He replied the question ().
A.in the English
B.in English
C.with English
A.in the English
B.in English
C.with English
【C1】
A.world
B.global
C.worldly
D.globe
After having assured their return journey,
the writer and his companion could concentrate
on collecting and film animals. Deciding to 【M1】______
enlist the help the local Indians, they made
their way to a nearby village, in which proved 【M2】______
to be a few dilapidated huts in a pleasant
valley. The Indians they found there worn 【M3】______
remnants of European clothes and had
obviously abandoned their traditional way
of life. They kept a few disease chickens 【M4】______
and skinny cattle instead of hunting for
their meat. The writer' s companion explained
that they were looking for birds and mammals,
particular armadillos, for which they would 【M5】______
pay well. Anyone who could show them inhabited
nests and holes, they have said, would be 【M6】______
well rewarded. The Indians were apathetic
and uncooperative. Noticing the absence of
biting insects, the writer asked whether
they had ever troubled by them, to which 【M7】______
the Indians replied by slowly shaking their
heads. The writer recognized that he 【M8】______
considered that having to live in such a hot,
humid atmosphere would no doubt have 【M9】______
made him lethargic too. The headman explained
the inconvenience of the villagers had, for
severe weeks previously, been contemplating 【M10】______
cutting down a particular tree and until a
decision on this matter was reached, no other
activity could possibly be considered.
【M1】
A lively discussion followed. A banker,who was then younger and more nervous than the lawyer,suddenly lost his temper and cried out,“It's a lie. I bet you two millions. You wouldn't stick in a cell even for five years. ”
“If you mean it,”replied the young lawyer,“I bet I'll stay there longer;make it fifteen instead of five. ”
“Fifteen!Done!”cried the banker. “Gentleman. I bet you two millions. ”
“Agreed. Two millions for my freedom,”said the lawyer.
So this wild,ridiculous bet came to pass. The banker could not hide his excitement. During supper he said to the lawyer jokingly,“Come to your senses,young man,before it's too late. Two millions are nothing to me,but you stand to lose three or four of the best years of your life. I say three or four because you'll never stick it out any longer. Don't forget that voluntary imprisonment is much harder to put up with than an enforced one. The idea that you have the right to free yourself any moment will poison your life in the cell. I pity you. ”
And now the banker,pacing from comer to comer,recalled all this and asked himself,“Why did I make this bet?What's the good?The lawyer lost fifteen years of his life and I threw away two millions. Will it convince people that capital punishment is worse or better than imprisonment for life?No,no!Rubbish!On my part,it was the caprice(心血来潮)of a well-fed millionaire;on the lawyer's part,it's the pure greed of gold. ”
The lawyer would choose life imprisonment because______.
A.he was younger than the banker
B.capital punishment was immoral
C.it was better than capital punishment
D.the banker would give him $200,000
Arthur was born as a result of the wizardry of Merlin, who arranged all adulterous liaison between Arthur's father, King Uther Pendragon, and his lover, a married duchess. Merlin agreed to do this only if the lovers allowed him to bring up the child born of the affair. When Uther Pendragon died some years later, there was confusion in the kingdom about who should inherit the throne. Merlin arranged a pageant where many knights came to try their luck at pulling a sword out of a stone. Whoever successfully extracted the blade was the rightful king. After many a brave knight had tried and failed, Merlin presented the young Arthur who, to everyone's surprise, easily pulled out the sword.
As king, Arthur established the knightly fellowship of the Round Table at his castle of Camelot, so appear all the other chivalrous knights associated with the king. The knights of the Round Table spent much of their time on the quest for the Holy Grail. The Grail is the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, which was allegedly brought to Britain, then somehow lost. It is notoriously hard to get hold of, as finding it requires an almost superhuman degree of moral purity. At last it was the true gentleman Sir Galahad who eventually found it and set off to return it to its rightful place in the Holy Land.
Arthur's death is a matter of some debate. According to legend, one of Arthur's less intelligent moves was his decision to marry the Lady Guinevere, who fell in love with Sir Lancelot, and their adultery led to war among the knights of the Round Table, culminating in the Battle of Camlan and Arthur's mortal woound. After the Battle of Catalan the wounded king was taken to the mysterious isle of Avalon ruled by his sister Morgan Le Faye. She, being skilled in the arts of witchcraft and healing, was apparently meant to cure him. But evidently Arthur thought he had little chance, because he gave his sword, Excalibur, to Sir Bedivere to return to the Lady of the Lake, an enigmatic character from whom Arthur had originally received the blade. Bedivere hurled the sword over the water, where a spooky hand appeared from the lake to catch it, waved it around for a while and then carried it down to the murky depths where, who knows, perhaps it still lies. As for Arthur, we can only conclude that his sister wasn't such a good doctor.
The passage is mainly about ______ .
A.a brief history of King Arthur
B.the story of the Round Table Knights
C.a legendary life of King Arthur
D.the death of King Arthur
Using computers, satellite hookups, and telephone hotlines, Eckberg's students have already followed a team of cyclists 11,500 miles across the continent of Africa, sat atop Mount ilimanjaro, and sweltered in the Sahara Desert.
This winter they'll interact with an expedition exploring Central America in search of the classic Maya culture.
You can join them.
How? By following Eckberg and his class as they track the adventures of Dan and Steve Buettner, two world-class bicyclists from U.S.A. Starting last month these two bicyclists, joined by archaeologists and a technical support team, are interacting with students via the Internet, the worldwide computer network.
From classroom or home computer, students can make research proposals to the Buettners or the archaeologists at the various Central American locations they've been exploring as part of their Maya Quest expedition.
"We hope that someone will ask a question that can't readily be answered," says Hopkins High School student Barry Anderson. "and through the online activities, an answer will be found — a discovery!"
Having students "discover" why a civilization as advanced as the Maya collapsed in the 9th century is one key goal for the leaders of the Maya Quest expedition. The more important goal is using interactive learning to discover the cause of the decline and compare it to issues we face today — natural disasters, environmental problems, and war.
Ten lesson plans — on topics ranging from the Maya language to the Maya creation myth — have been developed for the interactive expedition.
"Through a combination of live call-in television and the Internet," says Eckberg, "we're hoping to build excitement and engagement in learning in our school."
Dan Eckberg and his students learn about Africa by______.
A.reading books.
B.watching video tapes.
C.interacting via the Internet.
D.cycling 11,500 miles.