阅读理解。 New York times, Nov, 24,2011-It is not just any bug, but the native ni

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     New York times, Nov, 24,2011-It is not just any bug, but the native nine-spotted ladybug.
And its reappearance is something of a relief, because it is the official New York State insect,
even though the last recorded sighting of it in New York was 29 years ago.
     Its absence had not gone completely unnoticed. There was a moment in 2006 when the State
Assembly, realizing that the state insect had left the state, tried to replace it with a different species
of ladybug, an attempt that fortunately gave in to law.
     And now-after all these years-the state insect has been found. Like so many other New Yorkers,
it was seen summering in Amagansett. Peter Priolo, a volunteer participant in an effort called the
Lost Ladybug Project, found the ladybug on July 30 in a patch of sunflowers during a group search
he had organized.
     "I didn"t realize it was a nine-spotted when I found it," Mr. Priolo said. He was on his way to do
an end-of-the-day ladybug record, so, he said, "I put it in my jar and hurried back to meet with
everybody."
     If the ladybugs are making a comeback, it is only beginning. The lost Ladybug Project started
surveys in 2000. As of 2006, only five nene-spotted ladybugs had been found in North America in
the previous 10 years, none of them in the East. Then one lone ladybug was found in Arlington,
Va. None had been found in the East since, and only 90 have been reported in North America.
     After scientists at Cornell confirmed Mr. Priolo"s find, they went to the Amagansett farm in
mid-August to lead a search that turned up about 20 more of the bugs. An area between rows of
carrots and beans turned out to be a hot spot. "We found a lot of them on cosmos and zinnias," said
Dr. Losey said, an insect expert. The farm is part of the 10,000-acre Peconic Land Trust in Amagansett,
and it is organic. For ladybugs, Dr. Losey said, "you couldn"t design a better place."
     Dr. Losey wants to find out if it makes sense to reintroduce this strain of the ladybug in other areas.
And he expects volunteers to be back out in the field when ladybug season starts again in the spring.
Now, he said, "we need to find out more places where there are just as many."

1. The last time the New Yorkers saw their state insect in            .A. 2000
B. 2006
C. 1998
D. 19822. The New Yorkers are so delighted to see the insect because           .A. it has some bright spots on its back
B. it is the official insect of the city
C. it had been out of sight for quite some time
D. it is a new species unknown to New York3. What does the second paragraph of the passage imply?A. It"s against the law to bring new insects to New York.
B. The State Assembly don"t like to live with Ladybugs.
C. The absence of the state insect had never been known.
D. The state insect had to leave because of a new species.4. From the last two paragraphs we know that       .A. only some insect experts are really interested in ladybugs
B. Dr Losey is quite confident about the future of the insect
C. most ladybugs have m moved to live in the down area
D. more vegetables will be grown to welcome the state insect

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                                          The True Story of Treasure Island
     It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson"s
imagination.__1__,recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
     Stevenson,a Scotsman,had lived __2__ for many years.In 1881 he returned to Scotland for
a __3__.With him were his American wife Fanny and his son __4__.
     Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long __5__ over the hills.They had been
__6__ this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse.Kept indoors
by the heavy rain,Lloyd felt the days __7__.To keep the boy happy,Robert asked the boy to do
some __8__.
     One morning,the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island.Robert __9__ that the
boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of __10__. "What"s that?" he asked. "That"s the __11__
treasure," said the boy.Robert suddenly __12__ something of an adventure story in the boy"s __13__.
While the rain was pouring,Robert sat down by the fire to write a story.He would make the __14__
a twelve year old boy,just like Lloyd.But who would be the pirate(海盗)?
     Robert had a good friend named Henley,who walked around with the __15__ of a wooden leg.
Robert had always wanted to __16__ such a man in a story.__17__ Long John Silver,the pirate with
a wooden leg,was __18__.
     So,thanks to a __19__ September in Scotland,a friend with a wooden leg,and the imagination of
a twelveyearold boy,we have one of the greatest __20__ stories in the English language.

