根据汉意或所给首字母填写单词（5分）。
1.This d_______ of the culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.
2.Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very c________.
3.I could see he was terrified of being a_________ by us.
4.Nobody has the right to s______ in the street.
5.However, he was f___________ by the Guinness Book of World Records
6.The necklace was well _________ (保存).
7.This time with great __________(谨慎，小心) I bent down to examine the snakes and found them very sleepy.
8.Eliza is a poor flower girl who has _________ (雄心勃勃) to improve herself
9.Luckily, Tom could be our ____________(翻译)
10.How ________( 难为情) to be discovered by her friend, Claire thought.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
1 . The time and money that doctors spend on their medical education are probably one reason for this problem.
A visit to a doctor’s office costs from fifteen to fifty dollars. It is impossible to pay for the medical care they need. 2 . Most doctors, however, disagree. They say that they were required to study medicine for a long time. Tuition（学费） for many years of medical education costs a lot of money. Doctors say that it is necessary for most medical students to borrow money from a bank to pay their tuition. 3 , young doctors need a lot of money for their work. 4 .
Therefore it is possible that the high cost of medical care in American is unnecessary. Because high tuition is one cause of high costs, 5 .
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A． It is possible for the poor people to see the doctor in America. |
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B． Many people in the United States think that doctors are overpaid. |
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C． One way to lower costs would be to have medical schools that are free or have low tuition. |
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D． They are not willing to pay high tuition for the doctors. |
E. The cost of medical care in the United States is very high.
F. Because this money must be repaid to the bank.
G. So, they charge people high prices for medical care.
All Eskimos live most of their lives close to sea or fresh water. They may follow game inland for several hundred miles, but they always return to the shores of rivers, lakes, or seas. Eskimo land has a bare look. Large rocks, pebbles, and sand cover much of the surface. Plants called lichen (地衣) grow on the rocks, and where there is enough soil, grass, flowers, and even small bushes manage to live. No trees can grow on Eskimo land, so geographers sometimes call it the Arctic plains. There are some animals in Eskimo land, such as rabbits, which eat the plants. Other animals, like the white fox and the gray wolf, eat the rabbits. The Eskimo is a meat-eater, too, and may even eat a wolf when food is scarce.
The Eskimo year has two main parts: a long, cold winter and a short, cool summer. Spring and fall are almost too short to be noticed. Summer is the best time, as food is usually plentiful. But it is also the time when Eskimos are very busy. Winter is never far away, and the men must bring home extra meat for the women to prepare and store, for seldom can enough animals be killed in winter to feed a family.
The Far North is sometimes called the land of the midnight sun. This is true in the middle of summer, for between April 21st and August 21st the sun never sets in Northern Greenland. But in midwinter the Far North is a land with no sunshine at all. Around Oct. 21st the Eskimos of Northern Greenland see the sun set directly south of them, and they don’t see it again until February 22nd. All places on earth get about the same amount of daylight during a year. As a result, if summer is lighter, winter has to be darker.
Winter nights in the Far North are seldom pitch-black. As in the rest of the world, the stars and moon provide a little light. The northern lights also help the Eskimo to see. And with the ground covered with snow, even a little light is reflected back to the Eskimo’s eyes.
1.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
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A．Eskimos do not usually eat wolves. |
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B．Eskimos like to chase one another. |
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C．Eskimos depend heavily on water. |
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D．Eskimos are meat-eaters. |
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined words “pitch-black” in Paragraph 4?
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A．Dark with a little light. |
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B．A little dark. |
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C．Not dark at all. |
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D．Extremely dark. |
3.From the passage, we can infer all of the following EXCEPT that_______.
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A．Eskimos are more likely to eat wolves in summer |
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B．Eskimo women are responsible for housework |
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C．meat is the main source of food for the Eskimo |
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D．hunting is an important part of Eskimo life |
Have you ever heard of blogs (博客)? If you haven’t, you should have. It’s here, it’s growing and it’s having an influence on our life. Surf the Internet and you’ll find blogs everywhere. A blog, shortened from “weblog”, is a public Internet journal written by one person or a group of people. It is a website in which a person or a group can place news, personal thoughts, text, photos, video or audio files, or links upon which visitors can comment. A blog lets you post on the Internet without having to know web design or be technical. You are given an environment to make dated entries on the topic of your choice which are “published”, so other people can read them.
Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Blogging has revolutionized Internet publishing in the last several years because it gives everyone with Internet access the opportunity to become an online writer. Objects, such as “text and photos” in a blog can be called “blog posts”, “posts”, or “entries”. The person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”.
Now, somewhere around the world, a blog is created almost every 6 seconds. Because it’s great potential, Bill Gates views it as important as e-mail, BBS, and MSN. He’s trying to make blogs the important tools for future business communications.
1.A blog is __________ .
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A．a comment |
B．an Internet journal |
C．a design |
D．a link |
2.A person can do the following things in a blog EXCEPT _______.
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A．talk to others |
B．give comments |
C．read articles |
D．enjoy photos |
3.Who is a blogger?
