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2 . Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler spot. All you have to do is send a few comets（彗星）in the direction of earth, and its orbit will be changed. Our world will then be sent into a safer, colder part of the solar system.
This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of US National Aeronautics and Space Administration（NASA）engineers and American astronomers. They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planet—effectively doubling its working life.
The plan, put forward by Dr. Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams, needs carefully directing a comet of asteroid（小行星）so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy to Earth.
“Earth’s orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the Sun,” Laughlin said.
Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter or Saturn. The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated. In the short term, the plan provides an ideal way to global warming, although the team was actually concerned with a much greater danger. The Sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously endanger” our biosphere—by cooking us. That’s why the group decided to try to save Earth.
The plan has one or two worrying aspects, however. For a start, space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their asteroid or comet towards Earth. The smallest miscalculation（误算）in orbit could fire it straight at Earth—with deadly results.
There is also the question of the Moon. As the scientific American magazine points out, if Earth was pushed out of its current position it is “most likely that the Moon would be stripped away from Earth,” it states. This would change our planet’s climate.
1. If the plan is successful, Earth will have a working life of _________ years.| A．12 billion | B．6 billion |
| C．18 billion | D．24 billion |
| A．A few comets are moving to the direction of Earth. |
| B．Earth’s working life is coming to an end soon. |
| C．Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep alive. |
| D．The moon is moving farther away from Earth. |
| A．Earth might be moved too far away and man might be frozen to death. |
| B．The comet might hit Earth and man might lose the moon. |
| C．The comet might hit Jupiter or Saturn and never return to Earth. |
| D．Earth’s working life might be greatly shortened. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
3 . Jane Goodall is best known for her 26-year study of the chimps in the wild. There, she made several revolutionary discoveries that made her one of the greatest field scientists of the 20th century.
Born in London in 1934, the expectations for Jane were standard for the time: a marriage to a nice man, followed by a few children. Fortunately, her mother never discouraged (劝阻, 使气馁) her interests: animals and the natural world. Once her mother discovered that little Jane had brought a handful of worms (幼虫) to bed; rather than screaming, she explained that her new little friends needed the soil to live, and together, they took them back to the garden.
Jane was a bookworm who admired Doctor Dolittle and loved the Tarzan novels. Reading did its usual quiet but life-changing thing: Jane developed a dream to go to Africa and live among the wild animals.
Jane realized her dream on July 14, 1960 when she arrived at Gombe Stream Game Reserve to study the chimps. However, for two months, the chimps escaped when they heard her coming. The only thing she saw was the back of a chimp，running away from her.
“The more I thought of the task I had set myself, the more discouraged I became,” Jane wrote in her first book, In the Shadow of Man.
Eventually, she became familiar with a male chimp and his big family. She observed them kiss, hug, pat each other on the back, shake their fingers at each other. She watched them act very human-like.
One day, moving quietly through the jungle, Jane saw the male chimp sit beside a large termite mound (白蚁土堆). He kept taking small braches from trees and putting them in the holes to fish the ants.
In any case, Jane’s discovery became the talk of the scientific world. Harvard’s Stephen Jay Gould observed, “We must now re-think what the words ‘tool’ (工具) and ‘man’ mean or accept chimps as humans.”
