Earthquakes are 1 ; thousands of them happen each day. But most are too weak to feel. During a 2
earthquake, there is often a great noise first. Then the earth 3 terribly; many houses 4 down. Railway
tracks break and trains go 5 lines; a great many factories are 6 ; thousands of deaths are caused, and
many more lose homes... 7 the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake 8 , other disasters
such as fires often 9 . More buildings are destroyed and more 10 are caused.
It is well known of the 11 of a possible earthquake, and for centuries man has been making researches
on earthquakes. More than 2,000 years ago, 12 , a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng 13 a machine
which could find out from which 14 the seismic (地震的) waves had come, and this machine is still 15
by scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and 16 they happen, but we still cannot
17 exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, and cannot 18 it from happening. So earthquakes
are among the 19 disasters in the world.
No one can stop natural earthquakes. 20 , scientists can help stop earthquakes from destroying whole
cities and causing too many deaths. |
( )1. A. common
( )2. A. real
( )3. A. moves
( )4. A. get
( )5. A. off
( )6. A. burst
( )7. A. Except
( )8. A. lonely
( )9. A. follow
( )10. A. quakes
( )11. A. information
( )12. A. as a result
( )13. A. invented
( )14. A. country
( )15. A. improved
( )16. A. where
( )17. A. speak
( )18. A. make
( )19. A. worst
( )20. A. However | B. unusual
B. weak
B. shakes
B. put
B. on
B. hurt
B. Besides
B. later
B. copy
B. deaths
B. questions
B. in fact
B. discovered
B. directions
B. repaired
B. when
B. tell
B. prepare
B. best
B. But | C. strange
C. big
C. jumps
C. set
C. into
C. destroyed
C. Instead of
C. themselves
C. come
C. difficulties
C. dangers
C. for example
C. found
C. ways
C. protected
C. what
C. talk
C. stop
C. most
C. And | D. familiar
D. small
D. breaks
D. fall
D. behind
D. buried
D. Because of
D. itself
D. enter
D. results
D. shock
D. as well
D. operated
D. city
D. used
D. why
D. point
D. let
D. fast
D. So |
| 1-5: A C B D A 6-10: C B D A B 11-15: C C A B D 16-20: D B C A A |
核心考点
试题【完形填空。 Earthquakes are 1 ; thousands of them happen each day. But most are】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 完形填空。 | One student took a box of chicken to class. Another carried on a cell-phone 1 and still another whistled
loudly every time the 2 turned his back. Reform school? No, College.
More and more, professors say, they are coming across 3 students in their classrooms. Many of today"s
young scholars (学者) arrive late, leave 4 , talk loud or take care of personal 5 such as paying bills during
class. Why are the students behaving badly? "Because they can," said a student of University of North Texas.
"A lot of the time, the professors let them get 6 with it."
Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms-and even 17 taking some of the
blame for bad behavior. They say that rude students are by no means the majority but that one of them can ruin
an entire 8 .
People are 9 when they learn that impolite behavior is becoming more and more common in 10 education,
says Dr. Gerald Amanda, a counselor at City College of San Francisco. They 11 some high school students to
misbehave but think those who get to 12 will behave more politely.
Dr. Amanda believes that society in 13 has become more tolerant (容忍的) of rude behavior and 14 people
in power, including professors, no longer 15 standards for 16 . That leads to a growing imprudence (轻率行为)
17 some college students. "There"s a great 18 of bad behavior in the world around them, and young people see
it and 19 disrespect," said Dr. Amanda, 20 that sometimes students "have no idea that they are being rude". | ( )1. A. speech
( )2. A. professor
( )3. A. selfish
( )4. A. late
( )5. A. feeling
( )6. A. away
( )7. A. enjoy
( )8. A. school
( )9. A. delighted
( )10. A. better
( )11. A. expect
( )12. A. work
( )13. A. all
( )14. A. why
( )15. A. change
( )16. A. teaching
( )17. A. about
( )18. A. deal
( )19. A. prepare
( )20. A. speaking | B. conversation
B. student
B. cheating
B. early
B. interest
B. down
B. hate
B. company
B. surprised
B. more
B. hope
B. college
B. time
B. how
B. break
B. politeness
B. for
B. number
B. grow
B. adding | C. message
C. president
C. rude
C. noisily
C. computer
C. along
C. start
C. society
C. interested
C. higher
C. forbid
C. learning
C. charge
C. whether
C. set
C. thinking
C. behind
C. many
C. develop
C. warning | D. picture
D. classmate
D. hardworking
D. quietly
D. business
D. back
D. avoid
D. class
D. encouraged
D. younger
D. wish
D. knowledge
D. general
D. that
D. reach
D. progress
D. among
D. sum
D. improve
D. wishing | | 阅读理解。 | In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he
invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard. That was the
first photograph.
The next important date in the history of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another French, took
a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his pictures, you could see
everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre"s process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around
the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving
things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to carry lots of films and processing equipment.
But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States. After 1840s daguerreotype artists were
popular in most cities.
Mathew Brady was a well-known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The
pictures were unusual because they were very life-like and full of personality (个性).
Brady was also the first person to take pictures of war. His 1862 Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers
and ruined cities. They made the war seem more real and more terrible.
In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography. Photographers could buy films readymade in
rolls (卷). So they did not have to make the film themselves. Also, they did not have to process the film
immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later meaning that they did not have to
carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small handheld camera made photography less
expensive.
