When Bill de Blasio ran for New York City mayor last year, he promised to end a controversial (有争议的), citywide cell-phone ban(禁令)in public schools, which is not equally enforced in all schools. Now, under his leadership, the city is preparing to end the ban. It will be replaced...
and an extraordinary face with black fur around the eyes and ears. By comparing with other carnivores (食肉动物), we learned that carnivores with white backs are found in snowy environments, and those with dark legs and sh...
Last year, I was invited to a party for Tuesday's Child, an organization that helps children with HIV.At the party, the children were painting with colors they like. As I looked___(1)___, I saw the pictures were all bright, (2)one.The boy sitting next to me was painting a hear...
Year after year we see it up in the sky.burning brightly, giving us heat and light. The Sun certainly docsn't seem to be geting old or weak. But stars do burn out and die after billions of years.As a star's gases burn, they give off light and heat. But when the gases run ...
More and more people have to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies ___A___ (21) people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the past year. This is ___C___ (22) to increasing crimes in so...
A million visitors go to Barcelona every year. They want to see Antonio Gaudi's church. This unusual church has a strange history . Gaudi was born in Spain in 1852. He was very poor but he wanted to be an architect. He had to work and study at the same time. He often missed class...
On the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, 23yearold Deng Jie from Changsha, the capital of central China's Hunan Province, paid a New Year's visit to her grandma's home in a red dress with clouds and a bright...
dark and dark C. darker and darker 20. Two days is not enough for him to finish the work. He needs_day. A. other B. the other C.a third 40 分, 每小题2 分) 三、 阅读理解(共计 21-25 A B C 一一个正确答案, 并将正确答案选项填写在答 题:阅读下列短文, 从 、 、 三个选项中...
During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I jumped at the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to save a few dollars? More than that, I’d ...
by driving it into the swamp.And we cleared a fair crop this last fall, twenty bales.Of course, that's practically nothing compared with what Tara can do but we haven't many field hands.Pa says, of course, we'll do better next year.But, Rhett, it’s so dull in the country now!