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Shakespeare"s life can be divided into three periods: the first 20 years in Stra

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Shakespeare"s life can be divided into three periods: the first 20 years in Stratford, which includes his schooling，early marriage, and fatherhood；the next 25 years as an actor and playwright (剧作家) in London; and the last five in retirement back in Stratford where he enjoyed the wealth gained from his theatrical (戏剧的) successes. The years linking the first two periods are marked by a lack of information about Shakespeare, and are often referred to as the “dark years”.
Shakespeare probably left school at 15, and took some sorts of jobs, especially since this was the period of his father’s financial difficulty. A great number of references in his plays suggest that William may have in fact worked for his father, thus gaining specialized knowledge.
At some point during the “dark years”, Shakespeare began his career with a London theatrical company — perhaps in 1589 — for he was already an actor and playwright in 1592. Shakespeare apparently wrote and acted for Pembroke’s Men, as well as a lot of others, in particular Strange’s Men, which later became the Chamberlain’s Men.
When, in 1592, the theaters were closed for about two years, due to a terrible disease. Shakespeare turned to writing book-length poetry. Most notable were Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, both of which have been translated into many languages and even been included in students’ textbooks. During this same period, Shakespeare was writing his sonnets (十四行诗), which are more likely signs of the time’s fashion rather than actual love poems detailing any particular relationship. He returned to play writing when theater reopened in 1594, and published no more poetry. His sonnets were published without his permission in 1609, shortly before his retirement. His final play was Henry VIII, two years before his death in 1616.
小题1:Why did Shakespeare take some sorts of jobs at the age of 15 and didn’t go on studying?
A．Because his family was badly off at that time.
B．Because he liked his job more than studying.
C．Because he wanted to be an actor in London.
D．Because he wanted to open his own company.
小题2:Which of the following words can take the place of the underlined word “notable” in the last paragraph?
A．longB．fashionableC．famousD．educational
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A．Shakespeare didn’t write any plays between 1592 and 1594.
B．Shakespeare’s sonnets were written between 1592 and 1594.
C．After writing Henry VIII, Shakespeare wrote nothing.
D．Shakespeare published his sonnets in 1609.

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小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:D
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The Red Cross is an international organization which cares for people who are in need of help. A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who was injured in an earthquake, and a family in India that lost their home in a storm may all be aided by the Red Cross.
The Red Cross exists in almost every country around the world. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent, the Red Mogen Daid, the Sun, and the Red Lion. All of these agencies share a common goal of trying to help people in need.
The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and wounded during a war started with Jean Henri Dunant. In 1859, he observed how people were suffering on a battlefield in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people regardless of which side they were fighting for. The most important result of his work was an international treaty called the Geneva Convention(日内瓦协定). It protects prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and other citizens during a war.
The American Red Cross was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of services for the public, such as helping people in need, teaching first aid and providing blood.
小题1:A good title for this passage is     .
A．People in Need of Help B．Safety and Protection
C．The International Red CrossD．Forming an Organization to Help People
小题2:The word “aided ” in the first paragraph means     .
A．neededB．helpedC．caughtD．protected
小题3:The author really tries to make the reader see that this organization     .
A．costs very little moneyB．works in many nations
C．teaches first aid if necessaryD．is called the Sun
小题4:We may draw a conclusion (下结论)that      during a war.
A．the Red Cross only protects the wounded
B．the Red Cross only helps prisoners of war
C．the Red Cross only helps citizens
D．the Red Cross helps all the people in need no matter which side they are fighting for

