When you're looking forward to taking a holiday in Egypt, you're certainly not short of choices. The country has so many to see that you'll probably not want to limit yourself to just one city.Hurghad 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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When you're looking forward to taking a holiday in Egypt, you're certainly not short of choices. The country has so many to see that you'll probably not want to limit yourself to just one city.

Hurghada-A Water Sports Paradise

With 250 hotels ranking from comfortable 3-star hotels

Lip to 5-star accommodation, the main attraction of staying here is the activities in and on the warm waters. It has become an international centre for water sports, allowing visitors to take part in surfing, sailing and deep sea fishing. The waters are also home to a huge variety of coral and fish, making it a dream spot for diving. If all that isn-t enough, Hurghada is home to some of the world's finest underwater gardens.

Luxor-An Open Air Museum of Ancient History

For those with an interest in Egyptian history, Luxor is an excellent place to stay and is built upon the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. If you make this the base for your Egypt holiday, you're basically staying in an open air museum!

The modern city of Luxor has the ruins of Karnak. Across the Nile lie many more monuments, temples and tombs including the Valley of the Kings and the Queens. The Nile sailing is necessary for those with an interest in the country's ancient history.

Cairo- The Capital City

Finally, of course, there's Cairo. It-s definitely a starting point for most of Egypt holiday makers. Cairo offers an excel-llent mix of culture, art, cooking and sightseeing chances. With the famous pyramids, various temples and some fascinating museums, Cairo is a fantastic choice if you can come to the city.

1.Visitors flood to Hurghada mainly because it can offer them _ .

A. the funniest botanic gardens

B. choices of water activities

C. a brief history of Egypt

D. the mix of culture and art

2.Which of the following cities do most tourists visit first in Egypt?

A. Cairo. B. Luxor. C. Thebes. D. Hurghada.

3.This passage is most probably taken from _ .

A. a historical document B. a science magazine

C. a travel guide D. a book review

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During my last trip to Europe, I had the opportunity to visit Stonehenge. I remember it was a very hot day 1. a lot of sunshine. Almost every 2. (tour) who travels to England visits this ancient place.

The Stonehenge was made of huge square stones, 3. weigh nearly five tons each, stand eighteen feet high, and are there feet thick. It was 4. (amaze) to see them up close. Something that I 5. (real) asked myself was how the ancient people could have been clever enough 6. (arrange) the stones as upright pillars, then connect the stones overhead, and place 7. altogether to form a circle. It was a great 8. (feel) to admire the magnificent stones up close.

As I walked around the stones, I noticed how isolated they were; there was nothing else 9. (stand) around them, no community or anything. Were they also isolated in ancient times? If so, 10. had the ancient people constructed them that way? If only I could really travel back in time and find out the reason for that!

It’s time you _______ some reading or the other students will leave you behind.

A. got down to B. got away C. got rid of D. got over

When people reunite with their loved ones, it’s usually all extremely happy moment. But what is their most common response to seeing them again? It may seem strange，but most of the time they break down in tears.

Now a group of psychologists from Yale University say they have found the reason why, and that crying tears of joy may well be the body’s way of keeping emotional balance. “They seem to take place when people are overtaken by strong positive emotions, and people who do this seem to recover better from those strong emotions,” Oriana Aragon, the lead researcher said.

Aragon and her fellow psychologists looked at hundreds of participants’ emotional responses to different things, including happy reunions and cute babies. Many participants said they would react in a negative or aggressive way to the positive things —— to cry at happy moments and want to pinch(捏)a cute baby’s face or even tell them “I want to eat you up!” But then researchers found that these people were able to calm down from strong emotions more quickly.

There are many other examples of times when people respond to a positive experience with a negative emotional reaction. At an exciting concert, fans scream at their idols(偶像). People who have just had a big lottery win are often in floods of tears. “These findings advance our understanding of how people express and control their emotions, which is importantly related to mental and physical health, the quality of relationships with others, and even how well people work together.” said Aragon．

1.What have professors from Yale University found in their research?

A. The reason why people cry with tears.

B. Crying tears of joy helps to balance emotions.

C. Strong negative feelings are useful to people.

D. People recover slowly from strong emotions.

2.Which of the following agrees with the findings of the research?

A. Crying at good news.

B. Crying at a failure.

C. Kissing a cute baby.

D. Laughing at happy reunions.

3.Where does the passage most likely come from?

A. A science fiction novel.

B. A psychological science journal.

C. A popular biology book.

D. An adolescent literature book.

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After stepping out of the international plane, I realized my lo-hour sleepy voyage finally came to an end. Sitting on the bus, I was waiting anxiously for it to start.

A woman9 sitting next to me, and her daughter both seemed __________' She told me that her daughter had an upset stomach and would throw up continuously; ________ , the mother had lost her_________ . Apart from a significant amount of money, the purse also had her phone and a phone number of an important ________ , a person she was travelling 90 kilome-ters to meet for discussing a________ matter which had to be _________ by tomorrow morning.

I handed her my cellphone without ________ and told her that she could make any call she wanted. I also ________ a bottle of water I had in my bag to relieve her daughter of her _________.

After making several calls, they finally -50 to the official! They turned to look at me ________ and thanked me many times. The woman tried to pay for my________ , but I jumped to do it before her _________I knew she had lost her money.

Next morning, I received a call from the mother, saying that they couldn't tell how much my ________ act touched them. They were so ________ that they had taken down my number to thank me. I was ________ to be thanked in this way. I never thought my simple offer ________so much in her heart. And I thought of how many opportunities for ________we had lost by plugging onto cellphones and being disconnected ________ the reality around us- something with easy access may make a big ________ to others.

