Learning science in the classroom by reading textbooks can be really difficult and boring. 1
You can learn science with games and experiments.
Play a game with friends to see whose balloon(气球)will stick to the wall for the longest period of time
before falling to the floor. 2 This static electricity is generated by rubbing a balloon against your
clothing. It becomes a lot of fun when you are competing against several other people to see whose
balloon sticks the longest.
3 Closing your eyes and try to see if you can recognize juices, fruits and vegetables. This
experiment becomes a real challenge when you are competing against others to see if you can do better
than them.
Parents and teachers are always looking for ways to keep children away from the TV set. 4
And children will learn a scientific fact in each game.
A teacher said, " I wish all of my students would participate in these contests with their friends. They
really enjoy the challenge and they all seem to learn so much quickly and easily. " A parent said," I can
feel the excitement every time they play these games. 5 ."
A. But it doesn"t have to be that way.
B. However, it"s more import to keep safe.
C. You can learn about your sense of touch, taste and smell.
D. Through this you can learn the science of static electricity(静电).
E. Therse"re a lot more ways for students to learn about science.
F. They are happy and at the same time they learn a lot about science.
G. These experiments and challenges are much more fun than anything on TV. | | 完形填空 | "Imagine you are walking along the road. Suddenly you fall over and all the passers-by burst into
laughter. You feel very 1 and think the world is laughing at you. But in fact, five minutes later, they
have 2 it ever happened." The other day when I came across these words in an article, I didn"t agree
with the 3 .
The author thinks the best thing to do in this kind of 4 is to pretend nothing has happened, and so
avoid 5 trouble.
I admit that we should keep 6 because "Your tears will only remind others of what happened,
while your 7 can let them forget it." But this is far from satisfactory. We should do 8 to make things
better.
I used to be a(n) 9 girl and not very good at maths. Our new maths teacher asked me a question
and I still remember how I hung my head in 10 when I couldn"t answer it.
"If you don"t know the answer, just tell me." the teacher said, "If you don"t, how can I know 11 you
know the answer or not?" All of my classmates burst into laughter. My face turned red but the teacher
12 me to go to the blackboard and 13 what I knew. If I had 14 the words in the article, I would
have given up. But I tried my best. And to everyone"s 15 , I succeeded! The teacher smiled and said,
"Well done! I 16 you could do it!"
Since then, I have become active in maths as 17 as in other subjects. I used to think
doing maths exercises was a waste of time. But now, I know 18 I do can make things better.
Everyone is the 19 of his own fate.
If we make mistakes, we should take on an active 20 . Laugh, and the world laughs with
you; weep, and you weep alone. | ( )1. A. nervous
( )2. A. realized
( )3. A. speaker
( )4. A. environment
( )5. A. extra
( )6. A. confident
( )7. A. satisfaction
( )8. A. everything,
( )9. A. clever
( )10. A. joy
( )11. A. what
( )12. A. forced
( )13. A. put down
( )14. A. suspected
( )15. A. expectation
( )16. A. hoped
( )17. A. well
( )18. A. whatever
( )19. A. inspector
( )20. A. position | B. excited
B. recognized
B. reader
B. surrounding
B. ordinary
B. calm
B. worry
B. something
B. energetic
B. shame
B. that
B. invited
B. bring up
B. obeyed
B. disappointment
B. doubted
B. far
B. whenever
B. owner
B. value | C. embarrassed
C. remembered
C. announcer
C. situation
C. common
C. smart
C. courage
C. nothing
C. happy
C. pride
C. whether
C. pushed
C. think about
C. rejected
C. delight
C. knew
C. soon
C. wherever
C. host
C. attitude | D. afraid
D. forgotten
D. author
D. condition
D. usual
D. strong
D. smile
D. anything
D. shy
D. surprise
D. when
D. asked
D. show off
D. understood
D. surprise
D. regretted
D. long
D. whoever
D. architect
D. response | | 阅读理解 | Even with hit shows such as "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey"s Anatomy," ABC is tightening its
belt as it weathers the U.S. economic downturn and tries to remain relevant in an industry challenged by
digital entertainment.
"We are in one of worst economies in 70 years. We are looking at everything we can possibly do to
be more efficient and more effective," ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson told reporters on
Friday.
