Which transportation will you choose if you are planning a travel in America?On American 1 you often see big buses of same size, shape and colour, with the picture of a running dog painted on each side．They are the well-known Greyhound buses．Greyhound is the name of the 2 which owns these long-distance buses．
When the summer holidays was near, I asked my American friends what was the best way to 3 in the United States．They 4 Greyhound and explained to me the reason．
To fly, is the 5 way of course, but you can't see 6 during the flight, except the blue sky or white clouds．Besides, it is very expensive．To travel by train is comfortable 7 passengers can walk and buy food and drinks on a train．They can also see cities and the countryside 8 the windows．But not very many passenger trains are running．As a result, they don't leave 9 arrive at a place every day, and don't go to many cities．
To travel by Greyhound, my friend told me, is easy, cheap and convenient, though not so fast as traveling by plane or so comfortable 10 by train．You can find Greyhound buses almost in every city, big or 11 ．Moreover, they leave or arrive at a city 12 a day, and that makes travel arrangement easy．
I 13 their advice．Finally, I got to the east coast with the interesting 14 of traveling across the United States by 15 ．
When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the early eighteenth century, people had different ideas about their use．Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to people and they could cause people to die．
In Sweden, King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether this was true or false．It happened that there were two brothers who were in prison at the time; they were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way．They had both been sentenced to death．The king decided to let them live if one of them agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other, several cups of coffee each day．
Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind．At last, the brother who had to drink tea every day died at the age of eighty-three; the other died a few years later．
Because of the experiment, Sweden is today one of the countries of the world where much tea and coffee are drunk．
(1)
Tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe about ________ ago．
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A．
300 years
B．
200 years
C．
100 years
D．
400 years
(2)
Gustaf Ⅲ was a(n)________ king．
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A．
Russian
B．
Swedish
C．
Danish
D．
English
(3)
“They had both been sentenced to death”．Here“sentence”means“________”．
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A．
句子
B．
判处
C．
处理
D．
关押
(4)
King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether ________．
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A．
tea was harmful to people
B．
coffee was harmful to people
C．
tea and coffee were harmful to people
D．
tea and coffee were harmful to people and they could cause people to die．
(5)
The brother who had to drink tea every day died ________ than the other．
Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage．(选择最恰当的单词或者词语完成短文)
Started in 1636,Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States．Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon 1 Harvard．They were all started before the American Revolution made the thirteen colonies(殖民地)into states．
In the early years, theirs schools were much alike．Only young men went to college．All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew．Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach 2 that was known about the world．When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers．
In 1782,Harvard started a 3 school for young men who wanted to become doctors．Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard's law school．In 1825,besides Latin and Greek ,Harvard began teaching modern 4 , such as French and German．Soon it began teaching American history．
As knowledge 5 ．Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects．Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them．
Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities．Most of them are made up of smaller schools that 6 special fields of learning．There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all．
Every child has his own dream．Every child hopes to be an adult． 1 , is it really like what they imagine? As a boy 2 lives in modern times and in a modern city, I feel 3 pressure(压力)on me with the city's development．Although we 4 worry about money, we still have some 5 problems, such as competition among classmates and expectation(期望)from parents．These experiences are very 6 to our future．But 7 they really give me a lot of pressure．I still clearly 8 the happiness of my childhood． 9 , we had to face the fact with time passing by．We began to 10 this invisible(无形的)pressure come upon us．We get up before sunrise and 11 after sunset．We work and study 12 an adult, even harder, 13 we do is in order to get an excellent 14 ．Growing up is very boring, but we 15 try to find happiness while growing up．I think friendship among our friends, the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us．Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?
Every child has his own dream．Every child hopes to be an adult． 1 , is it really like what they imagine? As a boy 2 lives in modern times and in a modern city, I feel 3 pressure(压力)on me with the city’s development．Although we 4 worry about money, we still have some 5 problems, such as competition among classmates and expectation(期望)from parents．These experiences are very 6 to our future．But 7 , they really give me a lot of pressure．I still clearly 8 the happiness of my childhood． 9 , we had to face the fact with time passing by．We began to 10 this invisible(无形的)pressure come upon us．We get up before sunrise and 11 after sunset．We work and study 12 an adult, even harder．
13 we do is in order to get an excellent 14 ．Growing up is very boring, but we 15 try to find happiness while growing up．I think friendship among our friends, the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us．Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?