Is there something strange high up in the world’s tallest mountains If so, is it a big bear Is it a monkey Or is it a kind of man No one knows. This mystery has puzzled the world for years. In 1887, a mountain climber found large footprints in the snow. They looked like the footprints of a very large man. But men don’t walk without shoes in the snow! In 1906, another climber saw more than footprints. Far off, he saw a very large animal standing on two legs. As he watched, it ran very quickly. Fifteen years later, newspaper had new stories about the "something". A mountain climber said he had seen the "Snowman" walk slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large man. From then on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints. "The pictures showed clearly that the Snowman walked on two legs." So it was not a bear or a monkey. Could it be an ape (类人猿) man The mystery grew! And the mystery keeps growing. Some day we may find out what it is that makes the large footprints. Why were people interested in the footprints Because they looked like the footprints of ______.
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Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hour alone at a typewriter. "You’ve got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be a writer".The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance (自由栏目) writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that I barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write, I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering: What if I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career()
A. He wasn’t able to produce a single book.
B. He hadn’t seen aching for the better.
C. He wasn’t able to have a rest for a whole year.
D. He though that he lacked imagination.
After this agreement is signed by the two parties, both parties shall strictly abide by it.
A. 在双方签约后,各方应严格遵守本协议。
B. 在两党达成协议后,各党派将严格遵守它。
C. 在双方达成协议后,各方应严格遵守。
D. 在两党签约后,各党派都应严格遵守本协议。
Only by practising a few hours everyday()be able to master the language.
A. you can
B. you will
C. can you
D. will you
In the world in which we live today, a man may be one thing but appear to be another. This was impossible in Indian society. An Indian’s name told the world what he was -- a coward, a liar, a thief, or a brave.When I was young, every Indian had at least three names during his lifetime. His first name was given to him at birth. It described something that had happened at that time.Each Indian was supposed to keep his birth name until he was old enough to earn money for himself. But his friends would always give him a name of their own. No matter what his parents called him, his childhood friends would use the name they had chosen.The Indian earned his real name when he was old enough for his first fight against the enemy. His life name depended on how he acted during this first battle. When he returned he would be given his tribal name by the chief. If he had done well, he would be given a good name. But if he had done poorly, he might be given a bad name.A man was given many chances to improve his name, however. If in a later battle he was very brave in fighting against the enemy, he was given a better name. Some Indians had as many as twelve names — all good and each better than the last.All names given to one Indian belonged to him for the rest of his life. No one else could use them. Even he himself could not give them away. This was because no man could pass on his name unless the chief and the tribe asked him to do so. According to the fourth paragraph, we know an Indian’s "tribal name" refers to his()
A. first name
B. second name
C. nickname
D. life name