Find Which Direction Is South
Do you have a good sense of direction? If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way.
It’s never a good idea to imagine that the family member who was entrusted（委托）with the job of map-reading actually knows where the family is. You can tell by the slightly confused load on their faces that nothing on the ground seems to match the map. Never mind. The shu is shining and it’s still morning. If you don’t know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but you’ll need to be patient.
①Find a straight sick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow.
②Try to position the stick as vertically（垂直）as you can. You can check this by making a simple plumb line （铅锤线）with a piece of string and weight. You haven’t got any string? OK, use a thread from your clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight.
③Mark the end of the shadow cast by the stick.
④Wait approximately half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again.
⑤Keep doing this until you have made several marks.
⑥The mark nearest the stick will represent the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south.
⑦Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick.
⑧That point is south of where you are.
⑨Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling.
6To find the direction, we ought to be patient probably because
A. it is not easy to find a proper stick
B. it is not easy to position the stick
C. it takes hours to make the marks
D. it takes about half an hour to make the marks
The passage would probably be most helpful to .
A. those who draw maps B. those who get lost
C. those who make compasses D. those who do experiments
Which of the following pictures best shows the way of finding the direction of south?
The author presents this passage by .
A. telling an interesting story B. describing an activity in a lively way
C. testing an idea by reasoning D. introducing a practical method
假设你是卜曼宜，你购买了一部某外国公司生产的手机，因有质量问题，要求该公司更换。请根据下列要点，用英文写一封电子邮件。
要点：1. 问题：手机不响铃，不能发短信；该产品已售完，无法更换；型号新，无配件，无法维修。 2. 要求：公司应尽快予以更换。
注意：1. 词数为100左右；
2. 参考词汇：配件-- spare part;
3. 电子邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好（不计入你所写词数）；
4.已给出的电子邮件的开头和结尾不得抄入答题卡。
短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请对每一行作出判断，如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个√，如有错误，按照改错的方法改，请将答案写在答题卡上。
Once an old man saw a bag on his way to home. 76. _______
In the bag there was a wolf. It was catching and put in 77. _______
the bag by a shepherd（牧羊人） a few minutes ago.
The wolf asked the old man to let him out. 78. _______
The old man took pity on him and opened bag. 79. _______
When the wolf got out， said to the old man， "I am very hungry. 80. _______
I want to eat you." The other old man could do nothing 81. _______
and cry for help. Just then the shepherd came and saw this. 82. _______
He beat the wolf to death by a stick. Then he said to the 83. _______
old man， "wolves want to eat men all the time. It's nature 84. _______
will never change. We should took this as a good lesson." 85. ______
He called, _______ said, “Thank you” to me.
A. better than B. rather than C. more than D. other than
He is out of work now but he gets a good _____ from his investment.
A. wage B. salary C. earning D. income
Among various programs, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style. But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "rubbish talk". The topics on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main audience are middle-class Americans. Most of the people have the time, money and ability to deal with life's tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to 21year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show's exploitation.
Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows are ______.
A. more interesting B. unusually poplar C. more detailed D. more formal
Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who
watch the shows ______.
A. show disbelief in them B. are ready to face up to them
C. remain cold to them D. are willing to get away from them
Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
A. A new type of robot. B. National hatred.
C. Family income planning. D. Street accident.
Tom kept quiet about the accident________ lose his job.
A. so not as to B. so as not to C. so as to not D. not so as to
As soon as Mr. Li came in, he asked Joan to ________ the books around the class.
A. give up B. give in C. give out D. give off
The truth, sir, is that the old man _______ across the road when my car hit him.
A. was to walk B. had been walking C. walked D. was walking
The local government decided to ____ the two firms into a big one.
A. motivate B. combine C. compact D. nominate
