Can you imagine ? A. what his doing B. What is he doing C. what he is doing D.——青夏教育精英家教网—

Can you imagine living in a house built by recycled waste?

Texas home builder Dan Phillips transforms trash into artful treasures, creating beautiful floors with wood pieces, kitchen counters from ivorycolored bones and roofs out of license plates(牌照)．

The fantastic houses which spring from his imagination are made almost entirely of materials which would otherwise have ended up in a garbage area.

“People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years; using whatever is available to build shelter，” Phillips said，“If you think about carefully what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.”

The thirteen homes he has built so far would fit better in an art museum than the residential streets of Huntsville, a conservative town of about 35，000 people.

Living in these houses is a bit like living in a roadside attraction.“Almost every day, somebody knocks on the door and says ‘Is there any way that we could see？’”said Edie Wells, an artist who rents a room in the Bone House.Her home features a stairway made of bones, floors covered in wine corks(软木塞) and beer bottle caps.Wells said visitors are most impressed when they see a bathroom with its walls, floor and ceiling entirely covered with broken mirror pieces.

In addition, each house is highly energyefficient with plenty of insulation(隔热材料), an ondemand solar hot water heater and a system that can collect and recycle rainwater to clean the toilet and wash clothes.

Phillips founded Phoenix Commotion 12 years ago with the aim of creating a new model for sustainable housing.For as little as $10，000 it builds affordable homes for single parents, lowincome families and artists.

The company has used hundreds of tons of construction waste by recycling the materials into habitable buildings.

Phillips tries to spread his recycledhouse idea by speaking at events across the United States, and by using the Internet to reach out to likeminded individuals.Phillips said, “I'm not going to be saving the world anytime soon.But there needs to be at least some visibility for this model in this century.”

20．Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the homes built by Phillips?

A．Environmentallyfriendly. 　B．Energyefficient.

C．Convenient. 　D．Cheap.

21．What do we know about Dan Phillips?

A．He is serious and hardworking.

B．He is full of imagination and intelligence.

C．It didn't take him long to build the houses.

D．He didn't give speeches in the United States.

22．According to the passage, the houses are like artful treasures because they are ________．

A．made of bones B．museums

C．admired by people D．made of various trash

23．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A．Home Builder Dan Phillips

B．Green Homes

C．Home Builder Dan Phillips Turns Trash into Green Homes

D．A Home Builder' s Life

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— Can you imagine what is Jack doing now? He is playing football outside while everyone else is busy in class!

— He　　　　 his homework, I think.

A. must have finished B. must finish C. can’t have finished D. mustn’t have finished

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　　Sam Trafton was my violin teacher and what he said during one of my lessons often came back to me years later．

　　One day he asked me how much practicing I was doing, I said three or four hours a day．

　　“Do you practice in long stretches, an hour at a time?”

　　“I try to．”

　　“Well, don’t,”he shouted．“When you grow up, time won’t come in long stretches．Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them, five or ten before school, after lunch, between household tasks．Spread the practice through the day, and the violin playing will become a part of your life．”

　　When I was teaching at Boston, I wanted to write a novel, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings．For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time．Then I remembered what Sam had said．During the next week I conducted an experiment．Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so．To my surprise, at the end of the week I had finished a chapter．Later on I continued my novels by the same piecemeal method．Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, every day there were unoccupied moments that could be caught and put to use．I even took up violin-playing again, finding that the short moments of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and violin practice．

　　There is an important trick in this time－using formula：you must get into your work quickly．If you have but five minutes for writing, you can’t afford to waste for chewing your pencil．You must make your mental preparations beforehand, and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes．Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize．

　　I admit I have never learnt how to let it go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes．But life can be counted on to supply interruptions．Sam Trafton has had a great influence on my life．To him I owe discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay．

(1)

The underlined part“counted on”can probably be replaced by ________．
[　　]
A．	expected
B．	valued
C．	concentrated on
D．	enriched

(2)

Which of the following statements is TRUE?
[　　]
A．	Sam owes great thanks to the writer for teaching him how to use time．
B．	Sam has had a great influence on the writer’s life since he became a student of the violinist．
C．	Rapid concentration is actually more difficult than most people imagine．
D．	The writer didn’t take the teacher’s words to heart at first．

(3)

We can infer that the writer ________．
[　　]
A．	has new books published each year however busy his teaching is
B．	is always able to find enough time for mental preparations beforehand, so he devoted to work instantly．
C．	has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels．
D．	is always tired of interruptions in life because his teaching schedule is always heavy

(4)

What is the best title for this passage?
[　　]
A．	A Little time at a Time．
B．	How I Became a Writer
C．	Concentrate on Your Work
D．	A Good Teacher

