仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Rivers are one of our most important natural resources(自然资源). Many of the world's great cities are located on rivers, and almost every country has at least one fiver flowing through it that plays an important part in the lives of its people. Since the beginning of history, people have used rivers for transportation. he longest one in the United States is the Mississippi. The lifeline of Egypt is Nile. To the people of India, the Ganges is great, but it is also important for transportation; ships can travel along it for a thousand miles. Other great rivers are the Congo in Africa and the Mekong in Southeast Asia. The greatest of all for navigation(航海), however, is the Amazon in Brazil(巴西). It is so wide and so deep that large ships can go about two thousand miles upon it. Besides transportation, rivers give food to eat, water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation for the people who live along their banks. In order to increase the supply of water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam(大坝) across a river and let a lake form behind the dam. Then people can use the water not only to irrigate(灌溉) their fields but also to make electricity for their homes and industries. However, large cities and industries that are located upon rivers often make problems. As the cities grow in size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes polluted with chemicals and other materials. People are learning the importance, however, of doing more to keep their rivers clean if they want to enjoy the benefits(利益) of this natural resource.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Your Honor(法官大人)! Let me say a few words for myself. What they have told you is not true. I was not trying to kill anyone, and it was hardly possible to try to kill three strong young men at a time. I didn't have anything to kill people that night and was quite alone. I didn't know them and needn't hate them. I was attacked(袭击) by them, and I knocked one of them down, it's true, but I was made to do it, or I might be killed by them. I did this not because I hated the white men as they said. I just had to do so. While I was beaten in the dark street by the three men, a policeman came, caught me and then took me here. I know why I was beaten. I have just moved into a house next to these white men. I have felt that I am not welcome and I have tried to be quiet. I think, as an American, I have the right(权利) to choose where to live. If I'm guilty(有罪), what makes me guilty is my colour opposite to theirs and I can't enjoy justice(公正). Yet, I'm not guilty. This is all I want to say. Thank you, Your Honor.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. BEIJING(Xinhua)桟hinese have started to enjoy cars at low prices after the country became a member of the World Trade Organization(WTO). At the same time, competition between people has become stronger. According to China's Ministry of Personnel(人事部), about 170 million people will lose their jobs after the country has joined the WTO. However, many Chinese people living in other countries have come back home to face the challenges(挑战). So far, about 130 thousand people have returned. These days, people, especially youths, have got to know the challenges of the entry to the WTO. Books on the WTO have been hot selling. Some people are learning more about the WTO by going to night schools.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. I have never taken cooking classes. I learned cooking from my mother because she was really interested in teaching me how to cook. The main reason for this was that when my mother got married, she didn't know how to cook anything, not even an egg. My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking. My mother did not start to cook until she was 25 years old. In the beginning, it was very hard for her. Therefore, she had to take cooking classes to prepare our meals. After having that experience, she decided to teach me how to cook because she didn't want me to have the same experience. I remember when I was seven years old, and my mother was cooking, I was with her in the kitchen enjoying cooking. I always helped her. Sometimes we prepared meals that my mother already knew how to make, and sometimes we prepared them from recipes. Nowadays, I am really thankful for that experience of people, it doesn't matter. I will do the same with my children because I don't want them to have the same experience as my mother. If one day I am not with them, I want to be sure that they can carry on their lives without me.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Young people can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates. Liu Wei, a junior 2 student from Hefei, could not understand his teacher and was doing badly in his lessons. He became so worried about it that he started to cut his finger with a knife. Another student, 14-year-old Yang Fang from Guangzhou, was afraid of exams. She got very worried in one, and when she looked at the exam paper, she couldn't think of anything to write. A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of Shanghai teenagers have mental problems. Their troubles include being worried and very unhappy, and having problems in learning and getting on with people. Many students who gave problems won't go for advice or help. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others don't want to talk about their secrets. Liang Yuezhu, an expert on teenagers from Beijing Anding Hospital has the following advice for teenagers: Talk to your parents or teachers often. Take part in group activities and play sports. Go to see a doctor if you feel unhappy or unwell.