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A town in Oxfordshire has become the first in the UK to have biomethane（生物甲烷）gas from human waste piped to their homes for gas central heating and cooking.
Up to 200 families in Didcot now receive the gas via the national gas power system. Head of energy and technology at British Gas, Martin Orrill, said customers wouldn’t notice any difference as the gas is purified（提炼）to the highest standard and has no smell. The gas is produced at a sewage（污物）treatment works plant in Didcot.
The entire process takes only less than three weeks, with the sewage being collected and sent first to settlement tanks. The solid waste material is then fed into digesters, where anaerobic bacteria（厌氧菌）digest the sewage, with the aid of enzymes（酶）to speed up the process. The digestion process produces methane, which can be burned to drive machines to produce electricity, or can be purified and fed into the gas network and piped to homes and businesses. British Gas says supplying the gas rather than electricity is far more efficient since around two-thirds of the energy is lost in producing electricity.
Partners in the Didcot project, British Gas, Scotia Gas Networks, and Thames Water, all hope to expand the process to other towns, and other companies such as Ecotricity and United Utilities have also announced biomethane projects being planned. One of these projects, in Manchester, could be supplying 500 homes with biomethane by mid next year. Another British Gas project in Suffolk will provide gas from digestion of brewery wastes to around 235 families.
The Didcot project cost ￡2.5m and was influenced by promises of government aids aimed at encouraging companies to develop renewable technologies. An EU directive means the UK must ensure at least 15 percent of its energy is from renewable sources by 2020.
The UK produces about 1.73 million tons of sewage annually. If all sewage treatment works in the UK were fitted with the technology, they could supply gas for up to 350,000 families.
小题1:Which of the following is true of the biomethane gas?
A．It’s mainly made from rotting plants.
B．It’s an environmentally friendly gas.
C．Its production process is too long.
D．It’s easily recognized by the customers.
小题2:What is the function of the enzymes?
A．To digest the solid waste material.
B．To help get rid of anaerobic bacteria.
C．To help purify the biomethane.
D．To speed up the digestion process.
小题3:According to British Gas, the biomethane gas had better be used _____.
A．as the power for the vehicles
B．for the heating and cooking
C．to produce the electricity
D．to drive a variety of machines
小题4:The last three paragraphs mainly show that _____.
A．UK government supports the biome thane projects
B．the biome thane projects are very costly
C．the biome thane projects still face many barriers
D．the biome thane projects are promising
小题5:What should the text belong to?
A．Computer science.B．Engineering.C．Energy.D．Business.

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America’s greatest technological achievement, the Hoover Dam, now has a companion piece, a bridge held up by the longest arch in the Western Hemisphere（半球）. The Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, which opened this month and connects the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, crosses the vast chasm（峡谷）890 feet above the Colorado River that is controlled by the dam.
The striking 1,900-foot-long structure will improve traffic in the region and help protect the dam from being destroyed. It is the seventh highest bridge in the world, behind four in China, one in Papua New Guinea and one in the US state of Colorado.
“The Hoover Dam is the greatest civil engineering achievement in America’s history,” said the bridge project manager Dave Zanatell. “Our goal was not to outdo or outshine it. Our goal was to, in a respectful way, do something that would be great for our generation and that would stand besides Hoover Dam in a respectful and quality way that would become a part of Hoover’s legacy（遗产）.”
Just as the Hoover Dam was built in the heart of the Great Depression（大萧条）and was seen as an example of the nation’s can-do spirit, some hope this project can also provide some uplift.
The bridge is surprising: at 1,050 feet, its support arch holds up a roadway that lies on 300-foot-long concrete pillars（柱子）, some of the tallest in the world. It contains 16 million pounds of steel.
　　The idea of the bridge came into being in the 1960s because the top of the Hoover Dam has been a narrow two-lane road that is the fastest route from Arizona to Las Vegas and then the Pacific Northwest and Canada.
　Access to the dam from each direction is a dangerously winding route, but massive trucks and passenger vehicles shared it for decades. During the day, when thousands of tourists travel to the dam from Las Vegas three times as many accidents as on a normal road will happen.
　The bridge has a sidewalk on the side facing the dam. The wall on both sides is 54 inches high, so walkers can take photos there.
小题1:Which of the following is true of the Hoover Dam?
A．It was completed recently.
B．It was built during the hard times.
C．It has the longest arch.
D．It’s the seventh highest dam in the world.
小题2:What is one of the purposes of building the bridge?
A．To protect the dam.B．To save the cultures.
C．To outdo the dam.D．To develop the tourism.
小题3:The underlined word “uplift” in Paragraph 4 means _____.
A．lift of the heavy objectB．support in money
C．spiritual encouragementD．instruction in technology
小题4:Which of the followings shows the right position of the bridge and dam?

