As he wiped sweat from his face on a crowded bus, Wang Jun spoke angrily, " it is simply too hot today. They say it is 35 degrees, but who believes them?"
Mr. Wang, a retired worker, was echoing the feelings of thousands of Beijing people as summer entered its hottest stage.
Thursday was the hottest day of the year so far, with the temperature officially reported as 36 degrees. But many people believe the government understates the real figure because regulations (条例 ) passed in the 1950s allow workers to stay at home for all or half day if the temperature is higher than 38 degrees.
" It was at least 40 degrees on Thursday, " said Liang Guojun, a middle school teacher. " It was unbearable. But the newspaper said only 36 and forecast rain. Of which there was none.
In Beijing, visitors to Daguanyuan Park in the southwest of the city said the ground temperature reached 55 degrees on Thursday.
The Beijing Evening News reported yesterday that more than 3 , 000 people had been admitted to hospitals suffering from heat stroke (中暑) , while local power companies were struggling to meet the demand for electricity.
A heat wave is sweeping much of the mainland, with temperatures in parts of Beijing, Shandong and Hebei provinces reaching as high as 39 degrees. Xinhua said the average temperature in Beijing on Thursday was 36 degrees but in the northern part of Tanghe Kou it was 39 degrees.
Hundreds of people suffering fevers were treated at hospitals. The Chaoyang hospital in northeast Beijing reported 55 such cases on Wednesday. They said most were caused by the difference in temperature between air-conditioned areas and outdoors.
Mr. Liang said the regulation on stopping work when the temperature reached 38 degrees was passed in the 1950s when Beijing had no air-conditioning and depended on fans—either handheld or electric.
"But in those days the temperature rarely reached 38 degrees, so the rule was not actually used. Now we have had years of global warming and industrial pollution and the summers get hotter each year, which means that the temperature is often higher than 38.
But an official from the Beijing Meteorological Observatory (北京气象台) said they had no knowledge of any such regulation.
Whom does the underlined word "they" (Paragraph 1) refer to?
A. Bus drivers.
B. Weather reports.
C. Newspaper editors.
D. Passengers on the bus.
A.They don't have their own cars to drive to work.B.Many of them are romantic by tempe
A. They don't have their own cars to drive to work.
B. Many of them are romantic by temperament.
C. Most of them enjoy the drinks on the boat.
D. They mod to be more friendly to each other.
听力原文: The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with suburbs to the north. Each day about one hundred thousand automobiles cross the bridge taking people to and from the city. More than half of them cross the bridge during the morning and evening rush hours when traffic ii so heavy that trip is not pleasant.
Now however there is at least one group of happy commuters. These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it. They go to work by boat and enjoy it se much that' most of them say they will never go by car again. The ferry they take is spacious, quiet and comfortable. Commuters can enjoy the sun on deck, In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop. And in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at the beautiful scenery. The trip takes only 30 minutes and is not very costly. But best of all, being on a boat seems to make people friendlier toward each other. There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry.
Because the ferry has been so successful, there are plans to use other still larger boats. There is also a proposal for a high speed boat that will make the trip in only 15 minutes. But not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half an hour is just enough time to relax.
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A. They are delighted because they can enjoy the scenery while driving.
B. They are frightened because traffic accidents are frequents.
C. They are irritated because the bridge is jammed with cars.
D. They are pleased because it saves them much time.
So the king made it 【B8】______ to all that if any person could discover the 【B9】______ and find out where it was that the princesses danced in the 【B10】______ , he would have the 【B11】______ he liked best to take as his wife, and would be king 【B12】______ his death. But whoever tried and did not succeed, after three days and nights, would be 【B13】______ to death.
A prince from a nearby country soon came. He was well entertained, and in the evening was taken to the chamber (大房间) next 【B14】______ the one where the princesses lay in their twelve 【B15】______ .There be was to sit and 【B16】______ where they went to dance; and, in order 【B17】______ nothing could happen without him hearing it, the door of his 【B18】______ was left open. But the prince soon went to sleep; and when he 【B19】______ in the morning he found that the princesses had all been dancing, 【B20】______ the soles of their shoes were full of holes.
【B1】
A. was
B. were
C. is
D. are