Mobile phones are an important business tool for farmers in rural areas．But they also put a valuable educational tool in their hands．
The University of Illinois in the United States has a project called SAWBO—Scientific Animations Without Borders．It produces educational videos that can be downloaded to cell phones．The goal is to help people in developing countries improve their lives．
One video shows farmers how to make a natural insecticide from neem seeds to prevent insect damage to crops．The process starts with sorting and drying the neem fruits．Then let the fruit dry in the sun for about three or four days, until they become brown．Using a mortar（碾槌） and stick, the fruits are slightly pounded to remove the shells from the fruits without breaking the seed inside．
The videos use computer animation（动画）．Some of the animated characters are a little funny looking-like a farmer with a long nose．But the subjects are serious, including a health video on preventing cholera（霍乱）．Team member Francisco Seufferheld says the information in the videos is meant to be quickly understood．He says, “The information is digested in such a way that in two minutes, we can transmit a complex idea．”
The researchers tested the seven-minute video on seven mobile phones．They wanted to see if people would share the video using Bluetooth wireless technology．With Bluetooth, files can be passed to a nearby phone even if neither phone is connected to the internet．As a result, in one month, the video had spread to one hundred eighteen people in fifty different villages．" This is just incredible impact," said Francisco Seufferheld．
The team has made a few videos so far．These are available in a total of eighty languages, dialects and accents．Professor Barry Pittendrigh says there are plans for more videos later this year．
小题1:What is the text mainly about?| A．A best-selling mobile phone | | B．A valuable educational project for farmers | | C．United States support for developing countries | | D．A new type of scientist –farmer relationship |
小题2:The SAWBO program is introduced in order to ____．| A．raise farmers’ standard of living | | B．do some research on mobile phones | | C．develop farmers’ practical skills | | D．help farmers prevent insect damage to crops |
小题3:The biggest advantage of the program is that it______．| A．includes health video on preventing cholera | | B．can be passed to farmers using Bluetooth technology | | C．can be used to sort and dry the neem fruits | | D．is easy for farmers to understand |
小题4:Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “ pound” in the 3rd paragraph?| A．moved | B．beat | C．picked | D．cut |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B |
本文是关于一个利用手机来帮助偏远地区农民的教育计划。
小题1:B 主旨大意题。根据文章第二段has a project called SAWBO—Scientific Animations Without Borders．It produces educational videos that can be downloaded to cell phones．说明本文是关于一个利用手机来帮助偏远地区农民的教育计划。
小题2:A 细节题。根据文章第二段最后一句The goal is to help people in developing countries improve their lives．说明A正确。
小题3:D 细节题。根据第四段最后两行The information is digested in such a way that in two minutes, we can transmit a complex idea．” 说明他们利用动画等各种手段让复杂的观点很容易就被农民所理解。故D正确。
小题4:B 猜测词义题。Using a mortar（碾槌） and stick, the fruits are slightly pounded to remove the shells from the fruits without breaking the seed inside．说明用木棒等轻轻敲打作物，核就会出来而且没有损伤。故这里的pound同beat意义一样。故B正确。 |
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Here"s one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.
If you"re a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.
This applies (适用) to all fields, not just the work-related (与工作相关的) ones. Maybe you want to improve your health, become a more energetic person. Or maybe you want to improve your study, your relations or perhaps do some personal development.
One hour a day is not much. But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that"s about 260 hours a year. That"s a large number of books and a lot of useful advice.
If you follow the ideas, who knows what great things and feelings could come into your life. Also, all that information and advice will start to open up your mind. You will start to see more chances in your life.
Now, you might think something like this:
1. I really don"t have the money...
Answer: Visit your public library or search the database (数据库). Or look for books that are used in places like amazon.com.
2. I really don"t have the time...
Answer: Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work. Or copy them to your MP3-player and listen while riding your bike /bus to work or school. Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular...
Shut off the TV a little earlier and start reading.
小题1:What is Brian Tracy’s lifechanging advice about？| A．Watching TV. | B．Listening to MP3. | | C．Surfing the internet. | D．Reading helpful books. |
小题2:If you’d like to improve your work, you should_______ according to the writer.| A．read work-related books | B．become more energetic | | C．improve your study | D．improve your relations |
小题3:Which is NOT true about reading an hour a day？| A．It will open up your mind. | | B．You will have about 260 hours a year to read. | | C．You will read lots of books and get much useful advice. | | D．It will probably bring great things and feelings into your life. |
小题4:What should you do if you really don"t have the money to read? | A．To buy some books from amazon.com. | B．To download MP3 free. | | C．To visit the public library. | D．To borrow audiobooks and listen to them. |
小题5: What is the writer’s idea about audiobooks? | A．They are more useful. | | B．Listening to audiobooks is easier than reading books. | | C．It’s dangerous to listen to audiobooks while driving or riding. | | D．Audiobooks are a good solution to the problem of having no time to read. |
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I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.__36____ , he didn"t teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was__37___ and ill.
