1. What causes today's reduced use of traditional fans? 2. Why does the author consider having no time to sit and fan oneself a big loss? 3. Where can one find elegant fans in New York City?

Questions on the text Did people have to attend on machines hundreds of years ago? What happened to industry about a hundred years ago? What is the operation of automatic machines based on?

Alexander graham bell an inspired black-haired scotsman of twenty eight, on the eve of marriage, vibrant and alive to new ideas Alexander Graham bell. The Man who invented the Telephone A| xander graham be‖l 1847to1922

一、词汇和语法（本大题共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，共 20 分） 根据句子的意思选择一个正确的答案，错选、多选或未选均无分。 1. It‘s______ by coach from Melbourne to Sydney. A. a nine hour‘s journey B. a nine hour journey C. a nine hours‘ journey D. a nine-hours journey

Questions: on the text 1:Whydoestheauthor.comparea language with a living, organism? 2.Which: language family does English belong to? 3. What: is., it\:: causes: :. the languages. within a: single language family. to become different from one another? Does this, happen to one particular. language:: in.different periods of time. too

Introduction Although the world is large, man is able to live in only a small part of it. The atmosphere is only about eleven kilometers thick. The soil that supplies us with food is only about fifteen centimeters thick and man can live on only about one eighth of the world's surface. In the past two hundred years man has greatly changed his environment. Water has been given to deserts. Roads have been built across deserts and through forests

1. In what physical condition is the writer's grandmother? with her? 3. Is she happy Why or why not? 4 Are retirement homes all bad? 5. What did the writer's mother decide to do when Grandma could not live on her own? 6. How are elderly people treated in many cultures? 7. Why are old people unhappy in a nursing home? 8. What is the writer's opinion concerning the treatment of aging people? 9. What is your own opinion concerning the old people n general?

一、词汇和语法（本大题共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，共 20 分） 根据句子的意思选择一个正确的答案。答案标在答题纸上。 1．I keep my reference books near my desk for _______. A．convention B．convenience C．conference D．confidence

一、 词汇和语法（本大题共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，共 20 分） 根据句子的意思选择一个正确的答案，错选、多选或未选均无分。 1. The time has come for the company to __________ after years of rapid expansion. A. consist B. consider C. consolidate D. combine

一、词汇和语法（本大题共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，共 20 分） 根据句子的意思选择一个正确的答案，错选、多选或未选均无分。 1. The furniture in her room is quite different from ____________ in the exhibition hall. A. that B. that one C. these D. those ones