A Chinese traditional cough syrup, called Nin...

A Chinese traditional cough syrup, called Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, is becoming even 1. (popular) among New Yorkers in this flu season, following a US news report.

according to an article published by the Wall Street Journal last week, Alex Schweder, 2. architect and professor of design at Pratt Institute 3. (suffer) a cough about-ten days, felt better only in 15 minutes after he drank a bottle of Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, which 4. (recommend) by his girlfriend.

Here is a selection of the 5. (comment) online:

This cough syrup is effective to me. I 6. (use) it whenever I have minor coughing since the flu broke out. It helps sooth the coughing. I like to take a soup spoon full of the syrup in my mouth and let the syrup melt down my food pipe 7. (effort). I take it as much as I need. This is great stuff. Mostly it’s the honey in 8. that helps you talk again, but it tastes delicious too.

A Chinese market in New York City where the syrup is sold 9. $7.80. That’s the price of a Chinese pharmacy; 10., the syrup is sold as much as $70 online through third parties, the Wall Street Journal said.

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I.M. Pei, the Chinese-American, who was regarded as one of the last great modernist architects, has died at the age of 102.

Although he worked mostly in the United States, Pei will always be remembered for a European project: His redevelopment of the Louvre Museum in Paris in the 1980s. He gave us the glass and metal pyramid in the main courtyard, along with three smaller pyramids and a vast subterranean (地下的) addition to the museum entrance.

Pei was the first foreign architect to work on the Louvre in its long history, and initially his designs were fiercely opposed. But in the end, the French — and everyone else — were won over.

Winning the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983, he was thought as giving the 20th century “some of its most beautiful inside spaces and outside forms. His talent and skill in the use of materials approach the level of poetry.”

After studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Pei set up his own architectural practice in New York in 1955.

Designing the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in 1964 established him as a name. His East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1978 changed people’s ideas of a museum. The site was an odd trapezoid (梯形) shape. Pei’s solution was to cut it in two. The resulting building was dramatic, light and elegant — one of the first crowd-pleasing cathedrals of modern art.

Though known as a modernist, and notable for his forms based on arrangements of simple geometric (几何的) shapes, he once urged Chinese architects to look more to their architectural tradition rather than designing in a western style.

In person, I.M. Pei was good-humored, charming and unusually modest. His working process was evolutionary, but innovation (创新) was never an intended goal.

“Stylistic originality is not my purpose,” he said. “I want to find the originality in the time, the place and the problem.”

1.What can we learn about the result of redevelopment of the Louvre Museum?

A.It was criticized by the French.

B.It turned out to be a success.

C.It made the Louvre Museum look strange.

D.It changed the function of the Louvre Museum.

2.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?

A.He is a master in applying materials.

B.He is skilled in writing poems.

C.He often combines poetry and construction.

D.He gets inspiration from poetry in designing.

3.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. Design the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.

b. Study architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.

c. Design the National Gallery of Art.

d. Win the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize.

A.abcd B.bacd C.bcad D.dacd

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Experts say the American state of Hawaii has been invaded (入侵)by a small frog called the coqui (ko--kee). There may be millions of the small frogs in Hawaii. However, they do not belong there. They are normally found in the southeastern United States. The coqui frogs are harming Hawaii’s environment. And the extremely loud noise they make is causing problems for Hawaiian citizens and visitors.

The coqui invaders arrived in Hawaii about ten years ago. They were believed to have been brought in accidentally in shipments of plants from Florida. Their number has sharply increased. They have quickly spread around the Hawaii Islands hidden in plants.

The coqui is a brown frog about five centimeters long. During the day, the frogs hide in wet protected areas, such as under plant leaves. At night, the frogs move onto trees to feed, call to females and mates. The call of the male coqui sounds like. Ko kee! Ko kee!

In the southeastern United States, local people celebrate coqui frogs. But in Hawaii, the foreign frog has been considered as a harmful animal. The coqui frogs are a major danger to Hawaii’s environmental system. The frogs eat thousands of insects (昆虫)every night. These insects are important for the reproduction of plants. The insects also are important food for Hawaii’s native rare birds. The frogs also are affecting the tourism industry in Hawaii. Increasing numbers of hotels, visitors and local people have been annoyed by the loud calls made by male coqui frogs to female frogs. At night, the noise often makes it difficult for people to sleep.

The frogs do not have any natural enemies in Hawaii to reduce their population size. The warm weather permits them to lay eggs all year long. There are many efforts in Hawaii designed to stop the spread of the coqui. It is a crime to transport ,sell or release(释放)the frogs there.

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is trying to find an effective chemical that can be safely used to kill the frogs. For now, the frogs may only be caught by hand. The Hawaii Department of Agriculture says the greatest danger to the economy and environment of the state is from harmful species, like the coqui.

1.The statement that can best summarize the main idea of the passage is ________.

A．the coqui invaders have seriously affected the tourism industry in Hawaii

B．it is not permitted to transport, sell or release the coqui frogs in Hawaii

C．the coqui invasion has serious effects on the economy and environment in Hawaii

D．great efforts have been made by the Hawaii people to kill the coqui

2.The coqui frogs originally arrived in Hawaii ________.

A．by chance                                           B．at the request of all the local citizens

C．as a gift                                              D．as goods demanded in the local market

3.Visitors to Hawaii don’t like the coqui frogs mainly because ________.

