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On Oct. 6th, 2011, a piece of breaking news hit the world: Steve Jobs, the founder of the Apple Company, ________1.________ (pass) away after years of battle against pancreatic cancer. I as well as many people ________2.________(be) sad at the news. We saw him make miracles again and again, and we hoped that he would always give us a surprise. We enjoy using an iPod to listen to music and we like to play games with ________3.________ iPad. We love to communicate with our friends by iPhone. ________4.________ seemed that Jobs always understood what we really wanted. So he could devote himself to his career by creating the amazing products constantly. But now he quietly left, ________5.________ (leave) us a great pity.
U.S. President Barack Obama called Jobs a visionary ________6.________ (lead) and one of the greatest U.S. innovators. He said in a statement, "Steve was brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and ________7.________ (talent) enough to do it."
Steve Jobs’ family said in a statement, “Steve died ________8.________ (peace) today surrounded by his family. We are grateful for the support and kindness of those ________9.________ share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time ________10.________ sorrow.”
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The first World Cities Day of the UN, _______on Oct.31, 2014 in Shanghai, focused on leading urban transformation.
A. to have been held B. having held
C. held D. being held
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—Have you heard the bad news that Stephen Hawking， one of world’s greatest physicist passed away on March 14?
—You bet! It is only when you suddenly lose someone _______ you fully realize how much you value him.
A. do B. then
C. will D. that
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________ news hit ________ Venice Film Festival unexpectedly: Hayao Miyazaki, the world’s most honored creator of animated features, was ending his movie career.
A. 不填；the B. 不填；不填 C. The; 不填 D. The; the
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I break off a piece of candy and take pleasure in its sweet outside and the bitter, dark chocolate inside, thinking of my own life. Being raised by a single parent was a bitter-sweet 36 , which gave me motivation and ambition.
There were several years that have left a(n) 37 bitter taste in my mouth —those when my mother married a man and moved my sister, Emily, and me several states away from our hometown. The first few months were 38: baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners and movies together. Then things changed. Baseball became too expensive, and trips to the mall were 39 by days Emily and I spent isolated (孤立的) in our rooms under our stepfather’s 40 . Moreover, screaming matches between him and our mother always 41dinner. We spent five years living in a family that had 42 a war zone. Emily and I almost grew used to this situation . Then one evening, after another argument had erupted , we left home. I was 14, my sister 11, and we were 43.A friend of my mother let us stay with her.
Instead of focusing on our economic instability, my mother selflessly pushed me to struggle for success. She wanted me to lead a more 44life than hers. She worked long hours every night to pay her bills.45 , she would find time to read and play with Emily and me. Mom taught me the 46of perseverance (坚持不懈) and education. We finally settled in Texas. And now, writing this essay with my favorite candy close at hand, I realize my family and I are at the best points of our lives. I haven’t let the trying times stop me from making 47 , both academically and personally. I know that a bitter environment can provide good learning experiences, and that success, even more than candy, is the sweetest treat of all.
1.A. behavior B. habit C. activity D. experience
2.A. hardly B. extremely C. potentially D. Gently
3.A. sweet B. bitter C. boring D. terrible
4.A. concerned B. associated C. accompanied D. replaced
5.A. sympathy B. reminder C. orders D. requests
6.A. separated B. interrupted C. harmed D. Adjusted
7.A. turned into B. turned up C. turned down D. turned on
8.A. homeless B. lucky C. educated D. wealthy
9.A. interesting B. comfortable C. simple D. typical
10.A. Instead B. Otherwise C. Meanwhile D. Therefore
11.A. value B. cost C. price D. theme
12.A. emotions B. expectations C. fortunes D. achievements
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On Oct4,2011 , I phone 4s made its international appearance at the press conference claimed by the Iphone cooperation . Ever since then , Iphone4s has become a hot cake and even made a fashion around the globe. Meanwhile , many new expressions come about in relationship with this type of high-tech products. “Jailbreak” is one of them.
“ Jailbreak” means to unlock the operating system of a mobile phone or other device so that it can run software which it is not normally authorized to use because of restrictions imposed（实施） by the device's manufacturer.
If someone jailbreaks a smartphone, tablet computer or other device（设备）, they use a special piece of software in order to remove the restrictions imposed by the manufacturer on the kind of applications that can be downloaded and run on the device. The concept of jailbreaking is most often associated with products from Apple Inc, such as the iPhone, iPod and iPad, which routinely restrict the user to applications licensed exclusively（独家地） by Apple and purchased via its App Store. As well as wanting to lift the restriction（解除限制） on what kinds of applications they can purchase, those who jailbreak often do so as a reaction against what they consider as a form of censorship（监控） imposed by Apple Inc in only allowing the use of their 'approved' apps.
