In Ireland today about______of the population are Roman Catholics.A.75%B.80%C.0.9D.0.93
In Ireland today about______of the population are Roman Catholics.
A.75%
B.80%
C.0.9
D.0.93
In Ireland today about______of the population are Roman Catholics.
A.75%
B.80%
C.0.9
D.0.93
第1题
In Ireland today, the most popular religion is
A.Roman Catholicism.
B.Protestantism.
C.Buddhism.
D.Judaism.
第2题
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第3题
It is virtually impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own language. The purposes for which English is learned and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to define and still more difficult to assess what constitutes an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present-day importance as a world language. Besides serving the infinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of the most important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences, and the dissemination(传播)of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for access to the scientific and technological development in the West.
There are about 260 million people who can speak ______.
A.English in its regional variety
B.English in its standard variety
C.English as a second language
D.English as a working language
第4题
听力原文: Listen as a guide describes the ancient art of thatching a roof.
Welcome to the Four Winds Historical Farm, where traditions of the past are preserved for visitors like you. Today, our master thatchers will begin giving this barn behind me a sturdy thatched roof able to withstand heavy winds and last up to a hundred years. How do they do it? Well, in a nutshell, thatching involves covering the beams or rafters--the wooden skeleton of a roof--with reeds or straw. Our thatchers here have harvested their own natural materials for the job--the bundles of water reeds you see lying over there beside the barn.
Thatching is certainly uncommon in the United States today. I guess that's why so many of you have come to see this demonstration. But it wasn't always that way. In the seventeenth century, the colonists here thatched their roofs with reeds and straw, just as they had done in England. After a while, though, they began to replace the thatch with wooden shingles because wood was so plentiful. And eventually, other roofing materials like stone, slate, and clay tiles came into use.
It's a real shame that most people today don't realize how strong and long-lasting a thatched roof is. In Ireland, where thatching is still practiced, the roofs can survive winds of up to one hundred ten miles per hour. That's because straw and reeds are so flexible. They bend but don't break in the wind like other materials can. Another advantage is that the roofs keep the house cool in the summer and warm in the winter. And then, of course, there's the roofs' longevity—the average is sixty years, but they can last up to a hundred. With all these reasons to start thatching roofs again, wouldn't it be wonderful to see this disappearing craft return to popularity?
26. What is about to be demonstrated?
27.What are thatched roofs made of?
28.According to the speaker, why did thatching die out in the United States?
29.According to the speaker, why does thatch survive strong winds?
30.According to the speaker, how might thatching become popular again?
(26)
A.Putting a roof on a barn.
B.Harvesting water reeds.
C.Using stone as a building material.
D.Daily farm operations.
第5题
根据短文回答 36~40 题。
New Foods and the New World
In the last 500 years, nothing about people -- not their clothes, ideas, or languages! Has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree (可可树) by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500's. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today,
The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine (饥荒)" of 1845 -- 1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.
There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old world. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world's largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. w But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400's.
According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the "wide-awake" feeling that one-third of the world's population now starts the day with.
第 36 题 According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last?
500 years?()
A.Food
B.Clothing
C.Ideology
D.Language
第6题
听力原文: If you've been on campus for very long, I'm certain that you've already heard about this course. You may know that last semester about 50 percent of the students enrolled in my course failed it. Let me explain how this came about before you jump to any conclusions. In the first place, since this is a composition class, I expect my students to follow certain roles of formality. Unfortunately, many students today dislike having to follow rules of any kind, especially those that they may feel to be unnecessary. For example, I ask that each of your papers be typed and centered on file paper correctly. I count off points for various kinds of mistakes. A misspelled word will cost you 5 points. You've lost 25 points if you've misspelled five words. If you write incomplete sentences, you've lost 10 points. If you give me two complete sentences as one without adequate punctuation, you've lost 15 points. I do not accept late papers. You will receive a zero for any theme which you fail to submit on time. I expect you to read each assignment. I will give you a short unannounced quiz from time to time. This class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If you have any questions at any time, you can see me on Tuesdays. My office is on the second floor of this building. Your assignment for Wednesday is to read Hemingway's short story on page 55. Friday will be the last class day of this week, so you can expect to write a short in-class theme for me then. That's all for today, I'll see you on Wednesday.
(34)
A.10 points.
B.2 points.
C.15 points.
D.5 points.
第7题
Only through fiscal tightening can Ireland adjust to the one key interest policy.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第8题
A.the United Kingdom
B.Ireland
C.Scotland
D.Wales
第9题
The capital of the Republic of Ireland is
A.Belfast.
B.Dublin.
C.Glasgow.
D.Edinburgh.
第10题
Cost of living in Ireland is pretty high.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned