Glenda and Raphael Savitz moved to Newton in 2016.They found themselves welcomed into the neighbourhood with truly open arms. Three months later, they gave birth to Samantha. Unluckily, she was born entirely deaf.The neighbourhood was still excited to welcome little Samantha,of course,but they were worried about her parents.
The neighbours wanted to do something to make things easier for the family.All the neighbourhood agreed to take on the responsibility of learning an entirely second language all for their youngest member. Samantha would grow up learning to "speak" American Sign Language, so her friends and neighbours would learn to speak it right along with her. The group of 18 residents employed a sign language teacher and the whole neighbourhood except Glenda and Raphael Savitz began to learn American Sign Language in a neighbour's big living room.They believed people everywhere wished to have a community with something positive around and Samantha was bringing about.a reason for them to get together.
The neighbours went on learning hard and kept things secret for as long as possible.They wanted thirstily to communicate with the little girl. Finally,t he time had come to show Raphael,Glenda,and Samantha what they had done.The family found themselves deeply moved by the welcoming signs of their friends and neighbours. Glenda recalled it as one of the most affecting experiences she'd ever felt.A present for Samantha would have made her grateful,and this was so much more.Now after neighbours say hello to her parents,they bend down to greet three-year-old Samantha with sign language.At every turn, in the street,the grocery store, or by the canal, Samantha feels included.
1.Which of the following can best describe the neighbourhood?
A.Warm. B.Tolerant.
C.Prejudiced. D.Generous.
2.What did the neighbours think of Samantha?
A.She forced her parents to struggle hard.
B.She set up an example for other children.
C.She caused the situation of her family's poverty.
D.She was an affectional bond of the neighbourhood.
3.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Neighborhood Welcomes A Newborn Baby With Sign Language
B.Neighborhood Learns Sign Language To Communicate With New Family
C.Neighborhood Takes The Newborn Deaf Baby As Sign Language Teacher
D.Neighborhood Learns Sign Language To Comfort Unfortunate New Parents.
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Glenda and Raphael Savitz moved to Newton in 2016.They found themselves welcomed into the neighbourhood with truly open arms. Three months later, they gave birth to Samantha. Unluckily, she was born entirely deaf.The neighbourhood was still excited to welcome little Samantha,of course,but they were worried about her parents.
The neighbours wanted to do something to make things easier for the family.All the neighbourhood agreed to take on the responsibility of learning an entirely second language all for their youngest member. Samantha would grow up learning to "speak" American Sign Language, so her friends and neighbours would learn to speak it right along with her. The group of 18 residents employed a sign language teacher and the whole neighbourhood except Glenda and Raphael Savitz began to learn American Sign Language in a neighbour's big living room.They believed people everywhere wished to have a community with something positive around and Samantha was bringing about.a reason for them to get together.
The neighbours went on learning hard and kept things secret for as long as possible.They wanted thirstily to communicate with the little girl. Finally,t he time had come to show Raphael,Glenda,and Samantha what they had done.The family found themselves deeply moved by the welcoming signs of their friends and neighbours. Glenda recalled it as one of the most affecting experiences she'd ever felt.A present for Samantha would have made her grateful,and this was so much more.Now after neighbours say hello to her parents,they bend down to greet three-year-old Samantha with sign language.At every turn, in the street,the grocery store, or by the canal, Samantha feels included.
1.Which of the following can best describe the neighbourhood?
A.Warm. B.Tolerant.
C.Prejudiced. D.Generous.
2.What did the neighbours think of Samantha?
A.She forced her parents to struggle hard.
B.She set up an example for other children.
C.She caused the situation of her family's poverty.
D.She was an affectional bond of the neighbourhood.
3.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Neighborhood Welcomes A Newborn Baby With Sign Language
B.Neighborhood Learns Sign Language To Communicate With New Family
C.Neighborhood Takes The Newborn Deaf Baby As Sign Language Teacher
D.Neighborhood Learns Sign Language To Comfort Unfortunate New Parents.
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The soldiers had just moved to the desert, and as they had never been in such a place before, they had a lot to learn.
