是我们的所为和所不为决定着我们的未来。

Fighting Against Water For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their main enemy is the sea. A large part of the country is below sea level. In fact, Holland is also called the "Netherlands" which means "low land". Very tall and strong walls, called dykes, have built to keep out the sea. But in very rough weather the sea may suddenly burst through a dyke. Great damage can be caused by floods when this happens. Three large rivers are also part of the problem. These rivers are the Rhine, the Maas and the Scheldt. They flow through Holland into the North Sea. They have cut many passages across the country. At low tides, the rivers flow into the sea as usual. But at high tide, the sea can flow into the rivers! This is because the land is so low. The battles against the water never end, but they have made Holland a bigger and bigger country. In order to prevent floods, the engineers take, or reclaim land that was under water. The Dutch have been reclaiming land for seven hundred years. Land is usually reclaimed from a passage between islands. Two dykes are built across the passage, so they block the water between them. Then the engineers dig long canals and pump the water into them. At low tide, the canals empty the water into the sea. Because the land is so low, water from the sea and rivers can rise up through the ground. For this reason, the pumps continue working even the land has been drained(that is, when the water has been pumped away). The dykes contain gates, and through these the water is pumped out. In many parts of Holland, pumps must be working all the time. If they stopped, there will be very bad floods. A piece of reclaimed land is called polder, and Holland has thousands of polders. Some are very large, but others are quite small. There are farms on many of the polders. Corn and other crops grow well on the drained land, and it gives good grass for cattle. Many small towns and villages stand on polders. Even Amsterdam’s great airport, Schiphol, was built on reclaimed land. This land used to be under the old Lake Haarlem.Water is the main threat to Holland because ______.

A．the sea is too rough
B．the land is lower than the sea
C．the high and strong dykes can not keep the floods out
D．the weather is too rough

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Fighting Against Water For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their main enemy is the sea. A large part of the country is below sea level. In fact, Holland is also called the "Netherlands" which means "low land". Very tall and strong walls, called dykes, have built to keep out the sea. But in very rough weather the sea may suddenly burst through a dyke. Great damage can be caused by floods when this happens. Three large rivers are also part of the problem. These rivers are the Rhine, the Maas and the Scheldt. They flow through Holland into the North Sea. They have cut many passages across the country. At low tides, the rivers flow into the sea as usual. But at high tide, the sea can flow into the rivers! This is because the land is so low. The battles against the water never end, but they have made Holland a bigger and bigger country. In order to prevent floods, the engineers take, or reclaim land that was under water. The Dutch have been reclaiming land for seven hundred years. Land is usually reclaimed from a passage between islands. Two dykes are built across the passage, so they block the water between them. Then the engineers dig long canals and pump the water into them. At low tide, the canals empty the water into the sea. Because the land is so low, water from the sea and rivers can rise up through the ground. For this reason, the pumps continue working even the land has been drained(that is, when the water has been pumped away). The dykes contain gates, and through these the water is pumped out. In many parts of Holland, pumps must be working all the time. If they stopped, there will be very bad floods. A piece of reclaimed land is called polder, and Holland has thousands of polders. Some are very large, but others are quite small. There are farms on many of the polders. Corn and other crops grow well on the drained land, and it gives good grass for cattle. Many small towns and villages stand on polders. Even Amsterdam’s great airport, Schiphol, was built on reclaimed land. This land used to be under the old Lake Haarlem."Netherlands" means ______.

A．high land
B．land of water
C．low land
D．land of dykes

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Fighting Against Water For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their main enemy is the sea. A large part of the country is below sea level. In fact, Holland is also called the "Netherlands" which means "low land". Very tall and strong walls, called dykes, have built to keep out the sea. But in very rough weather the sea may suddenly burst through a dyke. Great damage can be caused by floods when this happens. Three large rivers are also part of the problem. These rivers are the Rhine, the Maas and the Scheldt. They flow through Holland into the North Sea. They have cut many passages across the country. At low tides, the rivers flow into the sea as usual. But at high tide, the sea can flow into the rivers! This is because the land is so low. The battles against the water never end, but they have made Holland a bigger and bigger country. In order to prevent floods, the engineers take, or reclaim land that was under water. The Dutch have been reclaiming land for seven hundred years. Land is usually reclaimed from a passage between islands. Two dykes are built across the passage, so they block the water between them. Then the engineers dig long canals and pump the water into them. At low tide, the canals empty the water into the sea. Because the land is so low, water from the sea and rivers can rise up through the ground. For this reason, the pumps continue working even the land has been drained(that is, when the water has been pumped away). The dykes contain gates, and through these the water is pumped out. In many parts of Holland, pumps must be working all the time. If they stopped, there will be very bad floods. A piece of reclaimed land is called polder, and Holland has thousands of polders. Some are very large, but others are quite small. There are farms on many of the polders. Corn and other crops grow well on the drained land, and it gives good grass for cattle. Many small towns and villages stand on polders. Even Amsterdam’s great airport, Schiphol, was built on reclaimed land. This land used to be under the old Lake Haarlem.Holland is threatened not only by the sea, but also by ______.

