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Do you want to live forever? By the year 2050,you might actually get your wish-if you are willing to
leave your biological body and live in silicon circuits (半导体电路). But long before then, perhaps as
early as 2020,some measures will begin offering a semblance of immortality (虚的永生).
Researchers are confident that the technology will soon be able to track every waking moment of your
life?Whatever you see and hear,all that you say and write,can be recorded,analyzed and added to your
personal chronicles (履历). By the year 2030,it may be possible to catch your nervous systems through
electrical activities,which would also keep your thoughts and emotions.
Researchers at the laboratories of British Telecommunications have given the name of this idea as
Soul Catcher.Small electronic equipment will make preparation for Soul Catcher.It would use a wearable
supercomputer,perhaps in a wristwatch, with wireless links to microseosors under your scalp (头皮) and
in the nerves that carry all five sensory signals.So wearing a video camera would no longer be required.
At first,the Soul Catcher"s companion system-the Soul Reader-might have trouble copying your
thoughts in complete details. Even in 2030,we may still be struggling to understand how the brain is
working inside, so reading your thoughts and understanding your emotions might not be possible. But
these signals could be kept for the day when they can be transferred to silicon circuits to revitalize minds
everlasting entities (永生实体). Researchers can only wonder what it will be like to wake up one day
and find yourself alive inside a machine.
For people who choose not to live in silicon,semblance of immortal ity would not be as useless as they
thought.People would know their lives would not be forgotten, but would be kept a record of the human
race forever.And future generations would have a much fuller understanding of the past.History would
not be controlled by just the rich and powerful, Hollywood stars,and a few thinkers in the upper society. |
| 1.The main idea of this passage is that_____ . |
A. human beings long for living forever
B. there are many difficulties in making the Soul Catcher
C. people can live forever as technology develops
D. the invention of Soul Catcher has great importance |
| 2. According to this passage.a Soul Catcher will be______ . |
A. a new machine on which research measures have already been made
B. a new invention in order to catch and keep human"s thoughts
C. made by British scientists to offer something that looks like living forever
D. made of silicon circuits which can catch people"s nervous activity |
| 3.We can infer from the passage that semblance of immortality is______. |
A. to be a reality sooner or later
B. far from certain
C. just an idea that couldn"t be realized at all
D. a fading hope |
| 4.The meaning of the underlined word revitalize, in the fourth paragraph is close to___. |
A. make dead
B. make famous
C. make known
D. make active |
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Imperial College
London
Tanaka Business School
10 New Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers or Lecturers
Imperial College is among the top ten universities of the world, according to the 2008 Times Higher
Education.
Having doubled its size in the last 4 years and hired world-class scholars during that period, Imperial"s
Tanaka Business School wishes to make a further 10 academic appointments in its drive to become a
leading research-led business school. Only applicants who have published in top international magazines
will be considered. Excellent ones from any field of management are welcome, but the school particularly wishes to appoint in the fields of marketing, technology management and healthcare.
International salaries will be offered.
An application form and further details may be downloaded from www.imperial.ac.uk/tanaka (About
Us, job opportunities).
An application form, 2 of your best papers should be sent to tbs.applications@imperial.ac.uk.
First review of application will be on 2 April 2009. |
| 1. Why are 10 appointments to be made? |
A. To teach some new subjects．
B. To guide students in reading．
C. To make Tanaka Business School a leading research- led business school.
D. To make Imperial College among the top 10 universities of the world． |
| 2. "Readers" in the 4th line probably refer to _____. |
A. school newspaper editors
B. senior university teachers
C. college graduates
D. librarians |
| 3. Which of the following statements does NOT agree with the passage? |
A. Imperial College offers good salary．
B. Imperial College is a famous university in the world．
C. Imperial College is very strict with job hunters．
D. Imperial College is a business school． |
| 4. According to the passage, if one wants to apply for a job in Imperial College, he/she should _____. |
A. post all the material before 2 April 2009
B. prepare enough personal material in ink
C. first visit www.imperial.ac.uk/tanka
D. write 2 essays |
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American schoolchildren often wear uniforms if they attend religious or other private schools. Most public schools do not require uniforms. But over the last ten years or so, more of them have moved in that direction, including high schools. Another option is that students may just have to dress alike - for example, white shirts and dark colored pants or skirts. Even schools that do not require uniforms generally have a dress rule about what they consider acceptable. Schools commonly forbid clothing that shows images or words causing displeasure, or simply too much skin. Hats may be forbidden because, for example, different colors may be connected with bad guys.