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A．A person who posts letters. |
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B．A person who writes articles. |
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C．A person who posts text or photos in a blog. |
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D．A person who is an online publisher. |
4.From the passage we know that _________. .
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A．Bill Gates will invent some tools for blogs |
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B．blogs will be an important business communication tool in the future |
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C．so far, only a few persons have created blogs |
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D．blogs will replace e-mail, BBS and MSN in the future |
While IQ (Intelligence Quotient) tells you how smart you are. EQ (Emotional Quotient) tells you how well you use your smartness. Professor Salovery, the psychologist who created the term, EQ, says that it is IQ that gets you hired but it is EQ that gets you promoted.
Supported by his research, he suggested that when predicting future successes, a person’s brainpower, as measured by IQ tests, might actually matter less than a person’s character, or EQ. Professor Salovery may be correct. For example, have you ever wondered why some of the best and smartest students in your class end up failing exams? Perhaps it is because of their EQ. People often make the mistake of thinking that EQ is the opposite of IQ. It is not. Although it is hoped that people have both high EQs and IQs, there is little doubt that those with low EQs have a hard time surviving in life.
For a long time, researchers discussed if a person’s IQ could be raised. The geneticists said no, while the social scientists said yes. Furthermore, the social scientists said that it was possible to improve a person’s EQ, particularly in terms of “people skills”, such as understanding and communication.
Recently, a professor released the findings of a study on senior high school students. When some normal students were introduced to some disabled students, they found that afterwards they were more willing to help people in difficulties. At the same time, there was a marked change in the disabled students’ attitudes. They became more positive about their disabilities and were more eager to try new things. People with high EQs often have positive attitudes towards life and are open to different ideas, so they tend to be more creative in their thinking. Please remember that having a high IQ is helpful but having a high EQ might even be more helpful.
1.According to Professor Salovery, what factor matters the most in predicting whether a person will be successful or not?
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A．How a person tests his / her brainpower. |
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B．A person’s character. |
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C．How smart a person is. |
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D．A person’s IQ. |
2.The second paragraph tells us that __________.
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A．people who have a high IQ always have a high EQ |
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B．EQ is the opposite of IQ |
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C．people who have a low EQ tend to have a hard life |
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D．people who have a high EQ always have a high IQ |
3.Which of the following is the writer’s attitude toward EQ and IQ?
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A．IQ is more helpful to people than EQ. |
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B．IQ can be raised by understanding and communication. |
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C．EQ can get people hired. |
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D．A high EQ is of great benefit in getting people promoted. |
4.Which of the following would be the best title of this passage?
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A．A person’s brainpower. |
B．IQ, EQ and success. |
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C．IQ and a person’s character. |
D．A person’s IQ and EQ. |
When I was an official of a school in Palo Alto, California, Polly Tyner, the president of our board, wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times. Polly’s son, Jim, had great difficulty in school. He was classified as the educationally handicapped and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers. But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room. His parents knew his difficulties, but they always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride. Shortly after Jim finished high school, he was killed in a motorcycle accident. After his death, his mother submitted this letter to the newspaper.
“Today we buried our 20-year-old son. He was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday night. How I wish I had known that the last time I had talked to him would be the last time. If I had only known that, I would have said to him, ‘Jim, I love you and I’m always so proud of you.’ I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he had brought to the lives of the people who loved him. I would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile, his laughter, and his genuine love to other people.
“When I put all the good things on the scale and try to balance them with all the irritating (恼人的) things such as the radio that was always too loud, the haircut that wasn’t to our liking, the dirty socks under the bed, etc., I find that the irritations really don’t amount to much.
“I won’t get another chance to tell my son all that I would have wanted him to hear, but, other parents, do have a chance. Tell your young people what you would want them to hear as if it may be your last conversation. The last time I talked to Jim was the morning of the day when he died. He called me to say, ‘Hi, Mom! I just called to say I love you. You have to go to work now. Bye.’ That day, he gave me something to treasure forever. ”
If there is any purpose at all for Jim’s death, maybe it is to make others appreciate life more and to tell people, especially family members, that they should take the time to let each other know just how much they care. You may never have another chance. Do it today!
1.What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “the educationally handicapped”?
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A．The learning difficulty. |
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B．The physical problems. |
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C．The psychological problems. |
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D．The communication difficulty. |
2.According to the writer, which of the following about Jim is TRUE？
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A．He was always sad about his school marks. |
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B．His parents always scolded him about his bad school marks. |
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C．His study needed more attention from his parents and teachers. |
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D．He was killed in a car accident. |
3.What did Polly think of Jim?
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A．He was a lovely boy with a beautiful smile who always loved others. |
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B．He was physically sick but always happy. |
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C．He was an irritating boy with some bad habits. |
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D．He seldom expressed his love for his parents. |
4.The purpose of Polly’s letter is to _______. .
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A．memorize her son |
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B．teach parents to appreciate their children |
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C．teach children how to be good boys |
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D．give some advice on how to deal with children’s problems |
