1 . One day when I was 12, my mother ordered me to walk to the public library and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to
In the library, I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf
The beagle on the cover looked
I started to read about Amos very slowly and with
My mother’s call returned me to the
I
A.avoid | B.apply | C.understand | D.defeat |
A.responsibility | B.inability | C.desire | D.anxiety |
A.on purpose | B.by accident | C.at random | D.as usual |
A.caught | B.fooled | C.relaxed | D.raised |
A.Therefore | B.Besides | C.Instead | D.However |
A.away | B.up | C.in | D.out |
A.recalled | B.admired | C.forgot | D.confused |
A.familiar | B.similar | C.opposite | D.important |
A.cover | B.author | C.picture | D.title |
A.Unknowingly | B.Suddenly | C.Eventually | D.Patiently |
A.bought | B.borrowed | C.gathered | D.ordered |
A.shame | B.relief | C.confidence | D.difficulty |
A.spared | B.divided | C.separated | D.prevented |
A.reunion | B.recovery | C.departure | D.fight |
A.wild | B.virtual | C.real | D.remote |
A.accepted | B.realized | C.learned | D.imagined |
A.useful | B.encouraging | C.informative | D.wonderful |
A.never | B.once | C.often | D.even |
A.difference | B.effort | C.improvement | D.progress |
A.confused | B.proud | C.sure | D.aware |
2 . At thirteen, I was diagnosed with a kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.
In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write about it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, “Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.
She glanced down at me through her glasses, “You are not different from your classmates, young man.”
I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.
In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn’t I the “blind” one in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts flowed and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was not different from others; I just needed a quieter place. Now that Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up? I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day —with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words: “See what you can do when you keep tying.”
1. Why did the author fail to finish class reading?A.He had poor reading skills. | B.He was tired of literature. |
C.He had an attention disorder. | D.He wanted to take the task home. |
A.He was poor. | B.He was very creative. |
C.He was near-sighted. | D.He was well-educated. |
A.Angry. | B.Impatient. | C.Supportive. | D.Negative. |
A.The blind should be treated with respect. |
B.Teachers can open up a new world to students. |
C.Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges. |
D.One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts. |
3 . A Race against Death
It was a cold January in 1925 in North Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world because of the heavy snow.
On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch
How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s
The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night.
On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to
A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his
At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dog
Nome had been
A.examined | B.warned | C.interviewed | D.treated |
A.harmless | B.helpless | C.fearless | D.careless |
A.Moreover | B.Therefore | C.Otherwise | D.However |
A.airport | B.station | C.harbor | D.border |
A.narrow | B.snowy | C.busy | D.dirty |
A.From | B.On | C.By | D.After |
A.tired | B.upset | C.pale | D.sick |
A.plan | B.excuse | C.message | D.topic |
A.air | B.rail | C.sea | D.road |
A.carry | B.return | C.mail | D.give |
A.Though | B.Since | C.When | D.If |
A.enter | B.move | C.visit | D.cross |
A.shameful | B.boring | C.dangerous | D.foolish |
A.hurt | B.injure | C.swim | D.die |
A.memory | B.exit | C.way | D.destination |
A.find | B.fix | C.pass | D.change |
A.wondering | B.trying | C.asking | D.learning |
A.run | B.leave | C.bite | D.play |
A.gathered | B.stayed | C.camped | D.arrived |
A.controlled | B.saved | C.founded | D.developed |
4 . Many people have difficulty in getting up in the morning. This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you work, you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak (顶峰). For some people the peak comes during the morning. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar words as: “Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation for the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.
You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. If so, staying up later than you want to may counteract your cycle in some way. If our energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam and work better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a comfortable yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed for a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before.
