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作者:21ST
时间:2010-03-01

Day 1

A girl with guts (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. The article is mainly about ______.

A. how Christina Parra fought bravely with her disability

B. Christina Parra’s first shopping experience on her own

C. what disabled people can learn from Christina Parra

D. the difficulties Christina Parra meets in life

2. The first four paragraphs are mainly about ______.

A. how Parra enjoyed shopping

B. how she was progressing with her assignment

C. how much there remains to be done for disabled people

D. how difficult it was for Parra to move around the store

3. The word “posed” in the 7th paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A. gotten B. overcome

C. caused D. done

4. To buy an individual bar of soap, Parra _____.

A. counted the streets she had to cross while walking to the shop

B. used a special computer to make notes about the specialties in the shop

C. relied on her teacher’s directions and guidance

D. made several preparatory trips to the shop

5. What can we conclude from the text?

A. Doctors removed Parra’s eyes immediately after she was diagnosed with cancer.

B. Parra can’t use a computer because of her blindness.

C. Zermeno’s help greatly contributed to Parra’s successful shopping trip.

D. Parra learned to do everything that able-bodied people can do.

Day 2

Careful with your eyes (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. The main point of the article is ______.

A. the reasons why people like 3D movie

B. how to improve 3D technology

C. the development of 3D technology in recent year

D. causes of headaches and nausea when people watch 3D movie

2. The phrase “take off” in “headaches and nausea were the main reasons 3D technology never took off” could be replaced by _________.

A. become popular B. fly in the sky

C. leave hurriedly D. remove one’s clothe

3. This article implies that _______.

A. people do not like new things like 3D movie

B. 3D TVs will completely take the place of old TV set

C. 3D technology is the most important technology ever

D. those with eye muscle problems should not watch 3D movie

4. Rosenberg suggests that ______.

A. a single digital projector could solve all the problems with 3D technology

B. people will gradually become comfortable with 3D movies and TV

C. the appeal of 3D movies and TVs may fade very quickly

D. most people will actually enjoy the 3D experience

Day 3

British food fights back (P4)

Typical British cuisine
A full English breakfast
The British _____ (1) roast
Interna-tional _____ (2)
Before 2000
Poor

British cooks lost some of their traditional skills because they had _____ (3) ingredients to work with.
The meals tended to be _____ (4) due to the colder climate.
British cuisine did not _____
(5) well to the cuisine of its nearest neighbor: France.

In the last _____ (6)
_____ (7)
_____ (8) ethnic groups add new ingredients, flavors and cooking techniques to the British cuisine.
_____ (9): Curry is now one of the most popular foods.
Cookery _____ (10) by internationally famous chefs appear on British television.


Day 4

She’s not just a mom (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. How did the female clerk feel at first when the writer told her occupation?

A. Cold-hearted. B. Open-minded.

C. Puzzled. D. Interested.

2. How many children does the writer have?

A. 3 B. 4

C. 7 D. 13

3. Why did the woman clerk show more respect to the writer?

A. Because she thought the writer did admirable work.

B. Because the writer cared little about rewards.

C. Because the writer did something that she had little knowledge of.

D. Because she admired the writer’s research work.

4. What is the point of the article?

A. To show that how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it.

B. To show that the writer had a grander job than Emily.

C. To argue that motherhood is a worthy career.

D. To show that being a mother is hard and boring work.

Day 5

Long long ago, a king in India named Kaid, who had built a huge empire, was sick at heart. He called his minister, Sassa, to him and said: “ 1 I think about my past battles. I can’t sleep for thinking about imaginary wars and victories. But I have 2 enemies, and it is wrong to 3 war without cause. What can I do to 4 my peace of mind? ”

The minister thought of a game that he had learned from a Greek soldier. He taught the rules to the king, who found the game so engaging (吸引人的), such a perfect 5 , that he became a happy man again.

He asked Sassa: “How can I 6 you? Choose anything you like. But Sassa said: “Take a grain of rice and place it on the first square of the board. Put two grains on the second square. Keep going, doubling the number of grains each time, until you have 7 all the 64 squares on the board.”

8 they laughed at Sassa for his modesty and simplicity. But then they discovered that the rice would exceed (超过) all the 9 in the known world.

The game, 10 you haven’t guessed, was chess. It’s interesting that chess’s place and date of birth are still a 11 . India, China, Persia, Greece? Nobody knows.

What is definitely true in the story is the 12 Sassa was making with his rice. Chess is pretty much 13 . We don't know the number of possible games even today, 14 a supercomputer can 15 the world champion. There’s an Indian saying: “Chess is a lake in which a mosquito can bathe – and an elephant can drown.”

Children like to 16 a little wooden army, and even adults like to 17 Napoleon. That’s 18 they get started. Later, players realize the technical complexity (复杂事物) and, 19 they see the game’s unbelievable artistic beauty. It’s a unique 20 of war game, sport, science and art.

1. A. Now and then B. Up and down

C. More or less D. Day and night

2. A. more than B. no more

C. many more D. more and more

3. A. lead B. expand C. make D. break

4. A. discover B. reshape C. produce D. regain

5. A. solution B. suggestion C. plan D. proposal

6. A. pay B. award C. reward D. praise

7. A. put B. found C. covered D. followed

8. A. At first B. Quickly C. First of all D. Shortly

9. A. empires B. squares C. food D. wealth

10. A. as B. when C. if D. because

11. A. trouble B. trap C. trick D. mystery

12. A. point B. decision C. mistake D. change 13. A. competitive B. unknown

C. unlimited D. helple

14. A. since B. as C. when D. in which

15. A. hit B. win C. get D. beat

16. A. join B. command C. defeat D. play

17. A. play B. perform C. read D. obey

18. A. why B. what C. when D. how

19. A. really B. constantly C. finally D. hurriedly

20. A. cooperation B. complexity

C. competition D. combination

(答案见下期)


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