Mrs. Timms listened as the radio announcer ga...

Mrs. Timms listened as the radio announcer gave a hurricane (飓风) warning for her town. Then she woke up her sons, Eddie and Jasper, and quickly explained, "We’ve got a lot to do, boys. There is no school today, and my office is closed. The hurricane is coming!

Just then, the boys grandfather arrived from his seaside home. Grandpa explained that the local government had told people to evacuate their homes by the sea. It just wasn’t safe for anyone to stay near the ocean during the hurricane.

Soon afterwards, Mrs. Timms left to buy supplies that the family would need during the storm. Batteries, bottled water and canned food were a few of the items on her list.

Grandpa stayed with the boys, and the three of them made preparations for the storm. First, they filled the bathtub and all the empty water bottles they could find. Next, they unplugged(拔掉插头)almost everything in the house. Then, Eddie helped Grandpa strengthen the windows. Meanwhile, Jasper put the outdoor chairs inside.

Later, as the storm approached, the family stayed in protected areas away from the windows and outside walls. Mrs. Timms and Grandpa moved chairs to a protected space near the staircase. Eddie and Jasper sat under a strong table next to them, reading and playing games. They waited for the radio announcer to declare that the hurricane had passed.

1.What did Mrs. Timms do after hearing the hurricane warning?

A. She went to work.　　 B. She woke up her sons.

C. She prepared breakfast.　　 D. She watched the hurricane.

2.The underlined word “evacuate” in Paragraph 2 means______.

A. lock　　 B. reach　　 C. repair　　 D. leave

3.While Eddie helped Grandpa strengthen the windows, Jasper_______.

A. filled the bathtub　　 B. turned off the lights

C. put the outdoor chairs inside　　 D. sat under a strong table

4.What could be the best title for the text?

A. A Happy Family.　　 B. A Seaside House.

C. The Damage of the Hurricane.　　 D. The Day of the Hurricane.

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— Did you hear the news this morning?

— Oh, yes, _______ was announced on the radio has caused great excitement among the students．

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阅读下面材料，在空自处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Mr. and Mrs. Zuckerberg announced to donate money again! The couple donated a total of 3 billion dollars to their program 1.(call) CZI over the next 10 years to help cure, prevent or manage a diseases by the end of the 2lst century. In December 2015, they launched the program just to honor the birth of 2. daughter, Max.

Last year, when their baby girl was born, the Facebook’s CEO 3.(give) away the majority of his wealth and wrote a letter to their new baby girl, in which he announced the 4.(create) of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, 5. will focus on personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and 6.(build) strong communities.

“For your generation to live in a 7.(good) world, there is so much more our generation can do.” Zuckerberg wrote. “Today we will spend our lives doing our small part to help solve these challenges. We will give 99% of our Facebook shares—8.(current) about $45 billion—to advance this valuable mission,” he wrote. “We know this is a small contribution compared 9. all the resources and talents already working on these issues, 10. we want to do what we can, working alongside many others.”

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．--- What about listening to the English program on the radio while learning English?

--Personally，___________．

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What is the woman doing?

A. Listening to the radio.

B. Watching TV.

C. Playing a game.

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What was the man doing at the moment?

A. He was listening to the radio.　　 B. He was writing something.　　 C. He was reading a book.

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Bob is listening to the radio. What is playing on each channel (频道)?

FM 88.0

Here is good news. The rain will finally stop this evening. Tomorrow we will enjoy the bright (光亮的) sun. But it will still be cold.

FM 102. 6

Jeff Bruce has a new CD. He is coming to our studio (演播室) at 7:00 this evening. Listen to our programme then. We will have questions about Jeff. If your answers are right, you will get his CD for free (免费).

FM 107.0

There is heavy traffic on Longhua Street. Are you driving to the train station? You can change to Tiyu Street.

FM 114.0

There will be a basketball match at the sports hall on May 13. Come on! You can call us at 6637-2285 to get the ticket. It will be a great match.

1. It will be ______ tomorrow.

A. hot　　　　　　　　 B. warm　　　　　　 C. cold　　　　 D. fine

2.Jeff Bruce will come to the studio at ______.

A. 5:00 pm　　 B. 6:00 pm　　　　　 C. 7:00 pm　　 D. 8:00 pm

3. The news on FM 107.0 is for ______.

A. drivers　　 B. teachers

C. farmers　　 D. workers

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A few weeks ago, while I was reading the morning paper, I turned the radio up to listen to a Saturday morning talk show and I heard an old sounding gentleman, with a golden voice. He was telling whoever he was talking with something about “a thousand marbles”.

I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say …

“Let me tell you something, Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities (优先考虑的事).”

He continued, “You see, I sat down one day and did a little math. The average person lives for about seventy-five years. Now then, I multiplied 75 by 52 and I came up with 3,900 which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. Now stick with (继续倾听……的话) me, Tom. I’m getting to the important part.”

“It wasn’t until I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays that I started thinking about all this in any detail,” he went on. “I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. So I went to a toy store and bought 1,000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside a large, clear plastic container. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away.

“I found that by watching the marbles diminish (变少), I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight.

“It was nice to meet you, Tom. I hope you spend time with your family, and I hope to meet you again.”

