Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep？ Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a (an) 1 bed for you. Hiroyuki"s bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it 2 .
The bed 3 an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 4 music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki"s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet 5 , "Wake up, darling, please." A few minutes later, a second recording 6 . The sound recording can be loud music or 7 sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss shouts, "Wake up immediately, 8 you"ll be late!"
If you don"t get up 9 the second recording, you will be sorry! A mechanical "foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few 10 minutes. What! You"re still in bed! Slowly the 11 of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 12 the bed is vertical (垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and 13
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 14 a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees ---"All-Honda Idea Contest". The employees think of new ideas. If their ideas win, the employees win 15 . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won a lot of money for his bed.
| 小题1: | | A．expensive | B．special | C．valuable | D．comfortable |
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| 小题2: | | A．works | B．runs | C．happens | D．moves |
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| 小题3: | | A．is separated from | B．is made up of | C．is attached to | D．is made into |
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| 小题4: | | A．loud | B．classical | C．pop | D．soft |
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| 小题5: | | A．sound | B．voice | C．noise | D．way |
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| 小题6: | | A．sends | B．turns | C．plays | D．appears |
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| 小题7: | | A．pleasant | B．interesting | C．unpleasant | D．funny |
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| 小题9: | | A．after | B．until | C．since | D．before |
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| 小题10: | | A．other | B．another | C．more | D．one |
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| 小题12: | | A．However | B．Finally | C．Therefore | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题13: | | A．angry | B．work | C．happy | D．awake |
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| 小题14: | | A．win | B．achieve | C．gain | D．defeat |
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| 小题15: | | A．praises | B．contents | C．prizes | D．medals |
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小题2:A
小题3:C
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小题6:C
小题7:C
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文章介绍了一种别人认迟到的床，以及这种床叫醒人的种种方法。
小题1:形容词辨析。根据文章可知是一种特殊的叫醒人的床。
小题2:动词辨析。Work这里是指起作用的意思。
小题3:形容词辨析辨析。A与…分开；B由…组成；C附着于…;D 被制成；下文可知床与闹钟相连接。
小题4:形容词辨析。根据下文的pleasant sounds可知是播放轻音乐。
小题5:上下文串联。根据下文可知是女朋友的声音被用来唤醒他。
小题6:动词辨析。Play这里是指播放的意思。
小题7:上下文串联。根据上文的loud music可知这里应该是unpleasant。
小题8:考察连词。根据句意可知：立刻起来，否则要迟到了。
小题9:上下文串联。如果几分钟以后你还是没有起来。
小题10:形容词用法辨析。再等几分钟wait a few more minutes. more放在数词后面表示再，又；
小题11:上下文串联。根据下文的床垂直可知是床的上部升起来了。
小题12:副词辨析。这里是指最终，床垂直了。
小题13:形容词辨析。根据上下文可知，最后你醒过来了。
小题14:动词辨析。根据上下文可知是赢得一直比赛。
小题15:名词辨析。在比赛中获胜，自然是赢得了奖品，奖赏了。 |
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A rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below 16℃.Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. Without the forest cover, these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere，warming the rest of the world. Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns, potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world.
In the past hundred years, humans have begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources (资源): land for crops, wood for paper and other products, land for raising farm animals. This action affects the environment as a whole. For example，a lot of carbon dioxide(二氧化碳)in the air comes from burning the rainforests. People obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit.
There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, when people cut down trees, generally they can only use the land for a year or two. Secondly, cutting large sections of rainforests may provide a good supply of wood right now, but in the long run it actually reduces the world’ s wood supply.
Rainforests are often called the world’s drug store. More than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. However, fewer than 1% of rainforest plants have been examined for their medical value. It is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the world’s shrinking rainforests.
小题1:Why did humans destroy rainforests in the past hundred years?| A．They tried to get crops and paper | | B．They needed other products | | C．They wanted to raise farm animals | | D．They aimed to get three major resources. |
小题2:Rainforests can help to adjust the climate because they________.| A．reflect more heat into the atmosphere | | B．bring about high rainfall throughout the world | | C．rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than 16℃ | | D．reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth |
小题3:What does the word “this” underlined in the third paragraph refer to?| A．We will lose much more than we can gain. | | B．Humans have begun destroying rainforests. | | C．People have a strong desire for resources. | | D．Much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests. |
小题4:It can be inferred from the text that________.| A．we can get enough resources without rainforests | | B．there is great medicine potential in rainforests | | C．we will grow fewer kinds of crops in the gained land | | D．the level of annual rainfall affects wind patterns |
小题5:What might be the best title for the text?| A．How to Save Rainforests | | B．How to Protect Nature | | C．Rainforests and the Environment | | D．Rainforests and Medical Development |
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Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones. The time difference between two zones is one hour. You can have days with more than twenty-four hours and days with fewer than twenty- four hours. You can have weeks with more than seven days and weeks with fewer than seven days.
