These are some signs that you can see on the ...

These are some signs that you can see on the roads of Great Britain.

Number one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign they must not go at more than thirty miles an hour. We see this sign when we get to parts of the country where there are many houses and other buildings, for example, when we are getting near a town. Thirty miles an hour is the speed limit. Number two is sign for the end of the speed limit. We are out of the town now and may go at more than thirty miles an hour. Number three is a sign that we are near a crossroads, that is, a place where two roads cross. We must drive carefully. Number four is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. Number five is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the roads get narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number seven has the word “school” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of a street or road. Perhaps there are children going to school or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly until they are past the school building.

Number eight is a sign with the letter P on it. The letter P is for “parking.” A parking place is a place where drivers may leave their cars. If the driver of a car wants to leave his car and go to the shops, he looks for this sign. Then he knows that he may leave his or her car there.

1.Who will most probably read the passage?

A. People who drive badly.　 B. People who are learning to drive.

C. People who drive well.　　 D. People who drive carelessly.

2.When a driver sees the sign number one, he must　 　　　　　　 .

A. always go at 30 miles an hour

B. go at more that 30 miles an hour

C. not go at more than 30 miles an hour

D. stop

3.A driver must drive carefully when he gets to　 　　　　　　　 .

A. a bend　　 　　　　　 B.　 a crossroads

C.　 a narrow road　　 D.　 all of them

4.If a driver wants to leaves his car and go to the shops, 　　　　　　　　 .

A. he can leave his car anywhere

B. he can leave his car at the gate of any shop

C. he must look for the sign with the letter P on it

D. he can leave his car at the side of the street.

5.Now , you—three drivers are driving side by side along the road, if you see the No. six sign, you have to _______.

A. drive along one after one because the road is not wide enough

B. drive more slowly because of the speed limit

C. drive more carefully because school children may cross the road

D. drive slowly because you have got to drive uphill

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A sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roads.

Number one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign, they must not go at more than thirty kilometers an hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number two is a sign that we’re near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number three is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go round a bend very fast. Number four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction at this place. Number five is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number seven has the word “SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number eight is a sign with the letter “P” on it. The letter “P” means “Parking”. At some places, there’re the signs “No parking” or “No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car.

61. At the places where you see Sign 1, ________.

A. you are already out of a town

B. you still have thirty kilometers to go

C. there must be a town thirty kilometers away

D. there must be many houses and buildings not far away

62. There stands Sign 2 near a place where________.

A. two roads cross            B. people can cross the road

C. the roads get narrow        D. there are no traffic lights

63. You have to drive not only slowly but also carefully when you find________.

A. each of the eight signs              B. either of Signs 2 and 3

C. all of Signs 3, 5, 6 and 7            D. any of Signs 3, 5, 6 and 7

64. A driver can leave his car________.

A. near Sign 8 at any time

B. near a sign with “No parking” on it

C. near a sign with “No waiting” if there’re no police there

D. near a sign with “P” on it in the daytime

65. People put these signs on the roads to________.

A. show drivers the way           B. stop cars going too fast

C. make driving even safer         D. learn another kind of language

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As you can see, the number of cars on our roads ________ rising these days.

A．was keeping            B．keep            C．keeps            D．were keeping

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Animal moms are great moms. You might be surprised at some of these moms.

Octopuses(章鱼)

The octopus mother lays about 50,000 eggs. For about 300 days, she stays with the eggs, cleans them and protects them. She does not leave to feed. However, this animal mom dies as soon as the eggs are hatched (孵化).

Crocodiles(鳄鱼)

A crocodile mother puts a lot of time and effort into raising her babies. She starts by building a nest(巢),which she guards for over two months! When the eggs are ready to hatch, the young crocodiles call out to their mother, who digs them out and helps them hatch. She then carries them in her mouth down to the water, where she will guard them for several weeks or months until they learn to hunt on their own.

Bats

Bats become moms by hanging head up in a cave, giving birth. Catching the youngster before it can fall to the ground below, she puts it in a pouch(育儿袋).Bat moms may carry babies with them when feeding for the first few days. As the little bats get bigger and heavier, moms help them hang on the wall of their caves and return often to feed them. It continues for about three weeks, until the babies are grown up and able to fly on their own.

