写作
Directions: Write a composition entitled On Online Chatting. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 网上聊天越来越流行;
2. 有人反对它，有人赞同;
3. 我的看法。
【作文范文】
On Online Chatting
With the development of IT, online chatting is becoming increasingly popular with many people.
However, people’s opinions about it vary from person to person. Some think that it has more problems than benefits. First, it is a waste of time, energy and money as it doesn’t produce any useful information and products. Second, it is misleading to its users because cyberspace is actually an imaginary space where things are unreal or fictional.
But the advocates of online chatting support it because it is another way of recreation which is both exciting and relaxing. Besides, it helps them release their emotions and worries freely and safely. To them, it is very useful and wonderful.
As far as I am concerned, whether online chatting is good or bad depends on the person who does it.
control we can use it cientifically and properlyandcurbjits bad effect to the greatest extent.
【重点词汇】
increasingly adv.渐增地 vary v.变化
a waste of ...浪费
misleading adj.引入歧途的
cyberspace n.网络空间
imaginary space虚构的空间
fictional adj.虚幻的，虚构的
advocate n.支持者
recreation n.媒:乐,消遣
release v.释放
so long as 只要
curb v.控制
to the greatest extent 最大限度
阅读理解
A
The government-run command post in Tunis is staffed around the clock by military personnel, meteorologists and civilians. On the wall are maps, crisscrossed with brightly colors arrows that painstakingly track the fearsome path of the enemy.
What kind of invader gives rise to such high-level monitoring? Not man, not beast, but the lowly desert locust.(蝗虫) In recent months, billions of the 3-inch-long winged warriors have descended on Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, blackening the sky and eating up crops and vegetation. The insect invasion, the worst in 30 years, is already creating great destruction in the Middle East and is now treating southern Europe. The current crisis began in late 1985 near the Red Sea. Unusually rainy weather moistened the sands of the Sudan, making them ideal breeding grounds for the locust, which lays its eggs in the earth. The insect onslaught threatens to create yet another African famine. Each locust can eat its weight (not quite a tenth of an ounce) in vegetation every 24 hours. A good-size swarm of 50 billion insects eats up 100,000 tons of grass, trees and crops in a single night.
All ﹩150 million may be needed this year. The U.S. has provided two spraying planes and about 50,000 gal. of pesticide. The European Community has donated ﹩3.8 million in aid and the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan and China have provided chemical-spraying aircraft to help wipe out the pests. But relief efforts are hampered by the relative mildness of approved pesticides, which quickly lose their deadly punch and require frequent replications. The most effective locust killer dieldrin has been linked to cancer and is banned by many Western countries and some of the affected African nations. More then 5 million acres have been dusted with locust-killing chemicals; another 5 million will be treated by the end of June.
On May 30, representatives of Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania will meet in Algiers to discuss tactics to wipe out the ravenous swarms. The move is an important step, but whatever plan is devised, the locust plague promised to get worse before the insects can be brought under control.
main idea of the first sentence in the passage is that __
command post is stationed with people all the time.
command post is crowed with people all the time.
e are clocks around the command post.
clock in the command post is taken care of by the staff.
favorable breeding ground for the locust is ___.
soil.
land
s covered crops and vegetation
Red Sea
le are alert at the threat of the locust because ___.
insects are likely to create another African famine.
insects may blacked the sky.
number of the insects increases drastically.
insects are gathering and moving in great speed.
h of the following is true?
the pesticides are used, locust will die immediately.
ef efforts are proved most fruitful due to the effectiveness of certain pesticides.
drin, the most effective locust killer, has been widely accepted in many countries.
10 million acres of affected area will have been treated with locust-killing chemicals by the end of June.
purpose for affected nations to meet in Algiers on May 30 is ___.
devise antilocust plans.
wipe out the swarms in two years.
call out for additional financial aid from other nations.
bring the insects under control before the plague gets worse.
答案：BBADA
B
Improbable as it may seem, an increasing number of Germans are giving up their elegant Mercedeses, sleek BMWs and ferociously fast Porsches and getting behind the wheels of imported American models – fro plush Cadillacs to more prosaic Fords. Unlike the cars produced by Detroit’s European subsidiaries, these cars are as American as apple pie and watery beer. And thanks to a favorable exchange rate, they are more affordable than ever Last year Germans bought 12 477 new U.S. –built cars; sales are expected to double this year.
Like blue jeans, this buy – America fad appeals to Germans from all walks of life. Once regarded as faulty, flashy, gas – guzzling Goliaths, American autos are – thanks in large measure to foreign competition –more stylish and reliable than in years past. Tugged, off- road vehicles like the four-wheel drive Jeep Cherokee are now the hot wheels to drive among Germany’s thirty- something set. Owners and Aficionados of American – made care also boast their cars are cheaper to maintain.
