Some children are too ________ about their food, which is bad for their growth.
A. cautious B. curious
C. special D. particular
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--Mark, I failed in the exam again, I’m so upset.
--Don’t worry, I think the first thing ______ is ______ your weak points.
A. to do, find out B. being done, to find out
C. to do, to hold out D. being done, hold out
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Upon hearing the news of her dad's passing, she was ______ with grief.
A. arrested B. overcome
C. frightened D. modified
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—Do you feel like there or shall we take a bus?
—I’d like to walk, but since there isn’t much time left, I’d rather we a taxi.
A. to walk; take B. walking; took
C. to walk; took D. walking; take
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That guy kills his time by playing PC games day and night. I wonder whether he could find anything________ at all.
A. worth to do B. worth doing
C. worthy being done D. is worth to be done
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The girl came ___________to the bus stop，only ________ the bus had gone.
A. running; to find B. to run; to find
C. and run; found D. running; finding
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---Why does the lake smell terrible?
---Because large quantities of water ________.
A. have polluted B. is being polluted
C. has been polluted D. have been polluted
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With drink and food ________, the prisoner had to walk out of the cave where he was hiding．
A. run out B. run out of
C. use up D. using up
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Sam, in every way, has handled the challenge, _____ his friend_____how he’s achieved success in spite of the difficulties.
A. overcome; by B. overcoming; with
C. impressed; by D. impressing; with
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— Will you please repeat your idea?
— Of course. But I think it is certain that you _______ your attention.
A. weren’t paying B. hadn’t paid
C. aren’t paying D. don’t pay
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It is not what we do once in a while _____ shapes our lives, _____ what we do consistently.
A. which; that; B. that; that
C. which; but D. that; but
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The Shanghai Expo has attracted more than 73 million tourists, ________ it the most successful in history.
A. making B. makes
C. having made D. to make
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It was so dark in the theatre that I could hardly ________ my friend.
A. pick up B. bring out
C. call out D. pick out
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Walter offered us a lift when he was leaving the office, but our work ______, we refused his offer.
A. not finished B. had not been finished
C. not finishing D. not having finished
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— I’d rather have some wine, if you don’t mind.
—______. Don’ t forget that you’ll drive.
A. By all means B. Anything but that
C. Take it easy D. I wouldn’t say no to this
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1.According to the Code, guests should behave _______.
A. delightfully and creatively B. quietly and respectfully
C. cautiously and safely D. carefully and responsibly
2.What are you allowed to do when staying at CERN?
A. Put up a friend for the night.
B. Have a get-together with parents.
C. Have supper in their rooms.
D. Place furniture to the wall.
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I expect the travel of the future to become less physical, more mental. Through the use of technology, you’ll be able to let your brain experience the sensations of a new place without actual going there. Robots and computer simulation（模仿）will enable you to visit remote exotic places without ever leaving home---the wreckage of the Titanic, the Galapagos Island, even the moon.
As an oceanographer, I’ve spent decades developing robots to explore the depths, and now we’re putting that technology to use in our JASON Project, a cooperative effort between industry, science, and educators that’s designed to be a world classroom for children. In auditoriums throughout the country, we bring kids together and transmit back to them on large screens our live explorations of far-flung areas of the globe. Not only are the kids observers, but they truly participate. They have the sensation of really being at the site with us---through the “eyes”, “ears”, and motions of the robot.
This year we’re taking the project to the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos are an exceedingly fragile environment, so fragile that only 60,000 people are allowed to visit them each year. But with JASON we will be able to let some 300,000 children experience those unique islands.
I believe advances in robot technology will one day be the key to an entirely new kind of travel. In the next 10 or 15 years I foresee people having rooms in their houses that will be able to simulate other environments. I like to call these rooms “home domes”---miniature theatres with wrap-around screens and sophisticated equipment that can reproduce the sights, sounds, smells, and feel of a desert, or a forest, or a meadow in high mountains.
Today, much of the world’s population never travels more than 50 or 60 miles from home. And even a person with abundant wealth and time can see only a fraction of the earth’s sights. But this new era of travel will cost so much less in both time and money that many more people will be exposed to a lot more of the globe. And simulated travel will help protect our planet. You can’t take large groups of tourists trooping up to look at Dian Fossey’s gorillas. But a small robot can get very close to a silverback and send the sights, sounds, and smells back to a million people.
I like to use this analogy（类比）to compare traditional travel with future travel: riding a horse is wonderful, but I don’t need to ride one to work anymore. That’s how I feel about traditional travel. Sometimes I still might want to hop on a plane and see a place firsthand, but sometimes I may simply want to walk into my home dome and take the trip from there.
1.Which statement best expresses the main idea of this article?
A. Protecting fragile environments like the Galapagos Islands.
B. Building home domes to meet people’s desire of travelling
C. Traveling globally without even leaving home in the future.
D. Owning rooms called “home domes” to be put into reality.
2.According to the article, simulated travel _______.
