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across his fields of corn. Suddenly he saw a thin line of white smoke curling up out of his field, about 200 feet
from where he stood. As he went toward the smoke to see what it was, he heard a strange noise. The line of
smoke became bigger. It looked as if some great force were pushing it up into the sky.
The farmer rushed home to get his wife. While he was urging his wife to hurry from the house, the earth
shook violently. When he stood up after the earth stopped shaking, he looked across the field and saw that great
flames were rising from his cornfield. A volcano was being born!
They hurried across the shaking earth to the village of Particutin, which was toward their farm. They found
the village was seriously destroyed and the road from the village was filled with frightened people hurrying to
safety. Particutin did not become dark that night. The volcano lighted up the sky for miles around. Flames
rushed out of the ground. The volcano threw hot stones a thousand feet through the air. Great explosion shook
the earth and heavy black ashes fell from the sky, covering the roofs in Mexico city, 180 miles away.
But that was not all. On the third evening a float of lava (火山岩) began to boil up from the centre of the
volcano. It came over the edge in a heavy flow, 2 000 feet wide, and travelled slowly across the valley, bringing
certain death to everything that could not move from its path.
B. the volcano lasted several days
C. many people had to escape from the village
D. it caused many deaths and great loss
B. government report
C. leaflet for travellers
D. handbook
B. The farmer was working in the field when the disaster happened.
C. The farmer"s wife was working in the field at that moment.
D. The village was badly damaged.
B. A terrible volcano.
C. An unforgettable memory.
D. A farmer"s experience.
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试题【阅读理解。 One Saturday afternoon in February, 1943, a farmer in Mexico stopped w】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Eragon is just a regular farm boy in a land called Alagaesia-until he finds a dragon"s egg.
In the new movie Eragon, based on the book by Christopher Paolini, evil strangers working for an evil
king come looking for the egg and kill Eragon"s family. With the help of dwarfs, and Saphira the dragon,
Eragon must learn how to defeat the king and save his laud.
Designer Dragon
Animators (动漫画家) couldn"t exactly model Saphira after a real dragon. So they got inspiration from
animals. Michael McAlister says when Saphira is on the ground, she walks a little like a lion. In the air, she"s
a cross between a condor (秃鹰) and a fighter jet. And her eyes are part lizard, part dinosaur, and part human.
Success Story
Author Christopher Paolini started writing Eragon when he was 15 years old. Now 23, Paolini gives you
tips to achieve your dreams before you grow up!
-Research First
"Learn about what you want to do," Paolini says. He read books about creating characters and plots before
he started writing.
-Get Support
Paolini kept his writing a secret from everyone but his parents. That way, no one could tell him he was too
young to be an author. "Find people who will support and encourage you," he says.
-Practice
Whether they"re writers, musicians or athletes, successful kids put lots of energy into their talent. "To rise
to the top, make your skill your daily focus," Paolini says.
-Don"t Quit
"So many times when I was writing Eragon, I was an inch away from giving up," he says, "I"m so glad I
didn"t." Instead, he spent three and a half years writing and rewriting until it was ready for publication.
B. the struggle between a farm boy and some bad people
C. a boy"s interesting experience
D. an imaginary story between a farm family and a king
B. at most three
C. at least four
D. more than ten
B. we can only depend on ourselves to be a successful person
C. genius is more important than regular practice to successful people
D. failure is the mother of success
are homeless compete. The event has been held annually since 2003.
It was at the end of 2001 that Mel Young, a famous expert in the media industry, came up with the idea
of the Homeless World Cup. 18 months later the first event took place in Austria. It was such a success that
people decided to do more.
There are some interesting and special rules of the event. For example, players (male or female at least
16 years old) must have been homeless at some time after the previous year"s World Cup or make their main
living income by selling newspapers in the street or be asylum (政治避难) seekers. Anyone can take part,
regardless of his or her abilities.
There are at most 4 players per team to compete in the field. Games are 14 minutes long.
In 2007, 48 nations, 500 players took a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent their countries for true
spirit and glory in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winner in 2007 was Scotland. The 2008 Homeless World Cup
took place in Melbourne, Australia. And in 2009 it was held in Milan. The latest Homeless World Cup was
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in September 2010. Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup takes place August followed
by the Mexico City 2012 Homeless World Cup.
The success of the competition has been in two aspects-to attract the world"s attention to the problems of
homelessness and also to help participants live a better life.
According to a survey by the Homeless World Cup Organization after 2006 Homeless World Cup, 92% of
the players had a new motivation for life, 93 players successfully got rid of their dependency on drugs and
alcohol, 44% improved their housing situation and 72% continued to play football.
B. The Homeless World Cup was held every other year.
C. The host country of the 9th Homeless World Cup was Australia.
D. Anyone who is homeless can take part in the Homeless World Cup.
B. help the homeless live a better life
C. draw attention to those living in poverty
D. call on homeless people to unite and compete for honor
B. Homeless players became professional footballers.
C. 93% of the players were independent of drugs and alcohol.
D. The Homeless World Cup helped homeless people change their lives.
B. Football For Everyone
C. Hope For The Homeless
D. Beating Homelessness Through Football
cultures.
In any approach to a problem and in any negotiations, the Western world turns to the "I to you" approach
while Japan, the "you to you" approach. The former means both sides present their arguments openly from
their own point of view. Naturally, often comes a confrontation (冲突) situation, which Westerners are very
skillful in dealing with. The latter is based on each side trying to understand the other person"s point of view.
Thus, the direction of the meeting is a mutual (相互的) attempt to reduce confrontation and achieve harmony.
