I’m an operating engineer, running crane(起重机)...

I’m an operating engineer, running crane(起重机) in New York City. I was in the countryside, playing golf when we got the call that a plane had ________ the World Trade Centre. We checked out of the hotel immediately and started ________ our way downtown. When I got home, I called the rescue center and they told me to come ________ and get on the ________ list.

The next morning I went down to the ________ at about 5 A. M., and four hours later I ________ the call to come down to West Street. I called my wife and told her not to ________ me, and that I would stay in ________ with her. I took the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street, so I had to ________ the rest of the way.

And somewhere in there I became ________ when I went into something I ________. I once worked there in 1966 for the ________ of the World Trade Centre. On halfway on September 12, I was frightened to see the World Trade Centre was a huge pile, maybe ten ________ tall. And it was burning. I started to ask ________ in which my crane might be ________ a whistle blew suddenly warning us of some danger. I saw people running away and I really didn’t know what to do. So I did the same, too. It was as if they had ________ the bulls go in Spain and we were running through the street. People falling down, people ________ them up as they came by, and carrying them, just to get them out of the way, because something was extremely ________. I didn’t even look back. We stopped running when we got to the Battery Tunnel, and I caught my ________ and said, “Oh, my God, I’m going to die.”

Then I a little bit, thinking about what we should do next. As we started again we knocked into a fire chief officer and we asked, “What can we do to help you?”

1.A．noticed    B．reached      C．hit       D．passed

2.A．finding     B．making         C．getting         D．losing

3.A．away         B．near    C．in         D．down

4.A．volunteer         B．soldier         C．police D．fireman

5.A．company B．hotel   C．center         D．home

6.A．answered         B．made  C．heard D．received

7.A．be curious about B．forget about    C．laugh at       D．worry about

8.A．peace       B．touch  C．connection D．relation

9.A．walk          B．complete    C．cancel          D．smooth

10.A．delighted        B．frightened  C．embarrassed       D．interested

11.A．built       B．met     C．designed     D．had

12.A．construction  B．plan    C．destruction D．use

13.A．miles      B．centimeters         C．stories         D．floors

14.A．means    B．numbers     C．position       D．directions

15.A．as  B．why     C．when  D．because

16.A．driven    B．let       C．asked  D．enjoyed

17.A．pushing B．giving  C．looking        D．picking

18.A．dangerous      B．urgent         C．efficient      D．important

19.A．view       B．sight    C．breath         D．sense

20.A．put down        B．settled down       C．knocked down    D．let down

高一英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

On Tuesday, there will be a tiny salt shaker(小盐瓶) symbol on menus in some restaurants in New York City. It warns certain meals are high in sodium. The first US city is taking the step to fight against heart disease and stroke(中风).

Any menu item with more than 2.3 grams of sodium in it must have the emblem of a salt shaker in a black triangle. Many scientists give us the advice: A person shouldn’t eat more sodium than the daily limit every day, which equals about one teaspoon of salt.

“It’s not hard to get 2.3 grams of sodium into your mouth,” said Dr Howard Weintraub from New York University Langone Center(预防中心). A study found New Yorkers eat more than 3,200 mg of sodium each day on average(平均), the health department said.

For most Americans, eating in the restaurants such as Chipotle(小辣椒) and Subway(赛百味)is thought to be more healthy. The new menu symbol may be an eye-opener for people who go to eat in these restaurants. Until Tuesday, they may haven’t noticed that there is 2,790 mg sodium in a Chipotle loaded chicken burrito(双层鸡肉卷). And a foot-long spicy Italian sub(香辣三明)has 2,980 mg sodium in Subway.

Getting New Yorkers to start watching their sodium intake is a first step. And people should do more to improve their health. “Things are not going to work out great if all you do is just not eat salt,” Weintraub said. “But maybe, just maybe, they’ll start to watch how much they eat, maybe they will get off the subway a stop earlier and walk, instead of taking the elevator, they will walk two flights, there will be some weight loss.”

1.What’s the symbol on the menus like?

A. A white bottle in the red circle.

B. A tiny salt shaker in a black triangle.

C. A capital letter P in a yellow circle.

D. A coffee cup in a white triangle

2.A Chipotle loaded chicken burrito has ________ sodium more than the daily limit.

A. 490 mg　　 B. 900 mg

C. 2,790 mg　　 D. 3,200 mg

3.We can infer from the passage that __________.

A. all restaurants across the US will use the salt shaker symbol

B. New Yorkers eat one teaspoon of salt each day on average

C. eating too much salt can cause heart disease and stroke

D. New York will ban (禁止) smoking in public places

4.The underlined word “eye-opener” in the passage probably means “__________”.

A. 喜悦　　 B. 愤怒

C. 失望　　 D. 震惊

5.According to Weintraub, which is a healthy life style?

A. People should eat no salt when they are old.

B. Jim takes the elevator up and down.

C. Lucy climbs a long flight of stairs.

D. We should eat meals which are high in sodium.

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Backpacking in America

Hi. My friend and I are two engineering students in New York. We are planning a backpacking trip in America. We are friendly, easy-going and adventurous. We are looking for friendly people to go with us along our wild adventurous journey. We are trying to make this trip as cheap as possible, as the cheaper it gets the more excitement it will bring to our journey. So please email us at Stephen302@gmail.com.