As there were no trees or buildings in the desert, it was, of course, very hard to hide their trucks from enemy planes. The soldiers were, therefore, given training in camouflage. They were shown how to paint their trucks in irregular patterns with pale green, yellow, and brown paints, and then to cover them with nets to which they had tied small pieces of cloth.
The driver of the biggest truck had a lot of trouble camouflaging it. He spent several hours painting it, preparing a net and searching for some heavy rocks with which to hold the net down. When it was all finished, he went for lunch.
When he came back from his meal, he was surprised and worried to see that his camouflage was completely spoilt by the truck’s shadow, which was growing longer and longer as the afternoon advanced. He stood looking at it, not knowing what to do.
Soon an officer arrived, and he, too, saw the shadow, of course.
“Well,” he shouted to the poor driver, “What are you going to do about it? If an enemy plane comes over, the pilot will at once know that there is a truck there.”
“I know, sir,” answered the soldier.
“Well, don’t just stand there doing nothing!” said the officer.
“What shall I do, sir?” asked the poor driver.
“Get your spade and throw some sand over the shadow, of course!” answered the officer.
1.From this passage you can know ________.
A.there were a lot of trees where the soldiers were stationed |
B.the soldiers were staying in an area far from the enemy planes |
C.the soldiers knew nothing about desert |
D.the soldiers had lived in desert before |
2. Which of the following is right?
A.The nets with which they covered their trucks were made of small pieces of cloth. |
B.The soldiers tied small pieces of cloth to the nets with which they covered their trucks. |
C.The nets covering the trucks were painted pale green, yellow and brown. |
D.The trucks were tied to the nets with small pieces of cloth. |
3.The soldier was surprised and worried because ________.
A.his truck had cast a shadow in the sun and the enemy plane would find it. |
B.the shadow of his truck was growing longer at noon |
C.it was late in the afternoon, and he could not get rid of the shadow |
D.his newly-painted truck was in the shadow |
4. What do you think of the ending of the story?
A.It is quite reasonable that the officer ordered the soldier to cover the shadow with sand. |
B.We’ll laugh at the officer’s order because it is where the humor lies. |
C.Though the officer’s order sounded wise, the soldier couldn’t cover the shadow. |
D.The soldier managed to cover the shadow with sand |
5.What do you think of the ending of the story?
A.It is quite reasonable that the officer ordered the soldier to cover the shadow with sand. |
B.We’ll laugh at the officer’s order because it is where the humor lies. |
C.Though the officer’s order sounded wise, the soldier couldn’t cover the shadow. |
D.The soldier managed to cover the shadow with sand |
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Michael was a farmer in Texas.His parents moved to the USA from Ireland in the 1940’s, and they became very rich.Michael decided to go back to Ireland to meet his old grandfather, who was still living on the same farm.
Michael booked his ticket,flew to Shannon airport,hired a car and drove to the small village where his parents had been born.He asked for directions to the Ohagan farm,and in the end he drove up a bumpy path.He was shocked by what he saw:a small field,and in the middle of it was an old house,which looked as if it was falling down.Animals were wandering in and out of the front door,and on the porch an old man was smoking a pipe.
“Are you Mr. Ohagan?”asked Michael。
“Yes,”replied the old mall.
“I'm your grandson,Michael,”said Michael.
“A--ha,”replied the old man.
“Is this your farm?”asked Michael.
“Yes,all the way to the wall over there,”said the old man.
Michael was astonished.“Grandfather,”he said,“I have a farm in Texas.I can get into my car and drive all day and I still haven’t reached the end of the farm.”
“Yes,”said his grandfather.“I used to have a car like that.”
1.Michael’s parents _______.
A.still lived in Ireland alone | B.owned a small farm in Texas |
C.returned to their birthplace | D.were Irish immigrants(移民)in America |
2.Which of the following shocked Michael?
A.The farm was small | B.The old house looked like his own. |
C.Living conditions were poor in the fields. | D.Animals were free in the fields. |
3.The old man _______.
A.owned a small farm, which extended only to the wall not far away |
B.had so large a farm that he couldn’t cover it in a day |
C.hadn’t his modern car any longer |
D.used to have as good a car as his grandson’s |
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Michael owned a large farm in Ireland. |
B.Michael’s car was in such poor condition that it couldn’t reach the end of the farm within a day. |
C.Michael’s farm was too large for a car to reach its end in a day. |
D.Michael didn’t know what to say to his grandfather |
5.From“I used to have a car like that”,we can see that________.
