题目内容
10. water is fundamental to the development of life, (fact)
事实是水是万物进化的基本因素。
10. It is a fact that
8. no reliance can be placed on such figures. (actual)
在缺乏实际资料的情况下，这样的数据不可靠。
Time is very important in our lives. It 1 our everyday moments. However,time never had any 2 in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more 3 .
It's round in the center with two silver bands that go around my 4 and all of it is made of silver. This object 5 me the importance of time in my life.
I received this 6 on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a. m. to 7 up my Uncle Ali and take him to my father's house. 8 ，I was late because I was going out with my friends. Later on that day,around 11 ：00 a. m. , I 9 my uncle, but I was very 10 for him. He had 11 the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.
I got to my father's house at 2:00 p. m. on the same day and looked at my angry father's face. I felt 12 of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him 13 he handed me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, "Essa,did you have 14 with your friends today?" I answered, "Yes， father, and I'm sorry about not picking up my Uncle Ali. " He said, "What you did was not very 15 and you should be sorry for your 16 . ”I was ashamed and said, "Father,I'll never do it again. I promise.”He said, "I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a 17 for you.”He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my 18 .
I learned a very important lesson from my father：to 19 time and never be late to get someone. This watch is 20 to me,not because of its price,but because of the lesson that I learned from it.
( ) 1.A. appreciates B. organizes C. orders D. explains
( ) 2.A. importance B. beauty C. necessity D. interest
( ) 3.A. confident B. independent C. excited D. responsible
( ) 4.A. finger B. wrist C. neck D. arm
( ) 5.A. tells B. makes C. gives D. reminds
( ) 6.A. matter B. object C. gift D. thing
( ) 7.A. call B. pick C. put D. bring
( ) 8.A. Otherwise B. Fortunately C. However D. Hopefully
( ) 9.A. forgot B. remembered C. missed D. visited
( ) 10.A. anxious B. nervous C. early D. late
( ) 11.A. reached B. passed C. left D. missed
( ) 12. A. ashamed B. frightened C. disappointed. D. sorry
( ) 13. A. where B. when C. there D. then
( ) 14. A. trouble B. fun C. appointment D. quarrels
( ) 15. A. bad B. nice C. pleasing D. funny
( ) 16. A. ideas B. words. C. actions D. promises
( ) 17. A. lesson B. hope C. requirement D. reminder
( ) 18. A. life B. day C. way D. thought
( ) 19. A. waste B. respect C. neglect D. enjoy
( ) 20. A. useful B. necessary C. different D. important
While you are much safer inside than out,lightning can strike you even in the home. Here's how to 1 yourselves indoors.
1.Stay away from 2 Get out of the shower of bath. Don't 3 conductors such as fireplaces and metal pipes.
Cheryl Falvey of Killing Woth Conn，was struck by lightning last year while washing her 4 . Lightning 5 a window next to the washing machine, struck her right hand, 6 through her body and finally out of her 7 arm. "It was as though I was 8 a bolt(雷电) of lightning in my hands，" remembers Falvey，who was 9 across the room.
2.Stay off the telephone. It isn't an old wires'10 ― many people have been hurt through telephone wires. It was 11 outside while Peter Van Artrijk,Jr. was on the 12 at his house in Florida. "Bam!A bolt hit the building," he says, "I felt the 13 on my arms stand on end and a charge(电荷) hit me through the telephone, which was 14 blown out of my hand.”
3.Unplug(拔插头) televisions,computers, etc. Don't just turn them 15 . If the house is struck,they could be damaged if you keep them 16 in.
4.Try lightning rods(避雷针) if your 17 is very often hit by lightning. 18 fixed, says Rust,lightning rods 19 the chances of damage to a home and to the people 20 it.
