1. She eventually married the most persistent one of her admirers.
A.in a way
B.in due course
C.in the end
D.in any case
A B C D
C
[解析] 划线词的意思是“最后”，C项意为“最后，最终”，例：Everything will be all right in the end.最终一切都会好的。A项意为“在某种程度上，从某一点上看”，例：The work is well done in a way.从某种程度上说，这工作做得不错。B项意为“到时候，在今后适当时候”，例：He appeared in due course.他在适当的时候出现了。D项意为“无论如何，不管怎样”，例：In any case, you must arrive there on time.无论如何你必须按时到达那里。
2. Five minutes left, the outcome of the match was still in doubt.
A.result
B.judgment
C.decision
D.event
A B C D
A
[解析] 划线词的意思是“结果”，A项意为“结果；成绩；答案”，例：They worked without result.他们徒劳无功。B项意为“评价；判断(力)”，例：Her decision seems to show a lack of political judgment.她的决定似乎显示出缺乏政治判断力。C项意为“决定”，Ｉ wasn't informed of the decision until too late.等到我得知这项决定时，已经太迟了。D项意为“事件，大事；比赛项目”，例：This article discussed the events that led to her suicide.这篇文章讨论了导致她自杀的一系列事件。
3. The reporter was accused of unprofessional conduct.
A.movement
B.words
C.principle
D.behavior
A B C D
D
[解析] 划线词的意思是“行为”，D项意为“行为，举止”，例：His behavior showed he was an evil person.他的行为表明他是一个邪恶的人。A项意为“运动，活动”，例：He lay there without movement.他躺在那里，一动也不动。B项意为“言语”，例：In other words, experts want shortcuts to everything.换句话说，专家需要所有的快捷方式。C项意为“原则”，例：I take this seriously. It's a matter of principle.我对此很认真，这是原则问题。
4. He made a considerable sum of money in real estate.
A.large
B.positive
C.powerful
D.realistic
A B C D
A
[解析] 划线词的意思是“相当大(或多)的”，“a sum of”只能用“大”、“小”修饰。A项意为“大的”，例：I want a large box; this is too small.我要一个大盒子；这个太小了。B项意为“确定的；积极的；正面的”，例：He has a positive attitude towards life.他对生活持有积极的态度。C项意为“强大的，有力的”，例：He had broad shoulders and powerful arms.他肩膀宽大，双臂有力。D项意为“现实的”，例：Stop daydreaming and be realistic.别空想了，还是从实际出发吧。
5. A crowd gathered to see what had happened.
A.collected
B.fixed
C.divided
D.assist
A B C D
A
[解析] 划线词的意思是“聚集”，A项意为“聚集，堆积，收集”，例：I tried to collect my thoughts but I was too excited.我试图使思想集中起来，但是我太激动了。B项意为“修理；安装；安排；整理；准备”，例：My watch has stopped and it needs fixing.我的表停了——需要修理了。C项意为“除，分割，划分，隔开”，例：The class is divided in opinion.整个班级意见有分歧。D项意为“帮助，协助”，例：A team of nurses assisted the doctor in performing the operation.一组护士协助医生施行手术。
6. If I made a mistake, I will try to remedy it.
A.clarify
B.diagnose
C.evaporate
D.correct
A B C D
D
[解析] 划线词的意思是“改正”，D项意为“正确的；改正”，例：Would you help me correct my pronunciation?你能帮我矫正发音吗?A项意为“澄清，阐明，使……明晰”，例：I hope that what I say will clarify the situation.我希望我说的话能澄清这一情况。B项意为“诊断，判断”，例：The doctor diagnosed measles.医生诊断出麻疹。C项意为“蒸发，挥发；消失”，例：The water soon evaporated in the sunshine.水在阳光下不久就蒸发了。
