题目内容
It ____ for the whole weeks. The city will be flooded if it ____ soon
- A.rained; won’t stop
- B.has been raining; doesn't stop
- C.has rained; won’t stop
- D.rained; doesn’t stop
试题解析:根据for the whole weeks和the city will 可知“雨一直在下”故第一空为现在完成时,表“从过去到现在持续进行,并有可能继续下去”,第二空为“主将从现”。句意:这周来一直在下雨,如果不尽快停的话,这座城市就会被淹了。
考点:本题考察时态,现在完成时与现在完成进行时的区别。
点评:要抓住这两大时态的标志性的时间状语以及上下句的时态的暗示。如:for the whole weeks 和will be flooded。
As I write this, I have half an eye on an old James Bond film that is showing on my computer. But this is a story about how I stopped watching TV and began reading again for pleasure, after ten years in which I hardly turned a page.
I suppose I was an enthusiastic reader of "literature" between the ages of nine and fourteen. I had enough time to be White Fang, Robinson Crusoe, and Bilbo Baggins and Jeeves. Of course there was room in the schoolboy's imagination for some real historical figures: Scott of the Antarctic, all of the Vikings, and Benjamin Franklin were good friends of mine.
Then, in adolescence, I began a long search for strange and radical (激进的) ideas. I wanted to challenge my elders and betters, and shock my fellow students with amazing points of view. Of course, the only place to look was in books. I hunted out the longest titles and the authors with the funniest names; I searched the library for completely unread books. Then I found one which became my bible for the whole of 1982, it had a title composed of eleven long words and an author whose name I didn't know how to pronounce. It was really thick and looked dead serious. Even better, it put forward a whole world-view that would take days to explain. Perfect. I took it out of the library three times, proud to see the date-stamps lined up on the empty library insert.
Later, I went to university. Expecting to spend long evenings in learned discussion with clever people, I started reading philosophy. For some reason I never found the deep-thinking intellectuals I hoped to meet. Anyway, I was ready to impress with my profound (深奥的) knowledge of post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism. These things are usually explained in rather short books, but they take a long time to get through. They were the end of my youthful reading.
Working life was hard to get used to after so much theory. It was the end of books for me. There didn't seem to be much in books that would actually get things done. To do things you had to answer the telephone and work a computer. You had to travel about and speak to people who weren't at all interested in philosophy. I didn't stop reading, you can't avoid that. I read all day. But no books came my way, only manuals (操作手册) and contracts and documents. Maybe most people satisfy their need for stories and ideas with TV and, to tell the truth, it was all I needed for ten years. In those days I only had a book "on the go" for the duration of aeroplane flights. At first I would come home and watch TV over dinner. Then, I moved the TV so I could watch it from bed. I even got a switch so I could turn it off without getting out of bed. Then, one fateful day, my TV broke and my landlady took it away.
My new TV is an extra circuit board (电路板) inside my computer. It's on a desk in front of a working chair and I can't see it from the bed. I still use it for the weather forecasts and it's nice to have it on while I'm typing this… but what to do last thing at night? Well, have another go with books.
Now, I just like books. I have a pile of nice ones by my bed and I'm reading about six at the same time. I don't want to be any of the characters. I don't care if a thousand people have already read them. I don't have to search through libraries. There are books everywhere and all of them have something to read in them. I have the strange feeling that they've been there all along, waiting for me to pick them up.
【小题1】The writer enjoyed reading “literature” between the ages of nine and fourteen because ________.
A.he thought it was important for a schoolboy to do so |
B.he was still too young to understand other books |
C.he believed all the real historical figures were his friends |
D.he could imagine himself being the characters in the books |
A.a library intended for teenagers | B.a kind of books on traditions |
C.a philosophy theory | D.a kind of reading skill |
A.he found watching TV was more interesting |
B.he became too busy to read any books |
C.he found books were of little use to his work |
D.he had to read a lot of manuals, contracts and documents |
A.to find back his youth in books | B.for the pure pleasure of reading |
C.so as to help kill his spare time | D.for only business purposes |
A.The Years with Books | B.Books and TV Programs |
C.Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover | D.Reading Makes One Excellent |
Talk about a real-life hero! Ten-year-old Larry Champagne from St. Louis,Missouri, hit the brake (刹车) on a runaway school bus. He saved himself and 20 other kids on board from disaster.
