题目内容
Stop for Fair RulesOnce there were no rules to protect workers. Men, women, and even children had to work many hours each day. They were not paid much. Sometimes they got sick. They had to keep working.
Sometimes workers stop working when they want more pay. When workers all stop a job together, it is called a "strike".
Many years ago, in some Indian tribes, women made the moccasins (软鞋) for the men to wear to war. Sometimes the women leaders in the tribe did not want a war. Then they would stop making moccasins for the men to wear. Were these Indian women going on strike?
根据短文内容,选择正确答案
1. Once men, women, and children_______.
A. got no pay B. were not paid much C. made bad rules
2. The word in the story that means to stop work all together is______.
3. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?
A. All workers need moccasins.
B. Indians liked to strike.
C. Once workers did not have fair rules.
4. Why did the Indian women stop making moccasins?
A. They wanted to go to war, too.
B. They needed more pay for their families.
C. Sometimes the women leaders in the tribe did not want a war.
5. The main idea of the whole story is that________.
A. all rules are fair
B. working makes you sick
C. people can make fair rules for themselves
解析:
| 1.B Men, women, and even children had to
work many hours each day. They were not paid much.
2. strike 3. C 参见文章最后一段。 4. C Sometimes the women leaders in the tribe did not want a war. Then they would stop making moccasins for the men to wear. 5. C 文章的主旨是C。
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APRIL 5 marks the 100th anniversary(周年纪念日)of the sinking(下沉)of the Titanic. In 1997, the movie Titanic was a huge hit all around the world. Now, the 3-D version of the movie will come to Chinese theaters on April 10.
As anyone who has seen the movie knows, the Titanic struck an iceberg(冰山) and sank on its first voyage in 1912, killing 1,517 people. A century after the accident, scientists have found something new to blame(负责任) for the sinking: the moon. Donald Olson, a Texas State University physicist, led a team of astronomers(天文学家) to examine the moon’s role, according to Reuters.
Normally, icebergs stay in place and cannot move until they melt enough or a high tide(潮汐) frees them. A single iceberg can become stuck many times on its journey southward. The process can take several years.
According to Olson, a hundred years ago the moon made its closest approach to the Earth in more than 1,400 years. This caused the moon to have a much stronger pull on the Earth’s oceans than usual, which created a super-high tide. The tide pushed icebergs from shallow waters off the coasts of Canada’s provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador, into the Titanic’s way.
“Of course, the final cause of the accident was that the ship struck an iceberg,” Olson told Reuters. “It went full speed into a region with icebergs, but the lunar connection(月亮的联系) may explain how an unusually large number of icebergs got into the path of the Titanic.”
The research team will publish their research in the April issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.
根据短文内容,选最佳择答案,并在答题卡上按要求作答。
【小题1】 How many people lost their lives in this accident?
| A.Over 2,000 people. | B.About 100 people. |
| C.More than 1,500 people. | D.We don’t know. |
| A.航行 | B.飞行 | C.划船 | D.游泳 |
| A.Icebergs move only when the tide frees them. |
| B.An iceberg can stop for some time during its travel. |
| C.An iceberg will move as soon as its melts. |
| D.It takes an iceberg several months to leave its place. |
a. the moon b. the tides c. too many passengers
d. the high speed of the ship e. going the wrong way f. the iceberg
| A.a,b,c,f | B.a,c,d,e | C.a,b,d,f | D.a,c,e,f |
| A.The main cause of the Titanic’s sinking. |
| B.The 100th anniversary of the Titanic. |
| C.The moon’s great influence on the Earth’s tides. |
| D.The moon’s role in the sinking of the Titanic. |