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Before building a house, you will have to _________ the government’s permission.

             A.get from        B.follow      C.receive      D.ask for

D


解析:

ask for permission.是固定搭配,意为“征求许可;征得同意”。

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       I was loading my truck to go to the flea market when a hook(钩子) on one of the bungees bent and broke back into my left eye.The ____36___ was like a hot sword had been struck through my head.I fell down on my hands and knees, and ___37___ I saw blood dripping onto the ground, I knew it was ___38___.

       They ___39___ me to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, where there's a special eye center.The ____40___ there operated on me several times but couldn't save my eye.When they told me the news, I wanted to ___ 41___.

       Even after I got my prosthetic eye (义眼), I couldn't ____42___ off the depression.To make matters worse, I lost my job as a transportation officer for the Tennessee Department of Children's Services because of ___43___ about my driving ability.But one morning, I woke up and the TV was ___44___, and there was a 16-year-old girl.She had been ___45___ burned on her face, hands, and legs and was learning to walk again.She ___46___ a big smile and seemed to look right at me and said, "You can't ever give up." At that moment, I thought, this is just a (n) ___47___.Get over it.And I ____48___.

       It's been almost 12 years since my ____49___, and there isn't anything I can't do now that I used to do.Although I didn't get my ___50___ job back, I could do something else to ___51___ a happy life.

       I read a ___52___ once where a man was feeling bad because he had no ___53___, until he met a man who had no feet. No matter how destroying your problem is, ___54___ there's always someone somewhere who's worse off.____55___ having just one eye, I see things a lot more clearly now.

A.fight             B.pain            C.injury         D.wound

A.before             B.though        C.because         D.when

A.bad               B.good        C.strange         D.lucky

A.forced            B.passed       C.took         D.gave

A.doctors            B.workers      C.teachers        D.soldiers

A.rise               B.stay            C.leave         D.die

A.set                B.shake         C.turn           D.leave

A.possibilities        B.decisions     C.chances      D.concerns

A.off              B.up             C.on             D.down

A.badly              B.carefully      C.finally       D.hardly

A.developed         B.covered        C.enjoyed      D.wore

A.ear                B.eye            C.arm            D.nose

A.worked          B.stopped        C.did             D.helped

A.accident           B.experiment   C.argument            D.quarrel

A.new               B.hard            C.easy          D.former

A.build              B.lead            C.search       D.avoid

A.humor             B.joke          C.poem         D.story

A.clothes            B.jackets        C.shoes          D.trousers

A.remember         B.forget         C.promise      D.prove

A.Through          B.Despite      C.Without       D.Beyond

Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.      

Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practiced sewing machine.

Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.

To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.

1.According to the passage, Elias Howe was________.

A. the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep

B. much more hard-working than other inventors

C. the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked

D. the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams

2.The problem Howe was trying to solve was________.

A. what kind of thread to use

B. how to design a needle which would not break

C. where to put the needle

D. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle

3.Thomas Edison is spoken of because________.

A. he also tried to invent a sewing machine

B. he got some of his ideas from dreams

C. he was one of Howe’s best friends

D. he also had difficulty in falling asleep

4.Dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because ________.

A. strange images are used to communicate ideas

B. images which have no meaning are used

C. we can never understand the real meaning

D. only specially trained people can understand them

 

 You’ve bought what you need. The grocery cashier asks, “Will that be paper or plastic? You reply “Plastic, please.”

This seems like a simple question and there are plenty of reasons we choose plastic: easier to carry, lighter than paper bags, possibly less damaging to the environment, less expensive to the shop owners, able to be used as trash bag, and so on. There are different opinions on plastic and paper. Now let’s follow the travels of 3 plastic bags. It begins at the grocery store with the customer’s choice.

Plastic Bag 1: As the waste engineer come by and pick up the trash, the first plastic bag falls out. It sits on a small street for a couple of hours until a car comes along and takes it down to the road. Then a gust of wind blows it across the road, then another car, then another gust of wind finally makes its way to the beach. Water fills the plastic bag and makes it look like a jellyfish. A seal(海豹) swims by, thinking it looks very interesting, and swallowed it. The plastic bag may stay in the seal’s stomach for months, maybe years. You see, our lovely animals have been living thousands of years in a world where everything can be eaten.

Plastic Bag 2: This bag does make its way to landfill(垃圾场). Before they have a chance to cover up the thousands of pounds of daily waste, a strong wind comes up and blows these plastic bags out of the landfill. Once the wind stops, workers will be sent to collect thousands of bags around. But they can’t possibly get them all. So our little bag continues his adventure getting caught in trees, eaten by birds or making its way to our lakes or rivers.

Plastic Bag 3: The last bag also blows away but is caught in a landfill where it sits for many years, as all the trash is wrapped in a big plastic bag, making natural degradation(降解) impossible. Although workers do much work to make sure water and air system won’t be polluted, some do. Guess what, plastic bags are made from petrol, a harmful waste material, which in one way or another makes its way to the environment.

Another problem with putting plastic bags in out trash is that our landfills for most cities may be filled in about 20 years. More importantly, since we are running out of land to build homes, you might have the pleasure of one day living on top of your plastic bags!

One of the best suggestions is not to use a bag at all or bring your own cloth bags. If you must, please choose paper bags, which, though not suggested, can be eaten by animals. And there are more opportunities recycle paper bags. It does take a little extra effort. But please have a thought about the little seal next time you say, “Plastic please.”   

