Napoleon’s story proves that to be a hero has...

Napoleon’s story proves that to be a hero has nothing to do with size, ________ with a smart mind and a brave heart.

A. and                    B. so                              C. or                            D. but

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Nothing that he suggested _____ to be of any use.

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Many people believe that classical music has nothing to do with young people today. However, this issue frequently causes heated debate.

Some people say that classical music is associated only with old people. For example, if you look at the audience at a classical concert, the majority is over the age of fifty.

Others say it is more popular than we first imagine. Many young people listen to classical music without realizing it. It is often used in films and advertisements. For example, a famous piece of classical music was used as the theme music for the 1990 World Cup. Not many people could have given its name, but millions enjoyed it.

Also, some people point out that young people produce new music based on classical ideas: for example, it is said that rap(说唱) music was invented by a classical musician in 1912, but it is now used by young people in pop music.

However, young people point to the fact that classical music has been outstripped(超越) by technology. To play a classical instrument, such as a violin, you need to study hard and practice for hours. Nowadays, you don’t need to get aching arms from practicing. A teenager can write and make music using a computer program in the comfort of their own bedroom.

A final point to bear in mind is that the term "classical music" is used to refer to a great variety of music, from jazz to pieces for large orchestras. This makes it even more difficult to say whether classical music is relevant to young people.

So, it may be only a minority of young people who play classical instruments, but when it comes to enjoying classical music, it depends on the piece of music. It may be more relevant to young people in the modern world than they realize!

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____he does has nothing to do with me.

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__________ he does has nothing to do with me.

A. If 　　　　 　　　　 B. No matter what

C. That　 　　　　　　 D. whatever

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How many of us ____ a meeting that has nothing to do with us is not important at all.

A. attending           B. to attend

C. have attended   D. attend

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It is obvious that it has nothing to do with success. For Sir Henry Steward was certainly successful. It is twenty years ago since he came down to our village from London, and bought a couple of old cottages, which he had knocked into one. He used his house as a weekend refuge. He was a lawyer. And the village followed his brilliant career with something almost amounting to paternal pride.

I remember some ten years ago when he was made a King’s Counsel, Amos and I, seeing him get off the London train, went to congratulate him. We grinned with pleasure; he merely looked as miserable as though he’d received a penal sentence. It was the same when he was knighted; he never smiled a bit.And not one of his achievements brought even a ghost of a smile to his tired eyes.

I asked him one day,soon after he’d retired to work with his garden,what it was like to achieve all one’s ambitions. He looked down at his roses and went on watering them. Then he said, “The only value in achieving one’s ambition is that you then realize that they are not worth achieving.’Quickly he moved the conversation on to a more practical level,and within a moment we were back to a safe discussion on the weather. That was two years ago.

I recall this incident, for yesterday, I was passing his house, and had drawn up my cart just outside his garden wall to let a bus pass me. As I sat there filling my pipe.I suddenly heard a shout of joy come from the other side of the wall.

I peered over.There stood Sir Henry doing nothing less than a tribal war dance of sheer unashamed ecstasy. Even when he observed my bewildered face staring over the wall he did not seem put out or embarrassed,but shouted for me to climb over.

“Come and see,Jack,Look! I have done it at last!I have done it at last!”

There he was,holding a small box of earth in his hand.I observed three tiny shoots out of it.

“And there were only three!’ he said,his eye laughing to heaven.

“Three what?’ I asked.

Peach stones, he replied. ‘I’ve always wanted to make peach stones grow,ever since I was a child,when I used to take them home after a party,or as a man after a banquet. And I used to plant them. But now at last I have done it, and what’s more, I had only three stones, and there you are, one, two, three shoots,’ he counted.

And Sir Henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievement-his achievement of simplicity.

1.Which of the following statement is correct about Sir Henry Steward?

A.He was regarded as an example of being successful by the villagers.

B.He used to bury himself in his lawyer job,which he was very proud of.

C.He participated in parties or banquets with the intention of finding peach stones.

D.He is more a capable gardener in a small village than a brilliant lawyer in London.

2.According to Sir Henry,the underlined word’ they’ in Paragraph 4 possibly means the following EXCEPT

A.being appointed as a King’s Counsel B.being knighted

C.being a respectable lawyer D.being able to plant peach stones

3.Which of the following best serves as an opening paragraph of this passage?

A.However successful we maybe we can never find enough hours to do everything we want.

B.So seldom do people smile that we do not recognize their faces when they do.

C.It would seem that happiness has something to do with simplicity,and that it is the ability to extract pleasure from the simplest things.

D.Look at a man and you will notice that every day is greeted with only resignation,and endured with polite indifference.

4.What can be a suitable title for this passage?