1. What did Jane’s mother do when she found the worms on the bed?| A．She studied them carefully. | B．She shouted at her daughter. |
| C．She threw them into the garden. | D．She explained they liked the soil. |
| A．Doctor Dolittle’s invitation. | B．Her interest in chimps. |
| C．The reading in her childhood. | D．Her mother’s encouragement. |
| A．Lonely. | B．Frightened. |
| C．Hopeless. | D．Content. |
| A．Chimps should be accepted as humans. |
| B．Jane’s discovery is of great importance. |
| C．Only human beings know how to make use of tools. |
| D．The scientists should confirm the meaning of the words. |
4 . Many years ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and
He
The above story is
Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only
| A．use | B．get | C．work | D．cover |
| A．Sure | B．Strange | C．Good | D．Interesting |
| A．rode | B．ran | C．expanded | D．struggled |
| A．gave up | B．asked for | C．kept on | D．succeeded in |
| A．sad | B．hungry | C．confused | D．excited |
| A．because | B．so | C．but | D．if |
| A．dying | B．arguing | C．sleeping | D．smiling |
| A．make | B．push | C．destroy | D．prove |
| A．find | B．have | C．need | D．show |
| A．live | B．support | C．bury | D．sleep |
| A．useful | B．certain | C．special | D．similar |
| A．future | B．past | C．history | D．life |
| A．money | B．progress | C．discoveries | D．friends |
| A．freedom | B．career | C．honor | D．health |
| A．things | B．condition | C．beauty | D．people |
| A．before | B．when | C．unless | D．since |
| A．regret | B．realize | C．apologize | D．explain |
| A．but | B．until | C．however | D．or |
| A．saved | B．won | C．reduced | D．missed |
| A．possible | B．probable | C．necessary | D．suitable |
5 . Recently, the TV show “Where are we going, Dad?” produced by Hunan SatelliteTelevision is a big hit across nation. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of “Lost on the way” played by nanny Daddy and cute kids triggered（触发）a lot of people’s emotional resonance（共鸣）. Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.
In the real life, on the one hand, the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand, they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV shows that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34.We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility of raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going, Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go; and society will go where the children go.
1. To raise a child in modern society, parents should ________.| A．break down the barrier between children and teachers |
| B．play computer games with their children |
| C．balance well between family and career |
| D．keep their children at home to avoid socializing |
| A．36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34. |
| B．Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old. |
| C．In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child. |
| D．The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play. |
| A．taking responsibility | B．understanding |
| C．taking part | D．keeping company |
| A．New problems in Modern Children’s Education |
| B．Modern Education is Important |
| C．Confusion Behind “Where are we going, dad?” |
| D．Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids |
Smile!
It’s the easiest way to let someone know that you’re nice！
Be fun!
Listen!
Good conversations are important when you want to make a new friend，and sometimes you just have to be quiet and listen.When you do get chatting，pay attention to what they’re saying.
Ask people who take classes with you questions about what they study today.
| A．Change! |
| B．Ask a question! |
| C．Classwork is a great icebreaker. |
| D．Say “hello” and see what happens. |
| E．And don’t just talk about yourself all the time. |
| F．Even the shyest person can manage a little smile. |
| G．We all prefer spending time with people who make us feel happy. |
7 . Most travelers face the language difficulty in Italy nowadays.
There's no such thing as "Italian food".
In Italy each area has its own personality,its own dialect,and its own food.
Most Italians pay for things on a day-to-day basis with cash from their morning coffee to dinner.Those of you who have grown used to paying for milk and bread at the grocery store with a card find it very difficult to travel.
The waiter isn't being rude when he leaves you alone to eat.
In Italy,after your meal is served,you may not see the waiter at your table again until it's time to clear your plates.This is not the waiter being rude.
An empty restaurant doesn't mean the place is bad.
Many times I've gone into restaurants in Italy at what I thought was dinner time only to find the place nearly empty.
| A．Cash is king in Italy. |
| B．Trains are always late in Italy. |
| C．Later,I learned Italians eat late. |
| D．If so,traveling to Italy can be an attractive experience. |
| E．However,it's still a very easy and comfortable country to visit. |
| F．This is the waiter letting you enjoy your meal as long as you want. |
| G．It's a shock to those of you who think you've already known what Italian food is. |
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This morning I got up early and went to school as usually, only to find there were nobody in the classroom because it is Sunday. “How a bad memory I have!” I couldn’t help laughing. Stand in front of the school gate, I began to wonder what to do next. Suddenly a good idea occurs to me. “Why not get together with some good friends for a picnic in such a fine weather?” I immediately telephoned some of my best friends, but they all agreed to join me. About two hours late, we finally arrived a pleasant park with trees and flowers here and there. We really enjoyed us greatly.
