Since ______ to the world, the dance “Gangnam...

Since ______ to the world, the dance “GangnamStyle” has caused a release of a certain feeling.

A．introduced        B．introducing        C．being introduced    D．to be introduced

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Barack Obama became US President in January, 2009. Since then, the world has been watching him closely to see whether he keeps his promises about the economy(经济), foreign policy and health care.

But at home, he has also been under pressure from his two daughters to keep his promise: to give them a new dog as a gift for helping him with his election campaign(竞选活动).

On Tuesday the nation’s first dog, named Bo, came out. It is a six-month-old water dog which is black with a white chest and white paws(爪).

“Bo’s got star quality,” said President Obama as he and his family took a walk with the dog on the White House lawn(草坪) in front of reporters.

He then joked, “ I finally got a friend. It took some time,” mentioning a famous saying, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”

1.Barack Obama is ______ President now.

A．French           B．British            C．Russian           D．American

2.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．The dog is called Bo.                     B．The dog is six month old.

C．The dog is black and white.                D．The dog is all white.

3.The dog is Obama’s gift to ______.

A．the reporters      B．his wife           C．his daughters       D．his sons

4.What might the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?

A．It’s not easy to find a dog in Washington.

B．It’s not easy to find a friend in Washington.

C．Dogs aren’t friendly to man.

D．Man isn’t friendly to dogs.

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The Internet is a growing new world that has been developing ever since it was created many years ago. The only reason Internet sales are not taxed (征税) is because we did not know the Internet would be used to sell products when it was created. Internet sales are no different than going into the store to buy the exact same product except for the fact that Internet sales are not taxed.

When buying online, people cannot see and touch the product the same way they could in a store. To fix this, customers are going into the store to see the product. Then if they like the product, they buy it online to save money on the sales tax. This is a form of tax evasion (逃税) if you ask me!

Everyone has to pay the tax in the store so they should have to pay taxes online as well. Also, the added money brought in through Internet taxing could help the government to fund (为……拨款) certain policies and other things that they could not do without the added funds. This could go toward the country’s schools or other things necessary for society to function well. These funds could be extremely beneficial because of the recession (经济衰退) that the country is in at this point. Internet taxing is a way to increase those funds and in turn improve the quality of life for all who live in that country.

In conclusion, there are many more positives than negatives in the argument over taxing Internet sales. I do understand that I may have to pay more if I want to buy something online, but the funds stay within my society and help my country. The added cost may hurt me at first but in the end, the funds will help me and others in our country.

1.The text mainly discusses _____.

A.whether it is a good way to buy things online.

B.whether Internet sales should be taxed.

C.why people love to buy things online.

D.why Internet sales are not taxed.

2.Internet sales are not taxed because _____.

A.selling online was unexpected. B.they are different from store sales.

C.people don’t know how to tax them. D.many people are against taxing them.

3.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A.Online shoppers find it difficult to buy satisfactory goods.

B.Customers get better products at a lower price online.

C.Problems related to online shopping are hard to fix.

D.Online shoppers probably try to avoid paying tax.

4.According to the author, taxing Internet sales _____.

A.is good for all people. B.can help the country out of the recession.

C.can help improve the quality of products. D.is beneficial to the development of Internet.

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The population of Africa is ________ so rapidly as to cause concern of the whole world.

A. expanding         B. circulating         C. exporting        D. spreading

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Every year, major storms cause many problems around the world. There is nothing people can do to stop these powerful forces of nature. But new techniques are helping scientists to predict how, when, and where big storms will happen. The more exact scientists’ warnings are, the better people can prepare for the storms.

Predictions are improving. “We’re gotten better over the years, especially the last few years,” says Phil Klotzbach, a scientist at an American university. How is a storm formed? Even if scientists know where a storm will happen, winds can suddenly change, carrying the storm to a new direction. “For a hurricane to happen, conditions have to be just right, ” Klotzbach says.

First, the ocean water needs to be warm enough so that it evaporates and rises into the air. As it rises, the vapor（水蒸气）cools and turns back into liquid. This process gives off heat. This produces energy like an engine that causes winds to increase. It drives the formation of a hurricane.

If wind speeds reach 40 miles per hour, the system is called a “tropical storm”, and it gets a name. At 75 miles per hour, it becomes a hurricane.

Hurricanes that hit the US start when a thunderstorm forms off the coast of Africa. Storms also develop over tropical waters in other parts of the world.

On average, 60 or 70 storms form off Africa every year. About 10 of them get names. There are usually about six hurricanes. Two tend to be very big, with winds of 115 miles per hour or higher.

The hurricane season lasts from June to November. Ninety percent of all hurricanes hit in August, September, and October.

