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阅读下列短文，从没题所给的四个选项(A, B, C, D)中选出最佳选项。 A Nine years ago, after Leo had died, people said to me. "I never knew he was your stepfather." You see, I never called him that. At first, he was no one special in my life. Then he became my friend. In time, I felt he was also my father. 1．The writer's purpose in writing this passage is _______.
2．The phrase “put down roots”in the second paragraph
means
3．In the writer's opinion, _______.
4．The last sentence “Why tell her anything different?”means
that A．he should have told the truth B．he wouldn't tell her the truth C．he wanted to tell her something that had nothing to do with Leo D．he wanted to keep silence whenever he met the neighbors B Safety and Security Procedures
Which is safer --- staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working at the office? Surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low. However, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? Unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! In fact the accident rate of workers in the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of human activity, and almost as safe as staying at home. The trouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrong they often cause death to those living nearby. It is this that chemical accidents so newsworthy. Fortunately, they are extremely rare. The most famous ones happened at Texas City (1947), Flixborough (1974), Seveso (1976), Pemex (1984) and Bhopal (1984). Some of these are always in the minds of the people even though the loss of life was small. No one died at Seveso, and only 28 workers at Flixborough. The worst accident of all was Bhopal, where up to 3,000 were killed. The Texas City explosion of fertilizer killed 552. The Pemex fire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of Mexico City took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunate event at Bhopal. Some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particular danger. Thus the Texas City was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate, which is safe unless stored in a great quantity. The Flixborough fireball was the fault of management, which took risks to keep production going during essential repairs. The Seveso accident shows what happens if the local authorities lack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep. When the poisonous gas drifted over the town, local leaders were incapable of taking effective action. The Pemex fire was made worse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb. The fire set off a chain reaction of exploding storage tanks. Yet, by a miracle, the two largest tanks did not explode. Had these caught fire, then 3,000 strong rescue team and fire fighters would all have died. 9. According to the passage, the chemical accident that caused by the fault of management happened at _________. 10. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Working at the office is safer than staying at home. B. Travelling to work on public transport is safer than working at the office. C. Staying at home is safer than working in the chemical industry. D. Working in the chemical industry is safer than traveling by air. 11. From the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is a kind of _____. A. natural gas, which can easily catch fire B. fertilizer, which can't be stored in a great quantity C. poisonous substance, which can't be used in overcrowded areas D. fuel, which is stored in large tanks 12. From the discussion among some experts we may conclude that _____. A. to avoid any accident we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry B. the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of the chemical industry C. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measures had been taken D. natural gas stored in very large tanks is always safe D More surprising,perhaps,than the current difficulties of traditional marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and increasing.As Skolnick notes,Americans are a marrying people:relative to Europeans,more of us marry at younger age.Moreover,after falling in the early 1970s,the rate of marriage in the United States is now increasing.Even the divorce rates need to be taken in this pro-marriage context:some 80 percent of divorced individuals remarry.Thus,marriage remains,by far,the preferred way of life for the vast majority of people in our society. What has changed more than marriage is the nuclear family.Twenty-five years ago,the typical American family consisted of a husband,a wife,and two or three children.Now,there are many marriages in which couples have decided not to have any children.And there are many marriages where at least some of the children are from the wife's previous marriage,or the husband's,or both,sometimes these children spend all of their time with one parent from the former marriage;sometimes they are shared between two former spouses. Thus,one can find every type of family arrangement.There are marriages without children;marriages with children for only the present marriage;marriages with“full-time”children from both the present and former marriages;marriages with“full-time”children from the present marriage and“part-time”children from former marriages.There are stepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,and half-sisters.It is not all that unusual for a child to have four parents and eight grandparents!These are enormous changes from the traditional nuclear family.But even so,even in the midst of all this,there remains one constant:most Americans spend most of their adult lives married. 13.By calling Americans marrying people the author means that__________. A.Americans are more traditional than Europeans B.Americans expect more out of marriage than Europeans C.there are more married couples in the USA than in Europe 14.Which of the following can be presented as the picture of today's American families? A.A typical American family consists of only a husband and a wife. B.Many types of family arrangements have become socially acceptable. C.Americans prefer to have more kids than before. D.There are no nuclear families any more. 15.The“nuclear family”refers to___________. A.families formed up by men or women working for nuclear power stations B.married couples who are closely matched C.family consists of married couples who do not want to have any child D.family with small number of members 16.“Part-time”children________. A.spend some of their time with their half-brothers and some of their time with their half-sisters B.spend all of their time with one parent from the previous marriage C.are shared between the two former spouses D.cannot stay with“full-time”children E It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of
Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s
campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within
hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the World
were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in
explosions caused by landmines. “I knew the statistics,” she said.
“But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to
me; like When I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her
leg, and people like her.” brought the reality home to me” (Line 5, Para. 1)? 20. How did Diana respond to the criticisms? B. She made more appearances on TV. D. She rose to argue with her opponents. 1-20 |
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