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An increase in students applying to study economics (经济学) at university is being attributed to (归因于)the global economic crisis (危机) awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.  
Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.  
Professor John Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecture at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures which are open to students from all departments—were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.  
“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done. ” He added.   
University applications rose 70% last year. But there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in careers in the pubic sector(部门), which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.  
A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.  
Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped (使…有能力) to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”
小题1:Professor John Beath’s lectures are            .  
A.given in a traditional way
B.connected with the present situation
C.open to both students and their parents
D.warmly received by economics
小题2: Careers in the public sector are more attractive because of their        .
A.greater stabilityB.higher pay
C.fewer applications D.better reputation
小题3:In the opinion of most parents ,           .  
A.economics should be the focus of school teaching
B.more students should be admitted to universities
C.the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened.
D.children should solve financial problems themselves
小题4:According to Hocking , the global economic crisis might make the youngsters_____.
A.wiser in money management
B.have access to better equipment
C.confident about their future careers
D.get jobs in Child Trust Funds
小题5:What’s the main idea of the text?
A.Universities have received more applications.
B.Economics is attracting an increasing number of students
C.college students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty
D.parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
解析
文章讲述的是随着经济危机的出现,很多学生都开始注重经济方面课程的选择和知识的学习,大学里的与当今经济有关的课程非常的火爆
小题1:事实细节题,根据第四段One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done.可知。
小题2:推理判断题,根据倒数第三段with people’s renewed interest in careers in the pubic sector(部门), which are seen as more secure in economic crisis可知,这些部门的工作在经济危机的时候更加稳定,安全。
小题3:事实细节题,根据倒数第二段A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters可知
小题4:推理判断题,根据最后一段It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped (使…有能力) to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty可知
小题5:主旨大意题,文章讲述的是随着经济危机的出现,很多学生都开始注重经济方面课程的选择和知识的学习
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What would you do if Martians (火星人) kidnapped (绑架) your mom? In the 3-D animated movie Mars Needs Moms, a young boy named Milo finds himself in this exact difficult situation. The aliens want to steal Milo’s mother’s “momness” for their own young. Now it’s up to the 9-year-old to get his mom back before she is lost forever.
Every good action movie has a bad guy. The villain (反派角色) in this film is the Martian Supervisor, played by Mindy Sterling. The Supervisor has an icy cold heart. Remarkably, Sterling acted out almost all of her scenes in a special Martian language created just for the movie. “Learning Martian was a piece of cake,” Sterling said. “There wasn’t too much to learn; sometimes, I just made it up!”
Anyone who has a mother will be moved by this movie. In fact, anyone who loves someone will be moved by this movie. Maybe it is because the story was inspired by a real-life event. The movie is based on a novel by prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed. He wrote the book after a dinner-table incident between his wife and son, who was then 4 years old. That night, Breathed’s son had thrown his broccoli into the air and rushed out of the room angrily, yelling at his mother on the way out. Breathed told his son, “You might think differently about your mom if she were kidnapped by Martians.” He wrote the novel that same evening.
All kids get into arguments with their parents. The fights may be about homework, chores or eating vegetables. Mars Needs Moms tells us to look past these silly disagreements and to remember the importance of family and the things that really matter.
小题1:In the movie Mars Needs Moms the aliens want to _____.
A.kill Milo’s mother
B.take Milo as their kid
C.make Milo’s mother their kids’ mom
D.send their kids to Milo’s family
小题2:To Mindy Sterling, learning Martian language is _____.
A.simpleB.difficultC.interesting D.unacceptable
小题3:What made Breathed write the novel?
A.The movie producer’s idea.
B.His wife’s inspiration and help.
C.His good relationship with his mother.
D.His son’s bad behavior toward his mother.
小题4:In the last paragraph the author wants to _____.
A.advise children to help with the housework
B.encourage readers to learn something from the movie
C.stress the importance of doing something different
D.ask parents to be good teachers of their children

