In much society, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin;

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In much society, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin;

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In much society, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin; Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressures even within the same group, if some members are darker than others.
The result is that skin lightening has become very common across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world and more people with dark skin are using skin-lighting products, even if it means they may face health risks. They believe that having whiter skin will improve the quality of their lives. Many people think they will have a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful.
Some beauty care（美容） products and soaps contain chemicals that make skin lighter. However, some of the chemicals are extremely dangerous. The chemicals in the products block and break down the natural barrier(障碍) to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discolored. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem, which just makes things even worse. Doctor Ly says some chemicals are so dangerous that they may lead to blackened fingernails, infections(感染) and serious skin damage.
And these are not the only problems. Experts say some people who change their skin color suffer emotional damage. They feel regretful and sad. They feel that instead of risking their health, they should have learned to live and accept their skin color as it was.
小题1: What’s the result of the wrong understanding of darker skin?
A．Many people with dark skin try to make their skin whiter.
B．Many people with whiter skin live a better life than others.
C．People with darker skin try to marry people with light skin.
D．People with darker skin try to protect themselves against social pressures.
小题2: The third paragraph is about         .
A．some medical effects that skin-lightening products have brought about
B．the mental damage that skin-lightening products have caused
C．the physical damage that skin-lightening products have caused
D．the causes why skin-lightening products can make skin whiter
小题3: Why are chemicals in beauty care products dangerous?
A. They can damage the skin’s color producing progress.
B. They can control people’s emotions and feelings.
C. They can make the fingernails and skin black.
D. They make more people decide to change their skin colors.
ACAB What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Different Colors of Skin              B. The Dark Side of Skin Lightening
C. What Is Beauty?                     D. Light Skin or Dark Skin?
答案
小题1: A小题1: C小题1: A小题1: B
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Today we had an American family, the Robinsons, for Sunday dinner. Mr. Robinson is my mother’s co-worker.
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and their two young       came at about 6:00 PM. Mrs. Robinson gave Mum a bunch of fresh flowers,      color,freshness and their good will. Mum did the       and it was left to ourselves to get to know each other. I soon      on well with the two girls Judy and Annie.
Mrs. Robinson was much         than her husband. There was a moment of embarrassment when Granny asked about her       . Mum was about to apologize   Mrs. Robinson laughed and said it was quite all right and that she had been in     long enough to know it was the Chinese custom. She       told us that she was 32, though her husband was 52.
And of course they entirely       the dinner. Like a perfect Chinese hostess, Mum and especially Granny       stuffing(填) them with food and urging them to eat and to drink, apologizing all the time that it’s a homely meal.       , Mrs. Robinson said to Mum, “In the West any hostess would be proud of such a feast instead of apologizing for it, and we don’t urge the guests to eat or drink.       so many good things before me, I certainly don’t need any urging. The problem is how to prevent     overeating owing to your keeping putting food into my bowl.” We
all       laughter at that.
When they       to leave, they thanked us not only for the excellent dinner, but for giving them such a nice      . Besides, they insisted on giving every one of us a hug and a       , which did embarrass me. But I think Granny was really    when they kissed her.
It’s surprising how a little good will on both sides can         language and cultural barriers.
小题1:
A．sonsB．babiesC．daughtersD．friends
小题2:
A．bringingB．takingC．fetchingD．adding
小题3:
A．decorationB．directionC．introductionD．instruction
小题4:
A．madeB．wentC．talkedD．got
小题5:
A．olderB．youngerC．thinnerD．taller
小题6:
A．marriageB．beliefC．ageD．salary
小题7:
A．whileB．whenC．butD．and
小题8:
A．BritainB．CanadaC．AmericaD．China
小题9:
A．honestlyB．graduallyC．excitedlyD．loudly
小题10:
A．preparedB．tastedC．enjoyedD．swallowed
小题11:
A．continuedB．remainedC．suggestedD．kept
小题12:
A．HoweverB．BesidesC．ThereforeD．Instead
小题13:
A．ForB．WithC．OverD．As
小题14:
A．themselvesB．herselfC．ourselvesD．myself
小题15:
A．broke outB．gave offC．burst intoD．set out
小题16:
A．cameB．hurriedC．gotD．rose
小题17:
A．dayB．timeC．mealD．gift
小题18:
A．smileB．wordC．kissD．hand
小题19:
A．touchedB．interestedC．attractedD．encouraged
小题20:
A．changeB．improveC．damageD．break

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A severe heatwave sweeping India, with temperatures of almost 44ºC, the highest in 52 years, has killed at least 80 people this month, officials said on Sunday. The hot weather, which officials say would continue over northern, north-western and central India in the next 48 hours, also may have some impact on wheat production, exporters and flour-mill associations said.
　　New Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 43.7ºC on Saturday, indicating a hot summer in the next two months in the nation"s capital and other parts of northern and eastern India. The highest temperature in the past 24 hours was 47ºC at Ganganagar city, in Rajasthan state. Summer temperatures have been 4ºC-6ºC above normal over most parts of northern and central India since March, weather officials said.
　　In the eastern state of Orissa, authorities have decided to shut down schools from next Tuesday, advancing the annual summer holiday. Authorities said they were investigating reports of 53 deaths from various parts of the state.
　　"District collectors have been asked to investigate and submit reports on other deaths," Bhimsen Gochhayat, a government official said. Other deaths were reported from northern state of Uttar Pradesh and central Madhya Pradesh states.
　　India is expected to produce about 82 million tons of wheat in 2009-2010, but there could be a shortage of 1-1.5 million tons due to the heatwave, said Veena Sharma, Secretary General of the Roller Flour Millers Federation of India. "Most of the harvesting is over, but there definitely will be a slight shortage of 1-1.5 million tons due to the extreme weather conditions," she told Reuters.
India is relying on an abundant wheat crop to make up for a 14.2% drop in rice output, the major summer-sown food grain, marred by the worst monsoon （季风）in 37 years last year. Weather officials say with summer temperatures in India set to remain above average, there were hopes of heavy rains at the start of the monsoon season that will help early sowing of rice, soybeans and lentils. 
小题1: The purpose of the passage is ____________.
A．to tell a piece of news of a heatwave
B．to record the highest temperature in India
C．to report the deaths in the heatwave
D．to inform people of a drop of rice output
小题2: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The highest temperature in the history of India was 44ºC.
B. Schools were closed because of the hot weather throughout India.
C. India is expected to produce about 82 million tons of rice in 2009-2010.
D. India has a good harvest of wheat while the rice output is decreasing.
小题3: The underlined word “marred” in the last paragraph probably means “___________”.
A．reducedB．damagedC．blownD．followed
小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．A severe heatwave would continue over India.
B．At least 80% people were killed in the disaster this month.
C．A severe heatwave swept India with a great loss.
D．A slight shortage of 1-1.5 million tons is due to the heatwave.

