In the dark forests ________ some large enough to hold several English towns.

   A. stand many lakes                                    B. lie many lakes

   C. many lakes lie                    D. many lakes stand

【详解】本题考查倒装结构，完全倒装。同时stand 和lie的区别。stand是突出的，lie是平躺的，湖不可能是突出的，所以此题应该选择lie。

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　     In the last 500 years, nothing about people--not their clothes,　　 ideas, or languages--has changed as much as what they eat. The　　 original(最初) chocolate drink was made from the seeds of a certain　　 kind of tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to　　 the rest of the World during the 1500's, and although it was very　　 expensive, it quickly became popular. In London,shops where chocolate　　 drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist　　 today.

　　     The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish　　 brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland　　 became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people died from　　 hunger when the crop failed during the"Potato Famine"of 1845-1846.

　　     There are many other foods that have traveled from South America　　 to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction.Brazil　　 (巴西)is now the world's largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an　　 important crop in many other countries of South America. But it is native　　 to Ethiopia(埃塞俄比亚), It was first made into a drink by Arabs　　 during the 1400's.　　

1. According to the author,which of the following has changed greatly since the 1400's?

[　　]

A. People's clothes.　　　　

B. People's food.　　　　

C. Chocolate drinks　　　　

D. People's languages.　　

2. What is true according to the passage?

[　　]

A. Chocolate drinks were served in shops in London during the 1500's.

B. Centuries ago, people often gathered in shops where chocolate drinks were served.

C. The best drinks sold in shops in London were chocolate drinks in the shop.

D. Some of the original chocolate drinks still exist today.

3. From the passage we learned that Peru is a country in________.

[　　]

A. the New World

B. the Old World

C. the Arab World

D. Europe

4. The word"Famine"probably means_______.

[　　]

A. fast growth

B. good harvest

C. serious need of food

D. rise in price

5. The main idea of the passage is that______.

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A. South America produces many new kinds of food.

B. shops became important meeting places in Londonafter the 1500's

C. foods travel from place to place

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A.　Goods for auction (拍卖) sales
　　B.　Definition of bidding
　　C.　Way to sell more goods by auction
　　D.　Auction sales in history
　　E.　Brief introduction to auctions
　　F.　Making a larger profit as an auctioneer
【小题1】______
Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or “bids”, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down” the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small hammer on a table at which he stands.
【小题2】 ______
The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning “increasing”. The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth centuries, goods were often sold “by the candle”: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.
【小题3】 ______
Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs, silk and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art.
【小题4】 ______
An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a “lot”, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in the order of numbers: he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.
【小题5】 ______
The auctioneer’s services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.