Koalas

This animal mom gives birth after a pregnancy(怀孕期) of only 35 days. The hairless baby climbs into its mother’s pouch and lives there for another five months. When the little koala is between five and eight months old, it leaves the pouch for short periods of time but returns for safety. Once it is too big to return to the pouch,it will climb onto its mother’s back and ride there until it is about 12 months old.

1.How many animal moms are mentioned in the passage.

A. Two　　 B. Three　 C. Four　　 D. Five

2.Which animal mom dies when their babies are born?

A. Octopus.　　 B. Crocodile.　 C. Bat.　　　　 D. Koala.

3.A crocodile mother usually carries her babies to the water 　　 .

A. in her mouth　　 B. on her back

C.in her pouch　 D. by her tail

4.A bat mom 　　 .

A. gives birth by lying in the nest

B. gives birth by hanging in a cave

C .leaves its babies in the pouch for months

D. lets its babies live on their own after birth

5.How long does a young koala usually stay in its mother’s pouch at least?

A.35 days.　 　 B.5 months.

C.8 months.　　 D.12 months.

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Dolphin or not a dolphin?That is the question!You see,there are several types of dolphins.Some are saltwater dolphins while others are river dolphins.

＂What are the 32 types of dolphins?"When people are asking the question,they are actually referring to the saltwater dolphins in oceans and seas.The river dolphins living in fresh water,are not included in these species.But what would be the answer in this case if we ask,"Dolphin or not a dolphin?"The answer would obviously be yes.River dolphins still belong to the dolphin family.

Among the 32 types of dolphins,some do not actually wear the word"dolphin”in their names,such as the tucuxi,while others actually have the word"whale"as part of their names even if they are not whales but in fact,belong to the dolphin family,for example, the melon-headed whale and the killer whale.So what would be the answer to the question＂dolphin or not a dolphin?"in these cases?It would be yes.All these species do belong to the dolphin family.

Another question that people ask is,"Are the sea animals that perform at aquariums all dolphins?"So,it always seems to come back to the question,"Dolphin or not a dolphin?"

Well the answer is no in this case.The sea animals that perform there are not all dolphins. The beluga which people tend to think belong to the dolphin family because they show what seems like a smile,like most dolphins,are in fact a species of the whale family.

Now that you read these facts about dolphins,you probably realize that certain sea animals may appear to be part of the dolphin species and that others seem to be part of the whale family,but in either case,it is not obvious and can be surprising when you identify a sea animal as being a dolphin or not a dolphin.That is the question!

1.What do we know about the majority of the dolphins?

A.They look like whales. B.They appear friendly.

C.They perform for audience. D.They live in fresh water.

2.What could be added about dolphins before the last paragraph if you were the author?

A.The living area. B.Dolphin training.

C.The eating habits. D.Further identification.

3.This article can be classified as_____.

A.popular science B.literary fiction

C.a travel diary D.a news report

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(D)

You can not see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. Such things are luminous. Most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies. The moon, for example, does not give off any light of its own. It is non-luminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. So moon light is only second hand sunlight.

When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.

Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a second.

1.You can see the book because_______.

A．your eyes are close to it                  B．it reflects some of the sunlight

C．it has light of its own                     D．your eyesight can get to it

2.The underlined word “luminous” means_______.

A．visible            B．all colors          C．giving off light      D．sunlight

3.________ have light of their own.

A．The sun and the moon                   B．The stars and the earth

C．The sun and the stars                    D．The moon and the earth

4.Which of the following is true?

A．All the things you can see give off light.

B．Light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon.

C．The moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes.

D．Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read.

5.This article is probably from _________ .

A．a science magazine                      B．a medical magazine

C．a biography                            D．a story book.

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Some colors people see late at night could cause signs of clinical(临床的) depression(沮丧). That was the finding of a study that builds on earlier study findings. They show that individuals(个人) who live or work in low levels of light overnight(整夜) can develop clinical depression. Doctors use the word “clinical depression” to describe severe form of depression. Signs may include loss of interest or pleasure in most activities, low energy levels and thoughts of death or suicide.

In the new study, American investigators designed an experiment that exposed hamsters(仓鼠) to different colors. The researchers chose hamsters because they are nocturnal, which means they sleep during the day and are active at night.

