2.If you've ever wondered how dancers would tell the story of a man and a woman's love for each other through dance moves,you should watch people dance the Rumba.(36)B And it is considered the most passionate(富有激情的)ballroom dance.
Like many Latin dances,the Rumba has its roots (根源) in Africa.When the Spanish first moved to the New World,they brought African slaves to work for them.(37)E  When they were finished with a hard day's work,they would sometimes find the person they were in love with and dance the Rumba.(38)DThey wanted to dance the Rumba in public!
The dance slowly spread and grew in popularity.Then,in the 1930s,the famous dance teacher Monsieur Pierre saw the Rumba being danced in New York and he decided it was so exiting and interesting it should be danced in London,too.(39)Atoday there are several types of Rumba people dance.Some dance a type of Rumba that is very fast and features big movements.(40)CNo matter what type of Rumba people dance,the story the dance tells is still the same:the love between a man and a woman.

A.From there,the Rumba spread across the world.
B.This popular dance is from the island nation of Cuba.
C.Others dance a slow type of Rumba and use small steps.
D.When slave masters saw this dance,they were impressed.
E.Slaves worked long hours and had very few ways to relax.
F.When the Rumba was first danced,it referred to a dance party.
G.This dance became a formal dance done in public with a partner.
1.When Emily Beardmore first heard that a trip was being planned by the biology class at Windsor High School,she thought about how much fun it would be.
"I thought it would be a really good experience to go with other friends and teachers to another country in an environment other than a vacation environment,"the 1-year-old said.
A few months later,Emily got her chance when she and 14 of her classmates,along with biology teacher Tamara Pennington went to Costa Rica for eight days in late May.
"It was not just a tour,"said Pennington,who organized the trip."You can go to any place in the world on just a tour.This one was practical,really working with the sea turtles and practicing conservation (保护).It just seemed like the perfect science field trip for kids who think they want to get into science to see what it's really like to be out in the field and enjoy themselves."
Emily said her time on the turtle project,which was the focus of the trip,was"crazy"."We were walking on the beach at night and you can't see anything-just see a big black dot (点),"she said with a laugh."I was not expecting the turtles to be that big."The turtles are leatherback turtles,which are becoming extinct because their eggs are used as food.
"When they would move their legs while laying their eggs they were really hard to control because th ey were a lot more powerful than you would imagine,"Emily said.
Once the eggs were collected,the students took them back to a hatchery (孵化场) and dug holes to copy the hole the mother turtle had made and then buried the eggs for the 60 days needed to hatch.
"It was an amazing experience,"Emily said."You go to another country to see what their culture is like and learn what their everyday lives are like.It made me really want to help out my mom a lot more than I do,and value what I have."

32.From what Emily said on her turtle project,we know thatD.
A.she was afraid of walking on the beach at night
B.she didn't dare to catch the powerful turtles
C.she got crazy at the sight of turtles at night
D.she had thought turtles were small animals
33.What did Emily learn from her experience?A
A.She understood the importance of what she had.
B.She learned to be grateful to her teachers.
C.She realized the beauty of foreign culture.
D.She knew the importance of everyday life.
34.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?D
A.Emily thought the trip being planned by the biology class would be fun.
B.Totally,16 people went to Costa Rica for the 8-day trip in May.
C.Generally,it takes about 60 days to hatch little turtles.
D.The trip mainly aimed to get fun and rest.
35 What would be the best tit le for the passage?B
A.Teens take a science field trip in Costa Rica
B.Teens help fight turtle extinction
C.Teens have a research on turtles
D.Teens learn to be independent.
20.In high school,Georg.Oe Lucas didn't do much work because he spent all his time dreaming about racing cars.
Just a few days before graduation,George was driving home from the library in his Fiat; he prepared for a left turn by looking in the mirror.But as he started the turn,he heard the sound of another car,a blowing horn (喇叭),and the speeding Chevy hit the driver side of his car.The little Fiat turned four or five complete flips (翻转) before it was stopped by a big tree.Luckily,George did not die in the accident,but his recovery was slow and he needed months of physical treatment.He would never be able to race cars now.
The accident really changed George's life.He decided there must be some reason he survived,and made up his mind to get his act together and make something out of his life.He decided to go to university and developed an interest in reading and writing.He got on quite well in his studies.He didn't quite forget about racing cars.At that time instead of driving race cars,he began filming them.
You may have seen one or all of George Lucas's most famous films from the Star Wars series or the Indiana Jones trilogy (三部曲).Not only has George produced movies,but also he has helped invent and develop new technologies to modernize the movie industry.
Today,Lucas is one of the American film industry's most successful directors and producers,with a net (净收入) worth of about $3.0 billion.

