Amelia Earhart"s (1897-1937) childhood was not the typical girl’s. She liked not
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Amelia Earhart"s (1897-1937) childhood was not the typical girl’s. She liked nothing better than to explore the banks of the Missouri River, where she climbed trees and hunted rats with her rifle (步枪). She also built her own roller coaster(过山车 ). The exciting life of the American aviation (航空)pioneer is dramatized in the movie Amelia, which is due to come out on October 23. After Earhart paid a pilot $1 to take her up for a short fly in his plane, aviation became her love and career. As she later explained, “Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do.” Earhart found herself a flying teacher and started to learn to fly. She took all sorts of jobs to pay for the lessons and to buy a second-hand plane on her 24th birthday. In 1932, Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic. She became the first woman to make the solo crossing. She also made a flying suit for women and went on to design other clothes for women who led active lives. “Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done —— occasionally what men have not done ——thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action.” she said. When she was nearly 40, Earhart was ready for a final challenge—to be the first woman to fly around the world. However, in mid-flight, she and her navigator (导航员) disappeared in bad weather. Earhart will be forever remembered as a brave pioneer for both aviation and for women. 59. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? A. A movie about Earhart’s exciting life has come out. B. Earhart never did things others could and would do. C. Earhart’s love for aviation came after she flew a plane for a short time. D. In Earhart"s opinion, women should think and act more independently. 60. The underlined word in paragraph 2 means ____. A. presented B. adopted C. published D. created 61. From the passage we can know that ____. A. Earhart showed most interest in adventure trips to the Missouri River during her childhood B. Earhart s ambition was to fly across the Atlantic C. Earhart challenged herself constantly D. Besides flying, Earhart also designed planes and clothes 62. You can probably find this article in . A. a booklet B. a newspaper C. a guide book D. an advertisement |
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People like to look in the mirror often when they have a young and beautiful face. However, when one grows old, nobody wants to see their wrinkled old face in the mirror any more. So, many old people seldom look at their faces in the mirror. This is completely wrong. According to Wu Zhenyun, a professor from the Psychological Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a person’s willingness to look in the mirror can reflect his or her mentality. When people don’t care too much about their age, they will try to carry themselves with ease and natural poise (姿态). They don’t mind looking in the mirror to see their own faces. Some people even love to look in the mirror from time to time to see whether they keep a good appearance. In this way, mirror becomes their best friend that help them to look confident. On the other hand, some people are afraid of being old. They don’t want to see the wrinkles on their face and their hair turning grey. So they don’t want to look in the mirror. This actually reflects a negative attitude they hold towards life. In the long term, they might suffer from psychological pressure or some sort of depression, which is actually not a wise act. “ Everyone can make themselves look charming at every age stage. If one is confident, one will always look beautiful, it shows that they accept themselves.” professor Wu said. Mirror cannot only give confidence to one. By looking in the mirror, one can even find the traces of some diseases from one’s own face. 67.Why does the mirror become the best friend for some people? A. Because it brings much confidence to them. B. Because it makes them more beautiful. C. Because it tells whether they are clean or not. D. Because it helps them find their own faults. 68.The fact that some people are afraid of looking in the mirror reflects that______. A. they suffer from metal disease B. they treat life in a negative way C. they are too ugly D. they can’t bear the pressure of being old 69. The text tells us that______. A. if you are willing to look in the mirror you are getting old B. everyone can become attractive at any age C. confidence can make a person look beautiful D. old people will accept the reality when they are old 70. The writer wrote this passage to______. A. advise people to look in the mirror constantly B. reflect different attitude towards looking into a mirror C. introduce a way of finding signs of disease from one’s face D. analyze why people like and dislike to look in the mirror |
E Windows not only let light in to cut down an electricity use for lighting, but the light coming through the window also provides heat. However, windows are not something people typically associate with being a cutting edge technology. Researchers are now working on new technologies that enable a window to quickly change from clear to dark and anywhere in between with a turn of a switch. “It took us a long time to figure out what a window really is,” says Claes Granqvist, a professor of solid—state physics at Uppsala University in Sweden.“It’s contact with the outside world. You have to have visual contact with the surrounding world to feel well.” So, windows and natural light are important for improving the way people feel when they’re stuck indoors. Yet, windows are the weak link in a building when it comes to energy and temperature control. In the winter, cold air leaks in. When it’s hot and sunny, sunlight streams in. All of this sunlight carries lots of heat and energy. And all of this extra heat forces people to turn on their air conditioners. Producing cold air, which can feel so refreshing, actually suck up enormous amounts of electricity in buildings around the world. Windows have been a major focus of energy research for a long time. Over the years, scientists have come up with a variety of strategies for coating, glazing, and layering windows to make them more energy efficient. Smart windows go a step further. They use some technologies involving changes of color. Electrochromic windows use electricity to change color. For example, a sheet of glass coated with thin layers(层) of tungsten oxide(氧化钨) works a bit like a battery. Tungsten oxide is clear when an electric charge is applied and dark when the charge is removed, that is, when the amount of voltage(电压) is decreased, the window darkens until it’s completely dark after all electricity is taken away. So applying a voltage determines whether the window looks clear or dark. One important feature that makes a smart window so smart is that it has a sort of “memory”. All it takes is a small shock of voltage to turn the window from one state to the other. Then, it stays that way. Transitions take from 10 seconds to a few minutes, depending on the size of the window. The development of smart windows could mean that massive air conditioning systems may no longer need.“In the future,” Granqvist says,“our buildings may look different.” 67.Which statement does not indicate the importance of windows as described in the first two paragraphs? A.Windows can change from clear to dark to save energy. B.Windows help to save energy by letting light in. C.Windows help to save energy by providing heat. D.Windows enable people to have contact with the outside world. 68.According to the passage, smart windows are windows_______. A.that are coated B.that use electricity C.the color of which can be changed D.that have many layers 69.To make electrochromic windows change color, what is applied to the window glass? A.Electricity. B.Tungsten oxide. C.A battery. D.A voltage. 70.What will be the benefit if the research on smart windows turns out to be successful? A.The buildings will look different. B.Windows can be as large as you want. C.We may not need air conditioners any more. D.They are less expensive than traditional windows. |
