The dead said to return to their homes in a festival for the dead once a year in Japan. A. are B. were C. is D. was 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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The dead ________ said to return to their homes in a festival for the dead once a year in Japan.

A. are　　　　　　　　 B. were　　　　　　　　 C. is　　　　　　　　　　 D. was

答案：A
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　　It has shined and steamed at the lowest point on Earth since the ancient time．Its silence and curing powers have attracted people from biblical(圣经的)mystics to modern tourists．But the Dead Sea has been quietly dying for years．

　　And the two states next to its shrinking shoreline, Israel and Jordan, face serious economic and ecological challenges in considering how to save a unique natural wonder of the world．

　　They have begun to consider a“Red－Dead”solution－a canal to pump water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea．But huge costs, and the risk both of damaging the Red's famous coral reefs and weakening the Dead's medicinal minerals, stand in the way．

　　Known as the Dead Sea because nothing can live in it, the world's saltiest body of water has fallen from 390 metres to 417 metres below sea level in the last 50 years．The drop has sped up to a metre a year recently, making a third of its ancient 950 square km size lost．Modern economics are to blame－taking too much Jordan River water that feeds the Dead Sea to rain－starved farmland．

　　Hotels and health spas(旅游胜地)built along the beach below desert cliffs, as well as sites holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims, are now a kilometre or more from the water's edge．Retired Swiss couple Jean and Esther Haensenberger have been spending their yearly“Kur”－a Central European tradition of taking medicinal baths to treat skin illness and stress－at Israel's flagship Dead Sea resort of Ein Gedi since the 1980s．At first, they could walk a few paces from the Ein Gedi Spa to the beach for a float in windless waters so floating that one can read a book while lying on one's back．Now visitors board a tractor－drawn trolley that takes them a kilometre to the water．

　　“It's over twice the distance out today．It's sad that another rare preserve of nature is disappearing．”said Jean Haensenberger as he and his wife rode to the shore,“If the sea keeps going down, will people like us keep coming?”

(1)

What's the risk the“Red－Dead”solution may have?
[　　]
A．	It may change the nature of the Dead Sea．
B．	It may destroy the famous coral．
C．	It may make the medicinal materials disappear．
D．	It may cost too much money．

(2)

The main problem the Dead Sea faces is ________．
[　　]
A．	it steams too fast
B．	it is getting smaller and smaller
C．	more and more visitors visit it
D．	it is getting dirtier and dirtier

(3)

One of the causes that makes the Dead Sea smaller is ________．
[　　]
A．	hotels built along the beach
B．	the growing tourism
C．	less and less rainfall
D．	too much water was taken to farmland

(4)

What disadvantage has the disappearing Dead Sea brought to the tourists?
[　　]
A．	Tourists won't come to the Dead Sea．
B．	Its nature is changing．
C．	Tourists have to go much farther to the water．
D．	The water in the Dead Sea is becoming saltier and saltier．

Several factors make a good newspaper story. First, obviously, it must be new. But since YV can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for __1__. They usually respond to it in one of the three ways.

By providing __2__ derails, comment or background information.

By finding a new __3__ on the day’s major stories.

By printing completely different stories which TV doesn’t broadcast.

What else? Well, it also has to be __4__. People don’t want to read about ordinary, everyday life. Because of this, many stories __5__ some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be __6__ news. “Plane lands safely, no more hurt” doesn’t sell newspaper. “Plane __7__, 200 feared dead!” does.

Next, there’s human interest. People are interested in other __8__－particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. Stories about the private lives of pop singers, actors, models, politicians, __9__, all appear regularly in certain newspapers.

Finally, for many editors, __10__ is an important factor, too. They prefer stories about people, places and events which their readers know. That’s why the stories in Tokyo’s newspapers are often very different from the stories presented in Paris, Cairo, New York or Buenos Aires.

A. newspapers B. publications C. reporters D. broadcasters

A. extra B. available C. inaccessible D. memorable

A. direction B. look C. angle D. section

A. tragic B. dramatic C. professional D. sensitive

A. quote B. neglect C. increase D. involve

A. good B. had C. exciting D. informative

A. crashes B. bumps C. strikes D. drops

A. places B. people C. things D. news

A. in addition B. in any case C. for example D. after all

A. personality B. similarity C. uniqueness D. familiarity

　"I’ve changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my dad back." Lucien Lawence’s letter to Father Christmas written after his father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.

　　But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all mother said was, "I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children.” I haven’t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.

　　It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors (挑衅者),and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, one to give me pause.

　　I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet "Deliver my soul from the sword, and my darling from the power of the dog." Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomor-row. We live on, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.

　　16. according to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ________.

　　A. puts forward the subject of the text

　　B. shows the author’s pity on the kid

　　C. acts as an introduction to the discussion

　　D. makes a clear statement of the author’s views

　　17. In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us ________.

　　A. how much he misses his parents now

　　B. why his parents often appear in his dreams

　　C. when Lucien will get over all his sadness

　　D. how proud he was when he succeeded in life

　　18. What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?

　　A. Proud. B. Happy. C. Disappointed. D. Worried.

　　19. In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is ________.

　　A. to leave behind a precious memory to the people related

　　B. to have a high sense of duty to the whole society

　　C. to care what others will remember and treasure

　　D. to share happiness and sadness with his family

　　20. What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem?

　　A. Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns.

　　B. Advise parents stay with their children safely at home.

　　C. Spend every day meaningfully in memory of the death.

　　D. Try to keep violence and murder far away from society.

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There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving birds._1____ She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt the great love from the birds.

__2___. The larger and the stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. As he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. __3______. She opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate love had killed him.

She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. He needed to fly into the clear, blue sky. ___4_____. The bird circled once, twice, three times.

The girl watched delightedly at the bird’s enjoyment. ____5______ .She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest songs that she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings!

A．She gave them some delicious food and left.

B．Suddenly she felt the bird go softly.

C．Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss.

D．One day she left with the two birds at home alone.

E. She took them home and put them in a small cage.

F. One day the girl left the door of the cage open.

G. She lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air.

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