7. We derive information mainly from the Internet.
A.deprive
B.obtain
C.descend
D.trace
A B C D
B
[解析] 划线词的意思是“得自，起源，引申于”，B项意为“获得”，例：I haven't been able to obtain that book anywhere.我到处都没买到那本书。A项意为“剥夺”，常和“of”连用，例：The new laws deprived many people of the most elementary freedom.新法律剥夺了许多人最基本的自由。C项意为“下降”，例：The sun descended behind the hills.太阳下山了。D项意为“痕迹；追踪，回溯”，例：The book traces the development of philosophy.该书追溯了哲学的发展过程。
8. His sole motive was to make her happy.
A.aim
B.argument
C.capability
D.pursuit
A B C D
A
[解析] 划线词的意思是“动机；目的”，A项意为“目标，目的”，例：What is your aim in life?你的生活目标是什么?B项意为“争论”，例：We accepted the agreement without argument.我们毫无异议地接受了这一协议。C项意为“才能；性能”，例：As a scientist, he has the capability of doing important research.作为一个科学家，他具有从事重要科学研究的能力。D项意为“追求”，例：We work hard in pursuit of happy life.我们为追求幸福生活而努力工作。
9. He could not tolerate the extremes of heat in the desert.
A.hear
B.hate
C.like
D.criticize
A B C D
A
[解析] 划线词的意思是“容忍”，A项意为“忍受”，例：He's bearing up well against all his misfortunes.他以坚强的意志对待他所有的不幸。B项意为“憎恨”，例：She hates to be late for work.她不喜欢上班迟到。C项意为“喜欢；像”，例：If you like, we could go out this evening. 你要是愿意的话，咱们今天晚上出去。D项意为“批评，责怪”，例：They criticize their opponents under the cover of patriotism.他们借口爱国来抨击反对者。
10. These factors interact intimately and cannot be separated.
A.tensely
B.nearly
C.carefully
D.closely
A B C D
D
[解析] 划线词的意思是“密切地；熟悉地”，D项意为“紧密地；准确地”，例：Taste and smell are closely connected.味觉与嗅觉是密切相关的。A项意为“紧张地，拉紧”，例：I tensely watched him.我紧张地瞧着他。B项意为“几乎”，例：The sea covers nearly three-fourths of the world's surface.海洋几乎占地球表面的3/4。C项意为“小心地”，例：As long as you drive carefully, you will be very safe.只要你开车小心，你就会很安全。
11. She exhibited great powers of endurance during the climb.
A.play
B.send
C.show
D.tell
A B C D
C
[解析] 划线词的意思是“展示，展览”，C项意为“展示，表明”，例：Her laziness showed in her exam results.她平时懒惰从她的考试成绩可以看得出来。A项意为“玩；播放”，例：I could hear music playing on the radio.我听到收音机里演奏着音乐。B项意为“发送”，例：She sent me a Christmas card.她给我寄来一张圣诞贺卡。D项意为“讲(述)，告诉；吩咐；认出；显示；生效”，例：I always tell my daughter a story before she goes to sleep.女儿睡觉之前，我总讲故事给她听。
12. The eternal motion of the stars fascinated him.
A.long
B.never-ending
C.boring
D.extensive
A B C D
LB
[解析] 划线词的意思是“永恒的，永久的”，B项意为“不停的，无限的”，例：I'm tired of your never-ending complaints.我听腻了你那没完没了的抱怨．A项意为“长(期)的(地)；渴望”，例：We have, however, a rather long way to go.我们仍然还有好多路要走。C项意为“令人厌烦的，无聊的”，例：He's likeable enough, but a bit boring.他挺讨人喜欢，就是有点无聊。D项意为“广大的，广阔的；广泛的”，例：The teacher had both extensive knowledge and profound scholarship.先生的学问博大精深。
