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Who first started the idea of holding the Father's Day？
A．Mrs. John Bruce Dodd.
B．Mrs. John Bruce's Mother.
C．The government of Washington.
D．Some businessmen.
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Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (75 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
Passage One
Early in November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure (停电). The Mayor promised that it would not happen again. Pessimists (悲观主义者) were certain that it would happen again within five years. In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which produced a serious disorder throughout the city. At that time the city was in one of its worst heat waves.
In 1965, there was little crime during the darkness, and fewer than a hundred people were arrested. In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and looted (劫掠). Nearly 4,000 people were arrested but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night. The number of policeman available was far from enough and some looters even carry guns.
Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows. Banks and most business remained closed the next day. The blackout started at 9:30 P.M., when lightning hit and knocked out supply cables. Many stores were thus caught by surprise. For twenty-four hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.
31. According to the first paragraph, who were right: the authorities or the pessimists？
A. The authorities.
B. The pessimists.
C. Both.
D. Neither.
Legend has it that the first English colonists (殖民者) in Massachusetts (马萨诸塞州) started the custom. According to the story, the Pilgrims~ first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half of the colonists died from disease. The following spring the Indians taught them how to grow corn. In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They invited their Indian friends to join them in a large feast to share in the bounties (慷慨) of the land. This is the first Thanksgiving.
The traditional foods of the big Thanksgiving Day meal include roast turkey, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and Indian bread puddings.
Since the day is set aside for giving thanks, it has also become a traditional family day. Large dinners with many relatives are common throughout America on this special day.
When was the Thanksgiving Day tradition begun？
A．In the 17(上标)th century.
B．On Thursday.
C．Last November.
D．In the 16(上标)th eentury.
The two-way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone else talk and then give an answer. For example, people on the large farms could talk to a doctor far away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was ill, and the doctor could let them know how to look after the sick person.
As the large farms were so far from towns, the children could not go to school. Radio schools were started for them in some places. At a certain time each day, boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities far away.
Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighbors. The program "Round Robin" talks by radio was started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away and who was ill. The men could talk about their sheep and cows and how much money the markets would pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.
(1)、From the first paragraph, we know there are some very large farms in Australia.
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(2)、"The two-way radio" in the 2nd paragraph is useful for children only.
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F
(3)、The "the sick person" in the second paragraph means the person who is ill.
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(4)、The children on the large farms far away could have lessons on the radios.
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(5)、All the Australians live on dry places, and they use radios in many ways.
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Then the aspiring (有志的) reporter may break into newspaper work as a copyboy, running errands and helping sta. ff reporters. He may even be given a chance to write small stories. Sometimes students who are interested in news reporting can get jobs as campus reporters for local newspapers.
Jobs such as these serve to acquaint the beginner with the atmosphere of newsgathering. They give him a chance to sharpen his eye for details and teach him to be sure that his facts are accurate, that he reports them correctly, and that he writes his articles clearly. This work may lead to a job as a cub reporter on a newspaper, the important first step toward a career in news reporting.
The best title for this passage is ______.
A．The Work of a Newspaper Reporter
B．Reporting News from the Campus
C．Getting Started as a Reporter
D．What a Copyboy Does
The Red Cross exists in almost every country 【B6】______ the world. The World Red Cross Organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent (新月), the Red Mogen David, the Sun, and the Red Lion. All of these agencies 【B7】______ a common goal of trying 【B8】______ people in need.
The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and 【B9】______ during a war started 【B10】______ Jean Henry Dunant. In 1859, he observed 【B11】______ suffering 【B12】______ a battlefield in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people 【B13】______ of which side they were 【B14】______ . The most important result of his work was an international treaty 【B15】______ the Geneva Convention(日内瓦公约). It 【B16】______ prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and 【B17】______ citizens during a war.
The American Red Cross 【B18】______ by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of 【B19】______ for the public. Such as helping people in need, teaching first aid, 【B20】______ water safety and artificial respiration, and providing blood.
A．internationally
B．an international
C．a worldly
D．a world's
No sooner ______ they started to work.
A．had they got to the plant then
B．had they got to the plant than
C．had they got to the plant when
D．they had got to the plant than
No sooner__________ the top of the mountain than it started raining cats and dogs．
A.did the climbers reached
B.the climbers reached
C.have the climbers reached
D.had the climbers reached
__________ had I closed the door__________ somebody started knocking on it．
A.As soon as；then
B.Although；yet
C.No sooner；than
D.If；then
Early in November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure (停电). The Mayor promised that it would not happen again. Pessimists (悲观主义者) were certain that it would happen again within five years. In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which produced a serious disorder throughout the city. At that time the city was in one of its worst heat waves.
In 1965, there was little crime during the darkness, and fewer than a hundred people were arrested. In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and looted (劫掠). Nearly 4,000 people were arrested but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night. The number of policeman available was far from enough and some looters even carry guns.
Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows. Banks and most business remained closed the next day. The blackout started at 9:30 P.M., when lightning hit and knocked out supply cables. Many stores were thus caught by surprise. For twenty-four hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.
According to the first paragraph, who were right: the authorities or the pessimists？
A．The authorities.
B．The pessimists.
C．Both.
D．Neither.
The idea for Buy Nothing Day first started in______ .
A．California
B．Albuquerque
C．British Columbia
D．New Mexico
