They had wanted to charge $ 5,000 for the car, we managed to bring the price down.
A.but B.so C.when D.since
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Betty Friedan, born in 1921 in Peoria, Illinois, attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She finished her studies in psychology in 1942. After college she attended the University of California at Berkeley to continue her studies. Later, she moved to New York City and worked as a reporter and editor for labor union newspapers.
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In 1966, Betty Friedan helped found NOW, the National Organization for Women. She served as its first president. She led campaigns to end unfair treatment of women seeking jobs. She wanted women to take part in social and political change. Betty Friedan led a huge demonstration(游行) in New York City for women’s rights. Demonstrations were also held in other cities.
In 1981, Betty Friedan wrote a book called “The Second Stage” about the condition of the women’s movement. Friedan wrote that the time for huge demonstrations and other such events had passed. She urged the movement to try to increase its influence on American political life. Some younger members of the movement criticized her as too conservative.
Betty Friedan died on February 4, 2006. She was considered the mother of modern women’s liberation movement. Betty Friedan once told a television reporter how she wanted to be remembered: “She helps make women feel better about being women.”
1.According to Paragraph 2, Betty lost her job because .
A. she was pregnant B. she got married
C. her editors didn’t like her D. she was too independent
2.Betty led a huge demonstration to .
A. fight against the government
B. fight for women’s rights
C. take part in political life
D. get support from the government
3.The book“The Second Stage” .
A. was popular among young women readers
B. thought highly of those huge demonstrations
C. was about the condition of the women’s movement then
D. decreased the movement’s influence on American political life
4.Fr om the last paragraph, we know that .
A. Betty help ed women live better
B. Betty wanted to be remembered forever
C. Betty thought it better to be a woman
D. the television reporter knew Betty well
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改寫后的課文內(nèi)容填空(共10個空,每空1分,滿分10分)(給出首字母)
Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins. They decided to catch the train, The True North, to cross the whole c______.
They began their journey in Vancouver, a city s______ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. A______ the train, the cousins settled down in their seats. When they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed to catch s______ of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. In Calgary, they learned that cowboys, most of whom had a g______ for riding horses, came from all over the world to compete there in the Stampede.
After two days’ travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is quite e______. At school, they had learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometers of the USA b______, and that Canada’s population is only s______ over thirty million, but still they were a______ to see such a large country with so small a population.
That night as they slept, the train rushed southward towards Toronto, the biggest and most w______ city in Canada.
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第二部分 寫作(共三節(jié),滿分55分)
第一節(jié):單詞拼寫(共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)
根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋,寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。(每空只寫一詞)
66. The forest worker devoted all his life to ____(保護) the wild life .
67. The ______ (大多數(shù)) of children in our class have brown eyes.
68. They had the good news ______ (傳開) throughout the country.
69.T_________ (傳統(tǒng)上),Chinese brides wear red on their wedding day.
70. I have no (食欲) now because of headache.
71.The twins are so alike that it’s difficult to______ (區(qū)別) one from the other.
72.The witness explained the case to the police in (詳細(xì)地).
73. To avoid freezing to death,the mountaineers stayed close together for w______
74. We were entertained at the editor’s e_________.(費用)
75.It is not good for your health if you swallow your food without c___________.
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單詞拼寫(共8題,每小題0.5分,滿分4分)
1.Those people, who had w______________ the 7.23 Train Crash in Wenzhou, said they would never forget the horrible scenes.
2.Canadian teen pop star Justin Bieber, who has a t________ for music, is said to be the richest teenager in Hollywood.
3. It’s reported that the famous HK star couple, Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung, have got d___________ to end their unhappy marriage.
4. A___________ the plan means we have to give up what we have done and start things all over again.
5.When you cut down a tree, you can see its a____________ ring.
6. Where there is an escalator, there is a sign saying, “The elder and children should be a______________ by adults when taking the escalator(自動扶梯).”
7. When her husband died in the accident, she received many letters and calls of s_______.
8.“One World, one Dream” fully r____________ the universal values of the Olympic Spirit----Unity, Strength, Harmony and Participation.
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對話填空(共10小題,每小題1分,滿分10分)
W: Good evening, sir. I was told that you were robbed.
M: I certainly was.
W: When did that happen?
M: About two hours ago.
W: Why didn’t you1. r______ it then?
M: I couldn’t. I was tied to a chair and my mouth was2.f______ with something.
W: Please tell me exactly what happened.
M: I was sitting in this room watching TV when someone 3.)k at the door.
Without thinking, I opened it.
W: That wasn’t very wise, sir.
M: I know. I was 4. e_____ my wife, you see, and I 5. t______ it was her.
W: You should never open a door without going to see who it is.
M: Yes, I regret that now.
W: What happened?
M: Two men pushed inside and then 6. t______ me with a knife.
W: Did you take a good look at them?
M: I’m afraid not, They were both 7.w stockings over their faces.
W: What did they take?
M: My wallet with $200 in it, my watch, and some of my wife’s8. j______ from my bedroom.
W: They don’t seem to have done much damage to the flat.
M: No. They had just begun to search when the dogs next9. d______ began to bark. They ran off. It was some time 10.b my wife returned and set me free. I phoned the police at once.
W: My men began searching the area as soon as we received your call. I can’t promise you that we’ll recover your property, but we’ll certainly do our best.
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