Passage ten(Antinuclear Demonstration)
Police fired tear gas and arrested more than 5,000 passively resisting protestors Friday in an attempt to break up the largest antinuclear demonstration ever staged in the United States. More than 135,000 demonstrators confronted police on the construction site of a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant scheduled to provide power to most of southern New Hampshire. Organizers of the huge demonstration said, the protest was continuing despite the police actions. More demonstrators were arriving to keep up the pressure on state authorities to cancel the project. The demonstrator had charged that the project was unsafe in the densely populated area, would create thermal pollution in the bay, and had no acceptable means for disposing of its radioactive wasters. The demonstrations would go on until the jails and the courts were so overloaded that the state judicial system would collapse.
Governor Stanforth Thumper insisted that there would be no reconsideration of the power project and no delay in its construction set for completion in three years. “This project will begin on time and the people of this state will begin to receive its benefits on schedule. Those who break the law in misguided attempts to sabotage the project will be dealt with according to the law,” he said. And police called in reinforcements from all over the state to handle the disturbances.
The protests began before dawn Friday when several thousand demonstrators broke through police lines around the cordoned-off construction site. They carried placards that read “No Nukes is Good Nukes,” “Sunpower, Not Nuclear Power,” and “Stop Private Profits from Public Peril.” They defied police order to move from the area. Tear gas canisters fired by police failed to dislodge the protestors who had come prepared with their own gas masks or facecloths. Finally gas-masked and helmeted police charged into the crowd to drag off the demonstrators one by one. The protestors did not resist police, but refused to walk away under their own power. Those arrested would be charged with unlawful assembly, trespassing, and disturbing the peace.
1.What were the demonstrators protesting about?
A.Private profits.
B.Nuclear Power Station.
C.The project of nuclear power construction.
D.Public peril.
2.Who had gas-masks?
A.Everybody.
B.A part of the protestors.
C.Policemen.
D.Both B and C.
3.Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a reason for the demonstration?
A.Public transportation.
B.Public peril.
C.Pollution.
D.Disposal of wastes.
4.With whom were the jails and courts overloaded?
A.With prisoners.
B.With arrested demonstrators.
C.With criminals.
D.With protestors.
5.What is the attitude of Governor Stanforth Thumper toward the power project and the demonstration?
A.stubborn.
B.insistent.
C.insolvable.
D.remissible.

Friendship can deeply affect the physical and mental health of both men and women. Studies show that people who have no friends or who are lonely, are more likely to die earlier, get sick more often and suffer greater physical wear and tear（折磨）than those who have a support system of friends.

Sometimes, family members may be more likely to give you advice or tell you what you don’t want to hear. It may not be as good as a friend who will listen to you and guide you, but support your decisions anyway. The most important elements about friendship are those who suffer support and do not judge your decisions based on society.

One reason for the link between social support and good health practice seems to be that people who feel cared for by others are less stress-out and are protected against the symptoms（症状）of depression and loneliness.

Generally, women benefit most because of how they deal with stress. Women are more social in how they deal with stress than men, while men are more likely to have a “fight or flight” reaction. Women also tend to have larger, denser social network, in which more people know each other and help each other, while men typically have smaller groups of friends and will rely on their wives or other important people for more support. While all these affect people psychologically（心理上）, friendship brings comfort that reduces the ill effects of stress, and the sex difference also contributes to the difference in the length of one’s life time.

In the author’s opinion, a real friend should _________.

       A．tell you what to do even if you refuse to hear it.

     B．try to persuade you to change your mind quickly.

     C．judge your decision according to his/her experience.

     D．give you advice but respect your own decision.

Women benefit more from friendship than men because _________.

      A．women are always cared for by more people than men.

      B．women are usually less stress-out when staying with others.

      C．women are more likely to solve problems with friends’ help

      D．women can always keep more long-life friendship than men

According to the passage we can infer that _______.

      A．it’s good for women to tell men what they should do or not

      B．friends are always more important than family members

      C．men don’t want to share their problems with many people

      D．the trend that women can live longer makes them more relaxed

This passage mainly talks about _________.

      A．why people should develop friendship

      B．when friendship affects people’s health

      C．people’s different attitudes towards friendship

      D．the friendship which can make people live longer

Are you fond of tomatoes? Bunol, a town in Spain, held its yearly tomato festival on the last Wednesday of August. Thousands and thousands of people made their way from all corners of the world to fight in it, the world’s biggest food fight. Tons of fully-grown tomatoes were thrown in the streets.

No one knows exactly how this event started. Maybe it came from a local food fight between friends, or a joke that was played on a bad musician.

On Wednesday, at 11am, the fight began. A cannon(大炮) shot was fired to start the fight. At first, people fought one another, but slowly they began to fight in groups. After exactly one hour, the fight ended when the cannon shot was fired once more. At this point, no more tomatoes could be thrown.

Those who attend this event are encouraged to wear protective glasses. And they must press the tomatoes before throwing so that they won’t hurt others. Another rule is that no one is allowed to take anything — such as a glass bottle — into the fight. Although it is forbidden to tear(扯破) another person’s clothing, the crowd seems to tear the shirt of any clothed person, whether they are men or women.