1. According to the passage, hurricanes usually ________.

A. form off the coast of Africa and America

B. travel at 40 miles per hour and get its name

C. cause sea winds to rise and blow over the sea

D. hit parts of the world in summer and autumn

2. The underlined word “evaporates” (in Paragraph 5) probably means “________”.

A. begins to move  B. gets lost    C. becomes hot       D. changes into gas

3. Which of the following about the information of a hurricane is the correct order?

a. The ocean water evaporates and goes into the air.

b. Heat creates energy and causes winds to increase.

c. The vapor cools.

d. The ocean water is warm enough.

e. The vapor changes back into liquid.

f. This course gives out heat.

A. a, d, e, b, c, f     B. a, b, c, f, d, e  C. d, a, c, e, f, b    D. d, a, b, c, e, f

4. According to the passage, the speed of the biggest two hurricanes reaches ______.

A.115 miles per hour                 B.110 miles per hour

C.75 miles per hour                  D.95 miles per hour

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The population of Africa is __________ so rapidly as to cause great concern of the whole world.

A. expanding          B. stretching          C. extending                     D. spreading

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The disease malaria(疟疾) has caused trouble to mankind throughout history. In the 1860s as the drug called chloroquine began to lose its effectiveness, malaria began to appear again in Southeast Asia. Every country in the world then poured huge amounts of human resources into discovering another anti-malaria drug In 1964, China put forward the plan to seek a breakthrough from among traditional Chinese medicinal drugs. There was no great discovery until 1981. When Chinese scientist Tu Youyou gave a speech titled" Chemical Research into Artemisinin(青蒿素)”. at an international conference of the WHO. The speech was regarded as a lifeline for malaria sufferers.

Tu Youyou graduated from the Medical College of Peking University. In 1969, just as the research into treating malaria had reached dead end, the 39 year-old Tu, in order to overcome this terrible problem, took on the job as head of a research team into this problem. The first thing Tu did was interview experienced doctors of Chinese medicine. Then she and her colleagues conducted various kinds of experiments on hundreds of kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs, including artemisinin. However, the results were disappointing: even those involving artemisinin, which had been universally well regarded, were less than satisfactory.

But later, when Tu found a relevant passage written by Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420), it occurred to her that high temperatures destroy artemisinin's effectiveness: it needs a low temperature to work properly. The discovery pointed to a brand-new direction for Tu and her research team. Finally, in 1972, an extract(# R40) of it was found to be one hundred percent effective against the disease!

In 2000 the WHO announced artemisinin was a leading anti-malarial drug, and promoted it worldwide. So far, it has been playing a great role in the battle against malaria. Beginning at the age of 39, Tu devoted her fife-te-her reseach. In 2015, at the age of 85 and as the first Chinese scientist, she received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. How did Tu manage to accomplish such a great achievement? You probably have the answer to that already.

1.What can be learnt about “chloroquine”from paragraph1?

A.It contributed to Tu’s great discovery.

B.It was discovered by experts in Southeast Asia.

C.It was a breakthrough out of Chinese medicine.

D.It used to be effective against the disease of malaria.

2.What did Tu Youyou do after reading a passage by Ge Hong?

A.She interviewed doctors to collect their experience.

B.She attempted to heat the extract at a low temperature.

C.She made necessary adjustments in each stage of her research.

D.She expanded access to the anti-malarial drug around the world.

3.Which of the following can best summarize the main reason for Tu's success?

A.You reap what you sow.

B.Actions speak louder than words.

C.Don't claim to know what you don’t know.

D.Live and learn through your mistakes or experience.

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Since Shanghai won the right to host the World Expo, over half a million people have volunteered to ___________in all the Shanghai Expo projects .

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The accident that happened at an oilfield           the southeast coast of the USA has caused great damage to the environment.

A. away         B. from             C. beyond           D. off

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In the United States, 30%of the grown-up population has a “weight problem”. To many people, the cause is clear: we eat too much. But scientific experiments do little to support this idea. Going back to the America of 1910, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically, walked more, used machines much less, and didn’t watch TV.

Several modern studies, besides, have shown that fatter people do not eat more on average than thinner people. In fact, some research work, such as the 1979 study of 3,545 London office workers, reports that fat people eat less than thinner people on average. Studies show that thin people are more active than fat people. A study by the research group at Standford University School of Medicine found the following fact: the more the man ran, the greater body fat he lost. The more he ran, the greater was his need for food. Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of body fat.

1. What kind of physical problem do many grown-up Americans have?

A. They are too thin.               B. They work too hard.

C. They are too fat.                D. They lose too much body fat.

2. Based on the information given this article, suppose there are 500 grown-up Americans, about how many of them have a weight problem?

A. 30     B. 50        C. 100       D. 150

3. Are there scientific facts to support that eating too much is the cause of the “weight problem”?

A. Yes, there are plenty of them.

B. Of course, there are facts to show this is true.

C. There are hardly any scientific facts to support this.

D. We don’t know because the information is not given.

4. Compared with the grown-up Americans today, the Americans of 1910______.

A. ate more food and had more physical activities

B. ate less food but had more activities

C. ate less food and had less physical activities

D. had more weight problems

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