Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practised in the meantime. A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can ________1________ swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still ________2________ away. A mother who has not 3________ the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or recite the story of Cinderella or Snow White.
One explanation is the law of over learning, which can be stated as following: 4 we have learned something, additional learning increases the 5________ of time we will remember it.
In childhood, we usually continue to practise such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and 6________ ourselves of poems such as "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella or Snow White. We not only learn but __7________ .
The law of over learning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination, 8________ it may result in a passing grade, is not a ________9________ way to learn a school course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little over learning, ________10________ , is usually a good investment toward the future.
1. A．only B．still C．hardly D．even
2. A．move B．ride C．travel D．drive
3. A．showed up B．cared for C．thought about D．brought up
4. A．Once B．Before C．Until D．Unless
5.A. accuracy B. unit C length. D. limit
6. A．warm B．inform C．remind D．recall
7. A．recite B．research C．overlearn D．improve
8. A．so B．though C．if D．after
9. A．satisfactory B．demanding C．convenient D．swift
10. A．at most B．on the other hand C．by the way D．in the end
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A
This is a talk by a London taxi(出租车)driver.
"I've been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis."
"It's a nice job most of time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon."
"I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning."
"Some very strange things happened late at night .The other day I was taking a woman home from a party .She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows."
"I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on .I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief.
Luckily the woman came downstairs.She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"
1.The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____.
A．make money B．drive
C．climb in through the window D．meet a lot of people
2.The woman climbed in through the window because _____.
A．she wanted to have a sleep
B．her husband didn't open the door for her
C．she didn't want to pay the driver
D．she couldn't find her key
3.The story happened _____.
A．early in the morning B．late at night
C．20 miles outside London D．near the police station
4.Which of the following is wrong?
A．The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning.
B．The police made a mistake.
C．The woman had no money to pay the driver.
D．The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.
5.The driver climbed in through the window to
A．get money from the woman B．return the dog to the woman
C．phone the police D．see what was happening in the house
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(B)
Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.
We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南针). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”
1.The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .
A．bright B．dirty C．comfortable D．dark
2.When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____
A．Of course , it loves me , since I love it .
B．If I love it , it should love me.
C．I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it .
D．I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger .
3. The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.
A．she thinks it will be very exciting
B．she likes sports and enjoys canoeing
C．she has decided to realize a childhood dream
D．she wants to be still active when she gets old
4.What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?
A．Someone who does not show what she is feeling .
B．Someone who is very proud and sure of her success .
C．Someone who doesn’t use her head much .
D．Someone who is open , honest and brave .
5.The best title for this passage is ____ .
A．Life Begins at Sixty B．A Round Coast Sail
C．An Old Woman Sailor D．An Unusual Hobby(爱好)
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( C )
In Denmark, parents are allowed to set up a new school if they are dissatisfied with the school in the area where they are living. Although these schools have to follow the national courses, they are allowed a lot of choice in deciding what to teach. Some of these new schools are called “small schools” because usually the number of pupils in them is only sixty, but a school has to have at least twenty-seven pupils.
Cooleenbridge School in Ireland, is a small school similar to the ones in Denmark, it was set up by parents who came from Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, England and other parts of Ireland. They came because they wanted to live in the countryside and to grow their own food. In June 1986, they decided to start a school. They managed to get an old, disused primary-school (小学) building and started with twenty-four children aged from four to twelve.
The teachers say, “The important thing in school is doing, not sitting.” And so the courses includes yoga(瑜伽), cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama (戏剧) and environmental(环境的) river studies, as well as reading, writing, maths and science.
1.What are the rules for setting up a new school in Denmark?
A．Parents are allowed to set up their own school.
B．The school has to follow the national courses.
C．The school has to have at least 27 pupils.
D．All of the above.
2. The writer tells about the Cooleenbridge School in Ireland because ____ .
A．it was set up by parents who are not people of Denmark
B．it was taken as an example of this kind of “small school”
C．there were only twenty-four children
D．the pupils there were aged from 4 to 12
3.What makes this kind of school special?
A．It is set up by parents not by government.
B．It is free to decide what to teach.
C．The number of pupils in it is only sixty.
D．It has to have at least 27 pupils.