A．the floods from broken dykes
B．the three rivers
C．the sea tides
D．many passages the three rivers have cut across the country

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Our environment is getting worse and worse with the increase of the world population, which affects the environment in two ways. Firstly, the limited energy resources will be used up much faster. Secondly, the increasing population creates more pollution, another severe problem that needs to be solved. Both problems are long-term ones because actions taken now show their results slowly over many years. They are also urgent because delays in action can lead to great suffering and social problems. The question seems to be difficult to handle for most people. However, a person can be a protector of environment in everyday life if he takes actions to save the environment right now. With the development of technology, cars make transportation easier and quicker than before, but we can’t ignore the disadvantages brought to us by more and more cars in use. For example, we are consuming gasoline, which is a non-renewable resource, and will soon be gone. Moreover, the exhausted gas from cars pollutes our air, and our health is therefore threatened by air pollution, which has a big potential effect on our daily life. So we can consider walking, taking buses, carpooling instead of driving cars alone. This seems to be a very slow process that can’t be so effective if it’s taken by a single person. But when more and more people become aware of the importance and positively take it as their personal responsibilities, the condition of the air will be improved to great extent.According to the writer, the main problem to our environment today is ______.

A．the increase of population
B．the limited energy resources
C．the more serious air pollution
D．the development of technology

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Our environment is getting worse and worse with the increase of the world population, which affects the environment in two ways. Firstly, the limited energy resources will be used up much faster. Secondly, the increasing population creates more pollution, another severe problem that needs to be solved. Both problems are long-term ones because actions taken now show their results slowly over many years. They are also urgent because delays in action can lead to great suffering and social problems. The question seems to be difficult to handle for most people. However, a person can be a protector of environment in everyday life if he takes actions to save the environment right now. With the development of technology, cars make transportation easier and quicker than before, but we can’t ignore the disadvantages brought to us by more and more cars in use. For example, we are consuming gasoline, which is a non-renewable resource, and will soon be gone. Moreover, the exhausted gas from cars pollutes our air, and our health is therefore threatened by air pollution, which has a big potential effect on our daily life. So we can consider walking, taking buses, carpooling instead of driving cars alone. This seems to be a very slow process that can’t be so effective if it’s taken by a single person. But when more and more people become aware of the importance and positively take it as their personal responsibilities, the condition of the air will be improved to great extent.From the passage, we can know that ______.

A．effective measures can be taken mainly by the government
B．taking measures now can soon improve the environment
C．immediate measures can cause great suffering and social problems
D．every single person’s action has some effect on environment protection

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Fighting Against Water For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their main enemy is the sea. A large part of the country is below sea level. In fact, Holland is also called the "Netherlands" which means "low land". Very tall and strong walls, called dykes, have built to keep out the sea. But in very rough weather the sea may suddenly burst through a dyke. Great damage can be caused by floods when this happens. Three large rivers are also part of the problem. These rivers are the Rhine, the Maas and the Scheldt. They flow through Holland into the North Sea. They have cut many passages across the country. At low tides, the rivers flow into the sea as usual. But at high tide, the sea can flow into the rivers! This is because the land is so low. The battles against the water never end, but they have made Holland a bigger and bigger country. In order to prevent floods, the engineers take, or reclaim land that was under water. The Dutch have been reclaiming land for seven hundred years. Land is usually reclaimed from a passage between islands. Two dykes are built across the passage, so they block the water between them. Then the engineers dig long canals and pump the water into them. At low tide, the canals empty the water into the sea. Because the land is so low, water from the sea and rivers can rise up through the ground. For this reason, the pumps continue working even the land has been drained(that is, when the water has been pumped away). The dykes contain gates, and through these the water is pumped out. In many parts of Holland, pumps must be working all the time. If they stopped, there will be very bad floods. A piece of reclaimed land is called polder, and Holland has thousands of polders. Some are very large, but others are quite small. There are farms on many of the polders. Corn and other crops grow well on the drained land, and it gives good grass for cattle. Many small towns and villages stand on polders. Even Amsterdam’s great airport, Schiphol, was built on reclaimed land. This land used to be under the old Lake Haarlem.The Holland claims land from the sea in order to ______.