The concept of jailbreaking dates back to July 2007, when it was applied to the iPhone within a month of the device's first release. This first occurrence related to the adding of custom ringtones（个性铃音）, but the idea quickly developed as a means to lift the restriction and equip the phone with games and other applications not licensed by Apple Inc.
1.“jailbreak” means that________________.
A. Criminals escape out of the jail
B. People make a great breakthrough in their life
C. It is a way to lift the restriction specially imposed by the Iphone manufacturer.
D. It’s a breakthrough beyond one’s dream.
2.Which is probably the correct Chinese meaning of a hot cake？
A.热蛋糕 B. 抢手货 C. 热门话题 D. 最高礼遇
3.Whic
h one is the correct statement from this passage?A. The original mobile phones also require jailbreaking
B. People jailbreak not only in order to lift the restrictions of applications licensed by the Iphone Cooperation.
C. The concept of jailbreak is seldom associated with products from Apple Inc
D. The concept of jailbreak dates back to the twentieth century
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The hotel roof top bar will never go out of style. Whether it’s on the 6th floor or the 65th, there’s something undeniably appealing about dining, drinking, swimming and yoga-ing high above the streets of the city below. Here are some of the best (relative) newcomers.
Qr Melbourne
The locally loved rooftop at QT is something of a chameleon (变色龙). By day, it’s the site of pop-up yoga sessions that allow guests to take in the skyline from within their downward does. At mealtime, it’s a place to dine on vegetables from chef Andrew Harmer’s rooftop garden. And after dark, it becomes a happening bar serving high-concept cocktails.
The Silo, Cape Town
The design of this new hotel ensures that every room has a dizzying view, but the roof top is especially enjoyable. The rooftop, which feels like it’s floating above Cape Town, has fantastic views of Table Mountain, Lions Head and the ocean. There’s a guests-only infinity pool (无边际游泳池) and a restaurant and a restroom with 360-degree views over the city.
Aria Hotel Budapest
The pride of this hotel is its High Note Sky Bar, with a year-round rooftop garden that offers wraparound (全景的) views over the city of Budapest. The bar managers chefs and bake chefs work together to ensure maximum enjoyment.
The Winery Hotel, Sweden
It’s the sixth floor of this hotel in Solna, where the rooftop life comes alive. Along with a restaurant that serves wine, cocktails and spaghetti, the hotel hosts DJ sessions that create the sensation of being in a much larger city.
1.What’s special about the rooftop at QT?
A.The rooftop is a chameleon.
B.The rooftop can function as different sites.
C.The roof top serves high-concept wine.
D.Guests can dine on meat from Andrew Harmer’s rooftop garden.
2.According to the text, in which hotel might you order baked bread?
A.OT Melbourne.
B.The Silo. Cape Town.
C.Aria Hotel Budapest.
D.The Winery Hotel, Sweden.
3.What do the four hotel roof tops have in common?
A.There’s a year-round roof top garden.
B.There is yoga-ing on all four root tops.
C.Guests can enjoy themselves at the hotel roof tops.
D.There’s a restroom for guests to appreciate the view.
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Some of the world’s most significant problems never hit headlines. One example comes from agriculture. Food riots （暴动）and hunger make news. But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked about. This is the decrease in the growth in production of some of the world’s major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at where, and how far, this decline is occurring.
The authors take a vast number of data points for the four most important crops: rice, wheat, corn and soyabeans. They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas, the improvement in production that took place before the 1980s slowed down in the 1990s and 2000s.
There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the world’s most populous countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on world food markets. That self-sufficiency (自给自足) cannot be taken for granted if productions continue to slow down.
Second, production growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in corn and soyabeans. This is problematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods, accounting for around half of all calories consumed. Corn and soyabeans are more important as feed grains. The authors note that “we have preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world.”
The report also states the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organisation has argued.
Instead, it says, thanks to slowing population growth, land currently ploughed（犁）up for crops might be able to revert (回返) to forest or wilderness. This could happen. The trouble is that the prediction assumes continued improvements in productions, which may not actually happen.
1.What significant problem does the writer think we should pay more attention to?
A. The decline of the grain production growth
B. News headlines in the leading media.
C. Food riots and hunger.
D. The food supply in populous countries.
2.Why does the author mention India and China in particular?
A. Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns.
B. Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in recent years.
C. Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets.
D. Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted.
3.What does the new study by the two universities say about recent crop improvement efforts?