With the small camera, anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just for fun. They
took pictures of their families, friends and favorite places. They called these pictures "snapshot".
Photographs became very popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon magazines and books also used
documentary photographs. These pictures showed true events and people. They were much more real than
drawing.
Photography also turned into a form of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photographs were not
just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms. | | 1. The passage is mainly about _____. | A. the invention of cameras
B. a kind of new art-photography
C. the development of photography
D. the important dates in the history of photography | | 2. The first pictures of a war were taken by _____. | A. a French photographer in the 1840s
B. an American photographer in the 1860s
C. a German reporter in the 1880s
D. a French artist in the 1890s | | 3. Photography can also be an art form because artists can _____. | A. take anything they like
B. keep a record of real life
C. take photos of the famous people
D. show ideas and feelings in pictures | | 选做题。请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 | For more than twenty years scientists have been seeking to understand the mystery of the "sixth sense"
of direction. By trying out ideas and solving problems one by one, they are now getting closer to one answer.
One funny idea is that animals might have a built-in compass (指南针).
Our earth itself is a big magnet (磁体). So a little magnetic needle that swings freely lines itself with the
big earth magnet to point north and south. When people discovered that idea about a thousand years ago and
invented the compass, it allowed sailors to navigate (航海) on ocean voyages, even under cloudy skies.
Actually the idea of the living compass came just from observing animals in nature.
Many birds migrate twice a year between their summer homes and winter homes. Some of them fly for
thousands of kilometers and mostly at night. Experiments have shown that some birds can recognize star
patterns. But they can keep on course even under cloudy skies. How can they do that?
A common bird that does not migrate but is great at finding its way home is the homing pigeon. Not all
pigeons can find their way home. Those that can are very good at it, and they have been widely studied.
One interesting experiment was to attach little magnets to the birds" heads to block their magnetic sense-just
as a loud radio can keep you from hearing a call to dinner. On sunny days, that did not fool the pigeons.
Evidently they can use the sun to tell which way they are going. But on cloudy days, the pigeons with magnets
could not find their way. It was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic sense.
Similar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybees. These insects also seem to
have a special sense of direction.
In spite of the experiments, the idea of an animal compass seemed pretty extraordinary. How would an
animal get the magnetic stuff for a compass?
An answer came from an unexpected source. A scientist was studying bacteria that lived in the mud of
ponds and marshes. He found accidentally little rod-like bacteria that all swam together in one direction-north.
Further study showed that each little bacterium had a chain of dense particles inside, which proved magnetic.
The bacteria had made themselves into little magnets that could line up with the earth"s magnet.
The big news was that a living thing, even a simple bacterium, can make magnetite. That led to a search to
see whether animals might have it. By using a special instrument called magnetometer, scientists were able to
find magnetite in bees and birds, and even in fish. In each animal, except for the bee, the magnetic stuff was
always in or close to the brain.
Thus, the idea of a built-in animal compass began to seem reasonable. | | The Magnetic Sense-The Living Compass | | 用方框中词或短语的适当形式完成短文。 | communicate with, base, make use of, bring about, latter,
such as, identity, number, over time, at present | | 根据短文，完成表格。 | Quality after-school programs are designed to improve academic performance, decrease youth crimes and
other high-risk behaviors, and help young people grow into healthy, successful adults.
The effect of quality after-school programs on academic performance is clear. Studies show that students
who take part in such programs show better work habits, higher rates of homework completion, improved
grades, and higher scores on achievement tests. They also have fewer absences and are less likely to blame.
After-school programs also influence high-risk teen behaviors. Various studies show decreased rates of crime,
drug-taking, and teen sex among youth who join in well-run after-school programs when compared to similar
youth who do not. Finally, after-school programs play an important role in supporting different kinds of fields
of development: physical development, mental development and social development. Thus, one can safely say
that after-school programming is an effective method to help young people become contributing members of
society.
Although there is enough proof from both small and large assessments that after-school programs can make
a positive difference, it is important to note that not all programs are equal. First, dosage matters-young people
who attend the most hours over the most years benefit more than members who attend less often or over a
shorter period of time. Next, after-school programs make a bigger difference for those students who need help
most and have the fewest choices. Finally, program qualities matter. After-school programs work best when
they create unique opportunities for youth. They should provide opportunities, skill building meaningful
involvement, expression, suggestion, service, and work. Staff characteristics make an important difference in
the quality of a program. The adults should treat youth as partners, create safe and fair environment, encourage
personalized involvement, and actively create learning opportunities. In short, although after-school programs
have a promising future, how they are designed and run matters. | Title: Quality After-school Programs
| Aims | 1. ______ academic performance
Decreasing youth crimes and other high-risk behaviors
Helping young people grow into healthy, successful adults | | 2.______ | Improved academic performance
●better work habits
●higher rates of homework completion
●improved grades and higher scores
●fewer absences and 3.______ blame
Decreased high-risk teen behaviors
●decreased rates of crime
●drug 4.______
●teen sex among youth
5.______ development
●physical development
●mental development
●social development | | Result | Helping young people become members making
a 6.______ to society | | Factor | 7.______ matter.
Qualities matter. | | 8.______ | The future of after-school programs is promising,
9.______ how to design and run the programs
is very 10.______ |
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