Every year, our school has a dance for all the students. It" s a little funny seeing friends in clean shoes
and trousers or colorful 1 , instead of the usual school uniform.
Most of us think the dance is great 2 —even the teachers enjoy being there. 3 ,two weeks
ago someone said that there would be no 4 band this year—only CDs.
"I don"t 5 it !" Amy cried out during the lunch break.
"Someone said the school couldn"t 6 a band, and they think it" s too noisy anyway,"added Daniel.
"Well, I don"t think it"s 7 enough without a band!"declared Angela, "and I"m going to see what
can be done."
Angela was as good as her 8 . In the afternoon she went to see the school headmaster who
agreed to give the 9 some more thought. And he suggested that one 10 for having a band was
to increase the price of each ticket from $5 to $10. Angela had to 11 out whether the students
would like to do that.
"I need all of you to help me," she 12 to our group before school the next day. "Mr. Berry
gave me a list of all the names, and suggested we ask each one their 13 about the band and the extra
cost."
14 the day we asked around as Angela suggested, and wrote down people" s feeling about the
band and the cost. We were amazed how much 15 there was for the band and everyone agreed to
pay the extra $5.
"I" m surprised," smiled Mr. Berry, when we gave him the 16 ."I really thought that only a few
people 17 their band and that the cost would be too high.OK, Angela, your next 18 is to find
a good band and line them up for the dance."
Angela was all smiles and 19 the news to Amy and Daniel. "You"re 20 ," smiled Daniel to
Angela as he thought how close they came to having a less than perfect dance.
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| 第一节语法填空 As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on 1_____ musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were humorous 2______ to be copied by other groups. They were so popular 3______ their fans formed clubs in order to get 4_____ familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs 5(write)________ by other musicians. However, after a year or so in 6______ they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their 7____ songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and 8(start)______ touring and playing their own music. In the USA they became even more popular 9_____ the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, 10____ which they celebrated their former time as a real band. | |||
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| Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert, seeking a million in prize money. To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part －drivers. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. One had its brake lock up in the starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles. One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock. The "winner," if there was any, reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long, narrow hole, and the front wheels caught on fire. "You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things," says Reinhold Behringer, who helped design two of the car-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics. "Even ants can do all these tasks effortlessly . It"s very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines." The robotic vehicles, though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes immediately, Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when there"s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine humans have designed. 1. Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race because . A. the road was too rough for the drivers B. they did not have any human guidance C. the distance was too long for the vehicles D. the prize money was unattractive to the drivers 2. DARPA organized the race in order to . A. raise money for producing more robotic vehicles B. train more people to drive in the desert C. build up body. D. improve the vehicles for future wars 3. From the passage we know "robotic vehicles" are a kind of machines that . A. can do effortlessly whatever tasks living thing can B. can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit C. can move from place to place without being driven by human beings D. can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down 4. In the race, the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered was . A. about eight miles B. six miles C. almost seven miles D. about nine mile 5. In the last paragraph, we can conclude that____ A. a long way to go for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties B. a long way to go for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie . C. a long way for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple one that a little child can solve D. a long way for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face | |||
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| Brazil has become one. of the developing world"s great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil had better results without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard. Brazil"s population growth rate dropped from 2. 99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1. 93% a year between 198 land 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2. 7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries. Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (肥皂剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world"s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil"s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities. Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values: not many children, women working, says Martine. They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a very attractive package. Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. " This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction," says Martine. 1. According to the passage, Brazil has lowered its population growth ________. A. by educating its citizens B. by careful family planning C. by limiting birth rate D. by chance 2. According to the passage, many Third World countries____ A. are unwilling to control the birth rate. B. are willing to join Brazil in controlling their birth rate soon C. haven"t yet found an effective measure to control their population D. haven"t realized the importance of TV plays in family planning 3. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil"s birth rate because ________. A. they educate people. B. they have gradually changed people"s way of life C. people are drawn to their attractive package D. they popularize birth control measures 4. What is Martine"s conclusion about Brazil"s population growth? A. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate. B. The increase in birth rate will be controlled. C. Consumption goes with reproduction. D. A country "s production is limited by its population growth. 5. According to the passage, soap operas show that they have ____in the middle class. A. one or two babies. B. many babies C. only a boy D. only a girl |
