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阅读理解     Time and how we experience it have always puzzled us．Physicists have created fascinating theories,
but their time is measured by a pendulum (钟摆) and is not psychological time, which leaps with little
regard to the clock or calendar．As some-one who understood the distinction observed, "When you sit
with a nice girl for two hours it seems like a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove, a minute seems like
two hours．"
     Psychologists have long noticed that larger units of time, such as months and years, fly on swifter wings
as we age．They also note that the more time is structured with schedules and appointments, the more
rapidly it seems to pass．For example, a day at the office flies compared with a day at the beach．Since
most of us spend fewer days at the beach and more at the office as we age, an increase in structured tune
could well be to blame for why time seems to speed up as we grow older．
     Expectation and familiarity also make time seem to flow more rapidly．Almost all of us have had the
experience of driving somewhere we"ve never been before. Surrounded by unfamiliar scenery, with no real
idea of when we"ll arrive, we experience the trip as lasting a long time. But the return trip, although exactly
as long, seems to take far less time. The novelty of the outward journey has become routine. Thus taking
a different route on occasions can often help slow the clock.
     When was become as identical as identical as beads(小珠子)on a string, they mix together, and even
months become a single day. To counter this, try to find ways to interrupt the structure of your day-to stop
time, so to speak.
     Learning something new is one of the ways to slow the passage of time. One of the reasons the days
of our youth seems so full and long is that these are the days of learning and discovery. For many of us,
learning ends when we leave school, but this doesn"t have to be.1．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 is used to show         .A．psychological time is quite puzzling
B．time should not be measured by a pendulum
C．physical time is different from psychological time
D．physical theory has nothing to do with the true sense of time2．Why do units of time fly faster as we grow older?A．Our sense of time changes.
B．We spend less time at the beach.
C．More time is structured and scheduled.
D．Time is structured with too many appointments.3．In Paragraph 3 "novelty" probably means         .A．excitement
B．unfamiliarity
C．imagination
D．amusement4．The purpose of the passage is to         .A．give various explanations about time
B．describe how we experience time psychologically
C．show the different ideas of physicists and psychologists on time
D．explain why time flies and how to slow it down psychologically

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      根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多
余选项.     A 7.0 magnitude(级)earthquake killed more than 230,000 people in Haiti. Then an 8.8 magnitude
quake killed more than 900 people in Chile. And few weeks later, a 6.0 magnitude quake struck rural
eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people.
     The earthquakes kept coming hard and fast.   1  It"s not. The problem is what"s happening above
ground, not underground, experts say.
       2  They"re rapidly putting up buildings that can"t stand up to earth quakes, scientists believer.
And news reports and better earthquake monitoring make it seem as if earth quakes are increasing all the
time.
     On average, there are 134 earthquakes a year that have a magnitude between 6.0 and 6.9. So far this
year there have been 40 earthquakes-more than in most years for that time period. But that"s because the
8.8 quake in Chile caused a large number of strong aftershocks.
     Also, it"s not the number of quakes, but their destructive effects that gain attention. The death is largely
due to building standards,   3   Paul Earle, a US seismologist, called for better building standards in the
world"s big cities.
     Of the 130 cities worldwide with populations of more than I million, more than half are likely to be
hit by earthquakes.   4  "If you have a problem feeding yourself, you"re not really going to worry about
earthquakes," said Paul.
     The earthquakes made everyone start to think   5   "People are paying attention to the violent planet
we"re always lived on. Come back an another six moths if there has been no earthquakes, most people
will have forgotten it again," said US disaster researcher Dennis Mileti.A．But it won"t last.
B．More people are moving into big cities.
C．Earthquakes don"t kill people, buildings do.
D．There have been more deaths overt the past decade from earthquakes.
E．Many people began to wonder if something terrible is happening underground.
F．While it seems as if the are more earthquakes occurring, there really aren"t.
G．But developing nations with growing populations don"t pay attention to earthquake preparedness.

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阅读理解。     While scientists are worried that humans are causing higher temperatures on the Earth, a Maryland man, Ace, thinks we can save the world by spraying (喷射) huge amounts of water into the air.
     Ace told the McClatchy News Service that at least 1,000 places should be chosen to spray water. The water would be sprayed between 20 and 200 feet into the air. Thousands of tons of seawater would be
sprayed for years at a time.
     The 1,000 sites would be picked after more studies. They would be mostly in the Northern
Hemisphere. Ace says he would avoid tropical (热带的) areas of the globe. He says water turns to rain
too quickly in these areas for his plan to work.
     The water would be changed into vapor. That process requires heat. The water vapor would rise
above the Earth. The vapor would form clouds. The clouds would help in several ways.  They would cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight. They would later turn into rains. The rains would provide another way of
cooling the Earth.
     Ace’s plan has gotten some support from a limited scientific study. Kenneth Caldeira is a climate
scientist. He works at the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University in
California. Caldeira tested some of Ace’s figures on a computer program. The computer model is used by top scientists to study global climate change. The model showed that the plan might work.
     "More tests are planned in 2009. Ideas like Ace’s should be considered carefully and with an open
mind," Caldeira said. “Every brilliant invention in the history of technology looked a little bit mad when first put forward.”
1. What’s the purpose of Ace’s plan?
A. To reduce air pollution.
B. To make summer cooler.
C. To offer dry areas more rain.
D. To solve the problem of global warming.
2. According to Ace’s plan, ________.
A. planes would be used to spray water
B. it would be best to spray water on rainy days
C. seawater would be sprayed high into the sky
D. 1,000 sites in the Southern Hemisphere would be chosen
3. Why wouldn’t Ace spray water in tropical areas?
A. Water is changed into vapor too quickly.
B. Water turns to rain too quickly.
C. It is hard for vapor to form clouds.
D. It is bad for local plants to have too much rain.
4. It seems that Caldeira _________.
A. takes Ace’s plan seriously
B. thinks Ace’s idea too crazy
C. doesn’t believe the computer’s result
D. agrees to carry out Ace’s plan right now
5. According to the passage, Ace can be best described as __________.
A. mad
B. creative
C. mysterious
D. optimistic