(     )1．A.However
(     )2．A.alone
(     )3．A.meeting
(     )4．A.Lloyd
(     )5．A.talk
(     )6．A.attempting
(     )7．A.quiet
(     )8．A.cleaning
(     )9．A.doubted
(     )10．A.the sea
(     )11．A.forgotten
(     )12．A.saw
(     )13．A.book
(     )14．A.star
(     )15．A.help
(     )16．A.praise
(     )17．A.Yet
(     )18．A.read
(     )19．A.rainy
(     )20．A.news       B．Therefore
B．next door
B．story
B．Robert
B．rest
B．missing
B．dull
B．writing
B．noticed
B．the house
B．buried
B．drew
B．reply
B．hero
B．problem
B．produce
B．Also
B．born
B．sunny
B．love      C．Besides
C．at home
C．holiday
C．Henley
C．walk
C．planning
C．busy
C．drawing
C．decided
C．Scotland
C．discovered
C．made
C．picture
C．writer
C．use
C．include
C．But
C．hired
C．cool
C．real-life D．Finally
D．abroad
D．job
D．John
D．game
D．enjoying
D．cold
D．exercising
D．recognized
D．the island
D．unexpected
D．learned
D．mind
D．child
D．bottom
D．accept
D．Thus
D．written
D．windy
D．adventure

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阅读理解。     In a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and English
and all at the same time. This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel, a computer science professor
at US"s Carnegie
Mellon University (CMU) and Germany"s University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it
may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it
far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.
     One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language
into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited
vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the programme.
     Another prototype (雏形机) can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending
on what language they speak. "It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without
disturbing the person next to you," Waibel said.
     Prefer to read? So-called Translation Glasses transcribe (转录) the translations on a tiny
liquid-crystal(液晶) display (LCD) screen.
     Then there"s the Muscle Translator. Electrodes (电极) capture the electrical signals from facial
muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated
into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted (植入) in a person"s face,
according to researchers.
     During a demonstration (演示) held last Thursday in CMU"s Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student
named Stan Jou had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then
he mouthed-without speaking aloud-a few words in Mandarin (普通话) to the audience. A few
seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer
in English and Spanish: "Let me introduce our new prototype".
     This particular gadget (器械), when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number
of languages or, as Waibel put it, "to switch your mouth to a foreign language". "The idea behind the
university"s prototypes is to create "good enough" bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are
becoming more common in the world," Waibel said.
     With spontaneous (自发的) translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic
warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders
of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.1. What kind of prototype did the Chinese student named Stan Jou try?A. Lecture Translation.
B. Translation Glasses.
C. Muscle Translator.
D. We don"t know.2. What is the purpose of inventing the translators? A. To help students to learn English easily.
B. To help people to watch foreign TV programs without trouble.
C. To help people travel in foreign countries.
D. To promote cultural exchanges between countries.3. What is the best title of this text? A. Speak different languages at the same time
B. Flow to learn to speak foreign languages
C. New ways to learn foreign languages
D. You"re welcome to learn foreign languages

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阅读理解。                                56yearold becomes 1st woman to swim Atlantic
     (AP)－Jennifer Figge pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand,excited and exhausted as she
touched land this week for the first time in almost a month.Reaching a beach in Trinidad,she became
the first woman on record to swim across the Atlantic Oceana dream she"d had since the early 1960s,
when a stormy transAtlantic (飞越大西洋) flight got her thinking she could wear a life vest and swim
the rest of the way if needed.
     The 56yearold left the Cape Verde Islands off Africa"s western coast on Jan.12,2009,swimming 19
out of 25 days battling waves of up to 30 feet.The distance from Cape Verde to Trinidad is about 700
miles.Crewmembers are still computing exactly how many miles she swam.
     The original plan was for her to swim to the Bahamasa distance of about 2,100 milesbut inclement
(恶劣的) weather forced her to change her plans and she arrived at Trinidad on Feb.5.She now plans
to swim from Trinidad to the British Virgin Islands,ending her voyage at the Bitter End Yacht Club in
late February.
     Her journey comes a decade after French swimmer Benoit Lecomte made the first known solo
transAtlantic swim,covering nearly 4,000 miles from Massachusetts to France in 73 days.No woman
on record has made the crossing.
     Figge wore a red cap and wet suit,with her only goodluck charm (护身符) underneath:an old,red
shirt to guard against chafing (磨痛),signed by friends,relatives and her father,who recently died.The
other cherished (珍惜) possession she kept onboard was a picture of Gertrude Ederle,an American
who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel."We have a few things in common,
"Figge said."She worea red hat and she was of German descent (血统).We both talked to the sea,
and neither one of us wantedto get out."1.When did Jennifer Figge want to swim across the Atlantic Ocean?A.After she reached a beach in Trinidad.
B.After she pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand.
C.After her stormy transAtlantic flight in the early 1960s.
D.After her graduation from a university.2.Jennifer Figge had to change her plans     .A.because she wanted to shorten her voyage
B.because of bad weather conditions
C.because she wanted to end her voyage in late February
D.because she wanted to set a new world record3.When did Benoit Lecomte probably make the first known solo transAtlantic swim?A.In 1998.
B.In 1988.
C.In 1978 .
D.In 1968.4.For what purpose did Jennifer Figge keep a photo of Gertrude Ederle?A.Figge would like to follow her example.
B.She had the same red cap as Figge always wore.
C.Figge also wanted to swim across the English Channel.
D.They were both born in Germany.

