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Bedfordshire had its fair share of royal visits from the early stages of the 10th Century onwards and
the importance that the county placed on this is evident in the monuments, country houses, churches and
any number of other structures that are still present there to this day. Bedford Castle is one of those
structures and, although it is nowhere near its former glory today, it is an essential attraction to visit if you
really want to grasp what its heritage means to the county!
Bedford Castle was built initially as a fortress to help protect Bedfordshire on the south of the River
Ouse after the people in the local towns and villages had already been subdued. It was erected in 919 on
the orders of King Edward the Elder, although it was destroyed by a Danish invasion years later. This
was when it was rebuilt as the castle, of which the ruins exist today!
There is a long history behind the castle that involves several kings as a result of the Duke of Bedford
being an ardent royalist. Bedford Castle repeatedly offered the kings of England refuge against various
storms in the form of onslaughts from abroad and various domestic threats against them, and this is where much of its fame lies, even though the castle itself is no longer there. There are various tours of the ruins
that you can take when you visit though and all of the guides are extremely knowledgeable. They will
happily tell you tales of the mound and the castle that preceded it.
The mound is open to the public all year round and is a proud part of the area"s heritage. It is
recommended by the majority of people that visit Bedfordshire because it tells you much about why the
county is currently how it is. You can view the river from the mound and the surrounding settlements as
well as the remains of the castle, and every moment spent there is worth it so enjoy the history and the
very nature of the county itself!
B. Bedfordshire had it fair share of royal visit
C. Most of the ancient buildings are in use today
D. Bedford Castle represents the history of the county
B. at the beginning
C. for one particular purpose
D. for a short time
B. to visit the Duke of Bedford
C. to enjoy the beauty of nature
D. to escape from the bad weather
B. It reflects the history of Bedfordshire
C. The ancient castle is well worth visiting
D. The castle is still in good condition
B. to tell the history of Bedfordshire
C. to attract tourists to Bedfordshire
D. to show where the kings used to go
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As with everything in life, there is a right way to sleep in a manner that is productive in dream recall.
Relaxation and good sleeping habits are necessary. There is "sleep debt" that occurs when you regularly
do not get enough sleep. If so, you"ll sleep too deep to remember your dreams, so follow regular habits.
Before you leap into bed, review these steps:
1._____ This can be done with nothing more than peace and quiet. If you choose, use your favorite
relaxation tapes, or just some peaceful music.
2._____ As you start to sleep, pay attention to the main theme. This will give you a clue as to what
your dream may end up being based on. Also, by keeping your mind on what you what to dream about
is a good way to dream about one particular issue.
Give yourself a suggestion to remember your dream. 3.______ In order to do so, giving yourself a
suggestion is simple. Just keep in mind, and randomly bring to a surface a little thought like "I will
remember my dream."
Plan on waking up slowly and peacefully. 4._____ Regardless of what anyone may have told you, it
is a fact that adult human beings NEED a minimum of eight hours" sleep in order to be fully rested. Not
getting enough sleep is the number one reason for not remembering your dreams!
5._____ Eat a well-balanced diet. Poor nutrition is also an extremely common cause for failure to
recall dreams.
| A. Try to wake up naturally. B. Relax yourself completely. C. Your health is very important. D. Solve your issues before going to sleep. E. You must want to remember your dreams. F. Many people can"t remember their dreams. G. Pay attention to the main issues on your mind. | |||
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| Today, there"s hardly an aspect of our life that isn"t being upended (颠覆) by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via electronic mail. "If the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology," says Microsoft, "a new car would cost about $ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gas. And you could buy a Boeing 747 for the cost of a pizza." Probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers. Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year. "We view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend," says Merrill Lynch, "along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity." You would be hard pressed to name something that isn"t available on the Internet. Consider: books, health care, movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline tickets. And even after you"ve moved on to your final resting place, there"s no reason those you love can"t keep in touch. A company called FinalThoughts.com offers a place for you to store "afterlife e-mails" you can send to Heaven with the help of a "guardian angel". Kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the United States will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable (能预测的) future. Nearly all children in families with incomes of more than $75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Youngsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the Internet. Most kids use computers to play games (some for 30 hours or more a week), and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just left. What"s clear is that, whether we like it or not, the Internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back. "The Internet is just 20% invented," says cyber pioneer Jake Winebaum. "The last 80% is happening now." | |||
| 1. What can we learn from the Microsoft"s remark? | |||
| A. Today"s cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced. B. Information technology is developing at an amazing speed. C. Information technology has reached the point where improvement is difficult. D.There"s more competition in information technology industry than in car industry. | |||
| 2. The author gives the example of FinalThoughts.com to make the point that____. | |||
| A. there are some genius ideas on the Internet B. almost anything is available on the Internet C. people can find good bargains on the Internet D. some websites provide novel services to increase hits | |||
| 3. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph? | |||
| A. There is a link between income and computer ownership. B. Many American children don"t put computers to good use. C. Studies show that boys are more computer literate than girls. D. The U.S. will stay ahead in the information technology in years. | |||
| 4. Which sentence has the phrase that possesses the same meaning as the one underlined in the fifth paragraph? | |||
| A. Some can tell you that he has changed their lives, while others think nothing of him. B. Think nothing of it. It was my pleasure. C. He thinks nothing of staying up all night in the Caf? bar. D. He thinks nothing of the pain in his back for the moment. | |||
| 5. What is the message the author intends to convey? | |||
| A. The Internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some day. B. The Internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly. C. We should have a positive attitude towards the changes the Internet brings. D. Children should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age. | |||