13. She could not answer, it was an immense load off her heart.
A.natural
B.fatal
C.tiny
D.enormous
A B C D
D
[解析] 划线词的意思是“广大的，巨大的”，D项意为“巨大的，庞大的”，例：Their sitting room was enormous,他们的起居室很大。A项意为“自然的，正常的”，例：It is natural that such a hardworking student should pass the exam.这么用功的学生考试及格是很自然的事。B项意为“致命的，灾难性的；重大的，决定性的”，例：Fatal accidents have decreased in frequency over recent years.近年来死亡事故发生的频率已经下降。C项意为“微小的”，例：A tiny fishing boat was drifting slowly along.一只小小的渔船在缓缓地漂去。
14. The book made a great impact on its readers.
A.force
B.influence
C.surprise
D.power
A B C D
B
[解析] 划线词的意思是“影响”，B项意为“影响”，例：Listening to the music has a calming influence on her. 听音乐对她起了一种镇静的作用。A项意为“军队；暴力；强迫；用力推动”，例：The moral force is on our side.道义的力量在我们一边。C项意为“惊奇”，例：What a surprise!真是出人意外的事!D项意为“力量，能力”，例：She lost her power of speech.她失去了说话的能力。
15. Accompanied by cheerful music, we began to dance.
A.pleasant
B.colorful
C.fashionable
D.different
A B C D
A
[解析] 划线词的意思是“高兴的；使人感到愉快的”，A项意为“令人愉快的”，例：The walk was very pleasant.那次散步很愉快。B项意为“多姿多彩的”，例：He gave a colorful account of life in Samoa.他生动地叙述了萨摩亚群岛上的生活。C项意为“时尚的”，例：It became fashionable for the rich to winter in the sun.在阳光充足的地方过冬成了富人的时尚。D项意为“不同的”，例：My husband has several shirts of different colors.我丈夫有好几件颜色不同的衬衫。
How does it happen that children learn their mother tongue so well? When we compare them with adults learning a foreign language, we often find this interesting fact. A little child without knowledge or experience often succeeds in a complete mastery(精通) of the language. A grown-up person with fully developed mental powers, in most case, may end up with a faulty and inexact command(掌握). What accounts for this difference? Despite other explanations, the real answer in my opinion lies partly in the child himself, partly in the behavior of the people around him. In the first place, the time of learning the mother tongue is the most favorable of all, namely, the first years of life. A child hears it spoken from morning till night and, what is more important, always in its genuine form, with the right pronunciation, right intonation, right use of words and right structure. He drinks in(吸收) all the words and expressions, which come to him in a flash, ever-bubbling(冒泡的) spring. There is no resistance: there is perfect assimilation. Then the child has, as it were, private lessons all the year round, while an adult language-student has each week a limited number of hours, which he generally shares with others. The child has another advantage : he hears the language in all possible situations, always accompanied by the right kind of gestures and facial expressions. Here there is nothing unnatural, such as it is often found in language lessons in schools, when one talks about ice and snow in June or scorching heat in January. And what a child hears is generally what immediately interests him. Again and again, when his attempts at speech are successful, his desires are understood and fulfilled. Finally, though a child's "teachers" may not have been trained in language teaching, their relations with him are always close and personal. They take great pains to make their lessons easy.
1. Compared with adults learning a foreign language, children learn their native language with ease.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
A B C
A
[解析] 关键词是with ease。依据此关键词，可在文中第一段找到相关叙述：A little child without knowledge or experience often succeeds in a complete mastery of the language. A grown-up person with fully developed mental powers, in most case, may end up with a faulty and inexact command.(一个没有知识和阅历的小孩可以熟练运用语言，而大多情况下，一个脑力健全成人学语言常会出错或不准确)，因此可推知，儿童学习母语比起成年人学习外语来说，学的要好的多，故此题为“正确”的。
2. Adults' knowledge and mental powers hinder their complete mastery of a foreign language.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
A B C
C
[解析] 关键词mental powers。依据此关键词在第一段的第三句中发现相关叙述：A grown-up person with fully developed mental powers, in most case, may end up with a faulty and inexact command.(在大多数的情况下一个脑力健全的成年人学习语言常会出错或不准确。)而该句的下一句引出的是成年人和儿童在学习语言方面不同的理由(第二段的段首句)，但原文中并没提到“成年人掌握外语的能力较差的原因”，故此题为“未提及”的。