You could have heard a pin drop on the radio when the old man signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had panned to work that morning. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. “Come on, honey, I’m taking you and the kids to breakfast. And can we stop at a toy store while we’re out? I need to buy some marbles.”

1.The underlines word “intrigued” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ________”.

A.encouraged　　　　 B.moved　　　　 C.worried　　　　 D.attracted

2.The old man started practicing the theory of “a thousand marbles” ________.

A.in his twenties　 B.in his fifties

C.in his seventies　　 D.in his eighties

3.What life lesson does this text teach us?

A.Spending more time with our family.

B.Enriching our life with marble games.

C.It’s never too late to love our family.

D.Learning to live life to the fullest.

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If you are sending a text, watching the TV or listening to the radio, you may want to stop and give this your full attention. Multi-tasking shrinks (萎缩) the brain, research suggests.

A study found that men and women who frequently used several types of technology at the same time had less grey matter in a key part of the brain. University of Sussex researchers said, “Simultaneously using mobile phones, laptops and other media devices could be changing the structure of our brains.”

The finding follows research which has linked multi-tasking with a shortened attention span, depression, anxiety and lower grades at school. The researchers began by asking 75 healthy men and women how often they divided their attention between different types of technology. This could mean sending a text message while listening to music and checking email, or speaking on the phone while watching TV and surfing the web. The volunteers were then given brain scans which showed they had less grey matter in a region called the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). The findings held even when differences in personality were taken into account.

The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, is the first to make a link between multi-tasking and the structure of the brain.

Researcher Kep Kee Loh said, “Media multi-tasking is becoming more common in our lives today and there is increasing concern about its impacts on our cognition and social-emotional well-being.”

He added that more research is needed to prove that multi-tasking shrinks the brain. This is because it is also possible that people with less grey matter in the ACC are more drawn to using lots of small devices simultaneously.

Scientists have previously demonstrated brain structure can be changed on prolonged exposure to new environments and experience. Other studies have shown that training — such as learning to juggle or taxi drivers learning the map of London — can increase grey-matter densities (密度) in certain parts. Experts have also warned of the harmful impact technology can have on our memory and attention span.

1.According to Kep Kee Loh, ________.

A. the link between multi-tasking and brain shrinkage needs further research

B. people with less grey matter in the ACC are more attracted to multi-tasking

C. multi-tasking has harmful impacts on our cognition and social-emotional well-being

D. multi-tasking leads to a shortened attention span, depression, anxiety and lower grades

2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. What multi-tasking is probably linked with.

B. How researchers draw inferences about multi-tasking.

C. How different health conditions affect brain structure.

D. Significance and limits of the research from University of Sussex .

3.The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. compare the latest research with previous ones

B. prove the dangers of multi-tasking

C. inform readers of research on multi-tasking

D. discuss the benefits and problems of multi-tasking

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I was listening to the radio while 1 was driving home from coaching basketball yesterday. I could tell right away that there was something 41  by the mood of the speaker. There had been a plane crash. What made the 42even more tragic was that Bob Collins，the morning show man, was among those who had been killed. Throughout my 40-minute 43, I listened as sincere love and affection from the audience 44.The more I listened about how this man had influenced those around him, the more 45I became.

That was because I wanted to know46we as a culture, wait until somebody has passed away before we tell them how much they 47to us? Why do we wait until it is too late before we48someone up after they have died? Yes，49  memory after memory about someone's good50does help us cope with the sadness of losing someone special to us. But as we51remember this person, our words fall short of the ears that most need to hear52.

Just once, 53a gathering of death，1 would like to see a celebration of life,54stories are told, tears fall down，laughter rings out；and as the speaker55his or her loving tribute(颂词), the person they are56  rises from the chair and gives them a57hug! Wouldn’t that be 58!

Life is too short to leave kind words 59. How I wish that when the unavoidable funeral finally comes，we could say60with the knowledge that they knew exactly how people felt about them while they were here on earth.

1.                A．important       B．wrong          C．pleasant  D．unnoticed

2.                A．speaker        B．radio           C．station   D．story

3.                A．drive          B．silence         C．ride D．tour

4.                A．poured in       B．grew up        C．broke out D．got through

5.                A．determined     B．delighted       C．discouraged   D．devoted

6.                A．what           B．that            C．if    D．why

7.                A．impress        B．love           C．mean D．affect

8.                A．bring          B．build           C．pick D．bury

9.                A．recovering      B．showing        C．sharing   D．losing

10.               A．qualities        B．manners        C．records   D．attitudes

11.               A．barely         B．lovingly         C．suddenly  D．finally

12.               A．him           B．them          C．it D．us

13.               A．as for          B．apart from      C．except for D．instead of

14.               A．where         B．because        C．whether   D．which

15.               A．mentions       B．writes          C．pays  D．ends

16.               A．staring         B．listening        C．honoring  D．talking

17.               A．tight           B．quick          C．cold  D．necessary

18.               A．anything        B．nothing         C．everything D．something

19.               A．untouched      B．unsaid         C．unfinished D．unpacked

20.               A．hello          B．sorry          C．goodbye   D．thanks

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