He ________ his spare time helping his little brother learn English．


  1. A.
    costs
  2. B.
    takes
  3. C.
    spends
  4. D.
    spare
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科目：高中英語 來源：教材全解　高中英語　必修3 冀教版 題型：050

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　　It has shined and steamed at the lowest point on Earth since the ancient time．Its silence and curing powers have attracted people from biblical(圣經(jīng)的)mystics to modern tourists．But the Dead Sea has been quietly dying for years．

　　And the two states next to its shrinking shoreline, Israel and Jordan, face serious economic and ecological challenges in considering how to save a unique natural wonder of the world．

　　They have begun to consider a“Red－Dead”solution－a canal to pump water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea．But huge costs, and the risk both of damaging the Red's famous coral reefs and weakening the Dead's medicinal minerals, stand in the way．

　　Known as the Dead Sea because nothing can live in it, the world's saltiest body of water has fallen from 390 metres to 417 metres below sea level in the last 50 years．The drop has sped up to a metre a year recently, making a third of its ancient 950 square km size lost．Modern economics are to blame－taking too much Jordan River water that feeds the Dead Sea to rain－starved farmland．

　　Hotels and health spas(旅游勝地)built along the beach below desert cliffs, as well as sites holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims, are now a kilometre or more from the water's edge．Retired Swiss couple Jean and Esther Haensenberger have been spending their yearly“Kur”－a Central European tradition of taking medicinal baths to treat skin illness and stress－at Israel's flagship Dead Sea resort of Ein Gedi since the 1980s．At first, they could walk a few paces from the Ein Gedi Spa to the beach for a float in windless waters so floating that one can read a book while lying on one's back．Now visitors board a tractor－drawn trolley that takes them a kilometre to the water．

　　“It's over twice the distance out today．It's sad that another rare preserve of nature is disappearing．”said Jean Haensenberger as he and his wife rode to the shore,“If the sea keeps going down, will people like us keep coming?”

(1)

What's the risk the“Red－Dead”solution may have?

[　　]

A．

It may change the nature of the Dead Sea．

B．

It may destroy the famous coral．

C．

It may make the medicinal materials disappear．

D．

It may cost too much money．

(2)

The main problem the Dead Sea faces is ________．

[　　]

A．

it steams too fast

B．

it is getting smaller and smaller

C．

more and more visitors visit it

D．

it is getting dirtier and dirtier

(3)

One of the causes that makes the Dead Sea smaller is ________．

[　　]

A．

hotels built along the beach

B．

the growing tourism

C．

less and less rainfall

D．

too much water was taken to farmland

(4)

What disadvantage has the disappearing Dead Sea brought to the tourists?

[　　]

A．

Tourists won't come to the Dead Sea．

B．

Its nature is changing．

C．

Tourists have to go much farther to the water．

D．

The water in the Dead Sea is becoming saltier and saltier．

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The Sunday Times “Expect the Unexpected Australia Adventure”

Three ‘Expect the UNEXPECTED AUSTRALIA Adventure’ Packages for 2 must be won!

Three instant travel correspondents(回信者) will each get to explore the surprising side of Australia with their partners together with Radio 94 FM DJs Jeanie Austin & Maggie Tan(The Morning Show) and Ronny Henry & Andre Lim (The Unmarried Guys)!  This is your chance to discover Australia and, after the journey, to share your adventures on “l(fā)ive radio”.

Contest Closing date: 39 May 2010.  Winners will be notified via email on 11 Jun 2010.  Winner must be committed to travel beginning on 21 Jun 2010, or else other winners will be picked.  The length of travel is about 10 days.

 

UNEXPECTED TASMANIA

Experience a once-in-a-life-time “Wilderness & Wine” flight or relax yourself at the spa at Cradle Mountain.
 

Organizer: The Sunday Times

Sponsor:  Tourism Australia

Official Radio Station: Radio FM 94
 

How to Enter:

•Choose one of the “Expect the Unexpected Australia Adventure” featured in this advertisement.

••Tell us why you deserve to win this adventure in the most creative way through a blog entry OR a homemade video posted on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook or your blog/website.

•Login to www.asiaone.com and send us the link to your URL.

•7 finalists will be picked and the public will vote for the top 3 who will get their desired trip.
 