My father was_38__a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness__39__all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is___40___. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started__41____ about life, and I told them about one of my__42_____. I said that we must very often give things up__43____we grow---our health, our beauty, our friends---but it always__44_____that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father__45____up. He said, "But, Peter, I gave up__46_____! What did I gain?" I thought and thought ,but I couldn"t think of anything to say.__47____ ,he answered his own question,"I__48____the love of my family." I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also__49____by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I__50____ remember his words and become___51____. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be__52__to give up my small anger. In this__53__ , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I__54__what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this__55____.
| 小题1: | | A．Afterwards | B． Therefore | C． However | D．Meanwhile |
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| 小题2: | | A．tired | B． weak | C． poor | D． slow |
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| 小题3: | | A．already | B． still | C． only | D．once |
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| 小题4: | | A．took | B． threw | C． sent | D． put |
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| 小题5: | | A．impossible | B． difficult | C． stressful | D．hopeless |
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| 小题6: | | A．worrying | B． caring | C． talking | D． asking |
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| 小题7: | | A．decisions | B． experiences | C． ambitions | D． beliefs |
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| 小题8: | | A．as | B． since | C． before | D． till |
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| 小题9: | | A．suggests | B． promises | C． seems | D． requires |
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| 小题10: | | A．spoke | B． turned | C． summed | D． opened |
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| 小题11: | | A．something | B．anything | C． nothing | D． everything |
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| 小题12: | | A．Surprisingly | B． Immediately | C． Naturally | D．Certainly |
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| 小题13: | | A．had | B． accepted | C． gained | D． enjoyed |
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| 小题14: | | A．touched | B． astonished | C． attracted | D． warned |
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| 小题15: | | A．should | B． could | C． would | D． might |
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| 小题16: | | A．quiet | B． calm | C． relaxed | D． happy |
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| 小题17: | | A．ready | B． likely | C． free | D． able |
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| 小题18: | | A．case | B． form | C． method | D． way |
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| 小题19: | | A．doubt | B． wonder | C． know | D． guess |
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| 小题20: | | A．award | B． gift | C．lesson | D．word |
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It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes. More often the doctors can" t fix the damage. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctors might make the person worse if he operates on the brain.
Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain.
Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs, then he operated on them. He made the monkeys" blood go through a machine. The machine cooled the blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys" brains. When the brain" s temperature was 10°C, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.
小题1:The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that _______. | A．the time is too short for doctors | | B．the patients are often too nervous | | C．the damage is extremely hard to fix | | D．the blood-cooling machine might break down |
小题2:The brain operation was made possible mainly by _______. | A．taking the blood out of the brain | | B．trying the operation on monkeys first | | C．having the blood go through a machine | | D．lowering the brain" s temperature |
小题3:With Dr. White" s new idea, the operation on the damaged brain _______. | A．can last as long as 30 minutes | B．can keep the brain" s blood warm | | C．can keep the patient" s brain healthy | D．can help monkeys do different jobs |
小题4:What is the right order of the steps in the operation?
a. send the cooled blood back to the brain
b. stop the blood to the brain
c. have the blood cooled down
d. operate on the brain | A．a,b,c,d | B．c,a,b,d | C．c, b, d, a | D．b, c, d, a |
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When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess(公主）in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines. But once on stage, every word disappeared from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator"s（解说者的）part for the play, and asked me to change roles. Though I didn"t tell my mother what had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions(蒲公英）popping through the grass in bunches, as if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down by one of the bunches. "I think I am going to dig up all these weeds, "she said. "From now on, we"ll have only roses in this garden. "
"But I like dandelions, "I protested. "All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions!"
My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn"t it?" she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. "And that is true of people, too, " she added.
When I realized that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth.
“But you will be a beautiful narrator, ”she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her.
Over the next few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give this to you, ”she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took home the flower, laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed.
小题1:The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because . | A．she felt nervous on the stage. | | B．she lost her interest in that role. | | C．she preferred the role of the narrator | | D．she had difficulty memorizing her words |
小题2:Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden? | A．To remove the dandelions | | B．To enjoy the garden scene | | C．to have a talk with her daughter. | | D．to help her daughter with the play. |
小题3:What is the main idea of the story?
A. Everybody can find his or her own way to success.
B. Everybody has his or her own value in the world.
C. Everybody should learn to play different roles
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When a Swedish ship that sank（沉） in 1628 was recovered from the port of Stockholm, historians and scientists were overjoyed with the chance to examine the remains of the past. The ship construction showed how ships were built and operated during the seventeenth century. In this way, artifacts, objects made by human beings, provided a picture of daily life almost 400 years ago.
Underwater archaeology(考古)-the study of ships, aircraft and human settlements that have sunk under large bodies of water-is really a product of the last 50 years. The rapid growth of this new area of study has occurred because of the invention of better diving equipment. Besides the Swedish ship wreck(残骸），underwater archaeologists have made more exciting discoveries such as the 5000-year-old boats in the Mediterranean Sea.
Underwater archaeology can provide facts abut the past. In ancient ports all over the world are ships sunken in the past 6, 000 years. There are also sunken settlements in seas and lakes telling of people’s way of life and their systems of trade in ancient times. Underwater archaeologists want to study these objects to add to the world"s knowledge of history, but they have to fight two enemies. One enemy is treasure hunters who dive for ancient artifacts that they can sell to collectors. Once sold, these objects are lost to experts. The second enemy is dredging machines(挖掘机）often used to repair ports. These machines destroy wrecks and artifacts or bury them deeper under sand and mud. By teaching the public about the importance of underwater “museums” of the past, archaeologists are hoping to get support for laws to protect underwater treasures.
小题1:What purpose does Paragraph 1 serve in the passage?| A．To provide background information of the topic | | B．To attract readers" attention to the topic | | C．To use an example to support the topic | | D．To offer basic knowledge of the topic |
小题2:The aim of underwater archaeology is to . | A．exploit(开发)water bodies | B．search for underwater life | | C．study underwater artifacts | D．examine underwater environment |
小题3:Underwater archaeologists are worried because_____. | A．sea hunters have better diving equipment | | B．their knowledge of world history is limited | | C．dredging machines cause damage to the ports | | D．sold artifacts can hardly be regained for research |
小题4:What is the main purpose of the passage?| A．To introduce a young branch(分支) of learning. | | B．To discuss the scientists’ problems. | | C．To explain people’s way of life in the past. | | D．To describe the sunken ships. |
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