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51. It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River. 52 . The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation's largest city.
The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. 53 Between 1825,when the canal was opened ,and 1882,when toll charges(过运河费) were stopped ,the state collected $121,461,891.
For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it"Clinton' Ditch(沟). 54 . He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful.
Clinton became governor of New York in 1817,and shortly afterwards, on July 4,1817,broke ground for the canal in Rome, N.Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. 55 . The length of the canal is 363 miles.
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A．As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast. |
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B．It cost $7,143,789 , but it soon gained its price many times over. |
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C．The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. |
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D．More workers were needed to build the canal. |
E. Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it.
F. To dig the canal benefited Americans.
G. It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
Because plants cannot move or talk, most people believe that they have no feelings and that they cannot receive signals from outside. However, this may not be completely true.
People who studied plants have found out that plants carry a small electrical charge (电荷). It is possible to measure this charge with a small piece of equipment called “galvanometer”. The galvanometer is placed on a leaf off the plant, and it records any changes in the electrical field of the leaf. Humans have a similar field which can change when we are shocked or frightened.
A man called Backster used a galvanometer for his studies of plants and was very surprised at his results. He found that if he had two or more plants in a room and he began to destroy one of them － perhaps by pulling off its leaves or by pulling it out of its pot － then the galvanometer on the leaves of the other plants showed a change in the electrical field. It seemed as if the plants were signalling a feeling of shock. This happened not only when Backster started to destroy plants, but also when he destroyed other living things such as insects (昆虫).
Backster said that the plants also knew if someone had destroyed a living thing some distance away, because they signalled when a man who had just cut down a tree entered the room.
Another scientist, named Sauvin, achieved similar results to Backster’s. He kept galvanometers fixed to his plants all the time and checked regularly to see what the plants were doing. If he was out of the office, he telephoned to find out about the signals the plants were sending. In this way, he found that the plants were sending out signals at the exact times when he felt strong pleasure or pain. In fact, Sauvin could cause a change in the electrical field of his plants over a distance of a few miles simply by thinking about them.
1.Backster was surprised at the results of his studies because _____.
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A．he destroyed an insect |
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B．he destroyed a plant by pulling off its leaves |
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C．he found that plants could express feelings of shock |
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D．he found that plants could move and speak after all |
2.The plants sent out signals _____.
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A．only when Backster Started to destroy plants |
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B．when Backster destroyed plants or other living things |
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C．only when he destroyed things such as insects |
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D．only when Backster placed the galvanometer on the leaves of the plants |
3.The scientist called Sauvin _____.
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A．did not agree with Backster’s ideas |
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B．did not get the same sort of results as Backster did |
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C．got different results from Backster’s |
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D．found out some of the same things that Backster did |
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
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A．The electrical charge plants carry may shock or frighten us. |
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B．A tree will signal when it has been cut down. |
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C．Sauvin could make his plants send out signals some distance away. |
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D．Plants have feelings because they can receive signals without moving. |
Advertising is a highly developed twentieth-century industry. The development of radio, television, cinema, magazines and newspapers has gone hand in hand with the development of advertising. Why is advertising so popular? Is it a waste of money? It has been proved again and again that repeated advertising increases product sales. Since it increases production, the price can be reduced. Therefore advertising, instead of making a product more expensive, makes it cheaper.
Advertising is now a scientific business. Once managers would say jokingly, " I know that half of what I spend on advertising is wasted, but I don't know which half." Now, all parts of an advertising program are properly measured and researched.
What makes a good advertisement? There have been major changes in advertising in the past sixty years. People read advertisements partly for information and partly for pleasure. Today's advertisements often start with a question, or a puzzle, with the purpose of attracting the reader's attention. Of course, most advertisements contain information. But this is usually contained in a text that is interesting and often funny. Humor is very important. Sometimes advertisements tell a story, or the story may be continued over a number of advertisements. However, there is a danger in this. It is possible that the reader or viewer will remember the advertisement but not the name of the product.
1.The purpose of advertising is ____.
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A．to increase product sales |
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B．to make a product much better |
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C．to spend more money |
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D．to reduce the production |
2.Which of the following can be used in place of the underlined phrase "hand in hand" ?
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A．Here and there. |
B．Again and again. |
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C．As usual. |
D．At the same time. |
3. What is meant by what managers said in the second paragraph?
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A．A11 the money on advertising was wasted. |
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B．Not all the advertisements were well designed. |
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C．A11 the managers knew about advertising then. |
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D．Managers spent no money on advertising. |
4.What does the writer think of advertising?
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A．Useless. |
B．Unnecessary. |
C．Important. |
D．Wasteful. |
Cara Lang is 13. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, in the U. S. Last Thursday, she didn't go to school. She went to work with her father instead. Every year, on the fourth Thursday in April, millions of young girls go work. This is Take Our Daughters to Work Day. The girls are between the ages of 9 and 15. They spend the day at work with an adult, usually a mother, father, aunt, or uncle. They go to offices, police stations, laboratories, and other places where their parents or other family members work. Next year, the day will include sons, too.
The Ms. Foundation, an organization for women, started the program about ten years ago. In the U.S., many women work outside the home. The Ms. Foundation wanted girls to find out about many different kinds of jobs. Then, when the girls grow up, they can choose a job they like.
Cara's father is a film director. Cara says, “It was very exciting for me to go to the studio with my dad. I saw a lot of people doing different jobs.” Many businesses have special activities for girls on this day. Last year, Cara went to work with her aunt at the University of Massachusetts. In the engineering department, the girls learned to build a bridge with toothpicks and Candy. In the chemistry department, they learned to use scales. They learned about many other kinds of jobs, too.
Right now, Cara does not know what job she will have when she grows up. But because of Take Our Daughters to Work Day, she knows she has many choices.
1.What is Cara's father?
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A．An engineer. |
B．An official. |
C．A moviemaker. |
D．A professor. |
2.According to the passage, Take our Daughters to work Day is ______.
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A．on every Thursday in Apri |
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B．a holiday for girls of all ages |
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C．a day for girls to know about jobs |
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D．a day for girls to get a job easily |
3.On this special day, Cara has done all the following EXCEPT that ____.
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A．she learned to use scales |
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B．she worked as an actress |
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C．she went to work with her aunt |
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D．she used toothpicks and Candy to build a bridge |
4.What is probably the best title for the passage?
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A．Cara Lang, a Fortunate Girl |
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B．Take Our Daughters to Work Day |
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C．Children's Day and Work Day |
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D．Ms. Foundation, an Organization for Women |
The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree. Not 36 with life, I was down. A young boy out of breath 37 me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted(倾斜的) down, 38 with great excitement,“Look what I found!”
In his hand was a flower, and what a 39 sight, with is petals(花瓣) all worn—not enough rain, or too little light. 40 him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I 41
a small smile and then shifted away. But instead of 42 he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with 43 ,“It surely smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too. That’s why I 44 it; here, it’s for you.”
The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew Imust 45___it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and 46 , “Just what I need.”But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he 47 it mid-air without reason. It was then that I 48
for the very first time the boy was 49 .
I heard my voice shake, tears shone like the sun 50 I thanked him for picking the very best one. He smiled, and then ran off to play, 51 of the effect he’d had on my day.
I sat there and 52 how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my self-indulged(放纵的) 53 ? Perhaps from his heart, he’d been blessed with true 54 .
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not connected with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see__55___, and appreciate every second that’s mine.
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—A second, please. I have another call coming through.
—_____. I’m not in a hurry.
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D．Take your time. |
