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Thirsty in Karachi
After two weeks in Karachi, I’m not sure whether to laugh or to cry. Either way, it involves water-or rather the lack of it.
In Western Europe or the US, you only have to turn on the tap and you’ll see a jet of cold water, ready to drink, cook and bathe in, or wash the car. Turn on the tap in Karachi and you’ll be lucky to fill a few buckets. Until 1947 the city was part of British India, whose engineers built and maintained a modest water supply network for the city’s 500,000 inhabitants. Today, Karachi is home to around 12 million people. Half of them live in slum townships, with little or no water through the mains. Even the "rich"
Half usually have to wait days before anything tickles through their pipes. And the coloured liquid that finally emerges is usually too contaminated to drink.
According to the state-owned Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, the city needs more than 2,500 million litres of wate
A. the water supply network built in 1947 has stopped to function
B. the city has become much larger than before
C. old networks can not meet the need of the city’s greatly-increased population
D. other city is longer a part of British India
[单项选择]Two weeks ago I had to go to the train station because I was taking a trip to Boston. I decided to take a taxi to the station. There is a bus to the station, but I had a lot of luggage and was in a hurry, so I chose a taxi.
I heard the horn(喇叭)of the taxi and hurried out of the house. Excited about my trip, I told the taxi driver I was in a hurry because I had a ticket for a train in only 20 minutes. But I soon began to worry as we hurried through the crowded streets. He drove too fast! We drove across the intersections(十字路口)without stopping for the red lights. We did not stay in our lane, but drove down the middle of the streets. As we turned at the corners, the fast movement of the taxi pushed me into its door. In ten minutes we reached the train station, but I never want to hurry that much again.
I walked slowly to the taxi when I heard it.
A. Right.
B. Wrong.
C. Doesn’t say.
[单项选择]Two weeks ago, I placed an order on Amazon. com for a book titled Love and Consequences. The memoir’s dust jacket promised a story of a young woman, named Margaret B. Jones, who survived Los Angeles gang life--and lived to tell about it.
Problem is. The telling is a 300-page lie.
Before the author’s older sister notified the publisher that the book was made-up, New York Times book critic Michiko Kakutani wrote glowingly, "She captures the brutal realities of a place where children learn to sleep on the floor to avoid the random bullets that might come smashing through the windows and walls at night... She conveys the extraordinary stoicism (坚忍克已) of women like Big Morn, her foster mother, who raised four grandchildren while working a day job and a night job."
But in fact, the name Margaret B. Jones was a pseudonym for Margaret Seltzer, a young woman who, according to a subsequent story in The Times, "grew up with her biological family in the prosperous Sherman Oaks
A. penname
B. nickname
C. pet name
D. surname
[填空题]I bought the book two weeks ago.
I ______ ______ the book for two weeks.
[填空题]After spending two days (argue) （） about where to go for their holidays, finally they decided not to go anywhere.
[填空题]Now that I have been in college for a few weeks, I’m (11) that it is not as bad as I thought it would be. Firstly, I have (12) new friends from all parts of the country. We all have classes together and go to the same parties. (13) , I have been able to become more independent. Lastly, I have learned to be more (14) for my actions. I know that homework always comes first and that my (15) must wait until all my work is done.Now that I have been in college for a few weeks, I’m (11) that it is not as bad as I thought it would be. Firstly, I have (12) new friends from all parts of the country. We all have classes together and go to the same parties. (13) , I have been able to become more independent. Lastly, I have learned to be more (14) for my actions. I know that homework always comes first and that my (15) must wait until all my work is done.
