---I hear that Thomas ____ his holiday in Sou...

---I hear that Thomas ____ his holiday in South Africa.

---Yes. He’s prepared for his trip.

A. spent      B. has spent    C. is spending      D. was spending

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So ________ was he in 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa that he didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door. Which of the following is NOT correct?

A. absorbed                 B. buried                    C. devoted                  D. lost

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His first successful fight was for the equal rights of black people in South Africa. Then, as the first black president, he fought to unite the country and organize the government. Now Nelson Mandela has set his sights on a new enemy, AIDS.

On March 19 the 82-year-old, former president, hosted his second AIDS-awareness concert. He warned that 25 million people in Africa were already infected with the fatal disease.

Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918. He was adopted by the chief of his tribe and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life.

But he refused to be a chief when his people lived under racial discrimination(歧视). He decided to fight for equal rights for all the people in South Africa. Before 1990, under the country’s Racial Segregation Law, colored and white people lived separately. Black people were treated unfairly even when taking a bus. Blacks had to stand at the back of the bus to make room for white people even when there were only a few of them on board.

For his opposition to the system, Mandela was arrested and spent 27 years in prison. He was freed in 1990 and became the president of the country after the first election were held in which everyone could vote.

Mandela was not only a political fighter who attacked with speeches. He was also a trained boxer and fought in the ring when he was young.

“Although I did not enjoy the violence of boxing, I was interested in how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat”, he wrote in his autobiography.

As a skillful fighter, he chose music as his weapon against AIDS. He hopes to win another victory against AIDS.

1.When was Mandela arrested?

2.Nelson Mandela succeeded in doing the following except _______.

3.If Nelson Mandela hadn’t fought against racial discrimination, he_______.

4.Which of the following statements can best describe the life of Nelson Mandela?

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Elias’ Story

Elias, a poor worker in South Africa, said that the time 1. he first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of his life. In 1952, he 2. (go) to see Nelson Mandela, a black lawyer for advice. Mandela was generous with his time, for which Elias was very grateful.

He began school at six, but he had to leave school two years later because3. (he) family couldn’t afford the school fees and the bus fare. As 4. result, he had very little education. After 5. (try) hard, he got a job in a gold mine. However, to live in Johannesburg, one had got to have a passbook. Not having one, because he was not born there, he worried about 6. he would become out of work.

Then Mandela helped him, telling him how to get the correct papers 7. (stay) in Johannesburg. He became more hopeful about his future and later joined the ANC Youth League 8.(organize) by Mandela. Just as Mandela put it, the blacks were so 9. (bad) treated that they had reached a stage where they had almost no rights at all.

In 1963, he helped Mandela blow up some government 10. (build). He knew that only by answering violence with violence could they achieve their dream of making black and white people equal.

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Section B

Hi Colin,

Glad to hear that you are going to have so many adventures in Africa. To make your trip more enjoyable, you should take some necessary things with you. You’ll need strong boots because you are going to  53  a lot. 54  is also necessary in case the weather is bad on Mount Kilimanjaro. A towel is also needed because you will get  55  when you go white-water rafting.

56  very important, too. You must take your tent, sleeping bags and so on. Also take a map of all the places  57  you will visit and a 58  so you don’t get lost. You will take some food and you’ll probably find water. Take care  59 , as you will need to take your water purifying tablets and place them in a pan when you boil the water. And remember to take a pocket knife to cut food or anything else when 60 .

Best wishes,

Jennifer

53. A. run                  B. ride                 C. drive               D. walk

54. A. A parka               B.A raincoat            C. An umbrella         D. A life jacket

55. A. hot                         B. excited              C. wet                D. cold

56. A. An equipment is                              B. Equipments are

C. Equipment is                              D. The equipments are

57. A. where               B. that                 C. when              D. in which

58. A. compass              B. watch                C. candle                D. box of matches

59. A. although             B. though                     C. however            D. yet

60. A. needed                      B. cut                        C. asked               D. required

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Pretoria, South Africa – Hundreds of swimmers play in the water along a South Africa beach. Suddenly a huge shark appears off shore and heads for the bathers. Before it can get close to the swimmers, the shark, for some mysterious reason, starts swimming parallel to the beach. Then it turns away from the shore and heads out to sea, leaving the swimmers untouched.

Such a scene will soon become common along shark-in-fasted (鲨鱼成群的) shores. An electrical engineer from the University of Pretoria has developed an electrical system that repels (击退) sharks by controlling their movements. Confused by this action, the sharks end up turning away from the beach.

In this unusual shark-repellent method, an insulated (绝缘的) cable is buried on the bottom of the sea around a beach where people swim. When an electric current is sent through the cable, an electric field is produced in the water above the cable.

When shark swims into the electric field, nerve cells just below the shark' s skin will sense the field. The electricity produces a reflex (反射作用) action in the shark' s muscles, causing the dangerous animal to swim parallel to the cable. Confused by increasing loss of control of its muscles, the shark suddenly changes its direction and heads seaward, away from the electric field.

In a test of the invisible new shark-repellent system, a cable was placed around a beach in St. Lucia, an island around the beach a long time ago to keep sharks away from swimmers, and a net was left in place during the experiment.

When the electric field was left on for more than a year and a half, no sharks were found in the net. However, when the power was turned off,89 sharks ended up in the net.

Using the electric-wall method instead of net to protect bathers would avoid the needless death of many sharks, said biologists. Currently, thousands of sharks die each year when they become trapped in protective nets that surround holiday resorts in Africa and Australia.  About 10 to 15 humans are killed by sharks annually.

