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It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support he Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her."
The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines." And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and
A. to voice her support for a total ban of landmines
B. to clarify the British government's stand on landmines
C. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there
D. to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims

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It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support he Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her."
The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines." And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and
A. she was ill-informed of the government's policy
B. they were actually opposed to banning landmines
C. she had not consulted the government before the visit
D. they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola

[单项选择]When Benjamin Franklin worked at his brother's printing shop _________.
A. he had no time to read books
B. he did not learn how to work very quickly
C. he could earn money after he signed the indenture
D. he could help his brother a lot

[单项选择]The idea came to me when I with him.
A. talk
B. talked
C. was talking
D. have talked

[单项选择]When determining the freight rate, the age-old principles of “what the traffic can bear” is increasingly substituted by the ( )principle nowadays.
A. open market rate
B. surcharges
C. service cost
D. stowage factor

[单项选择]Where was the friend when the conductor came
A. He was sitting on the seat.
B. He was standing beside Mark Twain.
C. He was lying under the seat.
D. He was lying on the seat.

[单项选择]When he came back, George found Janet had already stayed

[单项选择]When Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a wonderful life-size picture of a beggar-man.
A. Trevor was adding some decorations
B. Trevor was making some correction．
C. Trevor had just checked a few details
D. Trevor had almost finished the picture

[单项选择]When the boy came back years later, he found the empty old house there.
A. none but
B. none other than
C. nothing but
D. no other than

[单项选择]When the students came into the classroom, the teacher ______ on the blackboard.

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When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance (异乎寻常地). In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming: the global-warming crisis that gave rise to it happened more than 10,000 years ago.
As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate has changed in the past — and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an il
A. to give up his former way of life
B. to leave the coastal areas
C. to follow the ever-shifting vegetation
D. to abandon his original settlement

[单项选择]Peter was seen crying when he came out of the office. We can deduce that he must have been punished.
A. confer
B. refer
C. prefer
D. infer