1.According to the passage, what is NOT the reason for a customer to choose plastic bags?

A. He can use plastic bags to carry trash later.

B. He finds paper bags heavier than plastic bags.

C. He finds plastic bags more convenient to carry.

D. He can save money for plastic bags are cheaper.

2.The author describes the travel of Plastic Bag 1 to show ______.

A. seals like eating plastic bags around them.

B. seals really have a good stomach.

C. seals are potential victims of plastic bags.

D. seals are not able to differ plastic from food.

3.Wrapped in a big plastic bag, Plastic Bag3_____.

A. still does harm to the environment

B. can hardly be harmful to the environment

C. is much safer than Plastic Bag2

D. will end up being eaten by seals or some fish

4.What will the following part of this passage talk about?

A. Suggestions on reducing harm of plastic bags.

B. Disadvantages of using too many plastic bags.

C. Persuading people into using paper bags.

D. Other potential victims of plastic bags.

5.What is the overall tone of this passage?

A. Excited    B. Serious    C. Ironical   D. Casual

 

A MENTORING (导师制) program is giving life changing opportunities to Banbury youth.

Young Inspirations was founded two years ago to provide mentoring sessions for students and unemployed young adults aged 11 to 21.

Alex Goldberg, the program's founder, said; "We set up Young Inspirations because we wanted to give young people experiences which will potentially be life changing and broaden their outlook.

"We try to create work experience opportunities that will really make a difference to our youth. For example, we've secured internships (实习) with world-famous firms such as Honda.

"At a time of funding cutbacks where schools are finding it more and more difficult to offer this kind of mentoring, it is extremely important that these opportunities are available both to help youth with their school work and grades and to give them opportunities which may help shape their futures. " Kieran Hepburn, 14, is one of a group of Banbury youth who has benefited from the program so far. In October the Banbury School pupil was accompanied by Young Inspirations staff to Paris where he was an observer at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) International Youth Forum (论坛).

The event was held for young people from around the world, to seek their views on how the future of youth and education should look. Kieran joined several hundred observers mostly in their 20s and was the only UK school pupil to attend the event. Kieran thinks the trip was a life changing experience. " Before we left I didn't quite know what to make of it but when we got there we didn't stop, it was amazing," he said, " We went to three or four hours of debates each day and then did something cultural each afternoon. "

The main theme of the forum was how youth can drive change in political and public life. It dealt with issues (问题) such as drug abuse, violence and unemployment.

Kieran said: " It has really helped me to improve my confidence and social skills as well as my school grades and I was voted most improved pupil at school in August. "

The Young Inspirations mentoring sessions take place each Friday in Banbury. For details visit www.younginspirations.com.

1.The Young Inspirations mentoring program aims to _____.

A.train staff for world-famous firms           B.offer job opportunities to young adults

C.provide youth with unique experiences      D.equip the unemployed with different skills

2.According to Alex Goldberg, it is difficult for schools to offer the mentoring due to _____.

A.the lack of support from firms              B.the cultural differences

C.the effect of unemployment               D.the shortage of money

3.According to the passage, the forum focused on how youth can ____.

A.build up their confidence at school          B.find work experience opportunities

C.improve their social skills for the future      D.play an active role in the change of society

4.We can learn from the passage that _____.

A. the visit to the United Kingdom was amazing

B. Kieran has made great progress in many aspects

C. the youth have found a way to solve their problems

D. the mentoring sessions are held every day except Friday

5.What would be the best tide for the passage?

A. Alex Goldberg, Founder of Young Inspirations

B. Young People Find a World of Opportunity

C. Kieran, Banbury School Pupil to Paris

D. Debates Help Youth with Their Grades

 

One day when the famous American scientist Edison was on his way home, a young man stopped him and required to have a word with him. Edison accepted his request.

The young man asked, “How can you invent so many things and achieve your fame?”

The scientist said, “It seems that you have been thinking of becoming famous every day.” The young man nodded, “Yes. I have been dreaming of being a person as notable(著名的) as you. Every minute I am thinking of how to become reputable. I don't know when I can achieve my fame (名声,名望).”

Edison told him, “Don’t worry, young man. If you want to be a famous man this way, you will have to wait until you die!”

“Why should I?” the young man was puzzled.

Edison said, “What you dream is actually a high building. You never think of how to build it with bricks(砖块). Thus the building will never come into reality(现实). However, your story can serve as a mirror. People will remember you because of your illness and laziness. They will often speak of your name while they give warnings to their children. Aren’t you a notorious(声名狼藉) person by then?”

1.What happened to Edison when he was on his way home?

A.A beggar stopped him

B.A robber stopped him

C.A man wanted to speak to him

D.A man wanted to have words with him

2.The man asked Edison to tell him ________.

A.how to invent new things                 B.how to become famous

C.how he became a nobleman               D.how to become a scientist

3.After hearing his talk, the young man was puzzled because Edison told him ______.

A.he would die before he was famous

B.he would be famous before he died

C.he would die after he was famous

D.he would never be famous

4.The man didn’t achieve his fame because _______.

A.his wish was too high

B.he was too stupid

C.he didn’t learn from others

D.he was short of hardworking spirit (精神)

5.The story mainly tells us ________.

A.a person needs high spirit

B.one shouldn’t dream of becoming famous

C.only by hard work can one’s wish come into reality

D.one person shouldn’t be idle and lazy

6.The man and Mr. Edison had a talk _______.

A.in the classroom    B.in the street        C.in the lab          D.at home

 

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