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. People often say that an Englishman's home is his castle(城堡). They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than in flats(公寓), and own their homes. They can paint and change them in any way they like. In a crowded city everyone knows that he or she has private space which is only for himself or herself and for inviting friends. People usually like to mark(做标记) their space. Are you sitting on a beach or a train or in a library If you are on the beach you may have spread(撒) your sands around you; on the train you may have put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may have one corner or chair which is your own. Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was in a section(区域) for four people and there was a table between us. The man opposite me had his bag on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was made rather angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table! I took some newspapers out of my bag and put them on his. When I did this he sat up straight at once, opening his eyes wide. I had invaded(侵占) his space! A few minutes later I took my newspapers off his bag in order to read them. He at once moved his bag to his side of the table.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Linda and David have traveled by air from London to Sydney, Australia. Linda has promised(答应) her mother that she will ring her to let her know that they have arrived safely. This is something she had done ever since she was a child. David thinks it is not a good idea to ring so far, to spend too much , and to say so little. "If there were an accident. " He says, "they'd know soon enough. Bad news travels fast. " But Linda has promised that she would ring. "However," she says, "it doesn't cost much when you just think that it's the other side of the world. It's only six pence per second (每秒六便士). " "If you're on that telephone for less than one minute, I'll eat my hat," David says, "And one minute's nearly four pounds (英镑). " "That's no more than you'd pay for a new hat," Linda answers. She has asked the man at the hotel (旅馆) desk to get her the number. The telephone rings. Linda picks it up. "Hello, Mum. Is that you " She says. "Six pence per second ," David reminds(提醒) her. "Hello, love. " It is Mrs Lee, Linda's mother, speaking from London. "I can hear you very clearly just like you are in the next room. It's a better line than when you called me from your office. Do you remember I shouted at that time, and still you couldn't hear me sometimes. " "Yes, Mum. " Linda puts in. "I just wanted to ring to ..." "I remember how you rang when you went to Betty's house to eat, when you were a little girl. And then when you ... " Mrs Lee is a great talker. "Nearly four pounds. " says David. Linda tries to tell her mother that it is time to say goodbye. "Yes, all right," says Mrs Lee, "But you will write, won't you, as you did when you were at work ..." Once again, Mrs Lee talks about the pass and there is no stopping her. "Four pounds fifty," says David. At last, Linda cuts her mother short, promises to write, and rings off. "There! That wasn't long, was it " "Four pounds, ninety pence. " David answers. "And you didn't even say that we've arrived. "

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Milk was one of the main human foods long before history was written. It will probably remain one as long as there are animals that give milk. The old word "milk" came from Sanskrit(梵文), one of the oldest languages known to man. A very old picture of milking animals has been found. It was drawn five thousand years ago. People got their milk from their own animals. But in modern times new inventions made the milk industry(工业) a big business. In 1851 Gall Borden found a way to take some of the water from milk. This made it keep longer. Four years later, Louis Pasteur introduced a way to kill the bacteria(细菌) in milk. So in the same year a special milk bottle was made. This was followed by the invention of machines that could fill bottles with milk. These discoveries meant that milk could be stored longer. Some people believe that milk drinking will become less popular than it has been. But remember how long milk has been an important food and think of the many ways in which it is useful. It seems safe to say that milk industry will always be important.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. When I opened the first "Body Shop" in 1976, what I wanted to do was to earn(挣)enough money to feed my children. Today the "Body Shop" is a great company growing fast all around the world. In the years since we began, I have learned a lot. Much of what I have learned will be found in this book, because I believe that we, as a company, have something worth saying about how to run a successful business without giving up what you really believe in. It's not an ordinary business book. It is not just about my life, either. The message is that to succeed in business you have to be different. Business can be fun. A business can be run with love and it can do good. In business, as in life, I need to enjoy myself, to have a feeling of my family and to feel excited by something unusual. I have always wanted the people who work for "The Body Shop" to feel the same way. Now this book sends these ideas out into the world and makes them public. I'd like to think there are no limits(界限)to our "family", no limits to what can be done. I find that an exciting thought. I hope you do, too.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road. When Jack saw it coming toward him, he stopped his own car at the side of the road to make room for it to pass. The American car went slowly past, so close that he could see the driver's face quite clearly. "Where have I seen that face before " he thought. "Wait a minute! I remember now. It was in the newspaper!" He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned quickly to the middle page. There was a picture of the face in it. "Yes, it had a large mouth and small ears, and his eyes were behind dark glasses. " "Wanted by the police," read by Jack. "The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man. " "Call the police at once ," he said to himself. But a few minutes later, he was sad. "This man was caught this morning," answered the police.

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