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Using too much water or throwing rubbish into our rivers are clear ways that humans can put our water supply in danger, but we also affect our water supply in less obvious ways. You may wonder how paving (铺砌) a road can lead to less useable fresh water. ___1. Groundwater does not come from lakes or rivers. It comes from underground. The more roads and parking lots we pave, the less water can flow into the ground to become groundwater.
2. Drier climates are of course more likely to have droughts(干旱)than areas with more rainfall, but, in any case, good management can help to make sure there is enough water to meet our basic needs.
3. In the United States, a family of four can use 1.5 tons of water a day! This shows how much we depend on water to live, but there’s a lot we can do to lower the number.
4. To start with, use the same glass for your drinking water all day. Wash it only once a day. Run your dishwasher (洗碗机) only when it is full. 5. You can even help to keep our water supply clean by recycling (回收) batteries instead of throwing them away.
A. Human activity is not responsible for all water shortages.
B. Help your parents fix any leaks (漏水的地方) in your home.
C. Thinking about the way we use water every day can make a big difference, too.
D. Some measures to save water should be taken by the government.
E. A major part of the water we use every day is the water from lakes or rivers.
F. A major part of the water we use every day is ground water.
G. You can take steps to save water in your home.
Our love of music and appreciation of musical harmony (和声) is learnt and not based on natural ability, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has found. The researchers said previous theories about how we appreciate music were based on the physical functions of sound, the ear itself and a born ability to hear harmony.
The study shows that musical harmony can be learnt, and it is a matter of training the brain to hear the sounds. So if you thought that the music of some foreign culture (or Jazz) sounded like the crying of cats, it’s simply because you haven’t learnt to listen by their rules.
The researchers used 66 volunteers with a range of (一系列的) musical training and tested their ability to hear combinations (组合) of notes (音符) to determine if they found the combinations familiar or pleasing. They found that people needed to be familiar with combinations of notes. If they couldn’t recognize the notes, they found the notes dissonant. This finding put an end to centuries of theories claiming (声称) that physical functions of the ear determine what we find attractive.
The study found that trained musicians were much more sensitive (敏感的) to unpleasant notes than non-musicians. When they couldn’t find the note, the musicians reported that the sounds were unpleasant, while non-musicians were much less sensitive. This shows the importance of training or nurturing (培养) the brain to like particular sound of combinations of notes, like those found in jazz or rock.
Depending on their training, a strange chord (和弦) sound was pleasant to some musicians, but very unpleasant to others. This showed us that even the ability to hear a musical note is learnt.
To confirm (证实) this finding, they trained 19 non-musicians to find the notes of a random (随机的) selection of western chords. Not only did the participants’ ability to hear notes improve rapidly; the chords they had learnt sounded more pleasant—regardless of (不论) how the chords were played.
The question of why some combinations of musical notes are heard as pleasant or unpleasant has long been debated. “ We have shown in this study that for music, beauty is in the brain of the beholder(观看者),” a researcher said.
1.According to the passage, why do people sometimes find foreign music quite unpleasant?
A. Because they don’t like the person playing the music.
B. Because they have no talent for music at all.
C. Because they have no idea about how to listen.
D. Because they hear music too often.
2.The underlined word “dissonant” in Paragraph 3 probably means ___________.
A. informal B. unpleasant
C. inspiring D. unfamiliar
3.Although non-musicians were less sensitive to music, they can still _______.
A. find the beauty of chords without training
B. enjoy the beauty of music when played by musicians
C. be trained to like particular music
D. make friends with real musicians
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Improve Your Brain By Listening to Music
B. You Can Be a Musician Without Being Trained
C. Music Can’t be Taught
D. Love of Music Is Not Natural But Nurture
Many people believe that they will be happy once they arrive at some specific goal they set for themselves. However, more often than not, once you arrive “there” you will still feel dissatisfied, and move your “there” vision to yet another point in the future. By always chasing (追寻) after another “there”, you are never really appreciating what you already have right “here”. It is important for human beings to keep sober-minded(头脑清醒的) about the age-old drive to look beyond the place where you now stand. On one hand, your life is developed by your dreams and aspirations (抱负). On the other hand, these drives can pull you farther and farther from your enjoyment of your life right now.
