题目内容
Terrorism in the world means more deaths and heavier losses and ________ , it is our duty to fight against it.
- A.altogether
- B.therefore
- C.otherwise
- D.moreover
解析:
恐怖主义意味着更多的死亡和更大的损失,所以反恐怖主义是我们的职责.
As the world watched the twin towers of the World Trade Center come under attack, a common phrase was repeated:” It looks like a movie.”
But this time there was no superman to save the people or the famous building. The attack destroyed one of the world's highest skyscrapers and left 5,000 people dead or missing.
Movie fans have become used to such events after years of Hollywood films showing disasters, terrorism and danger. The Empire State Building, the White House, New York City and even the American president himself have all been threatened(威胁) by terrorist attacks in these exciting films. The film” True Lies”, released in 1994, is considered to be a good example of this kind of movie. The special effects, including explosions and missiles, make the action look like a real thing.
“Independence Day” in 1996 took this type of movie one step further by blowing up the White House. This science fiction(科幻) movie is about a war between human beings and aliens from another planet. In the movie, the World Trade Center towers are destroyed.
Violence has become a major part of Hollywood movies. And this is what people enjoy. Soon after the attacks, many famous film companies stopped the planned releases of some of their new movies, especially if their films showed terrorist attacks or plane crashes. “Swordfish” was top of the American box office in June. But the movie's story was frighteningly similar to the Sept. 11 disaster. The film would have been stopped in American and British cinemas after the attack. But it's unlikely that Hollywood will stay quiet for long. It is already waiting for the feeling in America to calm down.
【小题1】What is the main subject of the newspaper article?
A.The relationship between the Sept. 11 attack and Hollywood films. |
B.The effect of the Sept. 11 attack and Hollywood films. |
C.The response Hollywood made to the Sept. 11 attack. |
D.The result of Hollywood films showing violence and disasters. |
A.Hollywood made a lot of money out of the film “Swordfish” in June. |
B.Hollywood stopped making films showing terrorism and disasters after the Sept. 11 attack. |
C.“Swordfish” was not allowed to be shown after the Sept. 11 attack. |
D.The World Trade Center was destroyed because no superman came to save I t. |
A.Hollywood is a film making center making films of violence and disasters. |
B.too many Hollywood films showing terrorism and disasters resulted in the Sept. 11 attack. |
C.people who were used to the Hollywood films were not shocked at the Sept. 11 attack. |
D.in fact, the Sept. 11 attack had nothing to do with Hollywood films. |
Kataria is the founder of the worldwide laughter movement. The celebration of World Laughter Day is a positive activity for world peace and is intended to build up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship through laughter. The first “World Laughter Day” gathering took place in Mumbai, India, on 11th January, 1998. 12,000 members from India and international Laughter Clubs attended it. Now there are over 5,000 Laughter Clubs worldwide on all 5 continents.
“HAPPY—DEMIC” was the first World Laughter Day gathering outside India. It took place on 9th January, two years after the Mumbai gathering. In Copenhagen, Denmark, more than 10,000 people gathered at Town Hall Square. The event went into Guinness Book of World Records. “World Laughter Day” is now organized on the first Sunday of May every year. Hundreds of people gather worldwide on that day to laugh together.
Today, many people fear widespread international terrorism. The world has never faced so much unrest before. People are at war within themselves. Laughter is a universal language, which has the ability to unite humanity without religion. Laughter can build a common connection between various religions and create a new world order. The idea may sound over -ambitious(野心太大的), and maybe it is. But maybe it is not. It is our deep belief that laughter and only laughter can unite the world, building up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship.
Studies also say that laughter helps your body do the following: lower blood pressure; lighten depression; reduce stress; work out the heart, especially for those who are unable to perform physical exercise. So in life, when you can laugh, you should laugh loudly and with your entire body-because it’s good for you.
【小题1】The purpose of celebrating World Laughter Day is ________.
A.to build up a global sense of brotherhood and friendship through laughter |
B.to build a common connection between various religions |
C.to reduce stress and lighten depression |
D.to lower blood pressure |
A.on 11th January, 1998 | B.on the first Sunday of May |
C.on 9th January, 1996 | D.on 9th January, 2000 |
A.positive | B.negative | C.uninterested | D.objective |
A.World Laughter Day and its significance |
B.the worldwide laughter movement |
C.a universal language |
D.laughter. |
He’s out there somewhere, an instant icon in the records of American conflict, the final big-game hunter. But a puzzle, too, his identity would be kept a secret for now, and maybe forever.
He is the unknown shooter. The nameless, faceless triggerman who put a bullet in the head of the world’s most notorious(臭名昭著的)terrorist, Bin Laden.
