---- What was it that made Susan weep?
---- ________of cheating in the exam.
A．Being charged B．That she was accusing
C．Because she was charged D．Being accused
Generally speaking,__________ good education is regarded as __________ticket to success.
A．/; / B．a; a C．/; a D．a; the
作为即将参加高考的高三学生，学习任务重，压力大，所以有效学习显得尤为重要。请根据你的切身体会，以“How to Be an Efficient Learner?”为题，从合理安排、劳逸结合等方面谈谈你对有效学习的看法。
注意：1. 短文标题和开头句子已给出，不计入总词数;
2. 词数：120左右。
( 可能用上的词汇： agenda n. 日程表 well-balanced adj. 均衡发展 )
How to Be an Efficient Learner?
Being Senior Three students, we have a tight schedule and seem to have endless homework to do every day.
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阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写在横线上（请注意问题后的词数要求）
[1] For the people living in the Nile Basin，the river is their life. This 6,825 km river，whose watershed (流域) covers three million square kilometers，flows through mountains，woodlands，lakes and deserts. Its potential for fishing，tourism and shipping is great — but so are its challenges.
[2] Water shortage，already serious in Egypt and Sudan，will soon influence several other countries in the watershed, too. Today，about 160 million people depend on the Nile River for their living. Within the next 25 years，the district's population is expected to double，adding to the demand brought about by growth in industry and agriculture. The frequent drought adds to the urgency.
[3] Water quality is also a problem. Precious soil is washed out to sea. Wastes from industry and agriculture create pollution. Higher concentrations of salt influence irrigated soils. Waterborne diseases continue unchecked. In areas where it's hot and damp，water hyacinths choke off lakes，dams and other sections of the river，making it difficult for fishing and other businesses to move forward.
[4] Native people along the narrow area of farmland have watched the sand move closer day by day. They've seen the river change course，and their only source of water thickened with mud. They're very poor and have few choices.
[5] But a new program，the Nile Basin Initiative，is offering very practical assistance. The program is ________ a watermanagement project. It's a plan for the social and economic development of a vast district as well：it concentrates on the needs of the poorest of the poor and the environment that supports them.
[6] These are whole ecosystem problems，calling for united solutions．Half the Nile Basin's countries are among the world's poorest nations；yet，somehow，they must find the resources，skills and political will to overcome these challenges.
1.What is the main idea of the second and third paragraphs? (No more than 10 words)
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2.Fill in the blanks in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (No more than 4 words)
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3.How large will the population of River Nile district be within the next 25 years?
(No more than 5 words)
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4.What do Nile Basin’s countries need to overcome the challenges? (No more than 6 words)
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5.What does the underlined word “Its” (Line 3, Paragraph 1 ) refer to?
(No more than 3 words)
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“Just take a deep breath.” “Don’t think about it.” “You’re more likely to die in a car wreck on the way to the airport than you are in a plane crash.” These are just some words given to people with a fear of flying. But as Tom Cruise, playing Lt. Daniel Kaffee in the movie A Few Good Men, said, “I get sick when I fly because I’m afraid of crashing into a large mountain. I don’t think Daniel will help.”
But there’s a new application that just may. Today, the VALK Foundation, a Dutch group that’s a partnership between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the University of Leiden, launches the app in the US. The VALK Foundation was one of the first centers for research and fear-of-flying treatment in the world and is the organizer of three world conferences on fear of flying.The foundation said the app, called Flight App VALK, is the first scientifically-developed, web-based treatment for people who suffer from mild to moderate fear of flying.
“The fear of flying application we have created aims to transfer all of the knowledge we have developed through our program into a mobile application that will help ease travelers’ fears,” said Dr. Lucas van Gerwen, director of the VALK Foundation. Dr. van Gerwen is also a psychologist and professional pilot with more than 30 years experience.
The foundation said up to 30% of adults are fearful fliers. The Flight App is designed to help relax passengers before and during flights by educating users about flight safety and turbulence. It explains the sounds and sensations they can expect during departure, flight and landing. And, if a passenger’s flight stress reaches a panic level, they press a special panic button which provides audio and written information to help decrease stress levels. Most importantly, the Flight App can be used during the flight in the airplane mode. Once downloaded, the program does not require Internet connection in the air.
1.By saying the words at the beginning of the passage, people are expected to ______.
A．decrease their fear of flying
B．get rid of their doubt about plane
C．have a good time on their flight journey
D．use some medicine to cure their fear of flying
2.Flight App VALK is aimed to ______.
A．help passengers experience the fear of flying
B．help relax passengers before and during flights
C．treat people who suffer from mild fear of flying
D．teach people the basic knowledge of taking flight
3.According to the passage, the VALK Foundation ______.
A．is a group focusing on psychology on the flight
B．was the first center to do research into fear of flying
C．organize the world conferences on fear of flying annually
D．focuses on researching and offering treatment on fear of flying
4.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A．Many adults are suffering from fear of flying
B．It’s convenient for people to use the Flight App
C．Many planes will be installed with the Flight App.
D．The Flight App can decrease stress levels effectively
5.In which column of a newspaper can we read this passage?
A．Culture B．Entertainment C．Technology D．Education
I’m not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them — to be honest. We’d have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange e-mails, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.
Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden, they’re thrown in my face like TV commercials — unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.
Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you’d find him warm, and down-to-earth. Read his Facebook and you realize he’s an unbearable, food-obsessed bore. He’d pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man — and then write about it.
Take Andy. You won’t find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now he’s a CEO without a company to lull. So he plays Mafia Wars on Facebook. He’s doing well — level 731. Thanks to Facebook, I know he’s playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, you’ve run four companies — and this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job?
Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Facebook and once on Twitter.
In real life, I don’t see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. They’re nice, smart people. But face to Facebook, my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.
I’m left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine lunatic(狂人)on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he’s at a party and the wine isn’t up to his standards?
1.Who is opposed to the H1N1 vaccine in the text?
A．Fred. B．Andy. C．Liz. D．Chris.
2.What’s Andy probably busy in doing now?
A．He’s running his company.
B．He’s playing golf all day.
C．He’s looking for another job.
D．He’s playing computer games.
3.According to the text, Facebook tends to ______.
A．present another side of people
B．offer some food for free
C．show endless advertisements
D．get you to more parties
4.The text is developed mainly by ______.
A．giving examples B．following the time order
C．listing figures D．raising questions
5.The author focuses on the question of ______.
A．what is Facebook B．what happened to golf
C．who is my real friend D．who can help me
