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As an old-fashioned explorer, Paul Salopek sets out on foot to circle the world. He is also a modern-day explorer. On top of a few clothes, a small first-aid kit and notebooks, he is carrying a recorder, a video camera, a small computer and a satellite phone — a telephone that connects to a satellite and can be used in many places where cell-phones don’t work.
The journey is long: 21,000 miles! It will take seven years to complete it.
Salopek was born in California and spent his childhood in Mexico. He says he has always liked to travel and doesn’t like to rush. At the age of fourteen, he climbed Mount Whitney in California and crossed the state’s Sierra Nevada Mountains alone. When he was fifteen years old, he walked the length of Death Valley. He once rode a mule 2,000 miles through mountains in Mexico.
A longtime reporter, Salopek has reported from Africa, Asia and Mexico. Now 51 years old, he plans to keep writing. As he travels around the world, he is writing stories about the people he meets and the way they live. He looks for how people find local solutions to big problems such as lack of food and water. He also records the sounds he hears and takes photos of the sky and the Earth’s surface.
The long walk started in the Rife Valley in Ethiopia in East Africa. Many consider East Africa to be home to the first humans, who lived 160,000 years ago.
Salopek is retracing the paths our ancestors took as they left Africa and settled in parts of the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Americas. As Salopek is walking, he is learning more about himself and all of humankind.
1.The underlined phrase “on top of” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _______.
A. on the top of B. in contrast to
C. in addition to D. on the basis of
2.The author develops the third paragraph mainly by ________.
A. providing examples
B. making comparisons
C. making a careful analysis
D. following the order of time
3.According to the passage, Paul Salopek is a ________.
A. doctor who likes carrying the small first-aid kit
B. journalist who likes traveling, exploring, writing and studying
C. writer who likes traveling, exploring and studying
D. photographer who is good at using satellite communication equipment
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Paul Salopek: Following Man’s First Footsteps
B. Paul Salopek: Reflecting People’s Real Lives
C. Paul Salopek: Going for a Seven-year Study
D. Paul Salopek: Looking back upon the Childhood
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As an old-fashioned explorer, Paul Salopek sets out on foot to circle the world. He is also a modern-day explorer. On top of a few clothes, a small first-aid kit and notebooks, he is carrying a recorder, a video camera, a small computer and a satellite phone — a telephone that connects to a satellite and can be used in many places where cell-phones don’t work.
The journey is long: 21,000 miles! It will take seven years to complete it.
Salopek was born in California and spent his childhood in Mexico. He says he has always liked to travel and doesn’t like to rush. At the age of fourteen, he climbed Mount Whitney in California and crossed the state’s Sierra Nevada Mountains alone. When he was fifteen years old, he walked the length of Death Valley. He once rode a mule 2,000 miles through mountains in Mexico.
A longtime reporter, Salopek has reported from Africa, Asia and Mexico. Now 51 years old, he plans to keep writing. As he travels around the world, he is writing stories about the people he meets and the way they live. He looks for how people find local solutions to big problems such as lack of food and water. He also records the sounds he hears and takes photos of the sky and the Earth’s surface.
The long walk started in the Rife Valley in Ethiopia in East Africa. Many consider East Africa to be home to the first humans, who lived 160,000 years ago.
Salopek is retracing the paths our ancestors took as they left Africa and settled in parts of the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Americas. As Salopek is walking, he is learning more about himself and all of humankind.
1.The underlined phrase “on top of” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _______.
A. on the top of B. in contrast to
C. in addition to D. on the basis of
2.The author develops the third paragraph mainly by ________.
A. providing examples
B. making comparisons
C. making a careful analysis
D. following the order of time
3.According to the passage, Paul Salopek is a ________.
A. doctor who likes carrying the small first-aid kit
B. journalist who likes traveling, exploring, writing and studying
C. writer who likes traveling, exploring and studying
D. photographer who is good at using satellite communication equipment
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Paul Salopek: Following Man’s First Footsteps
B. Paul Salopek: Reflecting People’s Real Lives
C. Paul Salopek: Going for a Seven-year Study
D. Paul Salopek: Looking back upon the Childhood
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Paul Salopek is an old-fashioned explorer, setting out on foot to circle the world. He is also a modern-day explorer. On top of a few clothes, a small first-aid kit and notebooks, he is carrying a recorder, a video camera, a small computer and a satellite phone—a telephone that connects to a satellite and can be used in many places where cell-phones don’t work.
The journey is long 21,000 miles! It will take seven years to complete it.
Salopek was born in California and spent his childhood in Mexico. He says he has always liked to travel and doesn’t like to rush. At the age of fourteen, he climbed Moun. Whitney in California and crossed the state’s Sierra Nevada Mountains alone. When he was fifteen years, he walked the length of Death Valley. He once rode a mule 2,000 miles through mountains in Mexico.
A longtime reporter, Salopek has reported from Africa, Asia and Mexico. Now 51 years old, he plans to keep writing. As he travels around the world, he is writing stories about the people he meets and the way they live. He looks for how people find local solutions to big problems such as lack of food and water. He also records the sounds he hears and takes photos of the sky and the Earth’s surface.
