About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!
There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green － a strange world indeed.
Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.
Some insects（昆虫） have favorite colors. Mosquitoes（蚊子） prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract（吸引） insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the help of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the help of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible（不可见）colors around us.
1.The passage is mainly about _____________.
A.color and its surprising effects.
B.women being luckier than men
C.danger caused by color blindness
D.color blindness
2.Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?
A.Women are more careful.
B.There are fewer color-blind women
C.Women are fonder of driving than men.
D.Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.
3.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _____________.
A.red light B.yellow light
C.blue light D.green light
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.
1.Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?
A.She couldn’t get admitted to medical school.
B.She decided to further her education in Paris.
C.A serious eye problem stopped her.
D.It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States.
2.What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor?
A.She was a woman.
B.She wrote too many letters.
C.She couldn’t graduate from medical school.
D.She couldn’t set up her hospital.
3.According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell, except that she ______.
A.became the first woman physician
B.was the first woman doctor
C.and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children
D.set up the first medical school for women
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter发邮件告诉你在识记汉字过程中遇到很多困难，希望得到你的帮助。就此请你用英语给他回封邮件，内容包括：
1.表示理解并给予安慰；
2.提出学习汉字的建议。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
During the last summer holiday, I went on a journey to Beijing, that I visited the Great Wall and the Palace Museum. Much to their surprise, there were so much visitors in all the scenic spots that I had to push my way through the crowd. To be honesty, I had a hard time all the way and didn’t find the visit enjoyable or worthwhile at all.
As far as I am concerning, many people have the same experience, so I think that the number of tourist in some popular places of interest should be limited. In an addition, it’s better for us travel at different time periods. Only on this way can we enjoyed the beautiful scenery there.
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place for a true friendship 1. (develop). However, there can be no disagreement on 2. need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendships we want.
To most of us, friendships 3. (consider) important, but we need to have clear minds of the kinds of friendships we want. Are they to be close or kept at arm’s 4. (long)? Do we want to share something with our friends or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are quite enough 5.that’s all right. But at some point, we need to make sure that our expectations are the same 6.our friends’ expectations. If one 7. (want) more from the friendship than the other, and if this is not talked about, one is likely at last to feel that he’s holding the short end of the stick. The sharing of 8.(person) experience including our tears as well as our dark 9. (dream) is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must be undertaken 10. (slow) and carried on only if there are signs of interest and action in return.
When I started teaching at my school, parents refused to send their children here. Over time, situations have improved. We’ve _________ into a place where parents want their children to learn. We have a waiting list. But with this has come increased __________ and high expectations from management.
More paperwork than ever is __________ of us. I spend a worrying amount of my week typing about children rather than having __________ face-to-face contact time with them.
But through the stress and frustration, the children I teach and their parents have kept me going. They’ve ______ some much-needed relief.
My students are lively and eager to learn. Many of my days have been __________ by these incredible little people and their __________ for knowledge. And over the years it is those children who have helped me to develop my personal __________ as a teacher.
I’ve come to see that every child is __________, and that there are some who just need more support. Sometimes, it’s the progress you make with these children that allows you to see most _____the positive effect your teaching has on learning.
One particular child ________massively with the expectations of school at the start of the academic year, laughing at other children and using ____words, and I spent a lot of time with him talking through __________ to be a good friend. Seeing this child a week ago showing kindness to a younger pupil makes you reflect on the incredible ________a child can make in a year.
Working with parents, too, has become a(an) __________ enjoyable part of the job. I like having _______ with every one of the parents of my class, and their support of the children and enthusiasm for them to continue their learning at home is truly _____.
So my pupils and their parents are an important ______ of why I got into this job. It was never to ______ the demands of management, ______ to work with children and inspire their passion for learning.
1.A.slide B.transformed C.dashed D.ran
2.A.pressure B.creativity C.motivation D.tendency
3.A.informed B.warned C.demanded D.accused
4.A.actual B.subjective C.widespread D.major
5.A.delivered B.advocate C.preserve D.provided
6.A.impressed B.teased C.updated D.brightened
7.A.caution B.enthusiasm C.responsibility D.independence
8.A.growth B.principle C.relationships D.guidance
9.A.unique B.faithful C.parallel D.universal
10.A.briefly B.clearly C.gently D.shallowly
11.A.persisted B.enjoyed C.struggled D.operated
12.A.distinct B.unpleasant C.patient D.fascinating
13.A.what B.when C.where D.how
14.A.assumption B.regulation C.progress D.explanation
15.A.merely B.innocently C.increasingly D.slightly
16.A.words B.topics C.letters D.conversations
17.A.passive B.conservative C.primitive D.impressive
18.A.interpreter B.reminder C.counter D.chapter
19.A.satisfy B.refuse C.expand D.ease
20.A.so B.on C.but D.for