UNEXPECTED QUEENSLAND

Live it up the famous people way at the luxury Palazzo Versace or get close to the sea wonders at the Great Barrier Reef.
 

UNEXPECTED CANBERRA

Go back in history on a fantastic tour with Tim the Yowie man or pump up your courage at the beautiful Snowy Mountains.
 

UNEXPECTED SYDNEY

Enjoy the pretty side of life by catching a seaplane to lunch or enjoy a close contact with nature at the Blue Mountain.
 

UNEXPECTED PERTH

Learn to fly a helicopter or taste gourmet food and fine wine at Margaret River.
 

69. Other than the four DJs, how many people will be going to explore the surprising side of Australia?

       A. 2 B. 3 C. 6 D. 10

70. Timmy has just got married.  Which one of the adventure packages might he choose for his honeymoon?

       A. Sydney      B. Melbourne  C. Queensland D. Tasmania

71. In which way are the winners expected by the organizer to tell about their adventures in Australia?

       A. Contact the organizer through email.

       B. Post a homemade video on YouTube.

       C. Login to www.asiaone.com

       D. Report your adventures on “l(fā)ive” radio.

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Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

A. Fathers are easier to satisfy on their special date.

B. Greeting cards are the most popular gifts for Dads.

C. People traced the origin oi Father's Day.

D. Fathers have higher expectations for their special date.

E. New neckties are popular presents on Father's Day.

F. People tend to spend more on Mother's Day than on Father's Day.

76.__________________________

On Father's Day 2009, which falls on Sunday, June 21, millions of dads across the US will open boxes, peel back tissue paper, and break into a smile as they admire their new necktie 一 still among the most popular Father's Day gifts.

77.__________________________

That smile is almost certainly genuine, according to psychology lecturer Nicole Gilbert Cote at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Her research shows that even though dads get less attention on father's day than moms do on Mother's Day, dads are more likely to be satisfied on their special date. Part of the reason seems to be that moms expect to be relieved of stereotypical chores such as cooking and cleaning up on Mother's Day, but that doesn't always happen. Dads didn't have that role in the family. “The bar is low, and dad is OK with that,” Gilbert Cote said, adding that the way families — even those that espouse egalitarian ideal — celebrate the two holidays reinforces such stereotypes.

78. _________________________

Fathers' low expectation means that shoppers spend less money on them than they do on moms, according to the National Retail Federation, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group. The stumbling global economy, however, does mean shoppers are cutting back. In 2008, Father's Day cost individual consumers $94.54, and Mother's Day cost $138.36. But this year, the retail group experts gift givers to spend an average of US$90, on Father's Day. For moms, shoppers shelled out “dad an average of US$123.89. “Dad is a little more laid-back and easier to shop for,” said federation spokesperson Kathy Grannis. “His gifts usually range from a simple tie for work to a new spatula for the grill, all of which can make dad very happy.” Mother's Day gifts tend to be more luxurious — jewels, flowers, a trip to the spa, and dinner at a restaurant, for example.

79. _________________________

The most popular gift for Dads — and often the only one he'll got — is a greeting card. All told, an estimated 110 million cards are sent on Father's Day, according to the greeting card company Hallmark. This makes Father's Day the fourth largest card ——sending holiday in the US, behind Mother's Day (162 million), Valentine's Day (192 million), and Christmas (2.1 billion). Fifty percent of Father's Day cards are purchased for dads and another 20 percent for husbands. The remaining 30 percent fall into a broad “other” category, according to Deidre Mize, a Hallmark spokesperson. “It might be someone who served as a father role. Or it could be a stepdad,” she said. The Father's Day card business, according to the retail federation, will ring up about $780 million this year.

80.__________________________

Despite all the cards given on father's day, hallmark didn't invent the holiday, Mize said. Rather, father's day traced its origins to Spokane, Washington, where Sonora Smart-Dodd was one of six children being raised by a single dad. Inspired by a mother's day sermon she heard at church, she wanted to honor her father. So, she encouraged local churches to institute the first father's day observance in 1909. The idea caught on, and hallmark started printing father's day cards in 1920s, Mize said. In 1972, us president Richard Nixon formally declared father's day as the third Sunday in June.

 

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