He’s likely between the ages of 26 and 33, says Marcinko, founder of the “SEALs Team 6” that many believe led the attack on Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He’ll be old enough to have had time to hurdle the extra training tests required to join the counter-terrorism unit, yet young enough to stand the body-punishing harshness of the job. The shooter’s a man, it’s safe to say, because there are no women in the SEALs. And there’s a good chance he’s white, though the SEALs have stepped up efforts to increase the number of minorities in their ranks, Marcinko and Smith say.
He was probably a high school or college athlete, Smith says, a physical specimen who combines strength, speed and wisdom. “They call themselves ‘tactical athletes,’” says Smith, who works with many future SEALs in his Heroes of Tomorrow training program in Severna Park. “It’s getting very scientific.”
Marcinko puts it in more conventional terms: “He’ll be ripped,” says the author of the best-selling autobiography “Rogue Warrior.”“He’s got a lot of upper-body strength. Long arms. Thin waist. Flat stomach.”
On this point, Greitens departs a bit. “You can’t make a lot of physical assumptions,” says the author of “The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL.” There are SEALs who are 5 feet 4 and SEALs who are 6 feet 5, Greitens says. In his training group, he adds, there were college football boys who couldn’t hack it; those who survived were most often men in good shape, but they also had a willingness to show their concerns in favor of the mission.
The shooter’s probably not the crew-cut(平头), neatly shaven ideal we’ve come to expect from American fighting forces. “He’s bearded, rough-looking, like a street naughty boy,” Marcinko supposes. “You don’t want to stick out.” Marcinko calls it “modified grooming standards.”
His hands will be calloused(长老茧), Smith says, or just rough enough,” as Marcinko puts it. And “he’s got frag in him somewhere,” Marcinko says, using the battlefield shorthand for “fragments” of bullets or explosive devices. This will not have been the shooter’s first adventure. Marcinko estimates that he might have made a dozen or more deployments(部署), tours when he was likely to have dealt with quite a number of dangerous situations, getting ready any time for explosive devices or bullets.
【小题1】Which of the following is most likely to be the title of the passage?
A.Who shot Bin Laden? | B.What do the SEALS do? |
C.How can boys be SEALS? | D.What SEALS are like? |
A.knows clearly what the shooter is like | B.doubts whether Bin Laden is dead |
C.is certain that the shooter is a man | D.is not sure of the shooter’s gender |
A.the shooter will eventually be revealed in the Press |
B.the writer is a person who is curious about the shooter |
C.the writer is a detective who tries to arrest the shooter |
D.the shooter is a strong man with a pair of rough hands |
①. Marcinko ②. Greitens ③. Smith ④. Abbottabad
A.①④ | B.③④ | C.②③ | D.①② |
阅读文章后,从第55至58题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳答案
America’s No.1 health problem?A report published by the American Institute of Stress claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AIDS.The report says:“it has been estimated that 75-90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related problems.’’
It is no exaggeration(夸张)to say that people today are being attacked by stress.According to the National Consumers League,“Work is the top source of stress for adults who have problems and stress in their lives(39%).Other sources include health(10%),concern about the economy(9%)and concern about international conflict and terrorism(4%)”
However, stress is hardly unique to the United States A British survey in 2005 estimated that ‘‘over half a million individuals in Britain believed in 2004 that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill”.As a result of“work-related stress,depression or anxiety”, there are“an estimated thirteen and a half million reported lost working days per year in Britain”
The picture is no less bleak in mainland Europe. According to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.“work-related stress has been shown to affect millions of European workers across all types of employment sectors’’ One survey revealed that there are “about 41 million workers affected by work-related stress each year.”
What about Asia?A report issued by a conference held in Tokyo concluded,“Job stress is a common concern among many countries in the world,both developing and industrialized countries”.The report observed that“several countries in East Asia,including China and Korea, have rapidly industrialized and economically grown”.These countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful effects on workers’ health.
【小题1】Which of the followings is NOT true?
A.Cancer and AIDS are not so threatening as health problems caused by stress. |
B.Stress is always from working and living pressure. |
C.More than one third of adults suffer from stress problems in America. |
D.Stress has become a world-wide problem. |
A.There is no hope for mainland Europe. |
B.There is no working stress in mainland Europe. |
C.The picture in mainland Europe is very beautiful. |
D.The stress situation in mainland Europe is serious too. |
A.Asian people lead a better life |
B.industry and economy have grown rapidly in China |
C.some Asians have health problems from employment stress |
D.the rapid economical development is the main reason for stress |
A.Attacked by Stress | B.Attention to Health |
C.Effects of Stress | D.Health Report |