( ) 1.A. save B. hide C. help D. protect
( ) 2.A. houses B. rooms C. beds D. windows
( ) 3.A. touch B. grasp C. move D. seize
( ) 4.A. clothes B. hands C. window D. face
( ) 5.A. broke B. reached C. entered D. forced
( ) 6.A. slipped B. travelled C. spread D. rolled
( ) 7.A. injured B. hurt C. right D. left
( ) 8.A. holding B. carrying C. keeping D. placing
( ) 9.A. shaken B. swept C. thrown D. drawn
( ) 10.A. talk B. tale C. news D. report
( ) 11.A. blowing B. snowing C. shining D. raining
( ) 12.A. phone B. sofa C. bed D. chair
( ) 13.A. hair B. muscle C. hands D. skin
( ) 14.A. simply B. hardly C. almost D. completely
( ) 15.A. on B. over C. off D. down
( ) 16.A. powered B. wired C. inserted D. plugged
( ) 17.A. town B. area C. building D. courtyard
( ) 18.A. Properly B. Simply C. Usually D. Firmly
( ) 19.A. escape B. prevent C. avoid D. reduce
( ) 20.A. near B. outside C. inside D. from
5.What people are eager to know is warmer, (prevent)
人们急切想知道的是怎样阻止地球转暖。
BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. 1recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to 2 the modern world. After 216 years,The Times has halved its size to become much 3,In fact,the paper has 4 its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid (小报) .
In Britain the newspaper market is 5 between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms 6 the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear 7 in con?tent. Broadsheets such as The Times, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph are 8 papers. They 9 a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.
Tabloids have far more stories about 10 serious issues such as celebrities' love lives.
Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger11 Britain's 12 newspaper,The Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked girl on page three every day.
By 13 to the size of a tabloid,The Times is following in the footsteps of a less 14 broadsheet paper The Independent.15 changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase 16. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size,the content of the papers has 17 the same. They are 18 still serious papers.
The two papers claim that people 19 the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. 20 says its new size is "compact"，not tab?loid.
( ) 1.A. Because B. So C. And D. But
( ) 2.A. match B. suit C. fit D. change
( ) 3.A. longer B. smaller C. thicker D. wider
( ) 4.A. cut B. shortened C. enlarged D. narrowed
( ) 5.A. divided B. separated C. arranged D. marked
( ) 6.A. turn into B. refer to C. think about D. connect with
( ) 7.A. meaning B. mark C. difference D. sign
( ) 8.A. old B. interesting C. modern D. serious
( ) 9.A. have B. name C. cover D. choose
( ) 10.A. more B. less C. even D. quite
( ) 11.A. headlines B. pictures C. title D. edition
( ) 12.A. best-selling B. good-looking C. slow-moving D. ugly-looking
( ) 13.A. going B. getting C. changing D. coming
( ) 14.A. important B. welcoming C. helpful D. famous
( ) 15.A. It B. This C.That D. They
( ) 16.A. slowly B. greatly C. little D. usually
( ) 17.A. become B. found C. left D. remained
( ) 18.A. / B. ail C. both D. even
( ) 19.A. find B. hope C. expect D. agree
( ) 20.A.The Independent B.The Times
C.The Guardian D.Daily Telegraph
5. the novel again. (worthwhile)
再重新读一遍这本小说是值得的。
When I lived in Spain，some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Be?fore they left,they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation. I suggested that they should stay at " bed and breakfast" houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice but they came back with some funny stories.
"We didn't stay at 'bed and breakfast' houses," they said. "Because we found that most families were away on holiday.”
I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English and they thought "vacancies" meant "holidays"，because the Spanish word for "holi?days" is " vacaciones". So they did not go to the house where the sign outside said " Vacan?cies"，which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to the house where the sign said "No Vacancies"，because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels！
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Span?ish,the word "diversion" means "fun". In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word "diversion" on a road sign,they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hole.
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris when someone offered me some more coffee, I said "Thank you" in French. I meant that I would like some more. However, to my surprise, the coffee pot was taken away!Later I found out that "Thank you" in French means "No,thank you.”
( ) 1. My Spanish friends wanted advice about .
A.learning English
B.finding places to stay in England
C.driving their car on English roads
D.going to England by car
( ) 2. Why didn't the author's friends follow his advice to stay in "bed and breakfast" hou?ses?
A.Because most house owners were away on holiday.
B.Because it was more expensive than expected.
C.Because they confused the two expressions " vacancies" and "vacaciones".
D.Because they confused the two expressions "Vacancies" and "No Vacancies".
( ) 3. If you see a road sign that says "Diversion" in England, you will .
A.fall into a hole
B.have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
C.find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
D.have to take a different road
( ) 4. I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I .
A.hadn't finished drinking my coffee
B.was expecting another cup of coffee
C.meant that I didn't want any more
D.was never misunderstood
5. is a great advantage for international communication, (gift)
有语言天分对于国际交往是一个巨大的优势。