Fire trucks are used to clean the streets after the fight with water provided from a Roman channel (海峡). The government seems more concerned with cleaning up the town than the visitors, and people go to the Bunol River for a wash.

What do we know about the tomato fight?

A. Nobody knows how it really started.

B. Only people from Spain can take part in it.

C. It is held on the first Wednesday of August.

D. Green tomatoes can be used in the fight.

When the cannon shot is fired the second time, ____.

A. people start to throw tomatoes

B. people start to fight in groups

C. the whole tomato fight is over

D. the fight has lasted for two hours

Which is NOT one of the rules of the tomato fight?

A. People can’t use glass bottles.

B. People must wear protective glasses.

C. It isn’t allowed to tear other people’s clothes.

D. Tomatoes should be pressed before they are thrown.

After the tomato fight, the town government ____.

A. provides water to the people

B. cleans up the streets with fire trucks

C. takes people to the Bunol River

D. holds other activities about tomatoes

I ran across an old photo of him the other day, thinking of some old things. He’s been dead for 25 years. His name was Rex.

1_____ was his favorite recreation(娱乐). He had so much 2_____ in the water as any person I have known. You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to 3_____ him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you 4 _____ throw one in.

That 5 ____ me of that night, 6_____ he brought back a small box that he found somewhere--- how 7_____ nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it 8_____ easily have been half  a race. The box wasn’t a god one. It was just a 9______ old piece that somebody 10______. Still it was something he wanted, probably 11_____ there was some difficulty in transportation（运输）. And that he thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the night, we 12 _____ him trying to get the box up onto the porch(门 厅). It sounded 13_____ two or three people were trying to tear the house 14 _____. We came downstairs and turned on the 15_____ light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had 16_____somehow. And he was just holding his own(坚持着). I suppose he would have held his own 17_____ dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a 18____ place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token(象征)of his strength in such matters. 19____, he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was 20_____ of his skill.

1.A.Fighting         B. Swimming       C. Barking         D. Running

2.A.fun             B. trouble           C. danger         D. difficulty

3.A.stop            B. make             C. get            D. have

4.A.will             B. do               C. did            D. would

5.A.reminds          B. warns           C. tells            D. suggests

6.A.which           B. while            C. as             D. when

7.A.Far             B. long             C. old            D. heavy

8.A.could           B. can             C. should          D. would

9.A.priceless        B. worthless         C. valuable         D. important

10.A.kept           B. forgot           C. deserted（遗弃） D. remained

11.A.because        B. only if          C. even if           D. in case

12.A.saw           B. heard           C. watched          D. caught

13.A.like           B. that             C. as if             D. at least

14.A.up            B. in              C. away             D. down

15.A.hall           B. kitchen           C. bedroom         D. porch

16.A.rolled         B. stopped           C. caught           D. broken

17.A. at           B. before             C. till              D. during

18.A.distant        B. nearby            C. silent            D. busy

19.A.In all          B. As a result        C. At last           D. After all

A.proud         B. tired             C. ashamed          D. doubtful

I was a newcomer of Miss Burn’s seventh grade. Past“newcomer”experiences had been difficult, so I was
very anxious to fit in.
Lunchtime was a pleasant surprise when the girls all crowded around my table. Their chat was friendly, so
I began to relax. My new classmates filled me in on the school, the teachers and the other kids. it wasn’t long
before the class herd(书呆子)was pointed out to me: Mary Lou. Actually she called herself Mary Louise. A
formal, overmodest young girl with old-fashioned clothes, she wasn’t ugly—not even funny looking. Practical
shoes, long wool skirt and a blouse completed the image of a complete herd. The girls’ whispers got louder and
louder. Mary Lou didn’t notice this. After school, the girls invited me to join them in front of the school.
Arms wrapped around her backpack, Mary Lou came down the school steps. The taunting began—rude,
biting comments and disrespectful words from the girls. I paused, then joined right in. My force began to pick
up as I approached her, mean(卑劣)remarks falling from my lips. I even pulled the belt of her backpack and then
pushed her. The belt broke, Mary Lou fell. Everyone was laughing and patting me. I fit in. But I was not proud.
Something inside me hurt.
Mary Lou got up, gathered her books and—without a tear shed—off, she went. She held her head high as a
small trickle of blood ran down from her injured knee.
I turned to leave with my laughing friends and noticed a man standing beside his car. His skin, dark hair
and handsome features told me this was her father. Respectful of Mary Lou’s proud spirit, he remained still and
watched the lonely girl walk toward him. Only his eyes—shining with both grief and pride—followed. As I
passed, he looked at me in silence with burning tears that spoke to my shame and scolded my heart. He didn’t
speak a word.
No scolding from a teacher or a parent could linger(逗留)as much as that hurt in my heart from the day a
father’s eyes taught me kindness and strength and dignity. I never again joined the cruel herds. I never
again hurt someone for my own gain.
【小题1】 The writer felt she fit in when      .