A.The dayB.The next dayC.In the dayD.To this day
A.The day
B.The next day
C.In the day
D.To this day
A.The day
B.The next day
C.In the day
D.To this day
下个月的演出计划在闹市中心体育场举行
A.The performance is due to be held in the downtown stadium next month
B.The game is due to be held in the downtown stadium next month
C.The play is due to be held in the downtown stadium next week
D.The performance is due to be held in the National Grand Theatre next month
A.the thief’s stick would grow one inch longer
B.the other’s sticks would become one inch shorter
C.something wrong would happen to the thief’s stick
D.the judge had given the longer stick to the thief
______, we had to stay at home.
A.It was a hot day
B.The day being hot
C.Which have a hot day
D.Being a hot day
M: Oh, yes. This is a personal cheque. We wouldn't be able to cash it for you until the proceeds are collected from the paying bank.
Q: What does the man mean?
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A.The woman can't get cash before the proceeds are collected.
B.There is something wrong with the proceeds.
C.The woman will be paid directly by the paying bank.
D.The personal cheque can't be encashed over the counter.
The next morning, at the appointed hour, the Judge, came up the dirt road, leading the sorriest looking specimen of a horse ever seen in those parts of Illinois. The large crowd viewing the spectacle burst out laughing, already knowing that Abe Lincoln was bound to get the worst of the deal. A poorer horse just couldn't exist anywhere and still be walking.
In a few minutes, however, Mr. Lincoln was seen approaching the general store carrying something quite large and bulky on his shoulders. As he drew nearer, the crowd saw what it was, and great shouts and laughter broke out. The shouts and laughter soon broke into a thunderous roar when Mr. Lincoln, looking carefully and seriously over the Judge's animal, set down his sawhorse(锯木架), and exclaimed, "Well, Judge, this is the first time I ever got the worst of it in a horse trade."
This passage concerns ______.
A.the life of Abe Lincoln
B.a horse trade made by Abe Lincoln
C.a gambling in Illinois
D.Abe Lincoln's philosophy
There is an experiment for this, or at least an observation, make long ago by Karl Von Frisch and more recently confirmed by James Gould at Princeton, Biologists who wish to study such things as bee navigation, language, and behavior. in general have to train their bees to fly from the hive to one or another special place. To do this, they begin by placing a source of sugar very close to the hive so that the bees (considered by their trainers to be very dumb beasts) can learn what the game is about. Then, at regular intervals, the dish or whatever is moved progressively father and farther from the hive in increments (增长) of about 25 percent at each move. Eventually, the target is being moved 100 feet or more at a jump, very far from the hive. Sooner or later, while this process is going on, the biologists shifting the dish of sugar will find the bees are out there waiting for them, precisely where the next position had been planned. This is an uncomfortable observation to make.
With what subject is the passage mainly concerned?
A.The bee, a social animal.
B.Navigational techniques of bees.
C.Testing the awareness of bees.
D.The bee hive, nature's candy shop.
Thousands of people died in the Bam earthquake mainly because__________ .
A.the earthquake occurred in the cold December
B.many mud.brick houses collapsed
C.the earthquake reached 7.8 0n the Richter scale
D.bamboo houses hadn’t been built yet
When he got up in the morning, it looked, as though the fire was dying down, though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them. While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one:three hundred houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed up on a high part of the buildings so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane; the baker's house had caught fire from the overheated oven and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So began the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, so it is said, at Pie Corner.
What is the passage about?
A.The Great Fire of London.
B.Who was the first to discover the fire.
C.What Pepys was doing during the fire.
D.The losses caused by the fire.
After the ceremony, the couple is often showered with handfuls of uncooked rice by friends and family. Rice, as we know, shows productivity and harvest. And then, there is often a party, where the food is so plentiful that it almost takes the attention away from the people. Soon the bride stands in the center of the room, often on a chair, and throws her flowers to the unmarried women at the party. Tradition says that whoever catches the flowers will be the next bride. Some women eagerly try to catch the flower; others shy away.
And then it is time for the bride and groom to set off the tradition of a honeymoon, a trip after the wedding. The trip nowadays varies greatly by wealth, time and preference. Sometimes the couple will spend a single night at a nearby hotel; or they may spend two weeks at a faraway foreign city as well.
1、According to the passage, _____________.
A.American wedding ceremonies are somewhat traditional
B.American wedding ceremonies provide a lot of flowers
C.American wedding ceremonies are preferable
D.American wedding ceremonies are magnificent
2、According to the passage, what does the sentence “no matter where or how they are performed” (Para. 1) really mean?
A.The wedding ceremonies may be held in different ways and places
B.The wedding ceremonies may be held at any time
C.The wedding ceremonies may be held everywhere
D.The wedding ceremonies may be held in any way
3、The word “showered” (in Para. 2) probably means _______.
A.dressed
B.scattered
C.provided
D.touched
4、From the passage, we can safely conclude that ______.
A.American couples hold fashionable wedding ceremonies
B.American couples hold traditional wedding ceremonies
C.American couples go on expensive honeymoon trips
D.American couples exchange rings after the honeymoon
5、Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A.Weddings in North America
B.Weddings in America
C.Wedding Ceremonies
D.Wedding Traditions