Tom has been a vegetarian ____principle for years .
A、inB
【句意】多年來,湯姆一直是一個按原則行事的素食者。
【難點】onprinciple意為“根據行為準則;按照原則”;inprinciple意為“原則上;基本上;大體上”。for和by不與principle搭配。
Californiaisalandofvarietyandcontrast.Almosteverytypeofphysicallandfeature,sortofarcticicefieldsandtropicaljunglescanbefoundwithinitsborders.Sharplycontrastingtypesoflandoftenlieveryclosetooneanother.PeoplelivinginBakersfield,forinstance,canvisitthePacificOceanandthecoastalplain,thefertileSanJoaquinValley,thearidMojaveDesert,andthehighSierraNevada,allwithinaradiusofabout100miles.Inotherareasitispossibletogosnowskiinginthemorningandsurfingintheeveningofthesameday,withouthavingtotravellongdistance.ContrastaboundsinCalifornia.ThehighestpointintheUnitedStates(outsideAlaska)isinCalifornia,andsoisthelowestpoint(includingAlaska)。MountWhitney,14,494feetabovesealevel,isseparatedfromDeathValley,282feetbelowsealevel,byadistanceofonly100miles.Thetwoareashaveadifferenceinaltitudeofalmostthreemiles.Californiahasdeep,clearmountainlakeslikeLakeTahoe,thedeepestinthecountry,butitalsohasshallow,saltydesertlakes.IthasLakeTulainyo,12,020feetabovesealevel,andthelowestlakeinthecountry,theSaltonSea,236feetbelowsealevel.Someofitslakes,likeOwensLakeinDeathValley,arenotlakesatall:theyaredrieduplakebeds.Inadditiontomountains,lakes,valleys,deserts,andplateaus,CaliforniahasitsPacificcoastline,stretchinglongerthanthecoastlinesofOregonandWashingtoncombined.
1.WhichofthefollowingisthelowestpointintheUnitedStates?
A.LakeTulainyoB.MojavedesertC.DeathValleyD.TheSaltonSea
2.WhereisthehighestpointintheUnitedStateslocated?
A.LakeTahoe.
B.SierraNevada.C.MountWhitney.
D.Alaska.
3.HowfarawayisDeathValleyfromMountWhitney?
A.About3miles.
D.14,494feet.
4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedinthepassageasbeingwithinaradiusofabout100milesofBakersfield?
A.ThePacificOcean.
B.SanJoaquinValley.
C.MojaveDesert.
D.OregonandWashington.
5.WhichstatementbestdemonstratesthatCaliforniaisalandofvarietyandcontrast?
A.ThehighestlakeinCaliforniaisLakeTulainyo.
B.ItispossibletogosurfingandsnowskiinginsomepartsofCaliforniawithouthavingtotravellongdistance.
C.SierraNevada,SanJoaquinValley,MojaveDesertandthePacificOceanallliewithinaradiusofabout100miles.
D.OwensLake,inDeathValley,isnotreallyalakeatall.
Physicsisthepresentdayequivalentof____usedtobecallednaturalphilosophy,from____mostofpresentdaysciencearose.
漢譯英:暮色中,河灣里落滿云霞,與天際的顏色混合一起,分不清哪是流云哪是水灣。也就在這一幅絢爛的圖畫旁邊,在河灣之畔,一群羊正在低頭覓食。它們幾乎沒有一個顧得上抬起頭來,看一眼這美麗的黃昏。也許它們要抓緊時間,在即將回家的最后一刻再次咀嚼。這是黃河灘上的一幕。牧羊人不見了,他不知在處歇息。只有這些美生靈自由自在地享受著這個黃昏。這兒水草肥美,讓它們長得肥滾滾的,像些胖娃娃。如果走近了,會發現它們那可愛的神情,潔白的牙齒,那豐富而單純的表情。如果稍稍長久一點端詳這張張面龐,還會生出無限的憐憫。
Mycoat__________therebehindthedoor.Can’tyouseeit?
As____clearfromhismanners,heisateacher.