two 110-story towers had been the tallest buildings until the Sears Tower in Chicago was
completed in 1974 at 1450.
The World Trade Center was hit by two planes and it fell in a short time later on
September 11 th, 2001.
America and United airlines both said two of their planes had been hijacked(劫持)and
crashed.
America said its planes were carrying a total of 156 people. One was a Boston-Los
Angeles. An FBI man said the former, a Boeing 767, hit one of the Trade Center towers;
the later, a Boeing 757, hit the pentagon(五角大楼).
Two United airliners with a total of 110 aboard also crashed -a Boeing 757 outside
Pittsburgh, the other, a Boeing 767, into the Trade Center.
The crash in Pennsylvania was a New York-San Francisco fight. It rushed into the
ground in a field about 85 miles from Pittsburgh. US officials said it was possible the
plane had been on a course for the presidential house at Camp David.
The police received a phone call at 9:58 am. It came from a man who said he was a
passenger locked in the bathroom of United Flight 93.
" We are being hijacked. We are being hijacked! It is going down quickly. I can see
some white smoke coming from the front and hear some terrible noise. What"s happening?
My God!"
B. The World Trade Center was hit by three planes.
C. The Sears Tower in Chicago is taller than the World Trade Center.
D. The World Trade Center was 1450 feet high.
B. Two planes of Boeing 757.
C. Two planes of Boeing 767.
D. Tow planes from New York.
but failed to hit is ________.
B. the Pentagon
C. Pittsburgh
D. Camp David
B. The plane was in great danger.
C. A fire broke out the plane
D. The man who made the phone call was a pilot.
reported Saturday.
Joe Allison, from Totnes, Devon, beat the previous(先前的) record of 15 spoons set by
a 16-year-old in the United States in May 2004.
He could balance 16 spoons on his face ---- five from his forehead, one from his nose,
two from his chin, three from each cheek and one from each ear.
But he admitted he didn"t know what was behind his amazing talent.
"They just stick on," he said.
"It"s something I can do easily and I know I"ll make 17 one day, but I"ll probably have to
wait until I grow a bit so there"s some more space on my forehead," said the schoolboy.
Joe discovered his talent two years ago when his cousin challenged him to balance a
spoon on his nose.
His mother Fenella, 42, a swimming teacher, said, "I"m really, really proud of him because
he can do something that no one else in the world can do."
The little boy is to appear on the talent TV show ----Britain"s Got Talent, where he will
hang the spoons from his face and do a little dance.
Officials are now double-checking footage(影像资料) of Joe"s record attempt before
entering him into the Guinness Book of World Records.
B. broke
C. tried
D. washed
B. Two
C. Three
D. Five
B. Strange
C. Not interested
D. Proud
B. Joe can hang 17 spoons on his face.
C. Joe"s mother teaches people to swim.
D. Joe has entered the Guinness Book of World Records.
after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a rush hour traffic stop that
turned deadly.
US Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt.Kim Schneider said the unidentified 35-year-old man sped
away in a white car after being stopped a few blocks from the Capitol.The man drove the wrong way
down a street and crashed into a police car in a heavily guarded area about a block north of the Capitol
grounds, striking two officers with his car along the way, she said.
Police then opened fire after seeing the man hold up his handgun and refuse to put it down, said
Schneider, who described the melee as "very fast moving". "The officers felt they were being
threatened-they were in fear for their lives, "Schneider said.
She did not know if the man ever fired at police.He was taken to a hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.
The officers who were hit-one of whom was on a motorcycle-had minor injuries, Schneider said.
The late afternoon scare occurred as lawmakers were wrapping up a third day of hearings for
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.Police briefly closed up part of the Capitol as a precaution,
but the buildings were reopened about a half-hour later.Authorities said the shooting was not related to
the Capitol.
Carol Lanigan, of Toledo, Ohio, described how she saw a white car come flying down the street with
two police cars chasing it.She said she heard about four or five shots.
"There were so many gunshots being fired, my family got down, "said Robert Drumm of Oklahoma,
who was touring the nation"s capital with his family.
Numerous emergency vehicles converged quickly on the area.
Lanigan"s husband, Dale Lanigan, described a similar scene, saying that as the car sped past him the
driver had one hand on the wheel and it looked like he was reaching for something.
B. he was speeding in a heavily guarded area
C. he crashed into a police car by accident
D. he held his handgun in hand
B. Three police officers were hurt in the shooting.
C. The gunshot case had nothing to do with the Capitol.
D. The Capitol was unprotected when the gunshot happened.
B. Carol Lanigan heard five shots exactly
C. many ambulances appeared in the area
D. Robert Drumm stopped to tour the nation"s capital by himself
B. disordered
C. accessible
D. lifelike
B. A police accident near the US Capitol
C. Defend the US Capitol
D. Police chasing the peace breaker
time and money into life after the NBA.
Yao said he did not only see his investment in the current CBA system in purely financial
terms, but also as a way to support the development of basketball in China and return the
favour to Shanghai for looking after him in his early days.
