From the first use of the rocket to carry satellites into space to the setting up of space
stations,human beings have been putting great effort into space research.And so far,we have
achieved many successes.But there are still numerous tasks in front of us and we should not
cease trying to progress.
The international space station is an important step we should take in space exploration.
It is not only helpful but also essential.It provides a proper space environment for many
experiments that we have wanted to do for a long time.It is also a base for the observations
of the earth and the universe.It could also be an important base for later travels to the
moon and Mars.In a word,if we want to explore space more,the first thing we should do
is to set up a space station.
As the space station costs a lot of money,it is hard for one country alone to establish
one.The USA seems to be the only country that has the ability to build a space station alone,
and it has tried to do so,but not very successful.So it aggregated many other countries to
work on it together.Though it is still extremely expensive,it is much cheaper than doing it
alone.It is really a job that needs everyone"s effort and will benefit everyone.
But even so,the funds needed are still a big problem.As for the USA,it seems that it has
too many things to spend its money on.Although it is the richest country in the world,it has
much debt every year.It has to make arrangements about its finance,and try to find a balance
in all these issues.
B．Doubtful.
C．Critical.
D．Dissatisfied
B．many experiments have been done in the international space sation
C．the international space station is necessary for people to explore space more
D．people have traveled to Mars from the international space station
international space station?
B．That it needs everyone"s effort.
C．That it will benefit every participating country.
D．That it is too far away from the earth.
B．scolded
C．allowed
D．forbade
5．Which of the following aspects about building the international space station is NOT
mentioned in the passage?
B．Cooperation.
C．Significance.
D．Specific arrangements.
A．City Water Skiing Centre-We are in the heart of the city and give you an easy chance
to enjoy the fun and excitement of water skiing.We offer half hour lessons every hour between
9 am and 4 pm.A fun way to get a lot of exercise quickly and then stay fit.
B．Horse Riding School-Our experienced teachers provide oneonone instruction that
makes learning to ride a horse safe and easy.We are located on a large farm where you will
be able to get to enjoy lots of fresh air and the beauty of nature.Open 7 days a week between
8 am and 6 pm.
C．Ballroom Dancing Society-The dancing society is organizing a special course for
new members.No experience is necessary and if you don"t have your own partner we will
arrange one for you.Have fun learning to dance and making new friends in class and at our
many social events.Classes begain every Monday and Thursday from 7 pm to 9 pm.
D．Hiking Club-The club is looking for new members to join us on our regular hikes.
Each weekend we go to local mountain and forest locations for long walks providing the
chance for plenty of exercise and fresh air.Different members take part each week so you
will have the chance to make new friends.The hikes range in difficulty from easy to very hard
and we expect our members to be fit before they join.
E．Ron"s Boxing Gym-We don"t just teach you how to box；we teach you how to keep
fit for the rest of your life.Our training involves many different activities such as running,
skipping and lifting weight,as well as -of course-actual boxing.Once a month we also organize
practice fights for members of the same sex and weight.Open from 2 pm to 10 pm.
F．Water Polo Club-If you can swim and like ball sports then you"ll love water polo.It
is like playing football in the water,a fun and lowimpact way to stay healthy.As a waterbase
sport it is also the ideal way to recover from injury.Open weekdays from 9 am to 11 am and
4 pm to 8 pm.
请阅读下列个人信息,然后匹配人物与拟选的课程.
1．Harold-is a busy bank manager working in the city.He has put on a lot of weight in
recent years and wants to take up a sport that will help him get fit.He enjoys thrilling and
exciting sports but as he often has to work late into the evening and on the weekend so he
only has time to go during his workday lunch hour.
2．Maude-has been retired for 2 years.She is in good health but wants to keep active
and remain in shape.She is interested in a hobby that isn"t too difficult to learn and will give
her lots of fresh air and the chance to meet some new friends.She only has free time on the
weekend as most weekdays are spent taking care of her grandchildren.
