(102)A man was sitting in the park watching the ducks on the pond.When a
woman approached him.She had a white poodle(鬃毛狮子狗) on a leash (系狗的链子).
She sat down on a bench, took out a magazine and began to read .
After it had been sitting quietly for about ten minutes, the poodle turned and looked up at the man.
“Excuse me,” the dog whispered.“But you look like a kind man.Please buy me from his awful woman.”
The man could hardly believe his ears.A dog was whispering to him.In English!
“She is so mean to me,” the dog continued.“She never pets me or plays with me when she’s in a bad mood, which is most of the time.” The man was amazed to hear the dog say all this.He was even more surprised when the dog added, “And I’m really a very good dog.I’m quite famous, too.I won a medal in the last war and was twice wounded in action.I’ve rescued three children-two from drowning and one from a fire.” The man decided that he would try to buy the dog from the woman.He would pay a lot of money if neceary.The dog would soon earn tens of thousands of dollars on television.It would be the world’s first talking dog.
“Excuse me,” he said to the woman, “but I love your little dog.Will you sell him to me?” “I’ll be delighted to sell him,” the woman said.“You can have him for ten dollars.” “Ten dollars!” the man said.“Only the dollars? Why so little?” “Because,” the woman said, “he’s a trouble-making liar.” 1.The poodle______.
A.sat on either side of man and womanB.could read the magazineC.was leading the womanD.belonged to the woman
2.The dog ______.A.insulted the manB.asked the man to buy it C.started talking as soon as it sat downD.couldn’t speak properly
3.The man was surprised______.A.to hear it speak B.to see it feedC.to hear it barkD.to see if being beaten
4.The dog explained that it had ______.A.stopped a fireman from saving three childrenB.never been in the war
C.acted heroically in dangerous situationsD.refused a medal in the last war 5.The woman was ______.
A.advertising her dogB.happy to sell her dog C.reluctant to sell her dog D.Hoping her dog would earn thousand of dollars on television
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Motorola set out a special training plan programme for children last week with the aim of developing children’s busine skills and preparing them for a Eighty-seven children aged between 12 and 16 from Beijing and Tianjin
attended the one-week training programme called “Youth Discovery” directed by Motorola University’s (MU) instructors and marketing specialists.The children learned about dealing with a practical problem-marketing and worked out a marketing plan by themselves.Last week 26 children of Motorola employees in Tianjin completed their training in the MU-Tianjin Learning Center.
Through the training programme, children learnt how to get information through different kinds of sources, determine end-user needs, make up meages of value to customers, and communicate using various means and equipment.Educators acted only as team” directors” ,providing children to discover their own answers.The children gave their solutions to Motorola’s management and their parents on the last day of the programme.
The children, most of whom were primary and middle school students, presented themselves freely.
The students said that they preferred the open and practical way of learning.
“Youth Discovery” ,started by Motorola’s former president Robert Galvin, designed and carried out by Motorola University, aimed to bring the talents(才能) of young people into full play and encouraged them to discover how their skills can contribute to a team to help it reach an aim.1．The underlined word” entrepreneurs” in the first paragraph probably
means.______ A.schoolmastersB.actorsC.managersD.scientists
2．Which statement is true according to the paage?
A.The instructors taught the students how to work out a marketing plan.
B.The programme was started, designed and carried out by Motorola University.
C.The programme is very common in Tianjin D.The programme aims at developing the children’s ability to solve
practical problems.3．What role do the educators play in the programme?
A.Presidents.B.Directors.C.Businemen.D.Employees.4． “Youth Discovery” is a great succe because______.
A.its way agrees with children’s characters of interest B.it’s designed by Motorola University
C.the children’s parents took part in it D.the children come from Beijing and Tianjin.
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Here are four pieces of news from China Daily.SHANGHAI-The Huachen Group, which has put 83 million yuan in the development of the e-commerce market since its official registration late last year, recently held a meeting in Shanghai to show the use of its newly opened tourism busine payment network.The network aims to serve tourists from all over the world, but especially from Europe and the United States where credit cards are popularly used.After opening the website,
netizens can get information about hotels and tourism services on tourism page.Hotels and services can be reserved and payments made through credit cards.The network opened in February in Beijing.SYDNEY-The Sydney Olympic flame will travel underwater on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef during the torch relay(火炬接力) following a succeful test.
