Li Denghai, with his muddy boots and tanned(晒黑的) face, may not look like he is one of China’s famous agricultural pioneers. But the 61-year-old man from Shandong Province has made scientific breakthroughs(突破), which made great contributions to China’s food security(安全). His main work has been in achieving the higher output of corn production.
Li, who holds the world record for the highest output of summer corn, once says, “Corn has a life; it sings and dances. If you listen clearly, it can speak to you.” He started his research in 1969 when he was 20 and just dropped out of a high school. He then read an article which pointed that corn output per mu in the USA was six times higher than that in China. He was shocked and set out to work on just a small piece of land round the clock to see if he could increase the output. He often went to the field with a flashlight late at night, if he had been away during the day. By careful nurturing (照料) he managed to double the output.
Li Denghai was awarded the “China Award for Significant Contribution to the Maize (玉米) Industry” in 2005, and the same year the company named after his own name came into the market on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Li, however, is never happier than when he is in the middle of his cornfields. “I can forget my tiredness when talking to my corns,” he says.
【小题1】When Li Denghai began the study of corn,       .

A.he just graduated from an ordinary high school
B.he was shocked that the corn output in China was so low
C.he was only in his thirties
D.he wasn’t really fond of his work
【小题2】The underlined phrase “round the clock” means     .
A.day and nightB.sooner or laterC.face to faceD.now and then
【小题3】From Mr. Li’s words in this passage, we can learn that     .
A.he is not good at communicating with people
B.he is too tired to go to the corn fields
C.he talks to his corn when feeling lonely
D.he loves his career deeply

以下是两篇课文选段,请任意选择一篇,并根据课文,在文中划线处填上适当单词,每空一词, (共10小题,计10分) 
1) Born in 1930, Dr Yuan __1___ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then,   2  ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time,   3  was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan _4__ for a way to increase rice harvests without __5__ the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These ___6___ harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are __7__ from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now __8___ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. __9___ to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to __10__ the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
2) The most universal   1   expression is, of course, the smile---its   2  is to show happiness and put people at   3  . It does not always mean that we are   4  happy, however. Smiles around the world can be _ , hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There are   5  smiles, such as when someone “lose face” and smiles to   6  it. However, the general   7  of smiling is to show good feelings.
From the time we are babies, we show   8  or anger by frowning. In most places around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone shows anger.   __9 _ a fist and shaking it almost always means that someone is angry and   10_  another person.

The Blue Mercury Hotel has a varieties of different hotel rooms for different kinds of people. Book 7 days in advance and you will pay at special rates. The categories are as follows.
A:Ruby No 1: with a balcony. One single bed and a computer , Internet accessible
Max: One person
Price: Regular Rate — $ 490 ( per person / per night)  With no special rate all year around
B:Sapphire No 2: With a balcony. Two double beds ( all standard rooms)
Max : Four people
Price : Regular rate — $ 220 ( per person / per night)
   Special rate — $ 190 ( per person / per night)
C:Emerald No 1: With a balcony. Two double beds or one king-size bed ( all standard room)
Max: Four people
Price : Regular rate — $290 ( per person / per night)
Special rate — $ 220  ( per person / per night)
D:Ruby No 2: With a balcony.  One bed room suite with one king—size bed
Max : two people
Price : Regular rate — $ 580 ( per person / per night)
Special rate — $400 ( per person / per night)
E:Emerald No 3: With a balcony. Two –bed room suite on the top floor of the oceanarium with two king-size beds
Max: Four people
Price: Regular rate — $900 ( per person / per night)
Special Rate — $760 ( per person / per night)
F:Sapphire No 1: With no balcony . Two double beds ( smaller space)
Max : Two people 
Price : Regular Rate — $120 ( per person / per night)
Special Rate — 90 ( per person / per night)
请阅读以下游客的信息,然后匹配游客和他/她在 The Mercury Hotel 居住的房间:
【小题1】Jane and Jessica, college students on holiday excursion, book the room of the Blue Mercury Hotel a fortnight ahead of time; plan to live in a room with the minimum pay.
【小题2】Jim and his newly married bride, arriving tomorrow morning , choose to have a suite with a king-size bed, for which they budget to pay at most $ 1200 for two of them for one night.
【小题3】Two couples on a trip stop at Blue Mercury Hotel. They like the place so much that they agree to stay in the hotel for two nights. Their budget is between $ 900-700 for each family.
【小题4】For Dave and his wife, they would rather book a suite where they can enjoy the ocean view, concerned less about the price of the room.
【小题5】Doctor King is having a conference at the Blue Mercury Hotel. He has to write his research paper. He wants to stay in a hotel room which has the suitable facilities

His name is Jamesbut people call him Rocky.The name fits.He’s bigover six feet talland he’s tough when he needs to? be.James “Rocky” Robinson lives and works in New York City’s Bedford?Stuyvesant districtone of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States.Yet it is here in Bed?Stuy that he is saving lives and reviving a community.

In 1966when Rocky was twenty?six years oldhis seven?year?old niece was struck by a car on the street of Bed?Stuy.Had someone at the scene known first aid or CPRshe might have lived.But by the time she reached a hospitalshe was dead.

His niece’s unnecessary death was one reason why Rocky became a paramedic (护理人员)Working for the Emergency Medical Service of New York Cityhe realized that more than half the city’s emergency calls came from high?crime areas.According to Rockyresidents of crime?plagued minority neighborhoods like Bed?Stuy sometimes had to wait as long as 26 minutes after calling 911 for an ambulance while calls in richer white communities were answered in_a_fraction_of_the_time.

Rocky decided to find out more about the problem.His research showed that the richer communities had organized their own ambulance corps (特殊部队) to improve city services because the city was overwhelmed with calls.“If that’s the key to success”he told his friend and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) colleagueJoe Perez“we’ll start our own corps in Bed?Stuy

In 1988Rocky had no idea that he and Joe would be attempting to establish the first minority?run ambulance service in the countryor just how creative he would have to be to overcome the difficulty.The pair’s first challenge was to find a location for the headquarters.They took over an abandoned building that was commonly used by drug dealers.Because there was no electricity or running water (except for the leaks in the roof)the two men worked during daylight hours.They used a two?way radio to receive emergency calls.

Although they could make do with their new headquartersRocky and Joe still lacked the most important component of an ambulance servicean ambulance.An old Chevrolet (雪佛兰) got them to the scenes of accidentsfiresshootingsand stabbings.But the car didn’t always start.At timesthey were forced to strap (用带捆绑) their trauma kits and oxygen tanks to their backs and run on foot to the emergencies.Everyone laughedexcept the victims who were still alive when? Rocky and Joe arrived.

1.The author believes the name “Rocky” fits James because________.

Ahe is a tall and tough man

Bhe is tall and does something big

Che is living in a tough community

Dhe leads a tough community

2.James’ seven?year?old niece would have been saved if________.

Ashe had been sent to a better hospital

Bshe had got first aid and arrived in hospital earlier

CJames had been at the spot

Demergency calls had been available in the area

3.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 means________.

Ain a short time

Bover a long time

Cin the near future

Dfrom time to time

4.We can infer from Paragraph 4 that________.

Aambulance corps were only allowed in rich white communities

BJames found white communities made more emergency calls

Ccity services were not enough to meet people’s need

Dit was easy to establish the minority?run ambulance service

 

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