If your cellphone suddenly stops working, don’t blame the service provider．The malfunction（故障） might well have been caused by something bigger -- a solar storm．Experts expect that Earth will see more solar activity in the near future．The malfunction of electronic devices will just one of the effects．
Sunspots（太阳黑子） serve as an indicator of the sun’s activity．For the past two years, sunspots have mostly been missing．Their absence, the most prolonged in nearly 100 years, has taken even seasoned sun watchers by surprise．
When the number of sunspots drops at the end of each 11-year cycle, solar storms die down and all become much calmer. This “solar minimum” doesn’t last long. Within a year, sunspots and solar storms begin to build toward a new crescendo, the next solar maximum.
What’s special about this latest cycle is that the sun is having trouble starting the next solar cycle. The sun began to calm down in late 2007, so no one expected many sunspots in 2008. They should return in 2010. Scientists have predicted that the next solar cycle could be the most active on record: more sunspots and more solar storms. However, sunspots are mostly missing now.
Since the earth is in close contact with the sun, strong solar activities can bring trouble to our life. People of the 21st century rely on high-tech systems for the basics of daily life. Air travel and radio communications can be affected by strong solar activities. A big solar storm could cause 20 times more economic damage than Hurricane Katrina.
What the sun will do next is beyond our ability to predict. Most astronomers think that the solar cycle will go on but at low level. However, there is also evidence that the sun is losing its ability to produce sunspots. By 2015, they could be gone altogether.
小题1:The sun watcher feel surprised at .| A．the longest sunspots’ absence | B．the largest sunspot number | | C．the malfunction of electronic devices | D．the serious damage by sunspots |
小题2:What does the underlined word “crescendo” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?| A．small number | B．high level | | C．usual cycle | D．fresh start |
小题3:We can infer that in the past two years .| A．solar activities have brought much trouble to our life | | B．the number of sunspots has increased to a large extent | | C．the solar minimum took the place of the solar maximum | | D．our cellphones have seldom been interrupted by the solar storm |
小题4:Which statement does the text lead you to believe?| A．Solar activities do no harm to our daily life. | | B．Hurricane Katrina is also a type of solar storms. | | C．It’s difficult to predict sunspots. | | D．From now on there’ re no sunspots. |
小题5:What is the passage mainly about?| A．The earth is in close contact with the sun. | | B．Sunspots can cause trouble to our life. | | C．Introduction of sunspots. | | D．Introduction of the solar storm． |
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小题1:根据第二段Their absence, the most prolonged in nearly 100 years, has taken even seasoned sun watchers by surprise．描述,可知选A
小题1:根据下文the next solar maximum 下一个太阳活跃期,可知选B,高层,高度.
小题1:根据The sun began to calm down in late 2007, so no one expected many sunspots in 2008. They should return in 2010.描述,可知过去太阳黑子处于平静期,故选D
小题1:根据最后一段What the sun will do next is beyond our ability to predict.及下文描述,可知选C
小题1:这篇短文主要描述了太阳风暴的形成周期及对人类生活的影响,故选D |
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Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice
of an __36__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, __37__, most people make several job choices during their working lives, __38__ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve __39__ position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should __40__ enter into a broad flexible training program that will __41__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __42__ .
Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __43__ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing __44__ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __45__. Some drift from job to job. Others __46__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __47__ real or imagined prestige (声望).
Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, __48__ both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __49__. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar job is __50__ good reason for choosing it as life’s work. __51__, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the __52__ of young people should give serious __53__ to these fields.
Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants __54__ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take __55__ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.
| 小题1: | | A．identification | B．accommodation | C．occupation | D．entertainment |
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| 小题2: | | A．thereby | B．however | C．though | D．therefore |
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| 小题3: | | A．thoroughly | B．mainly | C．entirely | D．partly |
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| 小题5: | | A．therefore | B．since | C．furthermore | D．forever |
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| 小题6: | | A．fit | B．make | C．take | D．leave |
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| 小题7: | | A．means | B．job | C．way | D．company |
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| 小题8: | | A．to | B．for | C．with | D．without |
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| 小题9: | | A．little | B．few | C．much | D．a lot |
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| 小题10: | | A．chance | B．purpose | C．basis | D．opportunity |
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| 小题11: | | A．apply | B．appeal | C．turn | D．stick |
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| 小题13: | | A．concerning | B．following | C．ignoring | D．considering |
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| 小题14: | | A．preferences | B．requirements | C．tendencies | D．ambitions |
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| 小题16: | | A．Therefore | B．Moreover | C．Nevertheless | D．However |
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| 小题17: | | A．majority | B．mass | C．minority | D．number |
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| 小题18: | | A．proposal | B．suggestion | C．approval | D．consideration |
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| 小题19: | | A．towards | B．out of | C．against | D．without |
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There is plenty for kids and teens to do in the Syracuse area during the summer, including some great educational opportunities. Here are the top four.
Rosamond Gifford Zoo Camp
The zoo offers separate camps for kids. The camps for kindergarteners run from 9 am to 12:30 pm, and cost $115 for zoo members and $135 for non-members. Kids entering 7th and 8th grades will have half a day from 1 pm to 4:30 pm. The cost is $149 for members and $160 for non-members. All camps feature numerous educational activities and animal encounters. The camps run from August 14 to August 19. Registration starts from July 10 for members and July 15 for non-members.
