There was a time _______, if a lady got onto ...

There was a time _______, if a lady got onto a crowded bus or train, a gentleman would immediately stand up and offer her his seat.

A.while B.as C.when D.unless

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In the past a gentleman would offer his seat 1.　 a lady on a crowded bus.　 But now, he will probably look out of the window or hide behind his newspaper, 　 2. (leave) the lady standing 　 3.　 someone else gets off.　 You can’t entirely blame men 　 4.　 this change in manners. Gone are the days when women could be referred to the weak.　 A whole generation has grown up demanding 　 5.　 (equal) with men in jobs, in education and in social life.　 Hold a door for some women 　 6.　 you are likely to get 　 7.　 angry lecture on treating women 　 8.　 weaklings.　 Take a girl out for a meal and she’ll probably insist on paying __9.　 share of the bill.　 All these, according to some sociologists, will change men’s attitude towards women and the conventional active politeness is perhaps slowly being 　 10.　 (replace) by true consideration for the needs and feeling of women, so that men can see women as equal human beings.

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It was at the bus stop ________ they met for the first time ________ they got to know each other and became good friends.

A. that; that　　 B. where; that

C. which; when　　 D. where; when

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When I got off the crowded bus, I found my pocket _____ and the disk in it with the important documents gone.

A. picked               B. stolen           C. missing            D. lost

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When I got off the crowded bus, I found my pocket _____ and the disk in it with the important documents gone.

A. picked       B. stolen       C. missing      D. lost

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There were times it was only schoolchildren who felt sick before they got their grades. But now teachers in Germany are scared, too, as they are being graded by their students.

Many teachers are opposed to it. They don’t mind being evaluated(评价). But they are upset because the results are then being posted on the Internet and accessible to millions of Internet users. On the website www.spickmich.deduring the past four months students have posted evaluation of 100,000 teachers.

The teachers are graded on categories such as “motivated”, “good instruction”, “easy examinations”, or even “sexy”. Many teachers think that their privacy has been violated.

The creators of the website say that the students are only being offered the chance to provide teachers with some feedback about their classroom instruction. Bernd Dicks, who founded the website with three friends, says that the students are largely quite satisfied with their teachers. On a grading scale of one to six, the teachers’ average grade is 2.7 and it has been improving lately. He often says the impression is that students are bullying（威吓） their teachers. But there is also bullying of the students by teachers.

“Teachers must also learn to live with criticism,” he added. But still, the website is not totally immune from manipulation(操纵), as one teacher near the northern city of Hanover recently proved. He registered himself on the website as a student and then rated his own teaching colleagues highly. Within a few days, seven of his colleagues were listed in the top 10 ranking of Germany’s best teachers.

1.Many teachers are opposed to the website because_____.

A．their privacy has been violated             B．they are afraid of being assessed

C．their evaluations are unfair                D．the results are not satisfying

2.We can infer that the founder of the website intended to _____.

A．get the students to know their teachers better

B．conduct a survey on teachers’ performance

C．help the teachers to improve their teaching

D．change the teachers’ ways of giving instructions

3.From what the teacher in Hanover did, we can infer _____.

A．he intended to help his colleague

B．there was some disadvantage of the website

C．his colleagues were more popular than him

D．he wanted to know how he was evaluated

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A long time ago, before there was any money (coins or paper money), people got the things that they needed by trading or exchanging. Salt was one of the first items used to exchange for other items. Later, some of the common things that were used for exchanging were tea leaves, shells, feathers, animal teeth, tobacco, and blankets. Around 3000 BC, barley, a type of grain, was used for exchanging.

The world’s first metal money was developed by the Sumerians who melted silver into small bars all weighing the same. This was around 1000 BC. About three hundred years later, people started using coins as official money.

Around 640 BC, people in the ancient kingdom of Lydia ( which was in Turkey) created special coins of exact with and purity (纯度). They were made of gold and silver and were stamped with a lion’s head.

Later, other empires such as Greece, Persia, and Rome adopted the concept of coins and started developing their own in many different shapes and different metals.

Around the year 1000, the Chinese started using paper money. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The Europeans discovered this thanks to Marco Polo who went to China in 1295. the Chinese had different values for the paper notes which were made by the Chinese government.

Around 1661, Sweden became the first European country to make paper money. Until 1850, the Spanish dollar was the coin most widely used throughout the world.

1.What is the best title for this passage?

2.We learn that before coins and paper money were used, _____.

3.According to the passage, when did people start using coins as official money?

