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Each year the Pritzker Architecture Prize (普立兹克建筑奖) goes to a star designer with a long list of attractive buildings around the world. This year’s winner is a little different.
Shigeru Ban has designed museums, homes and concert halls. But Ban is best known for a more simple kind of work: the temporary (暂时的) buildings for people who became homeless after disasters.
Ban may be the only designer in the world who makes buildings out of paper — cardboard paper tubes (管). Ban actually tested the strength of cardboard tubes, and said he was surprised by what he had discovered. He has used them to build temporary buildings in Japan, Haiti, China and elsewhere.
“After a disaster, the building material is going to be more expensive,” Ban explains. “But the paper tube is actually not a building material. It is cheap and plentiful. We can get the material easily anywhere. And unlike costs for traditional building materials, the price of paper tubes doesn’t jump after an earthquake or flood. The tubes are also lightweight, so you don’t need heavy machines to work with
them.”
Ban started using cardboard paper tubes in the 1980s. At that time he had just graduated from the architecture school, and he was looking for a cheap substitute for wood. So he started reusing the paper cardboard tubes that were left over from rolls of paper in his office.
Ban was born in Tokyo and studied architecture in the U.S. before moving back to Japan to start his practice. Some of Ban’s temporary buildings have become permanent (永久的), like the paper church he built after the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan.
1.The author uses the first paragraph to .
A. raise an argument B. give an introduction
C. give an example D. offer a description
2.What is special about Shigeru Ban?
A. He failed to get this year’s architecture prize.
B. He graduated from the best architecture school in the U.S.
C. He is good at building houses for homeless people.
D. He builds special houses for special groups of people.
3.Why did Shigeru Ban choose cardboard paper tubes?
A. Because they are cheap and easy to take away.
B. Because they are strong and last for a long time.
C. Because they are plentiful and look very beautiful.
D. Because they are common and hard to break.
4.What does the underlined word “substitute” probably refer to?
A. A new way of building houses by using wood.
B. A new method of producing cardboard paper tubes.
C. A new kind of building material to take the place of wood.
D. A new machine to produce a new kind of building material.
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He goes to the gymnasium for physical training________day.
A. every each B. every one C. each other D. every other
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Tu Youyou, an 84-year-old female scientist, became the first Chinese to win a Nobel Prize in science on Oct 5. Before that, she ever won the 2011 Lasker Award for finding out artemisinin (Qinghaosu), which saved millions of lives. She was thankful for the Lasker prize, but said, “It is just a scientist’ duty. I will go on fighting for the health of all humans.”
Tu kept her work in the 1960s and 1970s. In that age, Malaria could took away people’s health. Scientists all over the world had already tried over 240 000 times but failed. Tu Youyou, a member of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, began to study Chinese herbs.
Before 2011, people didn’t know Tu very much. Many friends played jokes with her “the Professor of Three None's” : no degree, no study experience abroad, not a member of any Chinese national colleges. But she is hard-working. She read a lot of traditional Chinese medicine books and did a lot of researches on the disease.
In February, 2012, Tu was named National Outstanding Females (One of the Ten) Tu is now a model of Chinese medical workers.
1.Artemisinin is used to ________.
A. make medicine B. make food
C. get award D. do the experiment
2. In the 1960s and 1970s ____ could find ways to stop the Malaria.
A. Scientists in China
B. no scientist
C. Scientists all over the world
D. only Tu Youyou
3.Tu Youyou became very famous ____________.
A. in the 1960s B. in 1970
C. before 2011 D. after 2012
4.From Tu Youyou’s story, we know that she is a ___________ woman.
A. friendly B. kind
C. clever D. hard-working
5.The underlined word in paragraph2 probably means a kind of _____
A. herb B. medicine
C. disease D. virus
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Tu Youyou, an 84-year-old female（女性）scientist, became the first Chinese to win a Nobel Prize in science on Oct 5. Before that, she ever won the 2011 Lasker Award for finding out artemisinin (Qinghaosu), which saved millions of lives. She was grateful（感激的）for the Lasker prize, but said, “It is just a scientist’ duty. I will go on fighting for the health of all humans.”
Tu kept her work in the 1960s and 1970s. In that age, Malaria (疟疾) could took away people’s health. Scientists all over the world had already tried over 240, 000 times but failed. Tu Youyou, a member of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, began to study Chinese herbs.
Before 2011, people didn’t know Tu very much. Many friends played jokes with her “the Professor of Three None's” : no degree（学位）, no study experience abroad, not a member of any Chinese national colleges. But she is hard-working. She read a lot of traditional Chinese medicine books and did a lot of researches on the disease.
In February, 2012, Tu was named National Outstanding Females (One of the Ten) Tu is now a model of Chinese medical workers.
1.Artemisinin is used to ________.
A. make medicine B. make food
C. get award D. do the experiment
2.In the 1960s and 1970s ________ could find ways to stop the Malaria.
