题目内容
Few people can _______ exactly the differences between American English and Canadian English.
- A.say
- B.speak
- C.compare
- D.tell
If you are planning on traveling, there are few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.
First of all, always check and double-check departure (出发) time. It is surprising how few people really do this carefully. Once I arrived at he airport a few minutes after ten. My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10:50. When I arrived at the airport, the person at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed. Therefore, I had to wait three hours for the next one and missed an important meeting.
The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards (信用卡), it is still important to have some local money in cash (现金). Once I arrived at a place at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed. The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi but because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead. “Listen! I only take real money!” the driver said angrily. You can imagine how terrible I felt at that moment.
The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination(目的地) before you leave. I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in May, when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester, to places like Athens, Rome of Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.
1.Where is the writer most probably from?
A.Britain |
B.The USA |
C.Italy |
D.Greece |
2.When the writer found he had no dollars to pay the taxi driver, he .
A.asked the driver to give him a free ride |
B.offered to pay in pounds |
C.gave the driver some fake(假) money |
D.tried to pay by credit card |
3.Generally, in May the weather in London is .
A.warm and dry |
B.cold and dry |
C.hot and wet |
D.cool and rainy |
4.The writer mainly tells us .
A.how to make life easier |
B.how to be well prepared for a trip |
C.how to enjoy ourselves on trip |
D.how to schedule our trip |
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余选项。
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.
1 They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.
2 Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! 3 Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.
Some sports or game go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. 4 Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends. 5 One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.
A.And think of people in cold countries. |
B.Sports help to train a person’s character. |
C.Not a few people participate in different sports competitions themselves. |
D.Many people like to watch others play games. |
E. People aren’t inventing new sports or games.
F. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them.
G. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.