Many countries face some serious problems of land use, ______result from population growth
A.which most
B.most of which
C.most which
D.of most which
A.which most
B.most of which
C.most which
D.of most which
第1题
I was born in England, to English parents.When I was two years old my dad got a new job in Poland.Since then I have lived in four other countries around the world.Although I have a British passport,I sometimes don't feel very English at all!
One of the best things about moving around a lot when I was younger experiencing many diverse cultures and countries.I was able to try different foods, learn different languages, experience different traditions and meet people from different backgrounds.I am also lucky to have friends all over the world that I keep in regular contact with.
However, it wasn't always easy.It often felt like I had only just settled in to the new school city and culture before my parents told me we were moving again.Leaving my friends behind was damaging as a child.I have lost touch with many people I was very close to because one of us moved country.It was also very disorientating to have an English passport, but not feel very English at all.Because I had no access to English culture, returning home, often felt like visiting a foreign country.Happily, now I feel more at home in England—although the question, “where are you from?” still confuses me!
26.A third culture kid may have a ____.
A.dull experience
B.special childhood
C.strong accent
D.traditional lifestyle
27.The author doesn't feel very English because he ____.
A.does not have a British passport
B.was not born in England
C.spent more time in other countries
D.has many foreign friends
28.The author experienced different traditions by the following EXCEPT ____.
A.trying foods of other countries
B.moving around a lot
C.doing different jobs
D.making international friends
29.The author found it not always easy to ____.
A.make new friends
B.find a new school
C.have new teachers
D.adapt to new situations
30.The word “disorientating” (Para.4) probably means ____.
A.exciting
B.confusing
C.surprising
D.frightening
第2题
A.in a hurry
B.at a disadvantage
C.in the dark
D.at a loss
第3题
第4题
Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces, we all take this ability for granted.
We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone' s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others.
Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone' s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a "nice face" looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a "nice person" ,you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.
There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon Allport, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people' s behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing or typing his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types-people are described with such terms.
People have always tried to "type" each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain' s(坏人)or the hero's role. In fact, the words" person" and "personality" come from the Latin persona, meaning "mask". Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.
By using the example of finger prints the author tells us that ().
A.people can learn to recognize faces
B.people have different personalities
C.people have difficulty in describing the features of finger prints
D.people differ from each other in facial features
第5题
Face up to it
One great obstacle(障碍)on the road to health after a significant loss is denial. Instead of facing______【51】has happened to them, says Dr. Michael Aronoff, a spokesperson______【52】the American Psychiatric Association, many people " try to fill up that empty feeling by looking for an escape. " The man who______(53 ) touched a drink will begin taking to alcohol. A woman who watched her weight______【54】overeat.
After working for bosses all his life, John Jankowski had always______【55】to have his own firm. He finally got the start-up money and did well. ______【56】came a down-turn in business, and before long Jankowski was in serious financial trouble.
"It was like my whole______【57】had been______【58】. " he says. With financial resources used______【59】and the pressure of a family to______【60】, Jankowski's thoughts turned______【61】escape.
One morning, while on a run, he just kept going. After jogging westward for two hours, he staggered back home. "I finally realized that I couldn't______【62】away from my troubles. The only thing that made sense was to______【63】up to my situation, " he says. "______【64】failure was the toughest part—______【65】I had to before I could get on with my life. "
(51)
A.which
B.why
C.who
D.what
第6题
A、with
B、compared
C、result
D、300-year
E、is
第7题
The houses we live in are very __1__. They keep us from being cold in the winter and hot in the summer. In the winter they keep out of the snow. They also keep out the wind. Even if it is blowing outside, we are nice and warm inside. In the summer houses keep the hot sun from us.When it rains, they keep us from getting wet.Houses are also places __2__ we feel safe. People can’ t get at us or our things. Houses give us a place to be together with our families and friends. Mothers and fathers __3__ their children there. The children play there. The family eat and sleep under the same roof.Houses are different in many ways. They are made of different things.Some houses are made of wood. Some are made of stones. Sometimes more than one thing is used to make a house.Houses come in different __4__. Some houses have only one room. Some houses have more than one room. Big buildings found in cities have a great many rooms. They hold many families. The rooms in which each family lives are called an apartment. Houses are different in the ways they are __5__. Houses in tropic countries can be lightly built. In places where it rains much of the time, houses must keep out the water.take care( “注意”,“当心”,“留心”)
(1)__1__
A.expensive
B.important
C.huge
第8题
【B10】, the American is 【B11】 from childhood to question, analyze and search. School tasks are 【B12】 to encourage the use of a 【B13】 range of materials. A composition topic like "Write a paper 【B14】 the world's supply of sugar" will send even 【B15】 in search of completely unfamiliar ideas. 【B16】 in the primary grades, children are taught to 【B17】 libraries, and to search for 【B18】 ideas of various sorts. 【B19】 the time they are 14, 15 and 16, many young scholars are marking original and 【B20】 contributions in all fields of science.
