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What exactly is the Mayan Calendar 2012 and who are the Mayans? The Mayans were a group of people who lived thousands of years ago in what is now Mexico. They knew so much about the world and the universe that they invented the Long Count Calendar. The Mayan Calendar 2012 is actually just part of the calendar. 3. The most interesting thing about this calendar is that it seems to predict a great disaster that will happen in the year 2012. According to it, there will be an end to the existing history and a new one will begin.
One misunderstanding about the Mayan Calendar 2012 is that it points to an end of the world. While the calendar ends in 2012, it doesn"t actually indicate that the world will not exist in the year 2012. In fact, instead of referring to a real disaster(灾难) that will happen, it refers to the birth of a new period, the beginning of another circle of the calendar.
4. Whether you believe that the Mayan Calendar 2012 points to a real global disaster or not, it would be best if you keep yourself informed(消息灵通的). There are many resources about the Mayan predictions but the best are the ones that include scientific data with the discussion.
You should also prepare yourself for the worst thing that can happen. While there is no need to panic, it would be useful if you can prepare yourself for natural disasters such as storms, floods and earthquakes. We should prepare for disasters that can come in any year and not just in 2012.
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2. According to the passage, will the world end in 2012?
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4. _________________________________________________
答案
2. No, it won"t.
3. 关于这个日历，最有趣的事情是它像是预言了在2012年一次巨大的灾难将会发生。
4. 不管你是否相信玛雅历指出了一次真正的全球性的灾难，如果你能保持消息灵通，那将会是最好的。
5. Mayan Calendar 2012"s predictions./ Mayan Calendar 2012
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试题【阅读理解 Will the world end in 2012? Many people believe the Mayan Calendar 2012】；主要考察你对教育文化类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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One of the most popular items in the school newspaper is the advice column. No one knows who writes it. The students think their teacher does, but it might be a student using a false name. The students enjoy
thinking up problems for the advice column. Here are some of them and their answers.
ASK THE WISE OWL
Q: I"m always late for school. I try not to be, but I can"t help it. Please advise me what to do. Tommy.
A: You are probably late for school because you don"t really like school. My advice to you is to try and
enjoy school more, then you won"t be late so often.
Q: I find it difficult to make friends. What do you think I should do? Sara.
A: I can"t advise you until I know more about you. Your problem may be that you are shy. On the other
hand, it may be the opposite. You may be too bold (大胆的). Write and tell me more about yourself.
Q: I"m always at the bottom (底) of the class. What do you advise me to do? Molly.
A: I advise you to concentrate on improving your grades in one subject to start with. If you can do this,
you should move a little way up from the bottom. Next, try to improve your grades in another subject, and so on. If you concentrate on one subject at a time, by the end of the year you should be quite a long way
up from the bottom in all your classes. The Wise Owl.
B. Tommy wrote to the school newspaper to ask for advice.
C. Sara finds it difficult to make friends.
D. The advice column in the school newspaper is very popular
B. He finds it difficult to make friends.
C. He is always at the bottom of the class.
D. He needs help with his homework.
B. Stop being so bold.
C. Make more friends.
D. Give more information about herself.
B. Improve her grades.
C. Stay at the bottom of her class.
D. Concentrate on one subject at a time.
B. A little way up from the bottom.
C. Quite a long way up from the bottom.
D. At the top.
Later he finds himself able to climb up buildings like a spider. If you want to be like him, perhaps you can
ask British scientist Jem Stansfield for help. He climbed up an about 30-foot-tall wall with the help of‘two vacuum cleaners(真空吸尘器). Mr Stansfield is a host of a famous BBC"s program about science. He
told people how he did it later. He made two vacuum cleaners into two "vacuum gloves"and a "backpack". He joined them together, so they could hold hirn on the wall.
"Activitys like this can teach children if you understand the world around you, you can make it work for you. Sometimes boring objects can really do exciting things for you. "said the 39-year-old scientist.