A. Scientists in China B. only Tu Youyou
C. Scientists all over the world D. no scientist
3.Tu Youyou became very famous ____________.
A. in the 1960s B. in 1970
C. before 2011 D. after 2012
4.From Tu Youyou’s story, we know that she is a ___________ woman.
A. friendly B. kind C. clever D. hard-working
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The poor woman goes to ______prison once a year to see her husband who is in______prison.
| A．a; the | B．the; the | C．the; 不填 | D．不填; 不填 |
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Every year, many competitors from famous university come to the Thames to compete ________ each other ________ boating.
A．for; against B．against; with C．with; in D．in; with
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I took the bus to work for many years. No one knew each other; the passengers all sat there sleepily in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent.
One of the passengers was a small gray-haired man who took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. No one ever paid very much attention to him.
One July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled. The driver nodded guardedly(戒备地). The rest of us were silent.
The next day, the old man boarded with a big smile and said in a loud voice: “A very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “Good Morning” in reply.
The following weeks, our friend was dressed in a nice old suit and tie. His thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other.
One morning he even had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver turned around smiling and asked: “Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?” We never got to know if his name really was “Charlie”, but he nodded shyly and said yes. The other passengers whistled and clapped at him. Charlie waved the flowers before he sat down on his seat.
Every morning after that Charlie always brought flowers. Some passengers also brought flowers for him. The bus became a happy place.
Then, one morning, as autumn was closing in, Charlie wasn’t waiting at his usual stop. When he wasn’t there the next day and the day after that, we started wondering if he was sick or—hopefully – on holiday somewhere.
When we came nearer to the center for senior citizens, one of the passengers asked the driver to wait. We all held our breaths when he went to the door.
The old gentle man was fine, but one of his close friends had died over the weekend. How silent we were the rest of the way to work.
The next Monday Charlie was waiting at the stop, stooping (弯腰) a bit more, a little bit more gray, and without a tie. Inside the bus was silent. Even though no one had talked about it, all of us sat there silently, our eyes filled with tears and a bunch of wild flowers in our hands.
1. From the passage, we can infer that .
A. people always cared about each other on the bus
B. people were unhappy and sleepy on the bus because they were tired
C. smiles can shorten the distance between people
D. people are not good at communicating in the country
2. What are we sure about the old man?
A. His name was Charlie.
B. He worked at the center for senior citizens.
C. He got sick over the weekend.
D. He was in great sorrow when we saw him the next Monday.
3.Which of the following is not true?
A. The atmosphere on the bus was cheerful and lively at first.
B. People were surprised at the old man’s first greeting.
C. People were worried about the old man’s absence.
D. People on the bus at last shared happiness and sorrow together.
4.Which would be the best title for the passage？
A. How to Shorten the Distance between People
B. Smiles Make a Bus Feel Like Home
C. Charlie, A Smiling Gentle Man
D. The Key to Friendship — Communication
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I took the bus to work for many years. No one knew each other; the passengers all sat there sleepily in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent.
One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. No one ever paid very much attention to him. One July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were silent.
The next day, the old man boarded with a big smile and said in a loud voice, “A very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “ good morning” in reply.
The following weeks, our friend was dressed in a nice old suit and tie. The thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other.
One morning he even had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver turned around smilingly and asked, “Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?” We never got to know if his name really was “Charlie”, but he nodded shyly and said yes. The other passengers whistled and clapped at him. Charlie waved the flowers before he sat down on his seat.
Every morning after that Charlie always brought flowers. Some passengers also brought flowers for him. The bus became a happy place.
Then, one morning, as autumn was closing in, Charlie wasn’t waiting at his usual stop. When he wasn’t there the next day and the day after that, we started wondering if he was sick or hopefully---on holiday somewhere. When we came nearer to the center for senior citizens, one of the passengers even asked the driver to wait.
We all held our breaths when he went to the door. The old gentleman was fine, but one of his close friends had died over the weekend. How silent we were the rest of the way to work.
The next Monday Charlie was waiting at the stop, and without a tie. Inside the bus was silent.
1. The story is mainly developed by ______.
A. time B. logic C. comparison D. cause and result
2. Greeted with “good morning” from the old man, people aboard the bus at first _____.
A. felt tired and sleepy and didn’t want to talk B. greeted him back loudly and politely
C. guarded against the conversation from strangers D. felt surprised and became angry with him.
3. When the passengers found the old man was not waiting at the bus stop as usual, they did NOT _____.
A. buy flowers and wait for him to come B. feel anxious and worried about him
C. miss him and expect to see him D. hope he was going on holiday rather than falling ill
4. It can be inferred from the text that _____.
A. the driver didn’t like the old man at first B. people usually wear a tie when they are happy
C. passengers brought flowers to express gratitude（感激） to the old man
D. the old man had a great influence on the passengers’ emotion
5.The purpose of the passage is to _____.
