About ten years ago,we shopped only at local stores in the market place () cash.
A.used
B.using
C.to use
A.used
B.using
C.to use
第1题
For example, it is recorded in many history books the people who lived over three thousand years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve the dead.
In some periods of history, a person who stole salt was thought to have broken the law. Take the eighteenth century for an example, if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into prison. History also records that only in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century for stealing salt! About one hundred and fifty years ago, in the year 1553, if a man took more than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be seriously punished. The offender' s ear was cut off.
Salt was an important item on the dinner table of a king. It was always placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. Important guests at the king' s table were seated near the salt. Less important guests were given seats farther away from it.
Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used ______.
A.to punish people who had broken the law
B.to keep dead bodies from decay
C.to keep fish alive
D.to make chemicals
第2题
A.that
B.which
C.what
D.where
第4题
第5题
听力原文:W: John must be over 40 now.
M: Yes, when Tom left New York ten years ago, John was already 35.
Q: How old is John now?
(18)
A.35.
B.25.
C.45
D.30
第6题
第7题
There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private cars. In 1989, for example, the authorities in Rome began an interesting experiment: passengers on the city buses did not have to pay for their tickets.
In Stockholm there was another experiment: people paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus, train or tram in all the city.
In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles, and pedestrians are safe there.
In London there is another experiment: part of the street is for buses only, so the buses can travel fast. There are no cars or taxies in front of them.
What the writer worries about in a big city is ______.
A.the number of traffic lights
B.the shortage of buses
C.the lack of motorways
D.the traffic congestion
第8题
It can be learned from the passage that about four billion years ago ______.
A. the earth was in molten state
B. the earth surface temperature was above 100℃
C. the earth surface temperature was below 100℃
D. rain water could remain on the earth
第9题
A.they are the lowest in nineteen years
B.they are lower than that of nine years ago
C.they have been lowed for ninety years
D.they are the lowest ever in ninety years
第10题
听力原文: Ten years ago a small boy fell off his bicycle because he wanted to look behind. This gave Billy Morgan, a British businessman, a new idea. He designed a bicycle helmet with a built-in minor.
Mr. Morgan launched the product six months ago, and it now has sales of 27,000 and sells in twelve countries from Korea to Finland. The target for the second year is for sales of nearly 1 million pounds.
But it wasn't easy for Mr. Morgan to become successful. He had problems when he tried to interest UK manufacturers in making the helmet. It cost Mr. Morgan 1 million pounds of his own money to develop the helmet for the mass market.
Mr. Morgan found a helmet-maker in France. He worked with French consultants to make the design better for mass production, and spent £ 450,000 on preparing the French plant to make the helmet.
Now he plans to do more research and development. He wants to manufacture other designs of rearview helmets for motorcycling, skiing and horse-riding.
(34)
A.A product launch that didn't succeed.
B.A new idea that became a commercial success.
C.A manufacturing problem.
D.A new design of the bicycle helmet.
第11题
We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because______.
A.there was nothing worth Being written down at that time
B.the people there don't pay attention to the importance of keeping a record
C.the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire
D.the people there did not know how to write