A. is a piece of equipment made for traveling
B. provides virtual access to actual traveling
C. has a negative effect on future environment
D. will be available in around fifty years’ time
3.Which question is NOT answered in the article?
A. Why is the “home dome” designed and produced?
B. When might a “home dome” be available to us?
C. What will be like in a “home dome” in future?
D. How much does a “home dome” probably cost?
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No one has a temper naturally so good, that it does not need attention and cultivation, and no one has a temper so bad, but that, by proper culture, it may become pleasant. One of the best disciplined tempers ever seen, was that of a gentleman who was naturally quick, irritable, rash, and violent; but, by taking care of the sick, and especially of mentally deranged(疯狂的) people, he so completely mastered himself that he was never known to be thrown off his guard.
There is no misery so constant, so upsetting, and so intolerable to others, as that of having a character which is your master. There are corners at every turn in life, against which we may run, and at which we may break out in impatience, if we choose.
Look at Roger Sherman, who rose from a humble occupation to a seat in the first Congress of the United States, and whose judgment was received with great respect by that body of distinguished men. He made himself master of his temper and cultivated it as a great business in life. There are one or two instances which show this part of his character in a light that is beautiful.
One day, after having received his highest honors, he was sitting and reading in his sitting room. A student, in a room close by, held a lookingglass in such a position as to pour the reflected rays of the sun directly in Mr Sherman's face. He moved his chair, and the thing was repeated. A third time the chair was moved, but the lookingglass still reflected the sun in his eyes. He laid aside his book, went to the window, and many witnesses of the rude behavior expected to see the ungentlemanly student severely punished. He raised the window gently, and then—shut the window blind!
I can not help providing another instance of the power he had acquired over himself. He was naturally possessed of strong passions, but over these he at length obtained an extraordinary control. He became habitually calm and selfpossessed. Mr Sherman was one of those men who are not ashamed to maintain the forms of religion in their families. One morning he called them all together as usual to lead them in prayer to God. The “old family Bible” was brought out and laid on the table.
Mr Sherman took his seat and placed beside him one of his children, a child of his old age. The rest of the family were seated around the room, several of whom were now grownups. Besides these, some of the tutors of the college were boarders in the family and were present at the time. His aged mother occupied a corner of the room, opposite the place where the distinguished Judge sat.
At length, he opened the Bible and began to read. The child who was seated beside him made some little disturbance, upon which Mr Sherman paused and told it to be still. Again he continued but again he had to pause to scold the little offender, whose playful character would scarcely permit it to be still. At this time he gently tapped its ear. The blow, if blow it might be called, caught the attention of his aged mother, who now with some effort rose from the seat and tottered across the room. At length, she reached the chair of Mr Sherman, and in a moment, most unexpectedly to him, she gave him a blow on the ear with all the force she could gather. “There，” said she, “you strike your child, and I will strike mine.”
For a moment, the blood was seen mounting to the face of Mr Sherman. But it was only for a moment and all was calm and mild as usual. He paused; he raised his glasses; he cast his eye upon his mother; again it fell upon the book from which he had been reading. Not a word escaped him; but again he calmly pursued the service, and soon sought in prayer an ability to set an example before his household which should be worthy of their imitation. Such a victory was worth more than the proudest one ever achieved on the field of battle.
1.The following sentence should be put at the beginning of Paragraph ________．The difference in the happiness which is received by the man who governs his temper and that by the man who does not is dramatic（戏剧性的，巨大的）.
A. Two B. Three
C. Four D. Five
2.How is the passage mainly developed?
A. By analyzing reasons. B. By giving examples.
C. By listing arguments. D. By comparing facts.
3.What was Roger Sherman's attitude towards his aged mother?
A. Grateful. B. Skeptical.
C. Tolerant. D. Sympathetic.
4.What can we learn about Roger Sherman?
A. He came from a distinguished family background.
B. He was not good at displaying his true inner feelings.
C. He severely punished a student who didn't behave himself.
D. He was a man conscious of the consequences of his behavior.
5.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?
A. Mr Sherman's face was covered with blood.
B. Mr Sherman was seeking strength in prayer.
C. Mr Sherman was then on the point of exploding.
D. Mr Sherman was ashamed of his mother's rude behavior.
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请阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
You can relax if remembering everything is not your strong suit. Recent research makes the case that being forgetful can be a strength—in fact, selective memory can even be a sign of stronger intelligence.
Traditional research on memory has focused on the advantages of remembering everything. But looking through years of recent memory data, researchers Paul Frankland and Blake Richards of the University of Toronto found that the neurobiology（神经生物学） of forgetting can be just as important to our decisionmaking as what our minds choose to remember.
“The goal of memory is not the transmission of information through time. Rather, the goal of memory is to help improve decisionmaking. As such, transience(转瞬即逝) is as important as persistence in memory systems，” their study in Neuron states.