1. Dr. Kleitman explains that it is difficult for a person to get up in the morning probably because of __________.A.his own laziness | B.his own energy cycle |
C.his own habit | D.his bad rest at night |
A.in the morning | B.in the evening |
C.in the afternoon | D.at different hours |
A.do your work at the energy peak | B.manage to control your temper |
C.work at the bottom of energy cycle | D.manage to keep you clean all day |
5 . Weather could power the next generation of smart windows.Researchers have created glass by harvesting energy from wind and precipitation(降水). The approach offers an alternative to other smart windows powered by batteries, solar panels, and even standard power outlets.“The creation represents a new kind of renewable energy source, ”says Liming Dai, a nanomaterial engineer at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who was not involved in the research.
Smart glass, which changes its characteristics to block out light, has been around for decades. Common examples include glarefighting rearview(后视) car mirrors and windows that change color for energy savings and privacy. But many are expensive, and people are still looking for ecofriendly ways to power the windows. Batteries and plugin outlets aren't apparently “green”, and builtin solar panels can cloud or hide parts of the glass.
In experiments, the glass produced up to 130 milliwatts per square meter, enough to power a pacemaker or a smart phone while it's asleep, the team reported online last month in ACS Nano. This output might suit many applications, such as being a power source for home or office electronics, says codeveloper and scientist Zhong Lin Wang of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Since their first project in 2012, a lightup sidewalk powered by footsteps, he and his colleagues have miniaturized(使小型化) their generators(发电机) to create everything from selfcleaning keyboards to sensors for security systems.
But Wang and his colleagues still have more work to do before this smart glass is ready for commercialization. Now, the glass has no way to store the energy it creates. To solve this problem, Dai says, transparent super capacitors(电容器) could be placed into the glass without decreasing visibility.
For now, the team wants to improve the energy efficiency of their nanogenerators. These tiny power plants can convert about 60% of the mechanical energy that they collect into electricity. “The output power is a constant goal, ”Wang says.“Free energy surrounds us, and anything can happen if you take control of it.”
1. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?A.The research history of Zhong Lin Wang. |
B.The experimental process of Zhong Lin Wang. |
C.The experimental findings of Zhong Lin Wang's team. |
D.The research theory of Zhong Lin Wang's team. |
A.It cannot change its color according to weather. |
B.It cannot suit the super capacitors. |
C.It cannot power a smart phone. |
D.It cannot keep its produced electricity. |
A.Consume. | B.Waste |
C.Change. | D.Reserve. |
6 . Now,jazz music is an important part of Indianapolis’ culture. Jazz clubs around the city still host concerts with local jazz musicians like Rob Dixon and Joel Tucker. One of these clubs, the Chatterbox Jazz Club, still has live jazz seven nights a week.
But the real history of jazz in Indy is much less simple. Along with the Avenue's culture, jazz music was gone from the streets for many years.
Indiana Avenue was the heart of a neighborhood along the White River. It was a center for black music and live street music. The wealthy avoided this area. So it became a place that poorer families, including many African-American and immigrant ( 移民) families, moved to.
Jazz prospered in the mix of American cultures around the Avenue in the 1930s and 1940s. But in the 1950s, things changed. After the war, there were projects to make the city beautiful and build a university nearby. Both of these seemed like good changes. However, the new university and buildings caused poorer families to have to leave the area. This destroyed the Indiana Avenue community and with it, its jazz culture.
After many years, Indianapolis remembered the value of its arts and music culture. It began to bring back lost cultures such as live music on the Avenue. To do so, it began to make new changes. The changes included repairing historic areas like the Avenue. Once again, the high living costs in these historic arts areas pushed low-income families out.
Today there are several old-style jazz clubs where friends can meet up to remember the past or just enjoy a summer evening. It might seem at first that jazz is alive again, but there is a sad reality behind these jazz clubs: Modern Indy jazz is only a shadow (影子) of the lively culture that was once on Indiana Avenue.
