【单选题】听力原文: A British rower has set a record for the slowest-ever Atlantic crossing, coming ashore in southern England 124 days after leaving North America. The time was a disappointment, considering the 23...
A.
The fastest person to cross the Atlantic.
B.
The youngest person to row an ocean alone.
C.
The person who makes the fastest west-to-east crossing.
D.
The person who stays on the ocean for the longest time.
【简答题】April Fool's Day 1st April is a day __1__, / or you could easily __2__ someone. / The origin of the day is __3__ with the change / in the calendar in the 16th __4__, / which __5__ that 1st April was n...
【单选题】Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian icon, attracting visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural oddities in the world. __________ By...
A.
Yes, because it provides an important restatement of the main claim in the previous sentence.
B.
Yes, because it establishes an important shift in emphasis in the paragraph’s discussion about the tower’s tilt.
C.
No, because it interrupts the paragraph’s discussion with irrelevant information.
D.
No, because it repeats information that is already presented in the first paragraph.