A. music
B. special spider
C. movie
D. man
2. Jem Stansfield is a(an)______scientist.
A. British
B. American
C. Chinese
D. French
3. Jem Stansfield used two ______ to help him climb up the wall.
A. hackpacks
B. vacuum
C. vacuum cleaners
D. ladders
4. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Jem Stansfield is a 40-year-old scientist.
B. Jem Stansfield climbed up an about 30-foot-tall wall.
C. Mr Stansfield is a host of a famous VOA"s program about science.
D. Mr Stansfield likes doing the same thing again and again.
5. The best title for the passage is ______ .
A. "Spider Man" in life
B. Jem Stansfield
C. Climb the real wall
D. Join us
turns to ice, it expands (膨胀). The force of water expanding is so great that it will break the hardest
metal. Water is used in car engines (发动机) to keep them cool while they run, and if this water is allowed
to freeze in winter it can break the iron block of the engine. That is why antifreeze is necessary.
Water freezes at 0℃；the usual kind of antifreeze will not freeze until the temperature is -40℃. A
mixture (混合物) of five parts of water and four parts of antifreeze will prevent freezing at -18℃; four
parts of water and five parts of antifreeze reduce this to -22℃.
Alcohol is a kind of good antifreeze, but when the air is running it becomes hot and the alcohol boils
away, so it must be changed very often. Most people use antifreeze that does not boil away when the
engine is running. There are several chemicals that do this. One of the most popular is called ethylene
glycol.
A. antifreeze
B. water
C. alcohol
D. ethylene glycol
2. The usual kind of antifreeze freezes at _____.
A. 0℃
B. -18℃
C. -22℃
D. -40℃
3. We use antifreeze in order to _____.
A. keep alcohol in water
B. stop ice from becoming water
C. make the freezing point of water lower
D. raise the freezing point of water
4. Besides alcohol, _____ is another kind of popular antifreeze.
A. water
B. ethylene glycol
C. any chemical
D. any mixture
5. The text is written to _____.
A. tell us what antifreeze is
B. make people buy antifreeze
C. tell us that cars need antifreeze
D. s
how us how to protect car engines
Like to chew on pencils? It"s a bad habit that you really should put a stop to. On the other hand, schoolteachers may face a challenge that is how to improve their students"
attention.
A British design company have launched (发布) a new product, to help children concentrate at
school - pre-chewed pencils. The wooden pencils are priced at ?1.50 for a pack of four. British design
company Concentrate, who developed the product, say that pupils are less likely to put them in their
mouths because thy have already been chewed. And they say this is a cheap but effective way of
encouraging students to "get their teeth" into their lessons instead.
The company, which says it designs prod
ucts to help kids at school and make clear why they get distracted or are unable to focus in class, claim (声称) the chewed end encourages them to get thinking
right away.
"We know it"s foolish but just get down to some concentrated thinking and who knows what might
happen," said company boss Mark Champkins.
"We began to look at the reasons that children might be distracted , uncomfortable or unable to
concentrate in lessons- and we set about designing some simple, cost-effective (划算的) products to
work out some of the problems."
That way, you even don"t want to put your mouth anywhere near it. At least, I don"t think you"d have
the stomach to, do you?
B. Encouraging students chew the pencils
C. Helping students like to use the pencils
D. Helping st
udents write homework clearly.B. 聚精会神的
C. 脱离的
D. 思想不集中的
did Mark Champkins think of the pre-chewed pencil?B. It is helpful for students to focus in class but should be improved in some way.
C. Students wouldn"t put the pencil anywhere near the mouth or stomach.
D. There is something wrong with the pencil., so he doesn"t like it.
B. The pencil has already been chewed.
C. It makes kids hate thinking right away.
D. It makes kids less likely to put it in the mouth.
which page of a newspaper can you most probably read this passage?
ness B. Advertisement
C. Science
D. News