In my very first job with some archaeologists, I wasn’t digging objects out of the ground, instead I was employed as an artist, drawing what they found. However, I was soon more interested in the stories behind the objects than in drawing them and that’s how my career in archaeology started. I still draw what I find in my work as a specialist on the Silk Road, the old trade route running from Egypt to Mongolia, and I also work on some underwater projects too.
In archaeology, my all-time hero is an American called Raphael Pumpelly. I first heard about him when I was a student on a trip to Turkmenistan, a country right in the heart of Asia. To get around the country, I had to learn Russian so that I could speak to the local people. When I got there I thought, “Wow! I’m one of the first Americans here!” Then an old man told me about an American archaeologist, Raphael Pumpelly, who was there doing the same thing over 100 years ago.
Archaeology’s in my family. My wife’s in the same profession, and, although our two boys aren’t interested in the future in archaeology themselves, we’ve been on some great digs together and they love what we do because they get to travel with us. Last summer, we took them to Lake Titicaca in South America, in the high areas of the Andes mountain range. My best experience was when I was digging on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. There’s very little rain and it’s so dry that everything is kept as it was. In an old house, where the owner used to store goods from the ships that came in, I picked up a 700-year-old mat in front of the house and there, under it, after all that time, was the house key with the owner’s name carved on it. It felt like he could be on his way home any minute! And I thought, “Hey, I do just that. This man’s not much different to me!”
1.While working in Egypt, what did the writer find so interesting?
A. That people from different centuries can be so similar.
B. The fact that the doormat was in such good condition.
C. The way the people managed to live in such a dry place.
D. That there had been so much trade in that area.
2.Which entry will the writer probably make in his diary?
A. Turkmenistan is interesting. I’m the first American to come here but I’m glad this is my last trip away.
B. I have been diving today and found some objects for an exhibition. I’ve just finished drawing them for my records.
C. I wish my children weren’t more interested in archaeology and would not work hard in the open like their parents.
D. It’s nearly dark but Raphael’s still busy digging in that old house. He can be very annoying. He thinks he’s the most important person here.
3.What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text?
A. To describe the life of an archaeologist he admires.
B. To persuade people to take up archaeology as a career.
C. To explain what he enjoys about being an archaeologist.
D. To show how archaeologists work.
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友John对茶感兴趣。请你结合下面图示，用英语给他写一封邮件，诚邀他参加即将在宁波举办的茶文化节，并简要介绍茶文化节活动及我国茶的历史，茶的益处等。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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No one is sure how many Americans belong to reading groups called book clubs. Yet1. (publisher) and bookstores report that more and more people throughout the United States are joining2. (they).\
Most of the clubs work the same way. Members read the same book at the same time. Then they meet to talk about the book. Members may be friends or people3. live near each other. Some Americans belong to reading groups on4.Internet. These groups include people around the world who communicate about books they read. They send electronic mails instead of gathering5. (discuss) books.
Most reading groups study books by6. (variety) writers. However, some groups read the work of a single writer, 7. (usual) one that has been famous for a while. Other groups may8. (name) for an important person in the work of the writer, 9. a Sherlock Holmes Club. Members of these book clubs often are experts about their10. (choose) reading materials. One member of a Holmes reading group, for example, can identify almost every person in every Sherlock Holmes story.
Growing up, I always hid my thumbs（拇指）in my fists because of their unusual shape. _______ they do look more like a big toe（脚趾）_______ a thumb. And from an early age, my thumbs_______ another name “toe thumbs” .
In high school, I served as a cashier in a grocery store. One day, I was_______ a sweet little old lady and as I _______ her change back to her, she suddenly took my hands and said in a thick Polish _______ , “You are Polish! Look at those_______ Polish thumbs! They match mine!” She raised her hands and_______ her thumbs to me that_______ weathered and wrinkled, looked exactly like mine! She_______ my hands again and said, “Be_______ of those thumbs!”
I’ll never forget that 30-second_______ with a stranger that forever_______ my view of a part of me I once was_______ by and now accept. As I was eating dinner with my Samuel tonight, he looked down at my hand_______ on the table next to his and said, “Mommy! Our thumbs _______ !” I smiled and answered, “Yes, they do, buddy! Those are strong Polish _______ you have! Take pride in them! Maybe someday you’ll have a little boy or girl who will have the same thumbs!” I _______ my son never hides his thumbs like I did. I hope he’ll be proud of their “unusualness” and the _______ behind them. He carries on a(n) _______ part of me and that for me will always be beautiful!
