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Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.
Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow(吹) the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become desert more easily.
小题1: Deserts ________.
A.never have any plants or animals in them
B.can all be turned into good land before long
C.are becoming smaller and smaller
D.get very little rain
小题2: Small green plants are very important to dry places because __________.
A.they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier
B.they don’t let the wind blow the soil away
C.they hold water
D.All of the above.
小题3: After reading this passage, we learn that __________.
A.plants can keep dry land from becoming desert
B.it is good to get rid of the grass in the deserts
C.all places without much rain will become deserts
D.it is better to grow crops on dry land than to cut them

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小题1:.D
小题1:.D
小题1:.A
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The world is filled with many interesting sounds. Some are very pleasant to hear; others are unpleasant to our ears. In a day, you probably hear hundreds of different sounds.
All sounds are different. Some may be soft; others may be loud. Some sounds are high; others are low.
Some sounds are useful. Without sound we cannot talk or listen to one another. The ringing alarm clock (闹钟)makes people wake up. The hooting of a horn (喇叭声) on the road warns careless people of danger.
We make sounds by making things move to and fro(来回地). This to-and-fro movement is called vibration (振动). It means moving up and down or forwards(向前地) and backwards(向后的) very fast. This makes sound waves(波).
We can make sounds in many ways, for example, by shouting, clapping our hands and striking the table. We can make sounds only by making things vibrate. We can talk because we can make our vocal cords (声带) vibrate. Our vocal cords are in a sound box or voice box. Two vocal cords vibrate when our lungs(肺) force the air through them.
小题1:We can make sounds ______.
A.by making things still
B.by making things vibrate
C.by making things jump up and down
D.by changing the positions of things
小题2: Some sounds are useful because ______.
A.they can wake people up
B.they can warn people to be careful when they are crossing the road
C.they make it possible for people to talk or listen to each other
D.all of the above
小题3:When the air is through our vocal cords, it can make them ______.
A.vibrateB.breathe the air
C.talk to each otherD.move forward and backward
小题4:Sounds are different because ______.
A.different sounds have different vibrations
B.different sounds have different sound waves
C.different sounds have different vocal cords
D.both A and B

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What is intelligence (智力) anyway? When I was in the army I   21  an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against   22  of 100, scored 160.                             
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not   23  have scored more than 80.   24 , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always   25  it.
Well, then suppose my auto-repair man   26  questions for some intelligence test. By every one of them I"d prove myself a   27 . In a world where I have to work with my   28 , I"d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man   29 . He had a habit of telling   30 . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb(聋哑) man   31   some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made   32  movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He   33  his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk   34  him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the   35 man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀).   36  do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his   37  and asked for them. I"ve been   38  that on all my customers today, but I knew   39  I"d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn"t be very   40  .”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
小题1:
A.failedB.wroteC.receivedD.chose
小题2:.
A.an averageB.a totalC.an examD.a number
小题3:
A.alwaysB. possiblyC.certainlyD.frequently
小题4:.
A.ThenB.ThusC.ThereforeD.Yet
小题5:
A.fixedB.checkedC.droveD.changed
小题6:.
A.answeredB.practicedC.designedD.tried
小题7:
A.teacherB.doctorC.winnerD.fool
小题8:
A.brainsB.effortC.handsD.attention
小题9:
A.againB.as usualC.tooD.as well
小题10:
A.liesB.jokesC.newsD.tales
小题11:
A.boughtB.testedC.foundD.needed
小题12:
A.cuttingB.hammeringC.wavingD.circling
小题13:
A.noddedB.raisedC.shookD.turned
小题14:
A.broughtB.packedC.sentD.sold
小题15:
A.cleverB.otherC.rightD.next
小题16:
A.WhatB.HowC.WhoD.Which
小题17:
A.imaginationB.handC.voiceD.information
小题18:
A.tryingB.provingC.practicingD.examining
小题19:
A.for sureB.at onceC.in factD.right now
小题20:
A.clearB.sillyC.slowD.smart

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Job sharing refers to the situation in which two people divide the responsibility of one full-time job.The two people willingly act as part-time workers, enough hours between them to fulfill the duties of a full-time worker.If they each work half the job, for example, they each receive 50 per cent of the job"s wages, its holidays and its other benefits.
Job sharing differs from conventional (常规的) part-time work in that it occurs mainly in the more highly skilled and professional areas, which require higher levels of responsibility and employee commitment.    Job sharing should not be confused with the term work sharing, which refers to increasing the number of jobs by reducing the number of hours of each existing job, thus offering more positions to the growing number of unemployed people.Job sharing, by contrast, is not designed to address unemployment problems; its focus, rather, is to provide well-paid work for skilled workers and professionals who want more free time for other activities.
As would be expected, most job sharers are women.A survey carried out in 1988 by Britain"s Equal Opportunities Commission showed that 78 per cent of sharers were female, the majority of whom were between 20 and 40 years of age.Subsequent studies have come up with similar results.Many of these women were re-entering the job market after having had children, but they chose not to seek part-time work because it would have meant lower status.Job sharing also offered an acceptable shift back into full-time work after a long absence.
The necessity of close cooperation when sharing a job with another person makes the actual work quite different from conventional one-position jobs.However, to ensure a greater chance that the partnership will succeed, each person needs to know the strengths, weaknesses and preferences of his or her partner before applying for a position.Moreover, there must be a fair division of both routine tasks and interesting ones.In sum, for a position to be job-shared well, the two individuals must be well matched and must treat each other as equals.
小题1:.
In what way is work sharing different from job sharing?
A.Work sharing requires more working hours.
B.Work sharing is aimed at creating more jobs.
C.Work sharing provides a more satisfactory salary.
D.Work sharing depends on the employer"s decision.
小题2:.
According to Paragraph 4, young mothers preferred job sharing to conventional part-time work mainly because _____.
A.they sought higher social status
B.they were over ideal working ages
C.they had difficulty finding full-time jobs
D.they had to take care of both work and family
小题3:.
In job sharing the partners should _____.
A.enjoy equal social status
B.have similar work experience
C.keep in touch with each other
D.know each other very well
小题4:.
The main purpose of the passage is to ______.
A.describe job sharing in general
B.discuss how to provide more jobs
C.recommend job sharing to women
D.compare job sharing with work sharing

