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第八天
单项选择
1
、
______
came
that
professor
Wang
would
drop
in
on
his
way
here
to
have
_____
with
me.
word; a word
; words
C.A word; the word
; a word
2
、
The new
teacher doesn’t know all her ______
names.
ts’
t’s
ts
t
3
、Five chairs are not
enough. We’ll need _____ chairs.
r two
another
two
two
4
、
We
asked
eight
leading
writers
what
items
they
would
donate
to
the
museum ______their
own
lost
loves.
honour of
face of
need of
favour of
5
、
In
the
last
40
years
since
reform
and
opening-up,
our
science
and
technology
has
grown along with the economy,
_______China an innovation powerhouse with global
influence.
make
made
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6
、
As
the
Earth
warms
from
the
increase
of
carbon
dioxide
in
its
atmosphere,
the oceans that cover 70 percent of its
surface are warming too. This warming will
likely benefit some sea species at the
expense of others.
A study in the May 20
issue of the journal Nature confirmed that there
has
been
a
warming
trend
in
the
world’s
oceans
since
1993,
as
the
waters
have
absorbed
much of the
extra energy in the planet’s
atmosphere.
The warming that has
already occurred, and is expected to continue in
the
coming decades, will likely spell
bad news for many ocean species, such as corals
and
species
that
live
in
the
cold
waters
of
the
planet
’s
poles.
But
some
creatures
beneath the ocean surface might
actually have an advantage in the newly wanned
waters.
A
2008
study,
for
example,
said
that
a
warming
of
just
a
few
degrees
Fahrenheit
in
Antarctic
waters
could
make
them
suitable
to
sharks,w
hich
haven’t
lived
in
the
area
for
about
40
million
years.
It’s
easier
for
sharks
to
keep
their
high
metabolism
in warmer waters. If sharks do move
into the area,they could cause damage to the
existing ecosystems of the oceans
around Antarctica.
A
study
of
starfish
found
these
typical
ocean
creatures
grew
faster
in
water
at
warmer
temperatures
and
higher
carbon
dioxide
levels
(
another
result
of
all
the
extra
greenhouse
gas
in
the
atmosphere)
than
at
normal
conditions
—
which
is
bad
news
for the shellfishes they live on.
Work by Jeremy Jackson, a professor at Scripps
Institution of Oceanography
at the
University of California at San Diego, suggests
that ocean warming
—
along
with other threats such as overfishing
and habitat
destruction
—
could change
once
complex ocean ecosystems into ones
that favor simpler species, such as microbes,
toxic algal blooms and jellyfishes.
is Paragraph 3 developed?
giving examples.
analyzing causes.
making comparisons.
making
classifications.
can we know about
sharks from the fourth paragraph?
are
native to Antarctic waters.
do harm to
the whole ecosystem.
’re adaptable to
warmer water conditions.
threaten simpler species in Antarctic waters.
will ocean warming likely bring about?
ing the growth of starfish.
ecosystem of smaller creatures.
ent
food sources for sea creatures.
ng living places of deep-sea species.
is the purpose of the passage?
explain why ocean warming benefit some
species.
introduce how creatures
survive in warmer oceans.
clarify some
misunderstandings about ocean warming.
show which creatures will benefit from warmer
oceans.
7
、
The Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle
University have turned
an
electric
car
into
a
mobile
laboratory
named
“DriveLAB”
in
order
to
understand
the challenges
faced by older drivers and to discover where the
key stress points
are.
Research shows that giving up driving
is one of the key reasons for a
fall in
health and well-being among older people, leading
to them becoming more
isolated(
隔绝
) and
inactive.
Led by
Professor Phil Blythe, the Newcastle team are
developing
in-vehicle
technologies
for
older
drivers
which
they
hope
could
help
them
to
continue
driving into later life.
These include custom-made
navigation(
导航
) tools, night
vision
systems and intelligent speed
adaptations. Phil Blythe explains: “For many older
people,
particularly
those
living
alone
or
in
the
country,
driving
is
important
for
preserving
their
independence,
giving
them
the
freedom
to
get
out
and
about
without
having to rely on others.”
and this often
results in people avoiding any potentially
challenging driving
conditions
and
losing
confidence
in
their
driving
skills.
The
result
is
that
people
stop driving before
they really need to.
Dr
Amy
Guo,
the
leading
researcher
on
the
older
driver
study,
explains,
Drive
LAB
is
helping
us
to
understand
what
the
key
points
and
difficulties
are
for older drivers and how we might use
technology to address these problems.
example,
most
of
us
would
expect
older
drivers
always
go
slower
than
everyone
else
but
surprisingly,
we
found
that
in
30mph
zones
they
struggled
to
keep
at a
constant speed and
so were more
likely to break
the
speed limit
and be at risk
of
getting
fined.
We’re
looking
at
the
benefits
of
systems
which
control
their
speed
as a way of preventing
that.