The animals were separated into four groups. One group of hamsters was kept in the dark during their night-time period. Another group was placed in front of a blue light, a third group slept in front of a white light, while a fourth was put in front of a red light.

After four weeks, the researchers noted how much sugary water the hamsters drank. They found that the most depressed animals drank the least amount of water.

Randy Nelson heads the Department of Neuroscience at Ohio State University. He says animals that slept in blue and white light appeared to be the most depressed. “What we saw is that these animals didn’t show any sleep uneasiness(不安) at all but they did mess up biological clock genes and they did show depressive sign while if they were in the dim(微弱) red light, they did not.”

Randy Nelson notes that photosensitive(感光) cells in the eyes have little to do with eyesight. He says these cells send signals to the area of the brain that controls what has been called the natural sleep-wake cycle.

He says there’s a lot of blue in white light. This explains why the blue light and white light hamsters appear to be more depressed than the hamsters seeing red light or darkness.

1.Researchers use hamsters in the experiment because __________.

A. they are similar to humans in dealing with colors

B. they are easy to observe and study

C. they are sensitive to colors like human beings

D. they are active at night and sleep during the day

2.What sign shows that the hamsters are being depressed?

A. They drink less sugary water.

B. They don’t sleep well.

C. Their eyesight becomes worse.

D. Their energy level becomes low.

3.__________ tends to cause hamsters to be depressed.

A. Dim light　 　　 B. Red light

C. Blue light　　 D. Darkness

4.What can help people who work late at night to avoid being depressed?

A. Not being exposed to dim red light when using computers.

B. Equipping their computer screens to put it more in the reddish light.

C. Living or working in low levels of light overnight.

D. Going to see doctors of clinical depression regularly for help.

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—What do you think of your step-mother?

—There are some things that are not easy to______, but on the whole she is a good mother.

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What is great art? On the one hand, we can all see that great art is old art which is called great. But how do we know which art of our own times is great, and which will be forgotten? And who decides?

These are important questions, for the great art of the past often was not considered great during its own time. When Shakespeare and Charles Dickens were writing, for example, most critics considered them as hack (平庸的) writers with little or no literary ability.

Similarly, Van Gogh and many of the other Impressionist painters of the late nineteenth century were not allowed to participate in events involving what were thought to be the "real" painters of the time, and often they were very poor. Yet today their paintings often sell for millions of dollars, while those so-called "real" painters are now barely remembered.

So what makes great art? Can, for example, rock music be great art? Music videos? Cartoons and comics? Those who call themselves critics of the fine arts often have been the last to recognize great art in the past, and we can probably expect this to be the situation today.

Critics often don’t recognize great art because they tend to be prejudiced against what is popular. Popular works, whether they are novels, movies, or comics, are usually considered to be produced for the sake of money only, and not for the sake of art.

But popularity, it seems to me, is one of the three signs that a present-day work of art may come to be thought of as great. The other two are that it is groundbreaking, and that it is inherently (内在的) beautiful.

Many works have one or even two of these qualities of being popular, unusual, and beautiful. But having all the three often will mean that a work of art will someday be seen to be great, though it may take a good spoonful of time, such as a century or two, to know for sure.

1.The first paragraph is intended to__________.

2.The author used the examples of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Van Gogh to prove _____.

3.According to the author, great works _______.

4.What can be inferred from the passage?

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1.If a Canadian who is on a 7-day trip to New York buys $ 800 CAN worth of goods, how much should he pay tax on when returning home?

A. $ 800 CAN        B. $750 CAN　　　 C.$ 400 CAN        D. $ 50 CAN

2.For an American citizen on a 2-day tour of Canada, how much tax does he have to pay on $ 1.600 US worth of purchases when returning to the US?

A. $ 24 US            B. $ 48 US　　　　 C. $52 US            D. $ 200 US

3.What documentation should a couple with a 7-year-old child carry when they drive a car from Canada to America?

A. A BC driver’s license, an Air NEXUS card, and a birth certificate.

B. An Air NEXUS card, a U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Marine Document, and a birth certificate.

C. Two valid passport cards and a certified copy of a birth certificate.

D. A NEXUS card, a U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Marine Document., and a certified copy of a birth certificate.

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