A few days before our most recent interview, Yao was asked to attend an award ceremony
for top athletes in China. He realised his superstar friends and fellow athletes were often forced
to take lowpaying jobs because they had little formal education.
As boss of the Shanghai Sharks, Yao has invited both teachers and mentors to help his players
better manage their financial futures.
Another of Yao"s problems has been balancing the knowledge he has gained in the NBA with
the traditions of home.
As head of the Sharks he has to consider what"s best for his team, even if it means hurting some
of his closest friends. Like his first coach, Li Qiuping, who was in hospital when Yao told him he
was going to have to replace him with an American coach.
Navigating traditional Chinese society, he said, can be tricky at times. He sometimes wistfully
thinks back to his early days, when he just played basketball. Even so, he never shies away from
the challenge.
When I think about these aspects of Yao"s life, I admire him as an example of someone who is
downtoearth and has not let fame go to his head.
As Yao will enter a new phase in his life, his 30s, fatherhood, returning to the NBA, and the
next step in his career as manager, he shows the courage to make a difference in the world.
Yang Lan One On One is shown on Shanghai Dragon TV, Sat.23:10 PM.
B. Yao pays his fellow athletes little money.
C. Yao has become a father of a boy.
D.Sometimes Yao has to hurt some friends for the profit of the whole team.
B.difficult
C.easy
D. special
B. runs after fame
C. is dependable
D.loves the earth
B.a novel
C.a memoir
D.an essay
paid parking at public hospitals.
Visitors had been paying up to $5 a day to park at Canberra and Calvary hospitals under the scheme
introduced in September, 2010.
Health Minister Katy Gallagher announced yesterday visitors would no longer pay these fees because
the idea had proved unworkable and unpopular.
The Government would also spend $29 million over two years to build a multistorey car park with
1,400 spaces at Canberra Hospital. But she could not rule out that visitors would be charged to park in the new structure.
Ms Gallagher said the Government had listened to the public concerns. "It is clear that, in spite of a
generous policy, many visitors to the hospitals don"t support the present system," she said.
The public would have access to twohour and threehour parking spaces from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
weekdays.
Opposition spokesman on urban services Steve Pratt congratulated the Government for "adopting"
Liberal policy to put an end to paid parking.
"Finally, the Stanhope Government has been forced to reduce the unfair burden that they put on ACT
residents," Mr Pratt said, "Why was it so necessary to put so many ACT residents particularly those who have to visit loved ones frequently or could hardly afford it through so much inconvenience and for so long before finally coming to their sense?"
Mr McGowan said the Government must come up with other ways to deal with problems such as
people parking at the hospital to avoid fees in Woden and Belconnen.
parking there.
B. likely
C. free
D. sure
B. new things are hard to become popular
C. the Government accepts public views
D. people park far away from the hospitals
B. the problem with hospital parking should also be solved in other places
C. the paid parking policy has not been supported by most hospital visitors
D. the Government"s latest decision is supposed to be still further improved
For many in the United States,Arab-Americans are an invisible part of the population.
Though Arab-Americans as a community have made great contributions to American
society in fields from literature to politics to medicine,many Americans know very little
about Americans of Arab backgrounds.
Arab history in the United States goes back to the late 1800"s when large numbers
of Arab immigrants first began making their journey to a land known simply as"Amreeka".
Historians generally describe Arab immigration to America in two waves.The first wave
took place between 1860 and 1924.The first wave consisted of Lebanese and Syrian,and
some Egyptian immigrants.These new immigrants,who were mostly Christian,came to
America in search of better opportunities.Even the doomed Titanic,which set sail for
America in 1912,had close to a hundred Arab passengers aboard.The majority of
Arab-Americans today are descendents of the first wave of immigrants;they are the third
or more generation Americans.
The second wave of immigrants followed after World War Ⅱ,caused by political unrest
in the Middle East.This second wave of immigrants consists of mainly Arab Muslims(穆斯
林)and continues to this day.
Arab-Americans make up 3 million of the population in the United States,according to
demographers.And quite different from popular belief,64 percent of them are American-born.
Eighty-two percent of Arab-Americans are US citizens.
Arab-Americans are beyond the national average in both education and income.Education
is important among Arab-Americans;82 percent have high school diplomas,36 percent have
bachelor"s degrees or higher,and 15 percent have graduate degrees.The-median(中位数的)
average income among Arab-Americans is $39 580,which is higher than the US average.
B.The Two Arab Immigration Waves to America.
C.Arab-Americans,Contributions to America
D.Arab-Americans,Education and Income.
B.Arabs wanted to hunt for a better development
C.the Second World War broke out
D.Arabs wanted to gain higher income
B.because Titanic became a well-known disaster
C.to show us there were many Arabs flocking into America at that time
D.to inform us that Arabs are brave enough
B.Arab-Americans are hard-working people
C.the higher education you receive,the higher income you will get in America
D.Arab-Americans play the most important role in the American average in both education and income
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