It has been documented that during World War Ⅱ, America's armed forces once tried formation flight to save fuel.
第1题：
"The pen is more powerful than the sword (剑)." There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them. She was born in the USA in 1811. One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freezing the slaves. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won. This book was named "Uncle Toms Cabin". There was time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse (唤起) peoples sympathies (同情). The writer herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the novel, which they said did not at all represent (代表) true state of affairs,
1、According to the passage ( ).
A、every English-speaking person had read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
B、"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was not very interesting
C、those who don''t speak English can not have read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
D、the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" did a great deal in the American Civil War
2、How old was Mrs. Stowe when her world famous book was published? ( )
A、About 60 years old.
B、Over 50 years old.
C、In her forties.
D、Around 30 years old.
3、What do you learn about Mrs. Stowe from the passage? ( )
A、She had been living in the north of America before the American Civil War.
B、She herself encouraged the northern Americans to go to war and set the slaves free.
C、She was better as writing as using a sword.
D、She had once been a slave.
4、Why could Mrs. Stowe's book cause a civil war in America? ( )
A、She wrote so well that Americans loved her very much.
B、She disclosed (揭露) the terrible wrongs that had been done to the slaves in the Southern States.
C、The Southern Americans hated the book while the Northern Americans like it.
D、The book had been read by many Americans.
5、What can we learn from the passage? ( )
A、We needn't use weapons (武器) to fight things that are wrong.
B、 writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier.
C、We must understand the importance of literature and art.
D、No war can be won without such a book as "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
第2题：
A、have gradually being exhausted
B、are gradually exhausted
C、has been gradually exhausted
D、are being gradually exhausted
第3题：
A、called as
B、named
C、refered to
D、spoken of as
第4题：
By saying "the world has been spared a t.rue water war" (Line 1, Para.4), the author means（ ）
[A] the water supply in the world is more than needed
[B] the world has saved enough water to avoid the war
[C] the world has never suffered a war triggered by water
[D] the world spares no effort to avoid a war caused by water
第5题：
A.1935
B.1936
C.1937
D.1938
第6题：
A have conducted
B have been conducted
C had conducted
D had been conducted
第7题：
A.German
B.China
C.France
D.United States
第8题：
The world's oil supply
A. haven been gradually being exhausted
B. is being gradually exhausted
C. is gradually exhausted
D. has gradually exhausted
10．答案为B 世界石油供应量正在逐渐被耗尽。该题谓语动词应使用正在进行时的被动态，结构是am/is/are+being+过去分词。
第9题：
Fresh vegetables were ______during the World War II.
A、lack
B、scarce
C、little
D、sparse
第10题：