The new chairman was quite familiar with the for conducting a meeting. A. question B. people C. procedure D. problem 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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　　The Fourth“21st Century Cup”National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai．

　　Organizers：China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network

　　Coordinator：China University English Speaking Association（CUESA）

　　Ch-sponsors（联办单位）：English Speaking Union（ESU），Lotus Software

　　（China）Co．Ltd，Times Publishing Group of Singapore，Hilton Shanghai，

　　Pearson Education，Foreign Language Teaching ＆ Research Press．

　　Date：March 26（Friday），1999．

　　Place：Hilton Shanghai．

　　Competition Format（形式）：Each student will present a prepared speech on the given topic，followed by a three-minute off-hand speech and a three-minute question and answer period with the judges．

　　Prepared speech period：six minutes Q ＆ A period：three minutes Speech topic：People and Nature: In search of harmony（和谐）in a new age ＋your personal opinion．（Topics for the off-hand speech will be given on the day of competition．）

　　Prizes：Besides books and certificates（证书），the top two winners will be offered scholarships（奖学金）to travel to the annual international English-speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May，1999．The third and fourth place winners sill be offered a study trip to Singapore，sponsored by the Times Publishing Group．The fifth through 10th place winners will be offered cash prizes．All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language Teaching ＆ Research Press．The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one-year membership to the International Association of

Teachers of English as a Foreign Language（IATEFL）．

1．The main purpose of this passage is ________．

[　　]

A．to invite you to take part in the competition

B．to tell you some information of the competition

C．to help to improve your spoken English

D．to show you how to win the competition

2．Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition？

[　　]

A．Where and when it will take place

B．Its program

C．What each winner will be offered

D．The number of its competitors

3．Suppose you get the sixth place，you'll ________．

[　　]

A．travel to London for free

B．become a one-year member of IATEEL

C．get some money，some books and a certificate

D．get a chance to study in Singapore

4．An“off-hand speech” is ________．

[　　]

A．a speech not longer than three minutes

B．a speech without preparation

C．a speech with a piece of paper in hand

D．a speech which is well prepared

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Before World War Ⅱ Chicago, Illinois, standing at the southern end of huge Lake Michigan, had the reputation(名声)of being one of the toughest, most lawless and corrupt(腐败的) cities in the world. It earned its ill reputation largely from those who sold strong wine during the days of 1919 to 1933, when a law forbade Americans to make or sell strong wine in any form.

Chicagoans have a great pride in their city. They say it is of great importance to the nation than New York. It is the center of American commerce(商业 ) and transportation. O’Hare Airport is the busiest airport in the world. 44 million passengers pass through it every year, and there are 2000 take offs and landings every day.

Chicago is also a great inland port(港).It can send goods by oceangoing ships all the way to Europe-via the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It can send goods by barge(驳船),through water-way and canals, to the Mississippi and down it to the Gulf of Mexico.

1.Which of the following diagrams(图解) gives the correct relationship between Lake Michigan, Chicago and Illinois?

L.M.=Lake Michigan Ch= Chicago Ill=Illinois

2.According to the passage, Chicago is more important than New York because ______.

A. Chicagoans love their city more than others

B.Chicago is the center of America

C. Chicago is an inland port and has O’Hare Airport

D. Chicago lies at the southern end of Lake Michigan

3.44 million passengers each year and 2 000 take-offs and landings prove that O’Hare Airport is ______.

A. the only one in America

B.the biggest one in the world

C.the busiest one in the world

D.the most well-known one in the world

4.If we carry goods to Chicago from Mexico, we probably go through ______.

A. the Gulf of Mexico— Mississippi—Canals—Waterway—Chicago

B.the Gulf Mexico—Mississippi—the Great Lake—Chicago

C.Lake Michigan—the Saint Lawrence Seaway—the Gulf of Mexico

D.Waterway—Canals—Mississippi—the Gulf of Mexico

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　　Before World War Ⅱ Chicago，Illinois，standing at the southern end of huge Lake Michigan，had the reputation（名声）of being one of the toughest，most lawless and corrupt（腐败的）cities in the world．It earned its ill reputation largely from those who sold strong during the days of 1919 to 1933，when a law forbade（禁止）Americans to make or sell strong wine in any form．

　　Chicagoans have a great pride in their city．They say it is of great importance to the nation than New York．It is the center of American commerce（商业）and transportation．O'Hare Airport is the busiest airport in the world．44 million passengers pass through it every year，and there are 2000 take-offs and landings every day．

　　Chicago is also a great inland port（港）．It can send goods by oceangoing ships all the way to Europe via the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway．It can send goods by barge（驳船），through water way and canals，to the Mississippi and down it to the Gulf of Mexico．

1．Which of the following diagrams（图解）gives the correct relationship between Lake Michigan，Chicago and Illinois？

[　　]

L．M＝Lake Michigan　　Ch＝Chicago　　Ⅲ＝Illinois

2．According to the passage，Chicago is more important than New York because ________．

[　　]

A．Chicagoans love their city more than others

B．Chicago is the center of America

C．Chicago is an inland port has O'Hare Airport

D．Chicago lies at the southern end of Lake Michigan

3．44 million passengers each year and 2 000 take-offs and landings prove that O'Hare Airport is ________．

[　　]

A．the only one in America

B．the biggest one in the world

C．the busiest one in the world

D．the most well-known one in the world

4．If we carry goods to Chicago from Mexico，we probably go through ________．

[　　]

A．the Gulf of Mexico-Mississippi-Canals-Waterway-Chicago

B．the Gulf Mexico-Mississippi-the Great Lakes-ChicagoC．Lake Michigan-the Saint Lawrence Seaway-the Gulf of Mexico

D．Waterway－Mississippi-the Gulf of Mexico

阅读理解

Before World War Ⅱ Chicago, Illinois, standing at the southern end of huge Lake Michigan, had the reputation(名声)of being one of the toughest, most lawless and corrupt(腐败的) cities in the world. It earned its ill reputation largely from those who sold strong wine during the days of 1919 to 1933, when a law forbade Americans to make or sell strong wine in any form.

Chicagoans have a great pride in their city. They say it is of great importance to the nation than New York. It is the center of American commerce(商业 ) and transportation. O’Hare Airport is the busiest airport in the world. 44 million passengers pass through it every year, and there are 2000 take offs and landings every day.

Chicago is also a great inland port(港).It can send goods by oceangoing ships all the way to Europe-via the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It can send goods by barge(驳船),through water-way and canals, to the Mississippi and down it to the Gulf of Mexico.

1.Which of the following diagrams(图解) gives the correct relationship between Lake Michigan, Chicago and Illinois?

L.M.=Lake Michigan Ch= Chicago Ill=Illinois

2.According to the passage, Chicago is more important than New York because ______.

A. Chicagoans love their city more than others

B.Chicago is the center of America

C. Chicago is an inland port and has O’Hare Airport

D. Chicago lies at the southern end of Lake Michigan

3.44 million passengers each year and 2 000 take-offs and landings prove that O’Hare Airport is ______.

A. the only one in America

B.the biggest one in the world

C.the busiest one in the world

D.the most well-known one in the world

4.If we carry goods to Chicago from Mexico, we probably go through ______.

A. the Gulf of Mexico— Mississippi—Canals—Waterway—Chicago

B.the Gulf Mexico—Mississippi—the Great Lake—Chicago

C.Lake Michigan—the Saint Lawrence Seaway—the Gulf of Mexico

D.Waterway—Canals—Mississippi—the Gulf of Mexico

完形填空。
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