QINGDAO--Water and power supplies have been restored in the East Chinese city of
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QINGDAO--Water and power supplies have been restored in the East Chinese city of Qingdao, the site of an oil pipeline explosion on Friday, the local government said on Monday.
Crude oil began leaking（泄漏）from the pipeline at 3:00 an Friday in Qingdao in Shandong province. The valves（阀门）of the Huangdao oil warehouse were shut about 15 minutes later.
The oil spill（泄漏的石油）then flowed into the city’s rainwater pipe network, which empties into Jiaozhou Bay. Explosions occurred at two locations around 10:30 am Friday when workers were clearing the spill.
According to the local government, about 85 percent of public heating and 90 percent of the gas supply were also brought back to normal as of Monday.
Residents who have been taken to the temporary settlements are receiving bottled water and bread.
Many schools and kindergartens have reopened classes after Friday’s oil pipeline explosion. No injures and deaths of students or teachers have been reported following the explosions at an underground pipeline operated by Sinopec. The school buildings of one middle school in the district were seriously damaged during the explosions. Education authorities have arranged psychological help for students and teaching staff. All other 18 schools and kindergartens in the district reopened classes on Monday.
As of Monday noon, the death toll from the explosion had risen to 55, with 9 people still missing and 136 hospitalized. According to local police, 49 bodied have been identified so far, and 42 of them were male victims. As of Monday morning, the blood supply in Qingdao was enough for the injured after more than 950 people in the city donated more than 340,000 ml of blood in the wake of the incident.
小题1:The underlined word “restored” in the first paragraph probable means “ ”.| A．cut | B．destroyed | C．recovered | D．repaired |
小题2:Explosions happened when .| A．workers were cleaning the spill | | B．valves of the oil warehouse were shut | | C．the oil spill flowed into the city’s water network | | D．crude oil began to leak from an underground pipeline |
小题3:We can learn that by Monday noon the deaths in the explosion reached at least .小题4:We can learn from the passage that .| A．everything was brought back to normal right after the explosion | | B．no measures were taken to help the suffering people out of trouble | | C．no more dead body was found after Monday noon | | D．all the 19 schools in the district were affected by the explosion |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D |
解析
试题分析：文章大意：本文是一篇新闻报道，报道了青岛石油管道爆炸之后生活设施及学校都恢复正常。
小题1:C词义推测题。根据下文中各种生活设施及学校都恢复正常，可以推测restored为“恢复”之意。故可以用recover代替。故C正确。
小题2:A细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句Explosions occurred at two locations around 10:30 am Friday when workers were clearing the spill.可知爆炸发生时，工人正在清理管道。故A正确。
小题3:C细节理解题。根据最后一段As of Monday noon, the death toll from the explosion had risen to 55, with 9 people still missing and 136 hospitalized.得知正确选项为C。故C正确。
小题4:D细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段最后一句All other 18 schools and kindergartens in the district reopened classes on Monday.可知一共19所学校受到影响。故D正确。 |
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XI’AN – China has introduced various emergency responses and long-term measures against air pollution in the central and eastern regions.
The air quality index (AQI) for Xi’an reached 500 on Wednesday afternoon, at the top of the AQI scale, according to the national air quality monitoring website. Xi’an weather forecasters predict the smog (雾霾) will continue for the next week and air pollution may worsen.
“I have to keep buying masks for my family,” said Liu, buying masks at a pharmacy (药店) near her home in downtown Xi’an. “This is the only thing we can do to protect ourselves.”
On Wednesday, a city government emergency response plan was put into action, suspending all construction and taking at least 50 percent of government vehicles off the road. Power plants must limit their output and reduce emissions.
Nearly half the country, more than 100 cities in 20 provinces, has suffered from smog since last December. Many have taken action, including experimenting with artificial methods to reduce smog, limiting vehicle use and fining polluters.
Assessments based on GDP alone were abandoned last month and more emphasis has been put on public well-being and the environment. Whether the move will be effective in forcing local governments consider environmental issues over economic growth remains to be seen. Environmental protection professionals are doubtful about the immediacy of the effects of these measures.
Xiao Hang, an urban researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said it took London 50 years to lose the moniker (绰号) “foggy London town”, and Los Angeles still struggles to control its photochemical (光化学) smog. “We can’t ignore environmental problems during the development process and China has a long way to go,” he said.
小题1:What would be the best title for the article?| A．AQI for Xi’an reached 500 | | B．Smog crisis tries the limits of people’s patience | | C．Smoggy Chinese cities to clear the air | | D．Dust masks become hot sellers |
小题2:The underlined word “suspending” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by ________.| A．encouraging | B．stopping | C．continuing | D．expanding |
小题3:We can infer from the article that _________. | A．China is the only country suffering from smog | | B．environmental professionals believe the air quality will soon be improved with these measures | | C．assessments based on GDP alone were harmful to environmental protection | | D．Xi’an was the most polluted city in China |
小题4:What Xiao Hang said indicates _____________.| A．London still has serious air pollution after 50 years of effort | | B．the development of China is more important | | C．solving environmental problems requires great effort | | D．it’s normal for China to have environmental problems |
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A middle school student ,who jumped into the hot seat when his school bus driver passed out on the way to class this morning is being praised as a "quick thinker" for leading the bus. and 15 other students .to safety. Seventh grader Jeremy Wuitschick is being praised by the local police chief for his actions.