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阅读理解。     "A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right," says Mollie Hunter. Born
and brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She
firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In Mollie"s opinion it is necessary to make   full use of language and   she enjoys  telling a
story, which is what every writer should be doing. "If you aren"t telling a story, you"re a very dead writer indeed," she says. With the chief function of a writer being to entertain (让人愉快), Mollie is indeed an entertainer. "I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language," she says. "
This love goes back to early childhood. I"ve told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very
good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said "Nonsense, Mollie, dear, you"ll be a writer." So finally I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good
teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer."
     This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the
third person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollie"s ambition (理想)
and her struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably(不可避免地) brought
thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows(草地) and strawberry fields-sadly now covered with modern houses. "I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had
lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I"ll never go back,"she said. "Never.""When I set one of my books
in Scotland,"she said,"I can recall my romantic (浪漫的) feelings as a child playing in those fields, or
watching the village blacksmith at work. And that"s important, because children now know so much so
early that romance can"t exist for them, as it did for us."1. In Mollie Hunter"s opinion, which of the following is one sign of a poor writer? A. Being poor in life experience.
B. Being short of writing skills.
C. The weakness of description.
D. The absence of a story.2. What do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a young child? A. She didn"t expect to become a writer.
B. She didn"t enjoy writing stories.
C. She didn"t have any particular ambitions.
D. She didn"t respect her teacher"s views.3. In comparison with children of earlier years, Mollie feels that modern children are      . A. more intelligent(聪明的)
B. better informed(见多识广的)
C. less eager to learn
D. less interested in reality4. What"s the writer"s purpose in this text? A. To describe Mollie Hunter"s most successful books.
B. To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter"s books.
C. To introduce Mollie Hunter"s work to a wider audience.
D. To provide information for Mollie Hunter"s existing readers

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     Every summer, hundreds of thousands of students travel to other countries looking for work and
adventure. Most of the opportunities are in   1   work. The pay is usually poor, but most people work
  2   for the thrill of travel. You can pick grapes in France, entertain kids on American summer camps,
and, of course,
there are always   3   in hotels and restaurants.
     But it is not as easy as it used to be to find work. Unless you speak the language of the country well,
there will be very   4   openings. For example, when you arrive to wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris,
the owner will   5   you to speak French. British students only have a language   6   for jobs in the USA
and Australia.
     Not every one   7   the experience. Sarah James was once responsible for forty American children
in Europe. During the   8  , one child lost his passport; four children were lost in Madrid for a whole day;
the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the   9   they made. Sarah says, "It really was
a 24-hour-a-day job since the kids never   10  ! And the pay was awful. It wasn"t worth it."
     The trouble is that   11   expect to have an easy time of it. After all, they see it as a   12  . In practice,
though, they have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual work, and jobs are   13
only when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. But students have few employment   14  .
As soon as the holiday season finishes, companies will get rid of them. And if their employer doesn"t like
them, they"ll be   15  , too.

(     )1. A. seasonal
(     )2. A. hard
(     )3. A. customers
(     )4. A. good
(     )5. A. teach
(     )6. A. program
(     )7. A. has
(     )8. A. trip
(     )9. A. promise
(     )10. A. cried
(     )11. A. children
(     )12. A. job
(     )13. A. countless
(     )14. A. experiences
(     )15. A. dismissed B. mental
B. voluntarily
B. visitors
B. new
B. expect
B. lesson
B. enjoys
B. flight
B. progress
B. studied
B. students
B. lesson
B. available
B. rules
B. chargedC. professional
C. abroad
C. jobs
C. attractive
C. allow
C. advantage
C. forgets
C. discussion
C. complaint
C. slept
C. employers
C. holiday
C. interesting
C. plans
C. fined D. formal
D. continuously
D. parties
D. few
D. forbid
D. exam
D. remembers
D. ceremony
D. noise
D. helped
D. parents
D. shame
D. boring
D. rights
D. punished

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