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Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a ____ place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They ____ various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was______that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more ____ to her than mountain of gold. The books are in every language — new books, ancient books, ____ a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.

She had asked the government for______to move the books to a _____place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. _____, she brought books home every night,______her car late after work. Her friends came to _____her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant ___ to hide some books. All through the_____ , Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, _____them over the seven-foot wall and _____them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war______. Then nine days laters, a fire burned the______to the ground.

One day, the bombing stopped and the_____ left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be ____ again while the city was _____. So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs(郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and ____ peace and a new library.

1.A. meeting B. working C. personal D. religious

2.A. raised B. handled C. reported D. discussed

3.A. worried B. angry C. doubtful D. curious

4.A. practical B. precious C. reliable D. expensive

5.A. then B. still C. even D. rather

6.A. permission B. confirmation C. explanation D. information

7.A. large B. public C. distant D. safe

8.A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Seriously D. Secretly

9.A. starting B. parking C. filling D. testing

10.A. stop B. help C. warn D. rescue

11.A. intended B. pretended C. happened D. agreed

12.A. war B. night C. building D. way

13.A. put B. opened C. passed D. threw

14.A. hid B. exchanged C. burnt D. distributed

15.A. approached B. erupted C. continued D. ended

16.A. restaurant B. library C. city D. wall

17.A. neighbours B. soldiers C. friends D. customers

18.A. sold B. read C. saved D. moved

19.A. occupied B. bombed C. quiet D. busy

20.A. dreamed of B. believed in C. cared about D. looked for

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People blink(眨眼) their eyes tens of thousands of times every day. Scientists have long believed blinking was an involuntary movement and served mainly to keep the eyeballs wet. But a new study suggests it has a more important purpose.

An international team of scientists from the University of California at Berkeley studied the blinking of human eyelids. The journal Current Biology published their findings. The team said they found that blinking “repositions our eyeballs so we can stay focused” on what we are seeing. They said that when we blink our eyelids, the eyes roll back into their sockets—the bony area that surrounds and protects the eyes. However, the researchers found the eyes don’t always return to the same position. They said this causes the brain to tell the eye muscles to reorganize our eyesight.

Gerrit Maus is the lead writer of the report. He serves as an assistant professor of psychology at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Maus said, “Our eye muscles are quite sluggish(迟缓的) and imprecise, so the brain needs to constantly adapt its motor signals to make

sure our eyes are pointing where they’re supposed to. Our findings suggested that the brain measures the difference in what we see before and after a blink, and commands the eye muscles to make the needed corrections.” The researchers said that without such corrections our surroundings

would appear unclear and even jumpy. They said the movement acts “like a Steadicam(摄影稳定

器) of the mind.”

The researchers said they asked volunteers to sit in a dark room while staring at a small dot on a flat surface. They used special cameras to follow the volunteer’s blinks and eye movements. After each blink, the dot was moved one centimeter to the right. The volunteers did not notice this, but the brain did. It followed the movement and directed the eye muscles to refocus on the dot. After the dot was moved in this way 30 times, the volunteers’ eyes changed their focus to the place where they predicted it would be.

Professor Maus said, “Even though participants did not consciously register that the dot had moved, their brains did, and adjusted with the corrective eye movements. These findings add to our understanding of how the brain constantly adapts to changes, commanding our eye muscles to correct for errors in our bodies’ own hardware.”

1.According to the new study, blinking eyes can .

A. serve to keep the eyeballs wet B. reposition eyeballs to stay focused

C. consciously correct eye movements D. make our eyes adapt to motor signals

2.From the experiment, we can learn that .

A. volunteers could see the moving dot with special cameras

B. the eyeballs could stay in the place as they were predicted

C. participants were aware of the dot’s movements to the right

D. the brain commanded the eye muscles to refocus on the dot

3.The underlined word “register” in Paragraph 5 probably means .

A. realize B. refocus

C. reserve D. reason

4.This passage shows that .

A. eye muscles are quite inactive and imprecise

B. the research is of great value in the eye movement

C. the brain plays an important role in seeing things clearly

D. volunteers control their blinks to follow the changes of the dots

Envelope Budget

From McDonald’s to Sonic, fast food had a bad effect on my waistline and my budget. It was nothing to run to a drive-through to pick up a cold drink or a quick bite to eat. It was so easy to use my card for a small purchase. For me, I got a lot of satisfaction from fast food.

One day I sat down and calculated that I was spending a surprising $40 a week on fast food. This was a lot of iced coffee and hamburgers! Instead of reducing my guilty pleasures, I decided to give myself a strong budget to reduce my consumption. Every Monday I placed an envelope with $20 in my purse. That was my fast food budget for the entire week. If there was anything left over at the end of the week, it was mine to save or spend. If I spent all of the money during the week, there were no more fast food stops that week.

The budget made me more mindful of my purchases. Instead of purchasing a large drink from Sonic, I would purchase a small. It was still satisfying but not nearly as pricey. Instead of eating a whole meal, I would pick the part that I actually wanted. Many days, the thought of hanging onto the money for a special purpose meant more to me than the instant satisfaction of fast food. I never really felt unhappy because it was a conscious choice to spend or save with each purchase.

Envelope budget kept me honest. I had a clear idea how much money was spent each week on fast food purchases. I started to bring my lunches more often to save more money for the week. It was a fun challenge to see how much I could save every week.

