that people who read for pleasure have developed more imagination and good language skills than people who prefer to watch TV.
A. It believes B. It has believed
C. It has been believed D. It was believed
―The Guangzhou Auto show on November 23 was really wonderful.
―Absolutely! I’m sure else can match it.
A. no one B. none C. nothing D. nobody
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排队等候时，同学们一定要遵守规则，不要插队，最好带上遮阳伞和折叠椅（folding chair）；
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下午5:30准时在6号门集合返校。
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Boys and girls,
Good news! We are going to visit EXPO this Sunday. ____________________________
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Hope we have great fun!
Students’ Union
对话填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Jack-J; Laura-L
J: I’d like to mail this box to Hong Kong. How much will it be, please?
L: Do you want to send it first class or second class?
J: How much is first class and how (76)l does it take? 1.
L: It’s a light box. First class would cost $ 8.20. I(77)g it 2.
will take about eight to ten days to arrive.
J: And second class?
L: Sending it second class would be (78) c , 3.
but it wouldn’t arrive (79)u about a month from now. You’ll pay $ 4.90 only.4.
J: Oh, I want it to arrive (80)e than that. I’ll mail it first class. 5.
L: What’s in the box? I need to know in order to(81) c the form. 6.
J:A(82)s of glasses. 7.
Are there any other forms I need to fill out because it’s going to a foreign country?
L: Yes , one more. You have to write clearly what is in the box and the (83) v 8.
J: Here it is.
L: You forgot to put a return address on this box. It’s not a post office rule,
but we usually (84)a people that all mail have a proper return address. 9.
J: OK. I’ll do it right now. I’ll also buy ten 60-cent stamps.
L: Let’s see. The box and the stamps. Your (85)t bill comes to $ 14.20. 10.
J: Thank you.
“Birds are not as loyal to their partners as you might think, with divorce, child abandonment and remarriage a common part of birds’ life,” a new book has shown. Author and biology professor Bridge Stutchbury, dispels the love-bird belief that birds pair up for life. “In terms of the top 10 beliefs about birds, the lasting pair bonds that we think about, do occur in some birds, but in most of the little songbirds that we studied, no,” the professor from York University in Toronto said. The divorce rate among greater flamingos is 99 percent.
Stutchbury’s book, The Private Lives of Birds, based on 20 years of research from radio filming and DNA testing shows male Acadian flycatchers fertilize(使受孕) females far away from their home nests, “ The main discovery is that so many birds do divorce for what humans would describe as selfish reasons,” Professor Stutchbury said. She noted that females may seek out males that are more colorful and better singers, or look to “step up in the world” and move to areas that are safer and have more food. “Females are looking for the highest quality male so that their children will be of high quality,” she added.
Professor Stutchbury said shorter summers may drive females to leave their nests before their young are fully grown up so they can quickly find new mates（配偶） and lay more eggs, leaving the males to feed the hungry chicks on their own.
Males can double their success in producing children by fertilizing neighboring females, but only “mates” care for the young, and some are none the wiser. “ They can’t tell when the egg comes out and whether it’s theirs or not,” She said. “They have no way to know.”
Divorce is surprisingly common among birds, and most live with one partner for only a few months or years. Divorce rates range from 99 percent in the greater flamingo to zero in the wandering albatross(信天翁).
1.What does the underline word “dispels” mean?
A. States B. Doubts C. Confirms D. Removes
2.The book The Private Lives of Birds_____.
A. shows the kind of male birds females seek out.
B. indicates the wandering albatross is the most faithful.
C. is based on Professor Stutchbury’s 20 years’ research.
D. suggests that female birds select males near their home.
3.According to the passage, we can infer that________.
A. young birds’ quality depends on their feather.
B. some male birds care for others’ young as their own.
C. female birds go to find males as soon as autumn comes.
D. female birds are responsible for feeding the hungry babies.
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. A book about love-birds.
B. Birds’ living habits and love life
C. The fact that birds don’t love their mates forever.
D. The factors that influence birds to look for another mate.
A new report says sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is melting more quickly than expected. American scientists say the ice is melting even faster than computer programs had estimated.
Scientists know that climate change has a major effect on the Arctic Ocean partly because sea ice is disappearing. They also know that areas of open seawater are expanding. Such areas are known to take in sunlight and increase temperatures. Scientists say this has helped to cause the loss of the Arctic’s ice cover.
For the study, the American scientists compared eighteen computer programs with observations made by satellites and other instruments. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change used the computer programs to prepare its 2007 estimates of climate change.
The computer programs gave estimates of the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean in the month of September. September is when the Arctic has the least ice, after the warm, summer months. The computer estimates suggested an ice loss of two and a half percent for every ten-year period between 1953 and 2006.
Newer studies of the Arctic have used information gathered by aircraft, satellites and ships. This information showed a loss of September ice cover of almost eight percent for every ten-year period between 1953 and last year. This means the ice is disappearing about thirty years faster than the computer programs estimated.
The scientists say the programs might not have recognized the full effect of increased carbon dioxide and other gases in Earth’s atmosphere. They say their study suggests the gases may have more of an effect than had been thought.
1.It is reported that sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is melting more quickly than expected mainly because _________.
A. climate change B. sea ice’s disappearance
C. seawater’s expansion D. the loss of the Arctic’s ice cover
2. How did the scientists draw the conclusion that sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is melting more quickly than expected?
A. The scientists have been observing the Arctic Ocean for many years.
B. The scientists have compared the computer programs with observation made by satellites and other instruments.
C. The scientists have figured out many numbers with the help of computer.
D. The scientists have found that the seawater take in sunlight and increase temperatures.
3.If the ice melts at the present speed, by the end of this century the ice loss in the Arctic Ocean will be _________ according to newer studies.
A. 22.5% B. 35% C.72% D. 100%
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The figures of the computer estimates are wrong.
B. Scientists study climate change through studying sea level.
C. Newer studies show gases may have more effect on sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.
D. The ice is melting even faster than satellites have estimated.
5.This report mainly warns human to _________.
A. prevent the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean from melting any more
B. pay more attention to the loss of the Arctic’s ice cover
C. take necessary steps to protect the environment of our earth
D. stop summer sea ice in the Arctic from disappearing so fast