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Getting close to active or erupting volcanoes can be dangerous. But for Michael Rampino, it’s all in a day’s work. Rampino is a volcanologist, a scientist who studies volcanoes and how they affect our planet. Rampino has been close to red-hot lava flows (熔岩流) in Hawaii and explosive volcanoes in Indonesia. He knows when to get close to an active volcano and when to back away.
Rampino wasn’t always a volcanologist. He worked for NASA for seven years. He studied rocks until he began to research climate change and the effects that volcanoes have on climate. He became interested in the subject. “Once I started working with volcanoes,” Rampino said, “I was hooked.”
Rampino is a professor at New York University. As part of his job, he travels to areas where volcanoes have been active. “Active” means they have erupted within the past few centuries and probably will erupt again. Rampino studies the deposits (沉积物) of ash and other materials from the eruptions. The ash may hold clues to what happened to the Earth in the distant past. It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earth’s climate in the future.
Rampino doesn’t work alone. He works with a team of scientists who use computers to stimulate (模拟) the effects volcanoes have on Earth’s atmosphere.
Being a volcanologist may be hard work, but it’s also fun. “It’s cool traveling the world studying volcanoes,” Rampino says. When he talks to students about his work, he tells them that his goal is “to understand the events that have shaped Earth’s history.”
小题1:To Rampino, being close to active volcanoes is _____.
A.adventurous but meaningful
B.scary but necessary
C.impossible and unnecessary
D.dangerous but urgent
小题2:The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_____”.
A.trapped B.touched C.frightenedD.attracted
小题3:Rampino’s study on volcanoes might help _____.
A.warn people to protect the environment
B.support the study of Earth’s future climate
C.tell the future eruption time of the volcanoes
D.reduce the possibility of the volcanoes’ eruptions
小题4:In which part of a newspaper could we find this text?
A.Climate. B.History. C.People. D.Business.

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As I understand, if scientists produced a human clone, there would be a great risk of it having a disease. Nobody seems to understand the ageing process of a clone. It would be terrible if a baby was the age of its parent at     31   . Its cells would grow old fast and it would die young.    32    until the technique is perfectly safe, it should be     33   .
I"d love to have a clone of     34   . I often wish I had a twin sister, someone who    35   me in everything. So why not a clone? Well, the idea    36   be fun but I"m not sure if it would be     37   . I think we would be playing with fire if we let scientists go ahead with     38   cloning. There are so many     39   
involved that all research in this area should be strictly controlled.
There are so many arguments     40    cloning that it is difficult to get anyone to consider the possible benefits. I am     41    that it is a technique which could be beneficial. The most obvious use would be for childless     42   . They would be able to have babies with their own genetic material. I don"t see what"s wrong with that.
Imagine a child     43    up knowing that his or her mother is really a sister or a brother. The emotional     44    on the child would be     45   . Or a child who was cloned from a dead brother or sister. What kind of emotional pressure would they feel, knowing they were made as a replacement for another? The whole idea
    46    me!
It"s all very good to ban human cloning but scientists should be allowed to   47   
research. If they don"t, we may     48    important benefits for our society, such as producing body organs. A clone is an     49    copy of a person with the same gene. Therefore, it is the     50    donor for an organ(器官) transplant.
小题1:
A.home B.lab C.process D.birth
小题2:
A.Besides B.Therefore C.Although D.Unless
小题3:
A.banned B.allowed C.encouraged D.forced
小题4:
A.itself B.herself C.myself D.yourself
小题5:
A.overlookedB.contradicted C.accumulatedD.resembled
小题6:
A.may B.must C.can D.shall
小题7:
A.messy B.safe C.swift D.awkward
小题8:
A.human B.animal C.plant D.pet
小题9:
A.obligationsB.regulations C.formulas D.risks
小题10:
A.against B.with C.for D.amid
小题11:
A.vanished B.convinced C.violated D.teased
小题12:
A.couples B.heroines C.dwarves D.elves
小题13:
A.picking B.looking C.getting D.growing
小题14:
A.pressure B.sample C.privilege D.ambition
小题15:
A.unsinkableB.unimaginable C.unbearable D.unthinkable
小题16:
A.scratchesB.terrifies C.entices D.confronts
小题17:
A.continue B.predict C.tear D.mention
小题18:
A.chase B.contrast C.cure D.miss
小题19:
A.handy B.identical C.contradictory D.transparent
小题20:
A.ideal B.voluntary C.vacant D.inquisitive

