Sometimes during banquets, snakes would glide over the tables and among the guests who _______ .

阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned(禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours. Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, teachers said mobile phone use is a distraction (娱乐) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages (消息) to cheat during exams.

She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't get in touch with (与…联系) their children.

Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at schoolA、they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.

Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

1. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones {A、B、C}.

A. because they are students

B. when they are free

C. when they are at school

2. We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from {A、B、C}. .

A. the makers and sellers

B. the passers-by and strangers

C. their parents and friends

3. What does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage？ {A、B、C}.

A. 聊天

B. 作弊

C. 查询

4. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't {A、B、C} during school hours.

A. use their mobile phones

B. get in touch with their children

C. help the teachers with their work

5. The passage tells us that {A、B、C}.

A. students shouldn't have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons

B. it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at school

C. some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't use their phones at school

A.After the cell-phone ban is ended, students can use their phones during class

B.The cell-phone ban is equally enforced in all public schools

C.A phone-storage industry has appeared outside the 88 metal-detector campuses

When Bill de Blasio ran for New York City mayor last year, he promised to end a controversial （有争议的）, citywide cell-phone ban（禁令）in public schools, which is not equally enforced in all schools. Now, under his leadership, the city is preparing to end the ban. It will be replaced by a policy that allows phones inside schools but tells students to keep them packed away during class.

Many schools have a rule about enforcing the ban that says, “If we don't see it, we don't know about it.” That means teachers are OK with students bringing in cell phones, as long as they stay out of sight and inside bags and pockets.

But at the 88 city schools with metal detectors, die ban has been strictly enforced. The detectors were installed to keep weapon out of schools，but the scanners（扫描器）can also detect cell phones. So students at these schools must leave their phones at home or pay someone to store it for them.

The ban was put into place in 2007 under mayor Michael Bloomberg. Ending the ban will also likely end an industry that has sprung up near dozens of the schools that enforce the ban. Workers in vans（厢式货车）that resemble food tracks store teens' cell phones and Other devices for a dollar a day,

Critics of the ban say cell phones are important safety devices for kids during an emergency. They also say that enforcement of the ban is uneven and discriminatory. Where the ban is enforced, it puts a disadvantage on students who can't afford to pay to store their phones.

Before putting an official end to the cell-phone ban, city education officials are working on creating a new policy. It will include rules about not using the phones during class or to cheat on tests.

1. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage？

A. New York City will give financial aid to poor students.

B. New York City plans to restrict cell phone use in libraries.

C. New York City plans to install metal detectors in all public schools.

D. New York City will soon end a ban on cell phones in schools.

2. Students pay___________ a day to leave their cell phones in a van parked near their school.

A. a dollar

B. two dollars

C. five dollars

D. ten dollars

3. Metal detectors were installed in 88 city schools, mainly to keep ___________ out of schools.

A. cell phones

B. weapons

C. alcohol

D. drugs

4. The word discriminatory in Paragraph 5 probably means ___________.

A. necessary

B. tough

C. strict

D. unfair

5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE？

A. After the cell-phone ban is ended, students can use their phones during class.

B. The cell-phone ban is equally enforced in all public schools.

C. The cell-phone ban was put into place in 2008 under Mayor Bill de Blasio.

D. A phone-storage industry has appeared outside the 88 metal-detector campuses.

A．later

B．faster

C．slower

D．more slowly

A．All people don’t recall their dreams．

B．None of the people can recall their dreams．

C．People usually can recall the whole dream before awakening．

D．People sometimes can recall all the dreams they have during the night．

A．Not all people can recall their dreams

B．None of the people can recall their dreams

C．People usually can recall the whole dream before awakening

D．People sometimes can recall all the dreams they have during the night

But the power of waves striking the shore can still be very great. During a winter gale(大风), waves sometimes strike the shore with the force of 6,000 pounds for each square foot. That means a wave, 25 feet high and 500 feet along its face, may strike the shore with a force of 75 million pounds.

Yet the waves, no matter how big or how violent, affect only the surface of the sea. During the most violent storms, the water a hundred fathoms(600 feet) beneath the surface is just as calm as on a day without a breath of wind.

According to the passage, destruction caused by high waves occurs ______.

A．regularly

B．rarely

C．frequently

D．suddenly

A.These vast and risky investments can be seen as essentially a way of recycling the enormous funds that successful firms and individuals have accumulated from you, the customer.

B.Better to re-deploy one’s fortune chasing breakthrough dreams in the sky than on palatial corporate headquarters, private islands, larger yachts, and sometimes even huge charitable contributions.

C.The entrepreneurial extravagance can bring people many benefits, which leads a more competitive market and higher work initiative.

D.The extravagance promotes technology to move quickly, and during the process people increase their ability to innovate, which is a virtuous circle.

根据以下材料，回答题

The Sahara Desert

The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world. It stretches across Africa from Senegal to Egypt. The Sahara Desert is an unfriendly environment. During the day it"s very hot， and at night it"s sometimes very cold. It is also difficult to find water in the Sahara.

In 2006， Kevin Lin， Ray Zahab， and Charlie Engle decided to do something very difficult.

They made the decision to run across the Sahara Desert 4，300 miles （6，920krn）. It seemed impossible to do， but they wanted to try. The three men liked to test themselves， and this would be a very big test.

On the morning of November 2， Kevin， Ray， and Charlie started their trip across the Sahara.

Every morning they began running at 5:00. At 11 a.m. they stopped and rested until 5 p.m. Then they ran again until 9:30 in the evening. Each day they ran about 40 miles （64 km）. Every day it was the same thing. They got up and ran. They listened to music on their iPods， and they ran and ran.

Kevin， Ray， and Charlie needed to eat a lot of food during their trip. Most people need about 2，000 calories of food each day. Kevin， Ray， and Charlie needed between 6，000 and 9，000 calories every day. That"s a lot of food! They also needed to drink a lot of water.

The three men had some problems on their trip， and many times they wanted to quit and go home. It was often very hot （140~F/60~C） during the day， and the heat made them sick. Their legs and feet hurt. Sometimes it was very windy， and they couldn"t see. One time they got lost. But they didn"t quit. After 111 days， Kevin， Ray; and Charlie successfully finished their trip across the Sahara Desert. They hugged each other and put their hands in the water of the Red Sea. Then they ran to a hotel to take a long shower.

It‘s not always hot in the Sahara Desert. 查看材料

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.mentioned