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The truth1. trees are vital to our life is not a secret. They provide us with food, wood and most 2. (importance), oxygen. Now there is one more thing we can add to this list—blocking out harmful bacteria from water.
The discovery 3. (make) by a team consisting of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school students who were seeking a 4. (nature) water filter（过滤器）—one that would help communities in developing countries that do not have access to modern water filter systems.
The 5. (research), led by Professor Rohit Karnik, decided to turn to trees for help because they could allow liquid to flow through, while 6.(block) out air bubbles.
They began by cutting 1.5-inch-wide sections of tree bark from the branches of a white pine tree. The people related then tested the wood’s filtering ability by pouring water containing red dye particles of different sizes through.7. their amazement, they found that it was effective in trapping all the articles.8.(encourage), the team conducted 9.experiment, this time with water 10. contained bacteria. Sure enough, the sapwood held back 99% of the bacteria, allowing only 1% to flow through.
（内蒙古赤峰市高三2016届三模）“I have rights. I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market.I have the right to speak up.”
That was Malala Yousafzai. She was _______about girls' rights to an education, something _______by the Taliban militant group.
About a year after that interview, 15-year old Malala was shot _______the head by a Taliban gunman. She ________, and continued her work to help young women get an education. On Friday, at age 17, Malala became the youngest person ever awarded a Nobel Peace prize. She _______it with Kailash Satyarthi of India. The 60-year-old activist has led peaceful demonstrations _______child slavery and forced labor.
The _______that the award is shared is significant. Malala is a Pakistani Muslim, Satyarthi is an Indian Hindu.Their nations are_______. Malala says the award gives a message to people of love between Pakistan and India and between different ______.
Malala came to the press conference _______from school. She spoke mostly without note, she talked for about 15 minutes, and she described how she'd been in the _______lesson at 10:15 in the morning, and she knew it was a(an)________day, she knew the Nobel Peace awards were going to be announced, and at 10:15 she had said to______, that she didn't expect that she was going to get the award.
Then a teacher came to the chemistry class________she was, and she was________to one side told that she had won the award, but she decided__________ that that she would stay and finish her lesson.
She had a physics lesson before coming and________the speech. And she talked about how she felt honored to have received this award.
“I'm feeling honored that I'm being______as a Nobel laureate(获奖者), and I have been honored with this-this______award to the Nobel Peace Prize. And I'm proud that I'm the______Pakistani and the first young woman or the first young person who's getting this award. It's a great honor for me.”
1.A. taking up B. holding up C. summing up D. speaking up
2.A. supported B. approved C. objected D. opposed
3.A. in B. at C. on D. to
4.A. died B. struggled C. escaped D. survived
5.A. speaks B. shares C. gets D. accepts
6.A. for B. towards C. against D. through
7.A. news B. information C. idea D. fact
8.A. friends B. rivals C. relatives D. neighbors
9.A. religions B. cultures C. countries D. areas
10.A. slowly B. hurriedly C. quickly D. direct
11.A. math B. chemistry C. physics D. geography
12.A. important B. necessary C. wonderful D. useful
13.A. her B. them C. herself D. themselves
14.A. who B. which C. where D. what
15.A. taken B. fetched C. brought D. carried
16.A. beyond B. beneath C. beside D. despite
17.A. giving B. offering C. leading D. talking
18.A. advised B. realized C. chosen D. asked
19.A. splendid B. precious C. concise D. enormous
20.A. best B. first C. greatest D. smartest
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Get a Thorough Understanding of Oneself
In all one's life time it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. 1.
When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach.2.It’s likely that you think it wise for yourself to stay away from the outer world. Actually, to get a thorough understanding of oneself, you may as well keep the following tips in mind.
Gain a correct view of oneself.
You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for dreams can never be fully realized. You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts.3.
Self-appreciate.
Whether you compare yourself to a towering tree or a blade of grass, a high mountain or a small stone, you represent a state of nature.4.If you earnestly admire yourself you’ll have a real sense of self-appreciation.
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In time of anger, do yourself a favor by releasing it in a quiet place so that you won't be hurt by its flames; in time of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a bad mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep.
Get a full control of one’s life.
Then one will find one’s life full of color and favor.
A. It has its own value.
B. Do oneself a favor when it’s needed.
C. Do yourself a favor when you resist the attack of illness.
D. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of.
E. Especially if it is well within your reach, you are just too blind to see it.
F. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself for your own incompetence.
G. So long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself, there won’t be difficulties you can’t overcome.
（湖南省邵阳市2017届高三1月大联考）My daughter went to see The Wild One recently and she commented that Marlon Brando was wearing jeans so long ago.Of course he helped set the trend,so that got me thinking about the link between films and trends in fashion.Fashion and films have gone hand in hand for long.The Wild One is a good example:it appeared in 1954,starring Brando.Dressed in a black leather motorcycle jacket,leather cap and jeans,he created a look which is still considered “cool” today.Everyone from Madonna to middle-aged men is seen wearing the classic leather motorcycle jacket.
