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Anxious parents in the suburbs around Washington, US accompanied(陪伴)their children to school, or kept them at home, after a middle-school student became victim(受害者)NO. 8, in a series of shootings in the area. The shootings started on October 2.
The 13-year-old youth, an eighth-grader, was struck in the chest by a high-powered bullet on October 7. He was hit as he was being dropped off in front of his school by his aunt on October 7.
A mother comforted her daughter after picking her up from Benjaman Tasker Middle School where a 13-year-old boy was shot and seriously injured on October 7.
“I can't stop going to work, the children can't stop going to school,” said Henry Ollie, 48.He led his 12-year-old boy son, Charles, to the front door of the school, where the latest shooting happened. Ordinarily, Charles takes the bus.
Some buses arrived at schools carrying fewer students than usual. And schools where parents usually line up their cars to drop off youngsters had no traffic problems because so many parents had kept their children at home.
The middle school boy is still in critical(危急的)but stable(稳定的)condition after having about two and a half hours of surgery(手术)on the night of the shooting. He is the youngest of nine victims, including one who was shot dead on October 9.
All the victims, seven dead and two wounded, were in public places doing ordinary things. They were mowing a lawn(修草坪), filling a gas tank(加油)or walking into a supermarket.
“All of our victims have been defenceless, but to kill children is one step too far. Our children don't deserve(应受)this,” said Police Chief Charles Moose.
On October 10, the reward offered by authorities(当局)for information leading to the arrest of the killers or killers grew to US 330, 000.
US President George W. Bush said he had also ordered FBI(联邦调查局)experts and ballistics analysts(弹道分析家)to assist(援助)local police.
The serial killings have aroused(引起)hot discussion on gun control in the US. Many American families have guns to protect themselves or go hunting. Under federal law(联邦法), people who are 18 or older are allowed to own rifles(步枪)and shotguns.
1.What was the boy doing when he was attacked?
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A.He was playing on the playground.
B.He had just arrived at the school by bus.
C.He had just arrived at the school in a car.
D.He was helping his aunt filling her car's gas tank.
2.What did parents in the suburbs around Washington do to keep their children from danger?
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A.They stayed in the school with their children all day.
B.They went to the school together with their children or left them at home.
C.They took their children to their workplace.
D.They moved away.
3.What measures did the authorities take after the serial shootings began?
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A.They gave more money as a reward for people who gave clues as to who was doing the shooting.
B.Local police were given help from government experts.
C.Laws would be passed to forbid people to own guns.
D.Both A and B.
4.In Paragraph 7, the sentence “to kill children is one step too far” probably means ________.
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A.to kill the children, the killer has taken one more step
B.the killer hates children
C.killing children is worse than killing adults
D.the killer walked a long way to the school to kill
5.Which is the best title for the passage?
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A.US fears for lives
B. Anxious parents
C.Hot discussions on gun control
D.Protect the students
1.C 从原文第二段中的“He was hit as he was being dropped off(离开) in front of his school by his on October 7.”可知。由于发生枪击案后,家长常送小孩上学,不像平常一样坐公共汽车,所以B项不正确。A和D两项在第二段中并没提到。 2.B 从原文第一段第一句可知,原文信息是“Anxious parents in the suburbs(郊区) around Washington, US accompanied(陪伴) their children to school,or kept them at home…”,关键要找准信息。 3.D 从原文倒数第二、三两段信息可知,相关信息为“…the reward offered by authorities(当局) for information leading to the arrest of the killer or killers grew to US 330,000.”和“US President George W.Bush said he had also ordered FBI experts and ballistics analysts to assist local police. 4.C 此题关键是要结合上文对“to kill children is one step too far”一词的正确理解,根据本文所述内容,枪击小孩令人震惊,too far含有“过分的”之意,在句中应为后置定语,修饰one step(手段)。 5.A 九起连环枪杀案引起华盛顿周边地区极度恐慌。为了应付家长,政府均采取了一定的保护措施。A项最能体现本文主要思想;B项(焦急的家长)仅说明了家长的心情,并没有提到政府及事情的有关经过,不准确;C项(有关枪支控制的争论)较片面;D项(保护学生)太笼统,不具体。 |
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Meaningful Colours
Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is blue Today”, “You are yellow”,“He has a green thumb (大拇指)”,“He has told a little white lie”and so on. And she went to her teacher for help.
Mary : Mrs Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs Smith : In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad. Yellowafraid. A person with a green thumbgrows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.
Mary : Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?
Mrs Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don't like it, but you won't say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks. I'm not hungry.”That's a white lie.
Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.
1.Sometimes “yellow”means “afraid” in ________ English.
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2.The farmer doesn't have a green thumb, that is to say ________.
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3.John is ________ go to out alone at night. He's yellow!
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4.Mary didn't want to tell me ________ of her serious illness.
[ ]She told me a white lie.
5.If you fail to pass the exams, you'll be ________.
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In Europe, men do not usually wear skirts. But the Scottish national clothing for men is a kind of skirt. It is called a kilt. The Scottish like to be different. They are also proud of their country and its history, and they feel that the kilt is part of that history. That's why the men still wear kilts at traditional (传统的) dances and on national holidays. They believe they are wearing the same clothes that Scottish men always used to wear.
That's what they believe. However, kilts are not really so old. Before 1730, Scottish men wore a long shirt and blanket around their shoulders. These clothes got in the way when the men started to work in factories. So, in 1730 a factory owner changed the blanket into a skirt; the kilt. That's how the first kilt was made.
Then, in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the British Army began to wear kilts. One reason for this was national sentiment ( = feelings) . The Scottish soldiers wanted to be different from the English soldiers. The British Army probably had a different reason. A Scottish soldier in a kilt was always easy to find! The Scottish soldier fought very hard and became famous. The kilt was part of the fame, and in the early 1800s men all around Scotland began to wear kilts.
These kilts had colorful stripes (条纹) going up and down and across. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the color of the stripes had no special meaning. Men sometimes owned kilts in several different colors. But later the colors became important to the Scottish families. By about 1850, most families had special colors for their kilts. For example, men from the Campbell family had kilts with green, yellow and blue stripes. Scottish people often believe that the colors of the kilts are part of their family history. In fact, each family just chose the color they liked best.
This is not the story you will hear today if you are in Scotland. Most Scottish people still believe that kilts are as old as Scotland and that the colors are as old as the Scottish families. Sometimes feelings are stronger than facts!
1.This text is mainly about ________.
2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.The English soldiers were the first to wear kilts.
B.It was hard then to tell the Scottish soldiers from the English ones apart from the clothes.
C.Colors were specially designed in the first kilts.
D.The factory owner made the first kilt from long shirts to make his workers different from others.
3.Scottish soldiers were dressed in kilts partly because of ________.
4.The colors of the kilts are ________.
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A.not part of the Scottish family history
B.older than the Scottish family history
C.for the Campbell family only
D.mainly green, yellow and blue
5.From the last paragraph we can infer that ________.
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A.the European people are full of strong feelings
B.there are no stories about kilts in Scotland today
C.the British like to do things on feelings, not on facts
D.the Scottish prefer to keep their tradition rather than believe the fact
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