The two cars were broken into pieces in the _____.A. collideB. conflictC. clashD.collis
A. collide
B. conflict
C. clash
D.collision
A. collide
B. conflict
C. clash
D.collision
Two hundred (steal)______cars were returned to their owners.
The bistro proprietor thought that cars wouldn't stop for the two students because______.
A.only gentlemen could understand their signals
B.they only signaled to gentlemen
C.they were too polite to signal
D.their signals were too polite
When were the two cars with bombs found?
A.On Sunday
B.On Friday
C.On Saturday
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Saving a City"s Public Art
Avoiding traffic jams in Los Angeles may be impossible, but the city&39;s colorful freeway murals (壁画 ) can brighten even the worst commute. Paintings that depict (描述) famous people and historical scenes cover office buildings and freeway walls all access the city. With a collection of more than 2,000 murals, Los Angeles is the unofficial mural capital of the world.<br>
But the combination of graffiti (涂鸦), pollution, and hot sun has left many L.A. murals in terrible condition. __________ (46) in the past, experts say, little attention was given to caring for public art. Artists were even expected to maintain their own works, not an easy task with cars racing by along the freeway.<br>
__________ (47) The work started in 2003. So far,16 walls have been selected and more may be added later. Until about 1960, public murals in Los Angeles were rare. But in the 1960s and 1970s, young L.A. artists began to study early 20th-century Mexican mural painting. __________ (48)<br>
The most famous mural in the city is Judith Baca&39;s "The Great Wall", a 13-foot-high(4-meter-high) painting that runs for half a mile (0.8 kilometer) in North Hollywood.__________ (49) it took eight years to complete--400 underprivileged teenagers painted the designs--and is probably the longest mural in the world.<br>
One of the murals that will be restored now is Kent Twitchell&39;s "Seventh Street Altarpiece" which he painted for the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. __________ (50) Twitchell said, "it was meant as a kind of gateway through which the traveler to L.A. must drive. The open hands represent peace."<br>
Artists often call murals the people&39;s art. Along a busy freeway or hidden in a quiet neighborhood, murals can teach people who would never pay money to see fine art in a museum," Murals give a voice to the silent majority," said one artist.
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A.The city trying to stop the spread of graffiti, has painted over some of the murals complete.
B.This striking work depicts two people facing each other on opposite sides of the freeway near downtown Los Angeles.
C.Artists like murals because they like the work of Mexican artitsts.
D.Now the city is beginning a huge project to restore the city"s murals.
E.The mural represents the history of ethnic proups in California.
F.Soon their murals became a symbol of the city"s cultural expressions and a showcase for LA"s cultural diversity.
A.In the past, vehicles abandoned in Middletown were removed from the streets an average of four months after initial reports to police.
B.In one recent year, more than 150 abandoned vehicles were vandalized in Middletown, but police made no arrests for those actions.
C.Some cars initially classified by Middletown"s police as abandoned were later reclassified as stolen vehicles.
D.Middletown"s understaffed police force must give the disposition of abandoned cars low priority because of the number of violent crimes now committed there.
E.In the most recent year for which data are available, there were 28 percent fewer reports of abandoned vehicles than the yearly average for the previous ten years.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文: An Amtrak passenger train struck a dump truck loaded with gravel and derailed Tuesday, killing two people, police said. There were no serious injuries among the 180 passengers and crew on the train. The collision knocked the train's engine and two lead cars off the tracks, said Bryant Woodall, the Fire Department's assistant chief. The upended dump truck came to rest nearby with its cab and rear axle separated from the cargo box.
Which statement is NOT true about the accident?
A.A train struck a truck.
B.Two people died.
C.Two lead cars of the train were knocked off the tracks.
D.Many passengers were injured.
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
A: You Americans are funny! It seems as if you were married to your cars. B: ______. I was reading that there are about millions of cars in our country now.
A.Yes. We are mad with cars and we are called the country on wheels.
B.Yeah, I guess that's true. The country is becoming one big parking lot.
C.That's ridiculous for you to say so!
D.You are exaggerating!
听力原文: In the past two years, millions of Americans have suddenly embraced the bicycle as if it were a startling new invention. Annual bike sales doubled between 1960 and 1970, and there are nearly 70 million bikes in the United States today. That's more than two for every three automobiles.
Of course, the bike has been around for more than 150 years, and this isn't America's first bicycle boom. A wave of bike enthusiasm swept the land in the late 1800s and bicycle production hit two million units in 1897. Then with the coming of the auto, bicycling declined, and for decades remained popular only with children and a few adult faddists.
Now, national preoccupation with air pollution and physical fitness has brought the bike back to the forefront—particularly with adults. More than eight million bikes were sold in the United States last year and a third of them went to adults. The year before, only 15 percent of new bike sales were for adults.
(30)
A.The use of bikes is a new invention in the U.S.
B.Annual bike sales doubled in the 60s in the U.S.
C.The producers made 70 million bikes every year.
D.The number of bikes is two times that of cars in the U.S.
The two, retired professor Mesfin Woldemariam and Professor Berhanu Nego were denied bail at Friday's hearing in Addis Ababa. Mr. Mesfin was the founder and first president of the Ethiopian Human Rights Council. Both men are on hunger strikes.
Prosecutors allege the two human rights advocates had stirred up students in speeches on April eighth, two days before students began class boycotts to press for greater academic freedom and an end to a police presence on the campus of Addis Ababa University.
The deaths came in serious rioting by students and others April 17 and 18 in which cars and buildings were burned and shops looted.
How many people died in last month’s riot?
A.2.
B.41.
C.17.
D.18.
Overseas again, Palestinian and Israeli negotiators have ended the first round of final status talks only two hours after it began. The two sides met in Ramula for the discussions, which they hope, will lead to a final peace treaty. Delegates said they would first focus on procedural issues. But they emerged after two hours, although both sides refused to say if they had encountered any problems. The talks were aimed at resolving the most difficult issues they face. The meeting opened despite a bomb explosion, which injured 14 people in the Israeli coastal resort of Netanhu.
Questions:
13.What accident happened to an American Institute?
14.Where did the accident take place?
15.How many people were killed or injured in the accident that befell the American Institute?
16.Where did Palestinian and Israeli negotiators meet?
17.How long did the meeting last?
(33)
A.Car bomb.
B.Gun-shooting.
C.Plane crash.
D.A fare.
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