October sixteenth is World Food Day.This day is also the anniversary of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(F.A.O.).The UN agency leads international efforts to defeat world hunger.It was created in 1945.
The F.A.O.says more than one hundred fifty countries are to hold special events to celebrate World Food Day.At F.A.O.headquarters in Rome,for example,runners will compete in a five-kilometer race through the city’s historical area.Events in other countries include discussions among experts,press conferences and musical programs.
The message of this year’s World Food Day is“investing in agriculture for food security”.The F.A.O.says,“During the early 1990s,the foreign aid for agriculture was nine thousand million dollars each year.But now, it has declined to less than five thousand million dollars a year.”Yet, the F.A.O.estimates that more than eight hundred and fifty million people around the world do not get enough food.
The UN agency notes that seventy percent of the world’s hungry lies in the farmers who grow small amount of food.Many also face problems of feeding themselves.The F.A.O.says agricultural aid could help small farmers make a profit from their crops.Farmers would also be able to feed their families throughout the year and re-invest in their farms.They could buy better seeds,equipment and chemical fertilizers to help their crops grow.
Muhammad Yunis.the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to improve the lives of poor people,as well as his Bangladesh microfinance organization,the Grameen Bank,has lent small amount of money to poor people who are unable to get traditional loans,especially women.Minister Yunis says that he plans to give his share of the one million three hundred thousand dollars Nobel award to good causes.He says he wants to establish an eye hospital and start a project to produce low-cost food for the poor.
1.To celebrate the World Food Day, how many kinds of activities are mentioned in the passage?
A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The F.A.O.is established to invest in agriculture for food security.
B.The foreign aid for agriculture has reduced by nearly 50%in recent decades.
C.The Grameen Bank has provided large amount of loans for poor farmers.
D.Yunis will donate his entire Nobel award to help solve the hunger for the poor.
3.With agricultural aid,farmers can_________________.
A.promote the production of crops
B.produce low-cost food
C .invest money in other fields
D.help to improve crop seeds
4.The writer wrote the passage mainly to____________.
A.give an introduction of the F.A.O.
B.inform us of the situations of the world food
C.appeal for more investment on agriculture
D.show how to deal with the world’s hunger
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October sixteenth is World Food Day.This day is also the anniversary of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(F.A.O.).The UN agency leads international efforts to defeat world hunger.It was created in 1945.
The F.A.O.says more than one hundred fifty countries are to hold special events to celebrate World Food Day.At F.A.O.headquarters in Rome,for example,runners will compete in a five-kilometer race through the city’s historical area.Events in other countries include discussions among experts,press conferences and musical programs.
The message of this year’s World Food Day is“investing in agriculture for food security”.The F.A.O.says,“During the early 1990s,the foreign aid for agriculture was nine thousand million dollars each year.But now, it has declined to less than five thousand million dollars a year.”Yet, the F.A.O.estimates that more than eight hundred and fifty million people around the world do not get enough food.
The UN agency notes that seventy percent of the world’s hungry lies in the farmers who grow small amount of food.Many also face problems of feeding themselves.The F.A.O.says agricultural aid could help small farmers make a profit from their crops.Farmers would also be able to feed their families throughout the year and re-invest in their farms.They could buy better seeds,equipment and chemical fertilizers to help their crops grow.
Muhammad Yunis.the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to improve the lives of poor people,as well as his Bangladesh microfinance organization,the Grameen Bank,has lent small amount of money to poor people who are unable to get traditional loans,especially women.Minister Yunis says that he plans to give his share of the one million three hundred thousand dollars Nobel award to good causes.He says he wants to establish an eye hospital and start a project to produce low-cost food for the poor.
1.To celebrate the World Food Day, how many kinds of activities are mentioned in the passage?
A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The F.A.O.is established to invest in agriculture for food security.
B.The foreign aid for agriculture has reduced by nearly 50%in recent decades.
C.The Grameen Bank has provided large amount of loans for poor farmers.
D.Yunis will donate his entire Nobel award to help solve the hunger for the poor.
3.With agricultural aid,farmers can_________________.
A.promote the production of crops
B.produce low-cost food
C .invest money in other fields
D.help to improve crop seeds
4.The writer wrote the passage mainly to____________.
A.give an introduction of the F.A.O.
B.inform us of the situations of the world food
C.appeal for more investment on agriculture
D.show how to deal with the world’s hunger
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October sixteenth is World Food Day.This day is also the anniversary of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(F.A.O.).The UN agency leads international efforts to defeat world hunger.It was created in 1945.
The F.A.O.says more than one hundred fifty countries are to hold special events to celebrate World Food Day.At F.A.O.headquarters in Rome,for example,runners will compete in a five-kilometer race through the city’s historical area.Events in other countries include discussions among experts,press conferences and musical programs.
