He is a clever boy, _________ has big eyes and short hair.
A. whose B. who C. which D. that
—How about going to the movies tonight?
—__________.It is fun to see a film at night.
A. Why not? B. What for? C. No way. D. Go ahead.
假设高考已经结束，请你根据下列提示给你的美国朋友Tom写一封电子邮件。(开头已为你写好，不计算在总词数内)
1. 对高考感觉和考后打算；
2. 畅想大学生活和未来理想。
注意：1. 词数120-150；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
[1] Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior. One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards.
[2] They had about two hundred college students play a version of the game, which is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group. The students played in groups of four. Each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally. But each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players, at a cost to the punisher. The most successful behavior proved to be cooperation. The groups that rewarded it the most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded it the least. And the more a group punished itself, . The group with the most punishment earned twenty-five percent less than the group with the least punishment.
[3] The other study involved children. It was presented last month in California at a conference on violence and abuse. Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups. More than eight hundred children were ages two to four the first time they were tested. More than seven hundred children were ages five to nine. The two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first test. Both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not. The study says the IQs — or intelligence quotients — of the younger children who were not spanked (打屁股) were five points higher than those who were. In the older group, the difference was almost three points.
[4] Murray Strauss from the University of New Hampshire worked with Mallie Paschall from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation says the more they are spanked, the slower their mental development is. He also looked at average IQs in other nations and found them lower where spanking was more common.
1. What is the best title of the passage? (no more than 10 words)
2.Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Compared to the children's IQs whose parents use physical punishment, the result of those whose parents don't is 5 points higher.
3.Fill in the blank in paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)
4. List three facts that lead to the most successful behavior in paragraph 2. (no more than 8 words)
5.Translate the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 into Chinese.
During the last twenty years there has been increasing concern with the quality of the environment. Along with air and water pollutions, noises pollution has been recognized as a serious pollutant. As noise levels have risen, the effects of noise have become more apparent.
Noise is defined as "unwanted sound". Causes of noise pollution include traffic, aircraft, rock bands, barking dogs, televisions, garbage trucks, and noise from neighbors, voices, alarms, and watercrafts. Studies show that over forty percent of Americans are disturbed at home or lose sleep because of noise pollution.
Noise has bad effects on people and the environment. Noise causes hearing loss, interferes (妨碍) with human activities at home and work, and is in various ways dangerous to people's health and well being.
When we think, talk, listen to music, or sleep, we need quiet. Even low levels of noise can be annoying or frustrating. Sudden increases in volume can make sounds annoying. The quieter the background is, the more penetrating a noise can be.
Noise can also make instructions or warning unclear, resulting in accidents. Louder noise bursts can be more disruptive (破坏性).Continued stress can lead to high blood pressure, which is the major cause of some diseases.
Long exposure to noise levels above eight-five decibels (分贝) can damage inner cells and lead to hearing loss. Noise can result in the involuntary fear response and can cause adrenaline (肾上腺素) to be pumped into the bloodstream, the heart rate to quicken, muscles to tense, breathing to increase, and the digestive system to slow down.
Local government has the responsibility to fight noise pollution. For example, it can regulate the speed of trains through their community. On the other hand, a responsible citizen will never make noise pollution wherever he is.
1. How many kinds of environmental pollution are mentioned in the text?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
2.According to the text, noise pollution may be caused by .
A. parties and meetings B. zoos and theaters
C. schools and factories D. vehicles and animals
3.What does the underlined word "penetrating" in paragraph 4 mean?
A. High and exciting B. Sharp and shocking
C. Loud and unpleasant D. Clear and comfortable
4.In the last paragraph, the writer suggests that .
A. individuals and government should work together to reduce noise pollution
B. the government should offer it's people better education on noise pollution
C. the government should be responsible for noise pollution
D. people who make noise pollution should be punished
5.Which of the following is not related to noise pollution?
A. hearing loss B. speeding the digestive system
C. high blood pressure D. accidents
Facebook is now used by 30 million people in the UK, about half the population.
Joanna Shields, vice president of Facebook Europe, made the announcement this morning at a media conference in London.
She said: "We can announce today that we have reached 30 million in the UK, which we are really excited about."
Globally, Facebook has more than 500 million registered users, a milestone it hit last summer. Last July, it also revealed that it had 26 million registered UK users. In the last eight months, it has attracted four million extra UK users, bringing the UK total to 30 million, while in January 2009, Facebook had only 150 million registered users.
Last year, Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder, said it was "almost a guarantee" that the site would hit one billion users. He explained: "If we succeed in innovating, there is a good chance of bringing this to a billion people...it will be interesting to see how it comes true."
One third of women aged 18 to 34 check Facebook when they first wake up, before even going to the toilet, according to research. Twenty-one per cent of women aged between 18 to 34 check Facebook in the middle of the night, while 42 per cent of the same group think it is fine to post drunken photos of themselves onto the social network, a study by Oxygen Media found.
Shields was speaking this morning at the Financial Times Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference about the power Facebook's referrals can bring to media sites, such as newspapers and TV services.
She explained that the average Facebook user has 130 friends who they share links to media sites with on a regular basis. "Media companies which take advantage of that are really seeing the benefits", Shields said.
Shields refused to say whether Facebook would develop its own mobile phone operating system and also said it was "silly" that Google had recently disabled the feature (特点) which allowed Google users to sync their contacts with Facebook friends.
1.What is Joanna Shields content with?
A. the announcement B. media conference
C. fast growing registered users D. the benefits of Facebook
2.How many registered users all over the world now?
A. 26 million B. 30 million
C. 150 million D. more than 500 million
3.Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder, take a more view about the future of Facebook.
A. negative B. optimistic C. cold D. pessimistic
4.What kind of people are more interested in Facebook according to the passage?
A. teenagers B. middle-aged people
C. old people D. young people
5.From the passage we know that .
A. Facebook would develop its own mobile phone operating system
B. Google didn't allow its users to sync their contacts with Facebook friends
C. Shields refused to admit the power Facebook's referrals could bring
D. Google was always silly
