As teenagers of the 21st century, we should b...

As teenagers of the 21st century, we should be ready to _____ the challenge of society.

A. put　　　 　　　　 B. do

C. make　　　　　　 D. meet

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As teenagers of the 21st century, we should be ready to _____ the challenge of society.

A. put                    B. do                 C. make            D. meet

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Schedules, as the 21st century people know, simply did not exist in the 17th and 18th centuries. We are upset if a plane arrives an hour late. Our ancestors weren’t upset if an April ship didn’t show up until June. They began to worry in July and were often happy when it showed up in August. When a long-distance ship finally did get to the port, the whole city became busy and excited. Businessmen hurried down to check the goods they had ordered. The ship would probably stay in port for at least three days, often a week, to take on businessmen, give the sailors a rest, find out about the latest news, weather conditions, and so on.

Travel time could only be approximate. One never knew when the winds would be good. So even though “average sailing time” was given, time could change considerably, shortening the voyage by up to 25% or putting it off by up to 500% or more! The average run from England to Boston was about a month and a half, but there were also voyages of three months. One voyage in 1640 lasted six months!

Travel time is not the same in both directions, due to the winds and currents. This is especially true in the Caribbean, where winds are from the southeast the entire year. Ships sailing west across the Atlantic spend longer than ships sailing east, and the contrary winds can prevent a ship from actually making it to the harbor even if it gets close. One ship was held off the North Carolina coast for 17 days before being able to land!

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. No sailor was allowed to have fun when the ship reached land.

B. People in ancient times didn’t care about other people’s safety.

C. The ship would leave for a voyage when all of the preparations were made.

D. A long-distance ship would create a lot of excitement in the place where it landed.

2. According to the passage, travel time can’t be fixed due to ___________ .

A. the people at the port                                B. average sailing time

C. the changeable climate                          D. the businessmen and the sailors

3. The underlined word “currents” in the third paragraph means __________ .

A. the movement of water                         B. the movement of winds

C. direction of the traveling ship         D. travel time of ships

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Welcome to Inspire 21

Our aim is to provide “Inspiring words for the 21st century”. So, here we offer a unique collection of inspiring short stories, motivational short stories, and humorous short stories for you to read and share.

If you do care to share, click the “SHARE” button in the bottom left corner of each page. And thanks for telling others about Inspire 21.

The inspiring stories that are labeled (标记) “TRUE” are done so to the best of our knowledge, but we do not have full proof in some cases. However, all of these stories and messages are provided because of their uplifting content, whether true or not. Many books we’ve read and movies we’ve watched were totally untrue, but we enjoyed the inspiration they gave us—especially if they had a happy ending.

So, please read and share these stories at your own discretion (判断力). Thank you for your understanding!

Also, many of the inspiring stories used here are used with permission from the author. However, we cannot grand(授予) permission to reuse any of these inspirational stories, as the majority of them are not ours.

Lastly, many inspiring stories (emailed to us or we came across online) are listed as “Author Unknown”. If you happen to know the author’s name, to whom credit should be given, please contact us with that information so we can keep our inspiring story collection accurate. Thank you again!

1.What does Inspire 21 do?

A. Encourage people to use inspiring words.

B. Offer books and movies with a happy ending.

C. Collect both true stories and untrue message.

D. Provide short storied for people to read and share.

2.Which of the following words has the closest meaning to "inspiring"?

A. Uplifting B. Unique

C. Accurate D. Humorous

3.What are the readers expected to do in the last paragraph?

A. Reuse inspiring stories. B. Give credit to unknown authors.

C. Write more true stories. D. Make Inspire 2I more popular.

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By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world's population will be living in the cities ______ in the country.

A. other than　　 B. more than

C. better than　　 D. rather than

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The Fourth “21st Century Cup” National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai.

　Organizers: China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network.

　Co-ordinater: China University English Speaking Association （CUESA）.

　Co-sponsors（联办单位）: English Speaking Union （ESU）, Lotus Software （China）Co. Ltd., Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press.

　Date: March 26（Friday）, 1999.