The long walk started in the Rife Valley in Ethiopia in East Africa. Many consider East Africa to be home to the first humans, who lived 160,000 years ago.
Salopek is retracing the paths our ancestors took as they left Africa and settled in parts of the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Americas. As Salopek is walking, he is learning more about himself and all of humankind.
1.The underlined phrase “on top of” in the first paragraph can be replaced by ____.
A.in addition to B.in the light of
C.in reference to D.in the service of
2.The author develops the third paragraph mainly by ____.
A.providing examples
B.making comparisons
C.making a careful analysis
D.following the order of time
3.According to the passage, Paul Salopek is a ____.
A.doctor who likes carrying the small first-aid kit
B.writer who likes traveling, exploring and studying
C.journalist who likes traveling, exploring, writing and studying
D.photographer who is good at using satellite communication equipment
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Paul Salopek Reflecting People’s Real Lives
B.Paul Salopek Following Man’s First Footsteps
C.Paul Salopek Going for a Seven-year Study
D.Paul Salopek Looking back upon the Childhood
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请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
As an old-fashioned explorer, Paul Salopek sets out on foot to circle the world．He is also a modern-day explorer．On top of a few clothes, a small first-aid kit and notebooks, he is carrying a recorder, a video camera, a small computer and a satellite phone — a telephone that connects to a satellite and can be used in many places where cell-phones don’t work.
The journey is long: 21,000 miles! It will take seven years to complete it.
Salopek was born in California and spent his childhood in Mexico．He says he has always liked to travel and doesn’t like to rush．At the age of fourteen, he climbed Mount Whitney in California and crossed the state’s Sierra Nevada Mountains alone．When he was fifteen years old, he walked the length of Death Valley．He once rode a mule 2,000 miles through mountains in Mexico.
A longtime reporter, Salopek has reported from Africa, Asia and Mexico．Now 51 years old, he plans to keep writing．As he travels around the world, he is writing stories about the people he meets and the way they live．He looks for how people find local solutions to big problems such as lack of food and water．He also records the sounds he hears and takes photos of the sky and the Earth’s surface.
The long walk started in the Rife Valley in Ethiopia in East Africa．Many consider East Africa to be home to the first humans, who lived 160,000 years ago.
Salopek is retracing the paths our ancestors took as they left Africa and settled in parts of the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Americas．As Salopek is walking, he is learning more about himself and all of humankind.
1.The underlined phrase “on top of” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _____.
A．on the top of
B．in contrast to
C．in addition to
D．on the basis of
2.The author develops the third paragraph mainly by ________.
A．providing examples
B．making comparisons
C．making a careful analysis
D．following the order of time
3.According to the passage, Paul Salopek is a ________.
A．doctor who likes carrying the small first-aid kit
B．journalist who likes traveling, exploring, writing and studying
C．writer who likes traveling, exploring and studying
D．photographer who is good at using satellite communication equipment
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A．Paul Salopek: Following Man’s First Footsteps
B．Paul Salopek: Reflecting People’s Real Lives
C．Paul Salopek: Going for a Seven-year Study
D．Paul Salopek: Looking back upon the Childhood
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Dinner parties are out of date. Alumni (毕业生,校友) album are old-fashioned. School leaving is taking on a new turn：it is going online! Graduating students at Qinghua University are saving all their joys and sorrows from university on a CD. Some are setting up their alumni records online, such as Chinaren.com and 5406.net. With computer usage and Internet access becoming even more popular, students are throwing away the traditional graduation book. Instead they are using alumni books online, in CDs or disks, electrolyzing(电解) their graduation in the e-age.
"It is much easier and safer to save." Xu Ziguo, a civil-engineer-major at Qinghua University said. Like his class, most of Qinghua's to-be graduates are using the CD alumni records and online association. Xu said CD records can save more than the actual books. Photos and videos on school activities and normal campus life, and messages may be all included in the thin plastic with the help of a CD-Writer. "Everything is so lively when I watch it, just like what is happening on campus," Xu said. Another student at the Renmin University of China, Lu Yangzhen said her class saved all the memorable messages on a disk. They use a common chat room online to communicate after graduation. Many classes will keep their homepages on campus for future communication, Lu said.
Dotcom companies are also seizing the opportunity to get more clicks. Chinaren.com said it provided improved services for the users. One service is to send group emails, meaning if a user sends an email to one address, all his or her classmates can get it at the same time. But what if the Dotcom company breaks down one day? Xu said they had left a "backup". That is to use the old way with a person working as the liaison.
55. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Dotcom Companies Serve Graduating Students
B. Computer Usage Becomes More and More Popular
C. Dinner Parties Are Out of Date
D. Alumni Reunions Arrive Online
56. Why do they electrolyze their graduation in the e-age?
A. Because they found the traditional form was inconvenient.
B. Because many students can afford to buy a computer.
C. Because computers become more and more popular.
D. Because it is much easier and safer to save, and everything is lively.
57. What kind of service is provided by Dotcom companies?
A. If a user sends an email to one of his or her classmates, the others can get it at the same time.
B. If a user sends an email to a certain address, all his or her classmates can get it at the same time.
C. It isn't mentioned in the passage.
D. Users can use a common chat room online to communicate after graduation.
58. What does the underlined word "album" most probably mean?
A. a kind of book B. dinner C. present D. photo
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After so many hardships, the scientist ________ his motherland at last.
