For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the t...

For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas (地区). Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.

There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale. The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, golden Delicious, and McIntosh.

　Apples are different in colour, size, and taste. The colour of the skin may be red, green, or yellow. They have various sizes, with Delicious apples being among the largest. The taste may be sweet or tart (酸的). Generally, sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce (苹果酱).

　Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters. They do best in areas that have very cold winters. Although no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree.

1.It can be learned from the text that Delicious apples are __________

A. grown in France.　　   B. sold everywhere.

C. very big.　　　　  D. quite sweet.

2.Cold winter weather is good for ___________

A.the growth of apple trees.

B. producing large apples.

C. improving the taste of apples.

D. the increase of water in apples.

3.China, France and the United States are considered to _______________

A. be large producers of apples.

B. be large producers of applesauce.

C. have the longest history in apple production.

D. have the coldest winter among apple producing countries.

4.The word yielded in the last sentence means _______________

A.improved.　          B. increased.　 C.produced.　     D. sold.

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For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas. Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.

There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale. The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, Golden Delicious, and McIntosh..

Apples are different in color, size and taste. The color of the skin may be red, green or yellow. They have various sizes, with Delicious apples being among the largest. The taste may be sweet or tart(酸的). Generally, sweet apples are tasted fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce(果酱).

Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters. They do best in areas that have very cold winters. Although no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree.

1.It can be learned from the text that Delicious apples are_______.

A．grown in France    B．sold everywhere    C．very big           D．quite sweet

2.Cold winter weather is good for________.

A．the growth of apple trees                 B．producing large apples

C．improving the taste of apples              D．the increase of water in apples

3.China, France and the United States are considered to_______.

A．be small producers of apples

B．be large producers of applesauce

C．have the longest history in apple production

D．have the coldest winter among apple production

4.The word yielded in the last sentence means________.

A．improved         B．increased         C．produced         D．sold

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For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas. Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.

There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale. The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, Golden Delicious, and McIntosh..

Apples are different in color, size and taste. The color of the skin may be red, green or yellow. They have various sizes, with Delicious apples being among the largest. The taste may be sweet or tart(酸的). Generally, sweet apples are tasted fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce(果酱).

Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters. They do best in areas that have very cold winters. Although no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree.

1.It can be learned from the text that Delicious apples are_______.

A．grown in France    B．sold everywhere    C．very big           D．quite sweet

2.Cold winter weather is good for________.

A．the growth of apple trees

B．producing large apples

C．improving the taste of apples

D．the increase of water in apples

3.China, France and the United States are considered to_______.

A．be small producers of apples

B．be large producers of applesauce

C．have the longest history in apple production

D．have the coldest winter among apple production

4.The word yielded in the last sentence means________.

A．improved         B．increased         C．produced         D．sold

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For thousands of years, poetry (诗) has been the favorite type of literature (文学) in China. There were many famous poets from different periods of time in Chinese 1., and most of their poems 2. still read and appreciated today.

To remind people 3. those classic Chinese poems, CCTV has produced a TV 4. called Chinese Poetry Competition. The final of the show’s second season was shown in February. A girl 5. Wu Yishu who studies at the High School Affiliated to Fudan University, came out to be the winner of the 6.. She recited lines from the Classic of Poetry (《诗经》): “In July, the crickets (蟋蟀) are in the field; In7., they are in the yard; In September, they are at the door; In October, the crickets enter and crawl under oar beds.” “I really admire 8. knowledge of poems. The first time I saw her　 9. traditional Han clothing on TV, I was very impressed by her classical looks. She always keeps so calm through the show, which is very 10. for her age.” said Huang Zijin after watching the final show.

Mr. Huang also said we would find Chinese cultured and taste the beauty of life by enjoying poems.

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The sea horse is a magical animal, which has puzzled （使困惑） people for thousands of years. In ancient Rome sea horses were believed to be the babies of Neptune’s horses. And Neptune was the god of the ocean. Now we know they are not horses at all — they are a kind of fish. They still seem as magical as ever, especially to divers who have watched them horsing around(瞎闯) in the sea. But today, sea horse populations face an uncertain future. Fishermen are catching too many of them, and their undersea habitats （栖息地） are being destroyed.

At least 20 million sea horses are taken from the ocean each year. More than 95% are used for traditional medicines in Asian countries. The sea horses are usually dried and then made into powder which is used to treat such problems as asthma（哮喘）, throat infections, skin diseases and cuts. How well the medicines work is unclear.

Sea horses are also bought and sold in large numbers as pets. Sea horse expert Amanda Vincent warns against buying pet sea horses. “A lot of people treat them as if they’re goldfish,” she says. But sea horses require very special care and live food. Most captive (被猎取的) sea horses pick up diseases and die.

