---- _________you or he the teacher of English?

     ----Neither my sister nor my mother _________present at the meeting.

  A. Are; is   B. Is; are   C. Are; are    D. Is; is

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During the first half of the nineteenth century in the United States, Christmas was a very different kind of holiday than it is today. There was no set of way of celebrating the day,which was not yet an official holiday.  71  Some observed Christmas as an important Christian religious day honoring the birth of Jesus.Others celebrated the day with parties,music,drinking and eating.   72    73  .Calvinist Christians banned the celebration of Christmas.But groups such as Episcopalians

and Moravians honored the day with religious services and seasonal decorations.

By mid-century,Christian groups began to ignore their religious diffrences over the meaning of Christmas and honored the day in special ways.

Christmas became an important time for families to celebrate at home. More and more Christians Americans also began to follow the European traditions of Christmas trees and giving gifts.Christians believed that the tree represented Jesus and was also a sign of new beginnings. German immigrants brought their tradion of putting lights,sweets and toys on the branches of evergreen trees placed in their homes.

This tradition of setting up a Christmas tree soon spread to many American homes.   74   As these traditions increased in popularity,the modern trade and business linked to Christmas also grew.

As Christmas became more popular,some states declared the day a state holiday.Louisiana was the first state to make the move in eighteen thirty-seven.  75   .It was not until eighteen seventy that President Ulysses Grant made Christmas a federal holiday.

A．So did the practice of giving people presents.

B. By eighteen sixty,fourteen other states had followed.

C. And,some communities did not celebrate the day at all.

D. Americans seldom gave each other presents on Christmas Day.

E. But many new American Christmas songs started to become popular.

F. Religion played a big role in how an American might celebrate the holiday.

G. Communities around the country honored the day in different ways.

Never before______ so highly successful in his attempts to forecast the weather accurately on a small scale．

A．man has been B．man is   C．has man been D．will be man

Reduce, reuse, and recycle. This familiar environmentalist slogan tells us how to reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfills and waterways. The concept is being used to deal with one possibly dangerous form of waste — electronic junk (電子垃圾), such as old computers, cell phones, and televisions. But this process for managing e-waste may be used in an unscrupulous way more often than not used, a recent report suggests.

“A lot of these materials are being sent to developing nations under the excuse of reuse — to bridge the digital divide,” said Richard Gutierrez, a policy researcher.

One of the problems is that no one proves whether these old machines work before they hit the seaways. Because of this, the report says, e-waste is a growing problem in Lagos, Nigeria, and elsewhere in the developing world. Much of the waste ends up being thrown away along rivers and roads. Often it’s picked apart by poor people, who may face dangerous exposure to poisonous chemicals in the equipment.

Businessmen also pay workers a little money to get back materials such as gold and copper. This low-tech recovery process could expose workers and the local environment to many dangerous materials used to build electronics. According to Gutierrez, this shadow economy exists because the excuse of recycling and reusing electronics gives businessmen “a green passport” to ship waste around the globe. “Developing nations must take upon some of the responsibility themselves,” Gutierrez said. But, he added, “A greater portion of this responsibility should fall on the exporting state.”

China, for example, has become a dumping place for large amounts of e-waste. The nation is beginning to take action to stop the flow of dangerous materials across its borders. The Chinese government, after many years of denial is finally beginning to take the lead.

The passage mainly tells us that _______.

A. developing countries are facing serious environmental problems

B. e-waste is sent to developing countries under the excuse of reuse

C. developing countries are making full use of e-waste

D. e-waste is a growing problem in developed countries

What does the third paragraph mainly discuss?

A. A lot of e-waste is dumped in developing countries.

B. Poor people break up e-waste to collect some valuable materials.

C. The problem of e-waste is growing in developing countries.

D. Old computers and TVs still work before they are sent abroad.

The underlined word “unscrupulous” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”.

A. immoral      B. wrong      C. proud      D. unsafe

From what Gutierrez said we can learn that ________.

A. developing countries should be responsible for this problem

B. exporting countries should be mainly responsible for this problem

C. neither rich nor poor countries should be blamed for this problem

D. poor countries should be blamed for this problem

The clerks were at work so ____ that nobody realized it was already lunch time.

A. accurately    B. absently    C. aggressively   D. attentively

A few days before its anniversary, the school decided to have the buildings _____ clean as well as elegant.

       A．look  B．to look     C．looked      D．being looked

—Hey, dear! Guess what? I’ve got a pay rise!

—This ________ a celebration! Let’s go to sing karaoke tonight.

A．calls for　　　　　　　　　　　　B．works out

C．brings about　　　　　　　　　　 D．pays for

My father often works very harD．And he has   1  to see a film. Here I’ll tell you   2   about him.

　　One afternoon, when he finished his work and   3   go home, he found a film ticket under the   4  on his desk. He thought he   5   to have not much work to do that day and   6   was quite wonderful to pass the   7   at the cinemA．So he came back home and   8   finished his supper. Then he said   9   to us and left.

　　But to our   10   , he came back about half an hour later, I   11   him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about   12   funny thing that had happened at the cinema.

　　When my father was sitting in his seat, a   13   came to my father’s and said that the seat was   14   . Ｍy father was surpriseD．He took out the ticket   15   looked at it carefully. It was Row17,   16  . And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her    17    her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3.

　　  18    ? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The   19    of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh,    20   , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.

1．  A．little money    B．much money    C．little time        D．much time

2．  A．a(chǎn) funny story   B．a(chǎn) good story     C．a(chǎn)n old story     D．a(chǎn) strange story

3．  A．was to     B．was about to     C．had to      D．ought

4．  A．box B．book C．glass        D．paper

5．  A．happened        B．liked C．pretended  D．wanted

6．  A．it      B．this   C．that   D．which

7．  A．morning B．a(chǎn)fternoon  C．day   D．evening

8．  A．early       B．quietly      C．quickly     D．suddenly

9．  A．hello       B．good-bye  C．good evening   D．good night

10．A．disappointment       B．joy    C．sorrow      D．surprise

11．A．a(chǎn)sked       B．explained  C．told   D．wanted

12．A．a(chǎn)      B．one   C．some       D．the

13．A．man        B．woman     C．doctor      D．nurse

14．A．hers B．his    C．taken       D．wrong

15．A．a(chǎn)nd B．but    C．or     D．so

16．A．Seat1       B．Seat2 C．Seat3       D．Seat4

17．A．it bring    B．to get       C．to see       D．to show

18．A．Why        B．How  C．When      D．where

19．A．designs    B．colors       C．prices       D．owners

20．A．I’m sad    B．I’m sorry  C．I’m wrong      D．I’m worried

— Where is the panda?

— It __________ by the doctor now.

A. was being examined   B. is being examined   

C. will be examined     D. has been examined

— Remember the first time we met, Jim?

— Of course I do. You _______ in the library.

A. were reading        B. had read             C. have read           D. read