But that’s not the main reason German motorists are choosing U.S. imports – It’s their price. Even after the cost of overseas shipping is included, American – made cars offer more value – and deluxe features – for less money than German models. A Chrysler LeBaron convertible sells for 35 000 marks; a BMW 320i convertible, by comparison, commands 10 000 marks more. And U.S. autos come with standard equipment – electric windows, automatic locks and sun roofs – that’s available only as expensive options on German models.
Owning an American car in Germany is not for everybody. But the worst headaches come form the German bureaucracy. Johann Erben, a Greiburg dental lab technician, purchased a LeBaron convertible during a U.S. trip in November – and has yet to drive it one kilometer. First, he waited months for the proper registration documents to arrive; then he spent more than 1 000 marks to have it comply with German regulations. Even so, safety inspectors refused to approve it until he changed the headlights and windows to European Community standards. “There I was with my supermodern, $ 20,000 car and unable to get it through inspection,” Erben recalled.
oit’s European subsidiaries _______.
uce the same models as Detroit supplies in the U.S. market
ide cars of European styles
uce cars that are thought to be un-American by Germans
d hardly meet the demand for American cars last year
buy-American fad that appeals to Germans most seems to be _______.
jeans e pie
C.U.S.-made cars ry beer
for Germans, American cars not only are cheaper but __
res wear and tear
adaptable to road conditions
ides greater space rs more deluxe features
h of the following statements is true?
ican cars used to consume a lot of oil.
nese cars still lead the German market.
U.S. motor industry is now confident to cope with recession.
an cars are going to provide the same standard equipment as American-made cars.
pean Community standards probably are _______.
A.a law to control the amount of imported goods from other continents
B.a set of standards to inspect imported cars
C.a system to regulate measures of manufactured goods
D.a set of standards to control product quality
答案：CADAC
C
For four lonely years, Evelyn Jones of Rockford, Illinois, lived friendless and forgotten in one room of a cheap hotel. “I wasn’t sick, but I was acting sick,” the 78-year-old widow says. “Every day was the same—I would just lie on my bed and maybe cook up some soup.” Then, six months ago, she was invited to “The Brighter Side”—Rockford’s day care center for the elderly. Every weekday morning since then, she has left her home to meet nine other old people in a church for a rich program of charity work, trips, games, and—most important of all—friendly companionship.
Just a few years ago, there were few choices for the elderly between a normal life in their own homes and being totally confined in nursing homes. Many of them were sent to rest homes long before they needed full-time care. Others like Mrs. Jones, were left to take care of themselves. But in 1971, the White House Conference on Aging called for the development of alternatives to care in nursing homes for old people, and since then, government-supported day-care programs like The Brighter Side have been developed in most big American cities.
“This represents a real alternative to the feared institution and makes old people believe they have not left the world of living,” says Alice Brophy, 64, director of New York City’s Office for the Aging. “They do well at the centers, and I hate it when people describe us as elderly playpens.” New York’s 138 centers encourage continuing contact for the aged with the community’s life. The centers serve more than 15,000 members, and volunteer workers are always looking for new ones. If someone doesn’t show up at the center for several days in a row, a worker at the center calls to make sure all is well. And although participation in the center is free, those who want to can pay for their lunches.
No normal studies have been made of these centers for the elderly, but government officials are enthusiastic. In the future, the Public Health Service will do a study to decide if the programs can receive federal Medicare money. And the old people themselves are very happy with the programs. “There is no way,” says Evelyn Jones, smiling at her new companions at the Brighter Side, “that I will ever go back to spending my day with all those loses at the hotel.”
is the main idea of the article?
care centers may be able to receive federal Medicare money.
care centers can make life better for elderly people.
old people in the United States are lonely.
people have no place in their society.
rding to Para 2, why did many old people have to go to nursing homes?
need full-time care. wanted to go there.
were sent there.
were volunteers there.
rding to Alice Brophy (in Paragraph 3)___.
centers are like elderly playpens.
old people do well at the day care centers.
people like nursing institutions.
ide the Brighter side they don’t work for the old.
4.“This represents a real alternative to the feared institution.” (in Paragraph 3) In the sentence “this” means ___.
big American cities.
homes.
care programs.
White House Conference on aging.
does the writer of the article seem to feel about day care centers for the elderly?
writer approves of them.
writer disapproves of them.
writer thinks nursing homes are better.
doesn’t say anything about it.
答案：BCBCA
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