The Western world has always been divided into two types of people-the cool and the uncool. It is a 1 that starts in school. The cool kids are good at sports. They are 2 with the opposite sex. They are goodlooking and people want to 3 their style. They can do their homework but they don"t 4 a big effort. That would not be cool. The uncool kids are in the 5 of the playground. They are very bright, but they don"t have great 6 skills and they are 7 at sports. When they are not programming computers or doing calculus(微 积分) in their heads, they are reading comic books and watching shows 8 the X Files. They are 9 as the geeks(怪人). Here are the geeks. The geeks are taking over(占上风). Make friends with them now 10 they will put virus in your computer and 11 your math homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations, and they might not be too popular at university, but 12 good degrees. The most important 13 of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks. Geek heroes like Bill Gates 14 others to follow their examples. Being a geek is a way of earning good money. And the creation of the Internet gave them a 15 of their own to work and play in, making them a global force. 16 , the effect of the geeks 17 popular culture has started a new trend. It is now cool to be 18 . Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you know is more important than 19 you look like. But there are also 20 . Geeks were often bullied (欺侮)or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your boss. Perhaps it is time for punishment. |
( )1. A. division ( )2. A. pleasant ( )3. A. take ( )4. A. have ( )5. A. corner ( )6. A. operating ( )7. A. good ( )8. A. like ( )9. A. admired ( )10. A. and ( )11 A. put ( )12. A. win ( )13. A. industry ( )14. A. excite ( )15. A. room ( )16. A. Somehow ( )17. A. in ( )18. A. rich ( )19. A. how ( )20. A. risks | B. part B. popular B. act B. suffer B. team B. speaking B. active B. for B. thought B. so B. place B. take B. progress B. discourage B. world B. However B. of B. uncool B. that B. questions | C. class C. crazy C. copy C. support C. group C. social C. hopeless C. such C. known C. or C. bring C. wish C. discovery C. demand C. chance C. Though C. on C. attractive C. how much C. shortcomings | D. habit D. particular D. advance D. make D. center D. experimental D. sharp D. as D. treated D. that D. take D. finish D. improvement D. promise D. heaven D. Besides D. for D. handsome D. what D. chances | 阅读理解 | 根据短文内容, 从短文后的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. 1 From 18-25, according to I. Q. scores;but you are wiser and more experienced with increasing age. You are smartest in your 20"s; around 30, your memory begins to go down, particularly your ability to perform mathematical computations. 2 Your vocabulary at the age of 45, for example, is three times as great as when you graduated from college. At 60, your brain possesses almost four times as much information as it did at the age of 21. 3 You have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24; the best professional sense from 40 to 49. Before the age of 24, we believe that our happiest years are yet to come;over 30, we believe that they are behind us. A National Health survey agrees: after the age of 30, we become more realistic and do not view happiness as a goal in itself. If we maintain our health, achieve professional and emotional goals, happiness, we feel, will follow. 4 Generally between 30 and 39, but the peak(顶峰) varies with different professions. Mosart wrote a symphony (交响曲) and four sonatas by the age of 8, and Mendelssohn composed his bestknown work A Midsummer Night"s Dream, at 17, but most of the great music was written by men between 33 and 39. Though the peak in most fields comes early, most Nobel Prize winners did their top research in their late 20"s and 30"s-creative people continue to produce work with high quality throughout their lives 5
A. When are you most creative (创造性的)? B. When are you happiest? C. When are you smartest? D. Do you know what I. Q. refers to? E. But your I. Q. for other tasks goes up. F. Creative people usually produce a lot of works. G. For the "wellconditioned mind", there is no upper limit. | 完形填空 | How can you make a million dollars in one month? I"m sure I"m going to get the ____1____ of many readers with this question. The ____2____ news is that you are not going to make a million dollars in one month ____3____ you win the lottery (彩票) or some other prize. We all want to be millionaires. However, if you try to ____4____ how they became that rich, you will learn that they worked very ____5____ for the money. That is what most ____6____ have had to do, including Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie, and they often went ____7____ hardships (艰辛) before they succeeded ____8____. There are many reasons why the millionaires have made it ____9____ to themselves. In this article, I"m going to ____10____ passion (热情) which I think is the most ____11____ quality to have in order to succeed. I am sure that if one were to ____12____ the people who made millions in their life time, this would be found in all of them. Take J.K. Rowling for ____13____. Her first Harry Potter book was sent to twelve publishing houses, all of which ____14____ to publish it. A year later, she was finally given the chance by a small ____15____, which paid? 1,500. And the ____16____ from that company was that she should get herself a job since she had little ____17____ of making a living by writing children"s books. If you want to make a million dollars, find something that ____18____ you really enthusiastic and