No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon(外科医生) and part of it taken out. Today, however, we needn"t worry about feeling pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep, and when he awakes, the operation is finished. But these happy conditions are fairly new. It is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain. Long ago, operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off, and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched. Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “laughing gas”.Laughing gas became known in America.Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing,but one man at a party,Horace Wells,noticed that people didn"t seem to feel pain when they were using this gas.He decided to make an experiment on himself.He asked a friend to help him. Wells took some of the gas,and his friend pulled out one of Well’s teeth.Wells felt no pain at all. As he didn"t know enough about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out. Wells tried again,but this time he gave too much of the gas,and the man died.Wells never forgot this terrible event. 56.It is ___________since a man being operated felt all the pain. A.a few more years B.not long C.few years D.two thousand years 57. Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he___________. A.could feel nothing B.could not want anything C.could feel all the pain D.could do anything 58.Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to___________. A.be afraid of anything B.feel pain C.want to go to the parties D.be ill 59.If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on he___________. A.felt nothing B.felt very comfortable C.still felt pain D.would die |
完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21-35各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 Every person needs water and a diet of healthy foods. These foods should contain some fat, some fiber, a little salt and so on. People need energy 21 . They eat different kinds of food which change into energy. The energy is 22 in calories(卡). Even when you 23, you are using energy – about 65 calories an hour. 24 you are at school, or walking home, your body is burning up 100 calories an hour. When playing football or basketball, you 25 be using 400 calories an hour. On Sports Day, during the relay race, you will use most of all, 26 as much as 650 calories an hour. The Chinese diet is considered to be the healthiest in the world. It contains a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is 27 in fiber and low in sugar and fat. The Chinese eat less sugar than many other countries in the world. That is 28 lots of people in China have healthy white teeth. People in the Western world do not eat such healthy foods. They eat 29 fat and sugar and don’t take enough 30 . Because of this, they 31 weight very easily. Their diet contains a lot of 32 in the form of potato crisps, potato chips, butter, cream and chocolate. They eat a lot of sugar which exist in cakes, soft drinks, 33 and so on. The result is that many of them become fat. 34 some have bad teeth. In some parts of Britain, one person in ten, 35 the age of thirty, has no teeth left. 21. A. to sleep B. to live C. to eat D .to walk 22. A. measuring B. taken C. measured D. measure 23. A. are asleep B. have a dream C. have a rest D. go to bed 24. A. While B. During C. As D. If 25. A. must B. should C. need D. might 26. A. surely B. ever C. perhaps D. seldom 27. A. rich B. poor C. good D. bad 28. A. how B. why C. what D. that 29. A. much too B. many too C. too many D. too much 30. A. activities B. food C. work D. exercise 31. A. put on B. gain on C. get on D. put up 32. A. sugar B.fat C. salt D. fiber 33. A. sweets B. vegetables C. meat D. potato 34. A. But B. Or C. And D. As 35. A. during B. for C. with D. by |
The day before the deadline for this article,I had no clue what I was going to write about. I took my problem to the editor-in-chief, and.he said to me:“Don’t worry; you’re creative. ” I’m not sure where the editor-in-chief reached the conclusion that I was “creative”. Maybe it was through the poems I wrote. Personally, I simply enjoy writing because it’s fun. There’s also the fact that I can’t draw or do anything else creatively, I’m equally sure that there are people in the boat on the other side who can make things look excellent, but can’t write a poem. At this point you probably want to ask me what poetry and art have to do with engineering. For one, it makes you a more rounded person, making you a better engineer. More importantly, as an engineer, you will be faced with many problems every day. There are some that can be solved by consulting a textbook, but more often than not, you will need that thing in your brain to put together things in a completely original combination to solve the problem at hand. Think of the wonderful things that creative engineers have done. Civil engineers have made the road more long-lasting so we don’t have to close them for repairs as often. Coming up with a new innovation (创新) is similar to writing a good poem. It’s not some-thing you plan to do. The critical moment comes unexpectedly in the middle of nowhere. You don’t think about what you’re doing, you simply do. After some mad struggling you take a look at the end product and say to yourself, “This is a masterpiece. ” This is perhaps the greatest personal satisfaction one can experience. So all you engineers out there get out and do something creative. I don’t care if it’s writing a poem or a computer program, just be natural and do something creative. 小题1:This passage mainly deals with .A.the creativity of engineers | B.the power of editor-in-chief | C.engineering in general | D.a way of thinking | 小题2:In the author’s opinion, writing poems can .A.show one is creative | B.make him happy | C.bring him in lots of money | D.have an effect on one’s mental health | 小题3: According to the author, art can help an engineer to .A.find the solutions to problems | B.learn to write poetry | C.be courageous in face of challenges | D.get along well with others | 小题4:Coming up with a new innovation is similar to writing a good poem in that both are .A.logically developed | B.strictly planned | C.experience- based | D.naturally creative | 小题5:The greatest personal satisfaction of an engineer comes from .A.planning his work successfully | B.building things quickly | C.finishing his work innovatively | D.writing good poems naturally |
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