A．they are a big danger to the environmental system there

B．the loud noise made by the frogs bother their rest at night

C．they affect the reproduction of the local plants and insects

D．visitors could no longer see the native rare birds because of them

4.The two factors leading to the rapid spread of coqui frogs in Hawaii are ________.

A．the frogs’ habit and the environment in Hawaii

B．the large number of the insects and the plants in Hawaii

C．the geographic location of Hawaii and its tourism industry

D．the warm weather there and the frogs’ lack of natural enemies

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Classical Chinese poetry is traditional Chinese poetry 1. (write) in Classic Chinese and typified by certain traditional forms. Many 2. (poem) come from particular historical periods, such as the poetry of the Tang Dynasty and the verse of Song Dynasty. 3. (it) existence dates back to at least as early as the publication of the Classic of Poetry or Shijing. There are 4. (vary) combinations of forms and genres, most of 5. arose at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Development of Classical Chinese poetry 6. (active ) continued up to the year of 1919, when the May Fourth Movement 7. (take) place, and is still popular even today. Classical Poetry created during this 2,500 year period has been developing continuously, 8. (produce) a great deal of diversity - classified by both major historical periods 9. dynastic periods.

Of the key aspects of Classical Chinese poetry is its close inter - relationship with other forms of Chinese art, such as Chinese painting and Chinese calligraphy (书法). Classical Chinese poetry has proven lo have a strong influence 10. poetry worldwide.

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Classical Chinese poetry is traditional Chinese poetry 1. (write) in Classic Chinese and typified by certain traditional forms. Many 2. (poem) come from particular historical periods, such as the poetry of the Tang Dynasty and the verse of Song Dynasty. 3. (it) existence dates back to at least as early as the publication of the Classic of Poetry or Shijing. There are 4. (vary) combinations of forms and genres, most of 5. arose at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Development of Classical Chinese poetry 6. (active ) continued up to the year of 1919, when the May Fourth Movement 7. (take) place, and is still popular even today. Classical Poetry created during this 2,500 year period has been developing continuously, 8. (produce) a great deal of diversity - classified by both major historical periods 9. dynastic periods.

Of the key aspects of Classical Chinese poetry is its close inter - relationship with other forms of Chinese art, such as Chinese painting and Chinese calligraphy (书法). Classical Chinese poetry has proven lo have a strong influence 10. poetry worldwide.

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The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain (Chinese: Gu Yu)，as the last term in spring, starts on April 19 and ends on May 4.

Grain Rain came from the old saying, “Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains,” which shows that this period of rainfall is extremely important for the growth of crops. The Grain Rain marks the end of cold weather and a rapid rise in temperature. Here are five things that you may not know about the Grain Rain.

Key time for agriculture

Grain Rain brings a marked increase in temperature and rainfall and the grains grow faster and stronger. It’s a key time to protect the crops from insect pests.

Sandstorms occur

Grain Rain falls between the end of spring and the beginning of summer, with infrequent cold air moving to the south and wandering cold air in the north. From the end of April to the beginning of May, the temperature rises much higher than it does in March. With dry soil, an unpredictable atmosphere and heavy eastern winds, gales and sandstorms become more frequent.

Drinking tea

There is an old custom in southern China that people drink tea on the day of Grain Rain. Spring tea during Grain Rain is rich in vitamins and amino acids (氨基酸), which can help to remove heat from the body and is good for the eyes. It is also said in the south that drinking tea on this day would prevent bad luck.

Eating toona sinensis

People in northern China have the tradition to eat the vegetable toona sinensis during Grain Rain. An old Chinese saying goes “toona sinensis before the rain is as tender as silk”. The vegetable is nutritious and can help to strengthen the immune system. It is also good for the stomach and skin.

Grain Rain Festival

The Grain Rain festival is celebrated by fishing villages in the coastal areas of northern China. Grain Rain marks the start of the fishermen’s first voyage of the year. The custom dates back to more than 2,000 years ago, when people believed they owed a good harvest to the gods, who protected them from the stormy seas. People would worship the sea god and stage sacrifice food on the Grain Rain festival, praying for a wonderful harvest and a safe voyage for their loved ones.

1.Grain Rain got its name to show ________.

A. the cold weather is already gone

B. rain at this time is important to the crops

C. The highest temperature

D. the last term in lunar calendar

2.People in southern China drink tea on this day ________.

A. to prevent bad luck

B. to cure the eye diseases

C. to fight against the sandstorm

D. to strengthen the immune system

3.It is a custom to eat the vegetable toona sinensis ________.

A. in the coast areas            B. in the south

C. in the north                    D. in the east

4.If a fisherman wanted to get fish in the sea in the past, he would ________.

A. get the fresh vegetables

B. drink tea in this festival

C. fight against the sandstorm

D. worship the sea god

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Traditionally, Chinese people _____ the Chinese characters Double Happiness and stick them onto walls or doors for weddings.

A. cut out                      B. cut off              C. cut up              D. cut down

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Traditionally,　 Chinese　 people　 ________　 the　 Chinese　 characters　 “Double　 Happiness”　 and stick them onto walls or doors for weddings.

A. cut out　 B. cut off　　　 C. cut up　　　　 D. cut down

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Traditionally, Chinese people _________ the Chinese characters Double Happiness and stick them onto walls or doors for weddings.

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Traditionally, Chinese people _______ the Chinese characters Double Happiness and stick them onto walls or doors for weddings.

A. cut out                            B. cut off                            C. cut up                      D. cut down

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