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What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question，you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-­technology（生物技术）. With the help of new medicine，the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents，murder and war. Today’s leading killers，such as heart disease，cancer，and aging itself，will become distant memories.

In discussion of technological changes，the Internet gets most of the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells（细胞） are the basic units of all living things，and until recently，scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells，such as those of brain cells，would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100，medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so，people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs（器官）. The medicine，made up of the basic building materials of life，will build new brain cells，heart cells，and so on－in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.

It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence，but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.

1.According to the passage，human death is now mainly caused by ________.

A．diseases and aging B．accidents and war

C．accidents and aging D．heart disease and war

2.In the author’s opinion，today’s most important advance in technology lies in（在于） ________.

A. the Internet B．medicine

C．brain cells D．human organs

3.Humans may live longer in the future because ________.

A．heart disease will be far away from us

B．human brains can decide the final death

C．the basic materials of cells will last forever

D．human organs can be repaired by new medicine

4.How long can humans live in the future according to the passage?

A．Over 100 years.

B．More than 120 years.

C．About 150 years.

D．The passage doesn’t tell us.

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写出下列单词的适当形式

1.My salary is paid into my bank ___________(账户) .

2.There is no point in ____________(尝试) to present your idea to him ------he’ll never listen.

3.She patiently explained all the rules to the students and ____________(要求) everyone to follow them.

4.What he did had a ______________(深远的) effect on us stuents.

5. What impressed me most is that she is a woman with great ______________.(决心).

6.Ji Xianlin earned a nationwide _____________(名誉) for his research in ancient Chinese.

7. Last Friday the teachers and students in No 1 Senior High held a grand ceremony in ___________(庆祝) of the opening ceremony of the Art Festival in our school.

8.It is reported that Fan Bingbing is very concerned with fashion, _____________(特别) when she is attends the press conference of her new film.

9.As we all know, the exports in our area are ___________(稳定地) increasing year by year.

10.Miller soon became a ____________(永恒的) player on the team.

Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.

Different cultures emphasize (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or less degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in "small talk", usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countries — like the UK or France — people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.

Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.

Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.

People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.

1.In some countries, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to ________.

A. get to know each otherB. share the same culture

C. keep each other companyD. develop closer relations

2.The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that ________.

A. the English prefer to make long speeches

B. even talk and silence can be culturally different

C. too many words are of no use

D. people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature

3.What would be the best title for the text?

A. How to Understand Each Other.

B. Multicultural Environment.

C. How to Build Up a Relationship.

D. Cross-Cultural Differences.

That morning, I got on the train as always. I was a publishing director and was reading my newspaper . But that day, I read it very . I thought I must be tired. At the office, I sat down, turned on my and found I couldn’t read the message on the screen.

Finally, worried drove me to hospital. There, confirmation came that I suffered from aphasia(失语症), a condition that it’s difficult or impossible to receive and produce language.

I was back at home a week later, and my was to get better and return to work in a couple of months. I started a speech therapist(治疗专家) three times a week, and was given homework to help my vocabulary and grammar. After a month, my own speech became —“Could you pass the salt?” “Shall we go for a walk?” — but I couldn’t have a conversation. I couldn’t read the newspaper.

For 25 years, I was used to a(n) day of meetings, and bringing three manuscripts home with me each night. I didn’t feel to say goodbye to my old self.

In the darkest months, I devoted myself to . I would spend hours writing a description of something like a pencil. I couldn’t novels or newspapers, so I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines easier to . My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, 56 much more slowly. I spent more time with my family, and myself to slow down.

Now, 10 years later, my relationship with my is deeper than ever. We have to be very patient with each other. I’m no longer a high-achieving publisher or someone who 10 books a week. I’m a family man with aphasia, and if I read 10 books a year, that’s good.

1.A. once again B. as usual C. in time D. at last

2.A.smoothly B. patiently C. worriedly D. slowly

3.A. radio B. compute C . phone D. typewriter

4.A. friends B. coaches C. colleagues D. roommates

5.A. means B. proves C. explains D. admits

6.A. discovery B. goal C. ability D. reason

7.A. seeing B. teaching C. describing D. greeting

8.A. receive B. repeat C. reunite D. rebuild

9.A. easy B. delightful C. functional D. fast

10.A. exciting B. busy C. interesting D. short

11.A. afraid B. anxious C. ready D. right

12.A. trying B. preparing C. focusing D. asking

13.A. similar B. strange C. special D. simple

14.A. produce B. recognize C. manage D. arrange

15.A. create B. understand C. write D. believe

16.A. since B. though C. unless D. when

17.A. allowed B. expected C. advised D. ordered

18.A. books B. illness C. doctors D. family

19.A. decided B. chosen C. continued D. learned

20.A. sells B. delivers C. reads D.collects

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

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(＼)划去。

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．每句不超过两个错误；

2．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

3．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

During the weekend I traveled by the air for the first time in my life. I usual travel

by train or bus. It‘s both cheaper and safe. But to fly in the sky was something new to

me. At the end I felt a little nervous. But very soon I became exciting when I found

me high up in the sky among the clouds. I also found that mountains, fields, river

and so on was interestingly small. I enjoy the frightening and comfortable journey

very much. After all, it is more interesting take a plane than to take a car．

What 1. ( be )English for？Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and 2. ( learn ) lists of words－the 3. ( long )the lists，the better. That’s wrong. Many students know hundreds of grammar rules， 4. they can’t speak correctly or 5. ( fluent ).They are afraid of making mistakes. English is the working language. It is widely 6. ( speak ) and used in the world.. Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak Chinese. Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them using English. English is also the language of global culture. You can listen to English songs 7. the radio 8. use English to communicate 9. people around the world through the Internet. With so many people communicating in English every day, 10. will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

I lay there buried alive under our house when the bomb hit our city. The great _started by the bomb came nearer and nearer to us as workers tried to us. “Hurry! ” they cried to one another as the flames(火焰) came nearer. At last they reached us and me and my mother out from under everything the flames reached us .

