After the September 11 terrorist attacks, som...

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, some high schools in America wanted the students to pledge allegiance（宣誓效忠） to the flag. Is it necessary or not? Let’s see how the kids think of this requirement.

Lea Mouallem, Marymount High School

I believe that saying the Pledge of Allegiance is a way of reminding our country that no matter what happens, we are united. I don’t think our president wants us to go and join the army now, but he wants to tell us that we will be able to overcome the disaster as a whole nation that is working together.

Harry Chin, 15, Culver City High School

I am not for the Pledge of Allegiance and I am not against the Pledge of Allegiance because I just say it so many times that it loses meaning. I say it every day at school in the second period. It doesn’t mean anything any more.

David Tran, 15, Warren High School.

The Pledge of Allegiance is another sign of country. We should have some respect to it. In many schools, we don’t say the Pledge every morning-we just stand up and let the National anthem ring through the silence. We said the Pledge of Allegiance on Sept. 12.

Danny Maryanor, 16, Santa Monica High School

I wonder why we were suddenly asked to recite the Pledge when many of us stopped after elementary school; and the Pledge was recited before the play of “Ode to Joy” （欢乐颂）with recorders. This was not to express patriotism（爱国主义）, or even to remember those who lost their lives on Sept. 11.

I feel I cannot support a nation that in this time of crisis looks outward for revenge（报复）instead of inward for peace. Perhaps we should think more about our problems.

1．Saying the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag first appeared in American schools_______.

A．after Sept. 11, 2000  B．before Sept. 11, 2001

C．on Sept. 11, 2001                D．after Sept. 11, 2001

2．Who were for the Pledge of Allegiance?

A．Lea Mouallem; David Tran         B．Harry Chin; Danny Maryanor

C．Lea Mouallem; Danny Maryanor       D．Harry Chin; David Tran

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Harry Chin thought the government required them to join the army.

B．Lea Mouallem thought the Pledge of Allegiance of no meaning.

C．Danny Maryanor felt the terrorist attacks happened partly because of America’s own problem.

D．The Pledge of Allegiance is of another country.

4．According to the passage, it can be imagined that___________.

A．all high school students say yes to the Pledge of Allegiance.

B．all high school students say no to the Pledge of Allegiance.

C．all kids don’t agree to the requirement of saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

D．all high schools will require their students to pledge allegiance to the flag.

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During the years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers have been trying hard to solve a question that would otherwise have been completely unthinkable: Can building be designed to stand catastrophic blasts (攻击；爆破) by terrorists?

Soon after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) traveled to ground zero as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation. They spent two days beginning the task of formulating (构思) ideas about how to design such structures and to search for clues on how to do so in buildings that were damaged, but still are standing.

“Our objective in visiting ground zero was to go and look at the buildings surrounding the World Trade Center, those buildings that are still standing, but that sustained damage,” said Mr. Bruneau, Ph.D. “Our immediate hope is that we can develop a better understanding as to why those buildings remain standing, while our long-term goal is to see whether earthquake engineering technologies can be married to existing technologies to achieve enhanced performance of buildings in the event of terrorist attacks,” he added.

Photographs taken by the investigators demonstrate the monumental damage to the World Trade Center towers and buildings nearby. One building a block away from the towers remains standing, but was badly damaged. “This building is many meters away from the World Trade Center and yet we see a column (柱子) there that used to be part of that building,” explained A. Whittaker, Ph.D. “The column became a missile that shot across the road, through the window and through the floor.”

The visit to the area also brought some surprises, according to the engineers. For example, the floor framing (框架) system in one of the buildings was quite strong , allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris (残砾) to survive. “Good framing systems may provide a simple, but reliable strategy for blast resistance,” he added. Other strategies may include providing alternate paths for gravity loads in the event that a load-bearing column fails. “We also need a better understanding of the mechanism of collapse,” said A. Whittaker. “We need to find out what causes a building to collapse and how you can predict it.”

A. Reinhorn, Ph.D. noted that “earthquake shaking has led to the collapse of buildings in the past. Solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant design. Part of our mission now is to transfer these solutions and to develop new ones where none exist at present.”

1.The question raised in the first paragraph is one _____ .

A. that was asked by structural engineers a month ago

B. that is too difficult for structural engineers a month ago

C. that was never thought of before the terrorist attack

D. that terrorists are eager to find a solution to

2.The column mentioned by Dr. Whittaker _____ .

A. was part of the building close to the World Trade Center

B. was part of the World Trade Center

C. was shot through the window and the floor of the World Trade Center

D. damaged many buildings near the World Trade Center

3.A surprising discovery made by the investigators during their visit to ground zero is that _____.

