单词拼写 根据所给单词的首字母或汉语提示, 完成下列句子(将完整的英语单词写在答题卡上对应的题号上) ( 5分)
1.It will be a long time for him to r from the bad cold.
2.The policeman asked me to show him my i card.
3.The new coat just cost her $22, it is really a good (便宜货).
4.To our r , the missing child returned home ten days later, tired but healthy.
5.You’d better __________(附加) the labels(标签) to the luggage so that it won’t be mixed.
Every electronic gadget (小玩意) needs good memory. A music player stores songs, albums and playlists. A computer holds schoolwork and programs and remembers how far a player has advanced in his or her favorite game. Mobile phones store names, numbers and hundreds of texts.
Now, scientists in California say they have come up with a way to turn a living cell into a memory device.
It can store only one tiny bit of information, but it’s a start. In the future, a cell-based gadget might travel through the body and record measurements. The benefit to human health could be big: the right tool, for example, might record the earliest signs of disease.
Doctors, scientists and other curious people want to know what is happening inside the body, even at levels that can’t be seen by the naked eye. So far, there is no device small enough to travel through the bloodstream.
If normal machines won’t do the trick, perhaps biology will. Scientists who work in the field of synthetic (合成的) biology are trying to find ways to turn living things into human tools. In the case of the new memory device, bioengineers from Stanford University used the genetic material inside living cells to record information.
This genetic material consists of DNA. Found in nearly every cell, DNA carries all of the information that keeps a living thing alive.
In the new experiment, the researchers turned DNA from bacteria(细菌) into a switch. They “flip (翻转)” a small section of DNA. Then, using the same procedure (过程) , the scientists flip the section again—returning it into its normal structure.
Using these DNA switches, “We can write and erase DNA in a living cell,” bioengineer, Jerome Bonnet, explained to Science News.
It might take years before his team or others identity whether a DNA-based memory device might be practical. Right now, it takes one hour to complete a flip. That is far too long to be useful. Plus, a flipped section has a very small little memory—less than what a computer uses to remember a single letter.
“This was an important proof that it was doable,” Bonnet told Science News. “Now we want to build a more complex system, something that other people can use.”
1.What is the aim of listing the electronic things in the first paragraph?
A. To make the passage more fashionable.
B. To show how electronic things have memory.
C. To discuss things in detail.
D. To make the subject of the text more understandable.
2.What is possible future benefit of the cell-based gadget for people?
A. To detect disease at the earliest point.
B. To help improve the memory.
C. To help people build a body.
D. To replace many electronic gadgets.
3.What is the object being researched?
A. The cells of bacteria.
B. The DNA of bacteria.
C. A section of bacteria.
C. The nucleus of bacteria.
4.What do we know about a flipped section of DNA?
A. It has a very small memory.
B. It can function as a computer.
C. It has one letter in it.
D. It takes a day to complete it.
As the old saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But Venezuela, whose beauty queens have won Miss Universe and Miss World over six times, doesn’t leave it to chance. In Venezuela, girls as young as four can be found attending beauty schools, where they can learn a range of skills from how to walk to the correct way to hold a wine glass.
“Hair must always be completely clean, make-up should look natural, and you should always, always wear high-heels,” advises Andrea Reyes, a teacher in a school of Caracas with 160 students.
Beauty contests are treated in Venezuela much as sporting competitions are elsewhere. Many Venezuelan parents believe that if their daughters can succeed and get the beauty crown, their future as famous and public persons is sure to come. As a result, the girls are trained to compete at a young age.
Among former beauty queens are Irene Saez, who went on to compete for the country’s president, and Eva Ekvall, whose battle with cancer helped to make more people know about the illness in Venezuela.
However, voices against the trend can be heard all over the country. At one time, a feminist (男女平等主义者) group tried to stop the Miss Venezuela broadcast. President Hugo Chavez has spoken out against the culture of plastic surgery(整形手术)in Venezuela, calling it a “frightening thing”.
The BBC reporter Sarah Grainger says that acceptance of the contests is partly a result of the country’s “machista” (大男子主义的) view of the different roles that men and women should play, “Men are supposed to be strong and brave and women to be gentle and beautiful”.
Miss Universe 1996, Alicia Machado, knows the price to be paid when you’re no longer seen as attractive. After winning the beauty contest, she said all she wanted to do was “eat, eat and eat”. Her weight gain later and warning by the organizers of the contest to replace her as queen with the runner-up was among the hottest topics in the country, especially in Latin America.
1.What’s the advice given by a teacher in Caracas to her students?
A. Attending beauty schools as early as possible.
B. Wearing high-heels at times.
C. Washing your hair quite often.
D. Fighting against cancer bravely.
2.Girls try to win in the beauty contest to__________.
A. try plastic surgery
B. practice the country’s “machista” view
C. earn a good future
D. eat as much as one pleases
3.We can learn from the passage that__________.
A. Venezuela girls have won Miss Universe and Miss World over six times by chance
B. In Venezuela, people judge men and women in quite different ways
C. Eva Ekvall once competed for the country’s president
D. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has spoken out against beauty contests
4.What does the underlined word “runner-up” in the last paragraph mean?