Sea horse experts are trying to teach fishermen to become sea horse farmers. Instead of pulling nets of sea horses from the ocean, fishermen could learn to raise them in specially designed saltwater “farms”. That way, fishermen would have sea horses to sell, but ocean populations would not be hurt.

Vincent and her team have only discovered the 35 different species of sea horses, and they still have plenty of sea horse secrets left to unlock. That is why, Vincent told TFK, protecting future sea horse populations is especially important: “I promise your readers that by the time they grow up to be marine biologists, we’ll still have a lot to learn.”

1.In the past, Romans thought the sea horse to be ______.

A．a kind of horse                         B．a kind of fish

C．the god of the ocean                     D．one of Neptune’s pets

2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．People in Asian countries hunt sea horses for food.

B．Most sea horses caught are used as medicine.

C．The effects of the powder of sea horses are uncertain.

D．35 different kinds of sea horses have been discovered.

3.The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”.

A．follow            B．collect            C．get              D．create

4.It can be inferred that the best way to protect sea horses is to ______.

A．do more research on sea horses

B．teach fishermen how to farm sea horses

C．stop hunting sea horses

D．ban the sea horse trade

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FOR thousands of years, Stonehenge has confused visitors with a seemingly unanswerable question: Why would anyone carry so many huge stones across Britain and put them in a ring? It seems even stranger when you think of the fact that it was done by prehistoric people working without modern technology, not even a wheel.

Stonehenge has started endless debates over the centuries. Experts have said at different times that it was a temple, a calendar (日历) or a graveyard (墓地).

Yet “all the ideas to date could be mistaken,” said Julian Spalding, a famous art critic (评论家) and former director of some of the UK’s leading museums. “We’ve been looking at Stonehenge the wrong way: from the earth, which is very much a 20th century viewpoint,” he told The Guardian.

Spalding has put forward a new theory about Stonehenge in his latest book, Realisation: From Seeing to Understanding. “The current theories about Stonehenge are based on looking across the ground, which is a modern idea,” he writes in his new book. He told The Guardian that in ancient times, spiritual ceremonies didn’t happen on the ground. Prehistoric people believed that in this way they could get closer to the heavens. So Spalding says that “rituals (仪式) at Stonehenge were performed in the same way – not among the stones, but on top of them,” reported The Washington Post.

He re-imagines a scene in his book, explaining how the mysterious site was used: Stonehenge held up a large, circular platform (平台). It was a raised altar (圣坛) reached by stairs, and thousands of people might have worshipped (祈祷) there.

To support his theory, Spalding lists examples from ancient civilizations worldwide. In China, Peru and Turkey, such sacred (神圣的) monuments (遗迹) were built high up, whether on man-made or natural sites. In an interview with The Washington Post, Spalding said the wood that would have been used for the platform had long since rotted away (腐烂), leaving only the stone pillars (柱子) that supported it behind.

So far scholars have had “a fair degree of skepticism (怀疑)” about these ideas, according to The Huffington Post. Sir Barry Cunliffe, prehistorian and Oxford University archaeology (考古学) professor, said: “He could be right, but I know of no evidence to support it ... There are a large number of stone circles around the country which clearly didn’t have a platform on top. So why should Stonehenge?”

1.What is the article mainly about?

A. The history of Stonehenge.

B. A new theory about Stonehenge.

C. Why Stonehenge has started endless debates over the centuries.

D. How Stonehenge is different from other ancient civilizations.

2.According to Spalding’s theory, Stonehenge ______.

A. was a prehistoric calendar

B. should be looked at from the earth

C. was a raised altar for worship

D. was simply a natural site

3.How does Spalding support his theory about Stonehenge?

A. By raising questions.

B. By providing related figures.

C. By quoting other experts’ research.

D. By giving examples from other civilizations.

4.We can infer from the article that Cunliffe is ______ Spalding’s theory.

A. supportive of　　 B. amazed at

C. worried about　　 D. doubtful about

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Astronomy is the oldest science known to man. Thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about the heavens. But man was limited by what he could see with his eyes alone.

The Greeks studied astronomy over 2,000 years ago. They could see the size, color, and brightness of a star. They could see its place in the sky. They watched the stars move as the seasons changed. But the Greeks had no tools to help themselves study the heavens.

Each new tool added to the field of astronomy helped man reach out into space. They did not know that the planet called Saturn(土星) had rings around it. Their sight was so limited that they could not see all the planets. In the early 1700s, people thought there were only six planets. Nepture(海王星), the last of eight planets to be discovered, was not seen until 1846.

Before the spectroscope(分光镜), man did not know what kind of gases was in the sun or other stars. Without the radio telescope, we didn’t know that radio noises came from far out in space.

Today, astronomy is a growing science. We had learned more in the last fifty years than in the whole history of astronomy.

1.. Thousands of years ago, people observed the stars with the limitation of their _____.

