题目内容
The arrival of the European settlers had a great _________ on the life of the Native Americans.
A.fault | B.change | C.impact | D.result. |
C
解析
Some weird, wild and wonderful stories coloured the news in 2010:
★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its vehicles for people looking for a partner. "Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the British owned Arriva company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat" sign.
★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Verona, Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they have been buried alive by mistake.
★A man in New York came up with a disarming way to set off his latest bank heist , approaching the clerk’s window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a hold-up note saying“give me the money!”
★ An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully swam across the Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole cost is 400 dollars.
★A set of artificial teeth made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction.
★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros) after pleading guilty.
★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
★Two Australian men needed surgery after shooting each other in the bottoms during a drinking session to see if it would hurt were charged 400 dollars separately.
★ A Kuwaiti MP(议员) proposed state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in a bid to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.
【小题1】What is special about the coffin in the second news?
A.It is golden | B.It has a cell phone. |
C.It is a luxury | D.It has many items |
A.robbery | B.proposal | C.begging | D.raising money |
A.A British woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin. |
B.One who bought Winston Churchill’s artificial teeth. |
C.An Australian man who shot in bottom to test the hurt. |
D.An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms. |
A.In Kuwait many men are eager to get married |
B.A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait |
C.There are quantities of oil in Kuwait |
D.There are many single women in Kuwait |