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It’s not only rocket scientists and journalists who are following the course of “Shenzhou V”,or “Divine ship/vessel V”.There are also lexicographers,or dictionary compilers.The flight of the Spacecraft last week might help put some new words into orbit.?
One of them is a western media coinage used to refer to the Chinese astronauts.It s a combination of the Chinese pinyin “taikong”,meaning space,and the English “astronaut”,from classical Greek:“star sailor/navigator”,for people who was going into space as a career.
In the Reuters and AP reports of October 15,“taikonaut” was used as a proper noun.For example:The long March 2F rocket carrying “taikonaut” Yang Liwei lifted off into a clear blue sky over the Gobi desert at 9 am and entered its orbit 10 minutes later.?
A Long March 2F rocket called the Shenzhou V—“divine ship” in Chinese—carried a single “taikonaut” named Yang Liwei,38,following Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and American Alan Shepard in 1961.?
The word “taikonaut” is not a newly coined term.It first emerged in November,1999,when China launched its first unmanned “Shenzhou Ⅰ” spacecraft.?
At that lime,some English news media predicted that China would soon launch a manned space flight and created the word “taikonaut” for the Chinese astronauts.It was then borrowed by the Germans media.?
But it was left out of mainstream dictionaries,such as the Merriam—Webster Dictionary and Cambridge Advanced English ?
Learner’s Dictionary.?
However,the launch of the “Shenzhou V” will most likely help boost its status since there is already a word referring specifically to Russian astronauts in the dictionary entry.?
An astronaut of Russian (or the former Soviet Union)is called a “cosmonaut”,from the Russian “kosmonaut”.The word was derived from classical Greek:“kosmonaut” (universal)and “nautes”.One might argue that “cosmonaut” is a Russian variation on the earlier word “astronaut”.
On March 14,1995,US astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to ride into space on-board a Russian launch vehicle,arguably making him the first American cosmonaut.?
And if this trend of coinage continues,more English variations for astronaut will appear as more countries are able to send their own astronauts into outer space,what would Western journalists call an astronaut from India or Africa we’ll have to wait to see.?
66.Give the best title of the passage.(within 10 words)?
解析:主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了因为中国载人航天事业的发展而派生的一个新英语词汇“taikonaut”的由来。?
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第二节 读写任务（共1小题；满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后根据以下的任务和写作要求，写一篇150词以上的
英语短文。
【写作内容】本篇文章叙述的是 “假如我又回到了童年，我就会有各种各样的设想” 这样一个主题。请阅读下面这篇文章后，以约30个词简单扼要地复述这篇文章的基本内容以及本篇文章的主旨大意；然后根据这篇文章所叙述的各种各样的，结合现实生活，以约120词就If I were a boy again, …为标题，谈谈假如你又回到了童年，你的设想又是什么呢？
If I were a boy again, I would practise my perseverance（毅力） more often, and never give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer(战胜)darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius（天赋）in its results. If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit of attention would become part of our life if we began early enough. If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation（培养）of the memory. I would strengthen that skill by every possible way, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; But memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.
【写作要求】
1．作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】 概括准确、语言规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。
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My first memories of acts of kindness are from when I was about 12 years old. From then on I always 36 at home and with friends.
That winter I notice that many 37 people had difficulty getting to the 38 store after a snowstorm. So I started to spend part of a 39 Saturday knocking at apartment doors to ask if any one needed 40 from the store. The grocery store was down a huge hill and I would bring 41 a couple of bags of groceries for them. I liked it and it made them so 42 .
It started with 43 alone and then the number grew. A short time later, my 44 in the building asked what I was doing and a couple of them 45 and it became a routine. I 46 asked for or took money for it. Sometimes the ladies 47 slip the change in my pocket. I would just buy something the next time to give to them, 48 flowers or a card. I did this every 49_ up to when I left to go to college.
When I was away at 50 , many people asked my mom how I was doing. Through those conversations she 51 what I used to do -—I had never told her.
Now, I'm a teacher and teaching my students the art of true 52 ; Everyone in the world needs help, and everyone can also 53 help. The image of those old people’s happiness caused by my 54 of goodwill appears in my mind every time I have the chance to do something 55 . This is the power of charity.
1.A. look around B. run about C. help out D. act up
2.A. lazy B. young C. elderly D. disabled
3.A. grocery B. clothes C. food D. medicine
4.A. sunny B. cloudy C. rainy D. snowy
5.A. anything B. nothing C. all D. few
6.A. forwards B. in C. back D. out
7.A. surprised B. interested C. ashamed D. happy
8.A. myself B. me C. themselves D. them
9.A. classmates B. students C. relatives D. friends
10.A. gave up B. joined in C. paid up D. turned away
11.A. sometimes B. not C. neither D. never
12.A. would B. should C. could D. dared
13.A. like B. as C. by D. for
14.A. day B. week C. month D. winter
15.A. school B. college C. leisure D. work
16.A. recognized B. followed C. learned D. proved
17.A. friendship B. usefulness C. success D. kindness
18.A. offer B. own C. accept D. reward
19.A. acts B. words C. thought D. test
20.A. unusual B. successful C. hard D. nice
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第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was 15 when I walked into McCarley' s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at 36 on the shelves, the man behind the counter, 37 , asked if I'd like 38 . I needed to start saving for college, so I said yes. I 39 after school and during summers for the lowest wages, and the job helped 40 my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college; I was a hotel maid and 41 made maps for the U.S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most 42 .
One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost 43 we had at that time 44 and found other books we could order. She left the store less 45 .I've always remembered the pride I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a 46 in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born 47 his fingers connected, weblike. His family could not afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in 48 , hiding his hand in his pocket.
I 49 my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the 50 for free.
I visited the boy in the 51 room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you." I felt a sense of 52 .
In the past, while I was 53 ,I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it's the 54 . NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the 55 , helping them make sense of the world.
36. A. maps B. articles C. titles D. reports
37. A. the reader B. the shop owner C. the college student D. the customer
38. A. a book B. any help C. some tea D. a job
39. A. worked B. studied C. cooked D. read
40. A. fit for B. pay for C. run for D. enter for
41. A. even B. yet C. so D. still
42. A. boring B. surprising C. disappointing D. satisfying
43. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
44. A. in need B. in all C. in store D. in order
45. A. satisfied B. worried C. excited D. puzzled
46. A. doctor B. store owner C. TV reporter D. bookseller
47. A. with B. in C. by D. for
48. A. honour B. shame C. horror D. danger
49. A. advised B. forced C. permitted D. persuaded
50. A. operation B. program C. treatment D. action
51. A. waiting B. operation C. reading D. recovery
52. A. sadness B. pleasure C. interest D. disappointment
53. A. at McCarley's Bookstore B. in the Students Union
C. at the U. S. Forest Service D. at the TV station
54. A. difference B. usual C. same D. request
55. A. readers B. passengers C. customers D. viewers
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The amount of usable water has always been of great interest in the world. 36 springs and streams sometimes means control , particularly in the 37 areas like the desert . The control is possible even without possession of large areas of 38 land. In the early days of the American West , gun fights were not 39 for the water resources (资源). And laws had to be 40 to protect the water rights of the 41 and the use of the water resources accordingly.
42 is known to us all, there is not 43 water in all places for everyone to use as much as he likes . Deciding on the 44 of water that will be used in any particular period 45 careful planning, so that people can manage and use water more 46 . Farmers have to change their use of or demand for water 47 the water supply forecast (预报).
The 48 water supply forecast is based more on the water from the 49 than from the below. Interest is 50 in the ways to increase rainfall by man-made methods, and to get water from the winter snow on mountain 51 . With special equipment , some scientists are studying the ways in which the mountain snow can be 52 , and with the help of a repeater station , they send the 53 data (数据) to the base station . The operator at the base station can get the data at any time by 54 a button. In the near future, the forecast and use of water __55_ probably depend on the advanced knowledge of snow on mountains, not of water underground.
A. Using B. Holding C. Owning D. Finding
A. dry B. distant C. deserted D. wild
A. fine B. beautiful C. rich D. farming
A. unlawful B. unacceptable C. unpopular D. uncommon
A. made B. designed C. signed D. written
A. winners B. settlers C. fighters D. supporters
A. That B. It C. What D. As
A. plentiful B. enough C. any D. much
A. type B. quality C. amount D. level
A. requests B. requires C. means D. suggests
A. effectively B. easily C. conveniently D. actively
A. leading to B. due to C. owing to D. according to
A. correct B. further C. average D. early
A. clouds B. sky C. air D. above
A. raising B. rising C. building D. lasting
A. rocks B. tips C. tops D. trees
A. taken care of B. made use of C. piled up D. saved up
A. picked B. produced C. used D. gathered
A. touching B. knocking C. pressing D. turning
A. might B. can C. will D. should
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