3. The reason why children learn their mother tongue so well lies solely in their environment of learning.
4. Plenty of practice in listening during the first years of life partly ensures children's success of learning their mother tongue.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
A B C
A
[解析] 关键词the first years of life，依据此关键词在第二段的第二句中发现相关句：In the first place, the time of learning the mother tongue is the most favorable of all, namely, the first years of life.(早年学习母语的时间是最有益的。)接下来的一句突出的说明了儿童期听力练习的形式，故此题为“正确”的。
5. A child learning his native language has the advantage of having private lessons all the year round.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
A B C
B
[解析] 借助常识判断该句的说法不正确。关键词：all the year round，依据此关键词在第三段的第一句中发现直接相关句：Then the child has, as it were，private lessons all the year round，(儿童学习母语的优势好像是可以常年上私人辅导课。)比较原句和问题句的结构，发现不同之处在于“as it were”的结构。因为部分结构的差异往往是设置了陷阱。实际上，as it were的含义是“仿佛是”。所以原文说“仿佛是”，而问题句说“是”，所以判断问题句“不正确”，故此题为“错误”的。
6. Gestures and facial expressions may assist a child in mastering his native language.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
A B C
A
[解析] 关键词：Gestures and facial expressions，依据此关键词在第三段的第二句中发现直接相关句：The child has another advantage: he hears the language in all possible situations, always accompanied by the right kind of gestures and facial expressions.(儿童学习母语的另一个优势是可以接触各种情景的母语，而且母语中还伴随了正确的手势和面部表情。)可见原句的说法与问题句一致，故此题为“正确”的。
7. So far as language teaching is concerned, the teacher's close personal relationship with the student is more important than the professional language teaching training he has received.
Is There a Way to Keep the Britain's Economy Growing?
1. In today's knowledge economy, nations survive on the things they do best. Japanese design electronics while Germens export engineering(工程) techniques. The French serve the best food and Americans make computers. 2. Britain specializes in the gift of talking. The nation doesn't manufacture much of anything. But it has lawyers, stylists and business consultants who earn their living from talk and more talk. The World Foundation think the UK's four iconic(图标的)jobs today are not scientists, engineers, teachers and nurses. Instead, they're hairdressers, celebrities, management consultants (顾问) and managers. But can all this talking keep the British economy going? The British government thinks it can. 3. Although the country's trade deficit was more than ￡60 billion in 2006, UK's largest in the postwar period, officials say the country has nothing to worry about. In fact, Britain does have a world-class pharmaceutical(制药学的) industry and it still makes a small sum from selling arms abroad. It also trades services-accountancy, insurance, banking and advertising. The government believes Britain is on the cutting edge of the knowledge economy. After all, the country of Shakespeare and Wordsworth has a literary tradition of which to be proud. Rock' n' roll is an English language medium, and there are billions to be made by their cutting-edge bands. In other words, the creative economy has plenty of strength to carry the British economy. 4. However, creative industries account for only about 4 percent of UK's exports of goods and services . The industries are finding it hard to make a profit, according to a report of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. The report shows only 38 percent of British companies were engaged in "innovation activities", 3 percentage points below the EU average and well below Germany(61 percent) and Sweden(47 percent). 5. In fact, it might be better to call Britain a "servant" economy — there are at least 4 million people "in service". The majority of the population are employed by the rich to cook, clean, and take care of their children. Many graduates are even doing menial jobs for which they do not need a degree. Most employment growth has been, and will continue to be, at the low-skill end of the service sector-in shops, bars, hotels , domestic service and in nursing and care homes. A. Growth of Economy______ B. "Servant" Economy______ C. Strength of the Creative Economy D. Weakness of the Creative Economy E. Gift of Talking F. Export of Talking Machines
[解析] 第四段的第一个句子是主题句：In fact, it might be better to call Britain a“servant”economy —there are at least 4 million people“in service”.实际上，把英国的经济叫做服务经济更恰当一些——因为至少有400万人在做服务性工作，故选B。
5. A. to find jobs B. to do low-skill jobs C. to feed its people D. to handle disputes E. to make a profit F. to worry about the British economy Every country has its own way______.
