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Hong Kong, a city of seven million—and growing fast. By the year 2050 Hong Kong’s population will almost double. Where will these people live?
There’s only one place to go—up. Fast forward 50 years．This is the tallest man-made structure on the planet. Its name：Millennium Tower. It would stand twice as tall as anything built before. Over 60 thousand people would live or work here. Millennium’s designers think it represents the best solution for the coming population explosion.
It would cost ten billion dollars and consume more building materials than any single nation could produce. David Nelson, one of Millennium’s key designers, said：“It would be a massive project and a world project. But to actually realize it, resources would have to come from all over the globe. The challenge and the motivation for doing it would be to realize one of the world’s largest and most complex construction projects.”
Millennium would be more complex than anything ever built. So its builders won’t know for sure the building is safe until it’s up, and they can’t afford to make an error. Massive earthquakes have brought down entire cities in this part of the world. Can Millennium’s designers make it immune to these quakes of the earth?
For Millennium, like all the other buildings, safety is just one concern among many. It will need to be a home, one that welcomes people in. Getting people into the building and making sure they have a great experience well be what makes Millennium successful, but how to do it? For the design team, the secret was to bring all the elements of city life within. Cafes and restaurants, theatres and stores would provide entertainment. Health clubs, even schools and medical clinics would also serve the towers’ residents.
Millennium’s designers have proven something. Things that seem impossible today, might just become reality tomorrow. The engineering problems have, for the most part, already been solved. Our achievements are limited only by our imaginations.
1.Why did the designers decide to build Millennium?
A．Because they wanted to build the world’s most complex building.
B．Because Hong Kong’s population will greatly increase.
C．Because Hong Kong is developing fast as an international city.
D．Because it can bring huge profit after it is put to use.
2.What is TRUE about the project?
A．It will be completed in the year 2050.
B．It can accommodate all the residents in Hong Kong.
C．It is designed by designers from all over the globe.
D．It has to be strong enough to stand earthquakes.
3.The success of Millennium mainly relies on _______.
A．how many resources will be used
B．how many nations will work together
C．whether people can enjoy their life in it
D．whether it is safe for people to live in
4.How does the writer develop this passage?
A．By providing descriptions. B．By using figures.
C．By giving examples. D．By analyzing causes.
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1.We can learn from the passage that ________.
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B．the editors of the contest will decide who will win the prizes
C．you should send your entry before 12:00 a.m. on January 21, 2017
D．your entry will not be returned even if you don’t win the contest
2.Linda, a mother with seven-year-old twins, wants to enter the competition. She must ________.
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B．complete the entry process separately for each of her kids
C．go to Meredith Corporation to fill out the registration forms
D．provide the information to Facebook if she chooses Facebook Entry
3.To enter the competition, photos must ________.
A．contain brand names or trademarks
B．have won some prize or award
C．be taken by non-professional participants
D．contain parents’ personal information
4.The purpose of the passage is ________.
A．to advertise the website Facebook com
B．to attract photographers’ interest in a photo contest
C．to introduce two methods of entering a photo contest
D．to encourage parents with children to enter a photo contest
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It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn’t think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five people showed up at my desk, a pale woman and four small children.
“Are you all sick?” I asked doubtfully.
“Yes.”she said weakly and lowered her head.
But when it came to descriptions of their presenting problems, things got a little puzzling. Two of the children had headaches, but the headaches weren’t accompanied by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother complained of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.
Something was wrong, but I didn’t say anything but explained that it might be a little while before a doctor saw her. She responded. “Take your time; it’s warm here.”
I checked the chart after the admitting clerk had finished registering the family. No address—they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.
I looked out at the family sitting close to each other by the Christmas tree. The little one was pointing at the television and the oldest one was looking at the decorations on the Christmas tree.
I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining about working on Christmas, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a medical emergency. Only this one was a Christmas emergency.
We were all offered a free meal in the hospital cafeteria on Christmas Day, so we fetched that meal and prepared a large meal for our Christmas guests. Our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas Day.
Later, as the family walked to the door to leave, the four-year-old came running back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”
1.From the descriptions of the family’s presenting problems, the writer learned that ________.
A．one of the children had a language problem
B．the mother caught a bad cold
C．they were pretending to be sick
D．they got all infectious disease
2.The author made sure that the family were homeless by ________.
A．asking them some questions
B．listening to their descriptions of problems
C．observing their abnormal body language
D．checking their registered information
3.What kind of person do you think the writer is?
A．Careful and warmhearted. B．Hardworking and outgoing.
C．Serious and experienced. D．Loving and forgiving.
4.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A．Christmas Guests B．A Homeless Family
C．Beautiful Angels D．Christmas Emergency
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My grandfather dug water wells in Indiana and started his business during the great depression.
Although nearly everyone was out of work, people still needed ______ , so he didn’t lack jobs． ______, in those days, it was awfully hard to get paid for what you did. One morning, a farmer showed up with a ______ —a whole side of fresh beef on his shoulder. “I ______ this ought to make us equal on that digging，”he said to my grandfather. Grandfather ______.
It was wintertime, so the beef stayed fresh under damp cloth on the cold back porch(门廊). Each day, Nana stepped out onto the porch, ______ good piece of the meat, and carried it into the kitchen ______ it were pure gold.
After a few days. Nana noticed the ______ had been moved．She asked grandfather if he had touched the beef. He hadn’t. “Well, then. ”she said. “somebody’s been eating our meat. Do you always lock the back door?” My grandfather told her not to ______. She probably had moved the cloth herself, and had ______ forgotten.
This ______ for many days. Nana was ______ that someone was taking their meat, and grandfather just insisted she was ______ things. It wasn’t until much later that we learned the real story.
On the morning after grandfather set the meat out on the back porch door, he ______ some footprints near the door. He ______ followed the footprints to where they began. Soon the footprints in the snow led my grandfather to a house he instantly ______.It was the home of a poor single mother with two young children. Grandfather ______ turned around and walked back home. He didn’t say a word about it to anyone.
From then on, Nana would carefully ______ the lock on the porch door each night to make sure it was ______ . Then grandfather, after waiting for Nana to go to bed, would return to the porch and ______ the lock again. Nana never knew about the family they were helping to feed that winter.
1.A．beef B．water C．money D．food
2.A．Otherwise B．Thus C．However D．Besides
3.A．payment B．praise C．delivery D．gift
4.A．doubt B．claim C．discover D．expect
5.A．suspected B．hesitated C．agreed D．argued
6.A．selected B．bought C．preserved D．moved
7.A．now that B．even if C．as if D．so that
8.A．gold B．cloth C．tool D．porch
9.A．disappoint B．forget C．interrupt D．worry
10.A．suddenly B．simply C．exactly D．rarely
11.A．went on B．went over C．went by D．went up
12.A．reliable B．accurate C．strange D．certain
13.A．understanding B．remembering C．imagining D．enjoying
14.A．noticed B．marked C．guided D．chased
15.A．quickly B．finally C．curiously D．coldly
16.A．convinced B．recognized C．observed D．removed
17.A．hopelessly B．quietly C．gradually D．painfully
18.A．watch B．control C．mend D．check
19.A．safe B．free C．perfect D．open
20.A．exchange B．replace C．release D．adjust
—I am thinking of going back to school to get another degree.
—Sounds great! _____
A．Go for it B．Never mind
C．Well done D．That was good news
If you have a job, _____ yourself to it and finally you’ll succeed.
A．do devote B．don’t you devote
C．devoting D．not to devote
