This old building is said _____ two years ago and a new high building now stands where the old one used to lie.

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The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. one of his _21_ important inventions was the train. He _22_his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the _23_ engine on the train, he met with _24_ from the government, newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _25_ cows, horses and sheep, that the _26_ would hurtle(炸飞) or that the hot coals from it would _27_their houses. At that time, _28_ people believed what they said.

George Stephenson _29_ the people that the train could go on small _30_, could pull carriages _31_goods and passengers and there was _32_ to them. It was a very _33_ matter for him to _34_ them believe. However, after _35_, he was able to do it; and the first train that _36_ by Stephenson himself _37_ what he had said.

The first day _38_ the people along the way _39_ the noises of the train _40_ and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius. They did not dare to come out until it had passed.

A. very   B. a lot   C. most   D. much

made   B. bought   C. introduced   D. did

A. electrical    B. atomic   C. steam    D. beautiful

A. success    B. troubles    C. people    D. pleasure

A.kill    B. buy    C. interest    D. take away

A. smoke    B. noise    C. driver     D. engine

A. pull down    B. blow away   C. set fire to    D. pass

A. most    B. few    C. only a few    D. the rich

A. said    B. spoke     C. told    D. warned

A.reads    B. rivers    C. steam    D rails

A. short of    B. full of    C. empty of    D. without

A. no great danger  B. dangerous  C. a lot of danger  D. few danger

A. easy     B. difficult    C. pleasant    D. light

A. get     B. cause     C. make     D. force

A. sometimes   B. some time   C. a few times   D. sometime

A. was sold    B. were driven   C. was pulled  D. was driven

A. believed   B. seemed    C. sensed    D. proved

A. of     B. when     C. while     D. for

A. caught sight of   B. listened to  C. heard   D. thought

A. nearby   B. in the distance   C. on the far   D. from the distance

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Good sleep is needed for good health. During sleep, your body repairs itself. Your immune system is built up. Don't shortchange（亏待，欺骗） yourself of the sleep you need. Here are some of an expert's tips for getting a good night's sleep.

1. Make sure your room is dark. Pull down the shades. Let no light of any kind in.

2. Before you go to sleep, ask your family not to turn on a light. Light breaks the sleep rhythm. Once broken, it's hard to get the sleep clock running right. As a result, you will not sleep well. You will wake up tired.

3. A hot bath just before bed is good. It makes you relax. You are at peace. This starts the desire for sleep.

    4. During the day, _________.Even jogging(慢跑) will show good results. How about a good long walk? This will get your body to work. You will find that toward evening you will get that nice, tired feeling. Sleep then will come easily. Added to this, exercise is good for your health.

5. Here is what to do when you get up. Open the shades or blinds. Let the sun in. Open the  windows. Let the fresh air in. This sun and air get imprinted on your brain. The rhythm of being awake gets started. Your body clock is set for the day. That clock will let you know when it is the right time to go to sleep.

1. What does the underlined word ”It” mean? (Please answer within 5 words)

2.What's the main idea of the passage? (Please answer within 15 words)

3.Please fill in the blank in the paragraph with the proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 5 words)

4.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one? (Please answer within 10 words)    To be healthy, you need good sleep. 

5.How can we get a good sleep?(at least 3 suggestions) (Please answer within 30 words)

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The English language is changing fast,thanks to the rapid progress of technology. We all have a rapid choice: we can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive and well. Or we can embrace (拥抱) the new English,enter into the spirit of the Internet age called Weblish.

“You can’t avoid it,for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along,it inevitably (不可避免的) impacts（冲击）on the language as a whole.” says Dr. David Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics（语言学）at the University of Wales in Bangor, whose book Language and the Internet has just been published.

The trouble with keeping up with the new English is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they did. In the past, if someone said they did not have Windows, you would have to suppose they lived in a cave.These days,it is probably because they use a Mac(which is a computer, not a rain coat). Spam is as disliked as it ever was ,but it once meant an unappetizing（引不起食欲的）canned meat.It now stands for unwanted “junk” email. Spellings are changing, too. Not only is text-messaging playing “hvc wth vrbs” (havoc（混乱）with verbs), but the conventions of email communication place little emphasis on “perfect speaking”.

Weblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs(“please bookmark this site”),and verbs become nouns (“Send me the download”). Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives(e.g. dial-up, logon, print-on-demand, pull-down, upload), while others are created from simply pairing nouns: cyberspace, Etl, hyperlink, netspeak.

1.The best title of this passage would be ______.

2.We can infer（推断）from the first paragraph that ______.

3.The author thinks the main difficulty for people in keeping up with Weblish is that ______.

4.Dr. David Crystal would probably agree that ______.