小题5:The text is mainly about ______.
A．the Hoover Dam
B．American western development
C．a tour along the Colorado River
D．a recently built bridge

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Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia.   36  the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called   37  the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his   38  was held on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the   39  of the girls were written on   40  of paper and placed in jars. Each young man   41  a slip. The girl whose name was   42  was to be his sweetheart for the year.
Legend   43  it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day   44  a Roman bishop named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II   45  the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would   46  stay home than fight. When Valentine   47  the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the   48  of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a   49 . Christian bishop moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine   50  of Lupercus.
Valentine’s Day has become a major   51  of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his   52  into a lover’s heart may still be used to   53  falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this.   54  to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can sometimes be as   55  as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary.
小题1:
A．WhileB．WhenC．ThoughD．Unless
小题2:
A．uponB．backC．offD．away
小题3:
A．honorB．beliefC．handD．way
小题4:
A．problems B．secretsC．names D．intentions
小题5:
A．rolls B．pilesC．works D．slips
小题6:
A．castB．caught C．drewD．found
小题7:
A．givenB．chosenC．electedD．delivered
小题8:
A．tellsB．meansC．makesD．has
小题9:
A．afterB．sinceC．asD．from
小题10:
A．orderedB．appealedC．imaginedD．believed
小题11:
A．otherB．simplyC．ratherD．all
小题12:
A．dislikedB．resistedC．defeatedD．dishonored
小题13:
A．celebrationB．arrangementC．feastD．eve
小题14:
A．goat B．saintC．modelD．weapon
小题15:
A．becauseB．madeC．insteadD．learnt
小题16:
A．partB．representative C．judgmentD．symbol
小题17:
A．storyB．wanderC．arrowD．play
小题18:
A．describeB．requireC．demandD．alarm
小题19:
A．KeepingB．DisapprovingC．SupportingD．Forgetting
小题20:
A．constructive B．damaging C．strengtheningD．responding

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NewYork Tuesday April 12—Dustin Hoffman fan Pamela Crack got the shock of her life when the movie star telephoned her as she was doing her housework.. Crack, 58, said she was “flabbergasted” when she picked up the phone and heard the star at the other end.

“It’s not every day you get a Hollywood superstar phoning you when you’re doing the housework,” Crack told The Sun, “It was a moment I’ll never forget.”
Hoffman was in the back of a London taxi driven by Crack’s husband, Dave, when he made the call after being told Pamela was a fan. Dave Crack later became the star of Hoffman’s speech at the Bafta award ceremony Sunday, where the 62-year-old American actor presented the Best Film award.
“He said to give him a mention,” Hoffman told the audience to a burst of laughter. “Cheers Dave.” Taxi driver Crack said the Hollywood star was a joy to drive from the moment he got into the taxi eating a cheese and tomato sandwich.
“I said ‘You’re that Dustin Hoffman, aren’t you?’ and he said, ‘Yes I am—would you like a sandwich?’ I was a bit surprised but I took a sandwich from him and ate it hungrily.”
小题1:How did Dustin Hoffman learn that Pamela was a fan?
A．He learned it at a dinner party.
B．He learned it from Dave Crack.
C．He learned it when he was at the Bafta ceremony.
D．He learned it when he was watching a Hollywood movie.
小题2:What does the underlined word “flabbergasted” in the first paragraph probably mean?
A．pleased.B．honored.C．frightened.D．surprised.
小题3:What was Hoffman doing when he talked about Dave Crack?
A．He was riding in a taxi.
B．He was presenting the Best Film award.
C．He was talking to Pamela on the phone.
D．He was eating a cheese and tomato sandwich.
小题4:Which of the following is the correct order of events mentioned in the article?
a. Hoffman mentioned Dave’s name in his speech at the ceremony.
b. He got into Dave Crack’s taxi in London.
c. He telephoned Pamela Crack.
d. He talked to Dave Crack.
A．bdcaB．bdacC．cbdaD．cdba

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