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It's ________ me why Alice, aged 28, gave up her job and got married to a man of 82.


  1. A.
    under
  2. B.
    above
  3. C.
    beyond
  4. D.
    over
C
句意：二十八岁的艾丽斯为什么要辞掉工作嫁给了一个八十二岁的老头．这超出了我的想象。beyond超出；在……外。beyond sb.超出某人的能力或想象。
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I give two examples as to why intelligent life may not actually exist, though I admit that for me, or even for a physicist who devoted his or her entire life to researching and studying the universe, it's shocking to claim that completely no life exists elsewhere.
Keeping that in mind, I'd just like to consider conditions elsewhere in the known universe. You really only need to look at our own solar system or the Earth at certain periods in its own history to appreciate that most places are much worse and much less suitable for life than our mild, watery globe.
So far, space scientists have discovered about seventy planets outside the solar. But it appears that if you wish to have a planet suitable for life, you just have to be very lucky, and the more advanced the life is, the luckier you'll have to be. I'm by no means a space observer, but I can recognize some particularly fortunate breaks we've had on the Earth. For example:
We are, to a degree, at the right distance from the perfect type of star, the one that is big enough to radiate a huge amount of energy, but not so big as to bum itself out quickly. Had our sun been ten times as huge, it would have burnt out completely after only ten million years, instead of ten billion and surely we would not exist. Too near, everything on the Earth would have boiled and withered away; any further, everything would have frozen over.
The universe is a surprising place, and our existence within it is a wonder. If a long and unimaginably complex sequence of events dating back 4.6 billion years or so hadn't happened in a particular manner at a particular time --if, to take just one example, the dinosaurs hadn't been wiped out by a meteor(流星)--we might still be a few centimeters long, with whisker(胡须) and a tail, and you'll be reading this in a cave somewhere

  1. 1.

    What's the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      No Life Exists out of the Earth
    2. B.
      Seventy Planets Discovered
    3. C.
      A Place Full of Wonders
    4. D.
      Perfect Conditions for Life
  2. 2.

    What makes the Earth more suitable for life than other planets in the solar system?

    1. A.
      The Earth is the only planet that can receive energy from the sun
    2. B.
      The sun is at the right distance from us and in proper size
    3. C.
      The distance between the planets was neither too long nor too near
    4. D.
      The dinosaurs were no longer a threat to the Earth
  3. 3.

    What does the underlined phrase "withered away" in the 4th paragraph mean?

    1. A.
      Exploded
    2. B.
      Expanded
    3. C.
      Floated away
    4. D.
      Dried and died
  4. 4.

    Where does the text probably come from?

    1. A.
      A history book
    2. B.
      A magazine
    3. C.
      A science fiction
    4. D.
      A famous novel

--What an amazing film!It's the most interesting film I've ever seen．

--But I'm sure it won't interest ________．


  1. A.
    somebody
  2. B.
    anybody
  3. C.
    everybody
  4. D.
    nobody

Collections were the inspiration（灵感） for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn. Each child （aged 12-13） beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom. Some were left empty to encourage.
The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one. "It's a sort o f Cinderella （灰姑娘） story," she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, ha the story these become love letters, burned by a creel stepmother. Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother. "I'm in Charlotte's story too," says Lauren, "and I get run over." Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection. "We've collected foreign coins for years - since our families went on holiday to Tenerife." she explains. "That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in." Lauren continues: "I fred a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. I'm in hospital and then I die." Charlotte adds: "Or she might not die. I haven't decided yet."
Millie Murray, who is a tea-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction（限制）。 "In the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?'" she says. "But it's been fruitful. Some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have wlstten complete stories. It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise, winch can only be a good thing."

  1. 1.

    What were the children asked to do in the project?

    1. A.
      To meet friends at Thomas Tallis School
    2. B.
      To write stories on the subject of collections.
    3. C.
      To encourage visitors to write their own stories.
    4. D.
      To have their friends for characters in the stories.
  2. 2.

    The underlined word "pesetas" in Paragraph 2 is a kind of ________.

    1. A.
      story
    2. B.
      collection
    3. C.
      inspiration
    4. D.
      foreign coin
  3. 3.

    From the stories by Lauren and Charlotte, we know that ________ .

    1. A.
      Charlotte hurt herself when getting a coin
    2. B.
      both of them developed their imagination
    3. C.
      both of tram will die in each other's stories
    4. D.
      Latwen's cousin posted her some love letters
  4. 4.

    Millie Murray thinks ________.

