The celebration of Veterans Day is held on November 11th every year in the United States. This day is set (36) to honor and remember the (37) men and women who have (38) their country, in any war and (39) peacetime. Veterans Day was first (40) Armistice Day. That day (41) the end of World War I. Thirty-five countries (42) in that war. An armistice was (43) on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, and this (44) the war was over. Many countries were (45) to hear that the war was over and that their soldiers would be coming home.An (46) American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery (47) a hillside overlooking the Potomac River at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1921. His (48) is called the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier". The (49) of the tomb is where the U.S. government (50) its annual Veterans Day (51) . On the same day, a soldier from France and a soldier from England were (52) also buried in their (53) countries, to give special (54) to the end of the war. In 1954, the U.S. Congress changed the name of the day (55) Armistice Day to Veterans Day. 41().
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B. signaled
C. symbolized
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第二节 短文理解2 阅读短文,从各题所给出的三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A 根据下面短文回答下列问题。 Pigeons have a natural instinct(天性) to go back home, even if they are very far away and the trip is hard or dangerous. Men use this homing instinct to send messages(传言) on small pieces of paper which are fixed to the pigeons’ backs or legs. In war time, pigeons have been known to fly 75 miles an hour and to run 500 or 600 miles. These homing pigeons begin their training(训练) when they are about four weeks old. After a few weeks they begin flying and carrying messages. If everything goes well, they can work about four years. Pigeons have a natural instinct for ______.
A. going back home
B. growing fast
C. flying at a high speed
Everyone talks about the "five" senses of man. And it’s true that we get our information about the outside world from our sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. Researchers tell us that the sense of sight--our visual--gives us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies while the other senses, the auditory (hearing), the olfactory (smell), the tactile (touch), and the gustatory(taste) bring into our brains information about the other twenty percent of what is happening. But there are two other senses that we cannot get along without, though they are very seldom given any credit for helping us to survive in this difficult world. These are the sense of balance, and the kinesthetic sense. The sense of balance, without which we would act like a drunk after a heavy bout with the bottle, is located in the inner ear. The inner ear contains three curved tubes (the semi-circular canals) tilted with liquids. The shifting of these liquids activates nerve endings in the linings of the canals and nerve impulses from these nerve endings help oar brains to keep us upright. The kinesthetic sense is actually made up of nerve impulses that arise from nerves planted in close contact with our muscles. These nerve messages are constantly telling us what position our limbs, trunk and head are in. They serve as a continuous "feed-back" system to help us know how to move our various parts, and when to held them still. Otherwise, we would lack the coordination to run, jump, dance the twist, or even sit still. Incidentally, the word "kinesthetic" comes from two Greek words meaning "motion" end "feeling." The kinesthetic sense gives us our ideas about our own motion. The kinesthetic sense is located in the ______.
A. inner
B. nerves
C. brain
D. skin
F: Hello! Welcome to Ranch Steak House.M: We’d like a table of two, please.F: All right. Would you prefer smoking or non-smokingM: Nonsmoking, please. And we’d like a table by the window if possible.F: OK, let me see ... Yes, we do have a table available right now. Follow me, please. What does the man want().
A table of two where he can smoke.
B. A table where he can see the window.
C. A table of two where no one smokes.