21.What was George Lucas's life like in high school?C
A.He was the best race car driver.
B.He was one of the worst students in school.
C.He didn't spend much time on his studies.
D.He did very well in his school subjects.
22.When did the traffic accident happen?A
A.When George prepared for a left turn.
B.As George was driving to school.
C.When George saw something in the mirror.
D.As George had started to turn left in his Fiat.
23.We can learn from this passage thatA.
A.George was seriously injured in the accident
B.George was lucky and not injured badly
C.George's Fiat was not seriously damaged
D.the Chevy driver wasn't injured in the accident.
18.(36)FYou probably think you will never be a top student.This is not necessarily so.However,anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to.Here is how:
Plan your time carefully.When planning your work,you should make a list of things that you have to do.After making this list,you should make a schedule of your time.First your time for eating,sleeping,dressing,etc.Then decide a good,regular time for studying.(37)CA weekly schedule may not solve all your problems,but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area.Keep this space,which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room,free of everything but study materials.No games,radios,or television.When you sit down to study,concentrate on the subject.
Make good use of your time in class. (38)DListening carefully in class means less work later.Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
Study regularly. When you get home from school,go over your notes,review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day,read that material.(39)AIf you do these things regularly,the material will become more meaningful,and you'll remember it longer.
Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject.They help you remember your new knowledge.The world won't end if you don't pass a test,so don,t be over worried.
(40)BYou will probably discover them after you have tried these.

A.This will help you understand the next class.
B.There are other methods that might help you with your studying.
C.Don't forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.
D.Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.
E.No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.
F.Maybe you are an average student.
G.Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.
17.China is a country on the move-especially around its Lunar New Year holiday.This year,the holiday crush(客流量)promises to be even heavier than before.
Government officials estimate that Chinese people will take to the air,roads and railways 3.62 billion times over a 40-day period around the nation's most important holiday this year as people push their way home for family gatherings or to satisfy their new-found passion for travel.
Getting tickets to all those would-be travelers is a discounting challenge that annually tries patience.And it is the railway system that routinely is most unable to cope.Railways are the transport of choice for low-cost long-distance travel,and that's where the ticketing system routinely falls down.
Much of the criticism has,focused on the railway's-online purchasing system.Which has been unable to keep pace with the huge demand and also failed to stop scalpers(票贩子)from ending up with many of the hard-to-find tickets.
While insist ing that online sales were the fairest way to get tickets for travelers,railway official s told reporters that the public need to be patient.Efforts were being made to provide online identity checks that would reduce the ticket scalping problems.While officials had little good news for rail passengers,they did manage to bring a few smiles to those traveling by car as the country's extremely expensive highway tolls (通行费)will be free of charge for the period of the official holiday.

32.Which of the following words can replace the underlined word"discounting"in Paragraph 3?A
A.Discouraging.
B.Promising.
C.Pleasing.
D.Rewarding.
33.According to the text,getting ticketsDaround the official holiday.
A.is just a piece of cake               B.is more costly
C.is convenient for travelers           D.take s great effort
34.We can learn from the text thatAaround the New Year holiday.
A.the railway system will be facing more stress
B.there will be 3.62 billion people going home
C.people's complaint focus on the failure of online purchase
D.not railways but cars are the best choices for traveling
35.Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude to the railway service?B
A.Satisfied         
B.Objective.
C.Doubtful.
D.Worried.
14.In 2015,Adele Adkins(阿黛尔•阿德金斯) said"hello"to her greatest achievement yet.Despite giving every other musician an 11-month head start,she had no trouble  (61)beating (beat) the competition,(62)becoming (become) not only the year's most talked-about artist,but also its  (63)most successful one.Her third album,25,(64)released ( release) on Nov 20,not only broke a record for one-week album sales in just over three days,but also sold more than US singer Taylor Swift's 1989to become  (65)the best-selling album of 2015.No  (66)wonder USA Today named Adele"Musician of the Year"on Dec 28.
So what is behind the album's (67)popularity (popular)?First and foremost,the 27-year-old British singer has"an awe-inspiring voice that shows her genuine talent",wrote The Christian Science Monitor.But her directness is also a huge part of her appeal(魅力).As the Chicago Tribute commented,"Adele sings about her personal struggles"with emotional lyrics (歌词) that invite everyone into her world.
Take the album's hit single Hello  (68)as an example.Adele has connected with people this tear-stained(泪痕斑斑的)song because,as the Chicago Tribute (芝加哥论坛报) put it,"who doesn't need a good cry once in a while?"Music,after all,is (69)what Chris Ferguson,an associate professor of psychology at Stetson University in Florida called"a social event."The pain in her songs satisfies everyone's need for love."It is this sense of‘we've been here before'(70)that makes Adele,"said the Chicago Tribute.
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