如今, 中国的许多城市出现了跳广场舞的热潮, 对于这个现象, 人们褒贬不一。请根据以下提示, 用英语给报社写一篇报道。
大部分人赞成, 认为是一种健康的活动,省钱；
一些人反对, 认为影响他人的休息, 有噪音污染；
你的看法。
注意：1. 词数120左右;
2. 文章开头已给出, 不计入总词数。
阅读下面短文, 根据以下提示：1）汉语提示, 2）首字母提示, 3）语境提示, 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词, 并将该词完整地写在答题卷相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确, 拼写正确。
The Tower of Pisa may be the most beautiful bell tower in Italy. However, it is perhaps the 1.（最奇怪的）tower in the world. It leans to one s 2.and looks as if it is going to fall over.
The building of the tower began in 3.（八月）1173 and continued about two hundred years. The tower has eight floors. It is 54.5 metres tall, with 294 steps up to the bell room. There is a very beautiful v 4.from the top.
In fact, the tower began leaning during the c 5.of the third floor in 1178. The builders tried to make the tower 6.（直的）again when they added more floors, but it did not work. It continued to lean until finally, on January 7, 1990, it was 7.to the public.
For ten years, scientists worked hard to save the tower. The top was leaning by 5 metres to the south and was becoming w 8.. According to the scientists, the tower would fall over by 2050. After 10 years 9.hard work, the tower was reopened on June 16, 2001. However, the 10.of visitors is still limited.
I was now in my twenty third year of residence in this island and was accustomed to the place and to the manner of living. If it had not been the savages（野人）who had come to the place to disturb me, I could have been content to spent the rest of my time there, even to the last moment, till I had laid me down and died, like the old goat in the cave.
I had also arrived to some little recreations and amusements, which made the time pass more pleasantly with me a great deal than it did before．
At first, I had taught my Poll to speak. And he did it so familiarly and talked so clearly and plain that it was very pleasant to me. And he lived with me no less than twenty six years. How long he might live afterwards, I don’t know; though I know they have an idea in Brazil that they live a hundred years. Perhaps poor Poll may be alive there still, calling Poor Robin Crusoe to this day. I wish no other English man had the bad luck to go there and hear him. But if he did, he would certainly believe it was the devil（魔鬼）.
My dog was a very pleasant and loving companion to me, for no less than sixteen years of my time, and then died of mere old age.
As for my cats, they multiplied to that degree that I had to shoot several of them at first to keep them from eating up all I had.
Besides these, I had two more parrots which talked pretty well and would all call Robin Crusoe, but none like my first. Nor indeed did I take the pains with any of them that I had done with him.
I had also several sea-fowls, whose names I don’t know, that I caught upon the shore and cut their wings. And the little stakes which I had planted before my castle wall being now grown up to a good thick bush, these fowls all lived among these low trees and bred there, which was very agreeable to me; so that as I said above, I began to be well content with the life I led if not worried about the threat from the savages.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Robin Crusoe treated animals kindly.
B. Robin Crusoe led a hard life on the island.
C. The animals raised by Robin Crusoe brought him much pleasure.
D. The savages always spoiled Robin Crusoe’s happy life.
2.How many parrots did Robin Crusoe mention in this passage?
A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 5
3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Robin’s dog may be still alive on the island.
B. Robin Crusoe lived in harmony with savages.
C. Robin Crusoe met an English man while on the island.
D. Parrots raised by Robin could talk very well.
4.What is the “sea-fowl” mentioned in the last paragraph?
A. A bird living on the coast.
B. A fish living in the sea.
C. A creature without a name
D. An animal feeding on tree leaves.
The £109 Nest Protect Smoke Alarm promises Internet alerts（警报）and an end to the low battery chirp（短而尖的叫声）. Besides, it uses a voice to tell you where the fire is.
The alarm is the first UK product from Nest, which is run by iPod-inventor Tony Fadell. The company claims the device’s batteries will last for up to seven years. The device will offer a spoken warning before it sounds a major alarm. Also it will use text messages and apps on your phones to alert users to low-level risks.
The present smoke alarms constantly alert users to non-existent threats, which will make many users annoyed and finally remove their batteries altogether. “We’ve all experienced the smoke alarm going off while we’re cooking. Sometimes, we need to search for the source of that non-stop low-battery chirp at midnight,” said Fadell. “Therefore, every time a smoke alarm cries wolf, we trust it a little less, and then — in a moment of frustration — we take the batteries out to stop the beep（嘟嘟声）. And that leaves us and our families at risk.”
If the Protect smoke alarms are used, they can be set up in up to ten zones, so that the clear warnings tell users where the risk has been detected.
“Safety shouldn’t be annoying,” said Matt Rogers, Nest founder and vice president of engineering. “It was unacceptable to us that one in eight houses in the UK has a non-functioning smoke alarm. These products are required by law and are supposed to keep us safe, yet people hate them. We wanted to change that.”
1.For what purpose did Nest create the Protect Smoke Alarm?
A. To predict low-level fire risks.B. To experiment with a new battery.
C. To improve present smoke alarms.D. To avoid the low-battery chirp.
2.What did Tony Fadell really want to tell us in Paragraph 3?
