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Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that he planned to give away almost all of his vast fortune, largely to the cause of global health, during the course of his lifetime. With an estimated（估计）worth of more than $40 billion, according to Forbes, the project will be no small feat （功绩）for Gates. Having already provided the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $24 billion to address global health issues, Gates said that eventually his entire fortune will be put towards the cause except “a few percent left for the kids”.

So what has made the richest man in the world to channel his resources so heavily into one interest? Gates believes that “the equality of opportunity” in which Americans take such pride needs to extend to other nations around the world. Improving the health of the populations, he says, has proven to be an essential（本质的，实质的）method in helping poor countries to be financially successful.” National borders allow inequalities,” said Gates: “We all need to take a more global view, rather than just saying my country is doing well. We have to step up these health issues, knowing how few resources are going into them.”

Gates said that both his parents set an example for him as a child. His father, William H.Gates, was the head of the local Planned Parenthood, and his mother, Mary, volunteered for the United Way. As he gathered his fortune, Gates knew he would eventually want to give back as well, but he didn’t expect to devote himself whole-heartedly to one project until he was about 60.However, Gates, 47, began to question his ability to wait that long. “It seemed there was a real time urgency（紧急）,” Gates said. “I started to think, how many lives could I save before then?”

1.Bill Gates will give away his vast fortune to _____________.

A. improve the health of population in America alone

B.improve the health of population all over the world

C.avoid leaving his children too much money

D.spare the American government the burden of health care

2.Bill Gates believes that one important way of developing poor countries is _____________.

A.to set up more foundations for them

B.to aid them with natural resources

C.to put more effort into the health issues in them

D.to help them take a more global view

3.It can be learned from the text that Bill Gates thinks _____________.

A. Americans should care about people in other countries

B.Americans should treat fellow citizens well

C.Americans should devote themselves to certain projects

D.Americans can be world-famous by giving away vast fortune

4.Bill Gates gave away his vast fortune earlier than he had expected because of _____________.

A. his weakening health condition

B.his parents’ suggestions

C.his great success in business

D.his concern for suffering people

5.The underlined word “channel” probably has a similar meaning as it is used in sentence “_____________”.

A. Try to channel your abilities into something useful

B.We ought to channel this street so that water can flow away easily

C.Ships must follow the channel into the port

D.Which channel will you be broadcasting tonight

 

答案：B;C;A;D;A
解析：

1、该题为细节判断题。根据文章第一段中“global health issues”（全球健康问题）可以判断出答案。

2、根据文章第二段中Bill Gates的叙述：“Improving the health of the populations, he says, has proven to be an essential（本质的，实质的）method in helping poor countries to be financially successful.”我们可以判断出他对不富裕国家的健康问题尤为关注。

3、推理判断题。根据“We all need to take a more global view, rather than just saying my country is doing well.”一句话可以做出推断。

4、根据文章最后一段可以判断出答案。

5、在文章中channel用作动词，意思是“导向”。

 


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　　Americans are always in a hurry, they seem to be under permanent pressure to think that there is something more to do the next moment. This fast pace is reflected in the popularity of fast-food restaurants, one-stop stations and micro-ovens. They hate to waste their time and would frown if their time is wasted by interruptions or by poor service. They appreciate the practice of doing things as quickly as possible, as in their eyes,“patience is the virtue of asses.”

　　In contract, people in Indonesia believe in“rubber time”, to the extent that time can stretch or shrink. In Africa, people who do something in a rush are actually asking for trouble; they'd be suspected of trying to cheat! In their culture, a slow unusual, worth doubt.

　　Here is a contract between the slow pace people (SPP) and the fast pace people(FPP);

　　◇SPP－Consider an appointment as a target to achieve, if possible.

　　　FPP－take a promise seriously and try to keep it by all means.

　　◇SPP－are dedicated to people and human relationship.

　　　FPP－are devoted to work rather than to human relationship.

　　　SPP－change plans easily.

　　　FPP－follow and stick to the plans.

　　◇SPP－decide to be punctual or not based on human relationship.

　　　FPP－stress punctuality.

　　◇SPP－show strong tendency to build lifetime friendship.

　　　FPP-are used to short-term relationship.

(1)Which of the following statements indicates that Americans are leading a fast-pace life?

