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[单项选择]Why is corn feeding millions of people today
A. It can be cooked in many ways.
B. It is delicious but inexpensive.
C. It gives higher yields than other grain crops.
D. It grows easily in various conditions.
[填空题]The Web Lifestyle
If you ask people today why they use telephone to communicate with their friends or why they turn to television for entertainment, they would
(34) look at you as if you were crazy. We don’t think about a telephone or a
(35) television or a car as if being strange things. These things have become
(36) such an integral part of life that they are no longer noticed, therefore, let
(37) alone are remarked upon. In the same way, within a decade no one will
(38) notice the web. It will just be there, with an integral part of life. It will be
(39) a reflex to turn to the web for shopping, education, entertainment and
(40) communication, just as it is natural today to pick up the telephone call to
(41) talk to someone. There is incredible huge interest in the web. Yet it is
(42) still infancy.
[多项选择]Some people think that young people today are not as hard-working, patient as their parents when they were young. Besides, young people now are quite materialistic. But some young people just do not agree to that and say that time has changed. The qualification for a good youth is different nowadays. What do you think are the qualifications for a good youth now Write an essay of about 400 words. You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
[简答题]Some young people today think nothing of combatant spirit. When facing difficulties, they will choose to yield or cower without making any effort.
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: The Importance of Combatant Spirit
You are to write in three parts:
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, support your point of view with appropriate reasons or details.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
[单项选择]Most people today think of chocolate as something sweet to eat or drink that can be easily found in stores around the world. It might surprise you that chocolate was once highly treasured.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently released a study. It suggested that people in Central and South America first gathered the cacao plant much earlier and for a different use than experts once thought. ① The researchers examined the chemistry of substances found in ancient clay containers that were over three thousand years old. They discovered that the substance came from an alcoholic drink made from the fruit of the cacao plant. The researchers believe it was the interest in cacao as an alcoholic drink that led to the use of its bitter seeds to make what is now known as chocolate. ②
Historians believe the Maya people of Central America first learned to farm cacao plants around two thousand years ago. The Maya took the cacao trees from the rain
A. The 18th Century.
B. The 19th Century.
C. About the year of 1502.
D. After the year of 1519.
