When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, ...

When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it ____.

A. breaks         B. has broken    C. were broken        D. had been broken

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When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it _______.

A. breaks B. has broken

C. were broken D. had been broken

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When a pencil is partly in water, it looks as if it___________.

A．breaks            B．has broken        C．were broken       D．had been broken

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The waters of the lake were so ________ that it looked like glass .

A. silent    B. calm      C. still       D. quiet

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Digging in the garden, he ___________ a piece of broken pottery that looked as if it might be Roman.

A. came out　　 B. came across

C. came down to　　 D. came up with

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My house is made out of wood, glass and stone. It is also made out of software.

If you come to visit, you'll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN (个人身份号码) to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it's dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights nearest to you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.

Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console(控制台), a small machine that turns things on and off around you.

The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.

I believe that ten years from now, most new homes will have the systems that I've put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I've put in today.

I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, "How will I live without them?"

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. How to develop a new system.

B. The function of the PIN.

C. A home for the future.

D. Easy life in the future.

2.What can’t be done in the writer’s new house according to the passage?

A. Turning on the lights.　　　　　　　　 B. Going swimming.

C. Getting a telephone call.　　　　　 D. Playing music.

3. The writer's new house is different from ordinary ones mainly because _______.

A. it has your favorite music following you

B. you can make a telephone call anywhere

C. the writer is able to change his new idea into practice

D. it has been controlled by computers

4.What is the writer most likely to be according to the passage?

A. An IT expert　　 B. A famous doctor

C. An idealist　　 D. An experienced teacher

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My house is made out of wood, glass and stone. It is also made out of software.

If you come to visit, you'll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN （个人身份号码）to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it's dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights nearest you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.

Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console (控制台), a small machine that turns things on and off around you.

The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.

I believe that ten years from now, most new homes will have the systems that I've put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I've put in today.

I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, "How will I live without them?"

1.What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. How to develop a new system.

B. The function of the PIN.

C. A home for the future.

D. Easy life in the future.

2.What's the purpose when the writer wrote the fourth paragraph?

A. To let readers know why his ideas are new.

B. To let readers know how special his house is.

C. To explain the importance of the PIN and the console.

D. To explain more easily what the functions of the PIN and the console are.

3.The writer's new house is different from ordinary ones mainly because _____.

A. it has been controlled by computers

B. you can make a telephone call anywhere

C. it has your favorite music following you

D. the writer is able to change his new idea into practice

4.What is the writer most likely to be according to the passage?

A. An IT expert.　 　 B. A famous doctor.

C. An idealist　　　　 D. An experienced teacher.

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Forget drinking countless glasses of water or getting your beauty sleep．The secret of looking young is simply to stay out of the sun．

A study of hundreds of women has revealed that those who avoided the sun’s rays looked up to 20 years younger than they actually are. However, other supposed rules for a youthful complexion, from drinking lots of water to sleeping well and exercising regularly, failed to hold back the hands of time.

Only keeping out of the sun, and wearing sunscreen when this wasn’t possible, made a difference, the American Academy of Dermatology’s annual conference will hear today.

The finding comes from a study of 231 women of all ages who were quizzed about their lives, including whether they were sun-loves. When researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in the US guessed how old the women were, they found those who took care in the sun tended to have aged more slowly.

Four lucky women had so few wrinkles and age spots and such a glowing complexion，that they appeared to be twenty years younger than they really were．

Researcher Dr．Alexa Kimball said the popular belief that we drink lots of water to stay healthy is false and the body is “pretty good” at judging how much we need．Previous research by the British Nutrition Foundation reached a similar conclusion．

It isn’t clear why the women who slept well didn’t have younger-looking skin．But it may be that the question they were asked was too narrow and didn’t consider their long-term sleep patterns．

1.Which way can help women stay younger according to the study?

A. Having a good sleep． B. Drinking plenty of water．

C. Taking exercise regularly． D. Keeping out of the sun．

2.How did the researchers know the finding about women of all ages?

A. Through calls． B. Through games．

C. By quizzes． D. By interviewing face to face．

3.What’s the main purpose of the passage?

A. To introduce a good way to make women look younger．

B. To explain how scientists carried out the research．

C. To prove people’s previous ideas are true．

D. To persuade women to change their long-term sleep patterns．

4.This passage is most probably taken from______________．

A. a school textbook． B. a science fiction．

C. a reference book． D. a science paper．

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Water covers 71% of Earth’s surface yet only 2% of it is_____ as a source of fresh water.

A.invaluable B.accessible C.valuable D.reasonable

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When I was in fourth grade, I worked part-time as a paperboy. Mrs.Stanley was one of my customers. She'd watch me coming down her street, and by the time I'd biked up to her doorstep, there'd be a cold drink waiting. I'd sit and drink while she talked.

Mrs.Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband, "Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning." she'd say. The first time she said that, soda(汽水) went up my nose.

I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr. Stanley were still alive. Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and maybe she'd work it out of her system. So that's what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(墓地).

I finally quit delivering newspapers and didn't see Mrs. Stanley for several years. Then we crossed paths at a church fund-raiser(募捐活动). She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, she'd had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but life went on.

I live in the city now, and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. She asks me how I'm doing. When I don't say "fine", she sticks around to hear my problems. She's lived in the city most of her life, but she knows about community. Community isn't so much a place as it is a state of mind. You find it whenever people ask how you're doing because they care, and not because they're getting paid to do so. Sometimes it's good to just smile, nod your head and listen.

1.Why did soda go up the author's nose one time?

A. He was talking fast.　　 B. He was shocked.

C. He was in a hurry.　　 D. He was absent-minded.

2.Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs. Stanley according to Paragraph 3?

A. He enjoyed the drink.　　 B. He wanted to be helpful.

C. He took the chance to rest.　　 D. He tried to please his dad.

3.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase "work it out of her system"?

A. recover from her sadness　　 B. move out of the neighborhood

C. turn to her old friends　　 D. speak out about her past

4.What does the author think people in a community should do?

A. Open up to others.　　 B. Depend on each other.

C. Pay for other’s help　　 D. Care about one another.

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