A.    Around 1300 BC.     B. Around 1000 BC.

C.    Around 700 BC.       D. Around 640 BC.

4.The underlined word “adopted” in Paragraph 4 probably means “____”.

5.Which of the following countries first started to use paper money?

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Once we got home, there was barely time to enjoy our presents. We had to go off to our grandparents' house for our annual Christmas dinner. As we drove down the highway through town, I noticed that the family was there, standing outside the closed gas station.

My father was driving very slowly down the highway. The closer we got to the turnoff for my grandparents' house, the slower the car went. Suddenly, my father U-turned in the middle of the road and said, "I can't stand it!"

"What?" asked my mother.

"It's those people back there at the gas station, standing in the rain. They've got children. It's Christmas. "

When my father pulled into the service station, I saw that there were five of them: the parents and three children- two girls and a small boy.

My father rolled down his window. "Merry Christmas," he said.

"Howdy," the man replied.

"You’re waiting on the bus?" my father asked.

The man said that they were.

"Well, that bus isn't going to come along for several hours, and you're getting wet standing here. Winborn's just a couple miles up the road. They've got a shed with a cover there, and some benches," my father said. "Why don't y'all get in the car and I'll run you up there."

The man thought about it for a moment, and then he beckoned to his family. They climbed into the car. They had no luggage, only the clothes they were wearing.

Once they settled in, my father looked back over his shoulder and asked the children if Santa had found them yet. Three glum faces mutely gave him his answer.

"Well, I didn't think so," my father said, winking at my mother, "because when I saw Santa this morning, he told me that he was having trouble finding all, and he asked me if he could leave your toys at my house. We'll just go get them before I take you to the bus stop."

All at once, the three children's faces lit up, and they began to bounce around in the back seat, laughing and chattering.

When we got out of the car at our house, the three children ran through the front door and straight to the toys that were spread out under our Christmas tree. That was the Christmas when my sisters and I learned the joy of making others happy.

When they left, my father reached into his pocket and pulled out two dollars, which was all he had left. He pressed the money into the man's hand. The man tried to give it back, but my father insisted. “Take it. I've been broke before, and I know what it's like when you can't feed your family." We left them there at the bus stop in Winborn. As we drove away, I watched out the window as long as I could, looking back at the little girl hugging her new doll.

1.For the majority, what the story impresses most on us is __________.

A. father’s kind offer to the family in the rain

B. mother’s generosity to give all our Christmas presents away

C. that my sister and I had no alternative as to my parents’ decision

D. that the family who got help seemed to be indifferent

2.The writer didn’t get the Christmas presents, but he/she was happy. The reason was_________.

A. his/her parents taught his/her a good lesson

B. they learned the joy of making others happy

C. they would get another presents somewhere else

D. they were likely to get more presents from others

3.We can draw a conclusion from the story that _________.

A. only you help others heart and soul can you feel more happy

B. God helps those who help themselves

C. Present rose to others with fragrance lingering at hand.

D. Happiness takes no account of time

4.After reading the story, you will have the feeling of _________.

A. great happiness　　 　 　 B. light sadness

C. little sorrow　 　　　　 　 D. some warmth

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When we got there, he was about to leave, so he only had time to explain _____ to us what he thought of our plan.

A. carefully          B. roughly        C. impatiently       D. repeatedly

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How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?

The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos(爱斯基摩人) live. There it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun for a clock. Even today if you don’t have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day; and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can not only tell you whether it’s day or night but also it’s morning, noon, or afternoon. When the sun is almost directly overhead, it’s noon.

People who live near the sea can tell time from the tides. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for another six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours.

Seamen on a ship learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars .The whole sky is their clock.

In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places, the wind can be the clock.

A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture above, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly one hour. When the hourglass it turned over, the sand will take another hour to go back again.

1.The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ______.

A. they know very little about the sun

B. the sun there never goes down in winter.

C. it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D. there are long dark winters and long light summers in the far north

2.The underlined word “tides” in paragraph 3 means ___________.

A. ocean current

B. storm

C. a regular rise and fall of the sea

D. wave

3.In which part of the newspaper can you probably read this passage?

A. News　　 　 　 B. Science

C. Business　　 D. Advertisement

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Different Ways to Tell Time

B. Useful Machine to Tell Time

C. The History of the Clock

D. The Development of the Clock

5.How many ways are mentioned in the passage to tell time?

A. Five　　 B. Four　　　　 C. Six　　　 D. Three

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