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Media is known to be the most 1.(power) means of communication. Print media, electronic media and the Internet all belong to mass media. Newspapers, newsletters, magazines and brochures 2.(include) in print media, while the electronic media consists of the television, radio and other modes of communication. Internet is without doubt the fastest known way of communicating 3.millions of people across the globe. Effects of mass media can be positive as well as negative.
The best thing about the mass media is that it immediately provides us with the latest information about the things4.(happen) around us. Because of the keen efforts and devotion of the people working in the media and the entertainment sector, our knowledge5.(remain) fresh. With this knowledge, we become more smart and outgoing. Media is 6.gift for youngsters in many ways. They get useful information related to their career and higher 7. (educate) mostly through the mass media.
Though mass media has many positive effects, there are some8. (harm) associated with it as well. The news9. is published without checking whether it is a fact or not can create unnecessary confusion and extreme feelings among the common masses. It becomes the duty of media10.(provide) only relevant and precise information to the masses.
People often fall ill because of me.______, they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own______. A tired person may get______, especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in______is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily.
My latest victim(受害者) is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though______, he still went to the cinema .Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately. I seized this golden chance to______him. He reacted, trying to______me, but I was already______deep in his throat. He kept sneezing(打喷嚏) and his nose was running.______he put on some warm clothes, it didn’t work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept______him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but______.
The next day he couldn’t go to______. He had lost his appetite and was not as______as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his______.
For two days he was______by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began to feel the______. I knew I had to______him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back.______, it was my turn to feel______now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became______and finally my time was over.
Do you know what I am?
1.A. Therefore B. Besides C. However D. Then
2.A. business B. responsibility C. excuse D. fault
3.A. punished B. blamed C. caught D. killed
4.A. temperature B. season C. place D. condition
5.A. excited B. hurt C. late D. tired
6.A. injure B. bother C. attack D. destroy
7.A. get on with B. get rid of C. put up with D. take hold of
8.A. reproducing B. waiting C. hiding D. disappearing
9.A. Since B. Once C. Whether D. Although
10.A. reminding B. upsetting C. comforting D. influencing
11.A. escaped B. succeeded C. regretted D. failed
12.A. bed B. work C. school D. hospital
13.A. peaceful B. afraid C. active D. happy
14.A. recovery B. development C. study D. growth
15.A. protected B. nursed C. scolded D. affected
16.A. loss B. operation C. pressure D. movement
17.A. leave B. catch C. forget D. beat
18.A. Uncertainly B. Unsuccessfully C. Unusually D. Unfortunately
19.A. painful B. disappointed C. nervous D. ashamed
20.A. bigger B. weaker C. smaller D. stronger
Children in England will no longer be able to buy energy drinks.1.It is now asking for public suggestions as to what age the ban(禁令) should start at (16 or 18), the BBC reported An energy drink is a type of drink that contains stimulants(兴奋剂), such as caffeine . 2.The makers of these drinks say that they can give you energy when you feel tired and keep you going. They have another name:battery water.
3.Energy drinks have sixty five percent more sugar than normal soft drinks. This may explain why children are getting fatter and fatter. 4.
In the UK, more than 2/3 of 10 to 17-year-olds buy energy drinks, according to the government. “5.Shops in England that sell the drinks to children would pay up to 22070 pounds if they don’t follow the ban. Restaurants should also obey the government’s rules.”
A. They will also be listed unhealthy drinks in China.
B. However, these drinks have very high levels of sugar and caffeine.
C. Childhood fatness is one of the greatest health challenges this country faces.
D. Too much caffeine can cause health problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness.
E. The UK government has made plans to stop shops selling the energy drinks to kids.
F. So energy drinks are as important as three meals for every day.
G. Red Bull is one of the most famous energy drinks.
Imagine putting a seed in a freezer,waiting 30,000 years,and then taking the seed out and planting it. Do you think a flower would grow?
Amazingly, scientists have just managed to do something very similar. They found the fruit of an ancient plant that had been frozen underground in Siberia—a region covering central and eastern Russia—for about 31,800 years. Using pieces of the fruit,the scientists grew plants in a lab. The new blooms have delicate white petals. They are also the oldest flowering plants that researchers have ever revived from a deep freeze.