Besides, Western decision-making goes mostly from top management (管理人员) and often does not
consult middle management or the worker. However, in Japan great consideration is given to the thoughts and
opinions of everyone at all levels. Based on "bottom-up direction", ideas can be created at the lowest levels,
travel upward through an organization and have an effect on the final decision.
Difference in decision-making also comes from different communication styles. The Japanese business
person works to achieve harmony, even if the deal falls through, and will spend whatever time is necessary to
determine a "you to you" approach, communicating personal views only indirectly. They put a thorough job
above the Western deadline approach. So the Japanese are thorough in their meetings. Thus Americans are
often annoyed by the many meetings in many Japanese businesses. But where the American is pressing for a
specific decision, the Japanese is trying to think up a rather broad direction.
On the other hand, once a given agreement is made, it is the Japanese who sometimes wonder at the slow
pace in which Westerners carry out the decision. The Japanese are eager to move forward and Westerners,
perhaps, lag (落后) behind as they take the time for in-depth planning.
B. on nothing but its workers" views
C. on bottom-up direction
D. only on its top leaders" opinions
B. are different in decision-making styles
C. have all members contribute to a decision
D. have two approaches:"I to you" and "you to I"
B. There are many meetings in their businesses.
C. They work to achieve harmony in doing business.
D. They are good at handling confrontation situation.
B. critical (批评的)
C. negative
D. casual (无所谓的)
And in this spirit of observing traditional rule, I shall quote Dr Johnson"s famous comment that "When two
English meet, their first talk is of the weather", and point out that this observation is as accurate now as it
was over two hundred years ago.
This, however, is the point at which most people either stop, or try, and fail, to come up with a convincing
explanation for the English "addiction" to the weather. They fail because their premise (前提) is mistaken: they
assume that our conversations about the weather are conversations about the weather. In other words, they
assume that we talk about the weather because we have a keen interest in the subject. Most of them then try to
figure out what it is about the English weather that is so fascinating.
Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that the English weather is not at all fascinating, and that our "addiction"
to it is therefore very difficult to explain "To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is
that there is not very much of it. All those phenomena that elsewhere give nature an edge of excitement,
unpredictability and danger-tornados, monsoons, hailstorms-are almost wholly unknown in the British Isles."
Jeremy Paxman takes offence at Bryson"s comments and argues that the English weather is truly fascinating:
Bryson misses the point, The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.., one of the
few things you can say about England with absolute certainty is that it has a lot of weather. It may not include
tropical cyclones but life at the edge of an ocean and the edge of a continent means you can never be entirely
sure what you"re going to get.
My research has convinced me that both Bryson and Paxrnan are missing the point, which is that our
conversations about the weather are not really about the weather at all: English weather-speak is a form of code,
developed to help us overcome our natural reserve (含蓄) and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows, for
example, that "Nice day, isn"t it?", "Oh, isn"t it cold?"; and other variations on the theme are not requests for
weather data: they are greetings or conversation-starters. In other words, English weather-speak is a form of
"cleaning talk"- the human equivalent of what is known as"social cleaning" among our primate (灵长类的)
cousins, where they spend hours cleaning each other"s fur, even when they are perfectly clean, as a means of
social connection.
B. incorrect
C. fascinating
D. accurate
B. whether the English enjoy their weather
C. why the English are so interested in the topic of weather
D. whether the English really talk about weather when they do so
B. convincing
C. respectable
D. unreasonable
B. the English don"t talk about weather as often as the outsiders think
C. the English weather can be as exciting as anywhere else"s
D. the English weather talk is merely a form of small talk
both _____.
B. means of social connection
C. fascinating topics between people
D. phenomena difficult to understand to outsiders
Germany has a variety of cities each with its own characteristics, from the busy city of Berlin, to the
ancient city of Cologne, to the Bavarian capital of Munich. Thankfully, these major German cities offer
sightseeing tours that offer the opportunity to better explore the surrounding regions and the country"s
most historic sites.
Berlin on Bike
Berlin on Bike takes visitors through the German capital via five bicycle tours, all with guides. Regular
tours include the Wall Tour and Berlin"s Best, with stops at some of the city"s most famous landmarks,
such as the Reichstag explores what life was like in East Berlin under Communist Rule. The cost of the
tour includes the bike and helmet rental, and tourists may choose to continue renting their bikes once the
tour has ended.
Berlinonbike.de/English/index.php
Munich City Sightseeing Tour
The Munich City Sightseeing Tour transports travelers throughout the city via an open-air,
double-decker bus. Passengers can hop on and off at various stops throughout the day. This tour
includes stops at such sites as the Munich central train station, the 1972 Olympic Stadium Park,
Munich"s opera house and Karlsplatz, the gate to the historic city. The bus features a narrated tour guide
and offers an English-language option.
Raileurope.com/activities/munich-city-sightseeing-tour/index.html
Nice City Tours- Cologne
Nice City Tours offers three tours of Cologne, available to private or business groups in a variety of
languages. The old Town Tour runs for two hours and includes a guided tour of the Cologne Cathedral
and some of the city"s old squares. The Brewery Pub Tour explores some of the city"s most beloved
breweries and pubs, and details the history behind Kolsch, Cologne"s resident beer. Finally, the Old
Town and Rhine Tour begins by visiting some of old town"s most historic sites and ends with a ride down
the Rhine River.
Nicecitytours.con/tours.htm
B. English service
C. three routes
D. guide"s service
B. The Brewery Pub Tour
C. The Old Town Tour
D. The Munich City Sightseeing Tour
B. On a website.
C. In an encyclopedia.
D. In a journal.
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