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| I've read a variety of science fictions, but few of them the one that you lent me yesterday. |
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| — Going to the dentist really frightens me. — _______. Don't be a chicken! |
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| It's __________ great fun to talk with you because I think it's _________ enjoyable experience. |
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| Have you applied ________ Mr Black _________ the post? It's worth a try. |
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| _______ the loud noise going on in the workshop, I can hardly _______ on my lessons. |
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| ______, I've never seen anyone who's as capable as Kate. |
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| The big fire lasted as long as 24 hours _______ it was brought under control. |
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| What do you think your parents will give you as a (n) for your hard work if you enter a key university? |
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| — Would you have helped her, had it been possible? — Yes, but I __________ busy with my work. |
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| ________ on the small island, the tower has been seriously damaged by the sea water? |
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| In this workshop, the output of July was three times ________ of January. |
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| — Well, where did you spend your night that day? — At __________. |
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| The thief was brought in, his hands ____________ behind his back. |
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| The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, ________ the sailing time was 226 days. |
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| — What do you think of Peter? — He ______ be really difficult to get along with even thoughhe's a nice person in general. |
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| Did your speech ___________ the audience? |
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| I don't understand how you got a ticket. I always ______ you ______ a careful driver. |
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| — Alison, I'm sorry. I can't come to the wedding with you tomorrow morning. — ________? — My grandma was severely ill, so I have to stay in the hospital to look after her. |
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| It seems like everywhere a person goes there is at least one person with a cell phone to his ear. Even in places 1 cell phone usage is banned such as concert halls or movie theatres there is the 2 offender, or at least a few people using the text messaging feature 3 their phones. Cell phone usage has 4 over the past decade and continues to rise. Nearly 200 5 people in the United States have cell phones and there are 6 over one billion users worldwide. That means there are a lot of phones 7 their frequencies over the airwaves at any given time. Concern has arisen over whether or not cell phone usage 8 harm a person's health. Brain cancer rates in the United States have risen since call phones were 9 , leading some people to wonder if cell phone usage is the reason for the 10 . Some people say the biggest danger 11 cell phones isn't from the either real or perceived potential to develop cancer, but from 12 while using the cell phone. How many of us have seen vehicles driving 13 erratically (不稳定地) down the road. And we often see when we get near the vehicle the driver on a cell phone is 14 on a cell phone. It is a proven fact that a driver on a cell phone is 15 attentive and more likely to get in an accident. And, hands-free sets aren't the 16 that some people may believe. Yes, they 17 both hands for driving and prevent a person from getting a sore (酸疼的) arm, 18 the driver's mind is still 19 the conversation and therefore less attentive to what is 20 around him or her on the road. | |||
| ( )1. A. which ( )2. A. busy ( )3. A. under ( )4. A. been exploded ( )5. A. millions ( )6. A. well ( )7. A. delivering ( )8. A. may ( )9. A. allowed ( )10. A. increase ( )11. A. with ( )12. A. attention ( )13. A. quite ( )14. A. using ( )15. A. more ( )16. A. problem ( )17. A. hold up ( )18. A. therefore ( )19. A. taken up ( )20. A. happening to |
B. where B. always B. on B. exploded B. millions of B. good B. carrying B. must B. invented B. decline B. before B. attractive B. almost B. talking B. less B. question B. pick up B. as B. filled by B. going on |
C. there C. occasional C. from C. been exploding C. million C. better C. taking C. can C. introduced C. improvement C. in C. careless C. hardly C. moving C. least C. mean C. put up C. but C. occupied with C. talking about |
D. here D. occasionally D. to D. exploding D. million of D. best D. sending D. should D. bought D. rose D. on D. inattentiveness D. nearly D. handing D. fewer D. answer D. free up D. though D. picked up D. moving about |
