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60. The passage is written mainly to ________. A. introduce various uses of vinegar to readers B. attract more people to purchase the book
C. inform readers that vinegar is needed for a healthy body D. stress the importance of vinegar in saving lives at war 61. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. Vinegar which is useful for our health is made by mother. B. Your house may become tidier after using vinegar. C. Vinegar can be applied to the wounds.
D. Pectin helps to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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C I was in the UK during Spring Festival, experiencing the culture shock of clean air, competent taxi drivers, readily available biscuits and genuinely terrible trains. But unlike my usual trips, I spent most of this one in and out of London, experiencing the city as a tourist. Unfortunately, my visit coincided with the UK?s half-term school holiday, when excited packs of children are let out of their cages to pour in museums, somewhat making the city crowded.
My wife, visiting from the US, rapidly acquired the air of a superior tourist. From the not-particularly-commanding heights of the fast-track line at the London Eye big wheel, for which we had paid an extra 10GBP a piece, she looked at the shuffling ranks of the ordinary ticket holders and said ?God, the commoners are moving quicker than us!? London?s an extremely easy city to be a tourist in. Even within the twisting alleys of an organically grown city, it?s essentially impossible to get lost, at least in the daytime.
① The real greatness, though, lies not just in clarity, but in density of information. The street corners are sign-posted, underground stops come with tunnels to the nearest attractions, or at least large red arrows, and each bus stop has a clear and detailed map of the neighborhood. ② Sure, it does well enough with basic information, like street names and subway maps. ③ But lack of signs, especially compared to the size of Beijing, means that if you go for a random wander you?re more likely to end up in the same interchangeable nothingness of small shops and big apartment blocks than being guided to something wonderful.④ The only way to know a city is to walk it. Wandering in hutongs, unless you know where you?re going, normally ends up in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike, instead of leading you to any hidden treasures. 63. What can we know according to the passage?
A. The writer wants to experience London as a tourist as usual. B. Tourists can have free access to the London Eye big wheel. C. It is easy to get lost in London despite detailed maps and signs. D. Travelers in London can have detailed touring information.
65. The sentence “It?s a sad contrast, coming back to Beijing.” can be put in _______. A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④ 64. How does the author feel when walking in Beijing? A. certain B. confusing C. mysterious D. familiar 66. The text is most probably taken from ______.
A. a government website B. a geography textbook C. a traveler magazine D. a science fiction
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The comeback
Fausto Ruiz got off the boat at the port of the city where he was born fifty years ago, and to which he had been away for twenty years. There were lots of new buildings up on the hills around the city now, buildings which he didn?t recognize. Yet many of the old buildings were exactly the same, although many of the old shops were there no more.
He walked up the main road and saw that there was still one small cafè there which was the same as it had been. Walking into the cafè, he recognized the owner behind the bar as well as the waiter working there. They both looked much, much older. Fausto felt certain that he didn?t look as old as they did, even though they were all twenty years older now.
Fausto sat at a table and waited. He raised his arm and shouted to the waiter, then to the owner behind the bar, but it was useless. They didn?t come and ask him what he wanted. They were ignoring him.
Angry, Fausto got up and walked out of the cafè. Such ignorant people, he thought. Now I remember why I left this town twenty years ago, and why I never came back.
He walked along the main street as far as the main square in the town, and when he arrived there he remembered the other reason why he had never come back. In the main square there was the theatre. He had a terrible memory of what happened there twenty years ago.
Twenty years ago, Fausto Ruiz was the most famous singer in the world. He had sung in all of the most famous opera houses in the world. Everywhere he went, people paid large sums of money for tickets. When they saw him sing they clapped and applauded and cheered. When he was at the height of his fame, Fausto decided to come back and held a triumphant concert in the theatre.
The concert was announced, and all the tickets sold out within a few hours. Thousands of people crowded into the theatre to see the legendary Fausto Ruiz sing in the theatre.
