China understands the situation and needs of underdeveloped countries on the issue of climate change and urges developed countries to support them______ technology and finance.
A. in spite of B. owing to C. regardless of D. in terms of
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On Saturday nights, A.J.Coston doesn’t get a lot of sleep. Usually three or four times a night, a loud bell rings, a red light flashes, and he has to jump out of his bed. That’s because he’s a weekend volunteer firefighter(消防員)with Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Station 13 in Northern Virginia. During the week, he lives at home with his mom, dad and sister and does his main job which is going to high school.
“I have always wanted to get into firefighting since I was a little kid watching fire trucks go by,” he says. “One day on the Internet I noticed that Loudoun County offered a junior firefighter program.” He was only 16, but he got it.
Fighting fires is dangerous work. Firefighters never stop practicing the skills they need to stay safe. Once Coston learned those skills, he was allowed to work inside burning buildings.
“Teamwork is most important,” he says. “It’s the whole team that puts the fire out.”
Firefighters feel great about helping people. “My most unbelievable call was probably the time four kids were struck by lightning,” says Coston. He will be off to college next fall, building on his dream job. “I’ll get my degree in emergency(緊急情況) medical care. and then work in a fire and rescue company for a while. I want to be a flight doctor on a helicopter in the end, but I will never forget the days as a firefighter. These are my unforgettable experiences,” he says.
Coston can’t sleep well on Saturday nights because _____.
A. he has to work part-time at weekends
B. he has some sleeping problems
C. he has to do his job as a volunteer firefighter
D. he always worries that there may be a fire
What do we learn about Coston from the passage?
A. He doesn’t like studying at school. B. He will go to college next year.
C. He dreams to be a great hero one day. D. He is only sixteen years old.
In Coston’s opinion, what is the key thing in putting out a fire?
A. Skills. B. Teamwork. C. Courage. D. Equipment.
All of the following are true EXPECT that _____.
A. Coston wanted to be a firefighter when he was a kid
B. Coston tried several times before he became a volunteer firefighter
C. firefighters feel proud that they can help people
D. firefighters have to practice skills all the time to stay safe
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“ Are you too stupid to do anything right?”These words—said by a woman to a little boy who was obviously her son—were spoken 21 he had walked away from her.They boy returned, his eyes down-cast.
Not a 22 moment, perhaps, 23 small moments sometimes last a very long time.And a few words—though they mean 24 at the time to the people who say them—can have great 25 .
I recently heard a story from a man named Malcolm Dalkoff.For the last 24 years he has been a professional 26 .Here is what he told me:
As a boy in Rock Island, Dalkoff was terribly 27 .He had few 28 and no self-confidence.One day, his English teacher, Ruth Brach, gave the class an assignment(作業(yè)).The students had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird.Now they were to write their own chapter that would 29 the last chapter of the novel.
Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it 30 .Today he can not recall anything 31
about the chapter he wrote, or what 32 Mrs.Branch gave him.What he does remember is the four words Mrs.Brach wrote in margin(空白處)of the paper:“This is 33 writing.”
Four words.They 34 his life.
“ 35 I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or 36 I was going to be.”he said.“After reading her note, I went home and wrote a short story, something I had always been 37 of doing but never believed I could do.”
Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories and always brought them to school for Mrs.Brach to evaluate.She was 38 , tough and honest.“She was just what I
39 .”Dalkoff said.
His confidence 40 .Dalkoff believes that none of this would have happened if that woman had not written those four words in the margin of his paper.
A.where B.why C.because D.when
A.wonderful B.difficult C.funny D.big
A.yet B.a(chǎn)lthough C.for D.therefore
A.much B.little C.more D.most
A.meaning B.power C.force D.sense
A.writer B.player C.poet D.singer
A.sorry B.proud C.sick D.shy
A.books B.ideas C.friends D.chances
A.follow B.match C.decide D.improve
A.on B.in C.out D.down
A.more B.a(chǎn)gain C.special D.different
A.honors B.remarks C.prizes D.grade
A.poor B.serious C.good D.silly
A.changed B.damaged C.a(chǎn)ffected D.improved
A.Unless B.Until C.When D.While
A.what B.how C.where D.which
A.tired B.fond C.proud D.dreaming
A.strict B.kind C.encouraging D.praising
A.feared B.needed C.expected D.loved
A.grew B.lifted C.a(chǎn)ppeared D.returned
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A.there being B.there be
C.there will be D.there is
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---- An hour ago.You the computer games.
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____________ with many teenagers, Zhou Dongyu who comes from the new movie Under the Hawthorn Tree prefers pop music to classical music.
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I seemed to be pretty good___ reading his lips after a while, even better than the nurses that were caring ___ him.
A. at; for B. for; for C. at; about D. for; about
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