People being tested for radiation exposure  The crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks. We spoke Tuesday with Jonathan Links, an expert in radiation health sciences. He is a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Maryland. Professor Links says workers within the nuclear plant are the only people at risk of extremely high doses of radiation. JONATHAN LINKS: "Of course, we don't know what doses they've received, but the only persons at risk of acute radiation effects are the workers." For other people, he says, there may be a long-term worry. People can get cancer from low doses of ionizing radiation, the kind released in a nuclear accident. Professor Links says scientists can use computers to quickly model where radioactive material has blown and settled. Then they measure how large an area is contaminated. He says if the situation is serious enough, officials could take steps like telling people not to eat locally grown food or drink the water. JONATHAN LINKS: "But that would only be the case if there was a significant release and, because of wind direction, the radioactive material was blown over the area, and then settled out of the air into and onto water, plants, fruits and vegetables." The reactors at Fukushima are on the Pacific coast. But Professor Links says people should not worry about any radioactive material leaking into the ocean. JONATHAN LINKS: "Even in a worst-case scenario accident, the sea provides a very high degree of dilution. So the concentration of radioactivity in the seawater would still be quite low." Japan is the only country to have had atomic bombs dropped on it. That memory from World War Two would create a stronger "psychological sensitivity" to radiation exposure, Professors Links says. Next month is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the explosion and fire that destroyed a reactor at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The nineteen eighty-six event was the world's worst accident in the nuclear power industry. A new United Nations report says more than six thousand cases of thyroid cancer have been found. These are in people who were children in affected areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The report says that by two thousand five the cancers had resulted in fifteen deaths. The cancers were largely caused by drinking contaminated milk. The milk came from cows that ate grass where radioactive material had fallen. To get the latest updates, go to www.unsv.com. Contributing: James Brooke |
| 1.The passage mainly tells us ______. |
| A. What measures the Japan Government takes to solve the nuclear crisis . B. Worries and influences caused by the nuclear crisis . C. With great efforts of scientists , the Japan Government has put the nuclear crisis under control . D. To explain that the nuclear crisis has less effect on its neighboring countries. |
| 2.Which of the following is not the influences caused by the leak of Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station? |
| A. Workers at the nuclear station are suffering the risk of death . B. People can get cancer from low doses of ionizing radiation, the kind released in a nuclear accident. C. The radioactive material may be blown over the area causing the pollution to water . D. The concentration of radioactivity in the seawater can not be diluted. |
| 3. What's the meaning of the underlined word "dilution"? |
| A. chemical B. salt C. dissolution D. release |
| 4. According to the passage which of the following is not TRUE ? |
| A. Water people drink ,food and vegetables people eat may be polluted by nuclear radiation . B. Japan is the only country to have had atomic bombs dropped on it. C. You can go to www.unsv.com. to get the latest news . D. The nuclear accident in Japan is the worst in the nuclear power industry. |
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| New York City Hotels 1. The Plaza Midtown, New York, New York Hotel class CHECK RATES FROM $866/NIGHT Now what was expected By 8/10/10 Well the Plaza is the only way to go right? Wrong. The room was incredibly tiny and we even upgraded to a larger room. I would hate to see what the smaller rooms were like. we had to wait over 3 hours to get checked in as they were running behind…more Map Details Add to Trip Reviews(117)   2. Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square-New York City Theatre District, New York, New York Hotel class CHECK RATES FROM $507/NIGHT Timer of our lives By A Yahoo! Contributor, 2/14/11 We loved it here, it is close to everything. This was the first time my family had been to NYC and can not wait to go back. I have highly recommended this hotel to all my friends. It was definitely worth the time and money… more Map Details Add to Trip Reviews(70) 3. The Benjamin Turtle Bay, New York, New York Hotel class CHECK RATES FROM $511/NIGHT  Terrible Service from their Accounting Department By Todd 8/2/10 While we enjoyed the stay at this hotel, we have been disputing a bogus charge on our credit card that they insisted is not their problem but Yahoo's. Yahoo clearly charged us the correct amount on both… more Map Details Add to Trip Reviews(319)  4. Jet Luxury Resorts At St. Regis, New York Midtown, New York, New York Hotel class CHECK RATES FROM $595/NIGHT Incredible! By BillC, 8/23/08 We came here for our 5 year anniversary and stayed for the weekend. We were treated like royalty. The manager of the hotel arranged a special suite for us with champagne waiting for us. The bed was amazingly comfortable and the food service was out of the world…more Map Details Add to Trip Reviews(28) |
| 1. This advertisement is most probably taken from __________. |
| A. http://www.sina.com B. <http://www.yahoo.com> C. http://www.baidu.com D. http://www.163.com |
| 2. Which hotel is the most expensive? |
| A. The Plaza B. Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square C. The Benjamin D. Jet Luxury Resorts At St. Regis |
| 3. How many visitors really enjoy their stay in these hotels according to their reviews? |
| A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 |
| 4. Where is The Benjamin exactly located? |