C
[解析] 该题的答案相关句在第一段：In today's knowledge(知识)economy，nations survive(生存，幸存) on (依靠)the things(事情)they do best.该句说：在今天的知识经济时代，各个国家都靠自己的强项生存，也就是养活自己的人民，故选C。
6. The British government doesn't seem______.
F
[解析] 利用问题句中的关键词British government作为答案线索，在文章中找到答案相关句：第二段的最后两句话but can all this talking(谈论)Keep the British economy going? The British government thinks it can.但是，所有这么说话能让英国的经济运转吗?英国政府认为是可以的。由此可推断出：英国政府好像并不担心英国的经济，故选F。
7. The creative industries find it difficult______.
E
[解析] 这个问题直接涉及第四段段落主题句：The industries are finding it hard to make a profit, according to a report of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.该句说：根据国家科学、技术和艺术捐赠委员会的一份报告，这些创造性行业很难获得利润，故选E。
8. Many graduates are employed______.
B
[解析] 利用问题句中涉及修饰结构的细节信息词many graduates(许多毕业生)作为答案线索，在文章第五段中找到答案相关句：Many graduates are even doing menial(仆人的)jobs for(对于)which they do not need a degree(学位).该句说许多毕业生甚至在做不需要学位的仆人的活。仆人的活是属于低技术的活，故选B。
第4部分：阅读理解 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
第一篇
Common Problems, Common Solutions
The chances are that you made up your mind about smoking a long time ago — and decided it's not for you. The chances are equally good that you know a lot of smokers — there are, after all about 60 million of them, work with them, and get along with them very well. And finally it's a pretty safe bet that you're open-minded and interested in all the various issues about smokers and non-smokers — or you wouldn't be reading this. And those three things make you incredibly(难以置信地) important today. Because they mean that yours is the voice — not the smoker's and not the anti-smoker's — that will determine how much of society's efforts should go into building walls that separate us and how much into the search for solutions that bring us together. For one tragic result of the emphasis on building walls is the diversion(转移) of millions of dollars from scientific research on the causes and cures of diseases ,which, when all is said and done, still strike the nonsmoker as well as the smoker. One prominent(卓越的) health organization, to cite(引证) but a single instance, now spends 28 cents of every publicly contributed dollar on "education" (much of it in anti- smoking propaganda, and only 2 cents on research). There will always be some who want to build walls, who want to separate people from people, and up to a point, even these may serve society. The anti-smoking wall-builders have, to give them their due, helped to make us all more keenly aware of choice. But our guess, and certainly our hope, is that you are among the far greatest number who know that walls are only temporary(暂时的) at best, and that over the long run, we can serve society's interest better by working together in mutual accommodation. Whatever virtue walls may have, they can never move our society toward fundamental solutions. People who work together on common problems, common solutions, can.
1. What does the word "wall" used in the passage mean?
A.Anti-smoking propaganda.
B.Diseases striking nonsmokers as well as smokers.
C.Rules and regulations that prohibit smoking.
D.Separation of smokers from nonsmokers.
A B C D
D
[解析] 利用wall这个线索词在文章中发现了位于第五段中that will determine how much of society's efforts should go into building walls that separate us and how much into the search for soluti oils that bring us together.意思为：社会做多少努力才会建立一堵把我们(和吸烟者)分开的墙，故选D。
2. In paragraph 4, "you" refers to
A.smokers.
B.nonsmokers.
C.anti-smokers.
D.smokers who have quitted smoking.
