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Two Chinese cargo ships, the Hua Ping and Yu Xing 8 were attacked by _____________ armed people on the Mekong River on Oct.5.

A. unrecognized    B. unidentified      C. unfamiliar     D. unbelievable

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Chinese scientists recently have produced two monkeys with the same gene, Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, using the same technique that gave us Dolly the sheep. These monkeys are not actually the first primates（灵长类）to be cloned. Another one named Tetra was produced in the late 1990s by embryo（胚胎）splitting, the division of an early-stage embryo into two or four separate cells to make clones. By contrast, they were each made by replacing an egg cell nucleus（原子核）with DNA from a differentiated body cell. This Dolly method, known as somatic cell nuclear transfer（SCNT）, can create more clones and allows researchers greater control over the edits they make to the DNA.

Success came from adopting several new techniques. These included a new type of microscopy to better view the cells during handling or using several materials that encourage cell reprogramming, which hadn’t been tried before on primates. Still, the research process proved difficult, and many attempts by the team failed. Just two healthy baby monkeys born from more than 60 tested mothers. This leads to many researchers’ pouring water on the idea that the team’s results bring scientists closer to cloning humans. They thought this work is not a stepping stone to establishing methods for obtaining live born human clones. Instead, this clearly remains a very foolish thing to attempt, it would be far too inefficient, far too unsafe, and it is also pointless.

But the scientists involved emphasize that this is not their goal. There is now no barrier for cloning primate species, thus cloning humans is closer to reality. However, their research purpose is entirely for producing non-human primate models for human diseases; they absolutely have no intention, and society will not permit this work to be extended to humans. Despite limitations, they treat this breakthrough a novel model system for scientists studying human biology and disease.

1.What do we know about the technology called SCNT?

A. It created the first two primates.

B. It may contribute to editing the DNA.

C. It can divide an early-stage embryo into several cells.

D. It produced two cloned monkeys with different genes.

2.What does the author mean by “pouring water on the idea” in paragraph 2?

A. Keeping a hot topic of it.

B. Attaching no importance to it.

C. Having a low opinion of it.

D. Adding supportive evidence to it.

3.What is the scientists’ purpose to clone these monkeys?

A. To prepare for their research on human cloning.

B. To serve as a stepping stone to their reputation.

C. To help with the study of human diseases.

D. To raise money for holding an exhibition of novels.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Cloning humans is already on its way.

B. New techniques seem to be pointless.

C. Society won’t agree to clone another monkey.

D. The success rate of cloning a monkey was not high.

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A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. Not knowing what else to do, the two survivors agreed that they had no alternativethan to pray to God.

However, to find out whose prayers were more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.

The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the island, and he was able to eat its fruit. But the other man’s parcel of land remained barren.

After a week, the first man became lonely and decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island. But on the other side of the island, there was nothing.

Soon thereafter the first man prayed for a house, clothes and more food. The next day, like magic, all of these things were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship so that he and his wife could leave the island, and in the morning he found a ship docked at his side of the island.

The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island, considering the other man unworthy to receive God’s blessings since none of his prayers had been answered.

As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from Heaven booming, “Why are you leaving your companion on the island?”

“My blessings are mine alone since I was the one who prayed for them,” the first man answered. “His prayers were all unanswered and so he doesn’t deserve anything.”

“You are mistaken!” the voice rebuked him. “He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings.”

“Tell me,” the first man asked the voice, “what did he pray for that I should owe him anything?”

“He prayed that all your prayers would be answered.”

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us. So what you do for others is more important than what you do for yourself.

1.The first man’s wife is _____.

A．a swimmer who got to the island by accident

B．an angel sent by God to keep him company

C．a survivor from another wrecked ship

D．a native person on the desert-like island

2.The underlined word “barren” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.

A．isolated           B．unproductive       C．fertile            D．dry

3.Which of the following is true about the second man?

A．He didn’t deserve any blessing from God.

B．None of his prayers was answered by God.

C．He is not brave enough to tell God his needs.

D．His prayer helped his companion get out of trouble.

4.What’s the moral of the story?

A．Never judge a person by appearance.

B．Don’t lose heart in trouble.

C．Helping others is helping ourselves.

D．Greed is the root of all evil.

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Chinese are the first people to have tea. One thousand and two hundred years ago, Lu Yu wrote a book called "The Classic of Tea", 1.is honored as "The Bible of Tea". The book gives a detailed2.(explain) of the origin, the processing skills and the classification of tea.

However, Chinese tea culture goes far beyond tea 3.(it). Take green tea for instance, the ideal temperature of the water should be around 80℃. If the water is too hot, nutrients（营养）in the tea4.(destroy). On the other hand, if the water is not hot enough, the tea 5.(leaf) won't open up and you will miss the pleasantly fresh flavor. So Chinese people are accustomed 6.drinking hot tea. When you visit a Chinese friend, your friend will 7.(constant) add hot water to your emptying cup of tea. It is polite8.(offer) the tea cup to guests with both hands. Of course, the guests should pay respect as well9.(take) over the cup with both hands.

Talking about adding water to the tea cup, there is10.saying: wine full, full cup. Tea half, half cup. For wine, full cup symbolizes whole heartiness. For tea, half, it means modesty.

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On March 25, 2013, two pandas were shipped from China to Canada. The pandas received a warm welcome to the North America from Canada’s Prime Minister Step

hen Harper and Chinese ambassador(大使)Zhang Junsai.

The pandas will spend five years at the Toronto Zoo, and then spend another five years at the Calgary Zoo. This is the first time in 20 years that pandas have been sent to a Canadian zoo. “I want to offer my sincere thanks to the government of China for sharing these two pandas, symbolizing peace and friendship, with all Canadians, ”said Prime Minister Harper.