Free French Conversation

Hi. I am an American girl. My native language is English and I have a very good knowledge of French. I would like to meet a girl from China to practice speaking French. I would speak slowly so that you can understand me better and learn French more easily. You can teach me Chinese in return. My email is Janet123@hotmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Private English Teacher

An English teacher offers private lessons. I have over 5 years’ experience in teaching English. I correct mistakes (grammar, pronunciation), and also teach reading and writing. I always do my best to encourage students to use English and develop their language skills. $10 for a lesson of 40 minutes, and $15 for a lesson of up to 70 minutes. Please email me if you need more information. Email: David305@gmail.com.

Room Available in Washington

I am Lydia from America and looking for a clean and nice female room-mate to live with. It will be available from January 1st, 2012 to August 31st, 2012. The room is large enough for the two of us. It is close to bars, restaurants, and shops and it is within 10 minutes to walk to the bus station. The room price is $460/month, including electricity, hot water, and the Internet! Email me at Lydia606@hotmail.com to set up a time to come and have a look.

1.To get close to nature in a group, you will most probably send your e-mail to_____.

A．Lydia606@hotmail.com

B．David305@gmail.com

C．Janet123 @hotmail.com

D．Stephen302@gmail.com

2.How much will a student pay a month if he goes to the 40 minutes’ class twice and the 70 minutes’ once every week?

A．$35              B．$100             C．$140             D．$160

3.If you are allowed to move into the room for rent, you _____.

A．can get a free Internet connection every day

B．can spend ten minutes walking to school

C．will share the room with a female roommate

D．will find the restaurants across the bus station

4.If you are a Chinese girl who wants to practice French, you can write an e-mail to _____.

A．Stephen302@gmail.com

B．David305@gmail.com

C．Lydia606@hotmail.com

D．Janet123 @hotmail.com

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Finding a new job as an operator was the reason _______ I moved.

A．at that            B．in which           C．on which          D．for which

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It was one of my first lessons as an international student in New York City. My US history teacher had just finished his lesson. He sat back in his armchair comfortably, and asked: “Was there anybody doing anything interesting yesterday?”

“I drew a panda, which was lovely!” a girl beside me shouted.Then, the talk developed rapidly. Someone said he had received his learner’s driving permit, while another mentioned that she had spent the first salary from her part-time job. Everybody seemed to have something to say. Although there was a range of people, from different backgrounds, people seemed to feel at home with each other.

Not me. I stayed aloof from the discussion. I looked through my notes until I looked up to see another teacher come in and share some cookies he had made yesterday. The beautifully baked cookies sent out a good smell, which made it impossible to concentrate on my work any longer. However, my seat was in the back row, and I was too shy to stand up and take a cookie for myself.

“Go ahead and have one!” It was the history teacher: “If you don’t stand up, nobody is going to feed you!”

I was still hesitant, but I got up and took a cookie with some other classmates. Now I felt more at ease. We laughed about how “greedy” we were.

The “cookie crisis” had taught me a lesson. I would have to be less shy in the United States. Here was a mixed and various culture, and if I wanted to get anywhere I would have to brave its newness and difference and make myself heard, just as the teacher had said. Otherwise, “Nobody is going to feed you.” It was something a person new to the US, such as myself, needed to learn.

1.The atmosphere in a US classroom is quite __________.

A. lively　　 B. lonely

C. bad　　 D. quiet

2.What does the underlined phrase “aloof from” mean?

A. in spite of　　 B. instead of

C. apart from　　 D. away from

3.What prevented the writer from getting a cookie for himself at first?

A. His bravery.　　 B. His shyness.

C. His strangeness.　　 D. His weakness.

4.The “cookie crisis” in the last paragraph was __________ to the writer.

A. an important problem　　 B. a kind of valuable food

C. a turning point in his life attitude　　 D. a dream in his school life

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For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread out further, _____ New York is an example.

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

25. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread out further, _____New York is an example.

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Sixteen years ago, I learned an important life lesson in the back of a New York City taxi.

I was on my way to Grand Central Station, and we were driving in the right lane when a black car suddenly sped out of a parking space right in front of us.

My driver fit the brakes hard, skidded, and missed the other car by a few inches. The driver of the other car, the man who had just nearly caused a huge accident, started shouting at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at him. He was really friendly!

“Why did you just do that?” I asked him. “This guy almost destroyed your car and could have sent us to the hospital!”

This was when my taxi driver told me what I now call “the Law of Garbage Trucks”.

“Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of anger, and full of disappointment,” he said. “As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it, and if you let them do, they’ll dump it on you. So when someone wants to dump on you, just smile, wave, wish them will, and move on. You’ll be happier because of what you have done.”

I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and dump it on other people—at work, at home, or on the street? It was on that day that I said, “I’m not going to dump anymore.”

1.What happened when the writer was taking a taxi?

A. He saw a car accident.　　 B. Someone destroyed the taxi.

C. The taxi driver was injured.　　 D. Another car almost hit the taxi.

2.How did the taxi driver deal with the other driver’s behavior?

A. He shouted back at the driver.

B. He sent the driver to the hospital.

C. He was friendly towards the driver.

D. He dumped some garbage in front of his car.

3.What does the taxi driver mean when he says “Many people are like garbage trucks”?

A. Many people like to drive garbage trucks.

B. Many people dump garbage wherever they like.

C. Many people are warm-hearted and make others happy.

D. Many people need to dump their feelings now and then.

4.According to the passage, what should you do if people “dump garbage” on you?

A. Dump your garbage on him or her, too.

B. Be friendly and go on with your own work.

C. Tell them to dump their garbage in the right place.

D. Try your best to encourage them not to do that again.

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For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread out further, ______ New York is an example.

A. for which　　     　　     B. in which        　　 C. of which　　　　     D. from which

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread out farther, _____New York is an example.

A. for which         B. in which             C. of which         D. from which

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