A. eyesight            　　　　　 B. land

C. wealth                    D. knowledge

2.. When the Greeks watched the stars, they could ____ .

A. know what the stars were made of　　

B. not see their places in the sky

C. help themselves study the heavens　　

D. watch the stars move as the seasons changed

3.. Until there were ____, man knew very little about the moon.

A. telescopes　　         　 　 B. spectroscopes

C. radio telescopes　　　　     D. spaceships

4.. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. Astronomy is the oldest science that humans have known.

B. Astronomy is developing fast with the help of technology.

C. In the early 1700s, people didn’t know the existence of Neptune.

D. Over 2,000 years ago, the Greeks knew the planet Saturn had rings around it.

5.. This passage mainly talks about _____.

A. tools used in astronomy

B. the development of astronomy in the last 50 years

C. Greeks’ achievements in astronomy

D. new tools and the development of astronomy

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Astronomy (天文学) is the oldest science known to man. Thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about heavens (天堂). But the six planets that he could see with his eyes alone limited man.

The Greeks studied astronomy over 2,000 years ago. They could see the size, color, and brightness of a star. They could see its place in the sky. They watched the stars move as the seasons changed. But the Greeks had no tools to help themselves study the heavens.

Each new tool added to the field of astronomy helped man reach out into space. Until there were telescopes (望远镜), man did not know much about the moon. He did not know that the planet called Saturn (土星) had rings around it. His sight was so limited that he could not see all the planets. In the early 1700s, people thought there were only six planets. Pluto (冥王星), the last of the nine planets to be discovered was seen until 1930.

Before the spectroscopes (分光镜), man didn’t know what kind of gas was in the sun or other stars, without radio telescopes (射电望远镜), we did not know that radio noise came from far in space.

Today, astronomy is a growing science. We have learned more in the past fifty years than in the whole history of astronomy.

1.Thousands of years ago, man watched ____ with his eyes.

A. the moon          B. the stars           C. the universe     D. all the planets

2.When the Greeks watched the stars, they could ____ .

A. know what the stars were made of      B. not see their places in the sky

C. help themselves study the heavens      D. watch the stars move as the seasons changed

3. Until there were ____ , man knew very little about the moon.

A. telescopes       B. spectroscopes                                 C. radio telescopes      D. spaceships

4.People didn’t know about Pluto until ____ .

A. the 1700s         B. 2,000 years ago    C. 1930                   D. thousands of years ago

5. ____ people began to do research on astronomy.

A. 50 years ago    B. 90 years ago    C. In the early 1700s            D. Over 2,000 years ago

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The outbreak of the coronavirus globally has led to over　 thousands of people_____to hospital for treatment, _____ the world to be in deep sorrow.

A.sending; causing B.sent； having caused C.being sent; causing D.to send; to cause

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For thousands of years，we have looked for ways to measure time. Early humans found that the regular movements of the sun，the earth，the moon，and the stars made good ways to measure time. The rising and setting of the sun were used to distinguish day from night.

But，eventually，people needed to tell time more accurately，or exactly. So，by using the sun’s position in the sky，they divided the day into dawn，morning，midday and evening.

Then it was noted that the sun cast a changing shadow as it moved across the sky. Time could be told more accurately by setting up a stick and marking the positions of the sun’s shadow. It was the ancient Greeks who divided each position of this “sundial(日晷)” into hours.

But the sun doesn’t always shine. So，for the past 6,000 years，many other ways of keeping time have been tried. Slow­burning candles were divided into hours，and the hourglass was invented. When all the sand in the top of an hourglass has shifted to the bottom，an hour has passed.

Later，the pendulum(摆钟)，with its regular back­and­forth movement of weights，was used to move the hands on a clock. Pendulums are still used in grandfather clocks.

Today，even more accurate clocks are in use，such as battery­operated quartz clocks（石英钟），digital clocks，and clocks run by electrical tuning forks and tiny atoms. These atomic clocks are the most accurate clocks ever invented. The exact time can be kept to within 1 second a century.

1.Humans in the old days used ________ to tell day from night.

A．the rising and setting of the sun

B．battery­operated quartz clocks

C．atomic clocks

D．digital clocks

2.A sundial works by ________.

A．tracking the movement of the stars around the sun

B．marking a shadow cast by the moving sun

C．burning candles in the sunlight

D．watching the stars

3.Which of the following was NOT used in the past to measure time?

A．An hourglass.　　　　　　　　　　 B．A sundial.

C．Digital clocks.　 　　　　　　　　　 D．A pendulum.

4.Which of the following ways of measuring time is ordered from the least accurate to the most accurate?

A．Sundial，pendulum，sun.

B．Atomic clock，quartz clock，sundial.

C．Sun，pendulum，atomic clock.

D．Digital clock，hourglass，slow­burning candles.

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