1. What does the underlined word "prospered" in Paragraph 4 mean?A.Disappeared quickly. |
B.Arrived soon. |
C.Recovered soon. |
D.Developed well. |
A.It rebuilt some old important areas. |
B.It invited old jazz musicians to sing in the city. |
C.It educated people about the value of music culture. |
D.It settled low-income families in the Indiana Avenue community. |
A.Its home culture is gone. |
B.Its styles are too traditional. |
C.It shows the sadness of the poor. |
D.It is no longer a favorite of the young |
1. 写信目的;
2. 时间、地点;
3. 活动内容。
注意:1. 词数80左右;
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
花灯:festive lantern
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1. 众所周知长城被认为是世界的七大奇迹之一。(be considered as)
2. 现如今,像长城一样的古文化遗迹正在遭受毁坏。(现在进行时)
3. 各种各样的遗迹正在处于灭绝的危险中(die out)
4. 幸运的是,关心文化遗迹的人们正在采取有效措施保护它们免遭破坏。(定语从句,be concerned about)
5. 我们只有与古遗迹和谐地相处,才能了解我们从哪里来。(only+倒装句;harmony)
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9 . Some people say they “never forget a face.” But what does that saying mean? Is there really no limit to the number of faces a person can remember? A new study from a group of researchers at the University of York in England has found that, on average, people can remember as many as 5,000 faces. They published their findings on facial recognition this month in the Proceedings of The Royal Society B, Biological Sciences.
Rob Jenkins works in the psychology department at the University of York. He said the researchers’ study centered on “the number of faces people actually know”. The study suggests our facial recognition abilities help us to deal with the many different faces we see on the screens, as well as those we know, like family and friends.
For the human study, people spent one hour writing down as many faces from their personal lives as possible. Some examples may include people they went to school with, people they work with and family members. Then, they wrote down famous faces they know, such as actors, politicians and other public people.
The results showed that the participants(参与者) knew between 1,000 and 10,000 faces. Jenkins said one explanation may be that some people have a natural ability for remembering faces. “There are differences in how much attention people pay to faces and how well they process the information,” he said. Jenkins also said it could be because of different social environments. Some people may have grown up in more populated places. So, they may have had more social contact throughout their lives.
The people in the study included 25 men and women students from two universities. They were between 18 and 61 years old. Researchers think age may be an interesting area for further research. Jenkins said it is possible that we gather more faces throughout our lifetime. But, he added, there also may be an age at which we start to find it harder to remember all of those faces.
1. What was the new study mainly about?A.How long people can remember faces. | B.When people will forget faces. |
C.Why people can deal with different faces. | D.How many faces people can know. |
A.They are good at recognizing faces. |
B.They remember more famous people. |
C.They have different social backgrounds. |
D.They try their best to avoid social contact. |
A.We are sure to gather more faces as we age. |
B.The future research may focus more on age. |
C.The participants in the study are in their youth. |
D.It may be harder to remember faces of different ages. |
A.An interview. | B.A research report. |
C.A character story. | D.A scientific novel. |
10 . Do you know what elements (要素) make people successful? Interviews and investigations indicate that there are several keys to success that successful people share.
First of all, successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves for their failure. They realize that their future lies in their own hands. They understand that they cannot control some things in life, such as nature, the past and other people. But in the meantime, they are well aware that they can control their own thoughts and actions. They take responsibility for their life and regard this as one of the most empowering things they can do. Perhaps what most separate successful people from others is that they live their life “on purpose” — they are doing what they believe they are put here to do. In their opinion, having a purpose in their life is the most important element that enables them to become fully functioning people. They hold that when they live their life on purpose, their main concern is to do the job right. Because of their commitment (投身;献身), people are willing to do business with them, and it is always found in them.
To live their life on purpose, successful people find a cause they believe in and create a business around it. Besides, they never easily give up. Once they have set up goals in their life, they are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Instead of seeing it negatively or depressingly, they use the knowledge to spur (激励) themselves on and go after what they want energetically and passionately.
1. By living life “on purpose”, successful people do the following things except ______.A.stick to their goals all the time | B.concentrate on their jobs |
C.do business with many people | D.control other people’s thoughts |
A.the commitment with successful people | B.the job that successful people do |
C.the main concern of successful people | D.the business successful people do |
A.How Successful People Do Business. | B.How People Live Their Life on Purpose. |
C.How Can People Be Successful? | D.How Can People Do Their Own Things? |