If you make a five-trip across the Atlantic Ocean , your ship come into a different time zone every day. As you come into each zone, the time changes one hour. If you travel west, you set your watch back. If you travel east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.
If you make a trip by ship across the Pacific Ocean , you cross the International Date Line. This is the point where a new day begins when you cross the line, you change one full day. If you travel east, today becomes yesterday, if you travel west it is tomorrow.
小题1:Something interesting will happen to the time if you travel because .| A．a day has always fewer than twenty-four hours | | B．a day has always more than twenty- four hours | | C．a day has more or fewer than twenty-four hours, | | D．some time zones are large and some time zones are small |
小题2:The time difference between two time zones is .| A．twenty-four hours | B．one hour | | C．two hours | D．twenty-three hours |
小题3:If we cross the Atlantic Ocean, we .| A．change one full day | B．set our watch back | | C．set our watch ahead | D．set our watch back or ahead |
小题4:If we travel east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July .小题5:Which of the following sentences is true?| A． If we travel around the world, we will get into trouble in telling the time. | | B．If we travel west across the Atlantic Ocean, we will have twenty-three hours. | | C． If we travel by ship across the Atlantic Ocean, we will cross the International Date Line. | | D． If we travel across the Pacific Ocean, today becomes tomorrow. |
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Sea turtles are found in all warm waters throughout the world. Sea turtles are the___36____ of the turtles. The largest kind of sea turtle can grow as long as eight feet and ___37___ 1,500 pounds. Even the smallest kind, Kemp’s-Ridley, can ___38___ to 28 inches long and weigh almost 100 pounds. Many other turtles are small enough to___39___ in your hand. It is difficult to find population numbers for sea turtles because they do not___40____ shore once they hatch and reach the ocean, which makes it hard to ___41___ them. Sea turtles___42___ in the water because they are safer there. They cannot___43___ their heads and feet into their shells like other turtles can. Sea turtles cannot hide inside their shells __44___ other animals that want to eat them. They need to move quickly to stay safe.
When the weather ___45___ warm, sea turtles leave the ocean to___46___ their eggs on the beach. This is the only time they will ever leave the water. Most___47____ turtles spend part of the time in water___48___ part of the time on land. It is easy to understand___49____ sea turtles stay in the water. Their___50___ to swim is greater than their ability to walk. Their heavy bodies and unusual feet make it hard for them to ___51___ on land. They are better___52___ for life in the water. They are well suited for life in the sea because of__53___ their bodies are made.
The way their feet are made helps sea turtles swim very quickly. Their feet look like long __54___. When they swim, they flap their feet like a bird flaps its wings. This ___55___ way of swimming benefits sea turtles. It allows them to escape from their enemies.
| 小题1: | | A．dwarfs | B．giants | C．mammals | D．ancestors |
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| 小题2: | | A．measure | B．weigh | C．sell | D．sound |
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| 小题3: | | A．grow up | B．bring up | C．take up | D．go up |
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| 小题4: | | A．suit | B．fit | C．match | D．seize |
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| 小题5: | | A．go to | B．turn to | C．back to | D．return to |
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| 小题6: | | A．keep up with | B．keep track of | C．keep in touch with | D．keep to |
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| 小题7: | | A．swim | B．hide | C．sleep | D．stay |
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| 小题10: | | A．becomes | B．turns | C．changes | D．leads |
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| 小题11: | | A．lay | B．lie | C．laid | D．lain |
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| 小题12: | | A．the other | B．another | C．other | D．others’ |
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| 小题15: | | A．technique | B．talent | C．ability | D．opportunity |
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| 小题16: | | A．walk | B．travel | C．wander | D．play |
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| 小题17: | | A．adopted | B．adapted | C．adequate | D．admitted |
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| 小题18: | | A．the way | B．the manner | C．the method | D．the shape |
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| 小题19: | | A．paddles | B．sticks | C．wings | D．tails |
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| 小题20: | | A．abnormal | B．unusual | C．ordinary | D．unbelievable |
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Mobile phones are an important business tool for farmers in rural areas. But they also put a valuable educational tool in their hands.