【B1】
A.such
B.any
C.much
D.many
第9题
阅读短文,在空白处填入适当的介词。
With One day, Mr. Green told his students to make sentences (1) the words“love, hate” and so on. The kids were all busy (2) the work on their notes.
(3) several minutes many of them handed in their work (4) the teacher.Mr. Green read the notes one (5) one. And most(6)the sentences made by the children were good. There was a big smile(7)his face. Just (8) that time he found a piece of red paper. On it there was such a sentence,“I love my mother better than my father.”“Eim... OK!”said Mr.Green,“but..”He turned over the paper.
He found there were no names (9) that paper. He read the sentence again and again. And slowly the big smile (10) his face was gone. Then he said to the class, “ Whose paper is this?”Tom stood up and said,“It's mine, sir.”
第10题
Policymakers and industry have four options: reduce vehicle use, increase the efficiency and reduce the emissions of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles, switch to less harmful fuels, or find less polluting driving systems. The last of these -- in particular the introduction of vehicles powered by electricity -- is ultimately the only sustainable option. The other alternatives are attractive in theory but in practice are either impractical or offer only marginal improvements. For example, reduced vehicle use could solve traffic problems and a host of social and environmental problems, but evidence from around the world suggests that it is very difficult to make people give up their cars to any significant extent. In the US, mass transit ridership and carpooling have declined since World War Ⅱ. Even in western Europe, with fuel prices averaging more than $1 a liter (about $ 4 a gallon) and with easily accessible mass transit and dense populations, cars still account for 80 percent of all passenger travel.
Improved energy efficiency is also appealing, but automotive fuel economy has barely made any progress in 10 years. Alternative fuels such as natural gas, burned in internal-combustion engines, could be introduced at relatively low cost, but they would lead to only marginal reductions in pollution and greenhouse emissions (especially because oil companies are already spending billions of dollars every year to develop less polluting types of gasoline).
From the passage we know that the increased use of cars will ______.
A.consume half of the oil produced in the world
B.have serious consequences for the well-being of all nations
C.widen the gap between the developed and developing countries
D.impose an intolerable economic burden on residents of large cities
第11题
(1) Life can be tough for immigrants in America. As a Romanian bank clerk in Atlanta puts it, to find a good job “you have to be like a wolf in the forest – able to smell out the best meat.” And if you can’t find work, don’t expect the taxpayer to bail you out. Unlike in some European countries, it is extremely hard for an able-bodied immigrant to live off the state. A law passed in 1996 explicitly bars most immigrants, even those with legal status, from receiving almost any federal benefits. (2) That is one reason why America absorbs immigrants better than any other rich countries, according to a new study by the University of California. The researchers sought to measure the effect of immigration on the native-born in 20 rich countries, taking into account differences in skills between immigrants and natives, imperfect labor markets and the size of the welfare state in each country. (3) Their results offer ammunition for fans of more open borders. In 19 out of 20 countries, the authors calculated that shutting the doors entirely to foreign workers would make the native-born worse off. Never mind what it would do to the immigrants themselves, who benefit far more than anyone else from being allowed to cross borders to find work. (4) The study also suggests that most countries could handle more immigration than they currently allow. In America, a one-percentage point increase in the proportion of immigrants in the population made the native-born 0.05% better off. The opposite was true in some countries with generous or ill-designed welfare states, however. A one-point rise in immigration made the native-born slightly worse off in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. In Belgium, immigrants who lose jobs can receive almost two-thirds of their most recent wage in state benefits, which must make the hunt for a new job less urgent. (5) None of these effects was large, but the study undermines the claim that immigrants steal jobs from native or drag down their wages. Many immigrants take jobs that Americans do not want, the study finds. This “smooths” the labor market and ultimately creates more jobs for locals. Native-owned grocery stores do better business because there are immigrants to pick the fruit they sell. Indian computer scientists help American software firms expand. A previous study found that because immigrants typically earn less than locals with similar skills, they boost corporate profits, prompting companies to grow and hire more locals. 1. Increase in immigration in Austria fails to improve locals’ life mainly because of ________.
A、low wages for locals
B、imperfect labor markets
C、the design of the welfare system
D、inadequate skills of immigrants