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Our boat floated on between walls of forest. It was too thick for us to get a view of the land we were passing through, though we knew from the map that our river must be passing through chains of hills from time to time. Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed: although the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river, banks of soft mud prevented us from going ashore. In any case, what would we have gained by landing? The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures and the jungle was so thick that one would be able to advance slowly, cutting one"s way with knives the whole way. So we stayed in the boat, hoping that when we reached the sea, a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization.
As for water, there was a choice. We could drink the muddy river water, or die of thirst. We drank the water. Men who have just escaped from what appeared to be certain death lost all worries about such small things as diseases caused by dirty water. In fact, none of us suffered from any illness as a result.
One day we passed another village, but fortunately nobody saw us. We did not wish to risk being taken prisoners a second time: we might not be so lucky as to escape in a stolen boat again.
小题1: TOC o "1-3" h z What they could see on the boat was only.
A．high wallsB．chains of hills
C．heavy woodsD．vast land
小题2:They couldn"t land because.
A．the mud on the shore was too soft
B．they could not find anyone
C．they could not find the mark on the map
D．the forest was too thick to go through
小题3:From the passage, we can learn that.
A．they were in an uninhabited area
B．they were on a journey home happily
C．the country was a civilized society
D．the country was a tropical jungle coutry
小题4:The best title for this passage might he______
A．I he Problem of LandingB．Escape in the Jungle
C．An Entirely New ExperienceD．Exploration of a River

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If you travel to a new exhibition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, you will have chances to see some meat-eating plants. Take bladderworts, a kind of such plant, for example. They appear so small and grow in a quiet pond. "But these are the fastest known killers of the plant kingdom, able to capture a small insect in 1/50 of a second using a trap door!"
Once the trap door closes on the victim, the enzymes(酶）similar to those in the human stomach slowly digest the insert. When dinner is over, the plant opens the trap door and is ready to trap again.
Meat-eating plants grow mostly in wet areas with soil that doesn"t offer much food nutrition. In such conditions, these amazing plants have developed insect traps to get their nutritional needs over thousands of years. North America has more such plants than any other continents.
Generally speaking, the traps may have attractive appearance to fool the eye, like pitcher plants, which get their name because they look like beautiful pitchers full of nectar(花蜜).
Hair-like growths along the pitcher walls ensure that nothing can escape, and the digestive enzymes can get to work. A tiny insect can be digested in a few hours, but a fly takes a couple of days.
Some of these pitchers are large enough to hold 7.5 liters. Meat-eating plants only eat people in science fiction movies, but sometimes a bird or other small animals will discover that a pitcher plant isn"t a good place to get a drink.
小题1:From Paragraph 1，we learn that bladderworts can_ .
A．kill an insect in a second
B．digest a fly in a few hours
C．be found floating on a quiet lake
D．capture an insect in 1/50 of a second
小题2:If the trap door of a meat-eating plant is closed, the plant is
A．fooling insects into taking a sip
B．producing nectar
C．tempting insects to come close
D．enjoying a dinner
小题3:Meat-eating plants can grow in wet and poor soil because they .
A．can get nutrition from animals
B．don"t need much food nutrition
C．can make the most of such conditions
D．have developed digestive enzymes
小题4:What can be captured by meat-eating plants for food?
A．A child.B．A dog
C．A little bird.D．A little fish.

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You wake up in the morning, the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings, you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on tbe other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. Are you still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!
Communieating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.
Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win others" pity or respect.
When you communicate with positive people, your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the knife of a negative person is put in you, you have the heavy feeling that, all in all, brings you down.
Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a co-worker, or a relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person, but this is to lower you to that same negative level and they won"t feel ashamed of themselves about that.
Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of others at the start of the day can be attached to you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.
小题1:Which of the following shows the position where the miners were trapped? (E: entrance P: position where the miners were trapped)

小题2:The purpose of Paragraph 1 is to  .
A．make a comparisonB．introduce a topic
C．offer an instructive storyD．tell a true story
小题3:How can negative people have effect on us?
A．By influencing our emotion.
B．By telling us the nature of life.
C．By changing our way of thinking
D．By comparing their attitude to life with ours.
小题4:Some negative people base their happiness on   —.
A．their pity for other peopleB．their respect for others
C．building up a positive attitudeD．making other people unhappy
小题5:According to the passage, to reduce negative people"s influence on us, we are advised.
A．to change negative people"s attitude to life
B．to show our dissatisfaction to negative people
C．to make negative people feel as hamed of themselves
D．to communicate with negative people as little as possible

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