| A. New York B. Midtown C. Theatre District D. Turtle Bay |
| 阅读理解。 |
| XI'AN - China's conservation work for the endangered crested ibis (朱鹮) is facing new challenges , including an increasing death rate due to inbreeding (同系繁殖), and the conflict between the need to expand natural habitats and local communities' economic interests, bird experts have warned. The crested ibis, once widespread in Japan, China, Russia and the Korean Peninsula, almost became extinct in the first half of the 20th century. Before 1981, when seven crested ibis were accidentally found in Yangxian county, in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, academics thought the species had been extinct in China for almost 17 years. Due to the huge effort put into species protection since 1981, the number of crested ibis in China has risen to an estimated 1,617, including 997 in the wild, the State Forestry Administration said at a meeting on crested ibis protection in Xi'an on Monday. However, although the ibis population exceeds 1,000, the birds are still not free from the threat of extinction, said Fang Shengguo, director of the State Conservation Center for Gene Resources of Endangered Wildlife at Zhejiang University. Ornithologists used inbreeding in the early stages of protection so that numbers of the precious birds could increase quickly, but that method had consequences, Fang said. "Studies have proved that as a result of inbreeding, crested ibis have the lowest genetic diversity of all endangered birds," Fang said. "It means a high death rate and more physical defects for hatched chicks." The government should collect genetic information from all crested ibis and establish a genetic database as soon as possible, then design a scientific mating plan for the species, Fang said. So far, about 90 percent of crested ibis live in Shaanxi province, and fewer than 140 ibis live in three zoos in other parts of the country, including Beijing Zoo, according to Liu Dongping, an assistant researcher at the National Bird Banding Center of China, which is affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Forestry. The bird has lost the ability to migrate, he said, adding that if an unexpected natural disaster occurred in Shaanxi province or an infectious disease spread through the area, the ibis population could be greatly reduced. Experts also warned that the increased population of ibis, whether in the wild or in captivity, requires a larger and more varied natural habitat. Rampant hunting, the massive loss of habitat caused by deforestation and the overuse of pesticides, which killed aquatic (水生的) insects on which the ibis feed, are believed to be the main reasons for the sharp reduction in the ibis population before 1981. So, in 1983, a State-level natural reserve was set up in Shaanxi province to protect the bird. But the struggle for living space between human and animal has never stopped, said Lu Baozhong, deputy director of the Shaanxi Crested Ibis Conservation Station. "For example, ibis often look for loaches in farmers' rice fields. Sometimes their claws trample the rice seedlings. In another case, villagers discovered some land with abundant mineral resources which happened to be a habitat for ibis," said Lu, who has devoted 30 years to ibis protection. A long-term win-win solution for ibis and local communities needs to be developed, one that would provide ecological compensation for local residents, Lu said. |
| 1.What's the best title for the passage? |
| A. The Rare Bird in China B. New Problems for the Crested Ibis C. The Way to Save the Crested Ibis D. The Reason for the Crested Ibis's Extinction |
| 2. Which of the following statement is TRUE ? |
| A. The crested ibis is a native of China. B. Before 1981, the crested ibis was extinct in China. C. The crested ibis is now free from the threat of extinction. D. Most of the crested ibis are in Shaanxi province. |
| 3. Which of the following can best explain the underlined word "Ornithologists"? |
| A. The persons who study the birds B. The persons in the State Forestry Administration C. The persons who keep the birds D. The persons who kill the birds |
| 4. Why did the experts adopt the way of inbreeding to protect the crested ibis? |
| A. To increase the death rate. B. To increase the number of the crested ibis. C. To get more physical defects for hatched chicks. D. To have the lowest diversity of the endangered bird. |
| 5. What may be the reason for the reduction in the population of the crested ibis before 1981? |
| A. inbreeding B. economic development C. over hunting D. sandstorm |
| 6. What can we learn from the passage? |
| A. Due to our great efforts, the crested ibis lives in the wild well. B. Scientists will choose a better habitat for the crested ibis. C. The problems of the crested ibis have not been solved now. D. The government has established a genetic database of the crested ibis. |
