根据句中所给汉语,完成下列句子。(每空一词,每空0.5分,共10分)
1.随着时间的推移,我们对周围的事物有了更好的了解。
, we had a better understanding of things around us .
2.根据我们的记录,这种鸟类已经灭绝了。
our records , this kind of birds has .
3.我突然感觉我们俩有许多共同之处。
I suddenly felt that we .
4.男孩子们两年前彼此协定交换故事书。
The boys one another to exchange storybooks two years ago .
5.在他朋友的帮助下,他成功戒烟了。
, he succeeded in giving up smoking .
根据句意及首字母或汉语提示,写出各句中所缺单词的正确形式。(每空一词,共10分)
1.I will (感激)it if you could come to help me .
2. The (志愿者)for community service are doing a good job .
3.The government provides (可移动的)libraries for that country .
4. My father (检查)the tree and found that there was indeed a branch broken off .
5.In (如释重负), the girl took a deep breath .
6.P , I think the team who won first place cheated .
7.The 21st century is the century of information t .
8.You can’t c with others in the job market if you don’t have a special skill .
9.A nature r is an area of land where wildlife is officially protected .
10.Wearing sunglasses can p your eyes from the sun .
Most people around the world are right-handed . This also seems to be true in history . In 1799 , scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s . Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed , so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history . Today , only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed .
Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones ? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs . For most people , the left hand is used to find things or hold things . The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain . The right side of the brain , which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together , controls the left person’s hands and eyes work together , controls the left hand . The left-side of the brain , which controls the right hand , is the centre for thinking and doing problems . These findings show that more artists should be left-handed , and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs .
No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed . Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born . However , this doesn’t happen to everyone , so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed . One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents . If a person does not receive the gene(基因)for right-handedness , he / she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with .
Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness , people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual . A long time ago , left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children , but today they don’t have to .
1. After studying works of art made at different times in history , the scientists found .
A. art began from 1, 500 B.C.
B. the works of are ended in the 1950s
C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed
D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed
2.How many people in the world are left-handed now ?
A.Less than one sixth . |
B.More than a half . |
C.About 40% . |
D.The passage doesn’t tell us . |
3.What is the left hand for most people used to do ?
A.It’s used to find or hold things . |
B.It’s used to work with things . |
C.It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together . |
D.It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems . |
4. According to the passage , which of the following is NOT true ?
A.No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed . |
B.Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness . |
C.Today children are not made to use their right hands only . |
D.Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed . |
5. The best title for this passage is .
A.Scientist’s New Inventions |
B.Left-handed People |
C.Which Hand |
D.Different Brains , Different Hands |
Parents have widely different views on the problem of pocket money . Four new fathers were asked this question and this is how they answered .
Ashish Khanna :Although many argue that pocket money helps develop children’s sense of value , I don’t agree . I wouldn’t give my child any pocket money . First of all , I never got pocket money and I seem to have a good value for money . If my child ever needed something and I felt it was a reasonable(合理)request , I would buy it for him .
Sharad Sanghi : No , I wouldn’t give my child pocket money because I don’t want to create the perception(观念) of “ her ” money and “ my ” money . Besides , if I refuse to buy her something that I think is bad for her , she may buy it with her pocket money on the sly . In this way , I would lose control over my child’s requests . I feel it also encourages children to care more about money than anything else . I don’t want my child to start judging other children by the amount of money or pocket money they have .
Rakesh Shah : Yes , I would give my child pocket money . I feel that children should learn to spend money intelligently and not go overboard spending . They will learn what their limitations(限制)are and feel the difficulty when they have to pay for something that is over in their own pockets .
Rajiv Patel : Yes , I would give my child pocket money because it is important that she learns to manage money . I will give her a fixed amount every month and if she spends the money before the month is over , then she will learn a lesson and not spend money so freely .
Vikram Desai : Yes , I would certainly give my child pocket money . But I would not give it to him on a weekly or monthly basis . He would have to earn it . If he helped me finish some of my jobs or helped his mother with housework , I would reward him . This helps him realize that “ money does not grow on trees ” and it requires hard work to earn money .
1.Ashish Khanna may agree that .
A.he was given too much pocket money when young |
B.he can take much control of his child by money |
C.he will buy anything he thinks his child really needs |
D.pocket money helps children develop a good value for money |
2.The underlined phrase “ on the sly ” in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to “ ”.