A.the old man really had a car like that |
B.the old man knew his son’s farm in the US was quite large |
C.the old man misunderstood what Michael said |
D.the old man wanted to buy a car like that |
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—So David wants to sell the house and move to New York.
— ______. He has found a job there.
A. I agree B. No problem
C. What fun D. Exactly
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—So David wants to sell the house and move to New York.
— ______. He has found a job there.
A. I agree B. No problem C. What fun D. Exactly
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In 2016, a team of Japanese scientists found bacteria capable of breaking down and “eating” one of the world’s most popular plastics-polyethylene terephthalate(PET). It was valued as a potential breakthrough at the time. But a new discovery came as a team of British scientists examined an enzyme(酶) produced by the Japanese bacteria to find out more about its structure. While operating the structure to better understand how it worked, they accidentally created the changed enzyme that’s even more efficient at breaking down plastic bottles.
The researchers are now working to further improve the enzyme so it can be used on an industrial scale. It’s possible that within the next few years there could be an industrially possible process for turning PET into other substances so it can be recycled.
The ability to scale up the process will be important. Plastic pollution is fast becoming one of the biggest environmental issues of our time. More than 1 million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute. Most of these bottles are made from PET,which can take up to00 years to biodegrade(生物降解), and many are left in the oceans. Over half of global PET waste is not collected for recycling and only 7 percent of bottles are recycled into new bottles.
Some scientists say the breakthrough, though promising, is nowhere near enough to solve our pollution crisis. These enzymes are not abundantly present in nature. So you would need to produce the enzyme first, then add it to the PET plastic to degrade it.”This is likely to be a slow process. If you have gone through the trouble of collecting the PET waste, then there are clearly far better ways to recycle it or burn it for energy,” said Wim, head of the Industrial Biotechnology Center. He suggested the use of commercially available biodegradable bioplastics would still be a better bet.
1.What unexpected discovery did the British scientists make?
A. An effective way to deal with plastic waste.
B. A potential solution in collecting PET waste.
C. The way to understand the structure of enzyme better.
D. The real value of the discovery by Japanese scientists.
2.What does the underlined phrase “the process” in Paragraph 3 actually refer to?
A. The process to find the enzyme.
B. The process to make more plastics.
C. The process to reduce the PET waste.
D. The process to produce kind of new PET.
3.What is the problem about recycling the PET waste?
A. Large quantities of plastic bottles are used.
B. Ocean plastic waste is harder to biodegrade
C. Most of the PET waste is left without treatment.
D. Most of the plastic products are made from PET.
4.What can be concluded from the last paragraph?
A. The enzyme does not exist in nature.
B. The enzyme has helped to solve the plastic problems.
C. Burning plastic waste for energy is now the best way to rid it.
D. We have a long way to go to use the enzyme to recycle PET waste.
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Last month, Mr. and Mrs. Walter moved to a small town because they both _________ from work and wanted to _________a peaceful life. After being there _________ a short time, Mrs. Walter complained(抱怨) to her next-door _________. She told him about the poor service _______ she received at the local convenient store. She was hoping the neighbor would repeat her _________to the store owner.
The next day the newcomer went to the store._________ greeted her with a big smile. He told her how _________ he was to see her again, and said he hoped she liked their _________. He also offered himself as a resource to Mrs. Walter and her husband as they got settled. Then he took care of her order________.
Mrs. Walter was very __________. When she got home, she reported the big ________ to her neighbor. “I suppose you told him how poor I thought the __________was,” she guessed.
“Well, no,” the neighbor said, “__________ —and I hope you don’t mind—I told him you were amazed at the way he had __________this small town store, which was no easy job, and that you thought it was one of the __________stores you’d ever seen.”
Mrs. Walter’s neighbor __________ that all people want to be __________. Actually, most people will do nearly anything for you __________you treat them respectfully. That means making it clear to them that their feelings are ________, and their opinions are precious.
