河北省武邑中学学年高二上学期英语每日小练3140Word文档格式.docx

1、1“BRICS” refers to_A.the most active economy group in todays world B.the most powerful economies in western worldC.leading countries with fast development of humanity D.the most stable and secure countries in the world2From the text we know that industrialization in Africa will_Agive financial suppo

2、rts to all African countries B create trade opportunities for both Africa and BRICS C make significant development in the powerful groupsDexpand sustainable economic cooperation in different continents3The author believes greater cooperation among BRICS will_，Apromote global economic growth Bbring m

3、ore challengesCnarrow the gap of development Dsolve Europes economic crisis4Which of the following is the driver of the economic growth in Africa？_A The development of business industry B. Protective exploration in mineral productsC The recovery of the infrastructure D.The benefits of having no fina

4、ncial crisis Stop Spam When I first got an e-mail account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail, I have an endless series of advertisements and other correspondence that do not interest me at all. If we want

5、 e-mail to continue to be useful, we need specific laws that make spamming（发送垃圾邮件） a crime. If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse. Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly. As more and more a

6、dvertisers turn to spam to sell their products, individual（个人的） e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails. Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time? This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well. Many spam e-mails cont

7、ain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively. Such a situati

8、on results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passes on to the consumer. For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate （立法） against spam. Spammers sh

9、ould be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.1. What does the underlined word“correspondence” in the Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. messages B. i

10、deas C. connections D. programs2. According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam? A. Companies rely on e-mail for communications. B. More people in the world communicate by e-mail. C. Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail. D. More advertisers begin to promote sales through s

11、pam.3. What is the purpose of the text? A. To inform B. To educate C. To persuade D. To instruct My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled（翻耕的） soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground. As a child, I loved following D

12、ad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller（耕作机） ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow corn, and our favorite- red tomatoes. As I grew into a teenager, I didnt get so excited a

13、bout gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagn

14、osed with cancer, he still took care of his garden. But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed t

15、hem, he simply let them be. For the first few years after he died, I couldnt even bear to look at anyones garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after

16、breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the corner of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.21. Why did the author like the garden when he was a child? A. He wanted to be a garden-crazy like his father. B. He loved bein

17、g in the garden with his father. C. The garden was full of his favorite food. D. The garden was just freshly tilled.22. When all the kids started their own families, the authors father _. A. stopped his gardening B. turned to other hobbies C. devoted more to gardening D. focused on planting tomatoes

18、23. What happened to the garden when the authors father was seriously ill? A. There was a great harvest. B. The garden was almost deserted. C. No plant grew in the garden at all. D. The authors son took charge of the garden.24. Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes? A. He wanted to honor

19、 his father. B. His son liked the fields of tomatoes. C. He only knew how to grow tomatoes. D. He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.It was a village in India . The people were poor. However , they were not unhappy .After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.Then one day,

20、 some visitors from the city arrived. The told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own ,and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.This seemed like money for nothing .There were millions of frogs in the f

21、ields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them .Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a be

22、tter future. But the dream didnt last long.The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.The villagers decided that they couldnt just wait to se

23、e the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides（杀虫剂） and medicines. Soon there was no money left.Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadnt been useless. They had been doing an important job-eating insects. No

24、w with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper me

25、aning.56.From paragraph I we learn that the villagers _.A. worked very hard for centuries B. dreamed of having a better life C. were poor but somewhat content D. lived a different life from their forefathers 57. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs ?A The frogs were easy money B. They needed money to buy medicineC They wanted to please the visitors D. The frogs made too much noise58. What might be the cause of the childrens sickness?A The crops didnt do well B. There were too many insectsC .The visits brought in diseases