Oil is essential for modern life. About 64 percent of the world’s oil is located in the Middle East, but the heaviest consumers of oil are Europe, America, and Japan. The problem lies in getting the oil from the countries that produce it to the countries that consume it. This is mainly done using oil tankers. Usually the oil is shipped safely and with no problems, but occasionally there is a disaster.
Every year millions of tons of oil are spilled into the ocean. Although this is only a small percentage of the total amount shipped around the world each year, this spilled oil can have terrible effects on ocean life, including the coastlines where the oil washes up onto shore.
One of the worst oil spills in history occurred along the Alaskan coastline in 1989, when the Exxon Valdez tanker got stuck off the coast of Alaska, spilling 42 million liters of oil. Although it wasn’t the largest oil spill, the disaster was terrible because it occurred in such a sensitive natural area. In this spill, the tanker’s captain, who was tired from overwork and drinking alcohol, had gone to take a rest. He gave control of the ship to another sailor, who was unfamiliar with the route. The ship ran onto Bligh Reef. Damaged by the reef, the ship leaked oil out into the ocean. More than 1,600 kilometers of coastline were affected by the oil spill. Many birds and otters died as a result of the oil covering their skin, and many other sea creatures and the animals that fed on them were also severely affected.
1.Which country is NOT among the largest consumers of oil?
A. Japan B. Iraq
C. America D. Germany
2.What does the underlined “them” refer to?
A. The birds. B. The otters.
C. The sea creatures. D. The birds and the otters.
3.Which of the following statement is true?
A. The oil leak of Alaska is because the captain was unfamiliar with the route.
B. Many birds and otters died from eating the spilled oil.
C. Alaska spill was the most serious spill of all time.
D. Although some oil leak is not serious, it will affect ocean life.
What do Leonardo da Vincii, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein have in common? They were all left-handed, along with other famous people including Brad Pitt Prince William, and Barack Obama. In fact, an estimated 13 percent of the world's population may be left-handed and still most people around the world are right-handed.
What makes a person become right-handed rather than left-handed? As yet no one really knows for sure. One simple idea suggests that people normally get right-handedness from their parents. Studies have found that two right-handed parents have only a 9.5 percent chance of having a left-handed child, whereas two left-handed parents have a 26 percent chance of having a left-handed child. Another common theory is that left-handed people suffer mild brain damage during birth, which makes them left-handed. However, if this theory were true, it would not explain why the percentage of left-banded people is so similar in every society, when birth conditions vary so much from society to society.
Whatever the reasons behind it, people's attitudes toward left-handedness have changed a lot over the years. Statistics show that although 13 percent of young people (10-20 years old) are left-handed, only 6 percent of the elderly are left-handed. Left-handed children used to be punished until they began using their right hand like other children, but today people who are left-handed are no longer looked down on nor are they considered abnormal. For most people today, either case is perfectly acceptable.
1.What makes one right-handed?
A. The environment.
B. Mild brain damage during birth.
C. The reason is uncertain.
D. Other people.
2.Why is the number of young people who are left-handed bigger than that of the elderly?
A. Because the elderly are forced to become right-handed.
B. Because left-handed people are considered abnormal.
C. Because left-handedness can be cured.
D. Because the young are easily damaged.
3.What does the text mainly talk about?
A. Left-handed people are looked down upon.
B. General facts about left-handed people.
C. Some famous left-handed people.
D. The reasons why people are left-handed.
假设你叫李华，现在是北京大学的一名新生。请根据以下提示，给你高中的英语老师王老师写一封感谢信，表达对他的爱戴和尊敬。内容包括：
1.对王老师教学的评价；
2.回顾在校时你的心情；
3.对老师的理解和祝愿。
注意：1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.书信的开头与结尾已为你写好，但不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Wang,
I’m very excited to write to express my thanks to you.
