________ there, the southwest desert contains...

________ there, the southwest desert contains a remarkable variety of plants.

A. Rarely as it rains                     B. Sometimes it rains

C. It rarely rains                        D. Although rarely rains

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26．There is a remarkable difference between the short poems that were written in English around the year 1500and________written around 1600.

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I can't imagine there________ be a shortage of water in Yunnan, the southwest of China where there

used to be adequate rain.

A. could              B  must              C. might            D. should

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—Though itin the desert most of the year, people still live there.

—That’s the case. They say east or west home is the best.

A．hasn’t rained B． didn’t rain C．doesn’t rain D．hadn’t rained

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There is an unforgettable beauty to the Karoo, a vast semi-desert, that seems empty save for the stars overhead and sheep eating grass below. Economic opportunities here are few.

But the Karoo’s clear skies also draw some of the world's best scientists. A radio telescope project called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is under construction, with the latest group of 64 giant antennae（天线）due to be completed late next year. When finished, it will be the biggest radio telescope in the world and should allow scientists to peer into the origins of the universe.

Still, some sheep farmers are complaining. Because of the sensitivity of the telescope, the surrounding area must be kept free from radio interference（干扰）caused by everything from mobile phones to microwave ovens and some car engines. The SKA is buying up more farms than originally expected to ensure radio silence over an area of some 130,000 hectares. There will be no mobile phone signals allowed, except in the few towns in the area. Save the Karoo, an advocacy group, isn’t convinced by the bright future of groundbreaking astronomical discoveries. Its members fear the restrictions will make the Karoo “a cut-off and backward region”, and warn that people serving farms near the SKA site could face financial ruin. “I don't care about a black hole siting somewhere out in space,” says Eric Torr, an organiser with the group. “It does not put food on the table.”

Sky-high expectations in this down-at-heel area are also a problem. An SKA official complains that the locals expect the telescope to solve all their problems. Some jobs have been created, but few locals have the skills to find out the secrets of distant galaxies. Until recently the high school in Carnarvon, a nearby town, didn’t even have a maths and science teacher. The SKA organisation hired one, and is also offering scholarship to college students. Perhaps if the next generation's horizons are raised, they will be able to take advantage of the radio telescopes in their own backyard.

1.The project SKA is aimed at ______.

A.creating jobs for locals B.exploring the universe

C.protecting the sheep D.saving the Karoo

2.What most disturbs the locals’ life?

A.The shrinking of their farmlands. B.Restrictions of radio signals.

C.The construction of the project. D.Noises of car engines.

3.What can be inferred from Eric’s words?

A.Food should be put on the table. B.Eric faces financial difficulty.

C.The black hole is nowhere to be found. D.The project makes no sense to Eric.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Telescope in the Backyard B.Expectations of the Locals

C.Biggest Radio Telescope D.Great Astronomical Discovery

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—Though it __________ in the desert most of the year, people still live there.

—That’s the case. They say east or west home is the best.

A．hasn’t rained B． didn’t rain C．doesn’t rain D．hadn’t rained

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．Although it________in the desert most of the year, people still live there．

A．doesn’t rain    B．didn’t rain     C．hasn’t rained   D．hadn’t rained

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There are a great number of natural resources in the desert, which remain to be ________.

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There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read recently ______ he thought was the reason for this American characteristic.

A. to give that     B. to give what      C. giving that      D. giving what

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“You will be in my heart forever. Without you, there are only emptiness and desert in my life...” This is a line from a heartfelt poem Feng Duan wrote to his fiancee Chen Lianfang in 1955.

Feng is now 94 and Chen 90, and they have been married for more than half a century. Feng, an academic at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, may not be a professional poet but for 64 years, Feng has written countless love poems to his wife. On every important anniversary or festival, Feng would send a poem to Chen. In 1978, when Chen’s cancer surgery succeeded, Feng created more than ten poems to celebrate his wife’s recovery. Chen used a red suitcase to store these love poems. The academic has also translated many English, French and German poems into classical Chinese.

The couple was introduced to each other by a common friend in 1953 and Feng sent two paper copies of poems to Chen as a gift.

“As long as I think of you, a beam of sunshine lights up my heart,” Feng wrote.

Chen recalled the first time Feng invited her to his dormitory to have a cup of tea and she thought the cup was made of frosted glass. As the two became closer, Chen often visited the academic’s dorm. She realized that the cup was the only one poor Feng owned. The opaque (不透明的) cup was not frosted glass but common glass stained with toothpaste.

Later she bought many clothes and even a stove for Feng, making a nice change from the single man s life. Feng’s marriage to Chen brought more happiness and now Chen still looks after Feng’s daily needs.

1.When Feng first met Chen, he was　　　　 .

A. 32　　 B. 30

C. 28　　 D. 26

2.What change did Chen bring to Feng?

A. Chen made a great difference to Feng’s daily life.

B. Chen changed Feng’s academic life greatly.

C. Chen wrote a lot of poems to Feng.

D. Chen introduced a lot of friends to Feng.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Chen and Feng happened to meet each other on the campus.

B. Feng wrote many poems in different languages.

C. Chen cherished the poems Feng wrote to her.

D. Feng liked his opaque cup so much.

4.The writer wrote the passage to show　　　　 .

A. how a famous poet writes love poems to his wife

B. how the love poems join two hearts together

C. how important love poems are in the marriage

D. how the love poems make the couple famous

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