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You're riding in the car on this family vacation. Suddenly your dad slows down. And you may see the following：

1. Bubblegum Alley

San Luis Obispo, California

Some call it art; others call it just plain gross. Bubblegum Alley is covered from top to bottom with wads of chewed gum, a tradition that was started mysteriously by locals in the 1950s. Some artists even created images of funny faces and the American flag.

2. Blue Whale

Catoosa, Oklahoma

Not ready to dive the depths of the ocean to see a blue whale? No problem. Just visit this 80-foot-long cement beast, which even has a slide and diving board so visitors can take a dip in the pond. When the artist died, the whale fell into disrepair. Neighbors couldn't stand to see the grinning whale fall apart, so they fixed it and now keep it bright with gallons of blue paint.

3. Lonesome Legs

Amarillo, Texas

Just what are these large legs doing in a cow pasture? According to artist Lightnin' McDuff, they represent a poem about a traveler who finds a bodiless statue of an Egyptian pharaoh (法老) called Ozymandias. Using concrete over a steel frame, McDuff constructed the legs to appear as if they were made of weathered sandstone. And the socks? A prankster (恶作剧的人) keeps adding them—even though McDuff always removes the unwanted addition.

4. Giant Penguin

Cut Bank, Montana

Bundle up (使……穿暖)when you visit this statue, because temperatures here can get as low as 47 degrees below zero. As a nod to the frosty conditions, a local businessman built the 27-foot-tall penguin out of 10,000 pounds of concrete. The creator left for warmer weather, but the statue—7 times the height of a real emperor penguin—still stands, welcoming visitors to its chilly home.

1.What led to the formation of the Bubblegum Alley?

A. Artists made it by creating images of funny faces and the American flag.

B. It’s covered with pieces of chewed gum.

C. It spread for some unknown reason.

D. Artists guided this trend.

2.The following are descriptions about these sites, which is TRUE?

①The Blue Whale has been ruined.

②Visitors can entertain in the whale.

③The socks were added by the designer.

④The legs were made of weathered sandstone.

⑤The penguin is located in a very cold area.

⑥The statue of penguin is 6 times higher than a real emperor penguin.

A. ①②③

B. ④⑤⑥

C. ①④⑤

D. ②⑤⑥

3.What impression of these sites does the author give you?

A. Funny.

B. Strange.

C. Amazing.

D. Usual.

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Qing Ming Jie (All Souls' Day) is a time to remember1.dead. It is a major Chinese festival which2.(fall) in early spring. It is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forefathers.

Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Tui,3.lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C.Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lord's life by serving a piece of4.own leg. When the lord 5.(succeed)in becoming the ruler of a small kingdom, he invited his faithful follower to join him. But Jie declined the invitation,6.(prefer) to lead a quiet life with his mother in the mountains.

Believing that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain, the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire.7., Jie chose to remain where he was and was burnt to8.(die).To honor Jie, the "cold food feast day" began, when no fire could be lit.

As time passed, the Qing Ming festival replaced the "cold food" festival. To make the festival even more9.(meaning),some time should be spent to remind the younger members of the family10. contributions of their ancestors, and the story of Jie Zi Tui.

Your next ca might drive itself. After years of trials on city streets, driverless vehicles are now nearing the live phase. Last moth, a driverless bus began carrying passengers through Lyon, France, Most in the automobile industry think self-driving vehicles will be on the road by 2020 or before.

Driverless cars will at first be huddled with human-driven cars. But the first places where they will become dominant（统治的）are dense urban areas — precisely the spots most damaged by the automobile age. Many advanced cities are already reducing the role of human-driven cargo. Driverless cars will quicken that process and will bring us enormous benefits.

Driverless cars will reduce accidents by around 90 percent. That’s big—the annual death toll on the world’s roads is about 1.2 million a year. Pollution and carbon emissions will drop, because urban driverless cars will be electric. The old, otherwise they would stay at home most of the time and the disabled and teenagers will suddenly gain mobility.

On the other hand, driverless cars will bring catastrophe. The best thing about the automobile age was that it employed tens of millions of people to make, market, insure and drive vehicles. Over the next 20 years, the mostly low-skilled men who now drive trucks, taxis and buses will see their jobs reduced. Carmakers are especially scared. The few cars of the future might be made by tech companies such as Apple, Baidu and Google. Imaging the impact on Germany, where the automotive sector is the largest industry.

Dramatic change is coming, and driverless cars could arrive by 2020. But governments have barely begun thinking about it. Only 6 percent of the biggest US cities have factored them into their long-term planning.

A decade ago anyone hardly saw the Smartphone coming. It has bought an epidemic of mass addiction. Let’s hope we do a better job of handling the driverless car.

1.The underlined words “be huddled with” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “ “.