A．prevent floods
B．make their country larger
C．make their country more beautiful
D．have more farmland

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Our environment is getting worse and worse with the increase of the world population, which affects the environment in two ways. Firstly, the limited energy resources will be used up much faster. Secondly, the increasing population creates more pollution, another severe problem that needs to be solved. Both problems are long-term ones because actions taken now show their results slowly over many years. They are also urgent because delays in action can lead to great suffering and social problems. The question seems to be difficult to handle for most people. However, a person can be a protector of environment in everyday life if he takes actions to save the environment right now. With the development of technology, cars make transportation easier and quicker than before, but we can’t ignore the disadvantages brought to us by more and more cars in use. For example, we are consuming gasoline, which is a non-renewable resource, and will soon be gone. Moreover, the exhausted gas from cars pollutes our air, and our health is therefore threatened by air pollution, which has a big potential effect on our daily life. So we can consider walking, taking buses, carpooling instead of driving cars alone. This seems to be a very slow process that can’t be so effective if it’s taken by a single person. But when more and more people become aware of the importance and positively take it as their personal responsibilities, the condition of the air will be improved to great extent.The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is most probably to ______.

A．complain about people’s slow actions to protect the environment
B．advise people to take actions to protect the environment
C．show himself to be an active environment protector
D．point out the bad effects of technologies in protecting environment

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Our environment is getting worse and worse with the increase of the world population, which affects the environment in two ways. Firstly, the limited energy resources will be used up much faster. Secondly, the increasing population creates more pollution, another severe problem that needs to be solved. Both problems are long-term ones because actions taken now show their results slowly over many years. They are also urgent because delays in action can lead to great suffering and social problems. The question seems to be difficult to handle for most people. However, a person can be a protector of environment in everyday life if he takes actions to save the environment right now. With the development of technology, cars make transportation easier and quicker than before, but we can’t ignore the disadvantages brought to us by more and more cars in use. For example, we are consuming gasoline, which is a non-renewable resource, and will soon be gone. Moreover, the exhausted gas from cars pollutes our air, and our health is therefore threatened by air pollution, which has a big potential effect on our daily life. So we can consider walking, taking buses, carpooling instead of driving cars alone. This seems to be a very slow process that can’t be so effective if it’s taken by a single person. But when more and more people become aware of the importance and positively take it as their personal responsibilities, the condition of the air will be improved to great extent.The passage is mainly about ______.

A．energy resources saving
B．environmental protection
C．population control
D．air pollution

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Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them. It’s always a good idea to put on your seat belt when "you’re in a car. Why Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard(滑板) and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won’t. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break. Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won’t go flying. It will stay safely on the skateboard. Volvo, a famous Swedish carmaker, was the first to use seat belts in 1949. Air bags are also very important for car safety because sometimes a seat belt isn’t enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them. Most newer cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its airbags will come out quickly in less than one second—to keep the people inside safe.We have to be careful in driving a car mainly because it could be ______.

A．little fun
B．a pleasure
C．a lot of trouble
D．a great danger

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A. On behalf of the company, I would like to thank you for all you have done.B. It is what we do and what we do not do that determine our future.C. Although the evidence indicates that television violence increases aggressive attitudes, more long-term studies are needed to demonstrate if it is linked to violent behavior as well.D. All lawyers have had expensive and highly specialized training, and they work long, difficult hours for the money they earn.所有律师都经过了费用高昂、极为专业化的训练，而且他们的收入都是通过长时间辛苦工作才得来的。

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Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them. It’s always a good idea to put on your seat belt when "you’re in a car. Why Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard(滑板) and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won’t. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break. Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won’t go flying. It will stay safely on the skateboard. Volvo, a famous Swedish carmaker, was the first to use seat belts in 1949. Air bags are also very important for car safety because sometimes a seat belt isn’t enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them. Most newer cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its airbags will come out quickly in less than one second—to keep the people inside safe.The example of an egg on a skateboard is used to show that _______.