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The first field season is now over at the hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. However,the archaeologists working on the excavation(挖掘)have found that they still have a great deal to do. The sun, the wind and tourists have left their mark on the village, originally discovered by Bernard Bruyhre in 1935.
“From our modern perspective,it is upsetting to see how the village was first excavated and then left to be destroyed. Passers-by have used the huts as rubbish dumps and restrooms,”says Jaana Toivari—Viitala, a teacher at the University of Helsinki.“Fortunately, while we still have some surface cleaning to do, conservation are off to a good start.”
The hut village offers rare insight into everyday life in ancient Egypt.
“In the early twentieth century,archaeologists were only interested in the tombs of kings. The workmen’s huts they discovered were seen as a necessary evil in the quest for the real treasures.”
“Now several international research groups on different excavations are examining everyday life and work in the Valley of the Kings. This seems to be a trend in archaeology right now.” Toivari-Viitala says.
Her research group wants to find out why the hut village was built on the slope of a mountain,halfway between the construction site and Deir-el-Medina. They are also interested in how many workers lived in the village at a time, when they lived there, and what their role was in the construction work.
“Comparing the names found in the village and in Deir-el-Medina provides useful information.Judging from the construction methods,settlement in the village can be divided into two separate periods: the initial settlement and a later one.”
For the time being,much is up to guessing, but Toivari-Viitala believes that the coming four field seasons, three months each, will see results.
“The working conditions are not nearly as difficult as I thought they would be. The cool winds in the mountains nicely alleviate the heat.”
The research group working on the “Workmen’s huts in the Theban mountains” project is planning to return to the Valley of the Kings in October.
小题1:.
What does the passage mainly talk about? ________
A.The hut village in the Valley of the Kings.
B.The excavation of the tombs in the Valley.
C.The archaeologists working on the excavation.
D.Everyday life and work in the Valley of the Kings.
小题2:.
Which of the following is NOT true of the hut village according to the passage? _______
A.It has been damaged a lot.B.It can tell us something about ancient Egypt.
C.It has attracted archaeologists’ attention.D.It has a lot of real treasures somewhere in it.
小题3:.
What’s the new trend in archaeology right now according to Toivari-Viitala?
A.Being interested in the tombs of kings.
B.Examining everyday life and work in the Valley of the Kings.
C.Using the huts as rubbish dumps and restrooms.
D.Guessing what the result will be beforehand.
小题4: We can infer from the passage that__________.
A.people know little about the hut village by now
B.the workmen’s huts were not discovered until very recently
C.the research group working on the workmen’s huts will suffer a lot
D.the hut village is much more valued by archaeologists than the tombs

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The small coastal town of Broome, in northwest Australia, is a remote village in the vast countryside.
There are no traffic jams and hardly any roads. There is only the massive Australian wild land, where some houses are 500 miles apart and some driveways are 50 miles long.
There seem to be only two main sources of entertainment out here: the sunset at the beach and Sun Pictures.
Sun Pictures is a very different movie theater:The seats are park benches and deck chairs, but you’re also welcome to sit on the grass.
It is the world’s oldest outdoor movie garden. Sun Pictures was built in 1916 on the other side of the globe from Hollywood. All the big films were shipped here and the lonely country was amazed.
Broome resident Pearl Hamaguchi has never traveled far from home. But in the Sun Pictures chairs, under the deep blue night sky, she has been almost everywhere.
“And we came back excited about Gregory Peck,” she recalled.
This is one of the few places left in the world where you can see two sets of stars at the same time-----one set in the sky, the other in the film.
Each night, dozens of people from around the world line up at the old wooden stand, with no computer in sight, and buy their tickets to the latest films.
Sun Pictures is also a museum, exhibiting projectors(放映机) that date back to the silent films, a portrait gallery of the famous people who never knew about this place---- even though they came here all the time.
Every once in a while, I’m told, you might find a non-ticket holder in your seat. That’s why it’s always a good idea to shake out your chair to make sure there are no spiders or scorpions.
“We’ve only had a couple of scorpion incidents but no one’s been stung yet,” said Aaron Mestemaker, a tourist visiting from Michigan.
Sun Pictures is a holy hall of movie history and a reminder that air conditioning and carpet are no match for grass and fresh air---even when the lizards steal the scene.
小题1:. The first two paragraphs want to show that__________.
A.living in Broome is inconvenient
B.the life in Broome is boring
C.few people like to live in Broome
D.Broome is simple but vast
小题2:.Sun Pictures is different from other theaters because _________.
A.it is the most historical outdoor theater in the world
B.the audience can either sit on chairs or on the grass
C.it was built by some constructor from Hollywood
D.all the films were imported here from Hollywood
小题3:. Gregory Peck is most probably the name of_________.
A.a placeB.a filmC.a movie starD.a country fellow
小题4:. It can be inferred that the tourists in Broome are most attracted by ________.
A.its peacefulnessB.its beautiful sunset
C.the Sun PicturesD.the gallery of movie stars

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