3．Sid-is a high school student that recently hurt his knee playing football.The doctor
has told him that for the next 6 months he shouldn"t put too much pressure or weight on it
and he needs to do some sport that will help him build up his strengthbut will not cause any
more damage to his knee.Afternoon after school is his preferred time.
4．Nancy-is a university student who loves excitement and is always willing to try out
something different.She has little patience however and wants a sporting activity that will give
her the chance to do many different things.As she works part time after class and on the
weekend she is only free on weekday afternoon.
5．Spike-has recently moved to the city and doesn"t have many friends.He is not really
a sports fan but wants to do something that is fun and that will give him the chance to meet
new people.He is only free in the evening.
1．________ 2.________ 3.________4．________ 5.________
Olympic Committee ( IOC ) voted Thursday to host the first-ever Youth Olympics.
The Summer Games are planned to stage in August of 2010. The 12-day competition will feature
3,200 kids between the ages of 14 and 18. The Winter Games will be held in 2012 and are expected to
attract 1,000 athletes. Both games will take place every four years.
Seeing the rise in childhood fatness, IOC president Jacques Rogge said he hopes the competitions will encourage young people to get off the couch and get into shape. Rogge also admitted that the IOC is
looking to pull in a younger television audience to the Olympics.
In recent years, interest in the games among young people has fallen, with the average age of Olympic viewers on the rise. Rogge admitted that kids today are more interested in flashier( 浮华的 ) athletic
sports like the X Games, which stand for such sports as BMX freestyle, surfing, and Moto X Racing.
The Olympics have tried to keep up with the competition by adding BMX-cross cycling, ski cross,
and snowboarding to the program. And the IOC is hoping to strengthen its fame among teens by adding
skateboarding in the 2012 London Olympics.
The Youth Olympics are the IOC"s latest attempt to draw the attention of young viewers. "Just as the
IOC has known, over our 100-plus years of living, how to move with the times---so we must now adapt
to meet the taste of today"s young generation," he said.
1. According to the passage, the third Winter Youth Olympics will be held ______
A. in 2012
B. in 2016
C. in 2020
D. in 2018
2. The aim of the Youth Olympics is to __________.
A. encourage young people to exercise more
B. meet the needs of some schools and parents
C. develop students" sense of competition
D. stress the importance of the Olympics
3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage ?
A. When the Winter Youth Olympics will be held.
B. Where the Summer Youth Olympics will be held.
C. How long the Summer Youth Olympics will last.
D. When the Summer Youth Olympics will be held
4. The Summer Youth Olympics are the following except___________.
A. going to be held in London in August of 2012
B. planned to stage in August of 2010
C. going to be held every four years from August of 2010
D. the IOC"s latest attempt to draw the attention of young viewers
Since the 1970s,scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers.
Braincomputer interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands
to machines.
Recently,two researchers,Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic
School in Lausanne,Switzerland,demonstrated(展示)a small robotic wheelchair directed by
a person"s thoughts.
In the laboratory,Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or
right hand.He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.
"Our brain has billions of nerve cells.These send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓)to
the muscles to give us the ability to move.But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can
prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,"Tavella says."Our system
allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices."
The researchers designed a special cap for the user.This head cover picks up the signals
from the scalp(头皮)and sends them to a computer.The computer interprets the signals and
commands the motorized wheelchair.The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects
in its path.They help the computer react to commands from the brain.
Prof.Millan,the team leader,says scientists keep improving the computer software that
interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands."The practical possibilities that
BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories:communication,
and controlling devices.One example is this wheelchair."
He says his team has set two goals.One is testing with real patients,so as to prove that this
is a technology they can benefit from.And the other is to guarantee that they can use the
technology over long periods of time.
B．link the human brain with computers
C．help the disabled to recover
D．control a person"s thoughts
B．By talking to the machine.
C．By moving his hand.
D．By using his mind.