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　It's a small gas station that has snacks, drinks, cigarettes and candies．The young man behind thecounter knows his 　　1　　 by name and what they normally want to buy．He treats children andadults with equal 　　2　　 He reads scicnce fiction behind the counter when business is 　　3　　．

　　One day, three people rushed in and grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could, 　　4　　 not intending to pay for it．He hit the “panic button”, then went over the counter and locked the front door．It was obvious they were homeless, and equally obvious that they weren't going anywhere with their ill-gotten gains．They 　　5　　 the food and simply crowded together in panic-knowing the police were on the way．

　　Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didn't have to steal if they were 　　6　　．“We have food in the back, expired but still Safe to eat．If you need food, you can have some．”

　　They Were told to pick up what they had dropped and put it back, and then asked to straighten out the mess．They were doing just that when the police arrived．The officers were told the situation was under control and the police were no longer 　　7　　

　　This wasn't what they had 　　8　　．They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong they'd done 　　9　　, they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to 　　10　　 up．

　　Soon three 　　11　　 people walked out with all the 　　12　　 their arms could hold．They were 　　13　　 that, if they needed to come back again, they were to ask and not just grab．

　　And then the young man went back to read until the next customer came in．He would be the last person in the world to claim he was a/an 　　14　　 But he gave three people something they were in desperate need of-a small amount of self-respect and a little bit of 　　15　　

(1)


[　　]
A．	passengers
B．	guests
C．	customers
D．	friends

(2)


[　　]
A．	respect
B．	pride
C．	wisdom
D．	imagination

(3)


[　　]
A．	busy
B．	swift
C．	heavy
D．	slow

(4)


[　　]
A．	bravely
B．	obviously
C．	hardly
D．	reasonably

(5)


[　　]
A．	hid
B．	lifted
C．	dropped
D．	swallowed

(6)


[　　]
A．	hungry
B．	cautious
C．	courageous
D．	anxious

(7)


[　　]
A．	popular
B．	necessary
C．	reliable
D．	important．

(8)


[　　]
A．	wanted
B．	desired
C．	expected．
D．	admired

(9)


[　　]
A．	Shocked
B．	Scared
C．	Delighted
D．	Frightened

(10)


[　　]
A．	ring
B．	dress
C．	look
D．	clean

(11)


[　　]
A．	dirtier
B．	cleaner
C．	cleverer
D．	quicker

(12)


[　　]
A．	money
B．	cigarettes
C．	drinks
D．	food

(13)


[　　]
A．	warned
B．	reminded
C．	ordered
D．	persuaded

(14)


[　　]
A．	hero
B．	figure
C．	expert
D．	adviser

(15)


[　　]
A．	encouragement
B．	expectation
C．	pressure
D．	hope

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“Imagine you are walking along the road. Suddenly you fall over and all the passers-by burst into laughter. You feel very 1 and think the world is laughing at you. But in fact, five minutes later, they have 2 it ever happened.” The other day when I came across these words in an article, I didn’t agree with the _ 3 . He thinks the best thing to do in this kind of situation is to pretend nothing has happened, and so avoid 4 trouble. I admit that we should keep 5 because “Your tears will only remind others of what happened, while your 6 can let them forget it.” But this is far from satisfactory. We should do everything to make things better.

I used to be a(n) 7 girl and not very good at math. Our new math teacher asked me a question and I still remember how I hung my head in 8 when I couldn’t answer it. “If you don’t know the answer, just tell me.” the teacher said, “If you don’t, how can I know whether you know the answer or not?” All of my classmates burst into laughter. My face turned red but the teacher 9 me to go to the blackboard and 10 what I knew. If I had 11 the words in the article, I would have given up. But I tried my best. And to everyone’s 12 , I succeeded! The teacher smiled and said, “Well done! I 13 you could do it!” Since then, I have become active in math as well as in other subjects. I used to think doing math exercises was a waste of time. But now, I know whatever I do can make things better. Everyone is the 14 of his own fate.

If we make mistakes, we should take on an active 15 . Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.

1. A. nervous B. excited C. afraid D. embarrassed

2. A. realized B. recognized C. forgotten D. remembered

3. A. speaker B. reader C. announcer D. author

4. A. ordinary B. extra C. necessary D. usual

5. A. confident B. smart C. calm D. strong

6. A. smile B. worry C. courage D. satisfaction

7. A. shy B. energetic C. happy D. clever

8. A. joy B. pride C. shame D. surprise

9. A. forced B. invited C. asked D. pushed

10. A. bring up B. put down C. think about D. show off

11. A. obeyed B. suspected C. rejected D. understood

12. A. expectation B. disappointment C. delight D. surprise

13. A. hoped B. knew C. doubted D. regretted

14. A. architect B. owner C. host D. inspector

15. A. position B. attitude C. value D. response

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