D

Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown（成熟的）. Quite the opposite ,just as the cook as to undergo a particular training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose is — schoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.

There are still some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe（抄寫員）to do your business or social writing for you, for money. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letters writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.

We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to papers. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figures must be extremely large. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read from first word to last, not just thrown into some “l(fā)etters-to-be-read” files or into the wastepaper basket. This is the reason we make efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.

48. In this passage, good writing is compared to fine food because both______.

A. are enjoyable     B. are easy to learn       

C. are unnecessary to life      D. take a short time to prepare

49. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Writing skills are less important than experience.

B. A good writer should have his own way of writing.

C. A good writer should learn to write the same kind of article.

D. The more efforts one makes, the more money one can earn.

50. The authour thinks that the most important reason for us to practice writing skill is ______.

A. to learn about our life                            B. to attract others to read

C. to do daily reports easily                 D. to become good secretaries

51. The purpose of the author in writing his passage is to ______.

A. comment and blame                       B. introduce and describe

C. explain and persuade                      D. interest and inform

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C．it is very popular in societyD．it can show their status
【小題2】Yao Ming is against eating shark fin soup because              ．
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C．it is too expensiveD．sharks are dangerous animals
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B．Yao Ming donated 2 million yuan after the earthquake of Wenchuan．
C．Yao Ming has encouraged more people to stop eating shark fin soup and protect animals．
D．Yao Ming was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for protecting wild life in 2007．
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C．Energetic and optimistic．D．Popular and confident．
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A．most athletes don't like eating shark fin soup
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C．it is very popular in societyD．it can show their status
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A．it is very delicious                       B．it is very cheap and healthy

C．it is very popular in society                D．it can show their status

2.Yao Ming is against eating shark fin soup because              ．

A．too many sharks are killed                 B．he dislikes eating sharp fin

C．it is too expensive                       D．sharks are dangerous animals

3.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A．Li Na donated 500,000 yuan to a local nursing home in her hometown．

B．Yao Ming donated 2 million yuan after the earthquake of Wenchuan．

C．Yao Ming has encouraged more people to stop eating shark fin soup and protect animals．

D．Yao Ming was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for protecting wild life in 2007．

4.What words can be used to describe Yao Ming according to the passage?

A．Rich and generous．                    B．Influential and warmhearted．

C．Energetic and optimistic．                D．Popular and confident．

5.From the passage , we can learn that               。

A．most athletes don't like eating shark fin soup

B．Yao Ming has been donating money to charity since he was a child

C．Yao Ming has an influence on not only the basketball courts but also charity and public welfare services

D．Yao Ming has taken part in many community service activities when he was in China

 

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Humpback whales

Humpback whales are sometimes called performers of the ocean. This is because they can make impressive movements when they dive. The name “humpback”, which is the common name for this whale, refers to the typical curve shape the whale’s back forms as it dives.

   Sometimes the humpback will dive with a fantastic movement, known as a breach. During breaching the whale uses its powerful tail flukes to lift nearly two-thirds of its body out of the water in a giant leap. A breach might also include a sideways twist with fins stretched out like wings, as the whale reaches the height of the breach.

   A humpback whale breathes air at the surface of the water through two blowholes which are located near the top of the head. It blows a double stream of water that can rise up to 4 meters above the water.

   The humpback has a small dorsal fin located towards the tail flukes about two-thirds of the way down its back. Other distinguishing features include large pectoral fins, which may be up to a third of the body length, and unique black, and white spots on the underside of the tail flukes. These markings are like fingerprints: no two are the same.

   Humpback whales live in large groups. They communicate with each other through complex “songs”.

Quick Facts

Size:

14m~18m in length

30~50 tons in weight

Living environment:

Open ocean and shallow coastline waters

Migration:

From warm tropical (熱帶的) waters, where they breed, to cold polar waters, where they eat.

Diet:

Shellfish, plants and fish of small size

Hunting:

Sometimes in groups, in which several whales form a circle under the water, blowing bubbles that form a “net” around a school of fish. The fish are then forced up to the surface in a concentrated mass.

Current state:

Endangered: it is estimated that there are about 5000~7000 humpback whales worldwide.

 

1.According to Quick Facts, a humpback whale ______.

A. cannot survive in waters near the shore          B. doesn’t live in the same waters all the time

C. lives mainly on underwater plants            D. prefers to work alone when hunting food

2.To make a breach, a humpback whale must ______.

A. use its tail flukes to leap out of the water     B. twist its body sideways to jump high.

C. blow two streams of water               D. communicate with a group of humpbacks.

3.From the passage we can learn that a humpback whale ______.

A. has its unique markings on it tail flukes        B. has black and white fingerprints

C. gets its name from the way it hunts         D. is a great performer due to its songs

 

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