Wuitschick hopped out of his seat and grabbed the steering wheel(方向盘) . pulling the bus over to the side of the road before pulling the keys from the ignition(点火开关）“I"ll give the kid credit for fast thinking. He did the right thing and we"re going to do something for him. The kid definitely deserves credit." Milton Police Chief Bill Rhodes cold ABC News.
Police officers were informed of a school bus driving irregularly through town around 8 a.m. today .but by the time an officer arrived at the scene ,Wuitschick had had it under control. He had pulled the bus over in front of Discovery Primary School . which is near to the school where the students were headed .Surprise Lake Middle School. "I knew something was wrong." Wuitschick told ABC. " it was pretty scary. I was just acting on instinct .It was all happening really quickly."
Jeff Short .assistant dean for the Fife school district . said the students had been trained in emergency situations on the school bus .including how to shut down ,the bus in an emergency. A staff member at the school .John McCrossin . happened to be driving behind the bus when the driver lost consciousness(知觉) . and rushed onto the bus to administer CPR(心肺复苏 ) once Wuitschick had pulled over to the side of the road .Rhodes said.
The kids told McCrossin they had already called 911. The bus driver . whose name has not been released . was taken to the hospital. Emergency service personnel told school administrators he was suffering from a problem related to the heart. Short said his condition was severe. Rhodes said that there were no traffic accidents or other injuries.
小题1:Bill Rhodes praised Wuitschick because
A. he drove the school bus to campus
B he did bring the school bus to safety
C. he helped the police in public affairs
D. he successfully saved the bus driver
小题2:When the police reached the spot._______.
A. the bus driver had already recovered
B. the bus had just arrived at its destination
C. the bus had already been under control
D the bus was running crazily on the road
小题3:From the passage we can learn that_______.| A．Bill Rhodes gave Wuitschick a credit card for his deed | | B．McCtossin offered to call 911 when the event happened | | C．Jeff Short happened to be driving behind the school bus | | D．Wuitschick had been well trained in dealing with emergencies |
小题4:The passage is probably taken from______.| A．a personal diary | B．a news report | | C．an accident record | D．a research paper |
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The National Geographic Channel has unearthed a time capsule (时光宝盒) buried by late Apple chairman and co-founder Steve Jobs thirty years ago.
The time capsule was buried in Aspen .Colorado .in 1983, shortly after Jobs attended the International Design Conference being held in that city. Organizers called the device the Aspen Time Tube and contributed items like Rubik"s cubes(魔方) and some iconic music. Jobs added his own items to the capsule ,including the " Lisa" ( also known as an "Apple" )"mouse he used for his presentation at the conference. "
Younger readers may not recognize the name but the Lisa Apple mouse was one of the first commercial mice released to consumers. The mouse was specially designed for the Apple Lisa computer. It"s also the first personal computer to offer users a graphical user interface(图形用户界面)
Initially ,the plan was to dig up the time capsule in the year2000,but organizers forgot its exact location. Recently .they brought in researchers working with the National Geographic Channel show Diggers to find the device. Eventually they came across the 13-foot-long.1. 5-foot-diameter tube. inside they found a lot of 1980s artifacts(人工制品）that are still being catalogued.
“When the end came off .literally things just poured out .”noted Diggers host Tim Saylor "There must be literally thousands of things in there.”
“They had the foresight to put a bunch of stuff in plastic bags." Saylor said .“I could see at least a dozen plastic bags and other items. But I know for sure there got to be photographs in there. People had hand-written things on the back of the photographs ,so there will be some really interesting things inside.”
Among the artifacts researchers expect to discover inside :a Steve Jobs speech in which the Apple visionary outlines his predictions for future technologies. We should know more about the researchers ,discoveries once the Diggers program airs this fall.
小题1:Which of the following is true about the Lisa mouse?| A．The mouse was the first commercial one for consumers | | B．The mouse was created only for the Apple Lisa computer | | C．The mouse was buried in Aspen ,Colotado for two decades. | | D．The mouse was invented after the International Design Conference |
小题2:Why wasn"t the time capsule dug up in 2000?| A．Because it was not the time set by Steve Jobs. | | B．Because it could not be accurately located. | | C．Because organizers forgot its precise shape . | | D．Because the local government didn"t approve. |
小题3:From the passage we can infer that_______.| A．there were some special photographs found-inside the time capsule | | B．a Steve Jobs speech with future predictions was found inside the cap | | C．Steve Jobs predictions for future technologies have come true | | D．more about the capsule will be discovered in the Diggers program |
小题4:The best title for the passage might be _______.| A．The "Lost" Steve Jobs Time Capsule | | B．The Mystery of Steve Jobs Speech Solved | | C．Steve Jobs" 1983 Time Capsule Recovered | | D．Co-founder & Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs |
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Everyone has done experiments in high school laboratories, but have you ever thought about designing a satellite to explore space?