4. “The important thing in school is doing not sitting.” What the teachers say actually means ____ .
A．What we should do is teaching in the classroom, not sitting in the office.
B．Children should do more homework at home, not just sit in class to listen to the teachers.
C．Children should learn by themselves not rely on teachers.
D．Children should learn through practice not just from books.
5.The courses includes ____ .
A．yoga, cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies, except reading, writing, maths and science
B．either yoga, cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies, or reading, writing, maths and science
C．not only reading, writing, maths and science, but also yoga, cooking knitting, kitemaking, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies
D．mainly yoga, cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing, drama and environmental river studies, and supplemental (补充的) reading writing, maths and science
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(D)
You can not see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. Such things are luminous. Most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies. The moon, for example, does not give off any light of its own. It is non-luminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. So moon light is only second hand sunlight.
When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.
Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a second.
1.You can see the book because_______.
A．your eyes are close to it B．it reflects some of the sunlight
C．it has light of its own D．your eyesight can get to it
2.The underlined word “luminous” means_______.
A．visible B．all colors C．giving off light D．sunlight
3.________ have light of their own.
A．The sun and the moon B．The stars and the earth
C．The sun and the stars D．The moon and the earth
4.Which of the following is true?
A．All the things you can see give off light.
B．Light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon.
C．The moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes.
D．Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read.
5.This article is probably from _________ .
A．a science magazine B．a medical magazine
C．a biography D．a story book.
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以下是一些新闻报道的信息：
[A]. Science magazine published the study about orangutans(猩猩). The scientists collected evidence from years of observations in six areas on Borneo and Sumatra. The scientists found that the animals demonstrated a total of twenty-four signs of cultural activity. Several actions were demonstrated in some orangutan groups, but not others.
[B]. The Environmental Investigation Agency and Telapak released the report. Telapak is an environmental group based in Indonesia. The Environmental Investigation Agency operates in several countries. The two groups say Indonesia controls ten percent of the world's tropical rainforests.
[C]. Richard Sandor is the chairman of the C-C-X. He praised the companies forming the group for demonstrating leadership. He said they believe that an active way to deal with global warning helps everyone. The group said its members want to reduce costs they may face from future rules on greenhouse gas emissions. Trading credits may help businesses find the most effective methods to reduce pollution. Members also hope to improve their public image on environmental issues.
[D]. Their most detailed effort involved ninety-nine kinds of birds, insects and plants in North America and Europe. They found that the territory where these plants and animals live has moved north by an average of six kilometers every ten years. In Europe, some butterflies now live as much as one hundred kilometers to the north because of changes linked to higher temperatures.
[E]. The new report says many areas experienced unusual weather in two thousand and two. Most of Asia, for example, was warmer than usual. India had unusually high temperatures in April and May. The extremely hot weather caused hundreds of deaths. There also were extremely dry conditions across India. Parts of Africa experienced unusual heavy rains. Yet other areas in Africa had unusual dry weather.
[F]. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe. Hydrogen is a colorless gas. On Earth, it is present in large amounts in natural gas, coal, plants and water. By weight, hydrogen produces the highest energy levels of any known fuel. When burned in an engine, hydrogen releases no harmful pollution into the environment. When powering a fuel cell, the only waste is water. However, hydrogen is difficult to store. It also burns easily.
请阅读以下与新闻信息，然后匹配与上面新闻相关的报道内容：
1. A severe ocean storm hit South Korea in August. It set a new national record for rainfall. In central Europe, more than one hundred people died in flooding caused by heavy rainfall in September. The flooding also resulted in thousands of millions of dollars in property damage. Yet large parts of North and South America had extremely dry weather.
2. One member of the Chicago Climate Exchange is American Electric Power. It's the biggest owner of electric power producers in the United States. Company officials say they hope their company's membership will demonstrate the ability of the C-C-X to grow.
3. For example, members of some groups make a kissing noise by tightening their mouths and sucking in air. Some groups use leaves to clean themselves or protect their hands from sharp objects. The scientists found that some of the animals use sticks as tools to remove insects from holes in trees. Other orangutans use leaves to crush insects or gather water.
