Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day. They never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason ? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94.
1. The main idea of this passage is that _______.
| A．a person was found who actually didn't need any sleep |
| B．large numbers of people do not need sleep |
| C．everyone needs some sleep to stay alive |
| D．people can live longer by trying not to sleep |
| A．cure him of his sleeplessness |
| B．find a way to free people from the need of sleeping |
| C．find that his sleeplessness was not really true |
| D．find out why some old people didn't need any asleep |
| A．was too old to need any sleep |
| B．needed no sleep at all |
| C．often slept in a chair |
| D．needed some kind of sleep |
| A．that he hadn't got a bed |
| B．that he had gradually got tired of the sleeping habit |
| C．his mother's injury before he was born |
| D．his magnificent physical condition |
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【推荐1】Space tourism is the term used to describe space travel for leisure purposes. What was once only a dream — described in books — is now becoming a reality.
Futurologists are scientists who try to develop predictions of what life will be like in the future. After the first man landed on the moon in 1969, they thought that hotels would be built on the moon by the year 2000. They also considered the possibility that, in the 2lst century, families might go for a holiday on the moon. Neither of these has come true yet, but the rapid develop- ment of technology may mean these predictions are a possibility in the years to come.
Space Adventures is now the only company to have succeeded in sending paying passengers into space. It makes flights for the world’s first private space explorers easy. Each person paid over $20 million for the 10-day trip to the International Space Station.
Following several successful explorations into space, several companies are now considering the possibility of enabling tourists to visit space, including Virgin Galactic. Passengers would be taken to a height of between l00 km and l60 km above the earth, experience 3~ 6 minutes of weightlessness and a view of the stars before being taken back down to the earth. This is expected to cost around $200,000 per person.
While it could be an interesting experience, there are some disadvantages to space tourism. Many people have said that a huge growth in the spaceflight industry could speed up the process of global warming. In addition, space travel is only a possibility for the super-rich. Although Virgin Galactic claims to be opening space to the rest of us, there are still millions of people worldwide who can’t afford it.
1. Why are futurologists’ predictions mentioned?| A．To show that landing on the moon is easy. |
| B．To tell us that people are interested in space。 |
| C．To show that people will live on the moon soon. |
| D．To show that exploring space further may succeed. |
| A．It is able to send people into space. |
| B．It builds the International Space Station. |
| C．It earns about $20 million every year. |
| D．It provides free space travel for people. |
| A．It is fit for all people. | B．It receives some doubts. |
| C．It stops the spaceflight industry. | D．It will lead to natural disasters. |
| A．Space Tourism Is on the Way | B．Space Needs Our Protection |
| C．Virgin Galactic Is Becoming Popular | D．Space Tourism Leads to Global Warming |
【推荐2】Today the paper industry has, like many others, been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. But the industry is expected to bounce back in 2022, and by 2023, it’s predicted to reach new heights of $1, 031 billion. Here’s how that might happen.
The world was affected by the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020, as people rushed to pile up this bathroom product. In reality, there was never a true shortage. It’s not clear exactly why the mass hysteria occurred.
To nobody’s surprise, today the tissue market is still booming. Demand for toilet paper, tissues and paper towels has been growing for years. As an added bonus, many companies are now branching out into medical tissue papers. Some have temporarily switched to surgical face masks and gowns to meet the demand for personal protection equipment.
But there’s more surprising medical use for paper: rapid tests. The system is widely used for many routine tests, such as to detect pregnancy and HIV. And there are already rapid tests out there that use paper to identify if a person has developed antibodies to Covid-19.
Equally, food hygiene has become more of a concern. There has been a sharp decrease in the number of customers wanting to reach into a pot to fetch spoons, forks or straws for obvious reasons, causing restaurants to use more and more disposable packaging. Meanwhile, schools have started to provide paper lunch boxes so that students don’t need to eat all together in a canteen.
Then there’s art. After months of lockdowns and disruption to social calendar, practical hobbies such as DIY, crafts, art and baking have recently experienced a renaissance. Some paper companies have seen more interest in paper for education, art and design.
Of course, some aspects of paper production have taken more of a hit.
