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Perhaps the most wonderful building put up in the 19th century was the Crystal Palace(水晶宫)which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibition from all parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on show. Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steamboats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the money from the exhibition was used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to the South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.
小题1:The Crystal Palace was built up_________.
A.in the 1950sB.in the 1990sC.shortly before 1851D.after 1851
小题2: People from many countries came to the Crystal Palace mainly to______.
A.buy goodsB.visit an exhibition
C.travelD.enjoy the Crystal Palace itself
小题3: What happened to the Crystal Palace in 1936?
A.It caught a terrible fire.
B.It disappeared suddenly.
C.It was moved away to the south of London
D.It was rebuilt.
小题4:The writer__________.
A.thought the Crystal Palace very useful
B.thought highly of the Crystal Palace.
C.wanted the Crystal Palace to be rebuilt
D.was one of the visitors who had visited the Crystal Palace.
小题5: The Crystal Palace was famous to all because__________.
A.it was the biggest building in the world then.
B.it was made of iron and glass.
C.so many visitors had been there.
D.it was burnt down at last.

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Dreams are expressions of thoughts, feelings and events that pass through our mind while we are sleeping. Everybody dreams. But only some people remember their dreams. Our dreams often include all the senses (感觉)—smells, sounds, sights, tastes and things we touch. We dream in colour. Sometimes we dream the same dream over and over again. These repeated(重复的) dreams are often unpleasant. They may even be nightmares—bad dreams that frighten us.
Early in the twentieth century, two famous scientists developed their personal ideas about dreams. Austrian psychiatrist(心里学家) Sigmund Freud published a book called “The Interpretation(诠释) of Dreams” in 1900. Freud believed people often dream about things they want but can’t have. These dreams often have something to do with sex and aggression(侵犯). Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung worked closely with Freud for several years, but he believed dreams could help people grow and understand themselves. He believed dreams provide solutions(解答) to problems we face when we are awake. He didn’t believe dreams hide our feelings about sex or aggression. Today we know more about the science of dreaming because researchers can take pictures of people’s brains while they are sleeping.
Other researchers are studying how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sad emotions(感情). Robert Stickgold is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University in Massachusetts. Doctor Stickgold says that when we dream, the brain is trying to make sense of the world. He does not agree with Sigmund Freud that dreaming is the way we express our hidden feelings and desires(愿望).
Scientists believe it is important to keep researching dreams. Doctor Stickgold says it has been more than one hundred years since Sigmund Freud published his important book about dreaming. Yet there is still no agreement on exactly how the brain works when we are dreaming or why we dream.
46. Dreams _________. 
A. are remembered by everyone
B. express all that we think in our mind
C. include few senses and things we touch
D. are sometimes nightmares(恶梦) that repeat and frighten us
47. A book on dreaming was published by _________.
A. Sigmund Freud     B. Robert Stickgold    C. Carl Jung   D. the writer
48. In the passage, all the psychiatrists _________.
A. believe dreams can help people understand all the problems that they face
B. think dreams always hide someone’s feelings about sex or aggression
C. study dream and dreaming and have their own ideas
D. have the same idea that people often dream about the things they want
49. From the passage, we know that _________.
A. Jung thought that dreams provide solutions to problems we face when we are sleeping
B. Freud developed the idea that dreams are expressions of people’s hidden feelings
C. scientists have known quite well why we dream because they can take pictures of our brains
D. other researchers have discovered how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sad emotions
50.Which would be the best title(标题) for the passage?
A. The Explanations of Dreams         B. The Ways of Dreams
C. The Solutions to Dreams             D. The Mystery(奥秘) of Dreams and Dreaming
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Facebook means never having to say goodbye. The social media web site has earned a reputation for reconnecting old friends. Last week, a guy whom I hadn"t seen since my bachelor party five years ago sent me a friend request. I accepted and waited for him to send me a greeting of some kind. He had sought me out, after all.
I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son. However, I"m pretty sure we won’t ever write wall-to-wall, let alone e-mail each other. But he"ll remain a friend of online until one of us makes a point of removing the other from his official list.
My pool of friends consists of family members, college buddies, co-workers from past and present, and friends of friends. There are 35 in all. If I spent some time uploading old e-mail addresses, I"m confident that I could increase my friend count actually.
A person could make a mission out of reconnecting with childhood friends, former classmates, distant cousins, and those one would like to get to know better. And some people can even handle hundreds of on-screen relationships, keeping up with the daily happenings of their small army of companions. After all, there are worse fates than having too many friends.
Thanks to e-mail, the inability to schedule face-to-face meetings no longer means a friendship must come to a close. But even with e-mail, people will lose touch if one or both parties stop writing back. That"s normal. People move from school to school, job to job, city to city. You never have to feel guilty for breaking away.
Every day, the masterminds of Web 2. 0 find new ways of making human communication easier. However, convenience can be a crutch. Some things shouldn"t be simplified. When it comes to friendship, there can be no shortcuts.
小题1:According to Paragraph l, the web site is famous because _______.
A.it has an interesting name of “Facebook”
B.it helps people get in touch with old friends
C.it can send people a greeting of some kind
D.it reminds people of events in the past
小题2:From the second paragraph we can learn that the writer _______.
A.would write to the friend quite often
B.asked the friend to e-mail him
C.did get some information about the friend
D.would keep in touch with the friend forever
小题3: Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.There are 35 people in the author"s list of friends right now.
B.The author communicates with all the 35 friends by e-mails.
C.The list of 35 friends doesn"t include the old e-mail addresses.
D.It is not difficult for the author to increase his friend count.
小题4:What does the author think of the convenience of communicating on line?
A.The technology could not keep true friendship forever.
B.The social web site of Facebook means nothing at all.
C.There will be no ways of making real friends on line.
D.People will not lose friends with the help of the Facebook.

