One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about
Eyesight helps us to correct the direction of walking and leads us to the target. Your ears also help you walk. After turning around a lot with your eyes closed, you can hardly stand still, let alone walk straight.
It’s all because your ears help you balance. Inside your inner ear there is a structure which contains liquids. On the sides of the organ are many tiny hair-like structures that move around as the liquid flows. When you spin (旋转) the liquid inside also spins. The difference is that when you stop, the liquid continues to spin for a while. Dizziness is the result of these nerves in your ear. When you open your eyes, although your eyesight tells you to walk in a straight line, your brain will trust your ears more, thus you walk in a curved line.
1. The experiment held in Japan proved that _______.
A.none of the participants finished the 60 metres |
B.all the participants had a good sense of direction |
C.the experiment was done in different ways |
D.the participants kept readjusting(调整) their direction of walking |
A.a person with a functional imbalance |
B.the subject one studies at school |
C.a person chosen to be studied in an experiment |
D.the direction of walking |
A.prove that ears and eyes help us to walk straight |
B.point out the importance of noticing everyday science |
C.explain why we can hardly walk in a strictly straight line |
D.give background information about a latest study |
In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year at midnight on January 1st. People may go to parties, dress in formal clothes -- like tuxedos (小礼服) and evening gowns, and drink champagne at midnight. During the first minutes of the New Year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead. But some cultures prefer to celebrate the New Year by waking up early to watch the sun rise. They welcome the New Year with the first light of the sunrise.
It is also a common Western custom to make a New Year’s promise, called a resolution. New Year’s resolutions usually include promises to try something new or change a bad habit in the new year.
Many cultures also do special things to get rid of bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes. The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers. At midnight, these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh (again). Other common traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean, or saying special things on the first day of the new year.
Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck is to eat grapes on New Year’s Day. The more grapes a person eats , the more good luck the person will have in the year. In France, people eat pancakes for good luck at New Year. In the United States, some people eat black-eyed peas (豇豆) for good luck -- but to get good luck for a whole year you have to eat 365 of them!
1. Which culture celebrates New Year in the morning?
A.The passage doesn’t say. | B.Spain. |
C.France. | D.The United States. |
A.Something you say. | B.Something you eat. |
C.Something you burn. | D.Something you wear. |
A.Bringing good luck. |
B.Remembering the past. |
C.Planning for the next year. |
D.Keeping away from bad luck. |
A.Black-eyed peas taste bad. |
B.The peas are very difficult to cook. |
C.One pea brings one day of luck. |
D.It is bad luck to eat a lot of black-eyed peas. |
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增俄、删除或修改。
增俄:在缺词处俄一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该俄的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Today is Sunday. I’ve been in Canada for two months. This is first time that I have been away from my family for such a long time. With the help of Katia, a roommate of me, I’ve soon got used to live without my parents around. Katia, like many other Russian girls, are nice and lively. We became friends shortly after we meet each other. Although her English is a little hardly to understand, we enjoy chat and we usually talk a lot about our own families. We’re both surprised that Chinese culture or Russian culture are so different. Now, we’re planning a small party for the next Sunday. There, Katia will introduce me to some of her friends, one of who has been to China several times. I just can’t wait.
At that point, the son
The parents in this story are like many of us .We find it
A.Chicago | B.San Francisco | C.Boston | D.London |
A.am leaving | B.was coming | C.am coming | D.was leaving |
A.Sure | B.Sorry | C.possible | D.No way |
A.fairly good | B.very healthy | C.very well | D.hurt badly |
A.sat | B.slept | C.stepped | D.lay |
A.live with | B.keep with | C.work with | D.play with |
A.disadvantages | B.disabilities | C.advantages | D.shortcomings |
A.a happy family | B.pleasant company | C.deadly disease | D.a terrible burden |
A.disturb | B.stop | C.improve | D.strengthen |
A.bring | B.forgive | C.forget | D.remember |
A.of | B.on | C.at | D.in |
A.hung on | B.hold on | C.hung out | D.hung up |
A.anything | B.something | C.nothing | D.everything |
A.otherwise | B.however | C.besides | D.and |
A.suicide(自杀) | B.accident | C.murder | D.coincidence |
A.bring | B.take | C.identify | D.fetch |
A.only one arm and one leg | B.one arm and two legs | C.no arm and no leg | D.two arms and one leg |
A.simple | B.easy | C.difference | D.difficult |
A.friendly | B.familiar | C.smart | D.inconvenient |
A.unconditional | B.precious | C.unique | D.valuable |
The 48-year-old policeman intervened(介入) to stop the butchering of unarmed civilians, saving many from death and injury, but he was injured in the process. Lying in a hospital bed, his head and nose marked by serious hacking (砍)wounds - one more than 20 centimeters long - Xie recounted(详细叙述) his actions on the day he describes as a nightmare. "I shot at them but fell to the ground during the fighting. After the shots, the terrorists turned their attention to the police and several of them surrounded me and stabbed(刺,戳) me like crazy," he said. "There is no humanity in them."
Xie is from the Beijinglu Police Station, the closest to the attack, and four police officers from the station were the first to respond. He survived because he was wearing a bulletproof vest, which was damaged by the attackers. When the officers arrived, the attackers were running out of the ticket hall, attacking people with long knives.Xie and his colleagues tried to stop the attack, which is when Xie was injured. In addition to the deep cuts, his skull(颅骨) was fractured(裂缝), and at the time of writing he was awaiting further surgery.
Zhou Hongmei, director of the Medical Reform Office at the Yunnan Health Department, said a team of medical experts including 29 doctors had arrived in Kunming by Monday night. They have been working at the five hospitals treating victims of the attack. Chen Min, a Neurology Department nurse at Kunming First People's Hospital, said the department usually had seven nurses in the daytime and three at night. "But all the other nurses who were not on duty returned to the hospital voluntarily on Saturday night," she said. In the past three days, none of them had more than 10 hours of rest.
"The important factor in saving lives in such incidents is treatment without delay," said Chai Wenzhao, associate director of the Intensive Care Unit (重症监护室)in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Chai has participated in many emergency rescue efforts. He said that the victims will need psychological advice once their physical injuries have been dealt with, because the emotional impact of such an incident can be severe. Four psychologists from Anding Hospital in Beijing have begun treating some of the victims.
1. What does the underlined word “engraved” mean in the passage?
A.feared | B.disappointed |
C.attacked | D.impressed |
A.Victims of the attack have been treated by a team of medical experts. |
B.the victims will need psychological treatment, because the emotional impact of such an incident can be severe. |
C.Treatment without delay should be given to save lives in such incidents . |
D.The attackers had obviously prepared and practiced for a long time, |
A.Survivors recount nightmare |
B.Many people was injured in the attack |
C.A terrorist attack happened in Kunming. |
D.Police stopped the terrorist attack. |