Born in London in 1825, Thomas Henry Huxley was one of the greatest men of the nineteenth century. In 1846 Thomas Henry Huxley was appointed assistant doctor aboard H. M.S. Rattlesnake. The ship had been asked to survey areas of the Great Barrier Reef and the neighboring seas. This gave Thomas Henry Huxley an opportunity to study animal life and was the start of his biological career. The voyage lasted four years, during which time he gathered much information on plankton (浮游生物).
On his return from the voyage, Thomas Henry Huxley was made a member of the Royal Society in recognition of his scientific work. Although he continued to publish papers about plankton, his interest was turning towards vertebrate (有脊椎的) animals. For some time Thomas Henry Huxley and his workmates had been discussing the possibility that animal species had evolved (进化), one from another. No satisfactory theories had been put forward, but in 1859 Darwin’s Origin of Species appeared. Thomas Henry Huxley at once realized its importance and how the theory of natural selection provided “the working hypothesis (假说) we sought”.
For the rest of his life Thomas Henry Huxley struggled to ensure the full recognition of Darwin's work. In 1863 Thomas Henry Huxley published Man’s Place in Nature in which he compared man and great apes (猿). He clearly showed similarities.
Despite his many achievements, he was given no award by the British state until late in his life. From about 1870, Thomas Henry Huxley was too involved in other things to continue actual research. He had always been interested in education. He pioneered the teaching of biology and his method of selecting “type animals” is still followed today. He spent the last ten years of his life writing essays mainly on biology.
1.Why did Huxley go on the voyage?
A.To explore the deep sea. B.To do research on sea animals.
C.To work as a doctor on the ship. D.To gather information for his paper.
2.How did Huxley react to the theory of natural selection?
A.He had doubt about it. B.He thought highly of it.
C.He couldn’t understand it. D.He thought he developed it first.
3.What do we know about Huxley's book Man’s Place in Nature?
A.It discusses the importance of human beings.
B.It focuses on Darwin’s theory of natural selection.
C.It talks about the differences between man and apes.
D.It provides evidence about the evolution of man from apes.
4.What can we learn about Huxley from the last paragraph?
A.He contributed a lot to biology teaching.
B.He continued his research till his death.
C.He became a good novelist late in his life.
D.He never got awards for his achievements.
On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Ogg heard the words every parent fears: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins—a girl and a boy—were born 14 weeks premature (早产的) , weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone， and he’d stopped breathing. The baby had just moments to live.
“I saw him gasp, but the doctor said it was no use,” Kate said. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. I wasn’t going to give up easily.”
Still, the couple knew this was likely goodbye. In an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him.
“I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us,” Kate said. “We’d accepted the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.”
Kate unwrapped ( 解 开 ) the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him.
“We were trying to have him,” Kate said. “We explained his name and that he had a twin and how hard we had tried to have him.”
Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again, and then he started breathing. Finally, he reached for his father’s finger. The couple’s lost boy had made it.
Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and healthy.
1.From what can we tell that Jamie was still alive？
A.His heartbeat. B.His face.
C.His gasp. D.His underweight.
2.What does the sentence “Their newborn wasn’t going to make it” in paragraph 1 mean?
A.Their newborn was unwilling to be their child.
B.Their newborn had very little hope of surviving.
C.Their newborn didn’t feel like coming to this world.
D.Their newborn disliked being treated by doctors in hospital.
3.What can be the best title for the passage？
A.Premature Twins B.Life-Giving Touch
C.First-time Parents D.Last Precious Moments
Every March, the country celebrates the achievements of women in American history. Even though these achievements go back a long way, most schools didn’t start focusing on women pioneers and their achievements until recently. Today, most schools teach kids about the many contributions women have made to our country. How did this change come about?
