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I think skiing is ______ than running.

A. exciting B. more exciting C. most exciting D. the most exciting

B 【解析】句意:我认为滑雪比跑步更令人兴奋。exciting令人兴奋的;more exciting更令人兴奋的;most exciting最令人兴奋的;the most exciting最令人兴奋的。根据句意和句中的than可知,这里表示滑雪和跑步两者相比,应用比较级,故选B。
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In the days before electricity, people don’t worry much about sleep. They usually went to bed a couple of hours after sunset (日落) and woke at sunrise. After all, there wasn’t much to do in those days after the sun went down. But then came the electric light bulb (电灯泡). And now we have satellite television, the Internet,24-hour convenience stores, and longer hours at work. How much can we sleep? How much should we sleep?

Like it or not, many of us are sleeping less on average (平均). In 1910, most Americans slept 9 hours a night. That dropped to 7.5 hours by 1975. In 2002, a study by the National Sleep Foundation found that the average American got only 6.9 hours. The news is even worse for people who work the night shift. They sleep an average of just 5 hours.

Are we sleeping enough? Not if you believe in the old rule of eight hours of rest, eight hours of work, and eight hours of play. On the other hand, Norman Stanley, a British scientist who studies sleep, believes people’s sleep needs are different. Some people need as many as 11 hours, but others need as few as three. How much do you really need? “To find out,” he says, “simply sleep until you wake naturally, without the help of an alarm clock. That’s your sleep need.”

Meanwhile, other scientists and researchers are searching for new ways to keep us awake longer. Some are developing chemicals (化学药品) that are safer and more powerful than caffeine, the chemical found in coffee and tea. One experimental drug, CX717, kept laboratory monkeys working happily for 36 hours. Further developments may allow people to safely stay awake for several days straight. One group of researchers is studying a gene (基因) found in some fruit flies that lets them get by on one-third the usual amount of sleep. Another group is even working on an electric switch that immediately wakes up a sleeping brain.

The meanings of this research are huge. On the one hand, this could lead to a world where we work longer and longer hours with less and less sleep. On the other hand, if we needed less sleep, we would have more free time to travel, read, volunteer, and spend time with family.

1.How many hours did most Americans sleep a night in 1975?

A. 5. B. 6.9. C. 7.5. D. 9.

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A. People have got enough sleep. B. People will work longer hours.

C. Sleep time will be a big problem. D. Staying awake for long is possible.

3.What is probably the best title of the passage?

A. To sleep or Not to sleep? B. How can We Sleep Longer?

C. To Work or Not to Work? D. How Much We can Sleep?

1.C 2.D 3.A 【解析】我们到底每晚需要多少睡眠呢?过去我们总是认为至少要八个小时的睡眠,但文章中作者告诉我们,不同的人需要的睡眠时间也是不一样的。而且现在科学家们和研究人员还在寻找一些新的方法可以让人们清醒的时间更长。 1.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中Like it or not, many of us are sleeping less on average (...

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You can study the English language for years but still not understand a native speaker of English when you meet one. Native speakers say a lot of things, but you can’t find them in any dictionary. Well, don’t worry. Here’s a secret for you: a lot of British people can’t understand each other either!

There are different local accents (口音) across the UK, and a number of areas have several different accents, that is, they have their own vocabulary and phrases. There were at least six different accents born to London the last time I counted.

Worse than that, it is not just where a person is born in the UK that decides their accent. For example, a language and its accents often change across class or level of education. Another example is how language can differ among age groups in the UK. The words and pronunciation used by young people in the UK can be completely different compared with those used by adults. They are creating a “yoof culture”.

The word “yoof” is a slang (俚语) spelling of “youth”. Some people don’t consider “yoof” to be a positive term since its pronunciation is easier and lazier than “youth”. Other people see the term as positive, because it describes how young people are creating their own language, concept and identity.

When parents find it difficult to understand their children, the children can say more things without the examining of their parents. In this way, young people are starting to find freedom, independence and self-expression. Even though certain groups of society feel threatened (威胁) by “yoof culture”, new words come and go like fashions.

So learners should have no fear about communicating with native speakers. Even British people don’t speak English properly! The UK no longer owns the English language.

Learner’s worries

They study the language for years and still can’t understand a native

speaker.

Native speakers say lots of things that don’t 1. in any dictionary.

2. of different accents

People from different areas have their own vocabulary and phrases.

A person’s accent depends on the birthplace.

How much education people receive also decides on their accents.

People from different age groups speak 3.

Attitudes towards “yoof culture”

4.

It’s easier and lazier to pronounce “yoof” than “youth”

For

Young people are creative. They can have their own language and identity

Conclusion

Don’t 5. to communicate with native speakers.

British people also don’t speak English properly.

1.appear/exist 2.causes/ reasons 3.differently 4.Against 5.be afraid 【解析】试题分析:这是一篇议论文,作者通过分析以英语为母语的人说不同口音英语的原因以及他们对待“俚语文化”的不同态度,得出学习者不必害怕与母语为英语的人交流的结论。 1.考查词义理解题。本句that从句做things的定语,t...

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