Another strong influence on fashion trends was Breakfast at Tiffany’s, starring Audrey Hepburn. She made famous the simple black dress that looks perfect at either a cocktail party or just standing around an expensive department store like Tiffany’s with a pastry and coffee in your hand, as Audrey Hepburn does in the film. She looks so elegant, wearing simple but beautiful dresses, big dark glasses and a string of pearls around her neck. Audrey Hepburn still influences women’s fashion with her “Tiffany’s look”.
In more modern times, the film star Uma Thurman created a major fashion trend when she appeared in the film Pulp Fiction, made in 1994.Her style was very simple. Her black trousers, crisp white shirt and hair style was copied by women in the world.
Influencing fashion trends can often be about timing. The movie Memoirs of a Geisha came just in time to start a trend in Japanese fashion. It started the Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, who wore beautiful silk kimonos（和服）,and it won an Oscar for Costume Design. Many travel companies picked up on the trend and ran “geisha trips” to Japan. The film has also led to a regained interest in kimonos. It is now quite common to see young Japanese women wearing kimonos not just on traditional occasions, but at various social events. The fashion is also beginning to spread to western countries.
1.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Films and fashion. B. Stars’ fashion
C. Influential films. D. Film cultures.
2.Who will people associate Madonna wearing the leather motorcycle jacket with?
A. Zhang Ziyi. B. Audrey Hepburn.
C. Uma Thurman. D. Marlon Brando.
3.What is implied in the film Breakfast in Tiffany’s according to the passage?
A. One can be active by wearing black.
B. One can be elegant by wearing simply.
C. One can be famous by looking perfect.
D. One can be stylish by eating at Tiffany’s.
4.What does the film Memoirs of a Geisha lead to?
A. The popularity of the Chinese actress.
B. The worldwide reading of Geisha stories.
C. The recovery of interest in kimonos.
D. The “geisha trips” to social events.
（重庆一中2016届高三5月模拟）For more than twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planets. Most of these searches have been done over the radio. The hope is that someone in outer space may be trying to get in touch with us. Scientists also have sent radio and television messages on spaceships traveling through space, on the chance that someone may be receptive to such messages.
Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes to listen to signals from about 1, 000 stars, all within 100 light years of earth. In addition, they will scan the entire sky to “listen” for radio messages from more distant stars. Using a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight channels at one time. Scientists are looking for any signal they stands out from the background noise.
Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, scientists find that five percent are like our sun. Perhaps half of them have a planet like earth. Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution of life. Based on the inhabitable（that can be lived in）planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets support some life.
However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent life exists on other planets. Some believe that twenty years of searching without any intelligible messages shows that no one is out there. They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely.
Other scientists believe that our search hasn’t been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy. Although our sun family is only about five billion years old, our galaxy is about 20 billion years old. In that time, some scientists think it is likely that civilization much more advanced than ours have developed. Perhaps these civilizations send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent us. If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking.
1.According to the passage, how many planets in our galaxy might be inhabitable?
A. 5 billion． B. 10 billion.
C. 15 billion. D. 200 billion
2.The first paragraph in this passage is mainly about ________ .
A. how scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
B. why scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
C. where scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
D. when scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
3.The underlined word “monitor” in the passage means“ ________ ”.
A. find B. imitate
C. check D. form
4.Which of these statements is true based on the information in the passage?
A. The earth is one of the oldest planets in our galaxy.
B. Most scientists believe that there is intelligent life on other planets.
C. Scientists are trying different ways to find signs of life on other planets.
D. Scientists don’t believe that there might be life on other planets.
（吉林省吉林市2016高三第三次调研） On a hot summer day in America a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. He dived into the cool water, not realizing that as he swam towards the middle of the lake, a crocodile (鳄鱼) was swimming toward him.
His mother in the house was looking out of the window and saw the two as they got closer and closer. In great fear, she ran toward the water, shouting to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the crocodile reached him. From the shore, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the crocodile snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-war (拔河) between the two. The crocodile was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard their screams, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the crocodile.
Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal. And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother's fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.
The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my Mom wouldn’t let go.”
Never judge another person's scars, because you don't know how they were made.
1.Which of the following is most related to the underlined word “passionate”?
A. Anxious. B. Determined. C. Frightened. D. Courageous.
2.By saying “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too” in the fourth paragraph, the boy really wants to show__________.
A. how many scars and scratches he had
B. how deep the scars made by the crocodile were
C. how great and beloved his mother was
D. what a brave and courageous boy he was
3.In the story the writer intends to tell us that __________.
A. scars always remind people of their past experiences
B. it’s dangerous to swim alone in the water
C. the boy also feels painful in his mind
D. scars do not necessarily mean pain at all times
4.Which of the following will be the best title for the text?
A. A Terrible Experience
B. Women Hold up Half the Sky
C. Scars of Love
D. Don't Judge by Appearances
