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not talking about disappearing frogs. I'm talking about absent vowels (元音). I got a message the other day
that said," Mt@ 3rd st crnr@ 12", signed (签字) "BT". What did it mean? A young man in the office told
me that BT meant" beauty" and translated:" A beautiful young woman wants to meet you at the corner of
Third Street at noon."
The following week I was at a private dining club when a Hong Kong banker named David told me he
had met with a man who pronounced his name Choong,but spelt C - H - N - G." There can't be many names
with no vowels in them," he said. It turned out he was sitting next to a Singaporean doctor named Ng. Vowels
are disappearing at high speed among businesses, too. Ever wondered what happened to Reebok, the
sportswear company? It's still around but has renamed itself Rbk. Kentucky Fried Chicken became KFC.
I've read articles saying that the no-vowels trend (趋向) is caused by companies trying to give their
products the shorthand spelling liked by young people. But a research finds that the real reason is often more
uninteresting. Flickr,one of the busiest websites on the Internet, was set up by people who wanted the name
Flicker but were too careless to register (注册) that word.
Have any readers ever been to a small town in the mountains of California called Zzyzx? A man named
Curtis Howe Springer founded it as a health club and called it Zzyzx because he thought it sounded different.
The business failed. People who looked through lists for somewhere to go never reached it.
Older readers may remember the computer game Zzyzzyzz that appeared in 1982. Fans did not know
how to ask for it. James Gleick's book Faster has been re-titled FSTR. But the revision is half-hearted with
the main text of the book still having vowels. Why not write the whole book in the simpler way? U cn stll rd
the wtht vwls. On the other hand,just know that vowel-free words can be explained in different ways. One
day I'll get a message from a BT who may be a beauty. But I'm afraid a bat (蝙蝠) will be out there.
B. to study a new language
C. to correct a new mistake
D. to show a new method
B. here and there
C. present in a place
D. without special purposes
B. It helps us write more quickly.
C. It bringsa lot of fun to people.
D. It causes some trouble in life.
B. He doesn't mind the matter.
C. He doesn't think it's good to do so.
D. He accepts the idea at last.
Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them.
It's always a good idea to put on your seat belt when you're in a car. Why? Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won't. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break.
Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won't go flying; it will stay safely on the skateboard.
Volvo, a famous Swedish carmaker, was the first to use seat belts in 1849.
Air bags are also very important for car safety, because sometimes a seat belt isn't enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them. Most new cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its air bags will come out quickly in less than one second to keep the people inside safe.
【小题1】The passage mainly tells us .
| A.two important ways to keep safe in cars | B.how air bags work to make cars safe | C.how seat belts work to make cars safe | D.why we must tie the egg to the skateboard |
| A.tell us that eggs are easy to break |
| B.show how to wear a seat belt |
| C.show why it's important to wear a seat belt in a car |
| D.tell us what a skateboard is |
| A.we are interested in them |
| B.they can stop us from hitting other cars |
| C.they can help us stay safely on the seats |
| D.they are made of strong materials |
| A.they are made of plastic |
| B.they can also help us to keep safe in a car |
| C.they can keep cars running slowly |
| D.they are put in front of and next to the seats |
| A.It won't be dangerous if there are seat belts or air bags in a car. |
| B.Now most of new cars still have only one air bag. |
| C.When a car hits something, its air bags will come out a few minutes later. |
| D.Volvo was the first to use seat belts. |
During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape. When I traveled across to the other side of the island (岛屿), I could see the other islands, and I said to myself, “Perhaps I can get there with a boat. Perhaps I can get back to England one day.”
So I decided to make myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole (洞) in it. It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe (独木舟). Next, I had to get it down to the sea. How silly I was! Why didn’t I think before I began work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I couldn’t move it! I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn’t move. I was very unhappy for a long time after that.
That happened in my fourth year on the island. In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it. The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The island was my home now, not my prison, and I was just happy to be alive. A year or two later, I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island. I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two homes.
My life was still busy from morning to night. There were always things to do or to make. I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals. They looked very strange, it is true, but they kept me dry in the rain.
I kept food and tools (工具) at both my houses, and also wild goats (山羊). There were many goats on the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in. They learnt to take food from me, and soon I had goats’ milk to drink every day. I also worked hard in my corn (玉米) fields. And so many years went by.
【小题1】 The purpose of making a canoe on the island was to _____________.
| A.escape in it | B.get to the other side of the island |
| C.use it for food | D.go around the island |
| A.keeping goats for milk | B.making clothes from animal skins |
| C.working in the cornfields | D.going fishing in the sea |
| A.Because it was too small for a long journey. |
| B.Because it was too heavy to get down to the sea. |
| C.Because there was something wrong with it. |
| D.Because the writer was busy building a second house. |
| A.the writer tried to make his stay comfortable on the island |
| B.the writer had nothing to do on the wild island |
| C.the writer tried to escape in the second canoe, but failed |
| D.the writer was in prison on the island, losing his freedom |
Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them.
It's always a good idea to put on your seat belt when you're in a car. Why? Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won't. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break.
Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won't go flying; it will stay safely on the skateboard.
Volvo, a famous Swedish carmaker, was the first to use seat belts in 1849.
Air bags are also very important for car safety, because sometimes a seat belt isn't enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them. Most new cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its air bags will come out quickly in less than one second to keep the people inside safe.
1.The passage mainly tells us .
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A.two important ways to keep safe in cars |
B.how air bags work to make cars safe |
C.how seat belts work to make cars safe |
D.why we must tie the egg to the skateboard |
2.The writer gives the example of the egg to _.
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A.tell us that eggs are easy to break |
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B.show how to wear a seat belt |
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C.show why it's important to wear a seat belt in a car |
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D.tell us what a skateboard is |
3.Seat belts can make us safer because .
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A.we are interested in them |
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B.they can stop us from hitting other cars |
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C.they can help us stay safely on the seats |
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D.they are made of strong materials |
4.Air bags are important for cars because _.
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A.they are made of plastic |
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B.they can also help us to keep safe in a car |
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C.they can keep cars running slowly |
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D.they are put in front of and next to the seats |
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
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A.It won't be dangerous if there are seat belts or air bags in a car. |
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B.Now most of new cars still have only one air bag. |
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C.When a car hits something, its air bags will come out a few minutes later. |
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D.Volvo was the first to use seat belts. |
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We live on the earth. We use the sea around us. What do we take from the ocean? And what do we give to it?
We take fishes from the ocean—millions of kilograms of fish, every year, to feed millions of people. 1. We take minerals(矿物) from the ocean. We can get salt by evaporating(蒸发) seawater. 2. Many other minerals, such as gold, can be also got from the sea, but not by simple evaporation. 3. Seaweed(海草) becomes food of many kinds— even candy, and ice cream—as well as medicine. Believe it or not, fresh water is another gift from the sea. We can’t drink ocean water. 4. But ocean water becomes fresh water when the salts are removed. In the future, we will find ourselves depending more and more on fresh water from the sea.
The sea gives us food, fertilizer, minerals, water and other gifts. What do we give the sea? We pollute the ocean all the time. 5. Throwing waste into the ocean is killing off sea life. Yet as the world population grows, we may need the sea and its gifts more than ever.
We are finally learning that if we destroy our sea, we might also destroy ourselves. Hopefully, it is not too late.
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A. Other gifts from the sea , such as seaweed, can be also got from the sea. B. Huge as it is, the ocean can’t hold all that we pour into it. C. Along with salt, other minerals are left after evaporation. D. We even use their bones(骨头) for fertilizer(化肥). E. Some of its contents(所含物) may cause illness. |
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