FOUR STATES OF THE USA

根据表格信息选择最佳答案。

1.Of the four states, Massachusetts is the     largest in area in the USA.

A. first                   B. second                  C. third

2.The time when Hawaii joined the USA is       that of Alaska.

A. earlier than             B. the same as             C. later than

3.If it is 3:00 p.m. in Georgia, it is       in Massachusetts.

A. 10:00 a.m.               B. 2:00 p.m.                   C. 8:00 p.m.

4.From the information in the form we know that       .

A. the population of Alaska is larger than that of Georgia

B. Hawaii and Massachusetts are in the same time zone

C. Georgia has a very important naval base

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the information in the form?

A. When you come to Georgia, you’ll see many islands.

B. There are more than 3 thousand lakes in Alaska.

C. Massachusetts is famous for education in the world.

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Think“rock, paper, scissors（剪刀）”is a children’s game? Think again.

Top players a___1.____the world came together in Toronto to compete(竞争)for a 10,000-Canadian-dollar p__2._____and the title of World Champion(世界冠军).More than 500 players, i__3._____national champions(全国冠军)from Australia,Norway and New Zealand, attended.

The game is often used to make decisions and solve some s__4.____problems.Players hold their fists(拳头) closed and c___5.___to three before making a fist(rock),a flat hand (paper)or two fingers(scissors).Paper covers rock,scissors cut paper and rock b__6.__scissors.

Players have d__7._____opinions about the history of the game,but it is commonly b__8.____to have been played for centuries in Japan. The Paper Scissors Stone Club opened in England in 1842 and players could play together there. In 1918, the n___9._____ was changed to World RPS Club and its headquarters (总部) moved from London to Toronto.

The world championship started in 2002,and is held o__10._____ every year.

Long March exhibit
The Shanghai History Museum is putting on exhibition to remember the Long March(长征) which took place 75 years ago. More than 220 photos and 40 other things are on show. All the exhibition is explained in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.
Time: 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road
Ticket: 8 yuan for Chinese/15 for foreigners
Thai elephants
Eight elephants from Thailand are an attraction for visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, dancing and blowing a musical instrument. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and there is an extra show at 1:30 p.m. at weekends. The show will end on November 15.
Address:189 Daduhe Road
Ticket:30—40
Dancing dolphins
Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, dancing to music, kissing people and doing easy math problems, and seals and sea lions, also performing, have made a large part of the aquarium in Peace Park, which interests children greatly.
Hours: 10:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
Ticket: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.
【小题1】Where can one see the Long March exhibition?

缺词填空（共10空；每空1分，计10分） （每空一词）

CCTV reported that a strong earthquake struck the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Saturday, k 1.more than 30 people and injuring hundreds of others on April 20.2013. The quake hit just after 8 a.m. local time about 115 kilometers(70 miles) a 2.from the provincial capital, Chengdu, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center gauging it at 7.0.

Many people were injured or l  3. their lives. And lots of houses were fallen down b 4.of the strong quake. They have no place to live and the government has s 5.lots of lodges（帐篷）to them. And the government set up the medical team to save people who are in danger and p 6.drinking water and food for them at the same time.

Many organizations have r 7.money to help Ya’an people. After earthquake, some people hope to go to the earthquake's scene to help people in need as v 8.. Although we can't go to the earthquake's scene, we can help them in other w 9.. For example we can donate money, clothes and other things as we can and send them in time.

We are s 10.Ya’an People can overcome（克服）the difficulties at present with the help of the people from all over China. Ya’an, come on !

Have you ever heard of Dididache? Dididache (嘀嘀打车), a taxi-hailing smartphone app（应用程序）which is believed to be created by Tencent, has recently a 【小题1】  in Xiamen, and more than 700 taxi drivers in the city have used the app.
The app s【小题2】  the real-time locations of taxis on a map using the GPS technology and makes it possible for users to hail (招呼) a taxi on their smartphones. The u 【小题3】  request （要求）will be sent to the nearest taxi drivers who will decide w  【小题4】  to accept the order or not.
Taxi-hailing apps are very p  【小题5】   in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing, having gained tens of thousands of users. H  【小题6】 , the city’s taxi-control departments doubt its helpfulness and have said it may not be s  【小题7】  for Xiamen.
The app has been criticized (指责) for disturbing market order, and creating d 【小题8】  for passengers who do not use the app to hire a taxi. Many users complain that they are only useful when most taxis are idle (空驶), and hiring a taxi can still be challenging during bad w 【小题9】
and rush hours. Can this app be in use for long? Technology might make a great d 【小题10】 to our life. Let’s wait and see.