A．eggs break easily on a moving skateboard
B．cars that are moving suddenly are dangerous
C．seat belts are important to safety
D．driving is a dangerous act

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A. On behalf of the company, I would like to thank you for all you have done.B. It is what we do and what we do not do that determine our future.C. Although the evidence indicates that television violence increases aggressive attitudes, more long-term studies are needed to demonstrate if it is linked to violent behavior as well.D. All lawyers have had expensive and highly specialized training, and they work long, difficult hours for the money they earn.我代表公司对你所做的一切表示感谢。

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A. On behalf of the company, I would like to thank you for all you have done.B. It is what we do and what we do not do that determine our future.C. Although the evidence indicates that television violence increases aggressive attitudes, more long-term studies are needed to demonstrate if it is linked to violent behavior as well.D. All lawyers have had expensive and highly specialized training, and they work long, difficult hours for the money they earn.尽管有证据表明了电视暴力助长了人们的好斗性，但人们的暴力行为是否也与电视暴力有关还需要更长期的研究来证实。

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Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them. It’s always a good idea to put on your seat belt when "you’re in a car. Why Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard(滑板) and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won’t. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break. Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won’t go flying. It will stay safely on the skateboard. Volvo, a famous Swedish carmaker, was the first to use seat belts in 1949. Air bags are also very important for car safety because sometimes a seat belt isn’t enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them. Most newer cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its airbags will come out quickly in less than one second—to keep the people inside safe.Which of the following statements is TRUE

A．People with seat belts tied will always be safe in cars.
B．Volvo was the first carmaker to use seat belts in cars.
C．Air bags will come out before the cars hit something.
D．All cars have air bags in front of the seats.

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A. On behalf of the company, I would like to thank you for all you have done.B. It is what we do and what we do not do that determine our future.C. Although the evidence indicates that television violence increases aggressive attitudes, more long-term studies are needed to demonstrate if it is linked to violent behavior as well.D. All lawyers have had expensive and highly specialized training, and they work long, difficult hours for the money they earn.是我们的所为和所不为决定着我们的未来。

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Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them. It’s always a good idea to put on your seat belt when "you’re in a car. Why Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard(滑板) and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won’t. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break. Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won’t go flying. It will stay safely on the skateboard. Volvo, a famous Swedish carmaker, was the first to use seat belts in 1949. Air bags are also very important for car safety because sometimes a seat belt isn’t enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them. Most newer cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its airbags will come out quickly in less than one second—to keep the people inside safe.The best title for this passage is ______.

A．Buy a Volvo with Airbags
B．Make a Car Safe Inside
C．Fasten Your Seat Belts
D．Add Air Bags to Cars

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A. With all the information fed to our senses every day, the data is always a result of the past, and what lies in the future is simply impossible to know.B. Given the government’s record on unemployment, their chance of winning the election looks poor.C. If a company wants to revise the stock-purchase plan it offers to employees, management should explain the changes and the reasons for them to employees.D. Maybe you haven’t noticed it in the market, but it is one of the five major health care tea drinks.鉴于政府在解决失业问题上效果不佳，他们在选举中获胜的机会似乎不大。

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A. With all the information fed to our senses every day, the data is always a result of the past, and what lies in the future is simply impossible to know.B. Given the government’s record on unemployment, their chance of winning the election looks poor.C. If a company wants to revise the stock-purchase plan it offers to employees, management should explain the changes and the reasons for them to employees.D. Maybe you haven’t noticed it in the market, but it is one of the five major health care tea drinks.如果公司要修改向雇员提供的股票购买计划，公司管理层应当向员工们解释这些变化及其变化的理由。

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A. With all the information fed to our senses every day, the data is always a result of the past, and what lies in the future is simply impossible to know.B. Given the government’s record on unemployment, their chance of winning the election looks poor.C. If a company wants to revise the stock-purchase plan it offers to employees, management should explain the changes and the reasons for them to employees.D. Maybe you haven’t noticed it in the market, but it is one of the five major health care tea drinks.也许你从未在市场上见过它，但它却在五大保健养生饮料茶中占一席之地。

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A. With all the information fed to our senses every day, the data is always a result of the past, and what lies in the future is simply impossible to know.B. Given the government’s record on unemployment, their chance of winning the election looks poor.C. If a company wants to revise the stock-purchase plan it offers to employees, management should explain the changes and the reasons for them to employees.D. Maybe you haven’t noticed it in the market, but it is one of the five major health care tea drinks.每天我们从各种途径接受无数的信息，但这些信息仅代表着过去的结果，未来的情况根本无法预知。

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