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| A winner of the 2011 L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards, Professor Vivian Wing-wah Yam says she could not have done it without the backing of her family. The road to scientific discovery is tougher for women than for men and Professor Vivian Wing-wah Yam says she couldn't have succeeded without such a supportive family. The 47-year-old from Hong Kong University was one of five women scientists, from each continent, to receive the 2011 L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards at a ceremony on March 3, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. It is the 13th edition of the award since 1998. Yam's long and fruitful research on solving the energy problem won her the prize for Asia and the Pacific. There are several renewable and sustainable(可持续的) energy solutions, like solar power, which could provide an unlimited source of energy. Some problems must be resolved, however, such as the low efficiency of solar cells and their high supply costs. Yam and her colleagues hope to overcome these problems by developing and testing new photoactive(光敏的) materials. She became the third Chinese women scientist honored with the so-called "woman's Nobel Prize" award, after Professor Li Fanghua from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003, and Professor Ye Ruyu from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2004. "People think chemists are bad guys, but we are the good guys," Yam said in a humorous aside before explaining her research project on photoactive materials in an earlier speech at L'Institut de France. For Yam, chemistry is science, but also an art. Amazed by the universe, nature and color in her childhood, Yam decided on a career in chemistry. "One of the beauties of chemistry is the ability to create new molecules and chemical species. I have always associated chemists with artists, creating new things with innovative(革新的) ideas," Yam said. As a mother of two daughters, 12 and 14, Yam said she is lucky to have been supported by her family. She was inspired as a child by her father, a professor in the Civil Engineering Faculty at Hong Kong University. Yam added her husband, Mak Shingtat, a PhD in chemistry, who accompanied Yam to the awards ceremony, was also fully supportive of her work. "I can't imagine how my career could move on without his understanding and support," she said. "I often stay late at night in the laboratory. He always waits for me outside." Yam received her bachelor and PhD degrees from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). She taught at City Polytechnic of Hong Kong before joining HKU as a faculty member, and headed the chemistry department for two terms from 2000 to 2005. At 38, she was the youngest member elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is also a Fellow of TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, and was awarded the State Natural Science Award and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Centenary Medal. 2011 is the 100th anniversary of Marie Curie's second Nobel Prize, coinciding (一致的)with the International Year of Chemistry. Today, Curie is still a role model for women in science. Although the participation of women in science, is promoted by UNESCO, notably through L'Oreal-UNESCO, there are still too few women doing high-level science, says UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. The latest UNESCO report shows less than 40 percent of countries provide girls and boys equal access to education. Each year, the L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award recognizes 15 young women from all over the world, especially developing countries, to encourage and finance their studies. More than 200 young women scientists are currently supported. "I do not think there is a difference between men and women in terms of their intellectual abilities and research capabilities (能力)," Yam said. "As long as one has the passion, dedication and determination to pursue research wholeheartedly, one can excel regardless of one's gender or background." Yam said some young women, who require stability and security, often have to give up their research because of family pressures. "The only way for women to succeed in science is to get the mental and material support from family and society. There is a day-care center at my university, and my husband and mother-in-law help a lot with the housework, so I am able to spend my time on research," she said. "I have two young daughters, and it is too early to tell whether or not they want to pursue careers in science. But, I will encourage them to always defend their ideas. To remain determined, and to never be afraid of failure - this is the advice that they will need to succeed in realizing their dreams." Yam also acknowledged her colleague's support, at the awards ceremony. "This (award) not only recognizes me, but my colleagues and students and my country, China." |
| 1. L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards is . |
| A. an award for the developing world B. equal to Women's Nobel Prize C. held for more than 14 times D. only to in honour of Marie Curie |
| 2.Why did Yam become a chemist? . |
| A. When she was young, she thought chemists were good. B. She was amazed by the universe, nature and color in her childhood. C. She wanted to find the beauties of chemistry. D. She was encouraged by her supportive family. |
| 3. What's Yam's view on men and women? . |
| A. Their intellectual abilities and research capabilities are the same. B. Their passion, dedication and determination are the same. C. Women require stability and security. D. Women can't get the mental and material support from family and society. |
| 4.Yam wins the award of UNESCO For Women in Science for . |
| A. her fruitful research on solving the environmental problem B. doing research and test on new photoactive materials C. inventing an unlimited resource D. finding solutions on renewable and sustainable energy |
| 5. The word "recognize" in the passage means . |
| A. admit or be aware of B. be willing to accept sb/sth as valid or approve C. show appreciation by giving an honor or award D. know sb/sth again |
| 6. For Yam, her winning the award mainly thanks to . |
| A. Her hard work B. Tthe co-work from her students. C. The help from her colleagues D. The support from her family |
