Which is wrong?

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