A B C D
D
[解析] you从第一段就开始出现，所以应指第一段中所说的“已经放弃吸烟的吸烟者”，故选D。
3. It is evident that the author is not in favor of
A.building a wall between smokers and nonsmokers.
B.doing scientific research at the expense of one's health.
C.bringing smokers and nonsmokers together.
D.proving accommodation for smokers.
A B C D
A
[解析] 文章的最后一段说whatever virtue walls may have，they can never move our society toward fundamental solutions.意为：无论什么样的道德墙都未曾，也不能推动我们的社会去解决基本的问题。可见作者很反对这种墙的建立。而只有A提到了wall，故选A。
4. As is suggested, the common solution to the common problem is
A.to separate people from people.
B.to work together in mutual accommodation.
C.to make us more keenly aware of choice.
D.to serve society's interests better.
A B C D
B
[解析] 第八段中we can serve society's interest better by working together in mutual accommodation.为了社会利益，我们在一起工作时应该相互迁就达到融合。故选B。
5. According to the passage, the writer looks upon the anti-smoking wall-builders' actions
Long before the white man came to America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations. The nation of the Cherokees(切罗基族人) lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States. After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible — there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet(字母表) proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own newspaper. In 1830, the U. S. Congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River? The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint(枪口) into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted (筋疲力尽的)by the hardships of the journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4,000 had died. It was indeed a march of death.
1. The Cherokee Nation used to live
A.on the American continent.
B.in the southeastern part of the US.
C.beyond the Mississippi River.
D.in the western territory.
A B C D
B
[解析] 关键词：切罗基部落及live(居住)。第一段的最后一句中The nation of the Cherokees(切罗基族人)lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States.答案很明显，故选B。
2. One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of
A.writing down the spoken language.
B.making word pictures.
C.teaching his people reading.
D.printing their own newspaper.
A B C D
A
[解析] 关键词：Sequoyah和the white man(白人)。第二段的段首句说“白人来了以后，切罗基人从白人那儿拷贝了许多白人的方法。”然后接着说到了塞阔雅，可见答案相关句在该段。该段提到了“切罗基人做了文字图片”，于是否定了答案B；依据该段最后一句可判断“不是从白人那儿学会的报纸印刷”，所以否定答案D；而该段中也未说“教他的人民识字”；所以答案只能是A(记下口语)。而该段的确是讲从白人那儿学会运用字母符号记录发音的方法，故选A。
[解析] 在第四段中发现“the sick, the old and the small children went in carts,… the rest of the people on foot or rode on horseback.”中包含了前三个备选答案，故选D。
5. Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because
A.they were not willing to go there.
B.the government did not provide transportation.
C.they did not have enough food and clothes.
D.the journey was long and boring.
A B C D
C
[解析] 在第四段剩下的部分中不难发现“the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey.”一句，该句说切罗基人很快就被旅途的艰辛弄的筋疲力尽。对比四个备选答案的语义，不难判断C合适(没有食物和衣物印证旅途的艰辛。)，故选C。
第三篇
Egypt Felled by Famine
Even ancient Egypts mighty pyramid builders were powerless in the face of the famine that helped bring down their civilian around 2180 BC. Now evidence gleaned(搜集) from mud deposited by the River Nile suggests that a shift in climate thousands of kilometers to the south was ultimately to blem — and the same or worse could happen today. The ancient Egyptians depended on the Niles annual floods to irrigate their crops. But any change in climate that pushed the African monsoons(季风) southwards out of Ethiopia would have diminished these floods. Dwindling(逐渐变少；使变小) rains in the Ethiopian highlands would have meant fewer plants to establish the soil. When rain did fall it would have washed large amounts of soil into the Blue Nile and into Egypt, along with sediment(沉积，沉积物) from the White Nile. The Blue Nile mud has a different isotope signature(名；特征) from that of the White Nile. So by analyzing isotope(同位素；核素) differences in mud deposited in the Nile Delta, Michael Krom of Leads University worked out what proportion of sediment Came from each branch of the river. Krom reasons that during periods of drought, the amount of the Blue Nile mud in the river would be relatively high. He found that one of these periods, from 4,500 to 4,200 years ago, immediately predates the fall of the Egypts Old Kingdom. The weakened waters would have been catastrophic for the Egyptians. Changes that affect food supply don't have to be very large to have a ripple effect in societies, says Bill Ryan of the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory(天文台) in New York. Similar events today could be even more devastating, says team member Daniel Stanley, a geoarchaeologist (地质考古学家) from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.. Anything humans do to shift the climate belts would have an even worse effect along the Nile system because the populations have increased dramatically.
