S372-S3 Answers to Quiz time   
1— 3 DCA                                 4 — 7 CDAC                         8 — 11 DCAD
12. Scottish                               13. diverse                                    14. reputation
15. fewer/limited                             16. heavy                                          17. Better/Improved 
18. Different/Various                     19. sandwiches                         20. know
21. overweight/fat

Snow covers capital (P2)
1. Which of the following statements about the recent snows is TRUE according to the text?
A. They were the heaviest snows in Beijing in recent years.
B. They were human-made snows aimed at trying out a new weather modification technique.
C. Citizens welcomed the snows, which helped ease the drought in north China.
D. Experts are concerned about the side effects of the modification of nature.
2. Some experts are thinking of using ____ to reduce global warming.
A. cloud-seeding             B. greenhouse gases
C. geoengineering             D. human-made snows
3. We can conclude from the text that ____.
A. the long-term effects of weather modification technology cannot be fully predicted
B. weather modification creates more problems than it can solve
C. weather modification is to blame for the oceans turning to acid
D. greenhouse gas pollution is unstoppable
答案与解析
1. D 细节理解题。从文章第四段第二句“Experts say that weather modification had undesirable side effects in the longer term. ”可知答案为D。选项A在文中并未提及；根据第二段可知，人工降雪的目的是为了缓解华北地区的干旱，选项B错误；从第三段内容可以排除选项C。
2. C 细节理解题。根据文章后半部分的内容可以得出答案为C。
3. A 推理判断题。有些专家想用人工影响天气的技术来缓解气候变暖，有些专家认为这种技术会有害环境，而其真正的长期影响还尚未定论。

A new era for princesses (P4)
4. Tiana is different from other Disney’s Royal Ladies in that she is the first ____.
A. princess that is changed from a frog     
B. non-American princess
C. black princess                    
D. princess well received by audiences
5. All of the following Disney princesses are white EXCEPT ____.
A. Sleeping Beauty      B. Belle
C. Cinderella                 D. Pocahontas
6. Tiana’s appearance as a Disney princess can be attributed to ____.
A. the growing importance of African-Americans in the US
B. the change in audience tastes
C. Disney’s lack of good stories
D. the beauty and independence of African American women
7. The story tells us that The Princess and the Frog says ____.
A. love is the most important thing in our life
B. there is a price to pay for love and happiness
C. happiness is about achievement as much as finding love
D. skin color is no longer a concern in America
答案与解析
4. C 细节理解题。根据文章第五段最后一句“Tiana is the first black one”可以得知答案为C。
5. D细节理解题。根据文章第五段可以得知，Pocahontas是非白人公主，故答案为D。
6. A 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第三段可以推断出，美国黑人的社会地位和影响与日俱增，Tiana这个黑皮肤的迪斯尼公主角色应运而生。
7. C推理判断题。根据文章最后一段最后两句可以得知，爱情和事业在我们的人生中缺一不可，都是我们幸福的来源，故答案为C。

A lift to the stars (P6)
8. Which of the following statements about the competition is TRUE?
A. The competition was organized only by NASA.
B. The first prize winner could get as much as $2 million.
C. In the competition, robots were laser-beamed up a 1 km-long lead to the top.
D. Only one team managed to send their robot up to the top.
9. Lasermotive didn’t get the top prize because ____.
A. their robot didn’t reach the top
B. they only managed to get their robot off the ground
C. their robot didn’t reach the top within the time limit
D. their robot didn’t move as fast as that of the Kansas City Space Pirates
10. What is Andrew Petro’s attitude towards the space-lift project?
A. Positive.                B. Negative.             
C. Indifferent.            D. Suspicious.
11. It can be concluded from the passage that ____.
A. soon people will be able to travel in a space lift
B. scientists don’t think it is practical to build a space lift
C. a space lift can only exist in science fiction
D. difficulties need to be solved before scientists can develop a workable space lift
答案与解析
8. D 细节理解题。根据文章第五段和第六段的细节描述可知，只有Lasermotive成功达到顶点，Kansas City Space Pirates的机器人始终未能达到，另一队的表现更差强人意。
9. C细节理解题。根据文章第五段最后一句可以得知，Lasermotive没有拿到最高奖是因为没有在3分钟之内完成任务，故答案为C。
10. A 情感态度题。根据文章最后一段可以得知，Andrew Petro认为，对这一计划的尝试能有利于科技的进步，故答案为A。
11. D 推理判断题。根据文章倒数二、三段可以得知，要想建成通往太空的天梯，科学家们要解决许多的问题，故答案为D。

Rebirth of UK cooking (P8)
请认真阅读文章, 并根据所读内容在下面表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。