In 1886 explorer Robert Peary traveled to Greenland for the U.S. Navy. Before his journey, no one knew Greenland’s size or shape. On Peary’s first trips, he explored Greenland, mapping parts of it.
When Peary returned to the United States, he went to a businessman to sell some furs. There he met Matthew Henson, an African American mechanic, builder and navigator. When Peary went to Nicaragua on a Navy mission(任务),Henson went with him. When that job was over, the two headed to the Arctic.
Henson and Peary set sail for Greenland. When they landed, Henson built a house for their base camp. Peary and his men set out to explore the land by dog sledge(雪橇). Henson was injured and had to stay at the base. While there, he made friends with the Inuit, the native people.
In 1895 Henson, Peary and Hugh Lee went out on another dog sledge journey. This time, they found Greenland’s northernmost point. They now knew that the North Pole lay under the frozen Arctic Ocean. Peary had hoped to cross the ice. but the group ran out of food and returned to base camp. In the years that followed, Peary and Henson tried several times to reach the North Pole, but each time they failed. On one trip, Peary’s feet froze, and he lost his toes（脚趾）.
Peary and Henson planned last trip when Peary was 53 years old. They started across the sea ice from Ellesmere Island, which is located（位于） north of Canada. The temperature dropped as low as—51 degrees Celsius. The explores’ cheeks froze , and they suffered snow blindness from the sun’s glare. They experienced high winds and storms, and they also faced a hidden danger. Under the frozen ocean were powerful currents（潮流）. The ice moved and broke apart leaving open water, called leads. Twice Peary fell into leads. But eventually he and Henson became the first persons to reach the North Pole.
What did Peary and Henson find in 1895?
A. Greenland is near the Artic Ocean.
B. Ellesmere Island is located north of Canada.
C. The North Pole is located in the Artic Ocean.
D. Greenland’s northernmost point is the North Pole.
Which of the following words can be used to describe Peary?
A. Determined. B. Modest. C. Generous. D. Honest.
What was the potential danger that Peary and Henson faced on their last trip?
A. Snow blindness. B. High winds. C. Storms. D. Leads.
The best title for the passage might be “____”.
A. The mapping of the Arctic Ocean.
B. Peary and Henson: Arctic explorers
C. Early explorers’ trips to the South Pole
D. Henson and Peary: discoverers of Greenland
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Over the past 20 years, AIDS and war have claimed the parents of 2．4 million Ugandan children．When Alexis Hefley first visited the country,, in 1993, she saw the children's sorrow, but the former Texas banker also spotted "a world of possibility"．She watched as they danced for tourists to earn money, and she had a thought: If people in America could see them perform, they'd support them too．
The children's passion and talent inspired Hefley to work with the kids at an orphanage（孤儿院）in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, to organize a traveling dance troupe（团）．The goals: to give the problems in Uganda a human face, to raise awareness and to raise money．
The first tour touched down at six American cities in 1994．Today, the 22-member troupe, known as the Spirit of Uganda, travels across America every two years．The young performers bring their energy and joy to audiences across the U．S．and help support hundreds of Ugandan orphans back home．Among the young dancers, some earn scholarships to attend the U．S．colleges, and then return to their country to help rebuild it．
Photojournalist Douglas Menuez first photographed the troupe in 2006 -?a project that led to his new book, Transcendent Spirit, from which these images are drawn．At each performance, the dancers' faces show pure joy, quite an achievement given the hardships they've faced．"They look to the future, not the past," explains Menuez．"They embrace beauty and good in the world．" As one dancer puts it, "People think we have lost our parents．We've had so many problems．But then they see us perform．They see our smiles．And they learn that life goes on．"
What are the first two paragraphs mainly about?
A．How miserable Ugandan orphans' life is．
B．How the dance troupe was set up．
C．How the young dancers earned money．
D．How the orphans lost their parents．|
What do we learn about the Spirit of Uganda?
A．It was started by a journalist．
B．It travels across the U．S．annually．
C．It consists of two dozen performers．
D．Its dancers have chances to study in the U．S．
In the eyes of Menuez, the young performers are_____．
A．beautiful B．talented C．optimistic D．humorous
What might be the most suitable title for the passage?
A．Ugandan orphans turn tragedy into dance
B．Transcendent Spirit: A close look at Uganda
C．AIDS and war are claiming people's lives
D．Lots of people are helping Ugandan orphans
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A major earthquake rocked Haiti at 4:53 pm local time on Jan.12, 2010, killing possibly thousands of people but no official figure has been released so far.
The quake, which struck about 15km (10 miles) south-west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks. In the space of a minute, numerous buildings fell down. A five-story U.N. building was also brought down by the 7.3 magnitude quake, the most powerful to hit Haiti in more than 200 years according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
As night fell, the whole city is in total darkness. You can see thousands of people sitting in the streets with nowhere to go. There are people running, crying, screaming. Describing the earthquake as a "catastrophe", Haiti’s president said the cost of the damage could run into billions.
