The cost of renting a house in central Baoji ...

The cost of renting a house in central Baoji is higher than________in any other area of the city．

A．one                 B．it                 C．this                D．that

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______ the ______ of buying a house, it costs little to rent a house.

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______ the ______ of buying a house, it costs little to rent a house.

A. Compared to; fee                       B. Comparing with; charge

C. Comparing to; fare                        D. Compared with; expense

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I don't doubt that the price of the red apples is higher than___________ of the yellow__________ in this area.

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The Cost of Higher Education

Individuals (个人) should pay for their higher education.

In general, a university education is of huge and direct benefit to the individual. Whether they are majoring in geography, geometry or any other subject, graduates earn more than non-graduates. Meanwhile, social mobility is ever more dependent on having a degree. However, only some people have it. So the individual, not the taxpayers should pay for it. There are pressing calls on the resources (资源) of the government. Using taxpayers' money to help small number of people to earn high incomes in the future is not one of them.

Full government funding (资助) is not very good for universities. Adam Smith worked in a Scottish university whose teachers lived off student fees. He knew and looked down upon 18th-century Oxford, the grand university having much glory, where the academics lived comfortably off the income received from the government. Guaranteed salaries, Smith argued, were the enemy of hard work and when the academics were lazy and incompetent, the students grew similarly lazy in a gradual way.

If students have to pay for their education, I guess they not only work harder, but also demand more from their teachers and have a better grasp of the subjects. And their teachers have to keep them satisfied. If that means taking teaching seriously, and giving less time to their own research interests, that is surely something to celebrate.

Many people believe that higher education should be free because it is good for the economy (经济). Many graduates clearly do contribute to national wealth, but so do all the businesses that invest (投资) and create jobs. If you believe that the government should be generous enough to pay for higher education because graduates are economically productive, you should also believe that the government should pay part of business costs. Anyone promising to create jobs should receive a gift of capital（资金） from the government to invest.

Therefore, it is the individual, not the government who should pay for their university education.

1.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to　　　　　　　　 .

A. taxpayers　　 B. pressing calls

C. college graduates　　 D. government resources

2.The author thinks that with full government funding ___________.

A. teachers are less satisfied

B. students are more demanding

C. students will become more competent

D. teachers will spend less time on teaching

3.The author mentions businesses in Paragraph 5 in order to_____________.

A. argue against free university education

B. call on them to finance students' studies

C. encourage graduates to go into business

D. show their contribution to higher education

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Most British people prefer to live in a house rather than,a flat and one of the reasons for this is that houses usually have gardens.The garden is a place where people can be outside and yet private.

If a house has a front and back garden,the front is likely to be formal and decorative,with a lawn (an area of grass) or fancy paving and flower borders.The back garden usually also has a lawn and flower beds,and sometimes a vegetable land or fruit trees.There is often a bird table (a raised platform on which food is put for birds) and a shed in which garden tools are kept.

Many British people spend quite a lot of money on their gardens and even the smallest may contain many kinds of flowers and plants.For many British people gardening is a hobby and they take great pride in their gardens.Some towns and village have competitions for the best-kept small garden.People with a small garden,or no garden at all can rent a piece of land,on which most people grow vegetables.

There are garden centers near most towns,selling everything a gardener might need,from flowerpots to fish ponds as well as different plants.

The British's interest in gardening affects the appearance of whole towns.Public parks and traffic roundabouts often have bright displays of flowers in summer and public buildings have window boxes（窗口花坛）and hanging baskets.Towns and villages enter for the yearly Britain in Bloom competition.

At weekends many British people like to visit famous gardens,such as that at Stowe near Banbury,built in the 18th century.Every summer the National Gardens Scheme publishes a thin book listing private gardens belonging to enthusiastic gardeners which are open to the public on a particular day.Visitors like to look around and get ideas for their own gardens.

1.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A. The British love gardening as a hobby.

B. The British spend too much money on touring.

C. Poor British people cannot afford gardening.

D. The British like showing off their gardens.

2.What can we know from Paragraph 5?

A. Gardening improves the appearance of British towns.

B. British parks are full of flowers all year round.

C. The British's interest in gardening is decreasing.

D. Britain in Bloom is a worldwide competition.

3.Why does the National Gardens Scheme offer information on private gardens?　　 .

A. Call on gardeners to compete with each other.

B. Point out the importance of private gardens.

C. Help other gardeners find inspiration.

D. Make the gardeners better-known.

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With no penny ______ in his pocket, he was driven out of the rented house, ______ where to go.

A. left; knowing not　　　 B. left; not knowing

C. leaving; not knew　　　 D. to leave; not knowing

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The grain output is 8 percent higher this year than _______ of  last  year.

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Dear sir,

I read your story (of the 4th February) about the cost of living in the country rather than in the town, and I agree with most of the points that you made. My husband and I lived in the middle of Horlton until two years ago — a seaside town of nearly five hundred thousand people. When my husband stopped working, we moved to our present house in a small village at the foot of Roland Hill, and there is no doubt that our costs are higher now.

I have to do my shopping in small shops, where the food is more expensive than in city supermarkets; it costs more to travel by bus; and because the men who come to mend the television or the washing machine, have to come farther, we have to pay them more.

But it does not cost us much to enjoy what is beautiful in the country; and peace and quiet are cheap. Many people spend a great deal of time and money driving into the country to enjoy the simple things of life; yet we can enjoy them just by going out of the front door. It costs more to live here than it did in Horlton but now life really is worth living.

Yours faithfully.

Edith Randall

1.What do you know about Horlton?

A. A quiet town not far from the sea.

B. A middle-sized town until two years ago.

C. A town with a population of nearly half a million.

D. A small village at the foot of Roland Hill

2. What Mrs Randall really wants to express in the letter is that _____.

A. it cost less to live in the country

B. it costs more to live in the country

C. living in the country is no better than in the town

D. she is quite satisfied with the life in the country

3.One can probably find this letter in _____.

A. a guidebook      B. a newspaper          C. a speech         D. a story book

4.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A. The letter is written by an unknown person.

B. This letter is a reply to the questions of 4th February.

C. Living in the country is better than living in the city.

D. The cost of living in the city is lower than that of the country.

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Xi’an - A fire at a large shopping mall in the city of Baoji in Northwest Shanxi Province killed at least eight people and injured 23 others, a local official said on Saturday. The fire broke out at 8: 30 p.m. on Saturday on the third floor of the six-story Renmin Shopping Mall, the official said. Eight victims, including one woman, died while trying to escape the blaze. Six suffocated, and two fell to their deaths.

65. Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?

A. Shopping Mall Fire 　　　　　　　 B. Danger of Fire

C. A Report from a Local Official 　　　　D. Fire on Saturday

66. How many men died in the fire?

A. 6 　　B. 7 　　C. 8 　　D. 23

67. When and where did the fire break out?

A. On Saturday morning, on the third floor

B. On Saturday morning, on the second floor

C. On Saturday evening, in a shopping mall

D. On Saturday evening, in an office building 　

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