8. If some years ago e-commerce was a b________, now it has become the order of the day. （fashionable and popular word or phrase)

Capital punishment was abolished some years ago in some states of the U. S.

A．created

B．decorated

C．improved

D．eliminated

one second, light travels about 300,000km. But sound travels only 344m. You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race. If you stand some distance away from the starter, you can see smoke comes from his gun before the sound reaches your ears.

This great speed of light gives us some strange facts. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach us. If you look at the light of the moon tonight, remember that the light left the moon 1.3 seconds before it reached you. The nearest star is so far away that the light which you can see from it tonight started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million km per minute. In some case, the light from one of tonight's stars started on its journey to you before you were bola.

Thus, if you want to be honest, you cant say" The stars are shining to night"？ You have to say "The stars look pretty. They were shining four years ago but their light has just reached Earth".

Sunlight seems to ______ than the light of the moon.

A．have to travel a greater distance

B．move less quickly

C．travel much quickly

D．be less powerfull

I remember ______ the novel some years ago It was very interesting.

A．to read

B．reading

C．read

D．to have read

e money for ___________.

Capital punishment was abolished some years ago in some states of the U.S.

A．created

B．decorated

C．improved

D．eliminated

times faster than the speed of sound．In one second，light travels about 300，000km．But sound travels only 344m．You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race．If you stand some distance away from the starter，you can see smoke comes from his gun before the sound reaches your ears． This great speed of light gives US some strange facts．Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach US．If you look at the light of the moon tonight，remember that the light left the moon 1．3 seconds before it reached you．The nearest star is so far away that the light which you can see from it t0—night started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million km per minute．In some case，the light from one of tonight’s stars started on its journey to you before you were born． Thus，if you want to be honest，you cant say“The stars are shining to night”？You have to say“The stars look pretty．They were shining four years ago but their light has just reached Earth”． Sunlight seems to________than the light of the moon．

A.be less powerfull

B.travel much quickly

C.move less quickly

D.have to travel a greater distance

14 Capital punishment was abolished some years ago in some states of the U. S.

A created B decorated C improved D eliminated

Capital punishment was abolished some years ago in some states of the U. S.

A．created

B．decorated

C．improved

D．eliminated

A.Egypt

B.Rome

C.Greece

D.America

Task 2

Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

Thousands of years ago, traveling was very hard. There were no roads and no cars. People traveled on rivers and lakes. They used logs, either one at a time, or tied together.

People then began to use animals to pull very heavy loads. Some people put

The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.

A．people traveled on lakes thousands of years ago

B．people used logs thousands of years ago

C．traveling was hard thousands of years ago

D．there were no roads and cars thousands of years ago

Capital punishment was abolished some years ago in some states of the U. S,

A．created

B．decorated

C．improved

D．eliminated