The tiny fire in the stove gradually ______, ...

The tiny fire in the stove gradually ______, and it was getting dark outside.

A. died down B. put down

C. set down D. keep down

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Cape Verde is an African country that contists of 10 main islands and 5 tiny ones. It lies in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles west of Senegal on the African mainland .

Cape Verde has a population of about 329,000 and a total area of 1,557 square miles. Sao Tiago, the largest island , covers 383 square miles. There are no people living on Santa Luzia, the last of the ten larger islands,nor on the five small islands.

Praia,the capital of Cape Verde,is on Sao Tiago.However,the largest city,Mindelo,is on Sao Vicente, the sixth largest island of the group. Portugal(葡萄牙)ruled the islands from the 1460's until 1975,when Cape Verde became independent. Now Cape Verde is a republic with an elected president.

About 70 per cent of the people of Cape Verde have mixed black African and Portuguese (葡萄牙的) blood. The rest of the population are mostly black Africans.

1. If you visit Cape Verde,you will find

A. people only on the ten main islands.

B. about 200 people on every square mile of land.

C. people on all the islands except Santa Luzia.

D. no people on the six smallest islands.

2. Five hundred years ago Cape Verde was

A. a free country.

B. a colony (殖民地).

C. an unknown country.

D. a republic.

3. Three out of ten people living in Cape Verde are of

A. mixed Portuguese and African ancestry (祖先).

B. Portuguese ancestry.

C. either Portuguese or African ancestry.

D. African ancestry.

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Tuvalu is located in the South Pacific. It is tiny and has only nine islands with a population of just 11,000. In 1999, it was the third- poorest country in the world. The islanders earned just $1,000 each year.

But then something unusual happened. Tuvalu received an internet domain (领土) name—the letters “tv”. These letters were very interesting for many companies around the world. A communication company from California offered to buy the domain name “tv” for $40 m. For the Tuvalans this was a very large amount of money. The islanders became very rich.

Because of global warming, and because the islands are only 3m above sea level, Tuvalu will probably become the first country in the world that will disappear under the sea.

You can already see signs of the rising sea on Tuvalu. Some beaches are disappearing and you can see tree roots by the ocean. Cyclones（旋风）used to be very rare but they now appear a few times a year, and the rains that come with the cyclones cause flooding. Despite these problems, the Tuvalans had their new money. They could use it to buy themselves a future. Or at least they could use it to buy some time. Paul Lindsay, a documentary film-maker, took these questions with him all the way to Tuvalu, and came back with an incredible (难于置信的)story. As the water rises, the Tuvalans are using the money to develop the land. They are building new houses, planning nightclubs, restaurants and hotels and new cars are driving around on new roads. The residents do not think this is strange: “Just because we are sinking, it doesn’t mean we don’t want to raise our standards of living.” Sam Teo, Tuvalu’s minister for natural resources told Lindsay.

1.Which of the following information about Tuvalu is WRONG?

A. It only has a population of 11,000 people.

B. The average income of the Tuvalans is $1000 in 1999.

C. Tuvalu is only 3m high above sea level.

D. The Tuvalans received $40 million when they sold the domain name.

2.The biggest problem for the Tuvalans is _________.

A. poverty　 　　　　　　　　 B. global warming

C. The small population　 D. cyclones

3.Which of the following match the beginnings with the endings is correct?

①The Tuvalans became rich…

②By the end of the century…

③The Tuvalans are spending their money

④When the sea rises…

a.on roads, cars and new buildings

b.the sea will cover the islands completely.

c.the Tuvalans will have to leave their islands

d.when they sold their internet domain name.

A.①-d, ②-b, ③-a, ④-c　　　　 B. ①-c, ②-d, ③-b, ④-a

C.①-c, ②-b, ③-a, ④-d　　　　 D. ①-d, ②-c, ③-a, ④-b

4.Why did Paul Lindsay come to Tuvalu?

A. To make a documentary film to record the life of the Tuvalans.

B. To understand the living condition of the Tuvalans.

C. To know how the Tuvalans survive despite all of their problems.

D. To discover the reason for the Tuvalans not to improve their living standards.

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There were many more people who got injured in the big fire than _______.