4. Professors Parmesan and Yohe used similar methods to examine one hundred and seventy-two kinds of wildlife. They examined the timing of events in the spring, such as the appearance of flowers and the reproduction of animals. They found that these events happened an average of two days earlier than normal every ten years.
5. They say illegal operations to remove trees are causing large areas of forest to disappear. Environmental Investigation Agency director Dave Currey says the illegal operations are completely out of control.
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(介绍你英语写作的方法和心得)
[写作内容] 你的英语老师要求你在班上用英文向同学们介绍你英语写作的
方法和心得。请根据下表提供的中文提纲，选择相关的信息写一篇发言稿。
学习方法学习效果，背诵范文运用英语思维，进行模仿性写作，多阅读英文文章吸取语言材料
多听英文广播，提高听力水平，学习语法正确表达
多写日记在做中学，多练习口语提高口头技能，参考他人的习作，取长补短
[写作要求]
1.只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 开头与结尾已经给出。
[评分标准] 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Ladies and gentlemen,
Now I would like to tell you how I learn English writing.
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That’s all. Thank you.
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阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Hi, I am Mike. I just went through my first year of college. The toughest part on me at first was the general adjustment.1 went to a very small high school where my mom was a teacher and she did practically everything for me. But at the college I needed to know some basic life skills. such as balancing a check—book, laundry, and the things you have to be able to handle that I never thought of in the high school! It was really tough for me at first and I got badly homesick.
Once that first semester was over and I got used to the college life, I loved it—good facilities, helpful instructors. and a good library. The Students’ Union organizes various parties every week. I also go to cinemas and concerts, and often spend Saturday nights in pubs and clubs.
One thing I think is important is to get yourself active in things. I was on the dance team in college and met a ton of people that way ··· it was so much easier to make friends when you had a common ground.
[写作内容]
学校最近组织了一次中美学生交流活动，你参加其中的“大学校园生活”讨论。听完Mike的发言之后，你准备写一份发言稿，题目是“Preparing Myself for College Life”，内容要点包括：
1. 以约30个词概括Mike的发言要点；
2. 然后以约120个词谈谈你理想的大学生活，内容包括：
(1) 对中学生活的感受；
(2) 理想的大学生活；
(3) 中学生活和大学生活的差别，以及你打算如何适应。
[写作要求]
1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯
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The harmful effects of smoking is more than you can imagine. When I was young, I didn't know much about the harmful effects of smoking. I didn't know, for example, that it could do terrible (1) _______ to your heart and lungs or that it was (2) ________ for smoking couples to become pregnant. I certainly didn't know their babies may have a smaller birth (3)_________ or even be (4)___________ in some way. Neither did I know that my cigarette smoke could (5) __________ the health of non-smokers. However, what I did know was that my girlfriend thought I (6) _______ terrible. She said my breath and clothes smelt, and that the ends of my fingers were turning yellow. She told me that she wouldn't go out with me again (7) ________ I stopped! I also noticed that I became (8)__________ quickly, and that I wasn't (9) _________ sport as much. When I was taken off the school football team because I was unfit, I knew it was (10) ______to quit smoking.
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(虚拟语气，不定式的完成形式，不定式的被动形式，动词-ing 形式的被动式)
1.他建议这些珍惜植物应该得到保护。
He suggested that the rare plants _________________________ .
2.残疾人不喜欢被别人嘲笑。
The disabled don’t like ___________________________________ .
3.瞻姆世害怕受到鲨鱼的攻击。
James was afraid of ________________ by sharks.
4.很高兴我找到了很多能做的事情。
I am happy ___________________ many things I can do.
5.如果我是你，今晚我就早点睡觉。
If I _______ you , I _____________ early tonight.
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词汇短语
1.Blue and red a___________ me, but I don’t like grey and yellow.
我喜欢兰色和红色，但是我不喜欢灰色和黄色。
2.I think my long and active life must ________ the healthy life I live.
我想我之所以长寿而且精力充沛，要归功于我的健康生活。
3.Greenhouse gases continue to __________ in the atmosphere.
温室气体继续在大气层中聚集。
4.I _____________ go back to sleep when suddenly my bedroom became as bright as day.
我刚要再睡觉，突然我的房间亮如白昼。
5.We must _______________ the importance of the matter.
我们必须意识到事情的重要性。
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