The pandas are named Er Shun and Da Mao. Er Shun, a five-year-old female, came from the Chongqing Zoo, in southwest China. Da Mao, a four-year-old male, traveled from Chengdu. The panda passengers were given plenty of snacks throughout the flight. Each panda received more than 200 pounds of bamboo and 100 pounds of apples.

The number of pandas is decreasing and now there are only 1, 600 pandas left in the wild. And this is partly due to the loss of their primary food source, bamboo. According to a recent study, warming temperatures are causing a shortage of bamboo in at least one region of China where pandas live.

The climate in Er Shun and Da Mao’s new home in Canada isn’t perfect for growing bamboo. Twice a week, the Memphis Zoo, in Tennessee, will ship about 700 pounds of the green plant up north to the Toronto Zoo. While the pandas are far from China, zookeepers plan to make Canada feel like their home.

1.We can know from the second paragraph that　　 .

A. China often sends pandas to Canada

B. Canada is very thankful for China’s help

C. the two pandas will spend ten years in Canada

D. the two pandas will only live in one place.

2.According to the passage, the two pandas　　 .

A. are both four years old

B. are from the same Chinese zoo

C. can eat as many as 100 pounds of apples in a day

D. were given over 400 pounds of bamboo on the flight

3.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A. The reason for the decreasing number of pandas.

B. The primary food source of pandas.

C. The lifestyle of pandas in the wild.

D. The effects of warming temperatures on bamboo.

4.It can be learned from the passage that　　 .

A. pandas eat nothing but bamboo and apples

B. the climate in Toronto is unfit for bamboo to grow

C. the animal that all Canadians like best is pandas

D. China lent the two pandas just in order to help Canada

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Yu Rong, a Chinese artist, thinks of a new way to introduce 1.ancient story of Hua Mulan in her picture book. In the book, I Am Hua Mulan, she tells the story by2.(combine) paper-cutting with international artistic styles. She places Shaanxi paper-cuts over Western-style pencil sketches(素描) 3.(create) a typical presentation of Chinese elements (元素), which turns out to be a 4.(success) and impressive breakthrough.

Hua Mulan, 5.story has been told by generations in China, is a fighter from the Northern Wei Dynasty(386-534). As a devoted daughter, she dressed herself as a man to serve in the army 6.place of her father. Mulan’s characteristics, such as courage, kindness and a disinterested attitude toward fame and fortune, made　 7.(she) one of the most respected historical Chinese heroines. Mulan’s story has been adapted 8.(frequent) in modern media, including TV shows, video games and literature. For example, in 1998, Disney produced a film named Mulan, which 9. (consider) a great success by critics and the public.

To better tell the story, Yu Rong takes inspiration from her several 10.(visit) to sites of ancient battles and Henan Province’s Yuju Opera. After years of preparation, she finally makes this extraordinary work.

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We were greatly shocked to hear the news that ______ two Chinese engineers were shot to death in Pakistan. Worse still, ______ third one died in a hospital afterwards.

A. the; a       B. the; the            C. /; a                         D. /; the

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We were shocked to hear the news that ________ two Chinese engineers were shot to death in Pakistan. Worse still, ________ one died in hospital afterwards.

A. /; a third　　 B. the; the third

C. the; a third　　 D. /; the third

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About two months ago, Xing Yan started experiencing insomnia for the first time.

“It developed suddenly. I was under heavy pressure from work at the time. I could not fall asleep at all at night, and was wide awake until dawn. I tried not to think of the things that were troubling me and forget them, but the thoughts quickly returned, making it even harder for me to fall asleep,” said the bank employee from Fushun, Liaoning province.

Before the insomnia developed, Xing had regularly experienced less serious related disorders, such as taking a long time to fall asleep. He believes his tendency to worry may be the cause of his insomnia.

In addition to feeling tired during the day, Xing feels he is experiencing the physical consequences of insomnia, such as an unexplained stomach ache.

“I became very frightened when I realized I could not sleep every day,” said the 40-year-old, who has been admitted to Peking University Sixth Hospital in Beijing for treatment. “I may be ruined if this situation continues.”

In an attempt to overcome his problem, Xing plans to strictly follow the advice of his doctor, such as getting up and going to bed at fixed times, and taking medication.

Sun Hongqiang, director of the Sleep Medicine Center at the hospital, said his team has seen a constant rise in the number of patients with sleeping disorders in recent years.

Despite seeing about 100 patients every day, the 12 doctors at the center are unable to meet demand, which means many patients endure a long wait before they can consult a physician, according to Sun.

“Globally, the incidence of sleep disorders is rising,” he said. “In China, about 30 percent of the population has sleep disorders, while around 10 percent frequently experience insomnia.”

It is unclear what is behind the rise in the number of people with sleep disorders, but the problem may be linked with factors such as personality, brain-related illnesses and disturbed lifestyles, he added.

1.What is the meaning of the underlined word “insomnia”?

A.Being unable to sleep.

B.Staying up late.

C.Low sleep quality.

D.Taking a long time to fall asleep.

2.What’s Xing’s occupation?

A.A doctor.

B.A bank employee.

C.A student from Peking University

D.A physician.

3.What can be inferred from Sun Hongqiang’s words?

A.About 30% of the Chinese suffer from insomnia.

B.Doctors are too busy to see people with insomnia.

C.Physicians are in high demand in the battle against insomnia.

D.The causes of insomnia include brain-related illnesses and disturbed lifestyles.

4.What can be the best title of the passage?

A.Insomnia — A terrible disease

B.Insomnia — An increasing incident

C.Doctors — In great demand

D.Sleep disorder — A constant phenomenon

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The cruelty of the terrorists towards the two Chinese engineers in Pakistan and____of the terrorists towards America in September 11 filled everyone with horror.

A.those                          B.that              C.one      D.it

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