________, more than 200 houses and buildings are heated by solar energy, not to mention the big cities.
A. In the alone small town B. In the small town alone
C. Alone in the small town D. In the small alone town
Results from a recent research indicate that ______ daydreaming is ______ means of relaxation.
A. the; a B. 不填; the C. a; the D. 不填; a
假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Chris给你发来e-mail，询问你校正在开展的“低碳生活” （low-carbon lifestyle）活动情况。请就以下几个方面的活动用英语写一封回信作一介绍。
1. 上学（步行或骑自行车）
2. 校内（节电节水，双面书写）
3. 购物（使用环保购物袋）
4. 你对活动的看法。
注意：
1．词数120左右； 2．可适当增加细节，使行文连贯； 3．开头语已为你写好。
Dear Chris,
I’m happy to receive your e-mail asking about what we are doing to promote a low-carbon lifestyle.
Yours,
Li Hua
此题要求改正所给段文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画出一个勾（√ ）;如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词;在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^ ）,在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词
My father woke me up one morning when I was 14, announced, 1.
“Get up. You are going with me to cut grass.” I felt proudly and 2.
excited because my father thought he was responsible enough 3.
to help him in his business. Still, that first day is very hard. 4.
Towards the evening, my father found some leaves I had 5.
missed cutting and pulled me aside. “Cut that section again or 6.
don’t make me tell you do it again.” The message was clear. 7.
Today I stress the important of doing a job right the first time. 8.
In every job I have held, I have learned something that helps me on 9.my next job. If you work hard, you can learn from any job you do. 10.
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白出的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。满分10分
—Good afternoon. My name is Peter. I’m the general manager of the personnel department. I’ll be interviewing you. Please sit down.
— 1., Peter. My name’s Jon. Jon Smash.
—Well, Jon, it’s a pleasure to meet you. 2..
—I’ve been a manager at Nike for over three years. I won manager of the year award two years ago, and I got promoted last August.
—OK. Tell me about yourself…your personality.
— 3.. I think before I act, and if something goes wrong in our company I always remain calm. I never scream at my employees. And I’ve never lost my temper.
— 4.?
—I think I’m good at solving problems. 5.. I also love challenges. I work well under pressure. When my boss pushes me to finish a project early I always get it done and never complain.
—Jon, you seem like a very good manager. I like your ambition. You’re very confident and motivated. We like that here at Microsoft. Well, our interview is over……
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Research at the University of Liverpool, UK, has found that Shakespeare’s language stimulates positive brain activity.
Shakespeare uses a linguistic（语言的）technique known as functional change that involves, for example, using a noun to serve as a verb. Researchers found that this technique allows the brain to understand what a word means before it understands the function of the word within a sentence. This process causes a sudden peak in brain activity and forces the brain to work backwards in order to fully understand what Shakespeare is trying to say.
Professor Philip Davis, from the university’s School of English, said: “The brain reacts to reading a phrase such as ‘he godded me’ from the tragedy of Coriolanus, in a similar way to putting a jigsaw puzzle（拼图玩具）together. If it is easy to see which pieces fit together you become bored of the game. But if the pieces don’t appear to fit, when we know they should, the brain becomes excited. By throwing irregular words into seemingly normal sentences, Shakespeare surprises the brain in a manner that produces a sudden burst of activity — a sense of drama created out of the simplest of things.”
Experts believe that this heightened brain activity may be one of the reasons why Shakespeare’s plays have such a dramatic impact on their readers.
Professor Neil Roberts, from the university’s Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Center, and Professor Davis, together with Dr Guillaune Thierry, from the University of Wales, UK, monitored 20 participants using an electroencephalogram (EEG) as they read selected lines from Shakespeare’s plays.
“The brain signal is relatively stable when we understand the meaning of a word but when the word changes the grammar of the whole sentence, brain readings suddenly peak. The brain is then forced to retrace its thinking process in order to understand what it is supposed to make of this unusual word,” explains Professor Roberts.
1.The research conducted by the professors has showed that .
A. Shakespeare uses functional change to mislead readers
B. Shakespeare’s language excites positive brain activity.
C. Shakespeare’s plays have a dramatic effect on their readers.
D. Shakespeare’s language makes the brain signal relatively stable
2.Which of the following words can replace the underlined pronoun “it” in the 2nd paragraph?
A. technique B. word C. brain C. sentence
3.In the 3rd paragraph, the example of a jigsaw puzzle is used here to state .
A. the function of Shakespeare’s linguistic technique
B. a sense of drama created by playing the game
C. the Shakespeare’s thinking process
D. the brain’s reaction to reading a book
4.Based on the research, Shakespeare’s plays have a great effect on their reader lies in .
A. language used in plays B. characters showed in works
C. brain activity increased in reading D. thinking process when writing