"We have to look at everything across the board from cost cutting to (using) other platforms for
smart ways to broker our efforts. It is an ongoing process. It is not a one time thing."
McPherson, attending the networks" semi-annual presentation to critics, said last year"s five month
strike by Hollywood screenwriters had "really hurt everybody" in the traditional television industry, and
he acknowledged the networks had lost viewers to other forms of entertainment.
"The world has changed under these businesses and we need to be incredibly diligent and confident
in what we do, otherwise we will be left by the wayside." he said. "Tomorrow is here, now, and we really
need to figure it out now and move forward."
ABC, a unit of Walt Disney Co, has lost about 9.7 percent of its prime time audience in the 2008-9
season compared with the same stage last year.
With the exception of current ratings leader CBS, the other two major U.S. networks Fox and NBC
have also lost similar percentages since the 2008-9 season started last September.
McPherson said he hoped ABC would continue to "take chances" on shows such as "Lost" and
"Dancing with the Stars" that were seen as daring when they were shown for the first time. But recent
new entries, such as "Pushing Daisies," "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money," failed to resonate with
viewers and were canceled.
Despite the growing trend of watching television on iPods, on the Internet and on mobile phones,
McPherson said ABC"s main focus remained on broadcast.
"We are still a broadcast network and that is where our profits come from. The other platforms are
important. But people ask "Would we do a show that would be successful on the Internet as opposed
to on broadcast? ... and those are always secondary thoughts," he added.
1. The main idea of the passage is about__________.
A. the strike of Hollywood screenwriters
B. the decline of ABC"s prime time audience
C. ABC"s feeling economic, digital pressure
D. ABC"s main focus on broadcast
2. The 3rd paragraph suggests to us that__________.
A. cutting cost is the best way to recover from economic downturn
B. the economic situation is so serious that it will last long
C. using other smart way can develop the ongoing process
D. sparing no effort can complete the ongoing process
3 .McPherson"s attitude towards ABC"s future is full of__________.
A. doubt
B. confidence
C. worry
D. hope | | 阅读理解 | Everyone"s at it, even my neighbors. I thought I might be the only person left in the world who hadn"t
done an eBay deal. So I decided to try my hand at online auction (网上拍卖).
Buying for beginners: Sign up on www.eBay.co.uk. Most items (e.g. tables, computers, and books)
ready for auction will come with a picture and a short description; others may be marked with "Buy It
Now" and have a fixed price. You can buy these right away.
If the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and eBay bids(出
价)for you .The bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are
emailed and asked if you would like to bid again. Auctions last up to 10 days, and when they finish you
get an e-mail telling you whether you have won the item.
How to pay: Sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing
a bid as you might not want to post a cheque or postal orders. The easiest way is through PayPal, an
online payment system that takes the money away from your credit card(信用卡).
Selling made simple: If you plan to sell on eBay, it helps to include a picture of the item. I followed my
friends" advice and put up the items I wanted to sell for a 10-day auction, starting on a Thursday. This
way buyers had two weekends to bid.
The big things in life: It"s easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of eBay and this has to be
collected or sent by deliverymen. Check the ways of delivery before you bid.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to make payment online.
B. Ways of making delivery online.
C. How to use an online-auction system.
D. Advantages of an online auction system.
2. After bidding for an item, a buyer_________.
A. can"t buy other items any more
B. should make payment immediately
C. must give your credit card to the seller
D. has chances to make higher bids
3. You should if the item is being auctioned.
A. make loud noises
B. offer the highest price you are ready to pay
C. ask the other people"s price
D. get the others not to bid
4. The easiest way of making payment mentioned in the passage is________.
A. through a local bank system
B. through an online payment system
C. by sending the money to the seller
D. by paying the delivery man directly | | 阅读理解 | Faced with a life-changing tragedy, it would be easy for Martha Clements to focus on the negative.
But that"s not her way. Five years after losing her vision, Clements is back doing what she loves.
"It is long, Kathy," Clements says, running her hands down the length of her client"s hair. Kathy Braga
is letting it grow. It now hangs below her shoulders and down her back, and all she wants is a trim(修剪), so she asks Clements to show her how much an inch would be. Clements pulls a ruler from a drawer and
holds it up to Braga"s hair in front near her face. "Right here. An inch will be right here at your chin."