A.Three peach stones B.Smile like a kid

C.Unashamed excitement D.Never too old to learn

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B

　Fever has usually been regarded as a threat to health.However,no one has actually proved that fever is dangerous.This fact attracted the attention of Matthew J.Kluger.Imagining that fever might not be as harmful as it had been supposed,Kluger set up a series of experiments with lizards(蜥蜴).

　What Kluger and his team did his team did in their first experiment was simple.They put some lizards in a sand-box,one end of which was heated to 44℃,while the other was at a room temperature.It was found that the lizards moved form one part of the box to the other in order to keep a constant temperature of about 38℃.Having shown that normal lizards regulate(调节) their own temperature,Kuger,in a second experiment,then set out to show that lizards,like most other animals,develop fever when infected.This was done by making lizards infected with bacteria (细菌) that were known to cause disease.As the team expected,the infected lizards remained longer in the heated part of the box,until they had raised their body temperatures to two or three degrees above normal.In other words,the sick lizards gave themselves fever.

　In a third experiment,the team observed the effect of temperature on the survival of the lizards.One group of infected lizards was given a fever - suppressing(退烧) drug.The other group was given no drug and ran a fever,that is to say,they kept a highter temperature for four or five days before seeking a cooler environment.The results were impressive.Of those which raised their body temperature,all but one remained alive.Of those given the fever - suppressing drug,more than half died.Similar results have since been produced in other animals.For example,infeced fish swim to warmer water,and will die if not allowed to do so.

　An important conclusion can be drawn from these experiments.As Kluger points out,lizards have been on earth for hundreds of millions of years.It is reasonable to suppose that a response that is so old has been kept by nature for some purpose.It would appear, therefore, that fever does not make disease worse.Rather it its part of the mechanism(机能) by which infection is controlled.

　60.In his experiments,Kluger was hoping to prove that fever ________.

　A.is not harmful to lizards

　B.is not necessarily bad

　C.is necessary for both humans and animals

　D.has the same effect on humans and animals

　61.The lizards put in the sand - box in the first experiment _____.

　A.had a fever B.were not sick C.recovered from disease D.died of heat

　62.In the third experiment,the lizards given a fever - suppressing drug died because _____.

　A.they had no more fever that they needed

　B.they were normal ones and had no fever

　C.the drug had no iffect on sick lizards

　D.the drug made their body temperature too low

　63.How would you understand the underlined words"a response" in the last paragraph?

　A.Gause of disease. B.Recovery from disease.

　C.Relationship between living D.Natural defense in the body against disease.

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Employees are being flooded with too much information that has little to do with their work, according to a new survey.

On average, white-collar workers spend 51 percent of their work time receiving and processing information. Only one third of it was relevant to their work, the survey found. Information overload for white collar workers has become a global issue. The huge amount of information has already affected their efficiency in management as well as their performance at work.

Buried with e-mails

Every morning, a secretary at the human resources department of an auto parts company opens her e-mail box, only to find it crammed with at least 50 unread mails. For her, even scanning through these e-mails every day takes at least half an hour. Some of her colleagues are not so lucky — they have to read at least 100.

Bothered with calls

Telephone calls are also causing a problem. More than 40 percent white-collar workers chose mobile phones as the preferred way to communicate important and urgent business matters.

Talking saves time and energy over the clicking, reading and replying to e-mails, but phone calls are also more distracting(分心的). While answering a call, a clerk is likely to put away a much more important task at hand and start the business being talked about on the phone.

Solution? Not yet.

Many companies start with providing staff with better computers, better Internet access and more advanced gadgets(装置). For example, staff members above a certain level in one company will be provided with a blackberry phone for easier access to their e-mails. The company has also organized many lectures on efficient ways of e-mail management. Yet most white-collar workers think their companies can do more.

1.What does the new survey find about white-collar workers?

A．They spend 51% of their work time on meetings.

B．Only half of the information they receive is useful.

C．Over 60% of them prefer to use the telephone.

D．Some of them have to read at least 100 e-mails every day.

2.Telephone calls cause a problem because ________.

A．they take up the time to receive and send e-mails

B．they are often not answered

C．they are mostly not about business

D．they may lead to the changing of work schedule

3.How do some companies try to solve the problem of information overload?

A．They start to give staff a pay rise.

B．They plan to employ more people.

C．They provide employees with more advanced equipment.

D．They organize lectures on how to reduce stress.

4.What is the major issue discussed in this text?

A．Poor management leads to inefficiency at work.

B．Junk mail is causing big trouble.

C．White-collar workers suffer from information overload.

D．Better computers are in need in workplaces.

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The theory he's stuck _____________ us that earthquake can be forecast.

A. to proves          B. to prove             C. to proving      D. to proved

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