A. One of his cooking experiences.
B. Disadvantages of present smoke alarms.
C. His growing distrust of smoke alarms.
D. His source of annoyance to crying wolf.
3.Which of the following are the advantages of the Protect Smoke Alarm?
a. Rechargeable batteries b. A talking smoke alarm
c. Longer battery life d. Going off constantly
e. Internet connection
A. a, b, cB. c, d, eC. a, c, eD. b, c, e
4.What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. In the UK people seldom set up smoke alarms.
B. Matt Rogers didn’t like the safety requirements.
C. Non-functioning smoke alarms make people annoyed.
D. The government should pay attention to safety issues.
Bulletin Board Workshops are held at Women’s Health Centre, 1441 29 St. N.W. If you are interested, please call 944-2260 or visit www.womenhealthcentre.ca. | |
Eating to Get to Your Healthiest Weight | If you are seeking professional help with your weight-loss efforts, then this workshop series, presented by Dawn Peacock, BSc, RD, is for you. The workshop will take place on Fridays, July 10 between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. or July 24 between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Fee: $120 |
How to Reduce Depression & Anxiety | Depression and anxiety are two disorders that often affect women at the same time. They may go unrecognized and cause needless suffering. This four-part class, offered by Elizabeth Miles, MSc, Rpsych, will help reduce the suffering. The classes will be held on Wednesdays, July 8, between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. or July 22 between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Fee: $120. |
How Do I Protect My Bones? | Osteoporosis (骨质疏松) is a serious health condition that affects women as they age. Come to this workshop, presented by Irene Jackson, RN, MN, to find out more about osteoporosis and learn how you can reduce your risk factors and protect your bones. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fee: $150. |
Raising Your Child in a Weight Obsessed World | We live in a world where television and restaurants are pushing super-sized hamburgers and soft drinks, while magazines feature pencil-thin models. This presentation, by Keri Sullivan, MSc, RD, Eating Disorder Program, will offer ways to build healthy environments and behaviours for children. The presentation will be offered on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fee: $150. |
1.You are not free on Wednesdays. To help your child be in good shape, you need to join in _______.
A. Eating to Get to Your Healthiest Weight
B. How to Reduce Depression & Anxiety
C. How Do I Protect My Bones
D. Raising Your Child in a Weight Obsessed World
2.A woman with weight and bone problems can go to the evening classes _______.
A. on July 10 & Aug. 16 B. on July 8 & Aug. 24
C. on July 24 & Aug. 16 D. on July 22 & Aug. 24
3.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the ad?
A. To lose weight, women can attend the class offered by Elizabeth Miles.
B. Women may not be aware of the depression and anxiety they are suffering.
C. Hamburgers and soft drinks are the main causes of children’s bad behaviours.
D. Pencil-thin models are always shown on televisions.
4.We can infer from the ad that osteoporosis is likely to happen to _______.
A. the middle-aged women
B. women who are easily depressed
C. those who are getting old
D. overweight children
At the age of 16, Clara Barton was advised to become a teacher, since she was quite shy. She taught in Massachusetts for ten years, and was invited to Bordentown, New Jersey, to teach in a private school. She saw personally that these communities needed free education for their citizens, and she responded by creating a free school, one of the first in her state. Later, officials ignored her and appointed a male as principal instead. She resigned and moved to Washington DC, becoming the first woman employed by the U. S. Patent Office.
Clara Barton was forever changed by her experience with the troops in the Civil War. She saw surgeons dressing wounds with cornhusks（玉米叶）, since they had nothing else. The medical supplies for the Army were well behind the troops, who were moving faster than their medical supply lines. She brought in a wagon of bandages and medical supplies that she had collected personally beforehand. Barton continued to work on the battlefields throughout the war.
She helped in the identification process of 13,000 dead Union soldiers. Afterward, she was an important figure in a campaign to identify missing soldiers from the Civil War. This non-stop work debilitated her, and upon recommendation by her physicians, she traveled to Europe to recover herself.
While in Europe, and still in poor health Miss Barton was moved by the hardship on civilians brought about by the France-Prussia war. She helped in their relief effort, and in that work she was inspired to create the Red Cross, which served all troops and civilians.
Clara Barton returned to America and then began the establishment of the American Red Cross. The US government did not think there would ever be another war, after the horror of the Civil War. But she convinced them that the Red Cross would be valuable to serve in times of natural disasters, as well. This was her lasting legacy（遗产）, an agency that still provides aid to victims today.
1.What does this text mainly tell us about?
A. The establishment of the American Red Cross.
B. A general introduction of Clara Barton’s life.
C. Clara Barton’s contribution to the Red Cross.
D. Clara Barton’s service in the army.
2.Why did Clara give up her job in the free school?
A. Because officials didn’t make her principal.
B. Because she wanted to work in a Patent Office.
C. Because she wanted to serve in the army.
D. Because she was not satisfied with the pay.
3.The underlined word “debilitated” in the third paragraph means .
A. rewardedB. satisfiedC. disturbedD. weakened
4.What is the greatest contribution made by Clara Barton?
A. She set up a free school.
B. She collected supplies for the army.
C. She identified missing soldiers.
D. She set up the American Red Cross.