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| While it is impossible to live completely free of stress, it is possible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect when it can"t be avoided. The US Department of Health and Human Services offers the following suggestions for ways to deal with stress. ◆Try physical activity When you are nervous, angry or upset, try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity. Running, walking, playing tennis, and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try. ◆Take care of yourself You should make every effort to eat well and get enough rest. If you easily get angry and can"t sleep well enough, or if you"re not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations . If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should consult a doctor. ◆Make time for yourself Schedule time for both work and entertainment. Don"t forget, play can be just as important to your overall well-being as work. You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun. Go window-shopping or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy. ◆Make a list of things to do Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that "there"s so much to do, and not enough time". Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you and as a result, you may not achieve anything. Instead, make a list of everything you have to do, then do one thing at a time, checking off each task as it is completed. Set out to do the most important task first. | |||
| 1.Which of the following statements shows that you have fallen into stressful situations? | |||
| A. You can"t sleep well all the time. B. You have a break after work. C. You always feel happy and relaxed. D. You only do one thing at a time. | |||
| 2. According to the passage, how do you make a list of things to do? | |||
| A. Try to take care of everything at once. B. Do one thing at a time. C. Only do the most important thing. D. Have a break from your work. | |||
| 3. Why does the writer write this passage? | |||
| A. To give opinion. B. To give suggestions. C. To make a request. D. To ask for advice. | |||
| 4.What is the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. How to Deal with Stress? B. How to Make Time for Yourself? C. How to Take Care of Yourself? D. How to Make a List of Things to Do? | |||
| 5.Which of the following would be the advice to deal with stress according to the passage? | |||
| A. just lie in bed for a rest B. always listen to pop music C. insist on doing work D. make a list to do things one by one | |||
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| It seems like everywhere a person goes there is at least one person with a cell phone to his ear. Even in places 1 cell phone usage is banned such as concert halls or movie theatres there is the 2 offender, or at least a few people using the text messaging feature 3 their phones. Cell phone usage has 4 over the past decade and continues to rise. Nearly 200 5 people in the United States have cell phones and there are 6 over one billion users worldwide. That means there are a lot of phones 7 their frequencies over the airwaves at any given time. Concern has arisen over whether or not cell phone usage 8 harm a person"s health. Brain cancer rates in the United States have risen since call phones were 9 , leading some people to wonder if cell phone usage is the reason for the 10 . Some people say the biggest danger 11 cell phones isn"t from the either real or perceived potential to develop cancer, but from 12 while using the cell phone. How many of us have seen vehicles driving 13 erratically (不稳定地) down the road. And we often see when we get near the vehicle the driver on a cell phone is 14 on a cell phone. It is a proven fact that a driver on a cell phone is 15 attentive and more likely to get in an accident. And, hands-free sets aren"t the 16 that some people may believe. Yes, they 17 both hands for driving and prevent a person from getting a sore (酸疼的) arm, 18 the driver"s mind is still 19 the conversation and therefore less attentive to what is 20 around him or her on the road. | |||
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People being tested for radiation exposure  The crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks. We spoke Tuesday with Jonathan Links, an expert in radiation health sciences. He is a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Maryland. Professor Links says workers within the nuclear plant are the only people at risk of extremely high doses of radiation. JONATHAN LINKS: "Of course, we don"t know what doses they"ve received, but the only persons at risk of acute radiation effects are the workers." For other people, he says, there may be a long-term worry. People can get cancer from low doses of ionizing radiation, the kind released in a nuclear accident. Professor Links says scientists can use computers to quickly model where radioactive material has blown and settled. Then they measure how large an area is contaminated. He says if the situation is serious enough, officials could take steps like telling people not to eat locally grown food or drink the water. JONATHAN LINKS: "But that would only be the case if there was a significant release and, because of wind direction, the radioactive material was blown over the area, and then settled out of the air into and onto water, plants, fruits and vegetables." The reactors at Fukushima are on the Pacific coast. But Professor Links says people should not worry about any radioactive material leaking into the ocean. JONATHAN LINKS: "Even in a worst-case scenario accident, the sea provides a very high degree of dilution. So the concentration of radioactivity in the seawater would still be quite low." Japan is the only country to have had atomic bombs dropped on it. That memory from World War Two would create a stronger "psychological sensitivity" to radiation exposure, Professors Links says. Next month is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the explosion and fire that destroyed a reactor at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The nineteen eighty-six event was the world"s worst accident in the nuclear power industry. A new United Nations report says more than six thousand cases of thyroid cancer have been found. These are in people who were children in affected areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The report says that by two thousand five the cancers had resulted in fifteen deaths. The cancers were largely caused by drinking contaminated milk. The milk came from cows that ate grass where radioactive material had fallen. To get the latest updates, go to www.unsv.com. Contributing: James Brooke | |||
| 1.The passage mainly tells us ______. | |||
| A. What measures the Japan Government takes to solve the nuclear crisis . B. Worries and influences caused by the nuclear crisis . C. With great efforts of scientists , the Japan Government has put the nuclear crisis under control . D. To explain that the nuclear crisis has less effect on its neighboring countries. | |||
| 2.Which of the following is not the influences caused by the leak of Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station? | |||
| A. Workers at the nuclear station are suffering the risk of death . B. People can get cancer from low doses of ionizing radiation, the kind released in a nuclear accident. C. The radioactive material may be blown over the area causing the pollution to water . D. The concentration of radioactivity in the seawater can not be diluted. | |||
| 3. What"s the meaning of the underlined word "dilution"? | |||
| A. chemical B. salt C. dissolution D. release | |||
| 4. According to the passage which of the following is not TRUE ? | |||
| A. Water people drink ,food and vegetables people eat may be polluted by nuclear radiation . B. Japan is the only country to have had atomic bombs dropped on it. C. You can go to www.unsv.com. to get the latest news . D. The nuclear accident in Japan is the worst in the nuclear power industry. | |||