Many of you may wonder what else to do besides watching TV or surfing the Internet on weekends．Why not have a picnic? Junior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle Schoo1 had a “King of cooking” competition·
Earlier this month，about 300 students at the schoo1 went to a suburb(郊区)of Beijing to have the contest．They were divided into 24 groups．Each group had buyers，slicers (掌刀)，firemakers．washers and cooks．
Firemakers faced the most problems during the time．Some of them had no idea how to keep fire burning． “The fire kept going out．we had to blow at the sparks(火星)and put on corn leaves and old newspapers，”said Wu Mofei，13．
“It took us an hour to make the fire．Our eyes had tears from all the smoke and our faces became dirty，”he added．
When the fires were finally made，the cooks became the busiest people．Huang Lanye made fried celery(芹菜)and ham pickled cabbage(泡菜)and tomato soup．
She was proud of her work．“It’s my first time making Chinese dishes．My group members ate them up in minutes and said they were as delicious as what their parents made!” said the 14-year-old girl．
Finally over ten students were titled “King of Cooking”．Wang Xiaoyue，14，was one of them．“My group got a mark of 98 at the competition，’’Wang said．“We have 1earned a lot while
having so much fun! We are the best!”
Beijing No．4 Middle School has been organizing similar(类似的)fun activities for six years．“we want to give students a chance to get real life experiences and 1earn how to work as a team，’’said Jia Dong，who works for the school’s student affairs office．
1.The text mainly tells us——．
A．a “King of Cooking” competition organized by Senior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle School
B．a picnic organized by Junior 2 students at Beijing N0．4 Middle School
C．a “King of Cooking” competition organized by Junior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle School
D．after-school activities of students at Beijing No.4 Middlle School
2.Which of the following was not the problem some firemakers met?
A．They didn’t know how to keep fire burning．
B．They spent a long time in making a fire．
C．The fire kept going out．
D．They didn’t have enough corn leaves and old newspapers．
3.We can infer that Huang Lanye was a ___in their group
A．buyer B．firemaker C．washer D．cook
4.According to the passage，we can know____．
A．only ten students were titled “King of Cooking” in this competition
B．the “King of Cooking” competition has been held once every year in the past six years
C．Wang Xiaoyue was titled a “King of Cooking” in this competition
D．Beijing No．4 Middle School has been encouraging students to take part in all kinds of competitions
Have you ever imagined that you could be cloned(克隆) like Dolly, the sheep, in the not too distant future?
The news that a human embryo(胚胎) has been 16 cloned for the first time has caused mixed reactions(反应).
The 17 was carried out by scientists from the Advanced Cell Technology Inc(ACT), in Massachusetts, US. The group 18 the news on November 25.
This is 19 human being. A clone is alive, it walks, it breathes, said Jamie Grifo, a(n) 20 on the study of cloning at New York University School of Medicine.
“This is a set of cells in a lab that will be used to 21 someone’s life.”
Such research could lead to treatment for 22 such as heart disease, AIDS and even cancer, 23 scientists.
Despite high hopes from other scientists, the news raised concerns immediately from religious and political leaders. Several 24 in the US do not allow human cloning. President George W. Bush also made it clear that he is 25 any type of human cloning. However, the scientists at ACT said they have no interest at present in 26 an early embryo into 27 .
Animal have been cloned repeatedly since Dolly, the sheep 28 in 1997. And there were no real technical 29 to stand in the way of scientists making a cloned human embryo.
This time the research group used traditional cloning technology with a human 30 . 31 it was given DNA from an adult cell, the egg began to 32 . 33 it was stopped from becoming a baby-at a stage in which it was 34 a ball of cells. The 35 technology has been used to clone sheep , cattle and monkeys.
1. A. in failure B. never C. successfully D. not
2.A. research B. report C. works D. task
3. A. made known B. made C. said D. had
4.A. a cloned B. a man-made C. a D. not a cloned
5.A. worker B. head C. expert D. assistant
6.A. save B. rescue C. cure D. treat
7. A. patients B. health C. diseases D. things
8.A. according to B. including C. besides D. argued
9.A. countries B. nations C. peoples D. states
10.A. for B. against C. researching for D. praising
11. A. developing B. building C. inventing D. discovering
12. A. a baby B. a man C. a woman D. a white man
13.A. died B. appeared C. turned up D. was no more
14. A. questions B. affairs C. business D. problems
15.A. egg B. bless C. meat D. cell
16.A. Before B. After C. While D. And
17.A. grow B. die C. change D. grow up
18.A. And B. But C. However D. Yet
19.A. yet B. still C. not D. /
20. A. different B. usual C. ordinary D. same
Recent pressure at work may___ his behavior.
A. stand for B. leave for C. pay for D. account for
If he starts talking about his past, you will never___ from him.
A. put away B. get away C. throw away D. take away
To our joy, the operation is___ success and the patient is now out of ___ danger.
A. /;/ B. a; the C. /; the D. a; /
Please ____ your sister to bring the ticket for the concert.
A. remind B. remember C. warn D. let