“We supply a lot of paper that ends up in hotel, so we’ve seen a drop in sales,” says Nick Bizzell, the director of London-based Bizzell Paper. But Bizzell is still optimistic. He pointed out that demand for certain types of paper, such as the A4 kind used in offices, has been shrinking for decades, after losing the battle against computers. But overall the paper industry is growing.
Paper is now protecting us from viral infections and boredom, and it will always be a valuable material in our life.
1. What does the underlined phrase “the mass hysteria” probably refer to?| A．The mass production of toilet paper in 2020. |
| B．The true shortage of toilet paper caused by the public. |
| C．The effect of Covid-19 on the paper industry. |
| D．The unreasonable storage of toilet paper among the public. |
| A．Rapid tests and physical checkup. |
| B．Surgical face masks and eating tools. |
| C．Medical protection equipment and food packaging. |
| D．The treatment of Covid-19 and pregnancy detection. |
| A．Being unable to socialize. |
| B．The promotion of paper companies. |
| C．Being interested in art education. |
| D．The marketing strategies of paper companies. |
| A．Paper industry on the decline. |
| B．Paper industry in the recovery. |
| C．The blow of Covid-19 to the paper industry. |
| D．The effect of medicine on the paper industry. |
【推荐3】China’s Chang’e 5 spacecraft, tasked with bringing lunar rock samples to Earth, successfully landed on the Moon on December 1st, 2020. The 8,200 kg spacecraft, launched from China’s Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on November 23, 2020, entered the satellite’s orbit on November 28th, 2020.
Within 19 hours of landing, the probe (空间探测器) gathered about 2k g of rocks and soil by drilling almost 2 meters deep into the lunar surface using its robotic arm. The sample-filled jar was placed in the ascender vehicle (上升器), which left the Moon’s surface and entered the lunar orbit on December 3rd, 2020. Then, in a historic first, the ascender and Chang’e 5 orbiter spacecraft successfully came together on December 6, 2020, to complete the first-ever robotic rendezvous and docking (交会和对接) in lunar orbit.
“In terms of the space tasks that humans have performed so far, only the Apollo program missions have completed the rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit. However, uncrewed rendezvous and docking have never been done before us,” Peng Jing told Chinese media ahead of the attempt.
With the rock samples safely transferred to the return capsule, the Chang’ e 5 spacecraft continued to circle the Moon for a few days before beginning its 112-hour journey back to Earth. The spacecraft landed in the Ulanqab region of Inner Mongolia, China, on the early morning of December 17th, 2020. Up to now, China has become the third country, after the US and Russia, to successfully get back lunar rocks. More importantly, the 1.2 billion-year-old samples are the youngest-ever obtained from the satellite. The novel space souvenirs, the first collected in 44 years, can give scientists a better understanding of the Moon’s formation and provide important insights into how Earth and the solar system evolved.
1. What did Chang’ e 5 do after landing on the Moon?| A．It drilled for rocks and soil. | B．It took photos of the surface. |
| C．It sent data back to the earth. | D．It analyzed rock samples soon. |
| A．To show that he takes great pride. | B．To introduce the Apollo program. |
| C．To inform us of rendezvous and docking. | D．To compare the differences of two tasks. |
| A．Explore more into the earth. | B．Store them as good souvenirs. |
| C．Know the evolution of the moon. | D．Compete with the US and Russia. |
| A．Entertainment. | B．Health. | C．Education. | D．Science. |
【推荐1】In the past ten years, America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players.
When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992, the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball. This season, however, 20 percent of NBA rosters(花名册) will be filled by non-Americans. NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend. On a visit to Paris in October, Stern outlined his vision for the future, which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010.
The NBA is now planning to take China by storm.
“Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth,” said Stern. The strategy(战略，策略) in China is television. “We’ve made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite.” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China. The NBA, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages, will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai. The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil.
“It doesn’t matter where the players come from, all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout(寻找，觅得) internationally,” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations. “It has increased the level of competition here.” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their American peers. Others, such as the Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre Yao Ming — number one draft pick in 2002 — and the Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic — number two overall in this year’s draft — are icons(偶像)in-waiting. It is the ultimate(最后的，根本的) revolution — the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.