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阅读理解     Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in
American culture the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A woman’s
smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile
may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion (困惑) across cultures. For example, many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big
cities). Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings.
Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.
     Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to “read” people from another culture as we would “read” someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions.
Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressiveness permitted. For example, in
"public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do.
When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.
     It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural
backgrounds in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to
be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing
emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of
“reading” the other person incorrectly.1. What does the smile usually mean in the U.S.?A. Love
B. Politeness
C. Joy
D. Thankfulness2. The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that a smile can ________.A. show friendliness to strangers
B. be used to hide true feelings
C. be used in the wrong places
D. show personal habits3.What should we do before attempting to "read" people?A. Learn about their relations with others
B. Understand their cultural backgrounds
C. Find out about their past experience
D. Figure out what they will do next4. What would be the best title for the test?A. Cultural Differences
B. Smiles and Relationships
C. Facial Expressiveness
D. Habits and Emotions

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阅读理解。     Hi, there! I’m Crystal Collins, and I’m very happy to share some time with you. So, you want to keep
fit, huh? Well, you surely came to the right place. Together we can keep fit and healthy, and succeed in
doing that. It’s easy. Everybody can do it, you hear? Just remember the five golden rules.
     Number one. Always wear comfortable clothes when you are exercising. You need to feel comfortable and relaxed.
     Number two. You should always do some warming-up exercises first. Get your body ready for the
real thing.
     Number three. Never try to do too much exercise too soon. Take it nice and easy now, you hear?
There’s no rush about this.
     Number four. Don’t forget to relax for about five minutes when you’ve finished your exercise. You
need to rest a little bit after you’ve been exercising.
     And here is golden rule number five. Stop at once if you feel any pain in your neck, head or any part of your body.
1. Crystal Collins may most probably be _____.
A. a teacher
B. a doctor
C. a policeman
D. a scientist
2. Crystal Collins may most probably say this _____.
A. before the exercise starts
B. when the exercise is over
C. during the exercise
D. as soon as the exercise has started
3. What does the underlined words “Take it nice and easy” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Don’t be nervous.B. Exercise should be beautiful.
C. Have a good rest.D. don"t exercise too tiredly .
4. Which of the following is NOT true about exercising?
A. You should do some warming-up exercises before the real thing.
B. You should wear comfortable clothes.
C. You should rest for a while when you are doing warming-up exercises.
D. You should stop if you feel any pain in your body.

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     Many scientists are now exploring the idea of going to live on Mars. Some other scientists from the
MASA AMES Center(美国宇航局) have already started the creation of a "Mars town" and many
others are in fact already experimenting with it. Of course, these experiments are done on Earth itself but
this "Mars town" has an environment practically like that of Mars.
     The astronauts working in these towns wear their space suit and also do everything they would really
have to carry out if they ever go to Mars in the future.
     But Mars would be like Earth, a temporary(临时的) place for humans. When the Sun starts
swallowing up(吞掉) the planets, Mars will disappear only hours after Earth. So Mars only seems to be
the ideal place to spread the human beings. It is also a good location to send humans if ever there is a
disaster on Earth. By saying disaster, I mean asteroids(小行星) hitting and things like that.
     If we humans do not want to disappear when Earth or Mars gets swallowed up, we will have to go
and live beyond the solar system. But are there any planets outside our solar system prepared to support
life? Astronomers" answer is:
     "If Earth can support life, why can"t other planets do the same too? Astronomers have already discovered a Jupiter(木星)- like planet orbiting a Sun-like star, so why not an Earth-like planet orbiting a
Sun-like star?
     To achieve this goal though, many other problems have to be taken into consideration. How do we
transform(改造) a dusty planet like Mars into one more or less like our Earth? How should we go on?
There is still a long way to go.          1. The "Mars town" mentioned in the passage is ___________.A. a research base on Mars.
B. an experimental lab built on Earth.
C. a strange place on Mars .
D. a town existing in scientists" imagination2. We can know from the passage that astronomers probably think ____________.A. it is impossible to transport humans to other planets.
B. there may be an Earth-like planet outside the solar system
C. humans will move to the new-found Jupiter-like planet
D. there"s no need for humans to move beyond the solar system.3. Why would Mars only be a temporary(临时) place for humans? A. The conditions there would be too hard for the human beings
B. There would be more disasters like asteroids hitting.
C .It would disappear when Earth disappeared.
D. It would be too hot to live on.4. The underlined word "orbiting" in the fifth paragraph is closest in meaning to "________".A. moving around
B. getting close to
C. passing by quickly
D. going through5. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?A. Mars Town
B. Living on Mars
C. The Future of Earth
D. Where to live in the Future

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