Haiti became the first independent Caribbean state in the early 19th century. Haiti's location, history and attracting climate once made it a tourist hot place. However, decades of poverty, environmental pollution and violence have left it as the poorest nation in the Americas. It has suffered a lot, including four hurricanes and storms in 2008 that killed hundreds.
The great earthquake happened to the _______ of the capital city.
A. south-west B. north-west C. south-east D. north-east
What can we infer from the underlined sentence?
A. People in Port-au-Prince don’t like to light on.
B. The earthquake happened in the evening.
C. Electricity in the city was cut off that night.
D. There are no lights at all in Port-au-Prince.
What’s the meaning of the word in bald “catastrophe”?
A. chance. B. joke. C. illness. D. disaster.
Which statement about Haiti is NOT true?
A. Haiti became an independent state in the early 19th century.
B. Haiti belongs to Americas, just like Canada, America and so on.
C. At one time, tourism was important to the economy of Haiti.
D. Haiti is a country where such strong quacks often take place.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文,文中共有10处语言错误,每句最多有两处.错误涉及一个单词的增加,删除和修改.
增加:把缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该词.
删除:把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉.
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词.
注意:1.每处错误极其修改均限一词.
2.只允许修改10处,多者从第11处不记分.
Dear Jin Jing,
Your problem is common one among middle school students．Maybe the following advices can help you．First in all, believe in yourself．Your greatest problem is that you lack self-confidence．The first thing you must do it is to smile at your classmates．One smile speaks loud about your wish to make friends than any words．Your smile will show that you are friendly to him．Next, trying talking with a student who is as shy as you or who share the same interest with you．You can discuss your studies with a classmate and you can also talk about your hobbies．Unless anyone is in trouble, you should be ready to help him or her．Once you have confidence, you can make as many friends as possibly．
Yours,
Lily
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UNICEF reports that 40 million children below the age of 15 suffer from abuse(虐待) and neglect. The USA National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse finds 3 million new reports of child abuse or neglect every year.
According to such information on human rights abuses of children, the United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Youth. In answer to the common human rights abuses of young people, Dr. Mary Shuttleworth of Youth for Human Rights International(YHRI) recently completed her seventh annual World Tour to five continents in eighty days. The purpose of the tour is to promote the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights to tens of thousands of children and officials.
According to UNICEF, 1.2 million children are illegally traded all over the world every year.
Sold as goods, these children are forced into inhuman labor, denied basic education and robbed of their childhoods. Youth who do not know their rights are easily cheated by ill-intentioned men. That is why YHRI thinks highly of education.
“When the United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Youth, I knew that their human rights had to be greater than ever,” Dr. Shuttleworth said. The tour reached Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, Brazil, South Africa, Swaziland, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Greece, Taiwan, Japan, Hawaii and Los Angeles.
The YHRI World Tour 2010 has reached tens of thousands of students as well as officials, educators, and religious leaders and thus promotes human rights education to millions more.
2010 was declared as the International Year of Youth because ______.
A. 3 million children reported their information to the UN
B. many children are suffering from ill-treatment and neglect
C. children are illegally traded throughout the whole world
D. human rights abuses of young people have been avoided
According to para. 2, Dr. Shuttleworth first started her annual World Tour in _____.
A. 2000 B. 2004 C. 2008 D. 2010
Youth for Human Rights International is paying attention to education because _______.
A. education should serve most children
B. too many children are forced to leave school
C. children who know their rights will make more money
D. children who know little about their rights are easily cheated
According to the passage, the YHRI World Tour 2010 _______.
A. has almost stopped the child abuse B. has reached different areas and people
C. has found more forced child labor D. was neglected by some political leaders
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Edith Cavell was born on December 4, 1865, in England. When she left school, she became a teacher. Edith soon found that she had a 36 for nursing(护理), so she completed her training 37 any problem. In 1907, a doctor invited Edith to open a 38 school for nurses in Belgium(比利时).
In August 1914, Germany invaded Belgium. By then, the training school had become a Red Cross hospital. It required its nurses to care for injured soldiers from every country---even 39 soldiers. .
German forces (军队) went through Belgium to France. British soldiers were 40 with the French, trying to 41 the Germans out of France. But they didn’t 42 . As a result, many British and French soldiers would be caught. But some of them found their 43 to Edith’s training school. There, she took care of them and 44 them from the German forces. Then she heard some 45 people were willing to help the soldiers escape. Together they organized travels for the soldiers out of Belgium to Holland, which was a safe country during the whole war.
In august 1915, the German government discovered 46 was happening at Edith’s training school. Edith was 47 for helping about two hundred British and French 48 escape. Early on October 12, 1915, Edith Cavell was 49 . She died for her country, but she believed that she had only been a nurse trying to do her 50 . History will remember her for ever.
