The gentleman ______ you told me yesterday proved to be a thief.
A. who B. about whom
C. whom D. with whom
— Do you have the time? I've got something to tell you.
— Ok, ______ you make your story short.
A. now that B. even if
C. so long as D. in case
–— It is unwise for some people to drive and talk on a cell phone.
–— _______. It's very dangerous.
A. I couldn't agree more B. Not really
C. Good idea D. That's great
请根据以下信息写一篇英语短文，简单描述一下2014年云南省鲁甸县地震。
1. 地震于2014年8月3日发生在云南省鲁甸县；
2. 震后发生火灾和泥石流；
3. 大量的房屋、建筑物倒塌，马路出现裂痕，水电供应中断；
4. 有些建筑物里的水管爆裂开来，地上一些洞穴冒出了蒸汽；
5. 地震共造成617人死亡；112人失踪，3143人受伤，还有很多无家可归者；
6. 震后解放军战士提供救助：提供食品和水，搭建避难所。
要求:
1. 短文必须包括要点中的所有内容；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使内容连贯；
3. 参考词汇：泥石流mud-rock flow 县county
4. 词数:120左右。
Many children hope to grow up quickly and do what the adults do. But g 1. _ up is not easy. Sometimes all that is needed is someone to rely 2. . For many years, it was Mum. My mother was a career woman and had her 3. (自己的) problems to take care of, 4. when I needed her, she was always there. Her 5. (力量) came from somewhere I don't quite know, somewhere very deep. She was so strong that she would never 6. down, even if I went to her with all my little-boy problems and7. (喊) at her. She m 8. me stronger and gave me 9. (勇气) to try things others thought were impossible. A helping hand is always strong e 10. to lift you up.
One day, a woman from The Express News called. She said she wanted to work on a(n) on me. When she had finished me for the article, she asked, “What are you planning to do next?”
Well, at that , there was actually nothing I was planning on doing next, and what _ out for us was, “I’m thinking about the Guinness Book of World Records for Fastest-Talking Female.”
The newspaper article came out the next day, and the writer had my final remarks(评论)about trying to break the World’s Fastest-Talking Female record. At about 5:00 that afternoon, I got a from Larry King, asking me to go on the . They would me up at 8:00 — because they wanted me to do it that night!
I the phone for a while, and then I called Guinness to find out to break a fast-talking record. They told me I would have to recite something. I began . I was both and excited at the same time.
At 8:00, the car came. I practised the whole way there, and by the time I reached the ___ . I was tongue-tied. I asked the woman in charge, “What I don’t break the record?”
“Larry doesn’t if you break it or not,” she said. ” “He just cares that you try it on his show.” So I asked myself, “What’s the that can happen? I’ll look like a fool on television!” A thing, I told myself, I could live through that. And what if I break the record?
So I decided just to give it my best shot, and I did. I broke the record, becoming the World’s Fastest-Talking Female speaking 585 words in one minute!
1.A. articleB.experimentC. research
2.A. studyingB.interviewingC. calling
3.A. dayB. universityC. time
4.A. providedB. gaveC. took
5.A. settingB. breakingC. playing
6.A. setB. madeC. spoke
7.A. timeB. chanceC. call
8.A. showB. stageC. movie
9.A. bringB. pickC. call
10.A. thought ofB. stared atC.went through
11.A. whatB. whetherC. when
12.A. practicingB. singingC. learning
13.A. horribleB. tiredC. nervous
14.A. studio(演播室)B. theatreC. lab
15.A. unlessB. ifC. though
16.A. wonderB. considerC. care
17.A. bestB. mostC. least
18.A. smallB. niceC. terrible
19.A. readingB. carryingC. thinking
20.A. inB. onC. with
