81. 人们开始较少关注宗教主题而采取一种更人性化的生活态度。

People began to ________________ less ______________ religious themes and ______________ a more humanistic _______________ to life.

82. 童谣不一定有什么意义，甚至看起来自相矛盾，但是它们容易学，也容易背诵。

The poems may not _______________ ______________ and even _______________ ___________________, but they are easy to learn and recite.

83. 我知道，吸烟容易戒烟难。你知道，当我还是一个十几岁的孩子的时候，我也吸过烟，而且还上了瘾。

I know how easy it is to begin smoking and how ______________ it is to stop. You see, during ________________ I also smoked and became _______________ _______________ cigarettes.

84. 所有科学家赞同这种观点，人们为了生产能量而燃烧化石燃料（如煤、天然气和石油等），从而引起了地球温度的升高。

All scientists ________________ _______________ the view that the increase in the earth's temperature is ______________ _______________ the burning of fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and oil to produce energy.

85. 收集和评估了这些信息之后，我就帮助其他科学家一起预测下次火山熔岩将往何处流，流速是多少。

________________ _________________ and __________________ the information, I help other scientists to ________________ where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.

In ancient Greece the most famous festival for athletes was the Olympic Games. These games took their name from the religious (宗教信仰) centre of Olympus, in southern Greece. The Games were held every four years at the end of June. Athletes, judges and spectators came from all over the known world to watch and compete.

After a solemn (神圣的) opening ceremony, the first event was the four-horse chariot (战车) race. As many as forty chariots thundered round and round the stadium. Because of collisions (碰撞.) , and the strain of covering the nine-mile race, very few chariots ever finished the race. Winning it was a great honor. At the Olympic Games there were also races on foot, horse races, wrestling, boxing matches and the pentathlon.

"Pente" is Greek for five and "athlon" Greek for contest, the pentathlon was five different
events combined. Competitors had to run, contest the long jump, throw the discus(铁饼)and the
javelin 标枪) and wrestle (摔跤). The athlete who won three of the five events was the winner.
The winners each received a crown (头冠) of olive (橄榄) leaves as their prize. They went back
to their cities wearing the crown. When they arrived home they were welcomed as heroes and
given special honors.
1. The best title for this passage is .

A. The Most Famous Festival in Ancient Greece

B. The Olympic Games

C. The Religious Centre of Greece

D. The Crown of Olive Leaves

2. This passage doesn't tell us in ancient Greece.

?A. who came to compete in the Olympic Games

B. how the Olympic Games got its name

C. how often the Olympic Games was held

D. why the people held the Olympic Games

3. The first thing done at the Games was .

A. the opening ceremony B. the four-horse chariot race

C. wrestling D. boxing matches

4. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. Olympus is in southern Greece.

B. The religion played an important part in the life of Greek people.

C. A person who wore the crown of olive leaves was an excellent athlete.

D. All the athletes from all over the known world would receive the crowns at the
Olympic Games.

5. The word "pentathlon" means .

A. 五项全能冠军　 B. 五种运动 项目的名称

C. 五种运动项目的名称 D. 五种橄榄头衔

Because of the change in the American public school system over the last several years, now many parents choose to home-school their children. There are many reasons behind this. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
For some parents, they have religious (宗教的) reasons for home-schooling. The public school system does not have religious teachings, so these parents want to put religion into the children’s daily school activities. This might include teaching religion-based courses rather than coursework that is taught in public schools.
For some parents, they do not feel that their local school system offers their children the best learning opportunities. So they want to take matters into their own hands. This may be because the local school has low educational standards (标准) or for some other reason the parents think it necessary to take their children out of the system. Sometimes the parents just feel the children will get a better education at home.
Some parents may not be rich enough to send their children to a private school, so the next best thing in their eyes is home-schooling. Thus they can teach their children what they like.
One should remember that the laws about home-schooling vary from state to state. In some states, the parents are required to hand in monthly attendance records (出席记录) to their local school system. What’s more, most states require state testing at certain periods such as the CRCT.
【小题1】The writer wrote this passage mainly to _______.   

Because of the change in the American public school system over the last several years, now many parents choose to home-school their children. There are many reasons behind this. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
For some parents, they have religious (宗教的) reasons for home-schooling. The public school system does not have religious teachings, so these parents want to put religion into the children’s daily school activities. This might include teaching religion-based courses rather than coursework that is taught in public schools.
For some parents, they do not feel that their local school system offers their children the best learning opportunities. So they want to take matters into their own hands. This may be because the local school has low educational standards (标准) or for some other reason the parents think it necessary to take their children out of the system. Sometimes the parents just feel the children will get a better education at home.
Some parents may not be rich enough to send their children to a private school, so the next best thing in their eyes is home-schooling. Thus they can teach their children what they like.
One should remember that the laws about home-schooling vary from state to state. In some states, the parents are required to hand in monthly attendance records (出席记录) to their local school system. What’s more, most states require state testing at certain periods such as the CRCT.
【小题1】The writer wrote this passage mainly to _______.