Clements was in this career for about 10 years before losing her vision. Now, when she begins cutting,
it"s easy to forget that Clements is completely blind. She carefully compares the length of each strand of
hair. Though confident of her sense of touch, she at times asks her client to be her eyes and check her
work.
After a careful inspection, Braga gives her approval. And after Clements blows her hair dry, she
remarks, "You made me younger. I love it."
Clements had been doing Braga"s hair for years before she became blind. Braga is proud to say she
was Clements" first customer after she lost her vision.
"She sat me in the kitchen. It was dark, and she said ," Are you ready?" I said, "I"m ready." And that is
when she took this thing, and she said, " Look and see if there is hair on the ground," and I said ," Yes,
there is ." And she said, "Okay, I have the right end of the thing."
Clements was 42 years old when she suffered a pulmonary embolism (肺栓塞) that cost her sight.
"I was dead for 20 minutes first and then half an hour, and the lack of oxygen killed my optical(视觉的)
nerve." The last thing Clements remembered that day was the ambulance coming to get her. "I couldn"t
breathe. The next thing I remembered was waking up three days later, blind, in the hospital."
Her ribs(肋骨)had been broken, when they treated her. Her shoulder was dislocated. She had to
undergo nine months of physical treatment.
"It was the hardest time in my life," she says. "Everything changed in my life: distance, smell, and
sound. My kids didn"t sound the same. My husband didn"t sound the same too. I didn"t know my home.
It took me three months to find the coffee table."
Once a month, a teacher from the Virginia Center for the Blind came to her home in Woodbridge,
about 40 kilometers from Washington. But Clements was eager to learn more. So in 2008, she left her
husband and sons, to go to the Virginia School for the Blind in Richmond for a nine-month program. "My
plan was to be able to do for my family again, to do what I like to do, cook, clean, make phone calls."
She learned basic skills like how to walk with a cane, how to listen and how to eat different foods.
There were classes in Braille, computer skills and using different gadgets designed for the blind.
Graduates of the program are expected to leave with not only life skills, but a marketable skill as well.
"My teacher asked me why I wouldn"t do hair. I said, " Hello. Blind. No, no, no." I was scared to
think I could even do it."
But gradually, Clements gained confidence and by the time she graduated, had styled 100 heads of
hair at the school. "People from headquarters came, people from the library, students, secretaries,
teachers, and friends came. Everybody came and let me do their hair," Clements says.
Three days a week she leaves home to volunteer at the House of Mercy, a Catholic service
organization that provides clothing, food and other support to the poor.
Kellie Ross, executive director of the House of Mercy, remembered when Clements first showed up
with her friend, Kathy Braga, to offer her help.
At first, she had no idea Clements was blind. "As she started to walk I realized she couldn"t see, "
Ross recalls. "She could have taken that tragic experience of losing her sight and gone inward, but
instead she used that experience to help other people who are suffering."
Clements says she feels blessed to day, five years after her brush with death. "I thank the Lord every
day for my blindness, because I"m alive," she says. "I could have been dead. I"m alive. I"m healthy, and
that is what matters."
1. What was Clements before she lost her sight?
A. A teacher.
B. A hairstylist.
C. An engineer.
D. A volunteer.
2. To judge the length of the hair of her clients, Clements mainly depends on _______.
A. some handy tools
B. their detailed descriptions
C. her sense of touch
D. Kathy Braga"s guidance
3. What can we learn about Kathy Braga?
A. She used to be a regular client of Clements.
B. She follows Clements to do volunteering work every week.
C. She was the first to encourage Clements to try hairstyling.
D. She always pretends to be satisfied with Clements" skill.
4. When she lost her sight, Clements found that _________.
A. her family became hopeless and discouraged
B. her other senses had also been affected
C. her kids and husband began to treat her differently
D. she lost interest in speaking to her family members
5. What would be the best title of the passage?
A. Brave woman expresses her gratitude for life.
B. After going blind, hairstylist returns to work.
C. Programs for the blind give them new hope for life.
D. Blind hairstylist finds pleasure in volunteering work. |
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