Everybody hates rats(老鼠). But in the earthquake capitals of the world—Japan, Los Angeles, Turkey—rats will soon be man’s new best friends.
What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can’t get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat.
How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rat’s brain gives a signal(信号). This is sent to a small radio on its back and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When rat’s brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person.
Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. Christian Linster at Cornell University, New York, says, “Robots’ noses don’t work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that. ” Rats can also see in the dark. They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don’t need electricity!
The “rat project” is not finished, but Julie Ryan of International Rescue Corps in Scotland says, “It would be fantastic. A rat could get into spaces we couldn’t get to, and a rat would get out if it wasn’t safe. ” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building, but only after an earthquake, of course.
1. In the world earthquake capitals, rats will become man’s best friends because they can ______.
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A．take the place of man’s rescue jobs |
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B．find the position of people alive who are trapped in buildings |
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C．serve as food for people alive who are trapped in buildings |
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D．get into small spaces |
2.From the third paragraph we know the rescuers can judge a person is alive by ______.
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A．the noise made by the rat |
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B．the rat’s unusual behavior |
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C．the signal sent by the radio on the rat’s back |
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D．the smell given off by the person |
3.In doing rescue jobs, ______.
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A．rats smell better than dogs |
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B．dogs don’t need to be trained to smell people |
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C．robots’ sense of smell can be affected by other smells around |
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D．rats can see in the dark and they are smaller than robots |
4.Rats have all the following advantages EXCEPT that ______.
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A．they are more fantastic than other animals |
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B．they are less expensive to train than dogs |
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C．they don’t need electricity |
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D．they are small and can get into small places |
If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice. There are four skills in learning English. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills, you should first master the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example, in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.
As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening. For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve quickly, and you can be a fluent English speaker one day.
1.According to the writer, which should you improve first among the four skills?
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B．Reading and writing. |
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C．Writing and speaking. |
D．Speaking and listening. |
2. To improve your reading, when you read you should ______.
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A．look up all the new words in the dictionary |
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B．think about what you are reading actively |
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C．spend more time studying grammars |
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D．copy as many words and sentences as possible |
3.The underlined phrase “come across” in Paragraph 2 can probably be replaced by “______”.
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A．meet |
B．discover |
C．hear |
D．look for |
4.The passage is mainly about how to ______.
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A．choose suitable listening materials |
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B．deal with new words in reading |
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C．improve your reading ability as quickly as possible |
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D．become fluent in speaking and writing English |
Several weeks ago, my friend advised us to sell some of our things which we will not use any more. I thought it was a good chance to 46 my 7-year-old son’s room and 47 some toys that were no longer suitable for him to play with. We 48 that all the money we got from selling the toys would be his money.
The night before the 49 , we loaded up the truck with toys and a little bike that was too 50 for him. In the yard he 51 the bike for the last time and then happily put it onto the truck. This little bike had at least two previous owners as far as we 52 . It wasn’t in the best 53 and was certainly not new, but the tires were 54 good.
We put a price of $10 on it, but it didn’t sell. So, after the sale was 55 , my friend put it on the sidewalk with a sign that 56 “FREE BIKE”. Within five minutes her doorbell rang. A little boy was 57 there. In poor English he asked whether the bike was 58 free. She said yes and that he could have it for 59 . He smiled, got on the bike and rode away.
Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had made at the sale, he was very 60 , shouting happily. He asked about a few of his things, wondering 61 they had been sold. When he asked about the bike, I told him about the little boy and that made him 62 . He was much happier than when I told him how much he had 63 . He was so happy to 64 that someone else would make good 65 of that little bike!
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假设你是班长李华，请按下列要求，用英语写个口头通知以便向学生们宣布。通知必须包括以下内容：
1.) 事由：1.美国学生来校参观 2.参观时间：11月15日上午
3.参观人数：约50名学生
2.) 活动安排：1. 8:30在校门口欢迎 2. 参观校园
3. 在会议室进行英语学习方面的交流 4. 合影留念
3.) 有意参加此活动的同学请于11月14日前到学生会处报名
要求：写成意思连贯、语句通顺的短文，100个单词，可以适当调整内容的顺序和增加细节，使其连贯完整。开头、结尾已给出。
4）参考词汇：报 名: sign up (for sth.) 会议室: conference room 校 园: campus 学生会: the Student Union
Boys and girls, may I have your attention please? I have an announcement to make.
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短文改错（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）
It was a long time since we last saw each other. You can hardly
imagine how I miss you. How are you getting with your first job? I
remember you once tell me you were eager to graduate and become
an English teacher. Now you must have many first-hand experience.
How do you find your English teaching? Is teaching kids English as
interested as you expected in college? And do your student enjoy
your classroom teaching? Anyway, I believe you must be very
popular with the kids, for you are a born teacher. Hope you great
success in your work! Yes, why not giving me call and come for a
get-together in this weekend?