[　　]

A．Americans have modern kitchen equipment.

B．Fast-food restaurants are popular with Americans.

C．Almost every American family owns a car.

D．There are a lot of railway stations in the United States.

(2)The underlined phrase“one-stop stations”probably means ________.

[　　]

A．A bus stop is not far from one another

B．There are a number of police stations in the United States

C．There are a lot of gas stations here and there, and it is one-stop distance between them.

D．It is a long way from a gas station to the next one

(3)In which country people who do something in a rush are suspected of trying to cheat?

[　　]

A．Venezuela　　　　　　B．Italy

C．Vietnam　　　　　　　D．Zambia

(4)If a person cares more for human relationship than his job, he must belong to ________.

[　　]

A．the fast pace people

B．the slow pace people

C．the lazy people

D．the clever people

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       Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices（装置）themselves. University of Missouri（MU） researchers are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.

       “To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density（密度）”，said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. “The radioisotope（放射性同位素） battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries.”

       Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanical systems （M/NEMS）. Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said they are safe.

       “People hear the word ‘nuclear’ and think of something very dangerous,” he said, “However, nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers, space satellites and underwater systems.”

       His new idea is not only in the battery’s size, but also in its semiconductor（半导体）. Kwon’s battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.

“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure（晶体结构）of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said, “By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem.”

       Together with J. David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery. In the future, they hope to increase the battery’s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials. Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair.

1．Which of the following is true of Jae Kwon?

       A．He teaches chemistry at MU.

       B．He developed a chemical battery.

       C．He is working on a nuclear energy source.

       D．He made a breakthrough in computer engineering.

2．Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4_________.

       A．to show chemical batteries are widely applied.

       B．to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used.

       C．to describe a nuclear-powered system.

       D．to introduce various energy sources.

3．Liquid semiconductor is used to _________.

       A．get rid of the radioactive waste  

       B．test the power of nuclear batteries.

       C．decrease the size of nuclear batteries

       D．reduce the damage to lattice structure.

4．According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery _______.

       A．uses a solid semiconductor.

       B．will soon replace the present ones.

       C．could be extremely thin.