Later, as I thought of the pilot of the plane that _ _ the bomb on our city, I cried, “I hate him. I hate him.” The people with marked faces from the _ of the bomb made me cry, “I hate him.” I saw people suffering a terrible, _ death. Again and again I cried as I saw these people, “I hate him!”

Some time later, that man appeared in a meeting I _ . As I looked at him, I _ him very much. Then I listened to what he told us of his _ the day when he dropped the bomb on our city. I heard him say, “When I flew over the city_ we dropped the bomb, I cried, ‘Oh, God ,what have I _ ’.” I could see that he found it _ to speak of that day.

As this happened I suddenly _ my hatred (仇恨) of him was _ . It only made me unhappy also. As I did this, it was as if a heavy load (负担) _ my shoulders. Then I decided to

him. I did so and my life was _ .

I now help those who suffer from _ other people. I try to help them to _ everyone, as I am now able to do.

1.A．sound B．heat C．fire D．light

2.A．callB．reachC．find D．help

3.A．putB．sent C．pulled D．brought

4.A．after B．as C．when D．before

5.A．made B．dropped C．attacked D．set

6.A．noiseB．energy C．effect D．power

7.A．slow B．serious C．sad D．hard

8.A．joined B．took C．attended D．gave

9.A．hated B．feared C．honored D．believed

10.A．activity B．idea C．experience D．opinion

11.A．when B．afterC．as D．before

12.A．got B．heard C．done D．seen

13.A．difficult B．easy C．useless D．proud

14.A．imagined B．realized C．knew D．thought

15.A．right B．funny C．necessary D．wrong

16.A．took awayB．took off C．fell off D．fell on

17.A．forgive B．killC．defeat D．accept

18.A．balanced B．changed C．continued D．ruined

19.A．punishing B．hurting C．dislikingD．hating

20.A．respect B．love C．considerD．move

While your pet fish may appear to be ignorant of your presence, chances are that it knows you extremely well and can probably even identify you from a crowd of human faces! At least, that is the conclusion reached by scientists the University of Oxford in the U.K. and the University of Queensland in Australia, following an extensive study of the archerfish (喷水鱼), a species of tropical fish that can be found all the way from India to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Australia.

The ability to distinguish between human faces is a complex task. That’s because we all have the same basic features — two eyes sitting above a nose and a mouth. It’s only the subtle differences that make humans distinct from one another. Since this requires a combination of both visual sense and memory, researchers had always assumed that it was a skill possessed only by those with complicated brains, i.e., humans, a few select animals — such as horses, cows, dogs, monkeys and some birds, like pigeons.

To test if this assumption was accurate, a team of scientists led by Dr. Cait Newport, Marie Curie Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University, decided to study fish. The aquatic (水生的) animals have small brains that lack the neocortex（大脑新皮层）, or neocortex-like structure, believed to help recognize the subtle differences between human facial features.

The team began by presenting four archerfish with images of two human faces. Initially, the fish spat randomly at both. However, they soon learned that pouring water at the one selected by the researchers earned them a food treat. After that, they focused primarily on that image. The researchers then took the experiment one step further, by introducing 44 other human faces to the mix.

To the researcher’s astonishment, the trained archerfish were able to recall the learned image almost 81% of the time. And this accuracy improved to 86% when the researchers made the identification even harder, by replacing the colored photos with a set of black and white images and hiding the shape of the head.

1.What is the conclusion of the study made by the scientists from the universities?

A. Some fish may ignore your presence.

B. Some fish can recognize your faces.

C. Some fish have complicated brains.

D. Some fish have large brains.

2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. The ability to distinguish between human faces.

B. A combination of visual sense and memory.

C. The ability of memorizing complicated things.

D. The ability of telling beasts from birds.

3.In the experiment, the researchers trained the archerfish _______.

A. by taking photos of fish

B. by improving people’s images

C. by rewarding them with food

D. by covering their heads

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。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\ )划掉。

注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分

Life is not easy for any of us. We will unavoidably suffered bitterness and sadness from failure. Thus, there is very important for us to have a good mood in our daily life. If you have a good mood, you will be happy with everything in the world. Most important, you will have an optimistic effect at the people around you. We all will live harmonious and happy life. It is good for our health as well.

However, sometimes when you meet some difficulties, when you quarrel with others, but when you fail in doing nothing, you may have a bad mood. If so, you should get rid of it as soon as possibly. As we all know, every coin has two sides. So you should think more about its bright side. We are sure that everything will be better with time passed by.

Remember: only you can make himself happy.

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