| 阅读理解。 阅读下列材料,从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中，选出符合各小题要求的 最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余项。 |
| Here are five letters from readers listed in 1-5. All the greetings and signatures are left out. Suppose you are a secretary of the magazine CR (Crazy English Reader), for each one find a suitable reply from A-F. Mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra reply which you don't need to use. 1. I am a reader of CR. Recently I found students translate some articles of CR. I appreciate your offering an opportunity to us beginners to practise using English. So I want to ask how they can obtain these articles and translated them for you, and what qualities you require. Thank you. 2. I love your Crazy English Reader magazine! It provides valuable data for work in our English teaching. My wife and I are teaching Conversational English so I've been giving you a bit of a plug at our middle school. I told the students to "get a copy!" It's good stuff! Fantastic! 3. I'm one of Yao's fans from Guangzhou. I have read the Yao Ming articles in No.7 Crazy English Reader. I want to know his correspondence address and the official website. Could you please tell me? Thank you very much indeed. 4. First of all, I must say thank you very much to all the CE Reader editors who gave us a really good English magazine. Secondly, I want to give you a piece of advice. In each passage, you gave us some new words with their Chinese translation. However, as far as my knowledge, I think you should give us not only the Chinese meaning but also the English meaning so as to know the words more accurately. Thank you! 5. I am an editor of the English Monthly of our school. I have a question that is how to say the position of the paper e.g., 总编 责任编辑 and so on. I hope you can help me to tell me the word in English. The more the better. Thank you so much! I love the book very much. Now, I do this work, I need study more information about this work, if you have time, please email me. Thank you. A. Thank you for your suggestion. We may try that in some future issues of CR. I think the best way to improve your reading vocabulary is to be able to guess the meaning of the word from the other words around it. Also, if you have an English dictionary, it's good to look up the words and then mark them down in a notebook and review them later on. Then if you really want to learn how to use the words, try using them in conversation or in writing. Hope this helps. B. The best way for you to learn the different positions in a newspaper or magazine is to get a copy of an all-English magazine or newspaper and then copy down the different positions. There are also titles such as Managing Editor, reporter, Copy Editor, Photo Editor and Layout Editor. I hope this helps. If you have some more specific questions, you can send them to me and I'll try to answer. C.The best way to reach Yao directly is through his home team, the Shanghai Sharks. You can write him at 2570 Xietu Road, Shanghai. For more information on Yao, you can look at the sports section in sina. com. I hope this helps. Another idea is that you can try to write Yao while he's living and playing in Houston. You can try to reach Yao in the US at: Yao Ming Compaq Centre 10 Houston, TX 77046 D.Thank you for being such a careful reader of CR. Yes, you're right we made a mistake in the writing of that Chinese word. Each issue we try to read very carefully each article and its translation to make sure there are no mistakes, but unfortunately a few mistakes always get by. But you encourage us to keep improving, so thank you. E. Yes, we do have several students who help us translate some of the articles in our magazine. We contact these translators directly after interviewing their translation work. Afterwards we assign the articles to them for translation. If you are interested in being one of our translators you can send us some information about yourself and a sample of your translation work. F. Thank you for helping us to promote CR. We're glad it's helpful to your students. We always try to include articles that reflect real life. It's our hope that CR will not only improve student's English but also open up a different worldview. |
| 短文改错。 假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的一篇作文。文中 共有10处语言错误， 要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在其下面写上该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。 |
| More than one American child dislike getting advice from members of their family. They turn to "strangers". While they need advice, they don't usually go to people they know. Instead many of them wrote letters to newspapers and magazine that give advice on many different subjects included family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even in how to buy a house or a car. Most newspapers regular print letters from readers with problems. Along with letters there are answers written by people who are supposed to know what to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, others are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women who without special training for this kind of work. ______________________________________________________________________________ |
| 书面表达。 每位同学都希望自己具有良好的人际关系，成为班级中受欢迎的人。请你根据下表 所提供的信息，写一篇题为“Being a Popular Student”的英语短文，参加学校网站英语论 坛的讨论。  注意：1.短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥； 2.短文标题与开头已为你写好，不计入总词数； 3.词数：120左右。 |
| Being a popular student We all hope to be popular with our classmates and teachers… ________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ |