题目内容
8.The new college will be____________ (位于）in the suburbs.
8.located/situated
I.阅读理解
A [2015 •莆田一中、漳州一中、泉州五中三校联考]
They will be here in a minute, surely. I'll just stare at my shoes a little while longer to pass the time. Wish I'd brought a book. Hang on, though, what if I，ve got the wrong day? The wrong place? Have the clocks gone back? No, damn it; I'm off home. Whoever I'm waiting for clearly lives in a different time zone from me.
I am always 10 minutes early, so if you're 10 minutes late, I've been foot-tapping for 20 minutes. I know it's not fair to hold the first 10 against you, but I just can't help my?self. I never wait more than 20 minutes beyond the meeting time we decided upon, not for anyone, ever.
OK, that's not .strictly true. I have, on occasion, hung around anxiously and heart-brokenly for up to an hour, but the bitter anger that follows is never a pretty sight. If you've made me wait that long, you will wish you hadn't bothered turning up at all.
How come some people are always late and some are al?ways on time? If I can manage to be punctual, why can't you? Because I left a hot cup of coffc^' at home while you sat down to roll another cigarette. Because I spilled jam on my pants and quickly wiped it off whereas you took time to change your whole outfit. Because I switched off midway through a TV series? but you had to ride out the end, didn't you? And don't even think about blaming the traffic. How do you think I got here? By flying carpet? Only carelessness or arrogance(傲慢) can explain a habit of lateness.
Some people are always late because they can't make re?alistic calculations about how long it takes to do things. There are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour. Just deal with it. Painful as it may be, you have to accept that, as you've agreed to meet at eight and it's now a quarter to eight, you don't have time to phone your girlfriend.
Much worse, though, are those with big egos (自我). Being late is just rude. Being late on purpose really means that you hate the person you are meeting.
Of course, there are some perfectly lovely latecomers out there. I just never wait long enough to find out.
1.Which of the following words best describes how the author feels in the first paragraph?
A. Anxious. B. Curious.
C. Thankful. D. J oyful.
2.What does the author think contributes to people always being late?
a. Their big egos.
b. Traffic jams.
c. Their carelessness.
d. Being picky when choosing clothes.
e. Their realistic calculations of how long it takes to do things.
A. a, b B. a, c C. b， d， e D. c， d， e
3.We can learn from the article that the author .
A. is tolerant of people being late
B. has missed lots of meetings
C. has trouble getting along with others
D. has a strong preference for good timekeeping
4. According to the author, people should .
A. be patient when waiting for a latecomer
B. keep in mind that being late is rude and selfish
C. always arrive 10 minutes early for an appointment
D. ask people around them to remind them about an appointment
Scientists in theUKhave grown a living human "brain". The team at Aston University created a tiny bunch of cells which act like a mini nervous system.
They believe it could help find a cure for worse mental conditions like Parkinson's disease. Professor Michael Coleman is leading the research programme. He explained, "We are aiming to be able to study the human brain at the most basic level, using an actual liv?ing human cell system. Cells have to be alive and oper?ating efficiently to enable us to really understand how the brain works. The experiment involves changing cells from a cancer tumour (肿瘤)and making them be?have like brain cells.
Although far from finished, researchers hope the false brain cells will give them a greater understanding of how real brains work. This, in turn, could signifi?cantly further research into conditions which affect the brain. Neil Hunt, chief leader of the research group, said, "It is still very early days, but in the future the re?search could lead to a useful tool for looking into dementia (痴呆）."
The technique could also provide a way to carry on animal tests and is being supported by the Humane Re?search Trust ( HRT). The scientists predict that over the next ten years a million people will develop dementia. Professor Coleman believes their findings could change this. He said, "We hope our research will provide scien?tists with a new and highly relational human experimen?tal model to help them understand the brain better and develop new drugs to control the related disease. How?ever, the biggest challenge at present is that we are greatly short of fund, which will slow our research.，，
1.UKscientists grow a living human "brain" in orderto .
A.study the structure of human brain
B.make use of a living human cell system
Cdiscover how human brain really works
D.separate cells from a cancer tumour
2.According to Neil Hunt, research into brain cells
A.will get finished as early as possible
B.will make people discover dementia
C.will affect the brain growth in many ways
D.will help to treat some diseases in the nerve system
3 From the last paragraph, we can know that .
A.the technique provided by HRT is immature
B.animal tests are no longer allowed by law
C.a million people suffer from brain diseases
D.the research programme lacks financial support
4.The text is intended to .
A.tell us about a breakthrough in medical research
B.introduce a research programme in human's brain
C.introduce the progress of drugs for dementia
D.tell us about health problems in the nerve system
Many people catch a cold in the spring or fall. It
makes us wonder 25. scientists can send a
man to the moon, why can't they find a cure 26. the common cold? The answer is easy. There're actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn't a cure for each one. When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of 27. . Blood rushes to your nose and causes 28. block in it. You feel terrible because you can't breathe well, but your body is actually eating the virus.Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body 29. (kill) the virus. You also have a running nose to stop
the virus from getting into your cells. You may feel miserable ,but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can 30. (kill) the cold. There are dif-
ferent ways to treat colds in different cultures. In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel 31.
(good). Some people take a hot bath and drink warm liquids 32. other people take medicines to relieve 33. (vary) symptoms of colds. There
was one interesting thing to note. Some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is 34. (actual) bad for you. The virus stays in you longer, be?cause your body doesn't develop a way to fight it and kill it.
3. The g_________ is having a show of French oil paintings. Would you like to watch it with me?
2. In your opinion, who is the greatest poet_________________________ (有史以来)in China?
4. 她十年前搬到伦敦，此后一直住在那里。
She moved to London ten years ago, and_________________________________ •
5. ______ number of books sold this month has reached 2， 000.
6.The teacher together with the students _______(be) discussing Reading Skills that was newly published in America.