The message of this year’s World Food Day is “investing in agriculture for food security”.The F.A.O.says,“During the early 1990s,the foreign aid for agriculture was nine thousand million dollars each year.But now, it has declined to less than five thousand million dollars a year.”Yet, the F.A.O.estimates that more than eight hundred and fifty million people around the world do not get enough food.
The UN agency notes that seventy percent of the world’s hungry lies in the farmers who grow small amount of food.Many also face problems of feeding themselves.The F.A.O.says agricultural aid could help small farmers make a profit from their crops.Farmers would also be able to feed their families throughout the year and re-invest in their farms.They could buy better seeds,equipment and chemical fertilizers to help their crops grow.
Muhammad Yunis.the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to improve the lives of poor people,as well as his Bangladesh microfinance organization,the Grameen Bank,has lent small amount of money to poor people who are unable to get traditional loans,especially women.Minister Yunis says that he plans to give his share of the one million three hundred thousand dollars Nobel award to good causes.He says he wants to establish an eye hospital and start a project to produce low-cost food for the poor.
1.To celebrate the World Food Day, how many kinds of activities are mentioned in the passage?
A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.The F.A.O.is established to invest in agriculture for food security.
B.The foreign aid for agriculture has reduced by nearly 50%in recent decades.
C.The Grameen Bank has provided large amount of loans for poor farmers.
D.Yunis will donate his entire Nobel award to help solve the hunger for the poor.
3.With agricultural aid,farmers can_________________.
A.promote the production of crops
B.produce low-cost food
C. invest money in other fields
D.buy better food
4.The writer wrote the passage mainly to____________.
A.give an introduction of the F.A.O.
B.inform us of the situations of the world food
C.appeal for more investment in agriculture
D.show how to deal with the world’s hunger
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The 23rd April is World Book Day, but do you know that it is also Shakespeare Day? Everybody has heard of Shakespeare, but do you know how many plays he wrote?
Shakespeare's plays have three kinds: tragedies , comedies and histories, His most famous play is the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet, which deals with two young lovers who are not allowed to marry by their parents. Other tragedies include Hamlet, Othello, and Macbeth.
Shakespeare's comedies include Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Nights Dream and Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night is a play about unclear identities. Two twins are shipwrecked(遭海难)and the sister, Viola, dresses up as her brother, Sebastian, who she thinks is dead. It's funny, because the brother reappears and there's a big love problem going on: Viola is in love with the Duke, who is in love with Olivia, who falls in love with Sebastian except that she doesn't realize that Sebastian is actually Viola dressed up! Everybody falls in love with the wrong person, but it is all made right in the end.
The history plays, such as Antony and Cleopatra, Richard Ⅲ and Henry V are based on the lives of real historical people. In Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra becomes Antony's girlfriend and Antony becomes so crazy about her that he loses controlof the army. Cleopatra kills herself in the end and Antony kills himself too.
Shakespeare's plays can be very difficult sometimes. Some of the themes they deal with are heavy, so they almost always include a lighter subplot with characters who are not so important. They are often used in tragedies to lighten the mood of the play and to keep the audience interested in the main plot.
1.Which of the following plays is best-known to people?
A. Twelfth Night. B. Romeo and Juliet.
C. Antony and Cleopatra. D. Much Ado About Nothing.
2.Which is a comedy character according to the text?
A. Othello. B. Hamlet. C. Antony. D. Sebastian.
3.What can we know about Shakespeare's history plays?
A. There are only three famous history plays.
B. They are developed from real historical events.
C. They are more difficult than tragedies and comedies.
D. Real historical people can be found in every history play.
4.What is the purpose of the subplot in Shakespeare's plays?
A. To relax the audience and make them follow the main theme
B. To make the difficult plot of the plays simple
C. To help the audience understand the plays.
D. To lead the development of the main plot.
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Sweetest Day in America is always the third Saturday in October. This holiday is much more important in some regions than in others (Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo being the biggest Sweetest Day cities). It is a holiday that is gaining in popularity every year throughout the country.
Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, aged, and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.
Over 60 years ago, a man in Cleveland, believing that the city's orphans and shutins (卧病在床的人) too often felt forgotten and neglected, thought of the idea of showing them that they were remembered. He did this through the distribution of small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbors, he distributed these small remembrances on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to participate in the celebration ceremony, which came to be called “Sweetest Day”. In time, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading cheer to the underprivileged was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small remembrance. And soon the idea spread to other cities all over the country.
Sweetest Day is not based on any single group's religious affection or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning.
Because for many people remembering takes the form of giftgiving, Sweetest Day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a practical way.
1.We can learn from the first paragraph that Sweetest Day is ________.
A.sometimes the third Saturday in October
B.hardly celebrated in Detroit
C.of equal importance in every part of the USA
D.getting increasingly popular in the USA
2.Sweetest Day was intended to remember ________.
