things down on a piece of paper, which she then left beside the telephone while she went out to
a ladies’ meeting.
When she got back home two hours later, she found her husband waiting for her. He had a
big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said, “Hello, dear. I have done
all your shopping for you.” “Done all my shopping?” She asked in surprise. “But how did you
know what I wanted?” “Well, when I got home, I found your shopping list beside the
telephone,” answered her husband. “So I went down to the shops and bought everything you
had written down.”
Of course, Mrs.Black had to tell him that what he had thought were all the things the
doctor did not allow her to eat.
24.The doctor who Mrs. Black went to see________.
A.didn’t find the cause of her illness B. didn't examine her carefully enough
C.wanted to fool her D.took her to a local hospital
25.The doctor telephoned her the next morning because________.
A.Mrs. Black left the list of foods at the doctor’s
B.he wanted her to come to his office again
C.he didn't receive the results of the tests
D.he thought she should stop eating some foods, any of which might cause her disease
26.The word “He” in the second paragraph refers to ________.
A.Mr. Black B.a doctor in the local hospital
C.Mrs. Black’s doctor D.someone else we don’t know
27.From the passage, we can tell Mr. Black was________.
A.at home when his wife answered the telephone B. a stupid man
C.an honest husband D.about to leave for a meeting
C
Ottawa is the capital of Canada. It is the second largest city in Ontario and the fourth
largest city in the country.
The Centre Block is the main building on Parliament Hill (国会山). There also stand
several ceremonial spaces, such as the Hall of Honor and the Memorial Chamber. The present
Centre Block is the second copy of the building, after the first was undermined by a big fire in
1916, and it is one of the most recognizable buildings in Canada.
Downtown Ottawa is the commercial and economic centre of the city. Most of the
buildings are office towers. While most of Ottawa’s high tech industry is based elsewhere, it
has an important presence in the downtown center. The downtown also contains a number of
apartments, hotels, and the older single family homes and townhouses along its edges (边缘).
The National Gallery of Canada is one of Canada’s earliest art galleries. The Gallery has a
large and varied collection of paintings, drawings, sculpture and photographs. Although its
focus is on Canadian art, it also holds works by some well-known American and European
artists.
The Rideau Canal is the oldest continuously operated canal (运河) system in North
America. At the very beginning, it was used to provide a safe supply and communication route
between Montreal and the British naval (海军的) base in Kingston. It remains in use today
mainly for people to boat and enjoy themselves, with most of its original structures undamaged.
The locks on the system open for navigation (航海) in mid-May and close in mid-October.
28.What does the underlined word “undermined” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.Checked B.Overcome. C.Completed. D..Destroyed.
29.What are the main collections of the National Gallery of Canada?
A.Paintings from Europe. B.Sculpture and photographs.
C.Drawings by American artists. D.Artworks by Canadian artists.
30.The Rideau Canal at present is mainly used for ________.
A.public transportation B.pleasure boating
C.safe supply D.communication route
31.What’s the best title for the text?
A.Reasons for Visiting Ottawa B.The Long History of Ottawa
C.Some Famous Places in Ottawa D.An Unforgettable Trip to Ottawa
D
The third-generation hybrid rice which was developed by Yuan Longping, the "father of
hybrid rice", and his team ran its first public yield monitoring from Monday to Tuesday and
achieved high output. The final yield of the tested variety, G3-1S/P19, came to1046.3 kg per
mu(about 667 square meters), based on two pieces of land in Qingzhu Village under the city
of Hengyang in central China's Hunan Province.
"Some previous high-yielding hybrid rice varieties in China took 160 to even 180 days
from sowing to harvesting, while the figure was shortened to around 125 days for the new
variety. This is one of the most important features of the third-generation hybrid rice that can
reduce the use of pesticides(杀虫剂)and fertilizers, thus reducing cost and improving
production efficiency." said Qian Qian, the deputy director of the China National Rice Research
Institute.
Unlike the previous two generations that required a large amount of water and fertilizers as
well as demanding growing conditions and technological support, the third-generation hybrid
rice is easier to be cultivated(种植)by ordinary farmers. So the soil, altitude and climate of
the test site were not "ideal conditions" carefully selected beforehand but were close to the
paddies(稻田)of ordinary farmers.
Nowadays. China's average yield of rice is about 500 kg per mu. Ordinary farmers can
produce 600 kg to 700 kg of rice per mu by growing some excellent second-generation hybrid