1. According to the report, _______.| A．Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA |
| B．the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great |
| C．Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA |
| D．European countries will host the 2004 NBA games |
| A．NBA intends to make China its “marketing center” |
| B．NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China |
| C．there’ll be a big storm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings |
| D．the NBA’s live basket games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in China |
| A．NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league. |
| B．China’s rapid development in sports affects NBA. |
| C．Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan. |
| D．The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball. |
| A．farms in the States |
| B．native Americans |
| C．the NBA training center |
| D．the USA |
| A．The Non-American Basketball Players |
| B．NBA Is Coming to China |
| C．The Foreign Ties That Bind the NBA |
| D．NBA Is Making Big Progress |
According to China’s Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center, a device by Apple with third-generation high-speed wireless data capabilities was issued the network access license needed for the company to begin official sales in China. The device, listed under model number “A1396”, is compatible with the 3G standard WCDMA, and would work with the cellular network operated by Apple’s local iPhone partner, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.
China Unicom declined (谢绝) to comment.
Apple already offers the 3G iPad3 in Hong Kong through its partners, but currently only offers Wi-Fi versions of the device in the Chinese mainland. Still, consumers in China, which according to research firm IDC surpassed (超过) the US as the world’s largest PC market in the second quarter, have been purchasing 3G tablets through unofficial channels.
Separately, Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu said Sept 6 that the company’s first Hong Kong store, set to open this quarter, will be located in the city’s central shopping and business district in the International Finance Center’s upscale (高档的) IFC mall, a commercial center and sightseeing spot along the city’s waterfront. Wu also said that Apple is planning a new store in Shanghai later this quarter, which will be its biggest store in China. She declined to give more details or to comment on the 3G iPad3.
Apple currently has four full-service Apple stores in the mainland, which receive the most traffic of any Apple stores in the world. The company otherwise relies on resellers to get its products into the market.
The new stores reflect Apple’s confidence in rising demand for its products such as smart phones and tablet computers. Sales in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan helped boost (增长) the company’s third-quarter results, newly appointed Chief Executive Tim Cook said in July. China revenue (收益) surged (激增) six-fold to about $3.8 billion during the three months ended June 25.
“This has been a substantial (重大) opportunity for Apple and I firmly believe that we’re just scratching the surface right now,” Cook said at the time, referring to strong sales in China. “I see an incredible opportunity for Apple there.”
From China Daily 2012
1. According to the news, which of the following statements is true?
| A．WCDMA is not the only 3G standard in the world. |
| B．Apple Inc sells its products in the market of the Chinese mainland all by its own stores. |
| C．The consumers in China can only get iPad3 of Wi-Fi versions. |
| D．Chinese mainland is the second largest PC market in this year’s second quarter. |
| A．in the interests of | B．in the front of |
| C．in the process of | D．in the case of |
| A．4. | B．6. | C．8. | D．Unknown. |
| A．one-sixth | B．six times | C．60 percent | D．2 times |
| A．they don’t know much about China’s market |
| B．they will sell more products and gain more profit in China |
| C．they need to obtain more permission from China’s government |
| D．they ignored the rural market in China |
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| CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL. FROM THE DESK OF: MR. JOSEPH YANA. AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) BURKINA-FASO. Dear Sir / Madam, I am the Bill and Exchange (assistant) Manager of the Africa development Bank, MR. JOSEPH YANA. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of USD $9,900,000 in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his wife and two children in July 2000 in a plane crash. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I in my department now decided to make this business proposals to you and release the money to you as next of kin or relation since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The banking law and guidelines here says that if such money remains unclaimed after ten years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury. Upon receiving your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the text of the application which you shall retype and fax to us. Trusting to receive your urgent reply through my alternative Email: jyana96 @ yahoo.co.id | |
| A．be a close relative of the dead. | B．send hundreds of dollars to Africa |
| C．go to African Development Bank for the wealth | D．not take it seriously. |
| A．Many millionaires died in the plane crash. |
| B．Any money unclaimed will be given to a poor foreigner. |
| C．the division of the money seems quite reasonable. |
| D．AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK doesn’t exist at all. |
| A．Nothing ventured, nothing gained. | B．There’s no such thing as a free lunch. |
| C．All rivers run into the sea | D．A short cut is often a wrong cut |