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The butterfly Ecological Park, which opened early this May, is located in Dabao Village in Longfeng Township of Pengzhou City, some 65 kilometers to the north of Chengdu downtown.
The park, covering an area of 67 hectares, is more famous for a variety of butterflies living in lush surroundings and houses a collection of some 30,000 butterfly species. An ideal site for parents and kids alike to enjoy the sight of “the flying flowers” and the ecological area.
A great variety of butterflies live in China, and Sichan and Yunnan are rich in butterfly resources. At present, 702 species have been discovered in Sichuan, where the number of butterfly species equals to the total of Europe. In the Longmen Mountain of Pengzhou City alone, there are more than 500 species.
The butterfly Ecological Park, a project of RMB200 million at the foot of the Longmen Mountain, is the natural habitat of butterflies. The park also has educational and cultural programs. The park has prepared many spring and summer activities for visitors, including a scientific exhibition about butterflies, a “butterfly valley” where visitors can have a close look at butterflies, even with them resting on the shoulders, and enjoy themselves in activities designed for children.
Tourists can enjoy the splendid scenery of thousands of butterflies at the “butterfly valley” and appreciate more than 30,000 different kinds of butterfly species at the exhibition area. Classified as the only category I butterfly species the Wild Animal Protection Law in 1989 in China, the Golden Kaiserihind is the most expensive species living in “butterfly valley”, with an estimated value of RMB10,000 each.
小题1:What does the underlined word “lush’in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A.subtle B.rich C.grateful D.sensitive
小题2:The author mentioned Europe in the essay to _______?
A.stress that Sichuan has plenty of butterfly resources.
B.state that a large number of butterflies live in Europe.
C.tell readers that more than 500 species of butterflies live in Europe.
D.emphasize that Europe is less famous than the Longmen Mountain.
小题3:Why is The butterfly Ecological Park situated at the foot of the Longmen Mountain?
A.Because the park has educational and cultural programs.
B.Because the park has prepared many spring and summer activities.
C.Because visitors can have a close look at butterflies in the park.
D.Because butterflies of various species can live there naturally.
小题4:The Golden Kaiserihind in the last paragraph is probably ________.
A.a splendid sceneryB.a butterfly valley
C.an estimated valueD.a butterfly species

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Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farmers have undergone an "agricultural revolution". On the farm of today, machines provide all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help them keep more accurate records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect. Many computer companies have been developing special computer programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for hog(猪) producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and dairy farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs. Because of the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.
Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real "mechanized hired hand" that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear(修剪) sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the special barn(畜棚), then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished. In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The complete mobilization of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.
小题1:Which sentence carries the main idea of the whole passage? 
A.The first sentence of the first paragraph.
B.The first sentence of the second paragraph.
C.The first sentence of the third paragraph.
D.The last sentence of the second paragraph.
小题2:Which of the following statements is true?  
A.Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.
B.Both computers and robots have been in use on today"s farms.
C.Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.
D.Farmers can do nothing without the help of computers on today"s farms.
小题3: According to the engineers,_____________ will be done by robots in the near future.
A.all farm workB.milking cows
C.most of the farm workD.some house work
小题4:What is the best title for the passage?
A.Computer—Farmers" Best FriendB.Farmers in the Future
C.Robots in the futureD.Revolution on the farm

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