Earth Day, April 22, was founded in 1970
The holiday is now a global celebration
By the early 1960s, Americans were becoming aware of the effects of pollution on the environments. Rachel Carson’s 1962 bestseller Silent Spring pointed out the dangerous effects of pesticides(杀虫剂) on
Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962, Senator (参议员) Gaylord Nelson was determined
2 . It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland's oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education. A 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be led to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers. Written by Sophia Jex-Blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women's Day.
The document was discovered buried in the university archives by part-time history student Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research. She said, "We knew that Sophia Jex-Blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical education for women, had written to the Senatus Academicus(校评议委员会)at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn't know documentary evidence existed. While searching the archives for information about the university's higher certificate for women, I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote."
In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews. Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distance-learning degree for women. The qualification, which ran from 1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students. It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892.
Ms Jex-Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874. She was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877. Eventually, she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.
1. Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted________.A.to carry out a research project there |
B.to set up a medical institute there |
C.to study medicine there |
D.to deliver lectures there |
A.by pure chance | B.in the school office |
C.with her supporters' help | D.while reading history book |
A.the London School of Medicine for Women |
B.a degree programme for women |
C.a system of medical education |
D.the University of Berner |
The Titanic was the largest and most advanced passenger ship of its day. It was considered unsinkable. But on 14th April 1912, on
So why did so many people die in the tragedy? Firstly, the Titanic’s owners fitted the ship
The wreck (残骸) of the Titanic
In an afternoon of 1929, a farmer and his son in a village of China’s Sichuan Province accidentally discovered a true wonder of civilization when
Sichuan Province and its capital Chengdu are a focal point for
Treasures
5 . Did Tea and Beer Bring About Industrialization?
Professor Macfarlane has spent decades trying to understand the mystery of the Industrial Revolution. Why did it happen in Britain at the end of the 18th century?
Macfarlane compares the question as a puzzle. He
Historians had noticed one interesting factor around the mid-18th century that required the
Macfarlane looked to Japan, which was also developing large cities at the same time. Waterborne diseases were far fewer in Japan than in Britain. Could it be the
A.claims | B.rejects | C.proposes | D.suspects |
A.objections | B.arguments | C.complaints | D.conditions |
A.take off | B.keep up | C.look over | D.knock out |
A.task-based | B.self-centered | C.market-driven | D.man-made |
A.inferred | B.convinced | C.concerned | D.impressed |
A.intention | B.discussion | C.attention | D.explanation |
A.temporarily | B.deliberately | C.economically | D.doubtfully |
A.predicted | B.revealed | C.concluded | D.reviewed |
A.spreading | B.catching | C.discovering | D.controlling |
A.introduced | B.reduced | C.uncovered | D.avoided |
A.sacrifice | B.variety | C.quality | D.popularity |
A.arrangement | B.expectation | C.coincidence | D.suspension |
A.guesses | B.declares | C.boasts | D.modifies |
A.entitled | B.deleted | C.described | D.simplified |
A.guidance | B.observation | C.impression | D.logic |
6 . The native Americans, the people we call the “Indians”, had been in America for many thousands of years before Columbus arrived in 1492. Columbus thought he had arrived in India, so he called the native people “Indians”.
The Indians were kind to the early settlers. They were not afraid of them and they wanted to help them. They showed the settlers the new world around them. They taught them about the local crops like sweet potatoes, corn and peanuts. They introduced the Europeans to chocolate and to the turkey and the Europeans did business with the Indians.
But soon the settlers wanted bigger farms and more land for themselves and their families. More and more immigrants were coming from Europe and all these people needed land. So the Europeans started to take the land from the Indians. Naturally, when the whites started taking all the Indians’ land, the Indians started fighting back.
But the whites were stronger and cleverer. Slowly they pushed the Indians into those parts of the continent that the whites didn’t want- the parts where it was too cold or too dry or too mountainous to live comfortably. By 1875 the Indians were living in special places called “reservations”. But even here the whites took land from them- perhaps the whites wanted the wood, or perhaps the land had important minerals in it, or they even wanted to make national parks there. So even on their reservations the Indians were not safe from the whites.
There are many Hollywood films about the fight between the Indians and the whites. Usually in these films the Indians are bad and the whites are good and brave. But was it really like that? What do you think? Do you think the Indians were right or wrong to fight against the whites?