A. show up B. exist together

C. get rid of D. take the place of

2.Why can driverless cars reduce pollution and carbon emissions?

A. Driverless cars reduce the number of cars.

B. Driverless cars will be powered by electricity.

C. Driverless cars save fuel by driving themselves.

D. Driverless cars will reduce too many accidents.

3.What’s the author’s attitude toward driverless cars?

A. Doubtful. B. Negative.

C. Objective. D. Worried.

4.What can we know about driverless cars?

A. They will not hit the road until 2020.

B. They will only be used in urban areas.

C. They will not cause any road accident.

D. They aren’t still seriously taken by leaders.

Recently I read the Human Development Report. I couldn’t help thinking about another problem which the world is facing--hunger. According to the report, 2,400 people are dying from hunger every day; nearly 13 million in southern Africa will be worried about their food supply because of earthquakes, floods or wars.

In a word, hunger remains the biggest problem of the world today. It’s strange to see that man can travel to the moon, but still doesn’t know how to feed himself. You may ask, “Who steals our bread? The first thieves should be population growth, poverty and loss of rich farmland.

In less developed areas like South Africa, the population grows faster than the crops. It is almost impossible for its government to feed so many people and provide education for them. So it is very important to control the population growth and protect their farmland in countries whose people are suffering from hunger.

According to the report, the world’s food production is enough to feed everyone if it is given away well. But the problem is that the developed countries are eating food that should be given to the poor. Although they are just using their own earning, the fact is that they are coldly watching others starving away.

Luckily, some developed countries such as Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have done a lot to help those hungry people in African countries. We hope other developed countries will follow them.

1.According to the passage, which of the following CANNOT help to make fewer people hungry?

A. Poor countries protect their rich farmland.

B. Poor countries control their population growth.

C. Rich countries give some food to the poor ones.

D. Rich countries produce more food to feed themselves.

2.What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?

A. Poor countries are cold and going to die out.

B. Rich countries aren’t willing to help poor countries.

C. Rich countries notice the problems of the poor countries

D. Rich countries are trying their best to help poor countries.

3.Why are many people suffering from hunger in developing countries?

A. Because there are so many people.

B. Because there are so many developed countries.

C. Because there are so many natural disasters and wars.

D. Because there isn’t enough food production in the world.

4.What does the author mean in the last sentence?.

A. More countries will give help to Norway.

B. More countries will be as rich as Sweden.

C. Poor countries should learn from rich ones.

D. More rich countries will help the hungry people.

Love Is Blind: The Magic of Tabby

In October, 2003 I started my work at my local animal shelter’s Adoption Department. Over the years, more than 50,000 animals have ______ the doors of the shelter. Most of them, I do not remember. But occasionally there are ______ animals, who touch me so deeply that I could never possibly ______ them. Tabby was one such animal. Tabby was an ancient Cocker Spaniel, probably 14 years old. What’s more, she was blind and deaf. Tabby’s chances at adoption seemed ______ at best. After all, we didn’t have many adopters coming in ______, “Can you show me all of your really old dogs who are also ______ ?” We had all thought that Tabby would live out the rest of her life at the ______.

One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter. Her son, Gary, had ______ Tabby’s picture and stories on the shelter’s website at home. They were interested in meeting her! It was the only ______ we ever received about Tabby. What could a young child possibly see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind and deaf? Most boys would want a dog who could grow with them and ______ through grassy fields on summer days. Tabby would ______ be able to do that. But after meeting her, Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family. They adopted Tabby! If Tabby’s story had simply ended with her ______ adoption, it would still have been something very special indeed. ______, it was what happened after her adoption that people might regard as “magic”. Gary _____ from seizures(癫痫). Since Gary and Tabby met they became ______. They did everything together. They became so “in tune” with one another that Tabby began to telegraph Gary’s seizures ______ they occurred, giving his family ______ that one was about to strike. What’s more, Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby’s ______.

How could it be? Nobody could explain _____ Tabby did it. But those of us who were fortunate enough to know her and her family had ______ the magic, the kind that has its roots in love.

1.A. broken B. passed C. painted D. locked

2.A. strange B. active C. wild D. special

3.A. recall B. leave C. forget D. abandon

4.A. remote B. great C. fair D. potential

5.A. wondering B. stating C. seeking D. asking

6.A. stubborn B. active C. disabled D. patient

7.A. hospital B. shelter C. farm D. roadside

8.A. posted B. taken C. seen D. drawn

9.A. letter B. donation C. call D. enquiry

10.A. get B. run C. look D. break

11.A. often B. possibly C. never D. generally

12.A. successful B. normal C. temporary D. early

13.A. However B. Moreover C. Therefore D. Otherwise

14.A. learnt B. suffered C. heard D. differed

15.A. indifferent B. uncomfortable C. unfortunate D. inseparable

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

17.A. explanation B. notice C. suggestion D. warning

18.A. arrival B. birth . C. return D. recovery

19.A. where B. how C. when D. whether

20.A. witnessed B. created C. achieved D. performed

How many articles are there about making money online? Thousands?  Millions? Enough? Probably. But too many of them are just sales pitches（托辞）to convince you to sign up for some seminar(研讨班), webinar(在线会议), training session or some other way to become an online millionaire. 1.. But there are legitimate（合法的；正当的）ways to make money online. And you’ve got to work from home or turn an idea into a business.

