Barack Obama is one of the most powerful people in the world.
In a speech, he o his success to those hardships he went through: “I was nobody at first, but I wanted to make a d . I learned the ______(精神) of perseverance(坚持不懈) from people around me. L a hard life, my mom struggled to put herself through school, and make ends m . My grandmother kept doing her job as well as she could and ended ______ being vice president at a bank. ________ you do, remember that making your mark on the world is hard. Be patient and determined, r of the setbacks and failures you may _______ across in achieving success. No one of achievement has________(躲避) failure. They learn from mistakes and don’t quit.”
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1.Students are encouraged to learn positive values and become _______________________
(更愿意为社会做贡献) .
2.____________________(在所有我们拍的照片中)，my favorite was one in which we formed a circle and lay down on the grass.
3.______________________________( 我无法忍受住在多雨的城市)，even though it is good for my skin.
4.We have been excavating layers of ash almost six meters thick, _______________________
（这意味着他们可能整个冬天都在烧火）.
5.I always knew that __________________________________ (她已经厌倦了当前台接待) .
根据上下文及所给的首字母或汉语意思填写单词(每条横线上只能填写一个单词)
注意：给出首字母的词，需将首字母一起填写到答题卷上
1.The m of us voted for Mr. Red, who then became chairman of the committee.
2.Remember, tasks are only a m to an end; goals are that end.
3.All efforts of cloning an animal will be in v if there is not enough diversity in the group to overcome illnesses.
4.Don’t b him with that now; he is busy preparing for an exam.
5.Is it c for you to meet me at the airport next Monday afternoon?
6.In a courtroom it is sometimes difficult to recognize who is i and who is guilty.
7.If I’m not m , Colorful Clouds Chase the Moon is a Chinese song, not a Japanese one.
8.Generally speaking, he thought that lower class people betrayed themselves with their r whenever they spoke.
9.The war i the trade between the two countries.
10.The book tells the story of Max, who behaves badly and is sent to his room without dinner as a ______________(惩罚).
Birds that are half-asleep — with one brain hemisphere (半球) alert(警觉) and the other sleeping — control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks.
Earlier studies have recorded half-brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemisphere’s eye stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemispheres resting at once.
Decades of studies of bird groups led researchers to predict extra alertness in the end-of-the-row sleepers which tend to be attacked more easily. Sure enough, the end birds tended to watch carefully on the side away from their companions. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze(注视) direction.
Also, birds napping (打盹) at the end of the line depend on single-hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, more often than inner ducks did. Turning 16 birds through the positions in a four-duck row, the researchers found that compared with 12 percent for birds in inner spots, outer birds half-asleep during some 32 percent of napping time.
“We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness at the same time in different regions of the brain,” the researchers say.
The results provide the best evidence for a long-standing assumption that single-hemisphere sleep developed over time as creatures scanned for enemies. The preference for opening an eye on the lookout side could be widespread, he predicts. He’s seen it in a pair of birds napping side-by-side in the zoo and in a single pet bird sleeping by a mirror. The mirror-side eye closed as if the reflection were a companion and the other eye stayed open.
Useful as half-sleeping might be, it’s only been found in birds and such water animals as dolphins, whales, and seals. Perhaps keeping one side of the brain awake allows a sleeping animal to surface occasionally to avoid drowning.
Studies of birds may offer unique insights into sleep. Jerome M. Siegel of the UCLA says he wonders if birds’ half-brain sleep “is just the tip of the iceberg.” He supposes that more examples may turn up when we take a closer look at other species.
1.According to the passage, birds often half sleep because ______.
A. they have to watch out for possible attacks
B. their brain hemispheres take turns to rest
C. the two halves of their brain are differently organized
D. they have to constantly keep an eye on their companions
2.What is implied about the example of a bird’s sleeping in front of a mirror?
A. An imagined companion gives the bird a sense of security.
B. Birds prefer to sleep in pairs for the sake of their security.
C. The phenomenon of birds napping in pairs is widespread.
D. A single pet bird enjoys seeing its own reflection in the mirror.
3.It can be inferred that _______.
A. Birds never sleep with both hemispheres resting at once.
B. Inner ducks depend on single-hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, as often as birds napping at the end of the line do
C. It is not the first time for scientists to research on birds’ half-brain sleep
D. Birds hardly sleep without a companion
4.By saying “just the tip of the iceberg”, Siegel suggests that _______.
