题目内容
"unfriend". Is that true? In fact, "unfriend" is often used on social networking (社交的) websites. It has
become so popular that Oxford University Press recently chose it as the 2009 word of the year.
If you are a member of a social networking website such as QQ, My Space or Face book, you can
add a new friend be sending someone a friend request (请求). If you later fall out with that person, what
can you do? You can hit the "unfriend" button (操作框) and remove him or her from your friend list. That
means you won't talk, exchange information, or see each other's updates on the website any more.
Experts at Oxford University Press look at how the words of the English language change from year to
year. They chose words that are popular and have important culture meanings.
Christine Lindberg, editor for Oxford's dictionary program, said the word "unfriend" is popular now and
may stay popular for a long time. People understand its meaning in the online social networking context, and
also "accept" it as a modern verb. So it makes an interesting choice for the Word of the year.
How to use the word? You can say "I decided to unfriend my roommate on Face book after we had a
fight" or "I unfriend Alice on My Space when she does something bad to me".
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.
B. send a person a friend request
C. send messages to a person
D. share information with a person
B. 迷恋
C. 与某人交友
D. 爱上某人
B. it has important culture meaning
C. it is a good way to solve problems between friends
D. it is understood and accepted by many people
B. you can unfriend someone you don't like on the social networking website
C. how to use the word "unfriend"
D. why the word "unfriend" became the most popular word in 2009
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High in the mountains, and deep in the forest, lives a lake with many plants and animals in and around her. The plants and animals have enough food and clean water to keep them healthy. The wind carries pure air, and the rain comes down clear and clean.
But recently, Lucy Lake and her friends haven’t been feeling very well. All the plants and animals get together to talk about the problem. “Why are we sick?” “What can we do?” ask all of them. No one has any answers.
Just then two hikers appear. The animals tell them about their problems. “Can you help us?” they ask. “Yes,” one hiker says. “I think it’s because of acid rain.”
“Acid rain comes from chemicals(化学物质) in the air. The pollution comes from factories, cars and trucks.”
“So, although I don’t want to, I help the pollution travel through the air!” says the wind. “And I carry it to the land!” cries the rain.
“If you can help us think of some solutions(解决方法), we will send a message to tell people how to clean up our environment,” one hiker says.
With the help of the plants and animals, the two hikers make a list of ideas for saving Lucy Lake and her friends.
Time passes, and the forest and lake begin to feel a little better.
The next time the hikers climb up the mountains to Lucy Lake, they smile at what they find. “We’re glad things have started to change,” one hiker says. “And we’re glad you helped us make a difference,” says the other.
1.The underlined word “pure” can be replaced by “____”.
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A.polluted |
B.clean |
C.cold |
D.cool |
2.The two hikers are most probably ____.
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A.scientists |
B.teachers |
C.doctors |
D.reporters |
3.____ have (has) nothing to do with the cause of acid rain.
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A.The rain |
B.Human beings |
C.The wind |
D.The plants and animals |
4.The underlined word “you” refers to (指) ____.
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A.Lucy Lake |
B.the plants and animals |
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C.one of the two hikers |
D.the wind and the rain |
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
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A.Acid rain is very harmful only to plants and animals. |
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B.Human activities are the main cause of acid rain. |
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C.Acid rain can make the living things in the environment get sick. |
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D.We should clean up our environment to protect us against acid rain. |