To be grateful means you are thankful for what you have right now. Gratitude (感激) fills your heart with the joyful feeling and allows you to fully appreciate everything that arises on your path. As you try hard to keep your focus on the present moment, you can experience the full wonder of “here”.
There are many ways to develop gratitude. Here are just a few suggestions you may wish to try:
◆ Imagine what your life would be like if you lost all that you had. This will most surely remind you of how much you do appreciate it.
◆ Make a list each day of all that you are grateful for, so that you can stay conscious (有意识的) daily of your blessings. Do this especially when you are feeling as though you have nothing to feel grateful for. Or spend a few minutes before you go to sleep giving thanks for all that you have.
◆ Spend time offering assistance (帮助) to those who are less fortunate than you, so that you may gain a new perspective (观点).
What really matters is that you create a space in your consciousness for appreciation for all that you have right now, so that you may live more happily in your present moment.
1.According to the first paragraph we know ___________.
A. many people feel satisfied with what they have right now
B. aspirations can pull a person farther from his present life
C. none can be sober-minded about his dreams and aspirations
D. we should be busy with chasing one after another “there”
2.Gratitude can NOT ____________.
A. fill your heart with happy feelings
B. allow you to fully appreciate your “here”
C. make people experience the wonder of “here”
D. drive people to give up their future
3.If we want to develop gratitude, we should better NOT____________.
A. check out what we lose everyday
B. give thanks for all that we have before sleeping
C. help others who are less fortunate than us
D. make a list each day of all that we should thank for
Grammar is the system of a language. People sometimes describe grammar as the “rules” of a language; but in fact no language has rules. If we use the word “rules”, we suggest that somebody created the rules first and then spoke the language, like a new game. But languages did not start like that. Languages started by people making sounds which evolved (逐渐发展成) into words, phrases and sentences. No commonly-spoken language is fixed. All languages change over time. What we call “grammar” is simply a reflection (反映) of a language at a particular time.
Do we need to study grammar to learn a language? The short answer is “no”. Very many people in the world speak their own, native language without having studied its grammar. Children start to speak before they even know the word“grammar”. But if you are serious about learning a foreign language, the long answer is “yes, grammar can help you to learn a language more quickly and more efficiently.” It’s important to think of grammar as something that can help you, like a friend. When you understand the grammar (or system) of a language, you can understand many things yourself, without having to ask a teacher or look in a book.
So think of grammar as something good, something positive, something that you can use to find your way---like a signpost(路标) or a map.
Except invented languages like Esperanto(世界语). And if Esperanto were widely spoken, its rules would soon be very different.
1.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Grammar is the system of a language.
B. Someone created the grammar first and then people learn the language according to it.
C. Language’s developing and forming is a long-term process (过程).
D. There is no language staying the same all the time.
2.What is the author’s attitude towards grammar learning?
A. He is against grammar learning.
B. He is in favor of grammar learning.
C. His attitude is objective(客观的).
D. His attitude is unknown to us.
3.Which of the following is CORRECT according to the last paragraph?
A. Esperanto is widely spoken.
B. Esperanto is different from other languages because its rules are fixed.
C. Esperanto is different from other languages because its rules came out before this language.
D. Esperanto is very easy to learn.
如今,在车站、餐厅、商场等公共场所都能看见许多成人和学生在不停地摆弄手机。现在,请你针对这一现象,用英语写篇短文。短文词数120字左右,要点必须包括:
1. 描述现象。 2. 分析原因(至少两条)。
3. 说明影响。 4. 提出建议。
假定英语课上老师要求用桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。 文中共有10处语言错误,每句中错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/\),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用(\)划掉。
修改: 在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改的词。
注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear the teachers and schoolmates, it's a great honor for me to be here today and share my experience of learning English with you.I want to learn English good to take good job, so I learn English in some difference ways.In class, I learn new words, useful expressions and grammar and take efforts to understand the texts under the help of our English teacher. After class, you do a lot of exercises prepare for the college entrance examination.I also read news and watch videos on the Internet and from other source.I have a lot of fun specially when learning English with cartoon movies.
