W: Lovely day, isn’t itM: Oh, yes. Beautiful.W: You’re not English, are youM: No, I’m from Spain.W: How long have you been learning EnglishM: For three years now.W: For three years My goodness! Your English is very good.M: I wouldn’t say that. There’s still a lot for me to learn.W: How long are you going to stay in this countryM: Another two months. Then I’ll have to go back to Spain to start work.W: A cousin of mine went to Spain last year. He’s an engineer, you know.M: Really What did he think of SpainW: He must like it very much because he hasn’t come back yet. I hope you’ll also enjoy your stay in England.M: Thank you. I’m sure I will. Where does the man come from()
A. England.
B. Spain.
C. Portugal.
D. France.
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The strange, close understanding between twins is a familiar enough phenomenon. Often they seem to understand each other and share each other’s emotions to such an extent that one suspects some kinds of thought communication.What is not so widely known is that this special relationship often acts as a brake (障碍) on twins’ intellectual development. As they are partly isolated in their own private world, twins communicate less with adults than do other children. The verbal (口头的) ability of a four-year-old twin is typically six months behind that of a non-twin. The problem can be particularly severe in a deprived home, a one-parent family for example, where there is little stimulation for children anyway.Such children, while capable of mutual comprehension in a private language, often remain incomprehensible to outsiders and thus at a severe educational disadvantage. The only solution to the problem, cruel though it may seem, is to separate the twins, thus forcing them to acquire ordinary speech helped and guided by sympathetic (富有同情心的) parents and teachers. What’s the reason for twins to be at a disadvantage in their intellectual development()
A. They can only understand their own private language.
B. They communicate with outsiders less than non-twins.
C. There is little stimulation for them.
D. Adults don’t like to talk with them.
In Kansas, Missouri, a computer helps firefighters. The computer contains information about everyone of the 350,000 street addresses in the city. When a firefighter answers a call, the computer gives him important information about the burning building. The computer can give the location of the building and its size, type and content.In fact, the computer system has almost unlimited ways of helping firefighters with their problems. For example, it can give medical information about invalids (老弱病残) living in a burning building.The speed of a computer is amazing (惊人的). Within 2 or 3 seconds after a call is received, the computer provides necessary information for the firefighters. The information is then sent to them by the radio from the computer center in the city hall.The Kansas City Computer System also contains a medical record of each of the city’s 900 firefighters. This kind of information is especially useful when a firefighter is injured. With this medical information, doctors of a hospital can treat the injured firefighters more quickly and easily. The firefighters themselves greatly appreciate the help of the computer. They know about possible dangers ahead of them and can prepare for them. Many times the computer information helps to save lives and property, and sometimes the lives are those of the firefighters themselves. Why do firefighters greatly appreciate the help of the computer()
A. Because it helps to save the property and lives.
Because the computer is watching over them.
C. Because it will only help the injured and firefighters.
D. Because the doctor can instantly obtain medical information.
W: When did you become interested in collecting stampsM: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It’s an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.W: Really I didn’t know that. I did know that the charge for mail delivery before postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiver. How much was the usual chargeM: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post offices were losing money with that system. Rowland Hill, an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here’s a picture of the first two stamps issued.W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria. Who paid for mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps()
A. The British government.
B. The individual post offices.
C. Either the sender or the receiver of a letter.
D. The Queen.
With the ______ (pass) of time, the carefully painted white walls have turned grey.