On Nov. 19, a team of students from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in the US awed peers and even scientists by successfully launching a satellite.
The first satellite designed and built by high school students was sent up into space along with a record-setting. 28 other small ones on a rocket were sent from a NASA center in Virginia, CNN reported. It took the students seven years to build.
The students call their tiny satellite TJ3Sat, which is named after their school. It is just 10x10x12 centimeters and weighs only 0.89 kilograms, according to Orbital Sciences, a company which developed the rocket and supported the students’ project. It can be controlled with a smartphone.
Like most satellites, TJ3Sat can send and receive data. The small spacecraft is equipped with a voice synthesizer (合成器), which can switch text to voice and transmit those sounds back to Earth over radio waves, said Orbital officials. In this case, anyone can give it a try via the project’s website (school website) by submitting (提交) a text. The texts that get approved will be sent to the satellite, changed to voice and then broadcast back to Earth via radio waves.
“I can say ‘Go Colonials’ on our ground station and when it is on the other side of the world, in India, someone can hear ‘Go Colonials’over the radio,” the team explains on the website.
The satellite will stay in space for at least three months.
School principal Evan Glazer told The Washington Post that the project started in 2006 as an activity in the spare time. Later it became a research project for a select group of seniors.
At a time when American students are busy with SATs, the launch of the satellite shows what diligent teenagers can achieve when allowed to pursue their own curiosities, Glazer said.
“It used to be that kids growing up wanted to be an astronaut,” Andrew Petro, program executive (主管) for small spacecraft technology at NASA, said in a statement. “I think we might be seeing kids saying what they want to do is build a spacecraft. The idea here is that they really can do that.”
小题1: The underlined word “awed” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ___.| A．influenced | B．amazed | C．delighted | D．inspired |
小题2: Which of the following statements about TJ3Sat is TRUE according to the article?| A．It took a group of students about a decade to build the satellite. | | B．Besides TJ3Sat, 28 other small satellites were built by the students. | | C．TJ3Sat can receive text messages that the students send into space, which it can change to voice messages and broadcast back to Earth. | | D．TJ3Sat is expected to stay in orbit for the next year, sending out messages together with information about its position in space. |
小题3: According to the article, the launch of the satellite _______.| A．is evidence of the advance of spacecraft technology | | B．proves that hard-working teenagers can achieve a lot | | C．shows the importance of extracurricular activities at school | | D．has inspired many people to take an interest in space travel |
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Mona Lisa, the mysterious woman in Leonardo da Vinci"s 16th century masterpiece, had just given birth to her second son when she sat for the painting, a French art expert said on Tuesday. The discovery was made by a team of Canadian scientists who used special infrared(红外线) and three-dimensional（三维的）technology to study the paint layers on the work, which now sits in the Louvre museum in Paris.
Bruno Mottin of the French Museums" Center for Research and Restoration said that on very close examination of the painting it became clear that the Mona Lisa"s dress was covered in a thin transparent gauze veil.（透明面纱）
"This type of gauze dress was typical of the kind worn in early 16th century Italy by women who were pregnant or who had just given birth. This is something that had never been seen up to now because the painting was always judged to be dark and difficult to examine," he told a news conference.
"We can now say that this painting by Leonardo da Vinci was painted in memory of the birth of the second son of Mona Lisa, which helps us to date it more precisely to around 1503."The young woman with the ambiguous half smile has been identified as Lisa Gherardini, wife of Florentine merchant Francesco de Giocondo. She had five children.
"People always wrote that Mona Lisa had allowed her hair to hang freely over her shoulders. This greatly surprised historians because letting your hair hang freely during the Renaissance was typical of young girls and women of poor virtue (美德)," he said.
The team had hoped to discover more details about Leonardo’s painting techniques, which the artist used to create a hazy (朦胧的) effect. But scientist John Taylor said the team had been disappointed by the lack of brush stroke（笔触）detail on the painting.
小题1:According to the latest research, Mona Lisa was __________.| A．a woman of poor virtue | B．da Vinci’s second wife | | C．a woman who was pregnant | D．the wife of Florentine merchant |
小题2:We can infer from the test that ___________.| A．The research has been carried out in France | | B．Mona Lisa was painted in 1503 at the latest | | C．In da Vinci’s time women could only wear short hair | | D．the most difficulty is to identify the paint layers |
小题3:What is probably the best title for the test?| A．Mona Lisa ,the Mysterious Woman | | B．Mona Lisa was a New Mother | | C．Great Discovery in Painting | | D．Leonardo’s Painting Technique |
小题4:The information reported in the text was first got from _______________.| A．a newspaper | B．the Internet | | C．a news conference | D．the museum |
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