1. Why did Columbus call the native people “Indians”?A.Because he thought he had arrived in India. |
B.Because he liked Indian culture very much. |
C.Because he knew they were from India. |
D.Because he was an Indian himself. |
A.The Indians gave up their land willingly. |
B.The settlers wanted to buy land from the Indians. |
C.The whites even wanted more land on Indians’ reservations. |
D.The Indians were stronger and cleverer than the white settlers. |
A.the Indians are usually beautified in the films |
B.the author is doubtful about what the films show to us |
C.films about fights are the most popular ones in the market |
D.films about the fight between the Indians and the whites are very limited |
A.entertainment | B.history | C.economy | D.industry |
On January 24, 1848, James Marshall, a mechanic, discovered gold in the Coloma Valley of California. Word of this finding
Within the first year, more than 80 000 prospectors, the Forty-Niners(淘金者), arrived. San Francisco
8 . On 2 September, 1666, the citizens of London woke to see the city's crowded wooden houses on fire. The fire started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane in the early hours of the morning. By the time it burned Alit Otis 5 September around 13, 000 buildings had been destroyed, including the original St Paul's Cathedral, 87 churches and 52 company halls. Between 65, 000 and 80, 000 people lost their homes, although thankfully only a handful were recorded as having been killed. The estimated cost of the fire was around 10 million pounds.
Soon after the fire, several designs work put forward for the redevelopment of London, among them once from Wren, a favorite or King Charles TI. A common theme was streets spreading out from the river and crossing with others running parallel to it. However, a lack of money to buy the land and the need to rebuild the city quickly ruined all his grand ideas.
Instead, nearly 3,000 houses were built within the first three years, mostly back on the original layout.
The task of getting London rebuilt was given to a commits of six men, including Wren. Their role was to manage surveys of ruined properties and consider the fun and scald of new buildings, and any adjustments to the streets.
The major roads were widened to reduce the risk of fires spreading in futile. For the same reason, buildings were constructed largely from brick and stone instead of wood. Guidelines were also made for the height of houses and about how much wood could be used on the outside. There was even a new rule insisting on the use of downpipes, to stop problems with rainwater flowing down from gutters(排水沟).
Although others designed and rebuilt many properties in Lincoln after the Great Fire, Wren was the most productive architect. In total, he designed and supervised the construction of 52 churches, 36 company halls, two great hospitals and St Paul's Cathedral, all of which took 35 years to complete. Many of' these still stand today. Wren was also one of the architects of the 62 meter﹣tall Monument, a memorial to the Great Fir which stands close to the sit where it started.
1. According to the passage, the fire in LondonA.lasted four days before it was out |
B.started in the wealthy neighborhood |
C.broke out in the afternoon |
D.caused thousands deaths |
A.King Charles II didn't approve obit |
B.they were short of money to pay workers |
C.houses should be rebuilt in their fencer place |
D.his design required more time than needed |
A.All newly﹣built roads were widened. |
B.All new buildings were of the same height. |
C.A limited amount of wood was used. |
D.A large number of downpipes were used. |
A.Wren designed most of the new buildings. |
B.It took 35 years to build St Paul's Cathedral. |
C.Today we can see some buildings designed by Wren. |
D.Two architects designed the 62﹣meter monument. |
A.Works oaf Great Architect |
B.Reconstruction of London |
C.The Great Fire of London |
D.Measures against Great Fir. |
10 . Tired from a full day’s work, Rosa Parks got on a Montgomery bus on December 1, 1955 and forever became one of the inspirational people who
At a later stop, after Parks had
It seemed a
While the other three black passengers
This
Parks lived to the age of 92, dying in 2005. She was
A.respected | B.changed | C.accepted | D.broke |
A.other | B.rest | C.ugly | D.poor |
A.got down | B.occupied with | C.came along | D.settled into |
A.drove | B.avoided | C.found | D.boarded |
A.legally | B.finally | C.originally | D.classically |
A.crying | B.standing | C.quarreling | D.drinking |
A.routine | B.proper | C.ordinary | D.reasonable |
A.took | B.fought | C.made | D.wound |
A.door | B.window | C.wheel | D.seat |
A.action | B.behavior | C.intention | D.hope |
A.back | B.outside | C.center | D.front |
A.scolded | B.obeyed | C.beat | D.pleased |
A.clever | B.national | C.local | D.strict |
A.affair | B.accident | C.conflict | D.incident |
A.sparked | B.sent | C.promoted | D.heated |
A.moved | B.found | C.held | D.led |
A.forever | B.deeply | C.either | D.just |
A.offered | B.rewarded | C.presented | D.passed |
A.fame | B.honor | C.name | D.title |
A.well-known | B.private | C.special | D.amazing |