40. My friend ______________________.

A took my neighbour for me        B took my neighbour's house for me

C took me for my neighbour        D took my house for my neighbour's

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B

Iceland lies in the North Atlantic Ocean.. It lies between 63 24 and 66 33 N, And between 13 30 and 24 2 W and is the second largest island in Europe. It is close to the Arctic Circle, yet in fact, o

Iceland lies in the North Atlantic Ocean.. It lies between 63°24′and 66°33′N,

And between 13°30′and 24°2′W and is the second largest island in Europe. It is close to the Arctic Circle, yet in fact, only one of its northerly islands lies inside. The country has a total area of 103,000 square kilometers and a coastline of about 6,600 km. The island is 300 km wide from north to sout h, and 500 km across from west to east.

From 1262 to 1944 Iceland was ruled first by Norway and then by Denmark. Centuries of foreign rule, and such things as volcanoes(火山)and the weather, made life very difficult at times for the Icelanders: there was lots of hard work and little change. The situation began to improve during the nineteenth century. Then in 1944 Iceland became an independent republic; since that time it has become a quite rich country where the people enjoy having cars, modern houses and lots of electrical equipment. If you look at the kind of products that Iceland exports today----fish, meat and wool for example---it’s easy to see that both the sea and the land are important to Icelanders. This has been true in fact since the time of the first Icelanders--Vikings from Norway who arrived in AD874(公元874年)

Some things in the lives of the Icelanders have changed very little---the Icelandic language, for example, 700 years ago the stories called Sagas were first written down, these can still be read in the old language without much difficulty by Icelandic speakers today.

41. Where is Iceland?

A. In the Arctic Circle.         B. Near the Atlantic Ocean.

C. Between Norway and Denmark.  D. In Europe.

42. In Iceland, the distance from north to sou th is ____that from west to east.

A much longer than          B shorter than

C. the same as              D. a little longer than

43.How many years did Norway and Denmark rule the Iceland?

A. 700    B. 682.    C. 388   D. 1070

44. What has hardly changed in Iceland?

A. Exporting products.   B. The Icelandic language.

C. House equipment.      D. The lives of the Icelanders.xkb1.com

45 Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. Iceland has been an independent republic since Vikings began to live there.

B. Iceland is a country of many small islands.

C. Iceland is not the largest island in the world,

D. Iceland is quite a modern country now.

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C

Years ago, I lived in a building in  a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window .I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window .It really looks terrible.”

O ne bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of  coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing(批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers throug h my own dirty window.

That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?

Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(评判) someone, I asked myself first ,“Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

46. The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because_____.

A. the woman’s window was dirty   B. the writer’s window was dirty

C. the woman lived nearby    D. the writer was near-sighted

47. The writer was surprised that ________.

A. the woman was sitting by her window

B. the woman’s window was clean.

C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon

D. the woman’s window was still terrible

48. “ It dawned on me” probably means “______”.

A. I began to understand it   B. it cheered me up

C. I knew it grew light    D. it began to get dark

49. It’s clear that________.

A. the writer had never met the woman before

B. the writer often washed the window

C. they both worked as cleaners  　D. they lived in a small town