Changing the way I spent on fast food not only helped my budget, but improved my weight. In the first month I was able to get rid of 5 pounds by simply changing the way I approached spending on fast food. Now I am more likely to bring my lunch than to buy it. I am not upset, but empowered to make positive choices to improve my life.

1.According to Paragraph 1, the author ______ .

A. was fond of fast food very much

B. got some benefits from using her card

C. had no time to cook for herself

D. lived with a small amount of money

2.The author set her envelope budget to ______ .

A. make fast food spending under control

B. get rid of the habit of eating fast food

C. buy fast food at a good bargain

D. save money to buy more fast food

3.We can infer from the last paragraph that ______.

A. it is unusual to make some changes

B. the budget means a pressure on life

C. it is hard to enjoy a healthy lifestyle

D. envelope budget is good for health

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Why the author took envelope budget seriously.

B. How envelope budget changed the author’s life.

C. How fast food controlled the author’s behavior.

D. Why the author became addicted to fast food.

It gives me a great pleasure to join you for this important initiative(倡议) as the UN _______ its 70th anniversary.

Education is very _______ in my heart. My father _______ in a very small village in China. In those days, not many villagers could read. So my father opened a night school to teach them how to _______.

As his daughter, I know what education _______ to the people, especially those without it. After generations of hard work, China has come a long way in education. I myself am a beneficiary(受益者) of that progress. _______ I would never become a professor of musical.

I am following my father’s _______ by teaching at China’s Conservatory of Music to help _______ China’s success story. I want to thank Director-General Bokova and UNESCO for _______ me the Special Envoy(特使) for Women and Girls Education. I am truly honored to work with the UN and do something about Global Education.

Education is about ________ and girls. It is important for girls to go to school ________ they will become their children’s first teacher someday. But women still ________ over half of the world’s poor in population and 60% of adults who can’t read.

Education is crucial (of extreme importance) in addressing such ________. In China, Spring Bud Education Program has helped over 3 million girls go back to school. Many of them have ________ university education and they are doing well at work.

Education is about equality. In poor countries and regions the number of school dropouts is ________. We call for more educational resources to these places.

Education is about the young people. Young people are the ________. Education is important because it not only gives young people knowledge and skills but also helps them become responsible citizens. As the UNESCO special envoy and the mother myself, my ________ to education for all will never change.

Many years ago my father made a small ________ in his village. Together we can make a big difference in the world. I was once asked about my Chinese dream. I said I hope all children especially girls can have ________ to good education. This is my Chinese dream. I believe one day Education First will no longer be a dream. It will be a reality ________ by every young woman on this planet.

1.A. symbolizes B. memorizes C. represents D. marks

2.A. controversial B. painful C. close D. distant

3.A. grew up B. came up C. picked up D. turned up

4.A. read B. write C. study D. speak

5.A. shows B. means C. suggests D. owes

6.A. Otherwise B. Nevertheless C. Moreover D. Likewise

7.A. footsteps B. suggestions C. customs D. fashions

8.A. continue B. start C. inspire D. achieve

9.A. evaluating B. naming C. listing D. employing

10.A. women B. boys C. citizens D. adults

11.A. while B. when C. unless D. because

12.A. make for B. take for C. account for D. sacrifice for

13.A. drawbacks B. weaknesses C. inequalities D. emergencies

14.A. finished B. withdrawn C. confirmed D. undertaken

15.A. declining B. astonishing C. balancing D. rewarding

16.A. core B. wealth C. future D. glory

17.A. concentration B. commitment C. consistency D. conservation

18.A. effect B. progress C. impact D. difference

19.A. access B. way C. right D. privilege

20.A. appreciated B. blessed C. enjoyed D. deserved

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon turned into complaints about ______ in work and life. To offer his _______ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and ______ with a large pot of coffee and a ______ of cups — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful — telling them to ______ themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “if you have ______, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, ______ the plain and cheap ones. While it is ______ for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the ______ of your problems and stress.”

“Be assured that the cup itself ______ no quality to the coffee. ______ it is just more expensive and in some cases ______ hides what we drink.”

“______ all of you really want is the coffee, not the cup, ______ you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began ______ each other’s cups.”

Now consider this: ______ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and ______ life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the ______ of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we ______ to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups ______ you … enjoy the coffee instead.

1.A. stress B. dream C. sorrow D. truth

2.A. friends B. customers C. fellows D. guests

3.A. carried B. returned C. arrived D. reached

4.A. kind B. variety C. sort D. number

5.A. devote B. expose C. help D. absorb

6.A. searched B. witnessed C. noticed D. discovered

7.A. leaving behind B. leaving over C. falling about D. falling behind

8.A. strange B. normal C. wonderful D. important

9.A. purpose B. answer C. source D. result

10.A. takes B. links C. passes D. adds

11.A. At no time B. At all times C. In no case D. In most cases

12.A. ever B. even C. never D. hardly

13.A. What B. That C. Which D. Whether

14.A. but B. so C. and D. for

15.A. suspecting B. liking C. praising D. eyeing

16.A. Love B. Life C. Future D. Failure

17.A. contain B. create C. support D. own

18.A. quantity B. style C. quality D. standard

19.A. have B. manage C. plan D. fail

20.A. envy B. drive C. force D. assess

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