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用心 爱心 专心1 英语冲刺复习英语冲刺复习 英语精练 英语精练 6 6 A Valentine s Day is named for Saint Valentine an early Christian churchman who reportedly helped young lovers Valentine was killed for his Christian beliefs on February 14 more than 1 700 years ago but the day that has his name is even earlier than that More than 2 000 years ago the ancient Romans celebrated a holiday for lovers As part of the celebration girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a large container Boys reached into the container and pulled one out The girl whose name was written on the paper became his lover or sweet heart for a year Lovers still put their names on pieces of paper and they send each other Valentine s Day cards that tell of their love Sometimes they also send gifts like flowers or chocolate candy Americans usually send these gifts and cards through the mail system But some used another way to send this message They have it printed in a newspaper The cost is usually a few dollars Some of the messages are simple and short Jane I love you very much Others say more This one for example Don roses are red Violets are blue I hope you love me as much as I love you Forever Mary Most of the newspapers that print such messages are local but USA Today is sold throughout the United States and 90 other countries as well This means someone can send a Valentine message to a lover in a far away city or town almost anywhere in the world These messages cost 80 dollars and more An employee of USA Today says readers can have a small heart or rose printed along with their messages this year Will this kind of Valentine s Day message reach the one you love Well just make sure he or she reads the newspaper 41 Which is true about Valentine s Day according to the text A Gifts are a must for the holiday B Girls send cards with their names C Lovers usually buy roses for each other D Love messages may appear in newspapers 42 Which of the events took place earliest according to the text A People began to celebrate the holiday B The holiday was named Valentine C Valentine s Day cards appeared D Saint Valentine was killed 43 What is the main purpose of the author in writing this text 用心 爱心 专心2 A To introduce Valentine s Day B To attract readers to USA Today C To tell a story about Saint Valentine D To explain the development of Valentine s Day B Historians say Harriet Tubman was born in the year 1820 Nobody really knows But we do know that Harriet Tubman was one of the bravest women ever born in the United States From a very early age Harriet knew how slaves suffered At six years old she was sent to the fields Working outside not only made her body strong but also made her learn about the Underground Railroad through which she helped hundreds of people escape from slavery later She also learned many things from other slaves which one day would help her lead her people to freedom She became more of a rebel 叛逆者 In 1844 at about age 24 she married a free black man named John Tubman By now Harriet was sure she wanted to try to escape Suddenly the time came Her owner died Though opposed by her husband she decided to escape With the help of the Underground Railroad and through a variety of suffering she finally crossed the border into Pennsylvania where slavery was banned 禁止 Later she told a friend I felt like I was in heaven Now that Harriet was free she did not forget the hundreds of other slaves back in Maryland Harriet traveled back and forth eighteen times helping about 300 slaves escape into free territory She became an expert at hiding from slave hunter The people she helped called her Moses At one time anyone finding Harriet was promised 40 000 for catching her dead or alive During the Civil War Harriet Tubman went into enemy territory to spy for the North She also served as a nurse After four years of bloody fighting the North won the war After the fighting ended Harriet Tubman returned to Auburn New York She kept working She traveled and gave speeches to raise money for better education for black children She also worked for women s rights and housing Harriet Tubman died in 1913 She was about 93 years old By that time she was recognized as an American hero The United States government gave a funeral with military honors for the woman known a Moses 44 What can we say the Underground Railroad is A A kind of train B A special railroad C A group of slaves D A secret organization 45 People called Harriet Moses because they regarded her as A a sister B a fighter C a leader D a friend 46 Which is true according to the text A Harriet was well educated as a child B Harriet worked for the blacks till her last 用心 爱心 专心3 C Slavery ended in America during the Civil War D The government honored Harriet for her bravery 47 Which is the right order about what Harriet Tubman did a She was called Moses b She spied for the North c She worked in the field d She returned to New York c She was honored as a hero f She escaped into Pennsylvania A c f a b d e B f b c d e a C f c b a d e D c f b a d e 48 Which of the following should be the best title for the text A Cruel American Civil War B A history of American black slaves C A brief introduction to Harriet Tubman D Information on the Underground Railroad C MADRID Reuters Spain s parliament 国会 voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes 猿 to life and freedom Parliament s environmental committee approved resolution 决议 urging Spain to carry out the Great Ape Project GAP designed by