A. set on his foot B. set foot on C. set feet on D. set his feet on
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After graduation went to Nigeria but when I first set foot on strange land，I didn’t Know what the future had in store for me.
A. the；／ B. the；the C. ／; a D. the；a
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I stole your dog today. No, I didn’t set a foot on your house, but from the condition of your dog, I can imagine what it looks like…the word “rubbish” comes to mind.
I found her along a road, with a heavy chain wrapped around her neck, still attached to rotten boards from her doghouse. Not only did I know that most of the town people had already ignored her, judging by where I found her, but I knew that if she had gotten into the Woods, the "cross" that she dragged behind her would have wrapped around a tree until starvation or thirst killed her. She has a beautiful name now. Already in the first week she has come to look more like she should. Her eyes sparkle and she has learned to wag her tail in greeting. She has stopped flinching (畏缩) when I make a sudden movement, because she knows now that I won’t beat her, in fact, she rarely leaves my side. She’s even become brave enough to bark at a cat and today I watched from the window as she attempted to play with the other dogs. No, it’s clear she does not miss you or her former life on a chain.
It’s not clear yet whether she'll remain here or whether I’ll find her a loving home where she can count on more individual attention than I can give her, but one thing is certain, this is one bit of stolen “property” who is never returning to you. So sue me, accuse me, plead with the courts that she is rightfully yours ... I'm convinced this is the best “crime” I’ve ever committed. Hardly anything has pleased me more than the day I stole your dog. I need only look into her beautiful brown eyes to know that she’d defend my decision with her life. If we have one prayer, it is that you will not replace her, and if we have one special day to celebrate together, it is the day I stole your dog and the day she stole my heart.
1. What's the author's attitude towards the former owner of the dog?
A. Puzzled. B. Angry. C. Shocked. D. Satisfied.
2.It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. the dog is not lovely
B. the dog tried to find a kind master
C. the dog was treated badly by its former master
D. the author will be charged with stealing a dog
3.All the following statements showed us the dog's recovery from her nature except _______.
A. playing with other dogs
B. barking at a cat
C. not missing her former master
D. waving her tail to make greetings
4.What did the author think of his theft?
A. He was afraid of being punished.
B. He thought he had to do it.
C. He believed that the law would allow him to do so.
D. He did it with pride.
5. What’s the purpose did the author write the passage?
A. To warn the people in the town not to keep dogs.
B. To prove his love to the dog to her former owner.
C. To explain to the police why the dog were in the Woods.
D. To ask people to find the dog a loving home and a owner who loves dogs.
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—It is said that he is focusing on another book on space exploration. When will it come out?
—It is _______ next year.
A. about to be published B. surely to be published
C. due to be published D. going to publish
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On her first morning in America last summer, my daughter went out to explore her new neighborhood alone, without even telling my wife or me. Of course we were worried; we had just moved from Berlin, and she was just 8. But when she came home, we realized we had no reason to panic. Beaming with pride, she told us how she had discovered the little park around the corner, and had made friends with a few local dog owners.
When this story comes up in conversations with American friends, we usually meet with polite disbelief. Most are horrified by the idea that their children might roam(闲逛) around without adult supervision.
A study by the University of California has found that American kids spend 90 per cent of their leisure time at home, often in front of the TV or playing video games. Such narrowing of children's world has happened across the developed world. But German parents are generally much more accepting of letting children take some risks.
“We are depriving(剥夺) them of opportunities to learn how to take control of their own lives,” writes Peter Gray, a research professor at Boston College. He argues that this increases the chance that they will suffer from anxiety, depression, and various other mental disorders, which have gone up dramatically in recent decades.
I am no psychologist like Professor Gray, but I know I won't be around forever to protect my girls from the challenges life holds in store for them. And by giving kids more control over their lives, they learn to have more confidence in their own capabilities.
1.Hearing the author's daughter exploring the new neighborhood alone, his American friends feel ________.
A. worried B. proud C. doubtful D. terrified
2.We can conclude from Paragraph 3 that ________.
A. American kids enjoy playing at home
B. German parents are less protective than American parents
C. German kids like taking risks more than American kids
D. American parents don't limit their children's activities in their leisure time
3.It's implied from Professor Gray's words that ________.
A. parents should always be around their children to protect them from risks
B. more and more parents suffer from mental problems
C. children are having more opportunities to take control of their lives
D. giving children more freedom is beneficial to their mental development
4.Which of the following words can best describe the author's parenting?
A. Open-minded. B. Irresponsible. C. Careless. D. Protective.
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Out of __________ question, it’s______ great fun to explore new places-----it feels like an adventure, even when you know you’re not the first to have been there.
A. the; a B. the; / C. /;a D. /’/
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