A. They fail to produce the same remarkable results as before the 1980s.
B. They contribute a lot to the improvement of human food production.
C. They play a major role in guaranteeing the food security of the world.
D. They focus more on the increase of animal feed than human food grains.
4.What does the Food and Agriculture Organisation say about world food production in the coming decades?
A. The growing population will greatly increase the pressure on world food supplies.
B. The optimistic prediction about food production should be viewed with caution.
C. The slowdown of the growth in yields of major food crops will be reversed.
D. The world will be able to feed its population without expanding the area of farmland.
5.How does the author view the argument of the Food and Agriculture Organisation?
A. It is built on the findings of a new study.
B. It is based on a doubtful assumption.
C. It is backed by strong evidence.
D. It is open to further discussion.
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China Daily Oct.11,2008-TheMinistry Of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young as part of efforts to mark World Mental Health Day which fell on Friday．
More than 15 percent of Chinese youths have been found with mental problems and about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression，the Shanghai-based Wenhui Daily reported．The World Health Organization estimates that before 2020，the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent ,and mental problem will become a major factor behind deaths and illness in the young worldwide．
Dang Xianhong，the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau，said rapid social change is one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems．If these mental dispenses are not addressed on time, science of crimes，drug-taking and other dangerous behaviors are expected to rise．Experts said mental diseases could be caused by many factors，such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well, unstable emotions and pressures from an overload of studies．A number of experts have also said the one child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young．Children are said to be too “spoiled” and “selfish” in a one child family．
It’s reported that schools in many cities are rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental well-being．Yin Jingmiao, a teacher of the Beijing No，105 Middle School，told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month．“Students can be arranged to have 40-minute counseling sessions.” Yin said．“The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national college entrance exams to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.”
1.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．Efforts to Mark World Mental Health Day
B．Public Awareness on Youngsters’ Mental Diseases Expected
C．How to Maintain Mental Well-being
D．Seriousness of Youngsters Mental Health Problems
2.The writer intends to tell us in the second paragraph that _____.
A. mental problems will become as serious as deaths and illness
B. only young people are suffering from mental health problems
C. mental health problems of the young are becoming a popular problem
D. the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent
3.Which could be the consequence if the problem is left untreated?
A．Inability to handle interpersonal relations．
B．Unstable emotions．
C．Drug taking and other dangerous behaviors．
D．Rapid social changes
4.Why is Beijing No. 105 Middle School mentioned in the passage?
A．To provide the students with counseling sessions．
B．To give an example showing how mental problems are dealt with．
C．To help ease the anxiety arising from college entrance exams．
D．To call on other schools to learn from No．105 Middle Schoo1．
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It’s not the first movie to show the end of the world. But in the latest box office hit 2012 it is neither aliens nor a killer disease that threaten the human race, but climate change.
Some say the film lacks good dialogue and its science is questionable， others believe German director Roland Emmerich makes up for these flaws in special effects. An earthquake destroys the White House and Yellow stone National Park ends up in flames．
Emmerich borrows from the old Mayan(玛雅人的) story which says, that the world will end in 2012．He is being criticized for fuelling Internet rumors(传闻) about doomsday(世界末日)
“There is no factual basis for these claims,’’ NASA said on its website. “Credible(可信赖的) scientists worldwide know of no threat connected with 2012,’’ it insisted. “After all, our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, ” they added．
According to the UK’s Daily Telegraph, it was first thought that the disaster would happen in May 2003. When the world continued, supporters picked the last day of the Mayan calendar．
“Every culture has a myth(传说) of destruction(毁灭), just as they have a myth of creation. These myths |of destruction tend to surface(重新出现) during times of crisis(危机), ” Michael A. Ryan, an assistant profess of history，speaking to Purdue University News. Ryan studies apocalyptic(像世界末日的) themes from the Middle Ages at the US university. “Today’s current economic climate is a state of crisis for many people who are worried whether they can afford to feed themselves,”he added.
1.What led to the end of the world according to the film 2012?
A. Aliens． B. The human race． C．Climate change． D．A killer disease．
2.What does the underlined word “fuelling’’ in the third paragraph refer to?
A. Making sth. stronger．． B. Putting gas into a car．
C. Producing power or heat． D．Burning
3.Which of the following statements about the film 2012 is TRUE according to the text?
A．A big fire destroys Yellow-stone National Park．
B．All scientists in the world know of no threat connected with 2012．
C. The old Mayan story says that the world will end in
D．Every culture has a myth of destruction rather than creation
4.Why do the rumors about doomsday come about now and then?
A．Because during times of crisis, people tend to worry about their future．
B．Because aliens often threaten the human race．
C．Because killer diseases happen at times．
D. Because the old Mayan story says that the world will
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h one is the correct statement from this passage?