　Place: Hilton Shanghai.

　Competition Format （形式）: Each student will present a prepared speech on the given topic, followed by a three -minute off - hand speech and a three - minute question and answer period with the judges.

　Prepared speech period: six minutes.

　Q & A period: three minutes.

　Speech topic: People and Nature: In search of harmony （和谐）in a new age ＋ your personal opinion. （Topics for the off-hand speech will be given on the day of competition）.

　Prizes: Besides books and certificates （证书）, the top two winners will be offered scholarships（奖学金） to travel to the annual international English -speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May, 1999. The third and fourth place winners will be offered a study trip to Singapore, sponsored by the Times Publishing Group. The fifth through 10th place winners will be offered cash prizes. All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press. The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one - year membership to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language（IATEFL）

1.The main purpose of this passage is ________.

　A. to invite you to take part in the competition

　B. to tell you some information about the competition

　C. to help to improve your spoken English

　D. to show you how to win the competition

2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition?________.

　A. Where and when it will take place.

　B. Its programs.

　C. What each winner will be offered.

　D. The number of its competitors.

3.Suppose you get the sixth place, you’ll________ .

　A. travel to London for free.

　B. become a one - year member of IATEFL

　C. get some money, some books and a certificate

　D. get a chance to study in Singapore

4. An “off- hand speech” is________.

　A. a speech not longer than three minutes

　B. a speech without preparation

　C. a speech with a piece of paper in hand

D. a speech which is well prepared

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Our teacher said that the newspaper, the 21st Century, was worth _____.

A reading        B being read         C to read        D to be read

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As consumers, we should be careful not to ______ the tricks of advertisers.

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In the new century, we still should _____ primary importance to the development of economy.

A.perform        B. attack        C.seek            D. attach

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During the first decade of the 21st century, a popular and new word has come into our vocabulary. That word is Facebook. This is the most popular social networking website on the Internet. There are about 350 million active users on this website. The main idea of Facebook is that you can keep in touch with all your friends around the world who has Facebook. In the 350 million users on Facebook, 67% of them are between the ages of 13-25. More than 35 million users update their status every day. 2.5 billion Photos are added each month.

The highest age groups who use Facebook are teenagers. Most of them keep the website running whenever they are using the computer and general teens nowadays are always on the computer, if they aren’t in school or when they aren’t asleep. I feel that teens should focus on their schoolwork or be socializing with their friends in person or exercising. Facebook is just changing the new generation of youngsters completely because the teenage life is one of the most important stages of life and wasting it on Facebook is not encouraging this in any way. It is also a complete distraction (分心) to their mind, for they would turn to Facebook just to check if there was anything updated among their friends.

Remember back in the good old days, when teens would do their homework handwritten, play sports and hang out with friends. Today, most teens would only speak to their friends on Facebook, while we can see them battling obesity as they stare at their friend’s message on their wall. In summary, teens don’t have a life because they are on Facebook 24/7, except for those who don t use Facebook or occasionally do.

Facebook is also where people can see the conflicts among their friends, virtual arguments, relationship status and updates, who is in whose ‘top friends, and so on. You can join groups, post pictures and videos, play games, and invite friends to parties. Mainly, all this would just disturb people into living life to its fullest.

1.The figures in Paragraph 1 are mentioned 　　　　 .

A. to show Facebook’s increasing popularity

B. to present the influence of the Internet

C. to attract more teens to use Facebook

D. to prove our life pace is getting higher

2.Facebook influences teens mostly in that 　　　　 .

A. it shortens teens, sleeping time

B. it encourages teens to change their life

C. it wastes teens, time and distracts their mind

D. it holds teens back from communicating with others

3.The author would probably approve the following teens’ behaviors EXCEPT 　　　　 .

A. doing their homework handwritten

B. hanging out with friends more

C. battling obesity by playing sports

D. speaking to friends on Facebook frequently

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Facebook Wastes Teens’ Life

B. How to Live Your Life to the Fullest

C. Technology Destroys a New Generation

D. Modem Communications Brings about Problems

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