       D．has passed the final test.
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     HANGZHOU, China - Millions of Chinese basketball fans who were upset about the retirement of
Yao Ming, are excited to see another even more shining star, Jeremy Lin, rising from the N.B.A and
becoming a household name all across China.
     "We are amazed by Lin Shuhao's magic performance and should cheer him on," one Internet user
wrote.
"His sport shirts have sold out, even including the counterfeit(仿制品) ones," said Zheng Xiaojun, a
24-year-old clerk.
     Lin's amazing success over the last month has caught the imagination of the Chinese. He has been
particularly popular here in northern Zhejiang province, from which his grandmother went to Taiwan in
the late 1940s.
     Cai Qi, a well-known micro blogger, posted a message on micro blog over the weekend stating that
Lin's hometown is Jiaxing, a city near Hangzhou where Lin's grandmother grew up.
     Cai Qi's nephew Yu Guohua, a 56-year-old factory worker, is Lin's closest relative still living in
northern Zhejiang. He said in a telephone interview that Lin had come to play basketball with the Jiaxing
High School team last May and had been surrounded by admirers.
     Yu said he did not have a chance to meet Lin in the crowd, but managed to speak with his family.
"His father was very supportive of Lin's playing basketball, but his grandmother was not, for fear he
would be injured," Yu said.
     Lin may owe his height, 6 feet 3 inches, to his grandmother's family, Yu said. Chen Weiji, the father
of Lin's grandmother, was well over 6 feet and all of Chen's children were tall as well, he said.
     The N.B.A. believes that 300 million people in China play basketball. The retirement last year of
Yao Ming took its main Asian draw away from the N.B.A. But Lin's appearance has helped the league
remain a hot topic of Chinese online chatter.
1. Why does Lin Shuhao appeal especially to people in northern Zhejiang ?
A. He was born in Zhejiang.
B. His sports shirts are made in Zhejiang.
C. He once visited Zhejiang.
D. His grandmother grew up in Zhejiang.
2. We can learn from the text that ________.
A. Lin once played on Jiaxing High School team
B. All Lin's relatives moved to Taiwan 60 years ago
C. Lin's grandmother didn't expect him to be a player
D. Lin's father loved playing basketball
3. Lin's success in N.B.A has ______.
A. attracted more Chinese children to play basketball as a career
B. drawn Chinese people's attention back to the league
C. helped his hometown develop sports shirts business
D. helped his hometown attract more foreign visitors
4. Which is the best title of the report?
A. The Secret of Lin's Success
B. Lin, A New Focus in China
C. Lin and His Family
D. Chinese Players in N.B.A
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     Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is in for an unwelcome
surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer, and a radio signal from a control centre miles away
will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.
     The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a micro-processor
and memory, and a GPS (全球定位系统) satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded (编
码的) cellphone signal will tell the control centre to block the vehicle's engine management system and
prevent the engine being restarted.
     In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. "The pattern of vehicle
crime has changed," says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says it would only take him a few minutes
to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10
years old.
     Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer won't allow them to start
unless they receive a unique ID code sent out by the ignition (点火) key. In the UK, technologies like this
have helped achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.
     But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting hold of the owner's keys. And key theft is responsible for 40% of the thefts of vehicles fitted with a tracking system.
     If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to an
operations centre that it has been stolen. The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to
inaccuracies in the GPS signal.
     Staff at the centre will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing, and keep police
informed of the vehicle's movements via the car's GPS unit.
1. The remote immobilizer is fitted to a car to ________.
A. prevent car theft by sending a radio signal to the car owner
B. help the police make a surprise attack on the car thief
C. prevent the car thief from restarting it once it stops
D. allow the car to lock automatically when stolen
2. By saying "The pattern of vehicle crime has changed", Martyn Randall suggests that ________.
A. it takes a longer time for the car thief to do the stealing
B. self-prepared tools are no longer enough for car theft
C. the thief has to make use of computer technology
D. the thief has lost interest in stealing cars over 10 years old
3.________ is necessary in making a modern car tougher to steal.
A. A coded ignition key    
B. A unique ID card
C. A special cellphone signal        
D. A GPS satellite positioning receiver
4. The operations centre will first ________ after receiving an alarm.
A. start the tracking system
B. contact the car owner
C. block the car engine
D. locate the missing car
阅读理解。
     Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is in for an unwelcome
surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobiliser (锁止器), and a radio signal from a control centre
miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.
     The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a micro-processor
and memory, and a GPS (全球定位系统) satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded
cellphone signal will tell the control centre to block the vehicle's engine management system and prevent
the engine being restarted.
     In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. 'The pattern of vehicle
crime has changed,' says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says it would only take him a few minutes
to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10
years old.
     Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer won't allow them to start
unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition (点火) key. In the UK, technologies
like this have helped achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.
     But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting bold of
the owner's keys. And key theft is responsible for 40% of the thefts of vehicles fitted with a tracking
system.
     If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to
an operations centre that it has been stolen. The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to
inaccuracies in the GPS signal.
     Staff at the centre will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing, and keep police
informed of the vehicle's movements via the car's GPS unit.
1. What's the function of the remote immobilizer fitted to a car?
A.  To help the police make a surprise attack on the car thief.
B.  To allow the car to lock automatically when stolen.
C.  To prevent the car thief from restarting it once it stops.
D.  To prevent car theft by sending a radio signal to the car owner.
2. By saying "The pattern of vehicle crime has changed" (Lines 1-2. Para. 3. , Martyn Randall
suggests that ________.
A.  it takes a longer time for the car thief to do the stealing
B.  self-prepared tools are no longer enough for car theft
C.  the thief has to make use of computer technology
D.  the thief has lost interest in stealing cars over 10 years old
3. What is essential in making a modem car tougher to steal?
A.  A coded ignition key.
B.  A unique ID card.
C.  A special cellphone signal.
D.  A GPS satellite positioning receiver.
4. Why does the tracking system set a 100-metre minimum before sending an alarm to the operations
centre?
A.  To leave time for the operations centre to give an alarm.
B.  To keep police informed of the car's movements.
C.  To give the driver time to contact the operations centre.
D.  To allow for possible errors in the GPS system.
5. What will the operations centre do first after receiving an alarm?
A.  Start the tracking system.
B.  Contact the car owner.
C.  Block the car engine.
D.  Locate the missing car.

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