There was silence as Fausto walked onto the stage. Then he began to sing, one of his best known songs. And at the end of the song, there was just silence. Fausto waited, very surprised for a moment, and then started to sing another song. At the end of this song, there was silence for a moment. Then the people began to boo, and to hiss. Fausto tried to cover the noise by singing another song, very loudly this time. But it got worse. The louder he sang, the louder the boos and hisses became. Soon, there was a rain of rotten fruit and vegetables and smelly old shoes falling down. Fausto was extremely angry. He stormed off the stage and out of the theatre. He left his hometown that night, and he said that he would never, ever go back there ever again.
Now, he decided to walk into the theatre. As he walked in he saw it was the same man selling tickets in the box office. Fausto said hello to him but the man said nothing and ignored him. “Still the same” thought Fausto. He felt sad, and left the theatre and decided to see the house where he had been born.
He walked all the way across the town, expecting to be recognized by people. He saw some men in the park, who were the same age as he was, and he remembered them. They were his friends when he was at school. He walked over to them to say hello, but they, too, ignored him.
He was so angry and so disappointed that he began to shout, “I am the great Fausto Ruiz!!! The greatest singer the world has ever heard!!!” Nobody took any notice of him.
When he finally reached his old house, he at least had a pleasant surprise. Outside the house, there was a statue, and it was a statue of himself. “Finally!” thought Fausto, “Somebody has recognized my genius!”
Fausto went to have a closer look. There was some writing at the bottom of the statue. “Fausto Ruiz” it said, “Singer”. Fausto was disappointed that it did not say “the greatest singer in the world”, but at least it was a statue. There was some more writing. He looked carefully at it. There was his date of birth, fifty years ago. And then there was something else. It was another date, and it was yesterday. …It was the date of his death. 67. When he returned home twenty years later, Fausto Ruiz really expected ______.
A. to see the great changes in his hometown B. that the people as old as him could remember who he was
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C. that the people could still appreciate his singing D. to tell the people there that he could still recognize them 68. Which of the following directly caused him to leave his hometown?
A. His singing in the most famous opera houses in the world. B. Too much admiration for him and his singing. C. What the people did to him in the theater. D. His willingness to be famous all over the whole world. 69. The underlined sentence “Then the people began to boo, and to hiss” shows that the people there ______.
A. thought highly of him and his singing B. became very excited when hearing him singing C. were ignoring him and his singing D. were extremely disappointed in him and his singing 70. We can say that Fausto Ruiz is ______ according to the story.
A. open-minded and humorous B. ignorant and stupid C. lively and cheerful D. sensitive and proud 书面表达
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假设你叫李华。你在英文报Teens中读到如下一封来信。请写一封信给该报，谈谈你的看法。 Dear editor,
I read a report a few days ago. The report says that more than half of Americans aged 18 to 29 go on the Internet for “no particular reason”.
When I was a kid, we had no computer or TV. At that time, when they are free, people would visit and talk with each other while kids would play together in front of their house. We used to do a lot of reading. But now, kids draw all their opinions, news, entertainment and, worst of all, social interaction through a computer screen. They are addicted to the Internet.
I wonder why our kids are on the computer so long, and why they don?t want to talk with others fact to face. This is not how we are meant to live.
Yours truly, Mitch Albom 注意：
1.根据所给信件的内容提示，谈谈你的看法。
2.词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。 3.作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
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4月23日是“世界读书日”（World Book Day），目的是鼓励人们都能享受读书的乐趣，都能尊重和感谢为人类文明做出过巨大贡献的文学、文化、科学、思想大师们，都能保护知识产权。
培根说：“读书使人明智”。请根据下图，首先谈谈你对读书的认识(至少两点)；其次谈谈你是如何读书的；最后谈谈你打算今后如何读书（至少两点）。
注意：
1. 可参照图片内容及所给文字提示，作必要的发挥想象。 2. 词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。 3. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。 Francis Bacon once said that reading makes a full man. ...
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近期某网站就校车安全问题进行了一次社会调查，结果见下图。请根据图示用英语写一篇短文，介绍调查结果并谈谈你的看法，供有关部门参考。
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1. 简要描述图表内容并谈谈你的看法。
2. 词数150左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。 3. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
Recently, a survey on school buses has been conducted on a website. ________________________________
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