Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis Cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless, “he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits(成就).Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.
Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many peiole dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ‘You are completely crazy,’”Saunders says.
In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter(遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.
This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.
1.The turning point in Saunders’life came when _____
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A．he started to play ball games |
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B．he got a mountain bike at age 15 |
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C．he ran his first marathon at age 18 |
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D．he started to receive Ridgway’s training |
2.We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______.
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A．dismissed Saunders’ dream as fantasy |
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B．built up his body together with Saunders |
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C．hired Saunders for his cold-water experience |
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D．won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic |
3. What do we know about Saunders?
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A．He once worked at a school in Scotland. |
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B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole. |
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C．He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid. |
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D．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole. |
4. The underlined word “Intrigued” in the third paragraph probably means_____.
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A． Excited |
B．Convinced |
C．Delighted |
D．Fascinated |
5.It can be inferred tat Saunders’ journey to the North Pole ______.
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A．was accompanied by his old playmates |
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B．set a record in the North Pole expedition |
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C．was supported by other Arctic explorers |
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D．made him well-known in the 1960s |
1.He grew up in a w ____ _ family, so he knows nothing about the life of the poor.
2.We’re c ____ _ about the result of your operation. We have been waiting for 10 hours.
3. In China, young children are usually taught to r __ __ _ the old.
4. Now that medical technology has a ____ _ to its present state, more people are aware of how long one can be kept alive.
5. He stood up and a ___ _ _ that he was ready to go.
6. Beijing is making ____ _ (准备)for the 2008 Olympics.
7.The shop __ __ _(对面的)the post office is a bank.
8.With the development of technology, new digital products are ____ _ (取代)old machines.
9. China has been stressing the ____ _(重要性) of its ties with the third world countries.
10. The ___ _ _ (委员会) sit together to discuss the water pollution.
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3. According to the passage the copyright holders are ____ .
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At one time, computers were expected largely to remove the need for paper copies of documents because they could be stored electronically. But for all the texts that are written, stored and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up on paper.
It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime. “I feel in my bones this revolution is causing more trees to be cut down,” says Ted Smith of the Earth Village Organization.
Perhaps the best sign of how computer and Internet use pushes up demand for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself, which sees printing as one of its most promising new markets. Several Internet companies have been set up to help small businesses print quality documents from a computer. Earlier this week Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a plan to develop new technologies that will enable people to print even more so they can get a hard copy of a business document, a medical record or just a one-line e-mail, even if they are nowhere near a computer. As the company sees it, the more use of the Internet the greater demand for printers .
Does all this mean environmental concerns have been forgotten? Some activists suggest people have been led to believe that a lot of dangers to the environment have gone away. “I guess people believe that the problem is taken care of, because of recycling (回收利用)?” said Kelly Quirke, director of the Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco. Yet Quirke is hopeful that high-tech may also prove helpful. He says printers that print on both sides are growing in popularity. The action group has also found acceptable paper made from materials other than wood, such as agricultural waste.
1. The growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to ____.
A. the rapid development of small businesses B. the opening up of new markets
C. the printing of high quality copies D. the increased use of the Internet
2. Environmentalists believe one possible way of dealing with the paper situation is ____.
A. to encourage printing more quality documents B. to develop new printers using recycled paper
C. to find new materials for making paper D. to plant more fast-growing trees
3. Hewlett-Packard Co. has decided to develop new technologies because ____.
A. people are concerned about the environment B. printers in many offices are working overtime
C. small companies need more hard copies D. they see a growing market for printers
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A. Computers and Printers B. E-mail and the Business World
C. Internet Revolution and Environment D. Modern Technology and New Markets
In 1918, after four years of war which had left millions of people dead, the people alive began to look for a better and happier world. The cinema supplied an answer. For little money, people could forget their unhappy lives and dream of better ones. In the years between 1918 and 1939, going to the cinema became the most popular family free-time activity.
Hollywood in America, made more films than any other film center in the world. The warm climate and long hours of sunlight meant that film-making was easy and quite cheap. This was also a rich part of America and there were many businessmen who wanted to make money from the film industry. At first short cowboy films were popular because they added excitement and adventure to people’s lives. Later comedy films were made so that people could laugh and forget their troubles.
Charlie Chaplin was probably the most liked of all comedy actors.
1. Cinema became the most popular in people’s free time because ____.
A. it was cheap B. it was safe
C. it could make people happy D. both A and C
2. Which, according to the writer, is true?
A. Hollywood made more films than some film centers in the world.
B. Many businessmen came to Hollywood in order to make films.
C. Hollywood was not the biggest producer of films in the world.
D. No other film center made more films than Hollywood did.
3. Hollywood became a film center because ____.
A. film-making there was cheap and easy B. it enjoyed long hours of sunlight
C. it was a rich part of America D. many businessmen went there
4.A “comedy” is something that is ____.
A. funny B. exciting C. full of danger D. Sad
Televisiozn —— that most widespread and persuasive of modern technologies, marked by rapid change and growth —— is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary advancement and diversity, which promises to reshape our lives and our world. It is an electronic revolution, made possible by the marriage of television and computer technologies.
The word ‘television’, coming from its Greek ( tele: distant) and Latin ( vision: sight) roots, can literally be interpreted as sight from a distance. Very simply put, it works in this way: through an advanced system of electronics, television provides the capability of changing an image ( focused on a special photoconductive plate within a camera ) into electronic impulses, which can be sent through a wire or cable. These impulses, when fed into a receiver (television set), can then be electronically reorganized into that same image.
Television is more than just an electronics system, however. It is a means of expression, as well as a tool for communication, and as such becomes a powerful tool for reaching other human beings. The field of television can be divided into two categories determined by its means of transmission(播送，中转). First, there is broadcast television, which reaches the masses through airwave transmission of television signals. Second, there is nonbroadcast television, which provides for the needs of individuals or specific interest groups through controlled transmission techniques.
Traditionally, television has been a medium of the masses. We are most familiar with broadcast television because it has been with us for about thirty-seven years in a form similar to that exists today. During those years, it has been controlled, for the most part, by the broadcast networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS, who have been the major providers of news, information, and entertainment. These giants of broadcasting have actually shaped not only television but our understanding of it as well. We have come to look upon the picture tube as a source of entertainment, placing our role in this dynamic medium as the passive viewer.
1. What seems to be the best title for the passage?
A. A Powerful Tool of Entertainment. B. The Means of Transmission of TV.
C. TV: Its Working Rules and Functions. D. A Brief Introduction to the Development of TV.
2. The rapid change and growth of TV is due to the contributions of ____ .
A. computer technologies B. a new means of transmission
C. a powerful vehicle of communication D. TV giants like ABC, NBC and CBS
3. The use of the second means of transmission is to meet the requirements of ____.
A. the people especially interested in nonbroadcast program.
B. certain groups of people.
C. the people with a special interest in cable TV.
D. the people interested in controlled transmission techniques.
4. The underlined “very simply put” in Paragraph 2 means ____.
A. when it is simply put down B. when it is put to simple tasks
C. if it is put to simple uses D. if it is expressed in a simply way