A. was reported        B. it was reported

C. were reported       D. they were reported

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I was still sleeping when the fire _______, and then it spread quickly.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I was sleeping when the fire ______, and then it spread quickly .

A broke out       B put out           C came out          D got out

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It’s cold in here. We must have the fire　　　day and night.

A. burn  B. burns  C. burnt  D. burning

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Since entry into high school the students have been ________ staying up late in the evening and getting up early in the morning.

A．admitted to        B．allergic to         C．accustomed to      D．attached to

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Five years ago, my wife said she'd found us a tiny but adorable house. It was close to the historic Abbot Kinney. However, there was a bus depot（公共汽车停车场）across the street. Hundreds of buses noisily parked there every night and noisily left every morning. It was awful.

But I was determined to make the best of it. “It is noisy, but it offers us a good way to think about what is required to make a city work, "I kept telling our 6-year-old daughter.

Then one morning, I woke up to find that the buses were gone! I allowed myself to get excited. My daughter, however, was unhappy. It took me a minute to understand:she had got used to the idea of us having a role in city life.

Shortly afterward, a homeless encampment（临时营地）was built there. Then I found out what was planned for the bus depot-a place to deal with the homeless.

When I told my daughter about the“bridge housing", a big smile spread across her face. Her first reaction wasn't fear or selfishness. She understood instantly how special it was that the bus depot would become a place for people who needed just that to live.

What story about city life could I tell her then？I tried to keep fruit in the car so that at traffic lights, we could hand out a banana or an apple. When a woman put up a tent on the sidewalk in front of our stairs, I filled all her water bottles.

Now we have a couple hundred new neighbours, and I'll be telling anyone who will listen what an honour it is to live among the homeless. Without my daughter, I might not have come to the same conclusion.

1.What was wrong with the author's new house at the beginning?

A.It was too small for family use.

B.There was too much noise around.

C.It was too close to a tourist attraction.

D.There were too many neighbours around.

2.Why was the author's daughter unhappy when she found the buses were gone?

A.She thought she lost the role in city life.

B.She didn't like the idea of bridge housing.

C.She had been used to the presence of buses.

D.She couldn't go out of town without the buses.

3.What was the author's purpose of keeping fruit in his car?

A.To meet his family's needs.

B.To make his daughter happy.

C.To help the homeless when possible.

D.To thank those who had helped them.

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As soon as I saw her, I understood I was in trouble. The tiny 10-year-old girl was staring at me with that specific facial expression which probably only dentists have to enjoy all day long!

Whatever question I asked, whatever activity I suggested, her reaction was pretty much the same — she was frozen with horror. She was sent to our private language school after having been the worst in English at her key school with a pretty strict ELT syllabus(教学大纲), with her peers﹙同学﹚ teasing her for her mistakes in English. Moreover, her state school teacher called her name. To make things worse, she was under pressure from her family for getting bad marks in English. She was definitely expecting me to carry on the same way with her.

I have to admit that I had been staring at her with probably the same expression for a while before eventually she handed in an absolutely incredible﹙令人难以置信的﹚ composition which I had previously asked the class to write. It was written in perfect handwriting, was full of clever ideas and had correct paragraphing. The girl got her first excellent mark in English, and I praised her generously and from then on I started using her writing skills to support the others. Before doing an oral retelling of a story, she wrote it down. Before presenting her oral project, she was allowed to do the same thing. The day she first put up her hand to orally answer my question addressed to the class I was incredibly﹙非常﹚ happy.

She taught me how to approach withdrawn students — find the skill which they can excel﹙善长﹚ at, in her case writing, and help the student use it to develop other skills!

1.The writer is probably a teacher 　　　　　　 .

A. in a language training center

B. in a private language school

C. in a state school

D. in a key public school

2.The writer’s first impression of the little girl was that she was 　　　　　　 .

A. incredibly dull　　　　　　 B. hard to cope with

C. far too lovely　　 　　　　 D. pretty confident

3.The girl came to the school because 　　　　　　 .

A. she had some special skills

B. she was good at writing poems

C. she felt very uncomfortable at her previous school

D. she is poor at her pronunciation

4.We can conclude that the author 　　　　　　 .

A. learned something from the girl student

B. focused on how to improve oral English

C. failed to approach the withdrawn student

D. wasn’t experienced in teaching English

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