Today I went to Berkeley, near our old neighborhood. I was a bit surprised by the increased number of homeless (alternatively housed) people walking around. I remember there are more in certain areas. So the first man who asked me for money got all my single bills. So when the second man asked me two minutes later, I said I was out because I gave all I had to the previous person.
I was headed to the grocery store for a coffee and after I left the store I walked out to find him as he had asked me for something because he was hungry and I invited him to go into the grocery store with me.
When I asked him what he wanted to eat, he just asked for vegetable and rice. He talked about how much better the vegetables were as we waited for our number to be called. While we waited he told me that he had slept outside last night on the sidewalk, that it was not good, and that he had come from Rwanda and was alone.
He was a gentleman. When I asked if he wanted more he said, this bowl of food would last him the whole day.
I don’t know what his circumstances were before he came to California, and wandering and begging on the streets could somehow be better because you just never know what had happened to him. He seemed like a kind soul who just needed some help like we all do. I am grateful I did a little to help him today.
1.Why did the author fail to give the second homeless man money?
A. He kept some money for others. B. He spent all his money shopping.
C. He didn’t take any money that day. D. He donated all her small money to the first man.
2.What does the underlined word“ it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. He was alone. B. He waited for his food.
C. He slept on the sidewalk. D. He was offered food.
3.How did the author feel about the homeless man?
A. Understandable. B. Pitiful.
C. Hopeless. D. Strange.
Every four years on November 8, the American people will vote for the next U. S. president. Before election day, people following the presidential campaign will see many polls (民调). A poll is a public opinion study. Research organizations ask people questions about the candidates to find out who they support.
For example, one of the poll is run by a professor at a university in the U.S. state of Connecticut. People who work for the polling service call likely voters on the telephone.
How can one poll be so different from others? Here are some things to remember when you are looking at polls:
Not all polling groups are the same
Some polls target specific groups of people. Many polls make sure they collect many different opinions. Sometimes, however, polling organizations receive money from groups that support a specific political issue. It is important to look at which group carried out the poll along with the results.
A poll's method is important
Some polls are using new technology. Traditionally, polls are done over the phone. But that is slowly changing. Many polls are now done online. While online polls can produce good information, it is sometimes hard to reach as many different types of people over the Internet.
Also important the size of the poll. Try to find out how many people were polled before believing its results.
Polls are not predictions(预测)
Polls only show how people feel at one moment in time. They do not show what will happen in the future. Public opinion may change before the general election on November 8. Some things that could change the opinions of voters include: the debates on television, the release of the candidates’ tax or medical records, and unexpected illnesses.
1.What do political polls in the U. S. try to do?
A. Call on people to be active in the election.
B. Help political parties to win the election.
C. Find out the support rate in the election.
D. Affect people's opinions in the election.
2.What do you know about polling organizations?
A. Some serve for certain groups. B. They all collect different opinions.
C. They all make money from their polls. D. All of them try to find the correct results.
3.What is the disadvantage of polls done online?
A. People may refuse to respond. B. Results sometimes lack of representation.
C. Only the young give their ideas. D. People refuse to tell their true thoughts.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Effects of Political Polls in the U. S..
B. Various Kinds of Political Polls in the U. S..
C. Ways to Carry Out Political Polls in the U. S..
D. Things to Know About Political Polls in the U. S..
Mary是—位美国中学音乐老师，一直喜欢中国音乐。她下个月要为在暑假到中国游学音乐的中学生作—个关于中国古典音乐的讲座，但她在短时间内无法找到足够的资料，于是就给她的中国网友李华发邮件求助。请你以Mary的名义，用英语给李华写一封邮件。
要求：
1.词数：l00词左右；
2.文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称；
3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
4.参考词汇：古典：classical。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I'm 53 years old.I had lived in Liverpool for twenty years and I need to take the No.43 bus from my home to the post office every Wednesday.However,it's service is not well.The bus only comes ever twenty minute.What made me angry was that happened last Wednesday,when it was such a terrible weather!I waited forty-five minutes in the cold and rain,so three empty double-deckers passed me without stopping.As a result,stand by the road,I had to wait another No.43 bus.I waved hardly and patiently to make the driver see me and stop.
An experiment was done on macaques（猕猴）.They1.(give)a chain and taught that they would be fed if they pulled2.chain.The catch,however,was that every time they pulled the chain,another macaque would be shocked.
Even though it meant risking starvation,87% of the macaques refused3.(pull) the chain if they knew it would hurt another macaque.In one case,a macaque went a full two weeks without eating rather than deal with the guilt of4.(hurt) another animal.
It's pretty impressive when you compare that to another study because another group of5.(science) did a similar experiment on a different animal-humans.They paid people to pull a lever（杠杆）6.they said would shock another person with7.(electric).That other person was an actor who pretended to be8.great pain every time they pulled the lever.In the experiment,a full 87% of the people pulled the lever all the way to a space9.(mark) "Danger!Severe Shock!"even while hearing their victim scream painfully.It was all to get a few dollars that they could have10.(easy) earned by getting a job at McDonald's.
For many years,drivers of electric trains in the UK were at risk from bird strikes.When they were travelling at high speeds,a____hitting the front of the train could____the windscreen of the driving cab.I once had a pigeon break the offside window into pieces at only 40 mi/h.The pigeon didn't____,but I did—I am alive!
In an effort to provide a better degree of____and reduce delays,of course,research was done to find a ___toughened glass windscreen for____.As part of this research,____was sought from airline suppliers,who said that a good test for ant new glass type was to fire a chicken at high speed____the window material.The____was soon set up and a number of dead chickens obtained.
Even though it was of a standard used by____,the test with the first chicken showed that the glass was not____enough.A second test____broke the glass.Another test damaged the third windscreen!Repeated____showed that no glass could____the chicken being fired at it.More advice was sought from the airline people,who could not understand____the glass they offered could withstand（禁得住）airborne bird strikes but____failing the railway tests. They decided to come to____test.
The railway research team set up a____test and sent someone to obtain more chickens.____the chickens arrived,it was then that the airline experts realized what was wrong.They told the railway research team."You know,you do____to defrost（解冻）the chickens first."
1.A. device B. chicken C. bird D. stone
2.A. keep out B. pass through C. escape from D. take away
3.A. fly B. appear C. fall D. survive
4.A. safety B. speed C. travel D. temperature
5.A. heavy B. bright C. suitable D. flat
6.A. passengers B. drivers C. animals D. pilots
7.A. information B. energy C. courage D. advice
8.A. off B. towards C. beyond D. across
9.A. test B. research C. business D. organization
10.A. government B. army C. railways D. airlines
11.A. popular B. attractive C. tough D. transparent
12.A. also B. then C. ever D. only
13.A. changes B. attempts C. events D. ideas
14.A. reflect B. prevent C. separate D. resist
15.A. whether B. how C. why D. when
16.A. avoided B. kept C. stood D. stopped
17.A. witness B. cancel C. prove D. correct
18.A. strange B. strict C. new D. necessary
19.A. The moment B. Now that C. Even if D. In case
20.A. manage B. agree C. expect D. have