Scuba diver Wendy Craig, a marine biologist, will carry the torch on a three-to-four-minute underwater journey at Agincourt Reef on June 27, creating Olympic history, organizers said yesterday.
Burning at 2000 degrees, the torch is expected to remain alight three metres underwater because of a special kind of technology which creates a “fierce flame” -too powerful to be drowned out by water.Charles Tegner, managing director of torch creator, said the flame would burn like a flare from oxygen-producing chemicals.BEIJING-The election of a new leader in Taiwan can not change the fact that Taiwan is a part of Chinese territory.” Taiwan Independence” in whatever form will never be allowed, according to a statesman of China’s central government.“We should listen to what the new leader in Taiwan says and watch what he does.We will observe where he will lead cro-Straits relations.We are willing to exchange views on cro-Straits relations and peaceful reunification with all parties, organizations and personages in Taiwan who favor(赞同) the one China principle,” says the statesman, which was released(发布)by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee.
HAIKOU-Customs officers in Haikou, capital of South China’s Hainan Province, recently stopped a boat loaded with 781 cases of foreign-brand cigarettes being smuggled(走私)into China.The cigarettes are estimated to be worth more than 1.8 million yuan, said a customs discovered the smuggling boat as they were going around the northern sea area of Yangpu Port.to avoid(回避) being examined.The boat was registered(登记) in the coastal city of Xiamen in East China’s Fujian Province.All eight suspects(疑犯) aboard the boat were kept by the police in Haikou.
1．Why does the network aim to serve tourists especially from Europe and the USA?
A.Because they are from developed countries.B.Because the payments of hotels and services should be made through
credit cards.C.Because people in these countries travel much more than those countries.D.Because they have more computers than others.
2．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the second piece of news?
A.The whole torch relay will be held three metres underwater.B.The underwater journey of the torch will play an important part in Olympic history.C.A test has been made before this activity.D.Some chemicals will help the flame burn by producing oxygen.
3．Which is the best title for the third piece of news?
A.Ready to Fight B.No Good End C.Wait and See D.Peace Comes First
4．Which of the following best explains the underlined word” disguised” in the
last piece of news? A.made different from normal B.designed for a good purpose
C.hiddenD.pretended(105)
Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes(龙卷风).Sometimes, as the wind paes a house, the walls and ceiling burst apart as if a bomb had gone off inside.This explosion is caused by the low air preure at
the center of a tornado.The preure at the center of a tornado is usually 13 pounds per square inch.However, inside the house the air preure is normal, about 15 pounds per
square inch.The difference of 2 pounds per square inch between the inside and outside preure may not seem like much.But suppose a tornado paes over a small building that measures 20 by 10 by 10 feet.On each square inch of the building, there is 2 pounds of preure from the inside that is not balanced by air preure outside the building.On the ceiling, that adds up to an unbalanced preure of 57600 pounds.The preure of the four walls adds up to 172800 pounds.If windows are open in the building, some of the inside air will rush out through them.This will balance the preure inside and outside the building.But if the windows are shut tightly, the huge inside preure may cause the building to burst.
Unfortunately, heavy rain often occurs in the storms that later produce tornadoes, so people often shut their windows.This may cause far worse damage later.1．What did the paragraph before this paage most probably discu?
A.Measuring rainfall from a stormB.The powerful winds of tornadoes.C.The kinds of damage caused by explosions
D.Repairing the damage from tornadoes.2．Which of the following is the main topic of the paage?
A.How tornadoes can be prevented.B.When tornadoes usually occur.C.Where tornadoes are formed.D.Why tornadoes cause so much damage.
3．Tornadoes can destroy buildings because the______.
A.force of a tornado increases the air preure in a building.B.air preure at the center of a tornado is over 172000 pounds.C.weight of a tornado can destroy a building’s roof when it paes over
head.D.air preure inside a tornado is le than the air preure inside a building.4．What is the difference per square inch between the air preure inside a building and the air preure inside a tornado? A.2 pounds.B.10 pounds.C.13 pounds.D.15 pounds.102DBACB103CDBA104BACA105CDDA