B．computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair
C．scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair
D．cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair
B．prove the technology useful to them
C．make them live longer
D．learn about their physical condition
B．New Findings about How the Human Brain Works
C．BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled
D．Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries
首先请阅读下列儿童系列读物的封面及基本信息:
A
In The Joy of Giving Brother and Sister Bear can"t wait for Christmas and all the
presents they"ll open.But during the Christmas Eve,something special happens! The baby
Bears learn a very valuable lesson about the joy of giving to others.
B
Christmas is just around the corner,and everyone in the Bear family wants to help
decorate the tree! Includes thirteen flowers that open to show hidden holiday surprises.
C
The Berenstain small bears act out the first Thanksgiving.But will Sister Bear"s pet
turkey play the part of dinner?The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks teaches how God
reminds children of God"s many blessings.
D
Brother and Sister Bear wonder if they can be as brave as David when he fought
Goliath.In The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage,the small bears learn where
real courage comes from.
E
The Bear series helps children learn how God wants them to live every day.The
Berentain Bears Faithful Friends teaches that new friends are fun to have,and old
friends are great to keep.
F
When Brother and Sister Bear accidentally break Mama"s favorite lamp,their little
lie grows bigger and bigger,until Papa Bear helps them find the words that set everything
right again.
以下是购书者对这些书籍的简要评论.请把简要评论与封面及基本信息匹配起来.
1．In The Berenstain Bears:children need courage and should learn how bravely to
cope with difficulties threatening friendship.It teaches us how to make friends with each other.
2．Thanks to The Berenstain Bears,this book is an excellent book to read for Christmas
season and it shows us the happiness of giving.Understanding the purpose of gift giving is a
tough concept for children young and old.
3．Our family enjoys this book because it uses a common situation to mean we need
courage to tell the fact.Especially the small bears learn that mother is more concerned with
their honesty.The message is that we don"t need to be perfect,but we do need courage to
tell the fact.
4．If you want to give your kids a taste of the basic Thanksgiving history,this book is a
fun choice for giving gifts.In this new title,the familiar Berenstain bear family delivers some
hand made furniture to some friends on a farm.
5．I bought this for my children and they love it.It is a great story and the hidden images
behind the flowers add a lot to the story.I"m not sure they will last for long with the little ones,
I love this book and the story is perfect for the Christmas season.
1．________2.________3.________4．________5.________
Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a schoolmasterly book on schooling. The author, W. H. Armstrong, starts with the basics: reading and writing.In his opinion, reading doesn"t just mean
recognizing each word on the page; it means taking in the information, digesting it and incorporating it
into oneself just as one dig
ests a sandwich and makes it a part of himself. The goal is to bring the information back to life, not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees. Reading and writing
cannot be completely separated from each other; in fact, the aim of reading is to express the information
you have got from the text. I"ve seen it again and again:someone who can"t express an idea after reading
a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn"t read it at all.
Only a third of the book remains after that discussion, which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for
studying languages, math, science and history. He generally handles these topics thoroughly(透彻地)
and equally, except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion
(激情) regarding history. Well, he was a history teacher-if conveyed only a tenth of his passion to his
students, that was a hundred times more than my history teachers ever got across. To my disappointment,
in this part of the book he ignores the arts. As a matter of fact, they demand all the concentration and
study that math and science do, though the study differs slightly in kind. Although it"s commonly believed
that the arts can only be naturally acquired, actually, learning the arts is no more natural than learning
French or mathematics.
My other comment is that the text aged. The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s-none of the
references(参考文献) seem newer than the late 1950s.As a result, the discussion misses the entire
computer age.
These are small points, though, and don"t affect the main discussion. I recommend it to any student
and any teacher, including the selftaught student.
B. understand the meaning between the lines
C. express ideas based on what one has read
D. get information and keep it alive in memory
B. demands real passion
C. is less natural than learning maths
D. is as natural as learning a language
B. There is too much discussion on studying science.
C. The style is too serious.
D. It lacks new information.
B. a book review
C. a feature story
D. a news report
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