1．Why doesn' t the shark attack the swimmers according to the passage?

A．Because there are so many swimmers in the water.

B．Because the shark isn’t so hungry as to eat the swimmers.

C．Because of some mysterious power from the heaven.

D．Because there is an invisible electric field confusing the shark.

2．An electrical engineer from the University of Pretoria has developed __      .

A．a protective net

B．a new shark-repellent system

C．the electric field

D．an insulated cable

3．An electric field is produced in the water above the cable         .

A．only when a shark swims into the electric field

B．only when an insulated cable is buried on the bottom of the sea around a beach where people swim

C．only when an electric current is sent through the cable

D．only when the sharks are trapped in protective nets

4．Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．Protective nets had been fixed earlier than the new shark-repellent system.

B．The new shark – repellent system will probably replace the protective nets.

C．Thousands of sharks have died each year since this new system was put into use.

D．Using the electric-wall instead of nets would avoid the needless death of many sharks.

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English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa _________ South Africa.

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The news that South Africa had been chosen to host the World Cup ______ everybody.

A. enabled                           B. excited                     C. dropped                   D. maintained

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Two Chinese living in South Africa were killed in a robbery (抢劫) on February 5, bringing the total number of Chinese killed in the country to four in less than a month.

Chen Jianqing, 35, from Southeast China's Fujian Province, who ran a shop with her husband in a small town 45 kilometers away from South African capital Johannesburg, was shot dead.

"One of her business partners died later in the hospital," the Chinese consulate (领事馆) officials in Johannesburg said yesterday. "Local police are trying to find more information about the case. And we have told the victims' (遇难者的) relatives and are helping them come to Johannesburg," Consul Wu Gang told China Daily. Chen's husband was injured during the robbery but did not suffer seriously, said Wu.

The robbery happened at about 5:45 pm local time and the armed robbers ran away after taking more than 50,000 South African rand (US $8,200) and some jewelry,　 Xinhua News Agency reported.

The killing happened just three days after Chen Jingmin, a 23-year-old man from Qingdao, Shandong Province, was shot dead north outside Johannesburg by armed robbers. On January 10, a Hong Kong businessman was attacked and robbed at his home in Johannesburg and died the next day in the hospital. All these happened just in less than a month.

According to records, there were more than 40 robberies attacking Chinese in South Africa last year, in which eight were killed. More than 100,000 Chinese are doing various kinds of businesses in South Africa, according to a Chinese official in the country. An increasing number of them are becoming targets (目标) of robbers after buying big houses or luxury cars, the official said.

1.The passage is probably ______.

A. a business story　　　　　　 　　　 B. a scientific article

C. a newspaper report　　　　　　　　　 D. an official document

2.Who were killed on February 5 in a small town near Johannesburg?

A. Chen Jianqing and her husband.

B. Chen Jianqing and one of her partners.

C. Chen Jingmin and a Hong Kong businessman.

D. Chen Jingmin and one of his relatives.

3.How many Chinese were killed in South Africa since January?

A. 2　　　　　　 B. 4.　　　　　　　 C. 5.　　　　　　　 D. 8.

4._______are more likely to be robbed in South Africa.

A. Those Chinese who depend too much on local police.

B. Those Chinese who live near the capital of South Africa.

C. Those Chinese who open shops selling Chinese goods.

D. Those Chinese who leave others the impression of being rich.

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Two Chinese living in South Africa were killed in a robbery (抢劫) on February 5, bringing the total number of Chinese killed in the country to four in less than a month.

Chen Jianqing, 35, from Southeast China's Fujian Province, who ran a shop with her husband in a small town 45 kilometers away from South African capital Johannesburg, was shot dead.

"One of her business partners died later in the hospital," the Chinese consulate (领事馆) officials in Johannesburg said yesterday. "Local police are trying to find more information about the case. And we have told the victims' (遇难者的) relatives and are helping them come to Johannesburg," Consul Wu Gang told China Daily. Chen's husband was injured during the robbery but did not suffer seriously, said Wu.

The robbery happened at about 5:45 pm local time and the armed robbers ran away after taking more than 50,000 South African rand (US $8,200) and some jewelry,  Xinhua News Agency reported.

The killing happened just three days after Chen Jingmin, a 23-year-old man from Qingdao, Shandong Province, was shot dead north outside Johannesburg by armed robbers. On January 10, a Hong Kong businessman was attacked and robbed at his home in Johannesburg and died the next day in the hospital. All these happened just in less than a month.

According to records, there were more than 40 robberies attacking Chinese in South Africa last year, in which eight were killed. More than 100,000 Chinese are doing various kinds of businesses in South Africa, according to a Chinese official in the country. An increasing number of them are becoming targets (目标) of robbers after buying big houses or luxury cars, the official said.

1.The passage is probably ______.

A. a business story                               B. a scientific article

C. a newspaper report                                   D. an official document

2.Who were killed on February 5 in a small town near Johannesburg?

A. Chen Jianqing and her husband.

B. Chen Jianqing and one of her partners.

C. Chen Jingmin and a Hong Kong businessman.

D. Chen Jingmin and one of his relatives.

3.How many Chinese were killed in South Africa since January ?

A. 2            B. 4.                     C. 5.           D. 8.

4._______are more likely to be robbed in South Africa.

A. Those Chinese who depend too much on local police

B. Those Chinese who live near the capital of South Africa

C. Those Chinese who open shops selling Chinese goods

D. Those Chinese who leave others the impression of being rich

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