scientists and philosophers who say our closest genetic relatives deserve rights limited to humans This is a historic day in the struggle for animal rights and in defense of our evolutionary comrades which will doubtless go down in the history of humanity said Pedro Poza Spanish director of the Great Ape Project The new resolution has cross party support and it is thought they will become law within a year making Spain the first nation to extend legal rights to apes Under the new law potential experiments on apes in Spain will be forbidden We have no knowledge of great apes being used in experiments in Spain but there is currently no law preventing that from happening Poza said Keeping apes for circuses television commercials or filming will also be forbidden Housing apes in Spanish zoos of which there are currently 315 will remain legal but supporters of the bill have said the conditions in which most of them live will need to improve vastly Philosophers Peter Singer and Paola Cavalieri founded the Great Ape Project in 1993 arguing that non human hominids 灵长类 should enjoy the rights to life and freedom and not to be mistreated 49 The Great Ape Project was probably set up to A protect great apes rights B research the great ape society C save the endangered great apes D study the 用心 爱心 专心4 development of the great apes 50 What is Poza s attitude towards the resolutions A He doubts their truth B He strongly supports them C He thinks them unnecessary D He pays little attention to them 51 What does the underlined words the bill refer to A The money for ape housing B The rights of great apes C The resolution D The new law 52 Which of the following expresses the main idea of the text A Apes have legal rights in Spain B Apes should have human rights C The Great Apes Project did a good job D Experiments on apes will be forbidden D Located in the forests near the village of Harads in northern Sweden the Treehotel opened its doors in the summer of 2010 and offers six guest rooms Owners Britta and Kent Lindvall invited designers and architects to create a series of unique tree houses that reflect the growing popularity of ecologically themed holidays There s the Mirrorcube a 4x4x4 meter aluminum box in mirrored glass Accessed via a footbridge the Cabin is suspended 悬吊 from the surrounding pines on a steep bank affording views of the Lulea River Both these rooms sleep two people while the Nest covered in branches the Blue Cone which is actually painted red and the UFO a spaceship skewered by pines all have enough room to sleep a family of four The Treehotel was built after they saw a 2008 Swedish documentary 记录片 called Tradalskaren The Tree Lover that tells the story of three men who build a tree house near Harads in an attempt to rediscover their rural roots after years of living in a city The Lindvalls who already owned and ran a nearby guesthouse saw the chance to create a different kind of holiday experience When the film was over interest in the original tree house grew so we decided to build our own closer to our place Kent Lindvall said The plan for next year is five new rooms We also plan to build a chapel so people can get married up there Open all year round the Treehotel might attract only the hardest of souls during the winter as temperatures typically dip to around minus 15 degrees Celsius But brave travelers will be rewarded with stunning snowy landscapes as well as a Three Sauna and under floor heating in every room delivered by renewable energy 53 Britta and Kent Lindvall opened the Treehotel to A protect forests B introduce excellent ideas of designers C provide a peaceful lifestyle for citizens 用心 爱心 专心5 D meet the tourists demand for getting close to nature 54 Which of the following rooms suits a couple most A The Cabin B The UFO C The Nest D The Blue Cone 55 What can we learn about Tradalskaren A It introduces the way of building treehotels B It is about experience of returning to nature C It aims to attract holidaymakers to the Treehotel D It is about Britta and Kent Lindvall s life experience 56 What does the underlined part the hardest of souls refer to A Hard working couples B Strong willed people C Skilled travelers D The youth E Good fences make good neighbors the television commentator said misquoting Robert Frost for the millionth time in my memory It made me wonder if the poet was not looking down from Heaven and sadly shaking his head No line of poetry has ever been more misused in history than that one It comes from Frost s great poem Mending Wall In it he writes of him and his neighbor repairing the broken stone wall that divides their property 财产 Frost questions why they are doing so because there are no animals that need fencing in He sees as well that the wall is a symbol of the barriers 障碍 that people create to separate themselves from each other He wisely writes that Before I built a wall I d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out and to whom I was like to give offence 冒犯 Something there is that doesn t love a wall that wants it down His neighbor however who Frost describes as a stone savage who moves in darkness refuses to part from the ways of his forefathers and goes along foolishly with their belief that Good fences make good neighbors I wonder if Mr Frost would have ever written his poem if he had known that the line he wrote in irony 讽刺 would be used again and again to encourage what he was so against Perhaps he would have written a different one about tearing down the fences that