解决
方案) to ensure that older
drivers stay safer behind the wheel.”
is the purpose of the Drive LAB?
explore new means of transport.
design new types of cars.
find out older driver's problems.
teach people traffic rules.
is driving
important for older people according to Phil
Blythe?
keeps them independent.
helps them save time.
builds up their strength.
cures their
mental illnesses.
do researchers hope
to do for older drivers?
e their
driving skills.
p driver-assist
technologles.
e tips on repairing their
cars.
ze regular physical checkups.
is the best title for the text?
A.A new Model Electric Car
B.A Solution to Traffic Problems
g Services for Elders
g
Older Drivers on the Road
8
、
When
I
was
in
fourth
grade,
I
worked
part-time
as
a
paperboy.
Mrs.
Stanley
was one of my
customers. She’d watch me coming down her street,
and by the time
I’d
biked
up
to
her
doorstep,
there’d
be
a
cold
drink
waiting.
I’d
sit
and
drink
while
she
talked.
Mrs.
Stanley
talked
mostly
about
her
dead
husband,
“Mr.
Stanley
and
I went shopping this morning,” she’d say. The
first time she said that, soda
went up
my nose.
I
told
my
father
how
Mrs.
Stanley
talked
as
if
Mr.
Stanley
were
still
alive.
Dad
said
she
was
probably
lonely,
and
that
I
ought
to
sit
and
listen
and
nod
my
head
and smile, and maybe
she’d
work it out of her
system
. So that’s what I did, and
it turned out Dad was right. After a
while she seemed content to leave her husband
over at the cemetery
(
墓地
).
I
finally
quit
delivering
newspapers
and
didn’t
see
Mrs.
Stanley
for
several
years. Then we
crossed paths at a church fund-raiser. She was
spooning mashed
p
otatoes and
looking happy. Four years before, she’d had to
offer her paperboy a
drink to have
someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her
husband was gone, but
life went on.
I
live
in
the
city
now,
and
my
paperboy
is
a
lady
named
Edna
with
three
kids.
She asks me how I’m
doing. When I don’t say “fine,” she sticks around
to hear
my
problems.
She’s
lived
in
the
city
most
of
her
life,
but
she
knows
about
community.
Community
isn’t
so
much
a
place
as
it
is
a
state
of
mind.
You
find
it
whenever
people
ask
how
you’re doing because they care, and not because
they’re getting paid to
do so.
Sometimes it’s good to just smile, nod your head
and listen.
did soda go up
the author’s nose one time?
was talking fast.
was shocked.
was in a hurry.
was
absent-minded.
did the author sit and
listen to Mrs. Stanley?
enjoyed the
drink.
wanted to be helpful.
took the chance to rest.
tried to please his dad.
of the following can replace the underlined phrase
“work it
out of her
system”
in Paragraph 2?
r from her
sadness.
out of the neighborhood.
to her old friends.
out
about her past.
does the author think
people in a community should do?
up to
others.
on each other.
for
others’ help.
about one
another.
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9
、阅读下面短文
,
从短文后各题所给的
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
四个选项中
,
选出可以填入空白处的最
佳选项。
Coffee shops are cool, but
in Wilmington, North Carolina, Bitty & Beau's
Coffee is known for its warmth.
At
the heart of the shop's popularity is its
1
staff: Almost
everyone who works there has an
intellectual or developmental disability, ranging
from Down
syndrome(
唐氏综合征
) to
autism(
自闭症
). For many
2
,it's
their
first job, and their
3
fills the air.
It's the
vision(
远见
) of Amy Wright,
4
by two of her
four
children, Beau and Bitty, who have
Down syndrome. When Wright and her
husband
5
that nearly 70% of adults with
intellectual and
developmental
disabilities
do
not
have
6
,
they
decided
to
do
something
about
it.
“It
7
me
like
a
lightning
bolt(
闪电):
a
coffee
shop!”
Wright
said.“I realized it
would be the perfect environment for bringing
people
8
. In this place, taking
9
and serving coffee,
they'd realize how
10
they are.”
The shop opened in January 2016 and
immediately had
11
outside
the door. National press
attention
12
, and six
months later, it had
to move to a
13
space. Today, the
Wilmington store employs 40 people
with
14
,
as
well
as
two
managers
who
have
degrees
in
special
education.
The team works like a
15
machine. “Well,
our
16
time is
no longer than any of our competitors,”
Wright said. “They've all gotten really
good at their jobs and step up
17
somebody else
needs help.”
All
the money
made from the coffee
shop
goes to Wright's nonprofit, Able
to
Work USA. But she's most
proud of the
18
it's built
in the community.
“Creating this has
given people a way to communicate with people with
disabilities,” she said. “This is a
place
where people can realize how much
more
19
we are than different. And that's
20
it's all
about.”
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