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Many people today are worried about the quality of the food they eat. This concern has led to an increasing number of organic products appearing on supermarket shelves. Many people refuse to buy products that contain artificial colorings or preservatives, or foods that come from genetically modified (GM) crops, fearing that these foods are unhealthy and can cause cancer and other diseases. Some advocates of genetically modified foods consider such attitudes unjustified. I am one of them, and in this essay I will try to justify why I think concerns about GM foods have little value.
First of all, GM foods have been around for almost 20 years. Contrary to the claims of those who oppose GM foods, there have not been any officially reported cases of such foods causing cancer or any other diseases. In fact, research into GM foods has been unable to confirm any harmful effects on human health whatsoever.
Secondly, not everyone can afford organic foods. Climate change and rising fuel costs have led to global increases in the price of food, and as a result, many poor people are spending more money on feeding themselves. Many can hardly afford to buy food. GM plants are generally more resistant to droughts, floods and pests, and have higher production per hectare(公顷), which leads to more affordable food prices.
The world population keeps growing and is expected to reach eight billion by 2015. People in fast-developing countries such as India and China are consuming more energy and food. The only solution to the ever-increasing demand for food is to grow more GM crops. Unless scientists and governments come up with a better solution, GM foods are here to stay.
To conclude, people are free to eat the food of their choice, whether it is organic or not. However, I think that many people overlook major benefits of GM foods, and instead choose to focus on the unproven negative effects of such foods.
Phenomenon | Many people today are worried about the equality of the food they eat, and refused to buy products1. ________ artificial colorings and preservatives, or foods that come from GM crops. |
The author’s attitude | As an 2.________ of GM foods, the author consider 3.________ about GM foods of little value. |
4.________ for the author’s opinion | GM foods have come into 5.________ for almost 20 years. And there’s no 6.________ showing that GM foods have harmful effects on human health. Contrary to organic foods, GM plants are generally more resistant to natural 7. ________ and pests, and have higher production. As a result, more people can afford to buy GM foods. GM foods are the only8.________ to the increasing demand for food at present. |
9. ________ | People are free to choose what they eat. However, they should 10.________ on the major benefits of GM foods. |
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短文改错 (共10小题;每个1.5分,满分15分)
1.Like many other places, our hometown is either facing
2.the problem of pollution. Unfortunately, people there have
3.realized the importance of protection the natural environment.
4.Factories have been taken measures to stop pouring polluted
5.water into the rivers. The citizen no longer put waste, such
6.as rubbish or human waste into the rivers. Every year,
7.a great number trees are planted. As a result,
8.the water in the rivers are becoming cleaner and cleaner.
9.The hills around the city are covering with green trees
10.and the air there is much more fresher than before.
高二英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析
根据所给中文意思或首字母,用Unit1-3所学单词填空,使句子意思通顺,语法正确。
1.But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people e________ to cholera.
2.In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so ________(严重的) that more than 500 people died in ten days.
3.They had been given free beer and so had not drunk the water from the pump. It seemed that the water was to b_______.
4.His friends were enthusiastic and encouraged him to punish his ideas, but Copernicus was ________ (谨慎的).
5.It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not a________ visitors.
6.For historical ________ (建筑) you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans.
7.There followed St Paul’s Cathedral built after the terrible fire of London in 1666. It looked s________ when first built!
8.I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. I have to remind myself __________ (不断地) that I am really in AD3008.
9.At first my new surroundings were difficult to _______(忍受)
10.Nothing is wasted, and everything, even plastic bags, is r_______.
根据所学课文,用合适词语填空,使句子意思通顺,语法正确。
11.I can still remember the moment ________ the space stewardess called us all to the capsule and we climbed in through a small opening.
12.A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it __________ (deliver) to her house every day.
13.So between 1510 and 1514 he worked on it, gradually _________(improve) his theory until he felt it was complete.
14.The Christian Church rejected his theory, _______ (say) it was against God’s idea and people who supported it would be attacked.
15.Finally the English government tried in the early _________ (twenty) century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way.
16.______ their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (e.g., the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions.
