Caroll Spinney
Caroll Spinney started working with puppets when he was eight years old. In 1969 he started working on Sesame Street, an American television series for children. Today, the series is shown on television in more than eighty countries and Spinney is still the man inside the eight-foot yellow chicken called Big Bird.
Spinney loves his work and knows that he has a responsibility for children watching the programme. He doesn’t want children to know that Big Bird is really a man, so he tries to notice every detail.
Caitlin Moran
When Caitlin Moran was eleven, her parents asked her if she wanted to leave school and study at home. She refused at first, but changed her mind and left school two years later. Her experiences provided the story for her first book, The Chronicles of Narmo.
It is a wonderful story about a year in the life of a family who educate their children at home. She started writing it at thirteen and finished it soon after her sixteenth birthday. Now she enjoys writing and is writing a play and her second book.
Rick Allen
Rick Allen, the well-known drummer of the Irish rock band Def Leppard, joined the band on his fifteenth birthday. A year later, in 1979, the band became famous. Then, in 1984, Rick had a very bad car accident and lost his left arm. A friend developed an electronic drum kit so that he could play the drums with an arm and two feet. He returned to the band with great happiness and he still performs with them now. The first time he played in a big concert everybody was so kind that he cried.
Now Rick is married and has a home life. Life with one arm is still a problem, but if he can 't chop vegetables with one hand he simply uses his feet.
1.Which of the following can describe Caroll Spinney?
A.Creative and hopeful.
B.Brave but proud.
C.Responsible and careful.
D.Hopeful but lazy.
2.What was the inspiration for Caitlin Moran’s first book?
A.Her school life.
B.Her birthday party.
C.Her parents’ career.
D.Her home-study experience.
3.What can we infer about the people mentioned in the text?
A.They enjoy their jobs.
B.They are highly talented.
C.They are good at performing.
D.They became famous late in life.
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Let us suppose it is now about A. D. 2063. Let’s make believe it is about fifty years from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air-conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of the young and the old.
What are people eating now? People are still eating food. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.
Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.
Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.
People are now largely vegetarians. You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.
Such would be our life in 2063.
1.When was the passage written?
A.In about A. D. 2060.
B.In about 1960.
C.In about 2013.
D.In about 2004.
2.According to the passage, what will be on the moon in about A.D. 2063?
A.Many tourists.
B.Many other animals.
C.Many plants.
D.A sea.
3.What will people eat then according to the passage?
A.Biscuits in pill form.
B.Foods in pill form.
C.Foods in water form.
D.Foods in gas form.
4.The passage tells us that in 2063, _________ on the earth than now.
A.there are fewer population
B.there are more pests
C.there is less water
D.the crops are getting better
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Nowadays, the most effective way to get power comes from burning fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. They are less costly than other forms of energy. But burning fuels releases carbon dioxide, known as CO2 gas. Scientists agree that increasing amount of CO2 in Earth’s atmosphere is partly to blame for the rising temperature. It's clear the change in the atmosphere can have a big effect on the weather condition around the world.
However, keeping extra CO2 from entering the atmosphere is a difficult process. It’s not enough to advise people to burn the fuels in a clean way. As a result, scientists are looking for the best method for capturing the gas and storing it away from the atmosphere. Some of this research is taking place in Norway. The Technology Center in Mongstad (TCM) is the largest facility in the world for major testing of the CO2-capturing technology.
Tore Amundsen is its chairman. He says TCM has produced important information since it opened. The center is connected to a nearby electric power plant. It treats the waste gas from the plant using the chemical solvent (溶剂) which attracts the CO2 molecules. Then researchers take the solvent with the CO2 molecules and boil it. In this way, they can separate CO2 from the solvent and use the solvent again to capture more CO2. TCM can help capture 90 percent of the CO2 from the waste gas. With the current state of technology, it will increase the cost of electricity between perhaps 30% to 40% when the technology is applied to a power plant.
Experts say the best way to store the captured CO2 gas is to place it below the surface of the ground. Scientists can use the pumping technology to put it into areas left empty after the removal of oil or natural gas. But TCM does not pump the CO2 it captures. Instead, it releases the gas into the atmosphere. Tore Amundsen says only highly developed industrial nations can afford the pumping technology. So far, only Canada has a power plant that pumps CO2 gas. In total, there are just a few similar power plants in the world.
1.What can we learn about the CO2 gas?
A.It is usually found in coal.
B.It leads to world climate change.
C.It is a new kind of energy.
D.It does good to the atmosphere.
2.Scientists want to deal with CO2 gas by_________.
A.sending it into the atmosphere
B.finding clean fuels to use
C.collecting it with technology
D.stopping people from burning fuels
3.Which of the following is TRUE about TCM?
A.It works well in treating the waste gas.
B.It’s the only center to study the CO2 gas.
C.It was set up by Tore Amundsen.
D.It helps the power plant save a lot of money.
4.According to experts, the captured CO2 gas________.
A.can be used with oil or natural gas
B.should be put underground
C.must be allowed to go into the air
D.should stay in the chemical solvent
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During these days, the United States is full of cars. There are still some families without cars, but some families have two or more ones. 1.They are also a necessary part of life.
Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. 2.
Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile away from the school. 3. One mother drives on Mondays taking her own children and the neighbors’ as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays, and so on. 4. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.
5. So more car pools should be formed in order to put fewer cars on the road and use less gas. Too many cars will lead to some problems such as accidents or environmental pollution. Something will have to be done about the use of cars. And the government should encourage the citizens to decrease the use of their cars as much as they can.
A. Too many cars are being driven.
B. This is called forming a car pool.
C. Cars are used for more than pleasure.
D. You can choose your car according to the use of it.
E. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.
F. Still, it is not safe for young children to take the school bus.
G. When children are too young to walk too far, their mothers take turns driving them to school.
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My family often had a get-together with friends in my childhood. As I was small, there was always someone who would come up to mention my high _______ and ask, “What are you going to do when you _______?”
Well, it started out being a teacher or a hero. _______ it was a fireman, an artist … As I grew older my dreams of the future _______. When I was going to college, I was asked, “What will you major in?”, another question _______ to find out what I would be when I grew up.
By then I made up my mind to become a _______ programmer. So I was studying software for much of my life. I am _______ that I could realize my dream. The realization of my life purpose encourages me to help others to succeed in their own _______.
However, for many, there is a “_______” which goes around stealing our dreams and robbing us of the ________ mental state to achieve our ________. Sometimes, the thief will come as a parent, a relative, or a friend, ________ the greatest thief is just ourselves.
Usually when we are about to ________ the aim, a “small” voice inside will say, “You will never ________.” “Very few have ever done this successfully.” And on and on the “small” voice makes us ________ heart and fail.
Failure, ________, helps our dreams to come true. It is one of the most important ________ we have, because it teaches us ________ lessons. And, when we learn these lessons well, we are ________ for success.
There are no “overnight” successes, but with perseverance, they will come. So just don’t ________. Let dreams stay in your life.
1.A.intelligence B.power C.quality D.character
2.A.get up B.pick up C.grow up D.set up
3.A.Later B.Before C.Recently D.Meanwhile
4.A.kept B.changed C.formed D.continued
5.A.imagined B.designed C.supposed D.answered
6.A.car B.radio C.computer D.satellite
7.A.surprised B.happy C.interested D.worried
8.A.studies B.work C.lives D.experience
9.A.thief B.parent C.friend D.relative
10.A.same B.only C.positive D.exact
11.A.results B.advantages C.power D.goals
12.A.so B.because C.and D.but
13.A.reach B.select C.leave D.remove
14.A.fail B.succeed C.arrive D.forget
15.A.break B.lose C.give D.take
16.A.though B.instead C.besides D.otherwise
17.A.purposes B.tools C.messages D.medicines
18.A.logical B.hopeless C.thankful D.valuable
19.A.responsible B.sorry C.angry D.ready
20.A.take apart B.give up C.bring back D.set off
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The major construction work on the world’s longest cross-sea bridge, which connects Zhuhai in Guangdong Province with Hong Kong and Macao, 1. (complete) last week.
Near the airports of Hong Kong and Macao, the project is one of the world’s 2. (busy) shipping routes（船运路线）3. more than 4,000 ships pass by every day. Much to people’s relief, Chinese white dolphins, an endangered species, enjoy top level national 4. (protect) here. 5. big ceremony was held in Zhuhai to celebrate the completion of the 55km cross-sea route and to mark the start of road surfacing. “This means the construction has entered 6. (it) final stage.” Said Zhu Yongling, head of the work.
More than 400,000 tons of steel have been used for the 6.7km undersea tunnel and 22.9km bridge, enough 7. (build) 60 Eiffel Towers. Two floating cranes（吊车） , 8. a load of 3,200 tons and 2,300 tons respectively, worked together to lift and roll the tower, 9. (set) a world record.
“If it were not for the progress of ‘Made in China’, we couldn’t 10. (possible) have made it in such a short time.” he added.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1. 格式正确，且每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I had been looking forward to go on holiday for a long time. It finally came and I could do that I had already planned. Fortunately, on the second day of the holiday, my father told me to learn music in the morning and he sent me to a holiday music school. In the afternoon, my mother sent me to the art training centre learn painting. There I met several of my classmates who was also sent to the centre to attend the art courses. After a day’s study, I felt very exhausting and fell asleep the moment when I lay on the bed. I has a dream where my friend and I were playing happily.
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假定你是李华，住在江城。你的加拿大笔友Bob来信谈到了他所居住的城市，并希望了解你家乡江城的情况。请你用英语写一封回信。包括以下内容：
| 自然情况 | 位于长江边，风景优美，适合居住 |
| 成就 | 经济发展迅速，新建了不少工厂、住房、道路等 |
| 存在问题 | 水、空气污染，交通拥挤 |
| 对江城发展的看法 | 要大力发展科学技术，控制人口，治理环境等 |
注意： 1. 词数100词左右；
2. 信中不能使用江城以外地名，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Bob,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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