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In a book called Magnificent Obsession, by Lloyd C. Douglas, a description is given of people helping others but doing it secretly. When difficult problems worried an individual, friends nearby would meet to discuss possible solutions without the individual knowing their actions. When a solution was agreed upon, one or two of the friends would carry out the plan and solve the problem secretly, to the great delight of the worried individual. The helpers would stand by privately, content with their success. No reward was given to the problem solvers, not even a sincere “thank you”, because they were never known.
This concept is popular today but in a different way. The phrase “pay it forward” is now used when one person helps another. However, the person helped may not be able to repay the person or group that helped them. So rather than return the favor to their helpers, they are supposed to help someone else in the future, which means they pay it forward. It is a sense of responsibility which makes us want to give back in equal measure to the one who has helped us. But, in this case, the responsibility turns to helping someone in the future.
Suppose your elderly grandmother pays part of your schooling. She may tell you there is no need to repay her because it is a gift from someone who loves you very much. Nothing would please her more than to have you use her money to get a good education.
You may never be able to repay her for such a gift. However, she not only gave you some money, but she provided you with an example that you should also help other people who need it.
People with serious needs are everywhere. Many are children who need better clothes, more books and even better schools. Some are elderly people who can’t afford their medicine or a doctor’s care. Consider how you can “pay it forward” rather than pay money back to your grandmother.
小题1:The helpers in the book “Magnificent Obsession” were not rewarded because ________.
A.they hadn’t solved the problems thoroughly
B.they expected to be paid back in the future.
C.they were friends of the worried individual
D.they had solved the problems secretly
小题2: The underlined word “pay it forward” means ________.                    
A.to repay someone who has helped you
B.to help someone else who needs help
C.to help someone who has helped you
D.to pay someone else who needs help
小题3:What does the writer suggest with the example of “your elderly grandmother”?
A.We should also lend a hand to other people in need of help.
B.We should work hard to get a good education.
C.We should learn to respect our grandparents.
D.We should never forget to repay people for their help.
小题4:By writing the passage, the author wishes people in the world to be ________.
A.honestB.mysteriousC. unselfishD.unforgettable

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The world economy has run into a brick wall. Despite countless warnings in recent years about the need to address a potential hunger crisis in poor countries and an energy crisis worldwide, world leaders failed to think ahead. The result is a global food crisis. Wheat, corn and rice prices have more than doubled in the past two years. And oil prices have increased more than three times since the start of 2004. These food-price increases, combined with increasing energy costs, will slow if not stop economic growth in many parts of the world and will even affect political stability. Practical solutions to these problems do exist, but we"ll have to start thinking ahead and acting globally.
Here are three steps to ease the current food crisis and avoid the potential for a global crisis. The first is to promote the dramatic success of Malawi, a country in southern Africa, which three years ago established a special fund to help its farmers get fertilizer and seeds with high productivity. Malawi’s harvest doubled after just one year. An international fund based on the Malawi model would cost a mere $10 per person annually in the rich world, or $10 billion altogether.
Second, the U.S. and Europe should abandon their policies of paying partly for the change of food into biofuels (生物燃料). The U.S. government gives farmers a taxpayer-financed payment of 51 cents per gallon of ethanol (乙醇) changed from corn. There may be a case for biofuels produced on lands that do not produce foods — tree crops, grasses and wood products — but there’s no case for the government to pay to put the world’s dinner into the gas tank.
Third, we urgently need to weather-proof the world’s crops as soon and as effectively as possible. For a poor farmer, sometimes something as simple as a farm pond — which collects rainwater to be used in dry weather — can make the difference between a good harvest and a bad one. The world has already committed to establishing a Climate Adaptation Fund to help poor regions climate-proof vital economic activities such as food production and health care but has not yet acted upon the promise.
小题1: An international fund based on the Malawi model would______.
A.cost each of the developed countries $10 billion per year
B.give poor farmers access to fertilizer and highly productive seeds
C.decrease the food prices as well as the energy prices
D.aim to double the harvest in southern African countries in a year
小题2:With the second step, the author expresses the idea that ______.
A.we should get alternative forms of fuel in any way
B.it is misleading to put tree crops into the gas tank
C.it is not wise to change food crops into gas
D.biofuels should be developed on a large scale
小题3:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.The world has made a serious promise to build farm ponds.
B.A Climate Adaptation Fund has been established to help poor.
C.A rain-collecting pond is a simple safeguard against dry weather.
D.It makes a great difference whether we develop wood products or not.
小题4:In the passage, the author calls on us to______.
A.slow down but not to stop economy
B.act now so as to relieve the global food shortage
C.achieve economic growth and political stability
D.develop tree crops, grasses and wood products

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小题1: What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A.Yellowstone Tour & Travel is a company with a history of over 25 years.
B.Yellowstone Tour & Travel is a company serving people 25 years.
C.Yellowstone Tour & Travel has a one-stop shop for most vacations.
D.Yellowstone Tour & Travel can lend visitors planes and ships.
小题2:Yellowstone Tour & Travel can serve the following EXCEPT _________.
A.girl vacationsB.family vacationsC.group toursD.international travels
小题3: If you want to see grey bears, buffalo, you may join __________.
A.Yellowstone and Grand Teton Park Guided Summer Van Tours
B.Lamar Valley Wolf & Wildlife Tour
C.Snowmobile Yellowstone Park
D.Adventure Snowmobile Packages
小题4: In Lamar Valley, you can have the best opportunity to see __________ in winter.
A.bald eaglesB.buffaloC.grey bearsD.wolves

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