Special Events This Weekend
Captain Goodfellow
Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games and exciting dances?
Captain Goodfellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theater on
Saturday morning at 10:00. Free. | Films at the Museum
Two classical European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theater. See Broken
Windows at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898. | Do You Want to Hear "The Zoo"?
"The Zoo", a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert tomorrow night at 8:00
at Rose Hall, City College. |
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核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 Special Events Thi】；主要考察你对 社会现象类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 阅读理解。 | News 1
Yuan Longping,the father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻), won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan
developed the world"s first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more
rice than common ones.
News 2
Liu Xiang won China"s first gold medal in the world championships (锦标赛) in 12. 95 seconds.
"Everybody wants to wm a world title. I was nervous before the race. But I dealt with it so I"m very
happy," Liu said with a smile after the race.
Some reporters noticed that at the start, Liu Xiang was crying. He said that is his way of letting off
pressure. "My start wasn"t good, maybe because I was nervous or because I was a bit slow," he said.
Liu will run next at the Shanghai Grand Prix (大奖赛) meeting at the end of September. He is
confident (自信的) after winning the gold medal. "I want people to know how fast I am," he said.
"This is number one speed. There"s nothing I can"t do."
News 3
Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don"t worry, things will get better soon.
Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children" s books all over the country. The
government said the results of the check would come out at the end of J une.
News 4
Last Wednesday Medvedev (梅德韦杰夫) took over from Vladimir Putin (普京). At the age of 42,
he becomes the youngest president of modern Russia.
Medvedev was born to a family of teachers. He read a lot from a young age. After university, the
soft-spoken young man went on to teach law at university and became very popular with his students.
In 2005, Medvedev became the first deputy prime minister (第一副总理). But he was as friendly as
before. "He has not changed. He invited me to his home," said Vera Smirnova, Medvedev"s first teacher.
"In Russia, only two politicians (政治家) have invited their first teachers to their homes, Medvedev and
Putin." | | 1. Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because he _____. | | [ ] | A. was the father of his children
B. liked to eat hybrid rice
C. developed hybrid rice
D. spent a long time to research hybrid rice | | 2. Why was Liu Xiang crying at the start? | | [ ] | A It"s his way to reduce pressure.
B. He was nervous.
C. He was a bit slow.
D. He was excited. | | 3. What Medvedev"s first teacher said shows _____. | | [ ] | A. Medvedev is as friendly as before
B. Medvedev and Putin were her students
C. Medvedev has changed
D. Medvedev and Putin invited her to their homes | | 阅读理解。 |  | President Hu Jintao flew to the earthquake-hit region in Yushu,
Qinghai on April 18, 2010. At a field hospital on the grounds of a
sports stadium, Hu sat on the bed of Drolma, a middle school
student, and held her in his arm as she wept (哭泣). "Rest assured
(放心的), you will have a full recovery (康复). Be strong. You will
have a bright future," he told her. | | 阅读理解。 | New York State has passed the USA"s first state law banning (禁止) motorists talking on cell phones.
The ban will begin on November l, although drivers caught using cell phones will be given only warnings
during the first month.
First-time violators (违法者) will face a $100 fine. A second-time call for a $200 fine and every violation
after that will cost $500. At least a dozen localities have established (制定) bans, starting in 1999; and 40 states
have had bans proposed but not passed.
At least 23 countries, including Great Britain, Italy, Israel and Japan, ban drivers from using cell phones.
There are about 115 million cell phones in use in the United States and more than 6 million in New York
State.
"To think that I"m not going to use the cell phone when at the same time I can still use my laptop (手提电脑), I can still read a paper, and I can still change my pants while driving at 65 mph. I think there"s just
something wrong," an official said.
Other critics (批评) noted other things like eating, drinking coffee and doing make-up while driving. They
suggested that the ban include a broader range of things. | | 1. What does the underlined word "warning" mean? | A. A word that tells you not to do it again.
B. A textbook that talks about the law.
C. A lesson.
D. A $100 fine. | 2. How much fine will a cell phone user receive if he has been caught using
it four times while driving after November? | |
A. $500.
B. $1000.
C. $1200.
D. $1300. | | 3. We can infer from this passage that _____. | A. some developed countries forbid drivers using cell phones.
B. the ban has been put into effect in most states in the U. S.
C. more people in the U. S. are against the ban.
D. over fifty localities or states ban drivers from using cell phones. | | 阅读理解。 | Text 1 The City Council (市政府) has spoken highly of Dr. Miles Larson.
Larson is a doctor but his patients are a lot of 4-legged animals like cats, dogs, sheep and cows. Larson gives away thousands of dollars worth
of vet service to keep city animals healthy. He also tries to place
homeless animals in good homes. | | 完形填空。 | A coal mine gas explosion (瓦斯爆炸) yesterday morning in Tongchuan, Shanxi Province in Northwest
China, killed five miners (矿工) and left 1 missing.
The explosion took place in the Chenjiashan Coal Mine in Tongchuan at about 7:10 a.m. yesterday, 2
293 miners were working underground. People above ground saw thick smoke 3 out of a mine at about
7:30 when communication underground was 4 . Shortly after the accident, President Hu Jintao gave
instructions urging (督促) the local government and departments 5 their best to save the 6 miners.
It was about 8000 metres from 7 the workplace where the explosion took place. It was very difficult
to save those trapped miners. By 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 127 out of the 293 workers working there when the
explosion took place were brought up. Five were dead, and another 166 8 . An officer said 9 there is no
air in the underground area where the missing miners are, it is 10 for them to have survived. | ( ) 1. A. 166 others
( ) 2. A. after
( ) 3. A. comes
( ) 4. A. got off
( ) 5. A. tried
( ) 6. A. trapping
( ) 7. A. the entrance of
( ) 8. A. were missed
( ) 9. A. since
( ) 10. A. possible
| B. another 166
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B. was coming
B. put off
B. to try
B. were trapping
B. the entrance to
B. missing
B. while
B. impossible
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C. when
C. coming
C. cut off
C. to try to
C. trapped
C. the way to
C. were missing
C. because of
C. unpossible
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D. since
D. came
D. taken off
D. tried to
D. were trapped
D. the way of
D. to miss
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