The population (人口) problem may be the (41) one of the world today. The world’s (42) is growing fast. Two thousand years ago, there were only 250 million people (43) the earth. Four hundred years ago, the number was (44) 500 million. But at the beginning of (45) century, the world’s population was about 1,700 million. In 1970, it was 3,600 million, and in 1990, 5,000 million. A (46) report says the world population will (47) 6,000 million by the end of the 20th century. This is just ten (48) after it (49) five thousand million. People say by the year 2010, (50) may be seven thousand million.
查看答案
When the snow came down in Shanghai just after Christmas, the students in my school went out to play. For many of them it was a day of firsts: the first snow they had seen, the first opportunity for snowball fights and the first chance at trying to build a snowman. But it was a modest (不太大的) snowfall and a couple of days later it was all just a happy memory. In Canada, where I come from, when the snow arrives, it stays. In parts of Canada you can expect the first snowfall in November and there is a good chance that snow will still be on the ground in March. With such a long winter, Canadians have found ways to enjoy the cold and the snow and, at this time of year when China is preparing for Spring Festival, Canadian cities are preparing for their winter carnivals (狂欢节). Most cities have them but the biggest and the most famous is the Quebec Winter Carnival which, this year, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. From January 28 to February 13 the people of Quebec City and tens of thousands of tourists from across Canada and the United States will experience the joys of winter by taking part in sleigh (雪橇) rides, ice fishing contests and snow sculpting (雕刻) competitions. How do Canadians spend their long winter
A. Snow fighting.
B. Having Spring Festival.
C. Having carnivals.
When the snow came down in Shanghai just after Christmas, the students in my school went out to play. For many of them it was a day of firsts: the first snow they had seen, the first opportunity for snowball fights and the first chance at trying to build a snowman. But it was a modest (不太大的) snowfall and a couple of days later it was all just a happy memory. In Canada, where I come from, when the snow arrives, it stays. In parts of Canada you can expect the first snowfall in November and there is a good chance that snow will still be on the ground in March. With such a long winter, Canadians have found ways to enjoy the cold and the snow and, at this time of year when China is preparing for Spring Festival, Canadian cities are preparing for their winter carnivals (狂欢节). Most cities have them but the biggest and the most famous is the Quebec Winter Carnival which, this year, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. From January 28 to February 13 the people of Quebec City and tens of thousands of tourists from across Canada and the United States will experience the joys of winter by taking part in sleigh (雪橇) rides, ice fishing contests and snow sculpting (雕刻) competitions. How long did the snow stay in Shanghai
A. 3 months,
B. 1 day.
C. A few days.
People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal to him. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual(个体的); they can paint them, and change them in any way they like. Most house have a garden, even if it is a very small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private (私人的) space of the individual.People usually like to mark their space. Are you sitting now in your home or on a train Have you marked the space around yourself as your If you are on the train you may put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you. If you share a flat you may have one corner or chair which is your own.Once I was travelling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man opposite to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table. I had read a book about non-verbal communication, so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his briefcase! When I did this he suddenly became angry and his eyes nearly popped out (突出) of his head. I had invaded (侵犯) his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table. Of course, it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me!If you are visiting another country you may feel that you don’t have any private space. Hotel rooms look much the same in every country in the world. All day long, you share public spaces with other people. You see the local people in their private spaces and you feel lonely and "outside". Local people can create their private spaces by talking about things you don’t know about. And you even feel that they like you to be outside them so that they will enjoy being inside even more! This is one of the difficulties of being a traveler! But if you understand it then it helps you. Haven’t you enjoyed being part of a group and "owning" a bit of space The writer was angry as he was travelling on a train to London because ().
A. he had no place to sit
B. someone had invaded his "space"
C. too many people shared a section with him
D. some other people talked about things he didn’t know about
Tokyo is one of those places that you can love and hate at the same time. In Tokyo there are always too many people in the places where I want to be. Of course there are too many cars. The Japanese drive very fast, but in Tokyo they often spend a long time in traffic jams. Tokyo is not different from London, Paris and New York in that. It is different when one wants to walk. How often de fires break out in Tokyo A. Very often. B. Sometimes. C. Never.
At certain times of the day there are a lot of people on foot in London’s Oxford Street. But the streets near the Ginze in Tokyo always have a lot of people on foot and sometimes it is really difficult to walk. People are very polite, there are just too many of them.
B. The worst time to be in the street is at 11:30 at night. That is when the night-clubs are closing and everybody wants to go home. There are 35,000 night-clubs in Tokyo, and you do not often see one that is empty.
C. During the day, most people travel to and from work by train. Tokyo people buy six million train tickets every day. At most stations, trains arrive every two or three minutes, but at certain hours there do not seem to be enough trains. Although they are usually crowded, Japanese trains are very good. They always leave and arrive on time. On a London train you would see everybody reading a newspaper. In Tokyo trains everybody in a seat seems to be asleep, whether his journey is long or short.
D. In Tokyo, I stood outside the station for five minutes. Three fire-engines (消防车) raced past on the way to one of the many fires that Tokyo has every day. Tokyo has so many surprises that none of them can really surprise me now.