1.A. excited B. relaxed C. unconscious D. uncomfortable

2.A. besides B. however C. therefore D. otherwise

3.A. phone B. address C. purse D. luggage

4.A. accountant B. doctor C. lawyer D. official

5.A. simple B. pressing C. political D. financial

6.A. settled B. ignored C. raised D. dropped

7.A. doubt B. permission C. question D. hesitation

8.A. produced B. ordered C. bought D. sold

9.A. fever B. stress C. sickness D. appetite

10.A. came over B. got through C. looked up D. turned around

11.A. doubtfully B. closely C. anxiously D. gratefully

12.A. water B. offer C. ticket D. assistance

13.A. since B. if C. while D. although

14.A. temporary B. generous C. cautious D. honest

15.A. reasonable B. flexible C. considerate D. desperate

16.A. ashamed B. astonished C. disappointed D. amused

17.A. weighed B. balanced C. increased D. ranked

18.A. courage B. success C. kindness D. justice

19.A. in B. beyond C. of D. from

20.A. promise B. wish C. difference D. gesture

Some of the world’s most significant problems never hit headlines. One example comes from agriculture. Food riots （暴动）and hunger make news. But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked about. This is the decrease in the growth in production of some of the world’s major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at where, and how far, this decline is occurring.

The authors take a vast number of data points for the four most important crops: rice, wheat, corn and soyabeans. They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas, the improvement in production that took place before the 1980s slowed down in the 1990s and 2000s.

There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the world’s most populous countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on world food markets. That self-sufficiency (自给自足) cannot be taken for granted if productions continue to slow down.

Second, production growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in corn and soyabeans. This is problematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods, accounting for around half of all calories consumed. Corn and soyabeans are more important as feed grains. The authors note that “we have preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world.”

The report also states the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organisation has argued.

Instead, it says, thanks to slowing population growth, land currently ploughed（犁）up for crops might be able to revert (回返) to forest or wilderness. This could happen. The trouble is that the prediction assumes continued improvements in productions, which may not actually happen.

1.What significant problem does the writer think we should pay more attention to?

A. The decline of the grain production growth

B. News headlines in the leading media.

C. Food riots and hunger.

D. The food supply in populous countries.

2.Why does the author mention India and China in particular?

A. Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns.

B. Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in recent years.

C. Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets.

D. Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted.

3.What does the new study by the two universities say about recent crop improvement efforts?

A. They fail to produce the same remarkable results as before the 1980s.

B. They contribute a lot to the improvement of human food production.

C. They play a major role in guaranteeing the food security of the world.

D. They focus more on the increase of animal feed than human food grains.

4.What does the Food and Agriculture Organisation say about world food production in the coming decades?

A. The growing population will greatly increase the pressure on world food supplies.

B. The optimistic prediction about food production should be viewed with caution.

C. The slowdown of the growth in yields of major food crops will be reversed.

D. The world will be able to feed its population without expanding the area of farmland.

5.How does the author view the argument of the Food and Agriculture Organisation?

A. It is built on the findings of a new study.

B. It is based on a doubtful assumption.

C. It is backed by strong evidence.

D. It is open to further discussion.

__________ to smart phones just before bed, as a research says recently, can lead to poor night’s sleep.

A. Being exposed B. Exposed C. Having exposed D. To expose

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.

Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening."

1.Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

A. he would be away from home for four days

B. he would be back in seven days

C. he would be back in a month

D. he liked a cup of tea

2.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A. the second day B. the third day

C. the fourth day D. the fifth day

3.The man was very surprised because _________.

A. he thought the child's father was dead

B. the child didn't ask him to sit down

C. the child gave him a cup of tea

D. he couldn't find that piece of paper

4.What was burnt? ___________.

A. The piece of paper B. Mr. Smith

C. The visitor D. The boy

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I was driving home in a rainstorm on a cold．March morning in the mountains of my home．Part of me was ________ the rain thinking that it would clean the mud，salt，and dirt that covered my ________ from weeks of Winter driving and ________ me a trip to the car wash．Another ________ of me was keeping a watchful eye on the streams and rivers hoping that the ________ snow and freshly falling rain wouldn’t lead to any flooding．

A deeper part of me，however，was quietly dreaming of the ________ weather and strengthening sunshine to come in the weeks ________．I knew that they would stop with this nourishing (滋润的)rain to turn the yellow grass ________，to bring new buds and leaves to the trees，and to cause the million flowers ________ underground to push their heads 50 the soil and start the Spring．It would be that glorious time when the whole world comes back to ________ again and it was all starting with this steady，March ________．

The rains in our own lives can bring ________ blessings．Storms of problems and troubles can ________ US with stress and pain．They can make our days seem ________ and boring．They can make our hearts feel heavy and sad． ________，these same storms can also ________our spirits．

They can help our souls to ________．They can lead us to learning and ________．They can cause our hearts to________ to God and to each other．

1.A．challenging B．enjoying C．doubting D．describing

2.A．body B．house C．car D．1uggage

3.A．save B．cost C．offer D．bring

4.A．part B．role C．identity D．character

5.A．1asting B．melting C．coming D．freezing

6.A．warmer B．colder C．cooler D．hotter

7.A．back B．ahead C．early D．ago

8.A．1ight B．green C．dark D．grey

9.A．dying B．blooming C．travelling D．sleeping

10.A．into B．against C．through D．across

11.A．mind B．1ife C．peace D．power

12.A．shower B．plants C．snow D．temperature

13.A．simple B．terrible C．puzzled D．mixed

14.A．replace B．flood C．change D．expose

15.A．1ong B．exciting C．short D．bright

16.A．Otherwise B．Instead C．Therefore D．Yet

17.A．strengthen B．weaken C．spoil D．control

18.A．fade B．grow C．sink D．despair

19.A．freedom B．rudeness C．wisdom D．pride

20.A．reach out B．run away C．block out D．fall down

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