A. story B. talent C. hope D. taste
A .without B. for C. except D. over
A. singing B. teaching C. learning D. training
A. nation B .child C. street D. enemy
A .meeting B .fighting C. competing D. arguing
A. refuse B. talk C. keep D. task
A. succeed B. remember C. miss D. join
A. cause B. reply C. key D. way
A. hid B. knew C. stopped D. prevent
A. famous B. honest C. brave D. poor
A. that B. What C. whom D. which
A. driven B. thanked C. beaten D. caught
A. soldiers B. nurses C. teachers D. travelers
A. killed B. punished C. educated D. shocked
A. homework B. business C. dream D. duty
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Tong Shiqiang rushed into a kindergarten behind his primary school several times, carrying a __36__ of kids each time he rushed out of their classroom on that fateful（灾难的）day. Only 14 years old and 1.5m tall, Tong can now __37__ a national bravery award for saving seven children.
The grade-6 student was __38__ a Chinese language class in Zhongwang Primary School in Qishan village of Longnan city, one of the worst-hit areas in Gansu province, __39__ the deadly quake struck on May 12,2008. There were 49 __40__ students in his class at the time.
"Windows began rattling(嘎嘎响）and it __41__ as if lots of bees were singing underground," __42__ Tong Shuangxi, Tong Shiqiang's teacher and uncle. "The sound grew __43__ ... and then I __44__ it was an earthquake."
The teacher cried: " __45__ out!" All the students ran out of the room immediately.
__46__ outside, Tong Shuangxi rushed toward the kindergarten where the children __47__ a nap (午睡). Tong Shiqiang ran with him.
Only three of the kids had __48__ to run out of their room when they __49__ the building. The rest were crying, too __50__ to move. It __51__ less than three minutes for them to carry out all the five- and six-year-olds to __52__.
__53__ whether all the kids had been saved, Tong and his nephew had __54__ begun checking the name list when the classroom's walls fell down. "That's the only time I was scared," said Tong Shiqiang.
The 14-year-old is __55__ to be nominated (提名) for the child hero award, to be given by the Ministry of Education and the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Youth League.
A. score B. dozen C. couple D. number
A. beat B. win C. show D. give
A. listening B. hearing C. giving D. attending
A. when B. while C. where D. which
A. another B. other C. others D. the other
A. looked B. turned C. appeared D. seemed
A. reminds B. remains C. recalls D. remarks
A. a louder B. weaker C. clearer D. louder
A. realized B. found C. thought D. recognized
A. Nobody B. Everybody C. Somebody D. Anybody
A. once B. Before C. Since D. After
A. were having B. have C. had D. having had
A. tried B. wanted C. managed D. attempted
A. arrived B. reached C. got D. escaped
A. surprised B. moved C. frightened D. excited
A. paid B. spent C. cost D. took
A. safety B. classroom C. yard D. hospital
A. No problem B. No wonder C. Not sure D. Not know
A. ever B. just C. never D. even
A. possible B. probable C. likely D. maybe
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I was an introvert(内向的人) by 36 . For as long as I remember, putting on a sincere smile when meeting someone had 37 been easy. The key to a sincere smile, 38 , is simple. It’s to be 39 . But that’s the source of the problem. When meeting people, 40 being excited, I often felt upset.
But we all know 41 are important. The more friends you have, the more opportunities you get, 42 it’s job opportunities, a romantic relationship, or business partners. So a smile is important to make others feel 43 . Mother Teresa said, “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a(an) 44 to that person, a beautiful thing.”
The smile I’m now talking about is not to make a face to cashiers or waiters. I’m talking about those 45 smiles you make when meeting old friends. So I’ve discovered a 46 . And I call this technique “Oh, it’s Jamie!” When I meet someone, I imagine an old friend of mine called Jamie who was my first friend when we were 47 kids. It’s 48 why my smile is as wide as I can possibly make. And it’s not just the smile, but my tone and attitude that turn warm as well.
And the best part, whenever you’re friendly to others, they turn friendly 49 . You’re not hearing this from me. Some research done by scientists actually 50 this claim. So do remember to give it a try.
Three years ago at the age of 23, I took a long hard look at my life and decided that I was 51 . 52 of my life, I set about 53 dramatic changes and now I have become a popular writer. My 54 reflects that nothing is too difficult if you 55 bravely.
A. born B. nature C. myself D. me
A. always B. often C. never D. sometimes
A. therefore B. thus C. but D. however
A. excited B. interested C. happy D. worried
A. rather than B. instead of C. other than D. apart from
A. parents B. classmates C. friends D. lovers
A. what B. how C. why D. whether
A. comfortable B. excited C. anxious D. frightened
A. injury B. gift C. damage D. mercy
A. voluntary B. hesitant C. wide D. unwilling
A. method B. treat C. behavior D. trick
A. still B. again C. no longer D. even
A. no doubt B. no secret C. no reason D. no wonder
A. in return B. in turn C. in time D. in case
A. opposes B. disproves C. suggests D. backs
A. wrong B. nothing C. something D. right
A. Afraid B. Tired C. Reminded D. Informed
A. to make B. make C. making D. made
A. career B. changes C. decision D. success
A. try B. do C. change D. smile
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The first thing ________ we should do is to master the basic grammar.
A. which B. that C. as D. of which
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