1.A. Fortunately B. Admittedly C. Normally D. Basically
2.A. other than B. due to C. instead of D. along with
3.A. earned B. cloned C. found D. deserved
4.A. checking out B. waiting for C. talking with D. watching over
5.A. paid B. charged C. donated D. counted
6.A. tune B. voice C. language D. accent
7.A. beautiful B. strange C. long D. clumsy
8.A. passed B. showed C. recommended D. offered
9.A. till B. unless C. although D. once
10.A. raised B. inspected C. examined D. held
11.A. proud B. skeptical C. afraid D. sure
12.A. appointment B. bargain C. conversation D. deal
13.A. supported B. changed C. proved D. hurt
14.A. amazed B. frightened C. delighted D. embarrassed
15.A. scratching B. resting C. knocking D. drawing
16.A. differ B. suit C. fight D. match
17.A. fists B. thumbs C. toes D. hands
18.A. guarantee B. figure C. pray D. insist
19.A. scene B. lesson C. history D. moment
20.A. unique B. elegant C. authentic D. sensitive
Many people think only professionals—engineers, accountants, teachers, etc.—have careers.1. Even if you’ve never had a paid job, you still have a career. Your career is the sum of your life and work. It includes all your activities and experiences. Your schooling, your volunteer work, and even your relationships with your family are all big parts of your career. 2.
During your career, you will have a variety of jobs, occupations and roles. People used to think of a job as full-time, permanent, paid work done for an employer at a work site. But in our changing world, a job is a set of duties or tasks. It can be paid or unpaid. 3. Even someone who is self-employed has a job.
An occupation is a group of jobs with similar responsibilities that require a common set of skills. 4. Programmers may have permanent or temporary jobs working for specific employers, be self-employed, work full-time or part-time, be paid for their work or volunteer their services. They may change jobs or hold several jobs at one time but, until they change the type of duties or tasks they perform, they are still computer programmers.
5. We all play a number of roles in our lives and our roles often change over time. For example, Kris works four days a week as a receptionist in a clinic and takes evening courses in social work. She also sews gymnastic wear for her neighbor who sells it at summer markets. Now Kris has at least three roles.
A. A role is a part you play.
B. Actually everyone has a career.
C. In other words, your career is your life story.
D. For example, computer programmer is an occupation.
E. As a matter of fact, a job is different from a role in some way.
F. It can be completed at a work site, at home, or somewhere else.
G. The following is about your work, your family, and your life story.
On a college camping trip, curiosity about waves and sand caused Rob Thieler to study shorelines around the world. Thirty years later and now a U.S. Geological Survey research geologist, Thieler, is combining science and smartphone technology to help study an endangered bird, the Atlantic Coast piping plover.
The piping plover is a shorebird that breeds（繁殖）along the Atlantic Coast, the Great Lakes
and the Great Plains. Rising sea levels associated with climate change, as well as increased development in their beach habitats（栖息地）, threaten the species（物种）. To help track changes in piping plover habitats, Thieler developed a free app called iPlover in 2012. This is a marked change from the typical way scientists collect data, which involves gathering information using specialized equipment or writing in notebooks and then putting into spreadsheets.
Since releasing iPlover, scientists have gathered data across 1500 km of breeding range. That
equals about a third of the distance across the U.S., which is a large area to cover for only two thousand breeding pairs of piping plovers on the east coast. Instead of having to travel and spend days at each site, a number of cooperators in the field use the app to collect and send data, allowing scientists to gather data more efficiently. It also allows them to collect data at the same time during each breeding season, providing a better picture of changes that happen over longer periods of time. And fast, centralized access means scientists can look at data quickly to get a real-time idea of where and how piping plovers are using their habitats.
While iPlover is used by trained field staff, other apps like the U. S. Geological Survey’s
web-based “iCoast—Did the Coast Change?” invite citizen scientists to identify coastal changes by comparing bird’s-eye-view photographs taken before and after storms. All the information scientists and citizen scientists alike collect helps federal and state agencies create policy plans for addressing climate change impacts (影响) worldwide.
1.What can we know about the piping plover?
A. Its behaviour is changing.
B. Its habitat is growing bigger.
C. Its living environment is becoming worse.
D. Its breeding is limited to the Atlantic Coast.
2.Why did Thieler develop iPlover?
A. To study shorelines across America.
B. To advance information technology.
C. To find out global climate change.
D. To monitor changes of piping plover habitats.
3.Which of the following benefits the shorebirds?
A. The camping equipment. B. Research on smartphones.
C. The changeable coast. D. Progress in technology.
4.What would be the best title of the text?
A. Protecting Endangered Shorebirds
B. Rob Thieler, a Creative Scientist
C. IPlover, Tool for Training Field Staff
D. Differences Between IPlover and ICoast