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Yours,
Li Hua
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作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（ \ ）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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。
On Saturday morning I rode to school library as usual. I was riding very slowly in the snowy street while I suddenly saw a young man in his twenties running after a woman’s bike. I was confusing about what he wanted to do, so I followed him. I noticed he slowly got closely to the woman’s bag on her back. She was a thief! The woman doesn’t seem to notice it at all! After I could take action, two other man had run to him and caught him. It was turned out that the thief had been noticed by the people who was exercising by the roadside.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the only Chinese festival1.（connect）
with love in the lunar calendar. Valentine’s Day in China usually2.（fall） in August.
3. the evening of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, Niulang and Zhinü meet on a bridge of magpies （喜鹊）across the Milky Way. If it rains that night, the rain will be the tears of Niulang and Zhinü.
Compared with love stories in western legends（传说），4.story of Niulang and Zhinü seems not so romantic. They just wait patiently on the riverbank,5.（believe） that their love can be worth their not staying together. Unlike St. Valentine’s Day in other6.（country ），there is not so much importance on giving chocolates，7. （ beauty ） flowers and kisses. Instead, Chinese girls prepare fruits, melons and so on as offerings to Zhinü. They ask Zhinü to give them wisdom and high skills in making hand-made arts with needles in the hope of finding their satisfactory husbands. On that day, people in love like to go to the local temple and hope 8.（ get） their love and possible marriage.
At night, people sit outdoors to observe the stars 9.（happy ）.Some old people say that if you stand under a grapevine （葡萄藤） ， you can probably overhear10.Niulang and Zhinü are talking about.
At a certain point in our lives we realize we may be making life harder than it has to be. Perhaps we feel there is not enough time,________，love, or creativity available to change our situation. We seem to have lost our________ to turn our dreams into reality. The following ___________may give us some hints（暗示） about future.
A boy wants a drum，but his mother can’t ________ one，and sadly, she gives him a stick. Though he doesn’t know what to do with it, he begins to play with the stick. He then comes across an old woman ________ to light her stove. The boy gives her the stick and she ________ her stove, makes some bread, and ________ she gives him half a loaf.
Walking on, the boy comes upon a potter’s（制陶工人） wife whose child is crying because of ________. The boy gives her the bread. In gratitude，she gives him a pot. Though he doesn’t know what to do with it, he ________ it along the river, where he sees a man and his wife ________ because the wife broke one pot. The boy gives them the pot. In return, they present him ________ a coat.
Since the boy isn’t cold，he carries the coat ________ he comes to a bridge, where a man is shivering. The man was attacked and robbed of everything ________ his horse. The boy gives him the coat. And the man gives him his horse.
Not knowing how to ride, the boy ________ the horse into town, where he sees a wedding party with musicians. The bridegroom and his family are all sitting under a tree with long ________. According to custom, the bridegroom is ________ to enter the wedding procession on a horse, which hasn’t shown, so the boy gives him the ________.
_____, the bridegroom asks what he can do for the boy. Seeing the drummer ________by all his drums, the boy asks for the smallest drum, which the musician ________ gives him.
1.A. money B. work C. energy D. experience
2.A. nature B. desire C. standard D. ability
3.A. topic B. story C. idea D. activity
4.A. cost B. expect C. afford D. provide
5.A. trying B. managing C. performing D. preferring
6.A. makes B. uses C. burns D. lights
7.A. in person B. in return C. in future D. in addition
8.A. hunger B. cold C. disease D. thirst
9.A. makes B. wears C. carries D. creates
10.A. dancing B. laughing C. working D. quarrelling
11.A. for B. with C. to D. over
12.A. until B. unless C. because D. whether
13.A. with B. but C. and D. besides
14.A. sends B. controls C. frightens D. walks
15.A. necks B. arms C. faces D. legs
16.A. supposed B. reported C. meant D. allowed
17.A. pot B. coat C. stick D. horse
18.A. Annoyed B. Relieved C. Ashamed D. Encouraged
19.A. introduced B. attracted C. surrounded D. impressed
20.A. worriedly B. silently C. gladly D. luckily