17.To her great surprise, Zhang Pingyu found the Queen’s jewels guarded by special royal soldiers _____, on special occasions, still wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
18.The capsule began swinging gently sideways as we _______ (lie) relaxed and dreaming.
19.However, I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached ______ looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions.
20.During the ________ (explain) I looked at the pair of small objects called “thoughtpads” on a table. They just looked like metal ribbons.
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阅读下面短文,根据上下文填入适当的词语,或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空,并将答案在答题卡上标号为26-35的相应位置涂黑。
A few years ago, SARS broke out in the mainland of China, ____1.____ (cause) some people to be killed or nearly got close to____2._____ (die). The situation was so severe _____3.___ there was no time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out ____4.____ cause of this deadly disease. They invited all the most experienced experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions ____5.____ (put forward). Some of the top experts then tested them to see ____6.____ they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient who was ___7.___(serious) ill and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine ____8.____(test) on him. To his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official, telling him this exciting news. ___9.____ convenience, he moved to live in his office. His method did make sense. Not soon after that, the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease ___10.___ kicked it out finally.
高二英语填空题困难题查看答案及解析
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Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, cloning has become a hot topic for many people. Some people are against it ,while others are in favour 48it. Personally, I wouldlike to say that cloning is good 49the human race.
50 , cloning technology proves helpful for genetics researchers. With cloning technology, scientists 51bring some animals that are extinct back to life. Secondly, cloning body parts can serve as a lifesaver for people 52 are seriously ill. When a body organ such as a kidney or heart fails to function, it may be possible to replace it 53a cloned one. Thirdly, if a couple can’t have 54child, human cloning technology will make it possible for them to have a child. All in all, I firmly believe that cloning is beneficial 55the human race.
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No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts(施加) some influence on us. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified(分类) all our little weaknesses.
Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing. An advertisement which begins with the magic work FREE can rarely go wrong. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well. They design hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money. Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to draw the attention of millions of people in this way.
During a radio program, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener. The response to this competition was active. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow. It weighed nearly 500 pounds. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed. The largest was 713 pounds. It seemed certain that this would win the prize. But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly large biscuit which weighed 2,400 pounds. It had been baked by a college student who had used over 1,000 pounds of flour, 800 pounds of sugar, 200 pounds of fat, and 400 pounds of various other ingredients. The factory had to pay more money than they had expected, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
Advertising | |
Customers and advertisers | Though1. _______ of our good taste, customers are 2._____ by advertisements when buying things. |
In fact, advertisers have studied human nature in order to 3._______ customers to buy this or that product. | |
According to their 4.______ ,all customers love to get things for 5. _______. | |
The usually effective means | Advertisers offer free things, which often does 6. ______. |
Hundreds of competitions are 7. ______ for customers to win huge sums of money. | |
Radio and television are used to 8. ______ people’s attention. | |
An exception | By radio, a company of biscuit manufacturers once advertised that they would offer $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener, which 9.______ active response. |
However, they never10.______ to pay $24,000 for a truly large biscuit made by a college student and carried by a lorry. |
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默写(共10空格;每空格1分,每空格不限填一词,满分10分)
NCE Lesson 4
These days, people who 1 often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently 2 ‘white collar workers’ for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.
3, that a great many people are often willing to 4 for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can 5 curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
Unit 4
However, the attitudes of scientists towards this rise are completely different.
On the one hand, Dr. Foster thinks that any trend in which the temperature increases by 5 degrees would 6. She says, “We can’t predict the climate well enough to know
7, but it could be very serious.” Others who agree with her think there may be
8 in the sea level, .... On the other hand, there are those, like George Hambley, who 9 this view and believe that we should not worry about high levels of carbon dioxide in the air. They predict that any warming will be mild with few bad 10.
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It’s really hard for any of us to be faster than Liu Xiang, but still we can do our share during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Since the first modern Olympics, volunteers ________1.________ (become) an important and insuperable part of the great event. There were 900 people ________2.________ (work) for free at the first modern games and ________3.________ number of volunteers increased since then.
________4.________ has been estimated that around 100,000 volunteers will be needed for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympics Games. It might be the ________5.________ (big) volunteer recruitment in the history of modern Olympics.