A. the news reporter covering the beauty contest
B. the organizer of the beauty contest
C. the girl who is slim
D. the person who comes in the second place
Book 1: Iggy peck, Architect
——By Andrea Beaty
32 pages, US $ 15.95
This book is the classic oddball (古怪的人) story about a kid whose head teacher does not recognize his great talent ( he makes buildings out of anything at hand, including table cloths, fruit and chalk) until it saves her life.
Book 2: The Chicken—Chasing Queen of Lamar County
——By Janice N. Harrington
40 pages, US $ 16.00
Our character here loves to run after chickens, particularly Miss Hen, who’s very fat. But, as all farming folk know, this is not a good way to produce happy, productive chickens. What will make her change her ways? The author is a professional storyteller and this book is full of fun, and has great illustrations (插图) .
Book 3: Diary of a Fly
——By Doreen Cronin
40 pages, US $ 15.99
This is the diary of a fly. A fly who, when she’s not landing on your head or swimming in your soup, is trying to escape her 327 brothers and sisters who are driving her crazy. Even though she’s little—just like her best friends, Worm and Spider—she wants to be a superhero. This is the story of a little fly who’s not afraid to dream really big.
Book 4：Cherry and Olive
——By Benjamin Lacombe
32 pages, US $ 16.95
Children’s books can quickly take little readers into new worlds, such as the big city, 1930s Georgia, or outer space. This book takes us on a little trip to some European capitals. Cherry is fat and likes books, and she has few friends until she meets a stray Shar—Pei puppy (迷途的沙皮犬) . She names it Olive. Through it she finds confidence and friendship. But what will happen when its owner returns?
1.In book 2, the character__________.
A. can make buildings out of anything
B. is a kid who likes to play tricks on teachers
C. keeps lots of chickens
D. likes to run after chickens
2.Which of the following can best describe the fly in Book 3?
A. Lazy and proud. B. Stupid and funny.
C. Brave and courageous. D. Loyal and honest.
3.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the text?
A. Strange students are mentioned in Book 1 and Book 3.
B. Book 4 introduces lots of farm animals.
C. A fly is a superhero on outer space in Book 2.
D. Book 1 is the cheapest of the four books.
4.If you are interested in European cities, you may want to read the book by__________.
A. Benjamin Lacombe
B. Janice N. Harrington
C. Andrea Beaty
D. Doreen Cronin
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud and so on. I tried to bear all these things as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have the girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said, mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it, “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just closing your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something that is said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to other people’s opinions, but hear the truth and do what you think is right.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1.The underlined sentence “Week by week her list grew” means “__________”.
A. Week by Week, my shortcomings grew more serious
B. She had made a list of shortcomings and kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer
C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on
D. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and point them out
2.Why did her father listen to her quietly?
A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s enemy said was mostly true.
B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.
C. Because he didn’t believe in his daughter
D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
3.What did the father do after he heard his daughter’s complaint?
A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” said.
B. He criticized her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.
C. He told her to write down all that her "enemy" had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.
D. He refused to take the list and have a look at it.
4.Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Not an Enemy, but a Best Friend
B. My Father
C. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
D. My Childhood
It is winter in many parts of the world. For some areas, that means snow. Maybe even lots of snow. If you don’t have to drive in it or remove it, snow can be very beautiful. When snow covers everything around you, the world looks like a “winter wonderland”. That is the name of a very popular song about winter. Richard Smith and Felix Bernard wrote the song back in 1934. There are hundreds of recordings of this happy song.
But winter is not always such a beautiful and happy time. It’s cold outside. You try hard to keep warm. The days are darker and shorter. The sun rarely shines. The leaves on the trees are brown. It isn’t surprising that some people are sad in winter. And some people dream about being somewhere else where it’s warm and pretty—like the state of California. The Mamas and the Papas recorded this famous song “California Dreaming”.
During the 1960s, many other famous rock groups released songs about winter. Here is a poetic song by Simon and Garfunkel called “A Hazy Shade of Winter”. They sing about life and hope and possibilities.
In 1968, the group Blood, Sweat and Tears recorded this gentle, sad song about winter. They sing about a lost love and forgotten memories in “Sometimes in Winter”.
In the early 1990s, Tori Amos wrote and recorded the beautiful song called “Winter”. She enjoyed singing about winter when she was a child.
Finally, on a happier note comes this song written and recorded by Fountains of Wayne in 2003. They sing about a snowstorm in a New England town. Nothing unusual there. But instead of being sad or tense about the snow, they write a song about it.
1.When is snow beautiful?
A. When people drive in it.
B. When people don’t have to take it away.
C. When it has snowed heavily.
D. When people sing in the snow.
2.According to the second paragraph, winter is ________ .
A. beautiful and happy
B. happy and warm
C. lovely and hopeful
D. cold and sad
3.Which of the songs can bring us hope of life?
A. Winter Wonderland.
B. California Dreaming.
C. A Hazy Shade of Winter.
D. Sometimes in Winter.
4.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Songs about winter.
B. Different ideas about winter.
C. Winter in different areas.
D. Winter is cold but happy.