Many are real jobs that require you to put in hours if you want to get paid. 2. :

Take it seriously. You can do the work in your underwear, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a “real job”. You must treat it seriously, or they aren’t going to treat you as a serious candidate. You aren’t the only one who wants to work in their underwear.  3..

Be professional.4.. Write in complete sentences with proper grammar. Of course, there will be exceptions, but if so, you must keep it professional. You’re building their view of you.

Give some, but not all. Whether you’re providing writing

samples, a photography portfolio(文件夹) or links to your work, give them enough examples, but not so many that they don’t even know where to start. Make sure everything you send to a co mpany, whether a résumé, an email or a portfolio, is good to go. Double check your grammar and wording. 5.. Don’t spell their name wrong and be sure to type it how they type it.

A. I’m going to tell you about some legitimate ways to make money online

B. Here are some tips for actually getting the job

C. This is especially important when it comes to the company’s name

D. When you submit a résumé, don’t type it in ALL CAPS

E. They really give online money making a bad name

F. They also require real work

G. In fact, the competition online is likely higher than it is in your local area

I am always the first person 1.(get) to the office. The mornings are always very busy and the afternoons are even 2. (busy)! Meetings and phone calls take3. a large part of the day. Every minute of the day 4.(fill) with urgent matters. By around eight o’clock, I usually find some time to do my own paperwork and answer some 5.(person) e-mails.

When I get home at about ten, I look at some documents 6. I bring back from the office so that I can be ready for the next 7.（）day) work. I get to bed around midnight8.my wife and children are already asleep.

I seldom have time for fun and other 9.(activity) with my family. My family complains about 10.. But I try to work hard so that I can make more money for them. Besides, I get bored if there’s nothing to do. I like being busy.

Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still ____ the traditional customs.

A. expand B. possess

C. observe D. behave

You can’t make a call or send a text on your mobile phone in the US town of Green Bank, West Virginia. Wireless Internet is outlawed, as is Bluetooth. As you approach the tiny town on a two-lane road that snakes through the mountains, your mobile phone signal drops out, and your radio stops working. The rusted pay phone on the north side of town is the only way for a visitor to reach the rest of the world. It’s a pre-modern place by design, lacking of the latest technologies that define life today.

The reason for the town’s empty airwaves is apparent the moment you arrive. It’s the Robert C. Byrd telescope, also known as the GBT, a shiny white, 147-metre-tall satellite dish. It’s the largest of its kind in the world and one of nine in Green Bank, all of them government owned and operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).

You don’t look through these kinds of telescopes. They’re radio telescopes, so instead of looking for distant stars, they listen for them. There’s a long line of astronomers all over the world who want to use the telescope which is so sensitive that it could hear a single snowflake hitting the ground 1,000 miles away.

Such a sensitive listening tool needs total technological silence to operate, so in 1958 the US government created a National Radio Quiet Zone, a 33,000 km2 area covering Green Bank where, to this day, electronic and radio signals are forbidden every hour of every day.

People who live within a 15km of the Green Bank telescope are allowed to use landline telephones, wired Internet and cable televisions, but microwave ovens, wireless Internet and radios are forbidden. You can have a mobile phone, but you won’t get a signal.

Because of how much its way of life varies from the rest of America, Green Bank seems to be a somewhat isolated (隔绝), even alien place. For locals, the technology ban is annoying. For others who come to Green Bank for a little rest and relaxation, the town has become a refuge.

1.What do we know about the town of Green Bank from Paragraph 1?

A. It’s located at the base of a large mountain.

B. It is geographically and technologically isolated.

C. Its telecommunications are affected by its geography.

D. Many people live in the town and its surrounding areas.

2.How does the GBT work?

A. It traps light waves in its huge dish.

B. It stops all electronic and radio signals.

C. It receives pictures from space satellites.

D. It listens for and receives noises from space.

3.What equipment are locals of the Green Bank allowed to use?

A. Cable TV, wired Internet and radio.

B. Landline phones, wired Internet and cable TV.

C. Public phones, wireless Internet and mobile phones.

D. Landline phones, microwave ovens and cable internet.

4.What does the underlined word “refuge” in the last paragraph most probably mean?

A. A place of escape. B. A source of confusion.

C. An area of interest. D. A sign of danger.

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