Some parents like the idea of uniforms. Some say it means they do not have to spend much on clothing for their kids. Others, though, argue that uniforms represent an unnecessary cost.
There are also debates about whether uniforms or other dress rules go against civil rights. Students and parents have taken legal action against school dress requirements. At the beginning of this July, a middle school was asked to stop its dress rule unless families have a way out of it. The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California brought the case for the families of several students who had been punished by the school. Most attention centered on a girl who wore socks with the Tigger character from Winnie the Pooh. The school said its clothing rules, including no pictures of any kind, were needed to control a growing problem with gangs. The families argued that the policy went against free speech rights as protected by the United States and California constitutions (宪法).
The United States Supreme Court says student expression is protected as long as it does not harm the work and the rule of a school. But some educators believe dressing alike helps improve student learning. They believe that uniforms help create a sense of unity and reduce the risk of fights. They also say uniforms make it easier for security reasons to tell if someone belongs to the school or not.
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| 1. According to the passage there is a trend(趋势) in the USA that ______. |
A. most public schools do not require uniforms
B. most public schools move in the direction of requiring uniforms at church
C. most schools require the students to be dressed in white shirts and dark colored pants
D. more and more schools have a dress rule about what are suitable for schoolchildren |
| 2.Which of the following is NOT a reaction mentioned to the dress rule? |
A. Some parents like the rule which means they could spend less on clothing for the kids.
B. Some parents think the rule has nothing to do with them.
C. Some parents say that uniforms are an extra cost for them.
D. Some others argue that uniforms or other dress rules go against civil rights. |
| 3. What is the girl"s problem? |
A. She brought her pet called Tigger to school.
B. She put Tigger into her shoes in class.
C. She wore socks with pictures.
D. She had a problem with some gangs. |
| 4. School dress requirements can benefit schools and students except to help ______. |
A. the court protect student expression
B. students focus on their studies
C. make a united effort to avoid fights
D. strengthen campus security |
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"How can I learn English well?" This is a question many students ask. In my opinion, the most effective way is to learn lessons by heart. If you can recite the text and write it out, you"ve learned it fairly well. And if you can tell, in your own words, what the lesson says you"re a very successful learner indeed. Your
English will be quite perfect.
This is a difficult task. However, if you try to learn by heart only part of each lesson, you"ll find it not
half so hard as you might have thought.
Learning this way, you will make rapid progress. Of course, writing is also necessary. It helps you a
lot on our way to success in English.
Equally important is to feel the language. You should be able to laugh at jokes and be shocked at bad
news. When using English, you should try to forget your mother tongue. Instead of helping you, your own
language gets in your way. So, never try to see English through translation. |
| 1. In the writer"s opinion, the most effective way in learning English is ________. |
A. To practice speaking, writing and feeling it
B. To forget your own native language
C. To translate everything into his own language
D. To memorize the English words and grammatical rules |
2. "Instead of helping you, your own language gets in your way." This sentence means that memorizing
your own language can ______. |
A. Help you to study English well
B. Stop you mastering English
C. Make English easy to learn
D. Help you notice mistakes |
| 3. Equally important is to feel the language. "to feel the language" here means________. |
A. To get a knowledge of English by touching
B. to be able to read and write English
C. To translate English into your own by imagining
D. To be able to experience the rich sensation of the language |
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The average temperature around the world is rising. People living in the US Midwest might find this
fact hard to believe, though. Two new studies show that in America"s heartland, summers are now cooler
and wetter than they were in years past. The scientists suggest that the change in the Midwest climate
may have happened because of farming.
The first study was led by David Changnon, a climatologist at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
A climatologist studies the climate of an area, which includes measuring rainfall, temperature and wind.
Climatologists want to know how these factors have changed in the past, and how they will change in the
future.
Changnon and his team studied temperature records from Chicago and 13 other sites in the Midwest.