Active Learning Services at Christian Brothers Academy
From August 1 to August 5, Christian Brothers Academy will host Active Learning Services from USA Chess. Topics of learning will include Chess Camp (age 5-15), and Video Game Creation Program (age 8-15). Chess Camp promises improved chess skills through chess instructors utilizing demo(演示) boards and historic games. Half day sessions will cost $280 for the Computer Camps. A full day of Chess costs $400, and a half day of Chess followed by a half day of Computer Camps cost $430.
Syracuse University Summer College
From July 5th to August 12th , Syracuse University will host pre-college programs for high school students. The Summer College will offer a wide variety of programs including architecture, engineering and computer science, public communications, and eco-fashion. The programs are taught by the teachers of Syracuse University and include hands-on activities. The costs range from $2325 to $7642.
The Sheldon Institute at SUNY Oswego
The State University of New York will hold two-week educational enrichment programs for students entering grades2-4 from July 25 to August 5. Children will have a set program featuring art, science, technology, cultural appreciation and writing. Tuition for the programs is only $320 and a downloadable application is available.
小题1:If a preschool boy and his 8th-grade brother attend the Zoo Camps, they should
pay___________| A．$264 | B．$275 | C．$295 | D．It depends. |
小题2:When should a child start to attend the Zoo Camps?| A．On July 10 | B．On July 15. | C．On August 14. | D．On August 19 |
小题3:What do we know about the Chess Camp from the passage?| A．Children can learn improved chess skills through it. | | B．Only children aged 8-15 can attend it. | | C．Whole day sessions will cost $250 for it. | | D．It will last for two weeks. |
小题4:Where can children attend the largest number of programs with low cost?| A．Christian Brothers Academy | B．The Sheldon Institute | | C．Rosamond Gifford Zoo | D．Syracuse University |
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Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person"s intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical twins they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.www.examda.com
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays.
This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence.
小题1:Which of these sentences best describes the writer"s point in Paragraph 1?| A．To some extent, intelligence is given at birth. | | B．Intelligence is developed by the environment. | | C．Some people are born clever and others born stupid. | | D．Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment. |
小题2: It is suggested in this passage that_______.| A．unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence | | B．close relations usually have similar intelligence | | C．the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence | | D．people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence |
小题3:Brothers and sisters are likely to_______.| A．have similar intelligence | B．have different intelligence | | C．go to the same university | D．go to the same factory |
小题4:The best title for this article would be_______.| A．On Intelligence | B．What Intelligence Means | | C．We Are Born with Intelligence | D．Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence |
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One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big 36 on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been 37 your growth in this company passed 38 . We invite you to join the funeral prepared in the 39 .
In the beginning，they all got 40 for the death of one of their colleagues. 41 after a while they started getting 42 to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The 43 in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were 44 to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement 45 up. Everyone whispered to each other:“ 46 on earth is this guy?”
One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they 47 inside it, they 48 became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in 49 , as if someone had 50 the deepest part of their soul.
There was a 51 inside the coffin；everyone who looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that 52 : there is only one person who is 53 to set limits to your growth：IT IS 54 !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of 55 ；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!
| 小题1: | | A．card | B．post | C．sign | D．1etter |
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| 小题2: | | A．encouraging | B．helping | C．building | D．limiting |
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| 小题3: | | A．on | B．by | C．away | D．down |
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| 小题4: | | A．office | B．gym | C．way | D．meeting room |
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| 小题5: | | A．sad | B．excited  | C．afraid | D．calm |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprise | B．anger | C．excitement | D．sadness |
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| 小题9: | | A．admitted | B．forced | C．forbidden | D．ordered |
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| 小题10: | | A．heated | B．woke | C．turned | D．kept |
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| 小题12: | | A．walked | B．looked | C．got | D．turned |
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| 小题13: | | A．suddenly | B．gradually | C．merely | D．extremely |
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| 小题14: | | A．sorrow | B．order | C．silence | D．person |
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| 小题15: | | A．stolen | B．touched | C．attacked | D．seen |
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| 小题16: | | A．1etter | B．book | C．mirror | D．appeared |
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| 小题17: | | A．wrote | B．read | C．showed | D．reflected |
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| 小题18: | | A．sure | B．eager | C．afraid | D．able |
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When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
Remembering that I’ ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choice in life.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors’ code for preparing yourself to die.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another examination and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’ m fine now.
This was the closest I’ve been to facing death. To tell the truth, no one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. It clears out the old to make room for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
Your time is so limited that you shouldn’t waste it repeating someone else’s life. Don’ t be trapped by dogma（教条）—which is living with the results of other people’ s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
小题1:The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_________.| A．he had to rest at home | B．his disease couldn’t be cured | | C．his disease was not serious at all | D．he had to wait for the result of the test |
小题2:How did the author feel after the diagnosis?A．Hopeless | B．Excited | C．Optimistic | D．Angry |
小题3:What does the author think of death?| A．He thinks it is impossible to avoid. | | B．He thinks it is not the end of life. | | C．He thinks it is nothing to be scared of. | | D．He thinks it is the beginning of a new life |
小题4:In the author’ s opinion, we should ____________.| A．follow others’ advice | B．take no notice of diseases | | C．take exercise and keep healthy | D．have the courage to follow our heart |
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