1 . People read books less often in these days. With the invention of radios, televisions and most recently, the Internet and computer games, it seems that reading books is no longer a popular activity. However, I believe that books are an important part of our lives.
Books offer an outstanding wealth of learning and are cheaper than taking a course. Books can make people cleverer, because heavy readers have greater knowledge of how things work and who or what people were.
Everything in today’s society requires reading. Imagine trying to do something as simple as reading the directions on a medicine bottle without good reading skills. Someone could not understand them and became very sick or even died.
Even something as simple as walking or driving through the city could become very dangerous without enough reading. Sometimes, you must be able to understand what is written and explain the meaning of them.
Some people say that reading is a waste of time and that we can do better things with our time. Even if we don’t read books, we still read every day, and reading books can strengthen our abilities.Reading is one of the greatest things we can do in our spare time.
With a book, you can travel anywhere you want, do anything you want, and talk to anyone you want. Reading is very important in our lives, no matter how old you are. So I think people should read books.
1. What can we learn from the second paragraph?A.Reading can improve your memory. |
B.Reading can make you interesting and attractive. |
C.Reading can make you smarter. |
D.Reading can reduce stress. |
A.The books they are reading. |
B.The directions on a medicine bottle. |
C.The good reading skills. |
D.The words a doctor tells a sick person. |
A.Walking in the city also needs reading skills. |
B.Driving along the road is dangerous. |
C.Reading books is very helpful to strengthen our abilities. |
D.Reading books just wastes their time. |
A.People Should Enjoy Themselves |
B.How We Improve Reading Skills |
C.Why People Should Read Books |
D.What We Love Doing in the Spare Time |
2 . Women have been making scientific discoveries since ancient times. Twelve women have won the Nobel Prize for Science, one of the highest honors in the world. Some women scientists never married, some worked with their husbands, and others raised large families. It has been difficult for women to be successful scientists.
In the early 1800s in England, Mary Anning became one of the first women recognized for her discoveries about the ancient history of the earth. Mary and her father collected fossils(化石) in their village on the south coast of Great Britain. Fossils are parts of plants or animals that have been saved in rocks for millions of years.
When she was only twelve years old, Mary became the first person to find the almost complete skeletons(骨架) of several animals that no longer existed on the earth.She didn’t become famous for her discoveries at that time because she often sold her fossils to get money to support her family.
In 1891, a young Polish woman named Marie Sklodowska traveled to Paris to study physics. She did so because she could not get a college education in Poland.She began working in the laboratory of a man named Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre Curie got married and made many discoveries together. They received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 along with another scientist.Marie Curie became the first person to be awarded a second Noble Prize in 1911, this time for Chemistry. Marie Curie was one of the few women at the time who became famous as a scientist.
1. The author believes that women scientists________.A.have more opportunities to become successful |
B.can not get the highest honors in the world |
C.go through difficulties to be successful |
D.had better pay more attention to their families |
A.win the Noble Prize for Science after getting married |
B.make achievements in the study of ancient earth |
C.research animals and their bones |
D.study the mystery of all kinds of plants |
A.She studied physics in Poland and got a college education. |
B.She received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 on her own. |
C.She only got one Nobel Prize during her lifetime. |
D.She made many discoveries after she got married. |
A.Ancient discoveries. | B.Women scientists. |
C.Successful marriages. | D.Different prizes. |
A.subscribe to | B.thanks to | C.expose to | D.owing to |
A.defend against | B.break out | C.work out | D.fight against |
A.complete | B.complex | C.comfortable | D.cultural |
A.ambition | B.participation | C.presentation | D.adaptation |
A.Surround | B.Surrounding | C.To surround | D.Surrounded |
A.because | B.unless | C.when | D.while |
A.write a composition on their | B.to write composition about the |
C.wrote some compositions of his or her | D.had written any compositions for his |
A.which | B.that | C.if | D.what |