1. Why does the author mention pyramid builders.
A.Because they once worked miracles.
B.Because they were well-built.
C.Because they were actually very weak.
D.Because even they were unable to rescue their civilization.
In shopping malls, the assistants try to push you into buying "a gift to thank her for her unselfish love". When you log onto(登录到)website, a small pop-up(弹出式菜单) invites you to book a bouquet(花 束) for her. 1 The American version of Mother's Day was thought up as early as 1905, by Anna Jarvis, as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood. The popularity of Mother's Day around the world suggests that Jarvis got all she wanted. In fact, she got more — enough to make her horrified. 2 They buy, among other things, 132 million cards. Mother's Day is the No.1 holiday for flower purchases. Then there are the various commodities, ranging from jewelry and clothes to cosmetics and washing powder, that take advantage of the promotion opportunities. Because of this, Jarvis spent the last 40 years of her life trying to stop Mother's Day. One protest against the commercialization(商品化) Mother's Day even got her arrested for disturbing the peace, interestingly. 3 As Ralph Fevre, a reporter at the UK newspaper The Guardian, observe, traditionally "motherhood is something that we do because we think it's right. " But in the logic of commercialism, people need something in exchange for their time and energy. A career serves this purpose better. In addition, women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire. So they work hard and play hard. 4 5 According to The Guardian, there are twice as many child-free young women as there were a generation ago. Or, they put off the responsibility of parenting until later in their lives. So, Fevre writes that the meaning of celebrating Mother's Day needs to be updated : "It is to persuade people that parenting is a good idea and to honor people for their attempt to be good people." A. Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread around for this special Sunday in May. B. But what's more, commercialism changes young people's attitude towards motherhood. C. Obviously, the best girl will be a phone call or a visit. D. According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday. E. As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s. F. Becoming a mother, however, inevitably handicaps career anticipation.
The Bermuda Triangle is one 1 the greatest mysteries of the sea. In this triangular area between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda in Atlantic, ships and airplanes 2 to disappear more often than in 3 parts of the ocean. And they do so 4 leaving any sign of all accident or any dead bodies. It is 5 that Christopher Columbus was the first person to record strange happenings in the area. His compass(指南针) stopped working, a flame came down from the sky, and a wave 100 to 200 feet high carried his ship about a mile away. The most famous disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle was the US Naval Air Flight 19. 6 December 5,1945, five bomber(轰炸机) planes carrying 14 men 7 on a training mission from the Florida coast. Later that day, all communications with Flight 19 were lost. They just disappeared without a trace. The next morning, 242 planes and 19 ships took part in the largest air-sea(海空联合的) search in history . But they found nothing. Some people blamed the disappearances 8 supernatural forces. It is suggested the 9 ships and planes were either transported to other times and places, kidnapped(诱拐)by aliens 10 attacked by sea creatures. There are 11 natural explanations, though. The US Navy says that the Bermuda triangle is one of two places on earth 12 a magnetic(有磁性的) compass points towards true north 13 magnetic north. 14 planes and ships can lose their way if they don't make adjustments . The area also has changing weather and is known 15 its high waves. Storms can turn up suddenly and destroy a plane or ship. Fast currents could then sweep away any trace of an accident.
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