The officials have expressed ________ over the safety of the mine workers trapped in the mine．
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A．appetite |
B．wealth |
C．reward |
D．concern |
No one has yet discovered who is responsible for the incident but the police are already collecting ______．
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A．evidence |
B．permission |
C．figure |
D．anxiety |
你叫李浩，你美国的笔友Jack在网上发现这样一幅漫画，他写信询问你这幅漫画的意思。请你用英文给Jack写封信，解释一下这幅漫画反映的社会现象。内容要点包括：
1．据报道70%的火锅店都向火锅里添加化学添加剂；
2．火锅店这样做的目的是降低成本、节约时间，让火锅更诱人；
3．向火锅里添加化学物质对人体的危害；
4．如何解决这一危害大众健康的问题。
注意：
1．参考词汇：漫画cartoon;火锅hotpot;化学添加剂chemical addictives;食品安全food safety
2．可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3．词数100左右，信的开头、结尾和格式已给出。
Dear Jack,
I’m glad to hear from you again. .
It is a great pity that I may not be able to treat you to a delicious hotpot when you come to visit me in China one day, isn’t it?
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
1.We should encourage children to read classics, most of which （很有益处）to the growth of our children.(benefit)
2. I like these blue jacket very much; it costs______________________（三倍）the one hanging in the window. （as）.
3.They say the accident happened because the carelessness of the driver, but in my opinion, it is the cyclist rather than the driver _____________________（应负责任）.（blame）
4. _____________________ (一旦被发现偷东西)in the supermarket, any salesperson will be fired at once. (once)
5. Project Hope aims at helping more children in poor areas to _ (有受教育的机会 ) . (access，receive)
6. Never （我碰到过）such a person. with a talent for songwriting in the past ten years.(come)
7.. If you were cast away on a deserted island, （你会怎么办）？ （do）
8. The headmaster left word with my parents (他要来拜访)next Sunday . (pay)
9. After the war, a new school building was put up___________________________ (在曾经是一家剧院的地方). (where)
10.The officials were discussing the plan that they would like to see (实现) the next year . (carry)
Dreaming is believing, claim researchers of a new study, who found that dreams have an effect on people’s behavior, judgment and they might contain important hidden truths as well.
“Psychologists’ explanations of the meaning of dreams vary widely. But our findings show that people believe their dreams provide meaningful insight into themselves and their world,” said a lead author of the study Carey Morewedge, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
In six different studies, researchers surveyed nearly 1,100 people about their dreams. One of the studies focused on general beliefs about dreams and involved 149 university students. All students were asked to rate different theories about dreams. The experts found that a surprising majority of the participants supported the theory about dreams revealing (揭示) the hidden truths about themselves and the rest of the world.
In a second experiment, they surveyed 182 people at a Boston train station, and asked them to imagine one out of four possible situation that could have occurred the night before a scheduled airline trip. Most of the participants said that dreaming of a plane crash would be more likely to affect their travel plans than would just thinking about a crash, or being warned by the government of a terrorism risk. They said a dreamed crash would influence their travel plans just as much as learning about a real crash on their planned route would.
Another experiment involved 270 men and women from across the United States. In a short online survey, they were asked to recall one of the dreams they had seen about any person they knew.
The findings showed that people were more likely to remember and describe pleasant dreams about a person they liked, rather than a person they disliked. Meanwhile, in most cases they tended to consider an unpleasant dream as more meaningful if it was about a person they disliked.
“In other words,” said Morewedge, “people attribute meaning to dreams when it corresponds (与……一致) with their pre-existing beliefs and desires.”
The researchers say that more investigation is needed to fully understand how people interpret their dreams. According to Morewedge, most people realize that dreams are not predicting their future, but they still try to find some meaning in there.
1.. The purpose of the studies is to .
A. determine when people tend to remember their dreams
B. research whether dreams have anything to do with real life
C. find out how people explain their dreams and what impact that has
D. understand what causes people to dream and how to interpret dreams
2. According to the second experiment, what might influence people’s travel plans most?
A. Thinking about a past plane crash.
B. Dreaming about a plane crash.
C. Hearing a government’s warning of a terrorism risk.
D. Imagining a plane crashing on their planned route.
3.. What can be concluded from the study?
A. Dreams can be a useful tool for learning and problem solving.
B. Most people disagree that dreams help them better know themselves and the world.
C. A majority of people believes that dreams can predict their future and try to find their meaning.
D. When a dream conflicts with people’s existing beliefs and desires, they tend to attribute less meaning to it.
4.. Which kind of dream is seen as more meaningful than the rest?
A. A pleasant dream about a person the dreamer likes.
B. A pleasant dream about a person the dreamer dislikes
C. An unpleasant dream about a person the dreamer likes.
D. An unpleasant dream about a person the dreamer dislikes.
A few years ago I was on a bicycle trip when I got off my bike for a rest. I sat down on the grass. A few seconds later, I was covered in ants. They were swarming all over me so I got up and brushed them off. It was a strange experience but I soon forgot about it.
A couple of years later, I was living in Jordan. I had just moved into a modern flat and was unpacking plates when I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. I looked over at the kitchen drawer and there was a cockroach (蟑螂) crawling out of it. I screamed. Then I grabbed a can of insecticide and sprayed it on the cockroach. He ran under the nearby bathroom door. It took me three days before I found the courage to open the bathroom door to see if he was still alive. He wasn’t.
Why did I react so violently to one lone insect when a closer encounter with hundreds of ants hardly affected me? The answer is easy: because cockroaches are creepy (令人毛骨悚然的) crawlies and ants aren’t. Creepy crawlies are those little bugs which cause feelings such as anxiety - they make your skin crawl.
Did you know that some people feel such a fear of bugs that it becomes a phobia (恐惧症)? Psychologists have offered many explanations. Some say we associate them with dirt and disease. Or that these are life forms that are so alien to us, that we find them disgusting for their dissimilarity.
Insects, however, don’t follow our rules - they just do what they want and invade our space. Unfortunately, although insects and bugs have been a successful animal species up to now, many of them, like many other species nowadays, are under threat of dying out. Entomologists warn that this could upset entire ecosystems and lead to all kinds of disastrous consequences.
So my advice to you is: the next time you feel the urge to stamp on, splatter or spray a creepy crawly, give a thought to the planet and stop.
1... Why did the author mention the ants in the beginning?
A. Because the experience with the ants presents a sharp contrast to that with the cockroach later.
B. Because the author wants to show her preference to the ants and her dislike for the cockroaches.
C. Because both ants and cockroaches are creepy crawlies that the author dislikes.
D. Because meeting the ants is an unusual experience that the author can hardly forget.
2.. The underlined word “insecticide” in Paragraph 2 probably means .
A. a kind of fruit juice B. a kitchen knife
C. liquid for killing insects D. cleanser (洗涤剂)for the bathroom
3.. How does the author feel about bugs like cockroaches?
A. The author doesn’t mind the contact with those harmless small creatures.
B. The author prefers cockroaches to ants and feels guilty for killing one.
C. They invade our space and become a threat to humans.
D. They still deserve a place for keeping the balance of the nature.
4.. Which of the following statements about bugs is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Some people may be frightened so much by bugs that it leads to a psychological barrier to some degree.
B. The earth will have a better and cleaner environment if more creepy crawlies are killed.
C. Many bugs are in danger of dying out so we should not kill them due to fear or disgust.
D. Some bugs are extremely unpleasant that some people have a strong wish to destroy them.
