He had travelled thousands of miles in the hope of earning some money，but 18-year-old Lin Kongming never knew danger was waiting for him.
He and six other migrant workers from Fujian Province spent 36 hours in Iraq as international hostages（人质）. But luckily，they were set free last Tuesday morning，unharmed by the people who had taken them hostage.
After hard work by Chinese diplomats（外交官）in the region the Iraqi kidnappers（绑架者）agreed to hand them over to a local religious group.“The friendly relations between the Chinese and Iraqi peoples have played a key role in the release of the hostages,”said Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan. China refused to join the US-led coalition（联军）in the Iraq war.
Since April 4，over 60 hostages from 12 countries，including America，Italy and Japan，have been taken in Iraq. Some have been released, others were killed.
The Iraqi resistance groups have started taking foreigners hostage in an attempt to force the US-led troops out of their country. As a result，many foreigners have left，fearing the situation will get worse. Some nations are also considering removing their troops from Iraq. Thailand has ordered its forces not to leave their camp and may bring them home before September as originally planned. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is considering similar action.
But Dan Senor，spokesman for the US-led coalition in Baghdad，said that it would not negotiate（谈判）with “terrorists or kidnappers” to get hostages released.
The seven workers from Fujian were set free mainly because ______.
A. they were too poor to pay anything
B. kidnappers didn’t know they were Chinese
C. China didn’t take sides with the US-led coalition
D. kidnappers were friendly to the Chinese
Why did the Iraqi resistance groups start to take foreigners hostage？
A. To show their anger towards the occupation of foreign troops.
B. To tell the world they would fear nothing.
C. To make foreign armies leave their country.
D. To resist the American troops.
The author mentioned Dan Senor to show the US ______.
A. wouldn’t give in to Iraqi terrorists or kidnappers
B. had enough power to station in Iraq
C. wouldn’t give up unless it could get something
D. had no plan to bring its troops home
The passage mainly tells us ______.
A. the hostage crises in Iraq
B. foreigners were not welcome in Iraq
C. the Chinese hostages were set free
D. keeping away from Iraq is a wise choice
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I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.
After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him .But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215. My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that ,they played for time,… and I left without getting a cent.
My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality. Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its good and bad sides.
The author’s roommate offered to help him because _____.
A. he felt sorry for the author
B. he thought it was a chance to make some money
C. he knew the doctor was a very good one
D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer
A good doctor is essential for the author to_____.
A. be properly treated
B. talk with the person responsible for the accident
C. recover before he leaves America
D. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury
The underlined word “ charge ” in this passage means ______.
A. be responsible B. accuse C. ask as a price D. claim
Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very ______.
A. friendly B. greedy C. professional D. busy
What conclusion can you draw from the story?
A. Going to court is something very common in America.
B. One must be very careful while driving a car.
C. there are more bad sides in America than good sides.
D. Money is more important than other things in the US.
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A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day．“Did you notice,” she started, “how he didn’t wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?”
True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wild．Without manners, we’re no more than animals．Actually, that’s not true．I’ve been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each other．Even when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line．
My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the time．We were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you, pardon me, and I’m sorry．And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable．
I can’t tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good manners．While it was a little embarrassing, I knew even then that my mother’s teachings were paying off．
Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful．
While I regret that I haven’t been a perfect example, I’m still working on it．I suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through me．I didn’t have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics．
What did the writer’s friend most probably complain about?
A．Her son’s eating too quickly．
B．Her son’s not having a healthy diet．
C．Her son’s not having good table manners．
D．Teenagers’ not having good manners．
The underlined word “scarce” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”．
A．too much B．not delicious
C．not enough D．quite hot
We learn that the writer’s mother __________．
A．was strict about her children’s manners
B．never punished her children
C．had beautiful blue eyes
D．was not good at singing
What does the writer think of her experience of learning good manners?
A．Easy and relaxing B．Painful and valuable
C．Easy but useless D．Too horrible
We can infer from the passage that the writer _________．
A．is surely liked by everyone around her
B．is not satisfied with most people’s manners around her
C．thinks she has been a perfect example to the young
D．thanks her mother for teaching her the good manners a lot
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While shopping, people sometimes can’t help ________ buying something they don’t really need.
A. to persuade out of B. persuading out of
C. being persuaded into D. be persuaded into
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, the dancers practice hard to make their dreams come true.
A．Being disabled as they B．Although disabled they are
C．Disabled though they are D．As they are disabled
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— When can I see you, Mr Black? Three o’clock this afternoon?
— Oh, no. I ________ a meeting then.
A. will have B. will be having C. am having D. have
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--Where did you see him for the first time?
-- It was in the factory _________ we worked.
A．that B．where C．which D．when
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_____ all that has been said, the tourists have been picking leaves.
A. In spite B. Despite C. Even D. Even so
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