The University of Illinois in the United States has a project called SAWBO—Scientific Animations Without Borders. It produces educational videos that can be downloaded to cell phones. The goal is to help people in developing countries improve their lives.
One video shows farmers how to make a natural insecticide from neem seeds to prevent insect damage to crops. The process starts with sorting and drying the neem fruits. Then let the fruit dry in the sun for about three or four days, until they become brown. Using a mortar(碾槌) and stick, the fruits are slightly pounded to remove the shells from the fruits without breaking the seed inside.
The videos use computer animation(动画). Some of the animated characters are a little funny looking-like a farmer with a long nose. But the subjects are serious, including a health video on preventing cholera(霍乱). Team member Francisco Seufferheld says the information in the videos is meant to be quickly understood. He says, “The information is digested in such a way that in two minutes, we can transmit a complex idea.”
The researchers tested the seven-minute video on seven mobile phones. They wanted to see if people would share the video using Bluetooth wireless technology. With Bluetooth, files can be passed to a nearby phone even if neither phone is connected to the Internet. As a result, in one month, the video had spread to one hundred eighteen people in fifty different villages. “This is just incredible impact,” said Francisco Seufferheld.
The team has made a few videos so far. These are available in a total of eighty languages, dialects and accents. Professor Barry Pittendrigh says there are plans for more videos later this year.
小题1:What is the text mainly about?| A．A best-selling mobile phone | | B．A valuable educational project for farmers | | C．United States support for developing countries | | D．A new type of scientist –farmer relationship |
小题2:The SAWBO program is introduced in order to ____. | A．raise farmers’ standard of living | | B．do some research on mobile phones | | C．develop farmers’ practical skills | | D．help farmers prevent insect damage to corps |
小题3:The biggest advantage of the program is that it______. | A．includes health video on preventing cholera | | B．can be passed to farmers using Bluetooth technology | | C．can be used to sort and dry the neem fruits | | D．is easy for farmers to understand |
小题4:Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “ pound” in the 3rd paragraph?| A．moved | B．beat | C．picked | D．cut |
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You"ve heard of the fat suit and the pregnancy suit；now meet AGNES—the old person suit．
AGNES stands for “Age Gain Now Empathy(换位体验) System” and was designed by researchers at MIT"s AgeLab to let you know what it feels like—physically—to be 75 years old．“The business of old age demands new tools，”said Joseph Coughlin，director of the AgeLab．“While focus groups and observations and surveys can help you understand what the older consumer needs and wants，young marketers never get that‘Ah ha!’moment of having difficulty opening a jar, or getting in and out of a car．That’s what AGNES provides．”
Coughlin and his team carefully adjusted the suit to make the wearer just as uncomfortable as an old person who has spent a lifetime eating poorly and not doing much exercise．Special shoes provide a feeling of imbalance，while braces on the knees and elbows limit joint mobility．Gloves give the feeling of decreased strength and mobility in the hands and wrists，and earplugs make it difficult to hear high—pitched sounds and soft tones．A helmet with straps(带)attached to it presses the spine(脊柱)，and more straps attached to the shoes decrease hamstring flexibility, and shortens the wearer"s step．
AGNES has been used most recently by a group of students working on a design of an updated walker．By wearing the suit they could see for themselves what design and materials would make the most sense for a physically limited older person．Coughlin said the suit has also been used by clothing companies，car companies and retail goods companies to help them understand the limitations of an older consumer．
“AGNES is not the destiny of everybody,” he said．“She is a badly behaved lady who didn"t eat and exercise very well．A secondary benefit we’ve found with AGNES is that it has become a powerful tool to get younger people to invest in their long-term health．”
小题1:AGNES has been developed to ．| A．make the users more comfortable | | B．1et us understand old people better | | C．help old people move more quickly | | D．produce new tools for the old-age business |
小题2:“An updated walker”(underlined)most likely refers to ．| A．someone who travels a lot | | B．a physically limited old person | | C．some equipment that helps old people walk | | D．a company whose service involves old people |
小题3:Which may be a fact resulting from the “secondary benefit” of AGNES?| A．Young people respect old people． | | B．Old-age business improves their service | | C．Old people eat and exercise well． | | D．Young people eat and exercise well． |
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