1.A. learned B. retired C. came D. recovered
2.A. live B. save C. change D. remember
3.A. of B. on C. at D. for
4.A. sister B. stranger C. newcomer D. neighbor
5.A. where B. that C. what D. how
6.A. happiness B. dissatisfaction C. honesty D. joke
7.A. Mr. Walter B. Mrs. Walter C. The owner D. The neighbor
8.A. happy B. funny C. lucky D. polite
9.A. way B. friend C. order D. town
10.A. quickly B. sadly C. angrily D. easily
11.A. proud B. interested C. surprised D. disappointed
12.A. success B. change C. decision D. idea
13.A. place B. man C. store D. service
14.A. For example B. At least C. In fact D. After all
15.A. paid for B. built up C. found out D. thought about
16.A. best-run B. most modern C. busiest D. cleanest
17.A. understood B. forgot C. pretended D. hoped
18.A. helped B. educated C. respected D. corrected
19.A. until B. unless C. if D. though
20.A. embarrassing B. exciting C. shameful D. important
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Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians had 16 them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After 17 the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves 18 they started the 950-mile journey back.
The journey was unexpectedly 19 and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly 20 . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had21 to mark their way home. To make things 22 , Evans, whom they had all thought of 23 the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having 24 along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.
The four who were 25 pushed on at the best speed they could 26 . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his 27 feet; at night his feet swelled(肿胀) so large that he could 28 put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great 29 . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that 30 could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him 31 a few more miles, until it was time to put up the 32 for another night.
The following morning, 33 the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be 34 some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out 35 into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.
1.A. hit B. fought C. won D. beaten
2. A. growing B. putting C. planting D. laying
3. A. after B. until C. while D. before
4.A. safe B. fast C. short D. slow
5. A. rose B. set C. appeared D. disappeared
6.A. taken up B. cut up C. set up D. picked up
7. A. easier B. better C. bitter D. worse
8.A. to B. upon C. as D. in
9.A. battled B. struggled C. speeded D. waited
10. A. left B. lost C. defeated D. saved
11. A. manage B. try C. employ D. find
12. A. ached B. frozen C. hardened D. harmed
13.A. hardly B. never C. seldom D. nearly
14. A. pain B. fear C. trouble D. danger
15.A. all others B. some others C. others D. the others
16.A. away B. with C. off D. on
17. A. bed B. tent C. blanket D. sleeping-bag
18. A. while B. since C. for D. once
19. A. missed B. separated C. passed D. gone
20.A. patiently B. lonely C. alone D. worriedly
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Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians(挪威人)had 31 them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After 32 the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves 33 they started the 950-mile journey back.
The journey was unexpectedly 34 and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly 35. The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had 36 to mark their way home. To make things 37. Evans, whom they had all thought of 38 the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having 39 along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.
The four who were 40 pushed on at the best speed they could 41. Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his 42 fact; at night his feet swelled(肿胀) so large that he could 43 put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great 44 . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that 45 could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him 46 a few more miles, until it was time to put up the 47 for another night.
The following morning, 48 the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be 49 some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out 50 into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.
1. A.knocked B.fought C.won D.beaten
2. A.growing B.putting C.planting D.laying
3. A.after B.until C.while D.before
4. A.safe B.fast C.short D.slow
5. A.rose B.set C.appeared D.disappeared
6. A.taken up B.cut up C.set up D.picked up
7. A.easier B.better C.bitter D.worse
8. A.to B.upon C.as D.in
9. A.battled B.struggled C.speeded D.waited
10. A.left B.lost C.defeated D.saved
11. A.manage B.try C.employ D.find
12. A.ached B.frozen C.harden D.harmed
13. A.hardly B.never C.seldom D.nearly
14. A.pain B.fear C.trouble D.danger
15. A.all others B.some others C.others D.the others
16. A.away B.with C.off D.on
17. A.bed B.tent C.blanket D.sleeping-bag
18. A.while B.since C.for D.once
19. A.missed B.separated C.passed D.gone
20. A.patiently B.lonely C.alone D.worriedly
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. If plants from one habit were moved to the other type of habit, they changed their appearance and _____ the new environment.
A. adapted B adapted to C. suited to D. fit
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