A.for free |
B.at a lower price |
C.happily |
D.secretly |
3.What do Rakesh Shah and Rajiv Patel have in common ?
A.They want their children to learn to manage money . |
B.They ask their children to get pocket money by working . |
C.They teach their children the difficulty of making money . |
D.They allow their children to spend money freely . |
4. According to Vikram Desai , children’s earning money by themselves makes them know that .
A.money is not easy to get |
B.money can be gotten from the trees |
C.one can get lots of money if he / she works hard |
D.money is not so important for people nowadays |
5.Who would give his child pocket money every month ?
A.Ashish Khanna . |
B.Sharad Sanghi . |
C.Rakesh Shah . |
D.Rajiv Patel . |
A painting by Chinese artist Qi Baishi set a record for modern art and calligraphy (书法) on the mainland when it sold for 425.5 million yuan at an auction (拍卖) on May 22. The sale was a milestone (里程碑) in the auction of modern and contemporary artworks.
The price meant its value had risen more than 2,000 per cent in six years . The work , Eagle standing on pine tree with four-character coupleti(对联), measures about 2.6 metres by 1 metre . It was the second highest price paid for an artwork on the mainland . A Song dynasty work by Huang Tingjian was sold for 436.8 million yuan in 2010 . Qi’s painting was finished in 1946 when Qi was 86 , and was his largest work . With a starting price of 88 million yuan , it attracted nearly 50 bids(出价)in half an hour . Shanghai businessman Liu Yiqian said that the work had belonged to him and had cost less than 20 million yuan in 2005 . The auction company said the work was brought back to the mainland after being bought from a private owner in San Francisco six years ago .
China ranked first in global art sales last year , ahead of the United States and Britain . Four Chinese artists were among the top 10 in worldwide sales : Qi Baishi , Zhang Daqian , Xu Beihong and Fu Baoshi . Qi’s works ranked second in sales to Pablo Picasso’s last year . Qi was born into a peasant family in Hunan in 1864 . He taught himself to paint and focused on nature including plants , insects , birds and fish . He is mostly well-known for his paintings of shrimps . In 1953 , he was elected president of the Association of Chinese Artists . He died in Beijing in 1957 .
1.What’s the best title of the text ?
A.Qi Baishi’s Painting Was Discovered . |
B.Qi Baishi’s Painting Was Brought Back . |
C.Qi Baishi’s Painting Sets an Auction Record . |
D.The Value of Qi Baishi’s Paintings Is on the Increase . |
2.Whose artwork sold for the highest price on the mainland ?
A.Qi Baishi’s . |
B.Huang Tingjian’s . |
C.Xu Beihong’s . |
D.Zhang Daqian’s . |
3.The auction price of Qi’s painting was million yuan higher than the starting price in the auction .
A.337.5 . |
B.348.8 . |
C.50 . |
D.11.3 . |
4.Which of the following is TRUE ?
A.Qi finished the painting when he was young . |
B.The painting was once stolen by an American . |
C.The owner of this painting Liu Yiqian gained a lot of money . |
D.Pablo Picasso’s works ranked second in sales to Qi’s last year . |
5. The text is most probably taken from a .
A.computer book |
B.library guide |
C.technology magazine |
D.newspaper report |
The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics . At this time , many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games . The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25 , 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics . From then on , publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule .
During the 4th Winter Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936 . The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear . It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics .
In the 1950’s , the stamps of this kind became more colorful . When the White Olympics came , the host countries(东道国)as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those Games . China also published four stamps in February 1980 , when the Chinese sports men began to take part in the White Olympics .
Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics . Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meet .
Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps . People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen .
1.The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics .
A.are the same thing |
B.are different games |
C.are not held in winter |
D.are held in summer |
2. The world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great world games .
A.after the year 1936 |
B.after the 3rd White Olympics |
C.before the 3rd White Olympics |
D.before the year 1932 |
3. The Winter Olympics is held once .
A.every two years |
B.every three years |
C.every four years |
D.every five years |
4.Which of the following is TRUE ?
A.Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games . |
B.Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games . |
C.All the countries can publish stamps to mark those Games . |
D.Japan can’t publish stamps to mark those Games . |
5.What may appear on the stamps of the White Olympics ?
A.Basketball . |
B.Table tennis . |
C.Football . |
D.Skating . |