It all happened in one terrible accident. On the way to school, the bus driver, Ernestine Blackman, suddenly fell ill. Seeing the car was running away, the other kids started to scream, but Larry ran to the front and stopped the bus.
“At first I thought, ‘We’re going to die,’” says Larry, “but after I pressed the brake, I felt safe.”
Larry’s speedy reaction made news all over the country. He appeared on TV shows as a hero. The bus company gave Larry a big gift. His school hung a medal of honor around his neck.
“My grandmother always tells me to do what’s right,” says Larry. He thanked his brother, Jerrick, 9, who “helped me get the bus driver up” during the emergency(紧急情况). How did he know how to stop the bus? Larry is something of a mechanic(机械师). He helps his grandfather work on his old truck. “He gets his hands dirty,” says his grandfather. One thing is for certain: Larry knows where to find the brakes.
【小题1】What did Larry do to save the runaway bus?
A.He parked it for the sleeping bus driver. |
B.He helped all the kids climb out through the windows. |
C.He dialed 911. |
D.he pressed the brake. |
A.When the kids finally stopped screaming. |
B.When the police officers arrived. |
C.Once he pressed the brake, and the bus stopped. |
D.When the bus driver started driving again. |
A.appearing on TV shows |
B.a scholarship from his school |
C.a big gift from the bus company |
D.a medal of honor |
A.helping him get the bus driver up |
B.helping him work on his old truck |
C.teaching him how to find the brake |
D.teaching him how to stop the bus |
A.Larry’s job is a mechanic |
B.Larry knows something about machines |
C.Larry is a robot |
D.Larry knows nothing about machines |
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【小题1】What do we know about Apple Seeds?
A.The soft cover enables it to be read and kept long. |
B.It can be purchased as an award for your children. |
C.It offers the biggest discount among all the magazines. |
D.The magazine is going to surprise you for many years. |
A.Apple Seeds | B.Better Life | C.Humor Times | D. News China |
A.People who have an interest in Personal lifestyle of the Chinese. |
B.People who have a strong sense of humor and love to laugh. |
C.People who want to enlarge the knowledge of their kids. |
D.People who are interested in China’s politics, business and culture. |
A.Apple Seeds | B.Better Life | C.Humor Times | D. News China |
Poor families in some countries spend as much as eighty percent of their money on food. Rising prices in recent months have created the worst food crisis(危机) in more than thirty years. The United Nations World Food Program says high food prices could push one hundred million people into hunger.
Nathan Childs is an expert on rice markets. He notes that the harvest for the latest growing season was the largest on record. But India, Vietnam and others have restricted exports(限制出口) to keep prices down at home and protect supplies.
Thailand’s agriculture minister says his country will never restrict rice exports. He told the Reuters news agency Thursday that Thailand has enough supplies to meet demand at home and for export.
Thailand is the world’s largest rice exporter. Recent signs of an increase in supplies have helped ease record prices for Thai rice. Prices rose last week above one thousand dollars a ton.
Vietnam, the second biggest exporter, has banned(禁止) exports until June. And Vietnamese officials have now warned that non-food traders who buy rice for speculation(投机活动)will be severely punished.
Some experts say speculation is a necessary part of market activity. But the head of the U.N. Environment Program blames it for the high food prices. “We have enough food on this planet today to feed everyone.” Achim Steiner told the Associated Press.
Earlier, a member of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission didn’t accept the idea that speculators are the main cause. Bart Chilton blamed reduced harvests and grain supplies and the falling value of the dollar.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called heads of major international agencies to a meeting this week in the Swiss capital, Bern. He says high food prices could harm world trade, economic growth, social progress and political security.
【小题1】What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Vietnam has banned rice exports to other countries. |
B.Thailand is the largest rice exporter in the world. |
C.Some families are too poor to afford enough food. |
D.Rising prices of food have led to the world food crisis. |
A. Thailand. B. Switzerland. C. Vietnam. D. The USA.
【小题3】All of the following are the results of rising prices of food EXCEPT ____.
A.the worst food crisis |
B.reduced harvests and grain supplies |
C.people spending more money on food |
D.pushing one hundred million people into hunger |
A.High food prices. |
B.The falling value of the dollar. |
C.Enough rice supplies in some countries. |
D.Restricted food exports in some countries. |