A. half-brain sleep has something to do with icy weather
B. the mystery of half-brain sleep is close to being solved
C. most birds living in cold regions tend to be half sleepers
D. half-brain sleep may exist among other species
In the face of tragedy(悲剧), you must of course let yourself feel: Cry without holding back, tremble with fear, yell out in anger, accept and follow your feelings. This is part of the wise approach to tragedy: The Upward Path – the feeling of emotions(情感), the acceptance of them, and the coupling of the emotional mind with wisdom. Along this path, you’ll take the experience – no matter how sad or upsetting – as a learning event, just as all other points on your journey will prove to be. While tragic, you must recognize this is still a chance for all involved to grow. You should let both sadness and joy, fear and courage, dark and light fill your world, and learn to find your steady, calm center in the midst of the opposing forces. This is the Upward Path. Use the event as a chance to gain balance and discover wisdom – the wisdom of love and of letting go, of non-attachment and non-resistance, and using this experience to eventually help others in need of guidance.
Being able to relate to others who have also experienced tragedy and inspire in them hope – of recovery, and of moving forward – is perhaps the greatest gift you can receive from tragedy. Turn the negative into positive, the pain into connection. After you’ve taken appropriate time to be sad, to feel your own pain, you should make it your work, your goal, your purpose to connect with others who need help. Show them how you’ve experienced feelings, achieved balance, and gained wisdom that you would never have otherwise had the chance to learn.
Feel, but do not Feed on tragedy. Rather, let it inspire you to go beyond the person who you were before. With demise comes renewal, so let this loss be also your rebirth. No matter how hopeless it seems, no matter how difficult this becomes, you have the power to transform yourself into someone greater than you ever knew you could be.
1.When following the Upward Path, the person facing tragedy should _______.
A. free his emotions
B. hold back all his feelings
C. fill his world with positive ideas
D. give in to tragedy and all opposing forces
2.According to the author, the greatest gift one gets from tragedy is being able to _______.
A. seek solutions from others B. understand and help others
C. stay calm and resist change D. forgive others and move on
3.The underlined word “demise” in the last paragraph probably means _______.
A. sorrow B. problem C. difficulty D. death
4.The purpose of the passage is to _______.
A. analyze the causes of tragedy
B. tell people how to prevent tragedy
C. suggest a way of dealing with tragedy
D. encourage people to build friendship after tragedy
A winter wonderland on the outskirts of Quebec City has become one of Canada's hottest attractions and most sought out accommodations. Guests stay close for warmth in sleeping bags on beds of ice, hats pulled over their ears to prevent frostbite, while sipping cocktails (鸡尾酒) in glasses also made of ice.
A cool place to host a memorable wedding or for a romantic getaway, the Quebec Ice Hotel has attracted 600,000 curious tourists, including 30,000 who stayed overnight, since opening seasonally 11 years ago. Like Victoria and Jeremy Martin, dozens of couples will exchange vows (誓约) this winter in a temporary church next to the hotel, made entirely from blocks of ice with seats covered in furs.
Average temperatures fall below minus 20 degrees C (minus four F) in winter, but inside the hotel's 36 rooms it is relatively comfortable. Thick walls of packed snow and ice act as an insulator, trapping body heat inside. Each room is uniquely decorated, using designs created by Quebec architecture students. Two hotel bars also sell special cocktails in ice glasses.
First-time guests of the hotel, however, are recommended to stay only one night as sleeping in sub-zero temperatures is not very refreshing. This year for the first time the ice hotel has teamed up with a brick and concrete Quebec City hotel to offer packages(全套服务) for one-night accommodations at each. Prices for one night only at the ice hotel start at 200 US dollars per person.
The 3,000-square-metre (32,300-square-feet) buildings take six weeks starting in December to build, using 15,000 tons of snow and 500 tons of ice, at a cost of some 750,000 US dollars. Eleven weeks after its seasonal grand opening, the hotel will close on March 27 and then melt away with the arrival of spring.
1.What is true with the ice hotel?
A. 630,000 people have visited it.
B. Its rooms all look alike.
C. It stays open for two months each year.
D. Wedding ceremonies are often held there.
2.The underlined word “insulator” in Paragraph 3 possibly refers to something that ______.
A. stops heat passing through it
B. collects and reflects light and heat
C. makes things become very cold
D. works like an air-conditioner
3.First-time guests are advised to stay there only one night because _______.
A. they may not be able to stand the cold
B. their other night is with an ordinary hotel
C. new guests have no advantages over old ones
D. they may find the beds made of ice too hard to sleep on.