A. floors in the faraway buildings remained undamaged

B. some floor framing systems demonstrate resistance to explosion

C. complex floor framing systems are more blast resistant

D. floors in one of the buildings were pierced by tons of debris

4. What Dr. Reinhorn said in the last paragraph may imply all the following EXCEPT that _____.

A. blast engineers should develop new solutions for terror-resistant design

B. blast engineering can borrow technologies developed for terror-resistant design

C. solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to terrorist-resistant design

D. blast engineering emerges as a totally new branch of science

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The September 11 attack has been _____ by the entire international community.

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In the world today, local conflicts and terrorist attacks are constantly 　　　 .

A. dying out B. bursting out

C. running out D. giving out

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Numbers of terrorists attacks in the past few years have signaled that anti-terrorism remains _____ long term goal for______ world.

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Having been attacked by terrorists, ______.

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Having been attacked by terrorists, ______________.

A. doctors came to our rescue

B. the building eventually fell in

C. relief aid kept pouring in

D. warnings quickly got round

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On September 11, 2001, I was in the second week of the new school year with my senior English class at T. C. Williams High School just a few miles south of the Pentagon.

Suddenly that morning, a colleague who grew up in New York, opened the classroom door and said, "Turn on the TV the World Trade Center has just been hit by a plane. " I've always believed in never letting school get in the way of my students' education. I switched on the TV in front of the room, and my students and I listened to the announcers make a guess about what had happened——only to see the second plane hit. At first, the sight of the towers burning didn't seem to have much more immediacy (紧迫性)than a TV action movie. Soon, however, things in that classroom would get far too immediate.

In what seemed like about a half-hour after the second plane hit, we heard a loud explosion outside the school. Several students were shocked and I told them not to worry, saying that "it was just a car backfiring". A moment later a boy sitting near the windows said, "That's no car； look at that black smoke." We could see an enormous plume of smoke rising in the distance, but didn't know where it was coming from until, a few seconds later, the NBC reporter stationed at the Pentagon broke into the New York coverage to say that he felt the ground shake beneath him as he heard an explosion—obviously the same one that had just surprised my students. It was several minutes before it was announced that the explosion came from a plane hitting the Pentagon.

At that point, a boy a football player suddenly came undone and had to be comforted by the girls in the class. His mom worked in the Pentagon, and when he tried to get her on his cellphone he could not get through.

Reports vastly overestimated the number of deaths in the Pentagon. Some reports were estimating over 800 dead when the actual death toll at the Pentagon was 125.

1.The author was working as on September 11, 200____.

A.a security guard B.a teacher in a school

C.a TV reporter for NBC D.an officer in the Pentagon

2.What can be inferred from the second paragraph?

A.Another plane hit the Pentagon before the author turned on the TV.

B.The author thought the hit got in the way of his students' education.

C.The author's colleague forced him and his students to watch the TV report.

D.The author believed that there exists something deserving attention besides school.

3.Which of the following is TRUE based on the third paragraph?

A.The boy sitting near the windows witnessed the hit.

B.The author tried to comfort his students by telling them the truth.

C.The loud explosion was caused by the plane hitting the Pentagon.

D.The author realized the Pentagon was hit immediately he heard the loud explosion.

4.What does the author mean by mentioning the football player suddenly came undone?

A.The football player lost self-control as he was unable to contact his mum.

B.The football player felt at a loss as his mum left without saying good-bye.

C.The football player was terrified when a car crashed against the school gate.

D.The football player exploded with anger since he was forbidden to use his cell phone.

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After entering high school, he felt regretful for the time he had wasted playing computer games and studied hard to ________ it.

A．sum up           B．take up           C．make up          D．hold up

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A report found that over half of the high school boys and two-thirds of the girls never shower after sports at school. Researchers suggest students don't want to sweat 1.　　 take a shower, so they are less active. The researchers questioned almost 4,000 children. Lead researcher Dr Gavin said he was surprised 　　 2. how rarely students showered. He said children were getting poor health because of less exercise. He said: "　　 3. the unwillingness to shower is a barrier（障碍）to playing sport, we need to do something to promote activity at schools."

4.　 , the BBC says the study did not look at the exact reasons 　 5.　 students do not shower. Maybe there are some other reasons. Undressing in front of 　 6.　 may be too much for some children. A spokeswoman for a health organisation said children worry about their body image. She said schools had 　　 7. role to play in changing attitudes. She said schools should encourage students to do physical activity and let 　 8.　 know they need to shower after.

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