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s example, one battle or fight, in the war of 1812 between England and the United States, could have been peace agreement had already been was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach these six weeks, the large and serious battle of New Orleans was people lost their lives after a peace agreement had been the past, munication took much more time than it does now. Title: The world is getting ____1____ Theme It bees ____2____ for people to municate with each other with the help of telephone,television, radio, telegraph and the and news of events spread quickly ____3____ the world. Examples (nowadays) People can learn the results of an election in another country ____4____. An international football match es into the homes of everyone with a ____5____ set. News of a disaster ____6____ an earthquake or a flood can bring help from distant countries within hours. Information goes fast ____7____ to modern technology. Examples (in the past) Two centuries ago, ____8____between the continents took a long time. The news of peace agreement made in England took six weeks to ____9____ America in 1812. Conclusion Now munication takes ____10____ time than it did in the the world is getting smaller and smaller. 答案 . reach 。 ] Ⅴ .任務(wù)型讀寫 注意:每空格 1 個單詞。 A、 D都是否定之意,雙重否定表肯定,故排除。 ] 19. B. specially C. surprisingly D. particularly 答案 A [extremely是 very的意思,此處贊揚警察的工作是 very well。 ] 17. B. promised C. prepared D. presented 答案 C [上文結(jié)果是警察隨時隨刻準備 (prepared)面對緊急情況(emergency)。 ] 15. failure B. fire C. thunder storm D. thief 答案 B [前文說 “emergency”是緊急情況, A、 B、 C、 D中只有 a fire是緊急情況。此處是警察尋找并追捕犯罪分子。 ] 12. B. as if C. however D. even if 答案 D [although與 even if都有 “雖然 …… 但是 ”之意,但 even if有強調(diào)之意,此處強調(diào)警察的作用。 treat是對待、治療的意思。 ] 9. for B. call C. think of D. expect 答案 D [“wait for”是等待某人, call 是打電話召某人, think of 是想起,expect sb to do sth是期待某人做某事。 ] 7. B. tired C. speeding D. drunken 答案 C [speeding mot