The development of red tourism is only for patriotic education.

A . valid B . portable C . prosperous D . voluntary

A . Because Uluru is located there. B . Because it is extremely hot and dry. C . Because it consists of miles and miles of red-sand desert and mountain ranges. D . Because it lies in the tropics.

A . Indicates the limits of the navigable channel B . Indicates a danger area C . Is used to identify the characteristics of the light D . Serves no significant purpose

A . makes a cargo reach the farthest destination B . makes the ship go as far as she can C . is the most significant change in shipping industry D . is the most economical change in shipping industry

A . above B . over C . up D . upo

A．because B．if C．though

Parading too were two and a half thousand frontline veterans of the war. As they were driven in trucks across Red Square, they waved red carnations and were saluted by more than fifty world leaders who had gathered here to mark the anniversary. In a speech, Putin said tens of millions of Soviet citizens had been killed in the war. But he paid tribute to allied troops in Western Europe who had been killed battling Nazi Germany. The parading was to ______. A．pay homage to the old soldiers B．moralize the young generation C．memorized the Soviet Union's victory in the WWII D．accuse the crime of the enemies

A.12 B.16 C.18 D.24 E.36

A．a stable population. B．a slowly-increasing population. C．a fast-increasing population. D．a declining population.

A．proficient B．submissive C．intellectual D．structural

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The development of writing was one of the great human inventions. It is difficult【36】many people to imagine language without writing; the spoken word seems intricately tied to the written【37】. But children speak【38】they learn to write. And millions of people in the world speak languages with【39】written form. Among these people oral literature abounds, and crucial knowledge【40】memorized and passed【41】generations. But human memory is short-lived, and the brain's storage capacity is finite.【42】overcame such problems and allowed communication across the miles【43】through the years and centuries. Writing permits a society【44】permanently record its poetry, its history and its technology. It might be argued【45】today we have electronic means of recording sound and【46】to produce films and television, and thus writing is becoming obsolete.【47】writing became extinct, there would be no knowledge of electronics【48】TV technicians to study; there would be, in fact, little technology in years to【49】There would be no film or TV scripts, no literature, no books, no mail, no newspapers, no science. There would be【50】advantages: no bad novels, junk mail, poison-pen letters, or "unreadable" income-tax forms, but the losses would outweigh the【51】. There are almost as【52】legends and stories on the invention of writing as there are【53】the origin of language. Legend has it that Cadmus, Prince of Phoenicia and founder of the city of Thebes,【54】the alphabet and brought it with him to Greece. In one Chinese fable the four-eyed dragon-god T'sang Chien invented writing. In【55】myths, the Babylonian god Nebo and the Egyptian god Thoth gave humans writing as well as speech. (36)

A．红灯区 B．市中心 C．红绿灯 D．警察局

A．simile B．alliteration C．hyperbole D．allusion