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1、镇成立由镇委书记孙广东任组长，镇委副书记、镇长任副组长，镇直相关部门主要领导为成员的意识形态工作领导小组，统筹协调全镇意识形态工作Modules46(建议用时40分钟). 阅读理解AThe British Daily TelegraphTraditionally regarded as one of the safest planes in the skies, the Boeing 777s reputation has been damaged by the second fatal crash in less than a year. There are around 1, 000 Bo
2、eing 777s in service, and the plane is a long-distance machine, travelling some of the longest routes. It entered service in 1995 and the National Transportation Safety Board, which is responsible for monitoring US-made aircraft, has recorded fewer than 60 incidents. But the recent record hasnt been
3、 exact with two major incidentsa crash at San Francisco airport in July, 2013, which causes three deaths, and the crashlanding of a British Airways 777 at Heathrow in January 2008. To our sadness, in March, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lost contact flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The Mala
4、ysian disaster is very different from both the BA incident and the crash involving an Asian Airlines flight at San Francisco International Airport in July, which occurred shortly before landing, while the Malaysia airlines plane disappeared off the radar(雷达)during the early stages of the trip. The a
5、ccident at San Francisco in July was due to pilot error which led to the engines being set to idle because he believed the computer would maintain sufficient speed to keep the plane up in the air. The BA crash landing, which did not result in any deaths, was finally found to have been caused by a bl
6、ock in the fuel line feeding the engine. However, the Malaysia airlines plane disappeared off the radar during the early stages of the trip. No exact explanations have been given for the Malaysia airlines plane crash. First reports suggest that Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the 53-year-old Malaysian airlines
7、pilot, was hugely experiencedhaving joined the carrier in 1981 and with 18, 365 hours in the aircraft under his belt. 【文章大意】本文是一篇新闻报道, 主要介绍了近来波音飞机发生的一些事故。1. Which of the following is TRUE of the plane crashes? A. There are four plane crashes mentioned in the passage. B. The BA incident in July resul
8、ted from the pilot error. C. Three deaths were caused in the crash at San Francisco. D. The crash in San Francisco airport was caused by a block. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段中But the recent record hasnt been exact with two major incidentsa crash at San Francisco airport in July, 2013, which causes three death
9、s一句可知事故造成三人死亡。2. What can we learn from the text? A. The exact reason for 370 crash is not clear. B. Flight 370 crash must be similar to the BA incident. C. The experienced pilot of Flight 370 cant have operated wrong. D. Flight 370 must have been taken control of to a different place. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。
10、根据最后一段No exact explanations have been given for the Malaysia airlines plane crash. 一句, 可知370的失联仍是一个谜。3. What you read is_. A. a noteB. a scheduleC. a reviewD. a news report【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据标题The British Daily Telegraph及文章的时效性可知答案D正确。4. The main purpose of the passage is to_. A. introduce the Flight 37
11、0 crashB. show Boeing 777s safetyC. guess the cause of the Flight 370 crashD. compare the causes of these plane crashes【解析】选A。写作意图题。通读全文可知, 本文主要介绍了近来波音飞机发生的一些事故, 尤其是重点介绍了370的失联。BDid you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old, and did not read until he was seven? His pa
12、rents and teachers worried about his mental ability. Beethovens music teacher said about him, “As a composer(作曲家)he is hopeless. ”What if this young boy believed it? When Thomas Edison was a young boy, his teachers said he was so stupid that he could never learn anything. He once said, “I remember I
13、 used to never be able to get along at school. I was always at the foot of my class. . . My father thought I was stupid, and I almost decided that I was a stupid person. ”What if young Thomas believed what they said about him? When the sculptor(雕刻家)Auguste Rodin was young; he had difficulty learning
14、 to read and write. Today, we may say he had a learning disability. His father said of him, “I have an idiot(白痴)for a son. ”His uncle agreed. “Hes uneducable, ”he said. What if Rodin had doubted his ability? Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor because he was thought to have no“good idea
15、s”. Enrico Caruso was told by one music teacher, “You cant sing. You have no voice at all. ”And an editor told Louisa May Alcott that she was unable to write anything that would have popular appeal. What if these people had listened and become discouraged? Where would our world be without the music
16、of Beethoven, the art of Rodin or the ideas of Albert Einstein and Walt Disney? As Oscar Levant once said, “Its not what you are but what you dont become that hurts. ”You have great potential. When you believe in all you can be, rather than all you cannot become, you will find your place on earth. 【文章大意】本文讲述的是一些名人被否定的故事, 但他们仍然相信自己, 最终取得成功, 可见相信自己是非常重要的。5