A. introduce the old gentleman and praise his good deeds
B. persuade us to become friendly and considerate to people around
C. tell us to keep silent when somebody passes away
D. criticize those who remain silent when they are greeted
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About 18,000 refugees (难民) from Burma have come to the United States each year since 2007. Some have settled in Howard County, Maryland between Baltimore and Washington. A local school began teaching English to the children of the refugees. But while the children learned the language, their parents did not. That made communication with teachers arduous.
At present, almost fifty children from Burma attend Bollman Bridge Elementary School. Laurel Conran is a teacher there. She said, “The main idea is the global idea.” She teaches English to speakers of other languages. One of her students is Tha Neih Ciang. Another student is Tha Neih’s mother, Tin Iang. Ms. Conran practices English with Tin Iang at the mother’s workplace. Many refugees from Burma work at Coastal Sunbelt Produce, a supplier of fruits and vegetables to restaurants and other businesses.
Laurel Conran started classes at the company to help refugees from Burma learn English. Laurel Conran said, “The program is a six-week session. It’s once a week, on every Wednesday, from twelve to one o’clock. So every Wednesday I go to Coastal Sunbelt.” As the workers eat lunch, they also practice their new language skills.
Lisa Chertok has a child at Bollman Bridge. She is also a manager at Coastal Sunbelt. She helped Ms. Conran develop the lessons, which she says have really helped. Lisa Chertok said, “Well, when the Burmese employees got here, they were very, very shy. Now I find that they are more outspoken than before. They’re more communicative. As parents, they are also more involved in their children’s school.”
Jonathan Davis is the headmaster of Bollman Bridge Elementary School. Mr. Davis hopes the lessons will help these parents feel better about communicating with the school. He said, “Even as simple as making a phone call to say that their son or daughter is sick, even if that’s the amount of English that they have got from the program, that truly will help us.”
1.What does the underlined word “arduous” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. Interesting. B. Necessary.
C. Difficult. D. Surprising.
2.When the refugees from Burma first arrived in Howard County, .
A. neither the children nor the parents could speak English
B. the parents liked communicating with the teachers
C. the parents could help their children speak English
D. the children could speak very good English
3.What can we learn about Laurel Conran from the passage?
A. She mainly teaches English to the local children in a school.
B. She worked at Coastal Sunbelt Produce before being a teacher.
C. She teaches not only English but also other languages.
D. She often goes to the refugees’ company to teach them English.
4.Jonathan Davis hopes that the lessons will .
A. totally change the difficult life of the refugees
B. help the parents communicate better with the school
C. help the parents get along better with their children
D. encourage more refugees to send their children to the school
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A scientist turns out to be able to see the future by offering each of some four-year-olds a piece of candy and watching how he or she deals with it. Some children reach eagerly for the treat they see. Some last a few minutes before they give in. But others are determined to wait until the last moment. By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened. A survey found that those who as four-year-olds had enough self-control to hold out generally grew up to be more popular, adventurous, confident and dependable. The children who gave in to temptation(诱惑) early on were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated(沮丧)and inflexible(固守己见的). Actually, the ability to delay reward is a sign of emotional intelligence which doesn't show up on an IQ test.
The hardware of the brain and the software of the mind have long been scientists' concerns. But brain theory can't explain what we wonder about most, like the question why some people remain upbeat in the face of troubles that would sink a less resistant soul. Here comes the theory of Daniel Goleman, writer of Emotional Intelligence: when it comes to predicting people's success, brain ability as measured by IQ may actually matter less than the qualities of mind once thought of as "character".
EQ is not the opposite of IQ. What researchers have been trying to understand is how they work together; how one's ability to handle stress, for instance, affects the ability to concentrate and put intelligence to use. Among the ingredients(要素) for success, researchers now generally agree that IQ counts for about 20%; the rest depends on everything from social class to luck.
While many researchers in this relatively new field are glad to see emotional issues finally taken seriously, some few fear EQ invites misuse.
1.Which of the following is true of EQ and IQ according to the text?
A. The higher a person's EQ is, the higher his or her IQ is.
B. The higher a person's IQ is, the higher his or her EQ is.
C. Some people can be blessed with lots of both, but some with little of either.
D. Scientists have already discovered the way in which EQ and IQ work together.
2.The underlined word "upbeat" in Paragraph 2 probably means _____.
A. kind B. optimistic C. excited D. floating
3.Why does the author mention the experiment at the beginning of the text?
A. To introduce the topic of the text.
B. To prove the scientist's wisdom.
C. To amuse both the children and readers.
D. To show us how to do an IQ test.
4.What is most likely to be written in the paragraph that follows?
A. Information about famous people with high EQ.
B. Examples showing the opposite voice about EQ.
C. Some reasons why EQ is a relatively new field.
D. Strong demand for basic emotional education.
them.”