"These two changes -lower temperatures and more rainfall-may be connected by humidity," Changnon
says. Humidity is the measure of how much moisture is in the air. Humid air, which contains a lot of
moisture, takes longer to heat up than dry air.
So where did the extra moisture in the air come from? Changnon points to farms in the region. As
plants grow, they pull moisture from the ground and release it into the air. And among plants, soybean
and corn plants release a lot of moisture. Midwestern farms now plant more soybeans and corn than in
the past, with 97 percent of farmland today planted with these two crops. He also notes that the plants
are planted closer together now than they used to be, so there are more plants per acre than in the past.
The second study was led by famous scientists from the US. The researchers studied a vast area of
the United States that stretches from South Dakota to Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. They found
that in 1930, farmers in that region irrigated only about 1.8 million acres of farmland, an amount roughly
half the size of Connecticut. In 1980, however, farmers irrigated nearly 15 million acres-more land than
Vermont and New Hampshire combined. |
| 1. What does the underlined word "changes" mean in Paragraph 3? |
A. It means that the temperature is lower and the rainfall is higher than before
B. It means that the rain is heavier than before
C. It means that the weather is cooler and there is also more rainfall than before
D. It means that our mind should be changed about farming in the future |
| 2. From this article, we know that____. |
A. the weather will be changed in the future
B. farmers irrigated nearly 15 million acres in 1930
C. we must plant more trees in order to protect our environment
D. the climatologists have told us two aspects about the reason for the climate change |
| 3. The underlined word " moisture" in Paragraph refers to ____. |
A. humidity
B. rainfall
C. water
D. steam |
| 4. The best title for the article is ____. |
A. The Weather Is Changing Better Now
B. The Analysis for the Weather
C. Why Climate in Midwest Is Changing
D. The Importance for Plants and Irrigation |
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The dream of getting into an American university is coming true for more and more Chinese students.
Last year almost forty thousand Chinese students were accepted into undergraduate programs in America. That was a fifty percent increase over the year before and four times the number of undergraduate
students just five years ago.
More Chinese students want to go to American universities and more American universities want them
to come. For Chinese students it"s a chance to get a good education and for American universities it"s a
chance to, well, make a lot of money. American universities received $26 billion in tuition fees from
International students last year. It"s an important part of their revenue. The tuition fees for foreign students
are far higher than for domestic students. For example, the State University of New York (SUNY)
charges local students less than $5,000 a year and foreign students more than $13,000 a year.
Places like SUNY are easy to get into. They don"t look too closely at your academic record and they
accept lower TOEFL and SAT*scores. But once you"re in, it gets difficult. You have to take a lot of
courses, attend lectures, participate in seminars, write essays and give presentations-all in English! The
professors don"t change their teaching styles and will not lower their standards to accommodate foreign
students.
Many Chinese students struggle to keep up with the workload. Some drop out and about five percent
fail and have to come back home. It"s not surprising because getting a degree from an American university
is difficult even for American students. Only slightly more than fifty percent of American students graduate
in four years from the university they enrolled in. Some will take five or six years to get the credits they
need to graduate. Chinese students work much harder than their American counterparts but language is a
big stumbling block for them. If you want to succeed at an American university, your English must be very, very good. At American universities, getting in is easy; getting out is hard. |
1. About _________ Chinese students were accepted into undergraduate programs in
America five years ago. |
A. 27,000
B. 8,000
C. 4,000
D. 10,000 |
| 2. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the passage? |
A. American universities earn a lot of money by accepting foreign students.
B. Getting a degree from an American university isn"t difficult for local students.
C. Professors in American universities will change their teaching style to make it easier for foreign students.
D. Though Chinese students work much harder, language is an obstacle anyway. |
| 3. Which sentence can serve as the topic sentence of this passage? |
A. The first sentence in Para.1.
B. The first sentence in Para. 2.
C. The last sentence in the last paragraph.
D. The third sentence in the last paragraph. |
| 4. What"s probably the purpose of this passage? |
A. To warn that American universities are not so good as expected.
B. To warn that American universities charge foreign students too much money.
C. To warn that you won"t learn anything in American universities.
D. To warn that it"s not so easy to get a diploma from American universities. |
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