Making intelligent decisions does not mean you need to have all the information at hand, it just means you need to hold onto the most valuable information. And that means clearing up space in your memory palace for the most uptodate information on situations. Our brains do this by generating new neurons(神经元) in our hippocampus(海马体), which have the power to overwrite existing memories that are influencing our decisionmaking.
“If you're trying to deal with the situation and your brain is constantly bringing up multiple conflicting memories, that makes it harder for you to make a wise decision，” Richards told Science Daily.
If you want to increase the number of new neurons in your brain's learning region, try exercising. Moderate aerobic exercise like jogging, power walking, and swimming have been found to increase the number of neurons making important connections in our brains.
When we forget the names of certain clients and details about old jobs, our brain is making a choice that these details do not matter. Although too much forgetfulness can be a cause for concern, the occasional lost detail can be a sign of a perfectly healthy memory system. The researchers found that our brains facilitate decisionmaking by stopping us from focusing too much on minor past details. Instead, the brain promotes generalization, helping us remember the most important gist of a conversation.
“One of the things that distinguishes an environment where you're going to want to remember stuff versus an environment where you want to forget stuff is this question of how consistent the environment is and how likely things are to come back into your life，” Richards said.
If you're an analyst who meets with a client weekly, your brain will recognize that this is a client whose name and story you need to remember. If this is someone you may never meet again, your brain will weigh that information accordingly.
These findings show us that total recall can be overrated. Our brains are working smarter when they aim to remember the right stories, not every story.
Title：Being Forgetful Might Actually Mean You're 1.
| Introduction | Recent research proves that being forgetful can be a strength, for forgetting and selective memory are of 2.importance in our decisionmaking. | |
| The goal of memory | People take advantage of memory to make good decisions rather than 3. information. | |
| 4. of being forgetful | It helps us forget outdated information. | ●Making wise decisions involves the existing memories making 5.for the latest information. ●Meanwhile, too much contradictory information in memory can do harm to our decisionmaking. ●Exercising helps increase neurons, contributing to our 6. decisionmaking. |
| It helps us see the big 7.． | ●After 8.the information it gets, the brain chooses to focus on the key points, occasionally forgetting unimportant past details. ●Whether to remember or forget particular stuff is 9.by the degree of the consistency of the environment and the 10. of things reappearing later in life. | |
| Conclusion | Our brains are working smarter when aiming to remember the right stories, not every story. |
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1.He is a bit fat, so he is very s__________ about his weight.
2.I made the a__________ of him at my friend’s wedding party.
3.His poems are a__________ in his feelings towards life.
4.It is __________ (残忍的) of him to beat his boy like that.
5.John isn’t an __________（擅长运动的）boy; he is better at reading than doing sports.
6.The driver is under a__________ for drunken driving and will have to stay in prison for 10 days.
7.The government should take some effective m__________ to deal with the transportation problem in the city as soon as possible.
8.She has had a number of different jobs, r__________ from salesgirl to chef (厨师长).
9.Of all the __________ (顾问), only John could give us some meaningful opinions.
10.Many small ___________ (冲突) between tribes finally turned into a big war between Libya and the NATO.
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1.Since 2010, much new and high technology has been introduced from abroad, _________（result）in great increase in production.
2.Listen! The song which __________（sing) is very popular with Chinese students nowadays.
3.I’m afraid I’ll have to work extra hours for there’re still many problems remaining _________ （solve）.
4.The apples __________（taste）good were soon sold out when they were taken to the market.
5.The team, ______(attempt) to climb the world’s second tallest mountain twice, finally decided to give up.
6.Difficult as the sales decline is _______ ( control ), we’re optimistic about an immediate improvement under the new regulating policy.
7.I remembered _____________（lock） the door before l left the office , but forgot to turn off
the lights .
8.---- What will the professor talk about in the next lecture?
---- In the _____________ (follow) lecture, the professor will tell us something about GM food.
9._____________(wear) out after climbing the mountains, they had to take a good rest.
10.They all appreciated _____________ (give) the opportunity to go abroad for further study.
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Editor’s note: China is the top country of origin for international students in the US, with more than 274,000 Chinese students reportedly accounting for 31percent of all international students at US universities. Many Chinese parents save up a lot of money for their children to pursue an overseas education. Is it worth spending big to study abroad. You are welcome to leave your comments.
Arsa (Russia): I went to study abroad when I was 17. First year was a total waste as I met plenty of Russian students in my collage and we spent most of our time shopping and hanging out at cafes. It wasn’'t until two years later that I realized that my English hadn't improved. I changed my mindset entirely and started studying hard. I ended up staying in UK for 10 years, which opened a lot of doors and introduced me to great people, so I’m all for studying abroad.
Truth (US): There is an assumption that American education is the best in the word, so Chinese parents are pushing their kids to American collages. And some are even sending their children overseas at junior or high school level. I often think this is a mistake as the education a Chinese child gets in a foreign country is very different from what they are used to and they often struggle. Some students have trouble understanding their lecturers and their assignments keep coming back with poor scores.
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