A.the young and disabled
B.friends and relatives
C.orphans and shutins
D.the sick and aged
3.We can infer from the passage that the birthplace of Sweetest Day is ________.
A.Detroit B.Cleveland
C.Buffalo D.Washington
4.Now on Sweetest Day gifts are given to those ________.
A.we care B.we admire
C.in need of help D.in trouble
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Sweetest Day is always the third Saturday in October. This holiday is much more important in some regions than in others (Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo being the biggest Sweetest Day cities). It is a holiday that is gaining in popularity every year throughout the country.
Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, aged, and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.
Over 60 years ago, a Cleveland man, believing that the city’s orphans and shut-ins (卧病在床的人) too often felt forgotten and neglected, formed the idea of showing them that they were remembered. He did this through the distribution(分发) of small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbors, he distributed these small remembrances on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to participate in the celebration ceremony, which came to be called “Sweetest Day”. In time, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading cheer to the underprivileged(弱势群体)was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small remembrance. And soon the idea spread to other cities all over the country.
Sweetest Day is not based on any single group’s religious belief or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning. Because for many people remembering takes the form of gift-giving, Sweetest Day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a practical way.
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph?
A.More and more people are now celebrating Sweetest Day in the whole country.
B.Sweetest Day is a holiday which always falls on the Saturday in October.
C.Sweetest Day is much more important in big cities than in small cities.
D.Only a few religious have the tradition to celebrate the holiday.
2.The idea of creating Sweetest Day came from _____.
A.the city’s orphans and shut-ins B.a city named Cleveland 60 years ago
C.a man who cared orphans and shut-ins D.a man’ s friends, relatives and associates
3.Sweetest Day is celebrated in the following ways EXCEPT _____.
A.a kind act B.a family party C.gift-giving D.a small remembrance
4.From the third paragraph we can learn that _____.
A.it is the people in Cleveland who spread Sweetest Day to other cities
B.only with the help of the man’s friends and neighbors, he got a small remembrance
C.over 60 years ago, a man too often felt forgotten and neglected
D.all people loved to be remembered by others on Sweetest Day in Cleveland
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Millions of people around the world cook their food over smoky fire every day.It is often difficult to find wood for the fire .People who do not have wood must spend large amounts of money on cooking fuel. However, there is a much easier way to cook food using energy from the sun.
Solar cooker, or ovens,have been used for centuries.A Swiss scientist made the first solar oven in seventeen sixty-seven. Today ,people are using solar cookers in many countries around the world. People use solar ovens to cook food and to heat drinking water to kill bacteria and other harmful organisms.
There are three kinds of solar ovens.The first is a box cooker, It is designed with a special wall that shines or reflects sunlight into the box .Heat gets trapped under a piece of glass or plastic covering the top of the cooker. A box oven is effective for slow cooking of large amonts of food.
The second kind of solar oven is a panel cooker. It includes several flat walls.or panels.that directly reflect the sun’s light onto the food. The food is inside a separate container of plastic or glass that traps heat energy. People can build panel cookers quickly and with very few supplies. They do not cost much.In Kenya ,for example ,panel cookers are being manufactured for just two dollars.
The third kind of solar oven is a parabolic cooker.It has rounded walls that aim sunlight directly into the bottom of the oven .Food cooks quickly in parabolic ovens .However, these cookers are hard to make.They must be re-aimed often to follow the sun .Parabolic cookers can also cause burns and eye injuries if they are not used correctly.
You can make solar ovens from boxes or heavy paper. They will not catch fire. Paper burns at two hundred thirty-two degrees Celsius. A solar cooker never gets that hot. Solar ovens cook food at low temperatures over long periods of time. This permits people to leave food to cook while they do other things.
1.What is the main purpose of the author in writing the passage?
A.To tell the readers how to make solar ovens.
B.To advertise the solar ovens.
C.To give the readers brief introduction of solar ovens.
D.To help readers to save cost on fuel.
2.According to the passage we can conclude that ______.
A.panel cooker is the cheapest oven of the three
B.panel cooker is easy to make
C.box cooker is easy to make
D.box cooker is the most effective oven
3.If you have much food to cook ,you’d better choose .
A.a box cooker | B.a panel cooker |
C.a parabolic cooker | D.a paper cooker |
4.From the passage we know that .
A.solar cookers are dangerous to use
B.solar cookers don’t burn while cooking
C.solar cookers cost less than other cookers
D.Swiss often use solar cookers while cooking
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--- What is the date today?
--- It's _________.
A.Thursday | B.June the sixteenth | C.the best day | D.June fifteen |
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April 23 marks World Book Day, also ________ as International Day of the Book, which was
celebrated for the first time on the 23rd of April, 1995.
A. known B. knowing
C. to be known D. being known
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On this important feast day, people eat food in the ______ of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them.
A.form B.shape C.way D.light
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
On this important feast day, people eat food in the ______ of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them.
A.form B.shape C.way D.light
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