Have you ever wondered what the longest word in the English language is? Believe it or not, there’s no simple answer to the question. You might think it would be as easy as opening a dictionary and looking for the longest word. However ，it’s far more complicated (复杂的) than that.
Over time, many people have suggested many different words for the title of the longest word in English. How can that be? That’s because the first thing that people have different opinions on is what should be considered a word. Some of the words were simply made up to be the longest! For example, there is one really famous long word that most kids know. It comes from Disney’s movie Mary Poppins: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, which means wonderful. But since that 34-letter word was made up simply to be sung as a song in a movie, should it count?
How about long words that actually describe something in the world? Scientists have come up with several possible choices. The name of a virus(病毒) totals 1,185 letters. There’s also a protein(蛋白质) whose name totals 1, 909 letters. Should these win the title? "Not so fast!” say some people. Are these words ever actually used? Can they even be pronounced? And are they meaningful just because they are made up to be long?
If you’re wondering about some long words in common English, here are some examples. Those words include uncharacteristically (20 letters), deinstitutionalization(22 letters) and counterrevolutionaries (also 22 letters) Or perhaps the word "smiles" is the longest word in English. Sure, it has only six letters, but there is a "mile between the first and the last letters!
1.Why does the author mention the underlined questions in Paragraph 3?
A. To ask for readers opinions.
B. To compare different ideas
C. To describe the condition
D. To show people’s doubt
2.How does the author sound in the last paragraph?
A. Proud B. Humorous C. Excited D. Surprised
3.What is the text mainly about?
A. English words change a lot as time goes by. B. Long words are often used in scientific fields
C. It is hard to decide what the longest word is. D. Why we can’ t understand some English words
Every summer, my family and I visit our relatives in India and whenever we travel, my parents always remind me to drink only bottled or boiled water. On one of my trips to India, I saw children drinking water from the roadside. I was troubled to learn that millions of people, most of them children in developing countries, die each year because of water related diseases.
Living in the US, I am lucky to be able to turn on the tap and get potable water(饮用水), while one sixth of the world's population lacks access to clean water This year, I entered the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. In late June, I learned that I was selected as one of the top 10 national finalists of this famous middle school science competition. Over the summer, I worked with Dr. Jim Jonza, my Scientist mentor( 导 师 )from 3M, and developed a system that uses solar energy to purify water. My invention is green and cost effective, and I am looking forward to implementing this in places that are affected(影响)by harmful water pollution.
In October, my family and I flew to 3M Headquarters in St Paul, Minnesota, where the final event was to be held. For the last challenge, each of us had to present the invention we had been working on over the summer. The first place winner would win $25,000, a trip to Costa Rica, and the title of America’ s Top Young Scientist. At the awards ceremony, all of us waited anxiously until one of the judges, Danny Forester, started announcing "The winner of the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge is.... “ You could hear a pin(大头针) drop as he opened the paper with the winner’ s name, “Deepika Kurup!”
As America’s Top Young Scientist, I was given an opportunity to show my invention on national television and deliver several presentations. One of the most important things I have learned is that communication and teamwork are key to success.
1.Why does the author mention her visits to India?
A. To express her great love for India
B. To show the problem of unclean water.
C. To explain the importance of relatives
D. To compare eastern and western cultures
2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word "implementing" in Paragraph 2 ?
A. Researching B. Changing C. Finishing D. Using
3.How did the audience react as Forester opened the paper with the winner’s name?
A. They appeared calm B. They let out shouts of joy
C. They sat quiet D. They dropped pins to the author
4.How is the text mainly organized?
A. In order of time B. In order of complexity(复杂性)
C. In order of place D. In order of importance
Americans think much about time .From children they learn to value( 珍惜) time .As children , they are taught to be on time to go to school , to work and to do everything .When they are having a good time , they say that time flies .When a person is dying , they say he is living on borrowed time.
Time is money . Time is knowledge . Time is everything in America . A working American has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.This is the working time.In his spare time , he also works hard for money .Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual . In the street you can hardly see that a man walks slowly . They walk very fast.In fact , they are running.
They love time because time can bring money and a lot of things .But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants of the clock.
1.What do the Americans teach their children to do on time? .
A. To go to school B. To work
C. Both A, B and D D. To do everything
2.In the working people’s spare time , they may .
A. work hard for more money B. play football
C. go out for a trip D. drink beer
3.How many days may a working American work in a week? .
A. 6 B. 7 C. 5 D. 2
4.The writer mainly talks about in the passage.
A. children B. money C. life D. time
On the very first day, God created the cow and said to him, “As a cow, you must go to the field, working under the sun all day long! And I will give you 40 years to live.” The cow bjected, “What? You want me to live such a tough life for 40 years? Let me have 20 years, and I’ll give the rest back to you.” So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the dog and said, “You’ll be man’s best friend, guarding his house and eating his leftovers. I’ll give you a life span of 30 years.” The dog shook his head. “Eating leftovers for 30 years? No way! I’ll give half back to you!” So God agreed.
Then, God created the monkey, saying, “Your job is to entertain people. You’ve got to do monkey tricks and make them laugh. And you’ll live 20 years.”“ Do monkey tricks to make them laugh? 10 years will do.” the monkey said. So God agreed.
Finally, God created the man. “You will be the man. All you need to do is to sleep, eat, and play, simply enjoying your life. And I’ll give you 20 years to live.” Thinking for a while, the man replied, “I can be the man, but I want to take all the years that the cow, the dog and the monkey didn’t want.” So God agreed.
Since then, man eats, sleeps and plays in the first 2 decades, marries and spends the next 2 decades like a cow, working very hard to support his family. Then when he has children, he lives 15 years like a dog, taking care of the house and eating whatever is given to him. And when he is old, he retires and lives 10 years like a monkey, doing tricks to amuse his grandchildren.
1.The cow refused God because he .
A. wanted to take the monkey’s job
B. thought 40 years was too much
C. hoped God could rethink about his offer
D. disliked the life God arranged for him
2.We can know from the dog’s words that .
A. he was very lazy B. he liked leftovers
C. he could live for 15 years D. he hated to be man’s friend
3.How long would the man live according to the passage?
A. 20 years. B. 65 years. C. 27 years. D. 90 years.
4.The tone of the passage is .
A. light B. objective C. serious D. critical
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.What do we know about the “dream” wedding of Ms. Cummings’?
A. She worked overtime for it. B. She planned it for 3 years. C. It cost her about $13,000.
2.Why did Ms. Cummings cancel her wedding?
A. She got sick. B. She had to postpone it. C. It was not mentioned.
3.What was still kept at the reception?
A. The couple’s table. B. The cake table. C. The wedding cake.
4.How did Ms. Cummings contact the homeless people?
A. She called some shelters.
B. She put ads on newspapers.
C. She asked the hotel for help
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What does the woman think of the new movie?
A. Terrible. B. So-so. C. Good.
2.Where did the people keep those things for sale?
A. At a Christmas market. B. At the back of their cars. C. In their wooden trunks.
3.What does the man’s kid love the most among the presents?
A. A plastic train. B. A robot soldier. C. An old silver coin.
4.What will the man do with the mini motorbike?
A. Replace its engine. B. Change its color. C. Sell it
