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ls. On the American side are American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. Horseshoe Falls is mostly on the Canadian side. The name es from its shape — like a horseshoe, in a half circle. Horseshoe Falls is the widest of the three. People mainly know about Niagara Falls because of its size and natural beauty. However, the Niagara River is also an important source (0) of electricity. In the 1890s, the Westinghouse Electric Company built a large power system (電力系統(tǒng) ) on the river. Many other panies also hoped to use the land for factories and power systems. However, around the same time, many people began to work to protect the natural area. Soon, the governments of the United States and Canada got involved with it. They protected the land around Niagara Falls. They made parks — green, natural areas. No one could buy this land for factories. For hundreds of years, millions of people have visited Niagara Falls to enjoy its beauty. 根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。你上前詢問后得知他找不到回所住賓館的 路了,你用英語告訴了他該怎么走,他很感激,你也為自己能用英語幫助外國人感到高興。 take C. walking。 Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry (試題總分 100分 測試時間 45分鐘) 一 . 單項(xiàng)選擇(每小題 1分,共 15分) 從 A、 B、 C、 D四個選項(xiàng)中選擇可以填入空白處的最佳答案。 take D. walk。請將你的這次經(jīng)歷寫成一篇 80 詞左右的英語短文,并投稿給你校英文網(wǎng)站的 “ 英語習(xí)作 ” 專欄。 I grew up in a small town in Ohio, USA. There was a man in my town named Bob. He couldn’t talk clearly and didn’t receive much 1 . So children in the town all thought he was 2 and often played jokes on him. One day, when I met Bob, I decided to play a joke on him just 3 the other children. He asked how I was doing. I told him that my father lost his 4 , and that we didn’t have enough money to live. Seeing my friends laughing far from us, I decided to 5 to tell lies (謊言 ). I knew he was poor, 6 it seemed funny when he asked me if we needed anything. I told him that we didn’t know if we would have enough to 7 . The next morning, I went out and found a box of food outside my house. I knew it was from Bob. I looked at the small box in shame, and wanted to 8 the box. My father stopped 9 . He said it would hurt Bob’s feelings. From that day on, when we had dinner, I would 10 the small box. Bob gave me the best he had, and I knew that I should not have been given that gift. ( )1. A. information B. service C. money D. education ( )2. A. silly B. shy C. dirty D. lazy ( )3 A. by B. of C. for D. like ( )4. A. friend B. keys C. job D. letters ( )5. A. start B. continue C. fet D. agree ( )6. A. although B. because C. until D. so ( )7. A. eat B. pay C. choose D. wear ( )8. A. hide B. return C. check D. fold ( )9. A. her B. me C. him D. it ( )10. A. deal with B. look forward to C. think of D. take pride in 三 . 閱讀理解(每小題 2分,共 30分) ? A ? I’m Mi