    1. A.
      collections could inspire writing creativity
    2. B.
      it was good for parents to have collections
    3. C.
      inspirations were very useful in writing stories
    4. D.
      setting collection subjects restricted inspirations

One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce(离婚). Lawyer was very puzzled. After having a chat with them, he got their story.
This couple had been quarreling all their 40 years of marriage. Nothing ever seems to go right.
They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing. Now, all their children have already grown up, and have their own family. There's nothing else the old couple have to worry about. All they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.
While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband. “I really love you, but I really can't carry on any more, I'm sorry.”
"It's OK, I understand." said the husband.
Little did she know that, over the years, the husband has been trying all ways to please her. Little did she know that drumsticks were the husband's favorite.
Little did he know that she never thought he understands her at all. Little did he know that she hates drumsticks even though all he wants is the best for her.
That night, both of them couldn't sleep, toss and turn, toss and turn. After hours, the old man couldn't take it any more. He knows that he still loves her, and he can't carry on life without her. He wants her back. He wants to tell her he is sorry. He wants to tell her, "I love you."
He picked up the phone, started dialing her number. Ringing never stops. He never stops dialing.
On the other side, she was sad. She couldn't understand how come after all these years. He still doesn't understand her at all. She loves him a lot, but she just can't take it any more. Phone's ringing, she refuses to answer knowing that it's him. "I want to keep it this way, if not I will lose face. "She thought. Phone is still ringing. She has decided to pull out the cord(线).
Little did she remember he had heart problems.
The next day, she received news that he had passed away. She rushed down to his apartment, saw his body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone. He had a heart attack when he was still trying to get through (接通) her phone line

  1. 1.

    The old couple wanted to file a divorce because ______.

    1. A.
      they had no child
    2. B.
      their children didn’t like them
    3. C.
      they didn’t understand each other actually
    4. D.
      the old man didn’t love the old woman
  2. 2.

    Why didn’t they file a divorce before they were at the age of 70?

    1. A.
      Because they were loving each other then
    2. B.
      Because they had no time to lawyer’s office
    3. C.
      Because they wanted to make their divorce open
    4. D.
      Because they didn’t wish to affect their children’s up-bringing
  3. 3.

    According to the passage we can know that ______.

    1. A.
      the old man still loved his wife really
    2. B.
      the wife didn’t love her husband at all
    3. C.
      their children still lived with old couple
    4. D.
      they were in harmony over 40 years
  4. 4.

    After the last paragraph the old woman would be ______.

    1. A.
      wild with joy
    2. B.
      wild with grief(悲伤)
    3. C.
      unconcern about it
    4. D.
      angry at that

"Remember, your father is only one year older than you．" That was Mom's usual excuse when Dad said the1 things or did something foolish．
Dad2 drinking exactly one year before I was born．He3  a group of other people who had also stopped drinking．I loved my dad but I4 the way his weekly meetings took him away from me．It seemed they were more 5  to him than I was．But with my6  coming up I thought Dad would make an exception．"Can" t you7  it just this time? Saturday is my birthday! " I begged him．He8 , "I'm chairing the meeting this Saturday．We will have your party on Sunday．"
Saturday evening I sat on my bed, feeling 9  for myself．Dad started to leave, then10  and said, "Why not come with me tonight? It' s an open meeting．All are 11 ．" What would I do at a meeting? But maybe I needed to see why something Dad did every week   12 so much。
After we arrived, Dad announced the13 of the meeting was going to be gratitude．"Today I'm 14  seventeen years of stopping drinking, " he continued．"One year after quitting drinking I received the most 15  gift of my life, my daughter．I'm so grateful that she has  16  seen me drunk．" Shame washed over me．
Later, a man called Dave also told his17．Only then did I know it was Dad that saved his life from drinking．Dad was the18he was at the meeting that day．Showing up week after week and  19 with people, Dad was changing lives．I was so20  of him．

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      wrong
    2. B.
      kind
    3. C.
      careful
    4. D.
      serious
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      considered
    2. B.
      enjoyed
    3. C.
      quitted
    4. D.
      practiced
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      encouraged
    2. B.
      joined
    3. C.
      respected
    4. D.
      mentioned
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      forgot
    2. B.
      explored
    3. C.
      regretted
    4. D.
      hated
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      important
    2. B.
      funny
    3. C.
      successful
    4. D.
      helpful
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      exam
    2. B.
      chance
    3. C.
      fortune
    4. D.
      birthday
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      change
    2. B.
      replace
    3. C.
      miss
    4. D.
      finish
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      declared
    2. B.
      promised
    3. C.
      continued
    4. D.
      refused
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      sorry
    2. B.
      ready
    3. C.
      good
    4. D.
      guilty
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      parked
    2. B.
      paused
    3. C.
      doubted
    4. D.
      wondered
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      surprised
    2. B.
      prepared
    3. C.
      welcome
    4. D.
      excited
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      benefited
    2. B.
      required
    3. C.
      offered
    4. D.
      mattered
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      theme
    2. B.
      result
    3. C.
      origin
    4. D.
      secret
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      facing
    2. B.
      performing
    3. C.
      celebrating
    4. D.
      suffering
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      precious
    2. B.
      expensive
    3. C.
      generous
    4. D.
      attractive
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      Ever
    2. B.
      never
    3. C.
      nearly
    4. D.
      seldom
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      joke
    2. B.
      puzzle
    3. C.
      response
    4. D.
      story
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      value
    2. B.
      result
    3. C.
      purpose
    4. D.
      reason
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      living
    2. B.
      meeting
    3. C.
      arguing
    4. D.
      moving
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      tired
    2. B.
      proud
    3. C.
      fond
    4. D.
      ashamed

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