work hard at it. It doesn"t ____19____ what it is. Let me know how you ____20____! | ( )1. A. attention ( )2. A. common ( )3. A. if ( )4. A. find out ( )5. A. long ( )6. A. millionaires ( )7. A. around ( )8. A. as well ( )9. A. appear ( )10. A. talk about ( )11. A. interesting ( )12. A. serve ( )13. A. agreement ( )14. A. promised ( )15. A. office ( )16. A. advice ( )17. A. interest ( )18. A. reminds ( )19. A. matter ( )20. A. understand | B. discussion B. funny B. unless B. think up B. wisely B. people B. under B. at last B. complete B. show off B. important B. visit B. experience B. struggled B. publisher B. praise B. energy B. pushes B. say B. plan | C. consideration C. disappointing C. since C. bring up C. hard C. leaders C. through C. on purpose C. change C. pick out C. unforgettable C. marry C. example C. refused C. factory C. comment C. time C. forces C. mean C. go | D. excitement D. surprising D. though D. care about D. happily D. businessmen D. near D. by chance D. happen D. carry out D. beautiful D. study D. experiment D. tried D. school D. celebration D. chance D. makes D. care D. behave | 阅读理解 | Everyone"s at it, even my neighbors. I thought I might be the only person left in the world who hadn"t done an eBay deal. So, I decided to try my hand at online auction (网上拍卖). Buying for beginners: Sign up on www. ebay. co. uk. Most items(e.g. tables, computers, and books)ready for auction will come with a picture and a short description; others may be marked with " Buy It Now " and have a fixed price. You can buy these right away. If the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and eBay bids (出价)for you. The bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are emailed and asked if you would like to bid again. Auctions last up to 10 days and when they finish you get an email telling you whether you have won the item. How to pay: Sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing a bid as you might not want to post a check or postal orders. The easiest way is through PayPal, an online payment system that takes the money away from your credit card (信用卡). Selling made simple: If you plan to sell on eBay, it helps to include a picture of the item. I followed my friends" advice and put up the items I wanted to sell for a 10-day auction, starting on a Thursday. This way buyers had two weekends to bid. The big things in life: It"s easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of eBay and this has to be collected or sent by delivery men. Check the ways of delivery before you bid. | 1. What is the passage mainly about? | A. How to make payment online. B. Ways of using delivery online. C. Advantages of an online-auction system. D. How to use an online-auction system. | 2. After bidding for an item, a buyer __________. | A. will get what he wants in ten days B. should make payment immediately C. has chances to make higher bids D. may check its picture and description | 3. The easiest way of making payment mentioned in the passage is __________. | A. through an online payment system B. through a local banking system C. by sending the money to the seller D. by paying the deliveryman directly | Camping wild is a wonderful way to experience the natural world and, at its best, it makes little environmental influence. But with increasing numbers of people wanting to escape into the wilderness, it is becoming more and more important to camp unobtrusively(不引人注目地)and leave no mark. Wild camping is not permitted in many places, particularly in crowded lowland Britain. Wherever you are, find out about organizations responsible for managing wild spaces, and get in touch with them to find out their policy on camping and shelter building. For example, it is fine to camp wild in remote (偏远的) parts of Scotland, but in England you must ask the landowner"s permission, except in national parks. Camping is about having relaxation, sleeping outdoors, experiencing bad weather, and going without modern conveniences. A busy, fully-equipped campsite (野营地) seems to go against this, so seek out smaller, more remote places with easy access to open spaces and perhaps beaches. Better still, find a campsite with no road access: walking in makes a real adventure. Finding the right spot to camp is the first step to guaranteeing a good night"s sleep. Choose a campsite with privacy and minimum influence on others and the environment. Try to use an area where people have obviously camped before rather than creating a new spot. When camping in woodland, avoid standing by dead trees, which may fall on a windy night. Avoid animal runs and caves, and possible homes of biting insects. Make sure you have most protection on the windward side. If you make a fire, do so downwind of your shelter. Always consider what influence you might have on the natural world. Avoid damaging plants. A good campsite is found, not made-changing it should be unnecessary. | 1. You needn"t ask for permission when camping in __________. | A. national parks in England B. most parts of Scotland C. crowded lowland Britain D. most parts of England | 2. The author thinks that a good campsite is one __________. | A. with easy access B. used previously C. with modern conveniences D. far away from beaches | 3. The last paragraph mainly deals with __________. | A. protecting animals B. building a campfire C. camping in woodland D. finding a campsite with privacy | 4. The passage is mainly about __________. | A. the protection of campsites B. the importance of wild camping C. the human influence on campsites D. the dos and don"ts of wild camping |
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