We had an anxious couple of weeks, _______ for the results of the experiment.

A．wait              B．to be waiting       C．waited            D．waiting

 

假设你是李华。最近你班举行了一次班会，班会的主题是：太空探险的意义。请结合下表内容，给校报用英语写一篇文章，客观地介绍讨论的情况并表达你自己的观点。

一些同学赞同	一些同学反对	你自己的观点
●获得新的知识	●耗资巨大	●？
●从太空取得新资源	●宇航员的安全问题
●扩大人类的生存空间

注意：1. 字数：120字左右

2. 标题与开头已写好，不计入总词数。

提示词：新资源：new resources 宇航员：astronauts

Outer Space Explorations, YES or NO?

We had an argument over whether it was necessary to carry out outer space explorations at a class meeting the other day.                                 

                                                                              

 

假设你是李华。最近你班举行了一次班会，班会的主题是：太空探险的意义。请结合下表内容，给校报用英语写一篇文章，客观地介绍讨论的情况并表达你自己的观点。

一些同学赞同	一些同学反对	你自己的观点
●获得新的知识	●耗资巨大	●？
●从太空取得新资源	●宇航员的安全问题
●扩大人类的生存空间

注意：1. 字数：120字左右
2. 标题与开头已写好，不计入总词数。
提示词：新资源：new resources 宇航员：astronauts
Outer Space Explorations, YES or NO?
We had an argument over whether it was necessary to carry out outer space explorations at a class meeting the other day.                                 
                                                                              

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第II卷（非选择题共55分）

第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在要求的位置上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式:

66.____________ Pages should not be copied without the_____(允许) of the publisher.

67.____The girl ___(给….印象) her boyfriend’s family with her liveliness and sense of humor.

68. ____________On blue days you feel like you are ____(漂浮) in an ocean of sadness.

69. ____________Ladies and gentlemen, good evening! Welcome______ (上、登) the1234 Train, the next station is the end of the line.

70.____________ The flowers were _______(打算) for my mother, but my sister thought they were for her and took them.

71. ___________ A long time ago, a great number of English people ______ (定居) in America and Australia.

72. ___________ They laid eggs too and ______(存在, 继续生存) on the earth for more than 140 million years.

73. ____________We had an _______(争论) with the waiter about the bill.

74. ____________They had learned that most Canadians live ______(在…之内) a few hundred kilometers of the USA border.

75. ____________ The new minister will be _______（批准）in office by the Queen.

 

  The playwright George Bernard Shaw once said humorously, “England and America are two nations divided by a common language. If he were writing today, he might add ‘divided by a common technology--- e-mail’”.

  Two completely different styles of e-mail have formed on either side of the Atlantic-Euromail and Amerimail. Americail is informal and chatty. It’s likely to begin with a “Hi” and end with a “Bye”. The chances of Amerimail containing a smiley face or an “xoxo” are disturbingly high. We Americans are unwilling to dive into the meat of an e-mail. We feel we have to first inform recipients (收信人) about our vacation on the island which was really excellent except the jellyfish were biting and the kids caught a cold, so we had to skip the whale watching trip, but about that investors’ meeting in New York. Amerimail is a bundle of contradictions, casual and yet direct, respectful yet over proud. In other words, Amerimail is America.

  Euromail is stiff and cold often beginning with a formal “Dear Mr. X” and ending with a simple “Sincerely”. You won’t find any mention of kids or the weather or jellyfish in Euromail. It’s all business. It’s also slow. Your correspondent might take days even weeks to answer a message. Euromail is exactly like the Europeans themselves.

  Recently about 100 managers were asked on both sides of the Atlantic whether they noticed differences in e-mail styles. Most said yes. Here are a few of their observations:

  “Americans tend to write (e-mail) exactly as they speak.”

  “Why don’t you just call me instead of writing five e-mails back and forth?”

  “Europeans are less interested in checking e-mail”.

  “In general, Americans are much more responsive to e-mail—they respond faster and provide more information.”

  So which is better, Euromail or Amerimail? I realized it’s not popular these days to suggest we have anything to learn from Europeans, but I’m fed up with an inbox filled with casual, barely meaningful e-mails from friends and colleagues. If the alternative is a few earnestly written, carefully worded bits of Euromail, then I say, “Bring it on.”

What did George Bernard Shaw mean by saying “England and America are two nations divided by a common language”?

A. There is not much difference between British English and American English.

B. Both England and America speak the common language, so they are much the same.

C. Either England or America is a divided nation, though they share a common language.

D. There is sharp difference between England and America despite their common language.

Which of the following is most likely to be the “meat” of an Amerimail?

A. The jellyfish were biting.

B. We had an excellent vacation on the island.

C. We had to skip the whale watching trip.

D. We were to attend the investors’ meeting in New York.

On receiving an e-mail, Europeans tend to __________.

A. respond to it immediately and earnestly

B. take more time than Americans to respond to it

C. respond by calling up their correspondent

D. never respond to it all

What are characteristics of Amerimail?

A. Informal and chatty                                          B. Casual and indirect

C. Stiff and cold                                                       D. Formal and direc60

We can conclude from the passage that __________.

A. the different e-mail styles do much harm to the relationship between the two sides on Atlantic

B. Amerimail is more appreciated by the writer for being informative and casually written

C. Euromail always impresses the writer as something more pleasant to read

D. the writer doesn’t favor either e-mail style as both have their own shortcomings