On March 19, 1911, a German woman named Clara Zetkin organized the very first International Women’s Day. Inspired by American working women, the event took on the causes of peace in an effort to end World War I as well as women’s rights. However, people’s interest in International Women’s Day still dwindled over the years. It gained momentum (势头) again in the 1960’s when the women’s movement caused women to wonder why they weren’t included in the history books.
By the 1970s, more female historians began to look back at women’s contributions in history. In 1978, a California school district started Women’s History Week to promote the teaching of women’s history. School officials picked the week of March 8 to include International Women’s Day. It was so popular that, in 1981, Congress passed a resolution, making the week a celebration for the entire country. The concept of studying women’s history continued to grow in popularity. In 1987, a group of women asked Congress to expand the celebration. That same year, Congress declared the entire month of March National Women’s History Month.
Today, schools and communities across the country celebrate the month with special lessons and activities designed to teach the ways women have helped shape the US. The women who have worked hard to make Women’s History Month a reality would like to see women’s history studied all year, not just every March. In 1996, the National Women’s History Museum was founded. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating the various historic contributions of women. The organization is working with Congress to open a permanent (永久的) museum site in Washington, D.C.
1.What was ignored in school education in the past according to the text?
A.Popularizing American history.
B.Introducing the history of WWI.
C.Sharing Americans’ global contributions.
D.Teaching about American women’s achievements.
2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “dwindled” in paragraph 2?
A.Started. B.Survived. C.Decreased. D.Completed.
3.What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?
A.How Women’s History Month became a reality.
B.How women were included in the history books.
C.Why women’s history should be taught at school.
D.Why women’s contributions should be honored in history.
一家美国酒店邀请近期的住店客人写信给他们就酒店服务提些意见，假如你叫季晨，一个月前曾入住该店，现请你用英文给旅馆经理写一封150左右的建议信，书信须包括:
1. 书信开头和结尾的补全内容
2. 简单自我介绍；
3. 酒店服务中你觉得好的方面；
4. 酒店服务中你觉得需要改进的方面。
注意:信的部分开头结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Manager,
I’m writing in response to your invitation to guests who
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I would be happy to know if
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Yours faithfully,
Ji Chen
根据首字母提示及句意，在句中空白处填入适当的单词。
1.Good n_____ is essential if patients are to make a quick recovery.
2.This is the o_____ painting, and the others are copies.
3.In some countries, witnesses in court have to s_____ on the Bible.
4.Those who i____ hunt rare and endangered wild animals are to be sentenced to prison.
5.Great efforts have been made in ecological c____ and environmental protection in recent years.
6.As long as we are united, there will be no difficulty that cannot be o____.
7.Only when applied on a global scale can the achievements of science and technology play a m____ role and better benefit humankind.
8.A____ by cheerful music, people began to dance on the large square.
9.Over the years, overseas Chinese have enthusiastically supported and p____ in China's economic construction in various ways.
10.The research shows the urban air quality this year remains unchanged, compared with the p____ year.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
An umbrella is what we easily forget and leave behind in our daily life. When the weather is fine, we certainly don’t think of it; only when it’s raining, we’ll carry it purposefully. But as soon as the rain stops, most likely we’ll forget 1. we’ve put it. It has to wait patiently and pitifully for 2. owner to claim it, otherwise it’ll remain alone as a deserted umbrella. Once I suddenly found my longtime used umbrella “disappeared”. I really 3. ( regret) quite some time for my own carelessness. Several days later, out of my 4. (expect), I saw it quietly stand in a corner of the house where I worked. I was extremely glad to regain it. Looking carefully at it, though it was so familiar 5. me, I found for the first time that its plastic handle 6. (wear) out as a result of repeated rain-wash for years. I sought for it only when I needed it. It occurred to me that I should have paid 7. (much) attention to it.
It sets me 8. (think). Around us there is always a person giving us support in silence just like 9. old umbrella that protects us from the rain or any bad weather. Will you think of those individuals 10. have helped you get through difficulty when you are leading a comfortable life?
