Tracy told me a piece ofdisturbing news．题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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17．Tracy told me a piece ofdisturbing（disturb） news．

分析 Tracy告诉我一条令人不安的消息．

解答答案：disturbing
考查单词填空．news是名词，其前用形容词作定语，disturbing意为"令人不安的"．

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8．When Frida Kahlo's paintings were on show in London，a poet described her paintings as"a ribbon （丝带）around a bomb"．Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time．Sadly，she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time．
Born in 1907in a village near Mexico City，Kahlo suffered from polio（小儿麻痹症）at the age of seven．Her spine（脊柱）become bent as she grew older．Then，in 1925，her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident．Throughout the rest of her life，the artist had many operations，but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back．However，the accident had an unexpected side effect．While lying in her bed recovering，Kahlo taught herself to paint．
In 1929，she got married to Diego Rivera，another famous Mexican artist．Rivera's strong influence on Kahlo's style can be seen in her early works，but her later works from the 1940s，known today as her best works，show less influence from her husband．
Unfortunately，her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and1940s，even in her home country．Her first one-woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953．For more than a decade after her death in 1954，Kahlo's works remained largely unnoticed by the world，but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last．
5．What does the phrase"a much bigger name"in paragraph 1most nearly mean？D
A．a far better artist
B．a far more gifted artist
C．a much stronger person
D．a much more famous person
6．The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused byC
A．polio
B．her bent spine
C．back injuries
D．the operations she had
7．Kahlo's style had become increasingly independent since theB
A.1930s
B.1940s
C.1950s
D.1970s
8．What is author's attitude toward Kahlo？B
A．Devotion
B．Sympathy（同情）
C．Worry
D．Encouragement．

5．My soccer coach retired in last week．

12．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
D．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
To be honest，as a Senior Two student，my favorite sport is football．I was a member of our school football team．We practice for three times a week and often watch football match on TV or on the Internet together．Play football not only makes us grow tall and strong but also give us a sense of fair play and team spirit．We must keep in minds that we play for the team instead ourselves．Also sport teaches us the important of obeying the rules in a match．Each player must listen to the captain（队长），which is the leader of the team．And they must not break the rules too often if we want to win the game．

2．Putting more green space around an elementary school may help students develop some mental abilities，a study suggests．
Researchers tested students repeatedly over the course of a year on attentiveness（注意力） and working memory，which is the ability to keep something in mind temporarily for performing a task．Overall，students whose schools were surrounded by more green space improved more than pupils from schools with less green space．
The study tracked more than 2，000students in 36primary schools in Barcelona，Spain．The pupils were in the second to fourth grades when the study began．
Green space may help mental development in part by reducing air pollution from vehicles，according to an analysis by the researchers that included pollution data from the schools．
It may also help by reducing noise and encouraging physical activity，researchers said in a paper released Monday by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences．
"Policy makers should know that more green around the school is better for cognitive（认知的） development and that they should make sure that kids can see and play in green areas，"one author，Mark Nieuwenhuijsen of the Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona，said in an email．
"Existing urban schools should think about replacing concrete or other hard surfaces with green space，and even a few trees may help，"he suggested．
The researchers used satellite images to group schools according to how much green space appeared on the school grounds and within about 55yards of the school's property．Their analysis indicated that differences in socio-economic（社会经济学的） factors between schools did not account for the study outcome．
Sally Augustin，a psychologist in La Grange Park，Illinois，who uses research on how people react to their surroundings to consult on design of buildings，products and services，said the results made sense to her．
Augustin，who did not participate in the new study，said the results fit with previous findings that views of nature help children and adults lower stress and perform mental tasks better．
33．What do we know about the findings of the study？D
A．Attentiveness is the most important quality for students
B．A good memory enable students to perform a task better
C．School surrounded by more green space are favored by parents
D．More green space may help the mental development of students
34．According to Mark Nieuwenhuijsen，policy makers shouldB
A．reduce the noise near the school
B．provide more green space for kids
C．reduce air pollution from vehicles
D．encourage kids to play more sports
35．Why is Augustin mentioned in the passage？C
A．To introduce another interesting study
B．To present Augustin's view about the study
C．To make the findings of the study more convincing
D．To show a different viewponit．

9．The largest land animal remaining on the earth，the African elephant is of much importance to African ecosystem．Unlike other animals，the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment．As a giant plant-eater，it significantly shapes the forest-ad-savanna （大草原） surroundings in which it lives，therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat．
It is the elephant's great desire for food that makes it both a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its habitat．In its continuous search for the 300pounds of plants it must have every day，it kills small trees and underbushes，as well as pulls branches off big trees．This results in numerous open spaces in not only deep tropical foress but also the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas．In these open spaces are numerous plants in various stages of growth，which attract a variety of other plant-eaters．
Take the rain forests for example．In their natural state，the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor．By pulling down trees and eating plants，elephants create open spaces，allowing nw plants to grow on the forest floor．In such situations，the forests become suitable for large-hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small-sized plant-eaters to obtain their food as well．
Scientists are worried now that the African elephant has become an endangered species．If the elephant dies out，scientists say，many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna，greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem．
32．What is the passage mainly about？C
A．Disappearance of African elephants．
B．Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants．
C．The effect of African elephants'search for food．
D．The eating habit of African elephants．
33．The African elephant influences the ecosystem in the following ways except thatB．
A．it creates open areas in deep tropical forests as well as woodlands
B．it puls off the branches and leaves，shutting out the sunshine
C．its eating habit can be made use of by large-hoofed and small-sized animals
D．it encourages some kinds of plants growing in an indirect way
34．What does the underlined phrase"setting the terms"most probably mean？A
A．Deciding the conditions．
B．Worsening the state．
C．Improving the quality．
D．Fixing the time．
35．The passage is developed mainly byD．
A．presenting the changes in time order
B．making comparisons and giving examples
C．classifying similarities and differences
D．showing the effect and then explaining the reasons．

6．侄女 n．niece．

7．One of the main creators of the World Wide Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that the fast growth of the Internet is also creating serious problems．
He especially warns of false information being easily spread around the Internet，"A great danger is that it becomes a place where untruths start to spread more than truths，or it becomes a place which becomes increasingly unfair in some way．"In particular he mentions the phenomena of blogging．Blogging enables friends and contacts to easily spread information However he argues that people may too easily trust information mentioned in a blog．This inaccurate information can then easily become an accepted truth on the Internet．
He suggests that the most important development of the Internet will be in creating ways of allowing people to check the correctness of information by providing original sources．Sir Tim admits that this is an important challenge．It's interesting to note that Wikipedia（维基百科）has had to take steps to prevent false information being added to the biographies of living people．It's easy for anybody to edit the open source．However，some people have pointed out that it has been used to spread false materials．In seeking to raise standards，Wikipedia has sought to stop publishing the false material．
At the same time there is a growing view that the Internet has had a great effect on the way millions of people work．The last two years has seen a big growth in the use of the Internet．There appears no slow-down in the growth of the Internet with increasing access in the developing countries．Sir Tim says another major challenge will be to provide free Internet for everybody．Sir Tim was recently launching a new joint initiative（倡议）between Southampton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create the first degree in web science．The two schools hope to raise the standards of web content．

28．What is an especially serious problem that Sir Tim refers to？C
A．The growth of the Internet is too fast．
B．The Internet has a side effect on young children．
C．The false information spreads rapidly on the Internet．
D．The Internet companies compete against each other in an unfair way．
29．What causes the biographies to have false information？C
A．The Internet users refuses users to correct it．
B．Wikipedia doesn't take any steps．
C．Anybody can easily edit the biographies．
D．Wikipedia attempts to publish false materials．
30．According to the last paragraph，the purpose of the joint initiative is toB．
A．enlarge the use of the Internet
B．improve the reliability of online content
C．provide free Internet access to the poor countries
D．create the the first degree in science and technology
31．We can learn from the text thatC．
A．Sir Tim has built two schools recently
B．the Internet is harmful to the people's health
C．Sir Tim hopes everyone can use the Internet for free
D．the Internet develops slowly in the developing countries．

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