“This is like regenerating a dinosaur from tissues of an ancient egg,’’said Jane Shen-Miller,a biologist of University of California,Los Angeles.
The plant has a long history. Back when mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses walked on the land, an Arctic ground squirrel buried seeds and fruits in an underground chamber near the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia. The ground became pennafrost, a layer of soil that stays frozen for a long time.
Recently, Russian scientists dug out the old squirrel hole and found the plant remains 38 meters below the surface. Back at the lab, the team fed nutrients to tissue from three of the fruits to grow shoots. Then the scientists transferred the shoots to pots filled with soil. The plants produced seeds that could be used to grow even more of them.
It’s important for scientists to know that plant tissues can still be revived after being frozen for a long time. That’s because many researchers are trying to preserve the seeds of modem plants by freezing them and then storing them in giant lockers at various spots around the globe. One such endeavor,an underground facility in Norway,is called the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It stores hundreds of thousands of frozen seeds. If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers.
“No one knows how long they are able to live for,but freezing is basically the format for many plant conservation attempts nowadays,’’Jane Shen-Miller said. It’s a good thing that at least some plants are tough enough to survive in the experience.
1.Which of the following was NOT used to recreate the ancient plant?
A. Modem nutrients.
B. Parts of the fruits.
C. Its frozen seeds.
D. Plant pots with soil.
2.Why are scientists interested in this discovery?
A. It helps them learn how plant life has changed in the past 30,000 years.
B. It can help guide future efforts to protect endangered plants’ life.
C. It can provide directions for where to look for other ancient plants.
D. It proves that all plant life can survive for thousands of years when frozen.
3.The underlined word "they", in the final paragraph refers to .
A. plants
B. seeds
C. scientists
D. storage lockers
4.The purpose of the passage is to .
A. discuss a plant conservation effort
B. introduce some ancient plants
C. outline some causes of global warming
D. describe a scientific research project
The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place.The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC.In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was published.Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.
The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620.In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week.The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (每日新闻).It came out in March 1702.
In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston.But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper.In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波士顿新闻通讯), the first newspaper published in the American colonies.By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers.There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.
Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation (发行量) in the world.But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Dhimbun (朝日新闻).It sells more than 11 million copies every day.
1.The first daily newspaper came out in _____.
A. 59 BC B. 700’s C. 1609 D. 1620
2.The first regular published newspaper in Europe was printed in _____.
A. England B. Germany C. France D. Sweden
3.The first printed newspaper in America came out in _____.
A. Washington B. New York C. Boston D. New Orleans
4.Today there are about _____ daily newspaper printed in the United States.
A. 1621 B. 1704 C. 1760 D. 1800
Telling fewer lies benefits people physically and mentally. Anita E. Kelly, study author and professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, employed 110 adults for her study. She divided them into two groups and asked one group to stop lying for 10 weeks. Lies included big ones and tiny ones—any false statements—but participants were still allowed to leave out the truth, keep secrets and avoid questions they didn’t want to answer, etc. The other group wasn’t given any special instructions about lying.
It turned out that both groups reduced their lying, but those who were specifically told to tell the truth improved their health more. "We found that the participants could purposefully and dramatically reduce their everyday lies. That in turn was associated with significantly improved health," said Kelly.
When participants in the no-lie group told three fewer white lies than they did in other weeks, they experienced, on average, fewer mental-health complaints and physical complaints. They were less likely to feel tense or sad and also experienced fewer sore throats and headaches. They also reported that personal relationships improved. Additionally, participants found themselves honest about their daily accomplishments, and they stopped making up excuses for being late or failing to complete a task, for example.
" It's certainly a worthy goal to have people be more honest and interact with others in a more honest way,” says University of Massachusetts psychologist Robert Feldman. “That would be beneficial. I'm a little doubtful whether it makes us all healthier, but it may make us healthier in a psychological way."
1.The participants of the two groups .
A. told as many lies as before B. were almost equally healthy
C. tended to lie less about their activities D. experienced tenser personal relationships
2.From Robert Feldman, we can learn that .
A. white lies might make people have more complaints
B. honesty is likely to help people become mentally healthier
C. people should not be honest with others but with themselves
D. telling the truth can make people physically and mentally healthy
3.The text is mainly about .
A. the connection of honesty and health B. research on physical and mental health
C. advice on being an honest person D. effects of honesty on personal relationships