There are many kinds of volunteers. “Towards Olympics” volunteers refer to those ________6.________ help the whole nation preparing for the games when the final day comes closer. “Games-time” volunteers refer to volunteers recruited directly by BOCOG. They perform post-specific ________7. (responsible) during the Games, work at the times and places designed by BOCOG and serve at the Beijing Olympic Games ________8.________ pay. High school students are welcomed to become city volunteers. They will have ________9.________ (fix) or specially assigned working positions during the Games. Anyone can be a social volunteer, ________10. jobs are spreading Olympic concepts and culture, maintaining social orders, optimizing city environment and advocating civilized behavior.
高二英语填空题简单题查看答案及解析
Carlos had been in New York for five months now, and he detested it. He would never forget the day when the plane landed. His parents had big smiles on their faces as they discussed the wonderful new life they would have in this great city. His older sister and brother looked in wonder and excitement at the buildings. Uncle Miguel and Aunt Esperanza thought of the good jobs they would get. Grandmother and Grandfather told him what a lucky boy he was to come to this wonderful city. But Carlos was lonely. The city looked big, cold and dirty to him.
They lived in an apartment in Manhattan. There were stores and cinemas close to their home. But Carlos didn’t want these things. He loved his home in the country in Puerto Rico; he loved the green fields, the hot sun, and the lovely beaches.
He didn’t want to go to school because it made him think of his friends at home. And he didn’t want to learn a new language that he could never describe the world as beautifully as his own.
He began to go the dock(码头), because this made him feel closer to Puerto Rico. He sat down and watched the ships. He would often find a man also sitting there looking at the sea. The man was Eric—a taxi driver who came there to escape from the noisy traffic.
Eric noticed the young boy and felt his sadness. One day he said, “Yes, it’s hard to leave your homeland. I remember when I left Norway 15 years ago. I know it’s hard to start a new life in a new country, but let’s face it. I did it, and you can do it, too.”
From then on the taxi driver and the young boy began to develop a deep friendship.
1.The underlined word “detested” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”.
A. forgot B. enjoyed C. hated D. missed
2.According to the text, ________________.
A. Carlos’ grandparents were afraid of the traffic in New York
B. Carlos’ parents were looking forward to the life in New York
C. Carlos’ uncle and aunt found it hard to get jobs in New York
D. Carlos’ brother and sister got excited at the schools in New York
3.Why did Carlos feel lonely?
A. He knew nobody around his apartment.
B. No one went to the movies with him.
C. His parents left him alone at home.
D. He missed the life in Puerto Rico.
4.Eric and Carlos became friends because they ________.
A. came from the same country B. faced the same problems
C. were the same age D. both hated noise
高二英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析
第II卷 (非选择题,共35分)
第一节: 对话填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
D—David, T---Tony
D: Hi, Tony. Are you reading something exciting?
T: Oh, nothing much. I’m just reading some science (76) f__. David, 76_______
it’s a long time since I saw you last and I could hardly
(77) r___ you because you’ve changed so much. 77_______
D: Oh, I’ve just had a (78) h____ in the barber’s and I am wearing 78_______
a pair of glasses now.
T: No wonder. By the way, what’s your plan for this weekend?
D: We are going to have a picnic in the countryside on Saturday.
Do you wan to join us?
T: I’d like to, but I’m afraid I can’t as I’ve got (79) p___of work to 79______
do recently.
D: I know you are always as (80) b___as a bee.But don’t forget 80______
that no matter how much work you have to do, you should try
to (81) s___ aside some time for a rest. Health must come first, 81_______
after all.
T: Yes, you are right. I’ll go with you. And why not ask Sam to
go with us together? He can (82) b___ us a lot of fun. 82______
D: That’s a good idea, but not this time, for his parents
(83) d____ two days ago and he is very upset now. Maybe 83_____
he doesn’t want to go with us.
T: Really? I simply can’t (84) b____my ears. 84_____
D: Yes, I’m surprised to know that their marriage has broken up ,too.
T: I think he needs to stay(85) a_____and calm himself down. 85_____
D: Yes.
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