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 In 1998, when he was only 19, Bill _____ to 5 years in prison for his acts of violence. 

A. sentenced             B. had sentenced   C. was sentenced           D. had been sentenced

C

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阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺．

M：Have you heard?The British government is planning to tax plastic bags?

W：Yes, it was on the news．They want to r

　　1　　 the amount of rubbish．I can’t help but feel that it’s a good idea because they can’t be recycled．

M：They’ve already done it in Ireland．If you go to the supermarket there, you have to p

　　2　　 for each plastic bag．

W：So most people use the s　　3　　 bags over again, do they?

M：Yes．And the supermarket sells thick plastic bags which last l　　4　　．

W：And there’s a lot less rubbish in the streets, isn’t there?

M：Yes．But it’s not just in Europe that plastic bags are Damaging the e　　5　　．In many d　　6　　 countries it’s even worse．

They’re causing a serious problem．In south Africa, for example, they call plastic bags the national flowers because the wind blows them e　　7　　．Now the government has stopped them and you can go to prison for 10 years if you use them．

W：In Bangladesh too．They say that plastic bags were largely responsible for the terrible floods in 1988 and 1998．They blocked the drains and rainwater couldn’t flow a　　8　　．

M：It’s scary．They don’t look dangerous but there’re so many that t hey can kill．In India, cows eat them in the streets and then die．

W：In some parts of India they are stopped．From what I understand, you can go to prison for 7 years if you use them．

M：I can’t help but feel that sending people to prison is very hard．

W：That’s because the situation is so s　　9　　．And people are not reasonable．They won’t change their h　　10　　．

　

　

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　　The British steamship “Titanic,” sank after striking ice in North Atlantic Ocean, and killed more than 15,000．

　　The Titanic hearings(听证会)were conducted by a special subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee and chaired by Senator William A．Smith．The hearings began on April 19,1912, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City．A total of 82 witnesses testified(作证)about ice warnings that were ignored, the inadequate number of lifeboats, the ship’s speed, the failure of nearby ships to respond to the Titanic’s distress calls, and the treatment of passengers of different classes．The hearings concluded on May 28, 1912, when Senator Smith visited the Titanic’s sister ship, Olympic, at port in New York, to interview some of its crew．When the Titanic sank, the Olympic was about 500 miles away．

　　The subcommittee hearing transcripts(手稿), which were published in 1912, are over1,100 pages long．Spawned by the popularity of the movie on the Titanic, a paperback reprint of the hearings was published in 1998 by Pocket Books．This paperback is an exact reprint of the hearing transcripts．

　　Other congressional documents issued in 1912 as a result of the Titanic investigation include：

　　The final report that contains the conclusions about the causes of the disaster．

　　The investigative report issued by the British Government．

　　A law to award medals of honor to the captain, officers, and crew of the ship Carpathia, which picked up the survivors of the Titanic．

　　A law to establish a memorial to Archibald W．Butt and Francis D．Millet, commissioned officers who went down with the sinking of the Titanic．

(1)

What is the passage mainly about?

[　　]

A．

Who should be blamed for the disaster?

B．

What caused the disaster?

C．

What were done after the disaster?

D．

Where can we get such documents?

(2)

We can learn all the followings about the disaster except ________．

[　　]

A．

Poorer people might have been unfairly treated．

B．

No ship came to rescue the people on Titanic．

C．

Titanic might have been over speed．

D．

Titanic’s officers had thought little of ice warnings．

(3)

Why did Senator Smith visited the Titanic’s sister ship, Olympic?

[　　]

A．

Because it picked up the survivors of the Titanic．

B．

Because it was at port in New York．

C．

Because he wanted to know more about Titanic．

D．

Because it was nearby when Titanic sank．

(4)

What does the underlined word “spawn” most probably mean?

[　　]

A．

To make a series of things happen．

B．

To make more money from something．

C．

to go along with something．

D．

To put out some heated quarreling．

(5)

What can we learn from the passage about A．W．Butt and F．D．Millet?

[　　]

A．

It was their last mission．

B．

They were blamed for the disaster．

C．

They were proud of the ship．

D．

They didn’t escape from the ship．

The British steamship “Titanic,” sank after striking ice in North Atlantic Ocean, and killed more than 15,000.

The Titanic hearings(听证会) were conducted by a special subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee and chaired by Senator William A. Smith. The hearings began on April 19,1912, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. A total of 82 witnesses testified(作证) about ice warnings that were ignored, the inadequate number of lifeboats, the ship’s speed, the failure of nearby ships to respond to the Titanic’s distress calls, and the treatment of passengers of different classes. The hearings concluded on May 28, 1912, when Senator Smith visited the Titanic’s sister ship, Olympic, at port in New York, to interview some of its crew. When the Titanic sank, the Olympic was about 500 miles away.

The subcommittee hearing transcripts(手稿), which were published in 1912, are over1,100 pages long. Spawned by the popularity of the movie on the Titanic, a paperback reprint of the hearings was published in 1998 by Pocket Books. This paperback is an exact reprint of the hearing transcripts.

Other congressional documents issued in 1912 as a result of the Titanic investigation include:

·The final report that contains the conclusions about the causes of the disaster.

·The investigative report issued by the British Government.

·A law to award medals of honor to the captain, officers, and crew of the ship Carpathia, which picked up the survivors of the Titanic.

·A law to establish a memorial to Archibald W. Butt and Francis D. Millet, commissioned officers who went down with the sinking of the Titanic.

1．What is the passage mainly about?

       A．Who should be blamed for the disaster? B．What caused the disaster?

       C．What were done after the disaster?        D．Where can we get such documents?

2．We can learn all the followings about the disaster except ____________.

       A．Poorer people might have been unfairly treated.

       B．No ship came to rescue the people on Titanic.

       C．Titanic might have been over speed.

       D．Titanic’s officers had thought little of ice warnings.

3．Why did Senator Smith visited the Titanic’s sister ship, Olympic?

       A．Because it picked up the survivors of the Titanic.

       B．Because it was at port in New York.

       C．Because he wanted to know more about Titanic.

       D．Because it was nearby when Titanic sank.

4．What does the underlined word “spawn” most probably mean?

       A．To make a series of things happen.

       B．To make more money from something.

       C．to go along with something.

       D．To put out some heated quarreling.

5．What can we learn from the passage about A.W. Butt and F.D. Millet?

       A．It was their last mission.

       B．They were blamed for the disaster.

       C．They were proud of the ship.

       D．They didn’t escape from the ship.

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