2．seem用法小结: (1)seem后可以接形容词.名词.不定式.分词或介词短语等作表语. 例如: He seemed quite angry at you. 他好象对你生气——青夏教育精英家教网—

摘要：2．seem用法小结: (1)seem后可以接形容词.名词.不定式.分词或介词短语等作表语. 例如: He seemed quite angry at you. 他好象对你生气了. Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for the drunk. 连公牛似乎也很为这醉汉感到遗憾. Danger seems to attend everything they have tried. 他们所尝试做的每件事似乎都带有危险性. He seemed excited. 他好象很激动. (2)seem后接to be结构时.有时会省略掉to be. 例如: The headmaster seems to be a fixture in the school for quite a long period. 校长似乎固定在这个学校工作很长一段时间了. Yesterday I met a man who seemed the famous actor. 昨天我遇到一个人.他好象是那个有名的演员. (3)seem后接that或者as if从句.有时that和as if可以省略. 例如: "At that time, it seemed as if I couldn't think of the right word anyhow." "当时,我似乎怎么也想不出一个恰当的字眼来." It seems to me that you are right. 我认为你是对的. It seems to me that there is something funny about the case. 在我看来这件案子有点奇怪. (4)句型:There seems/seemed - There seems to be something wrong with your recorder. 你的录音机好象出问题了/坏了. There seems to be a man over there in the darkness. 那边好象有个人站在黑暗中.

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　　American and British people both speak English of course．But sometimes it does not seem like the same language．In fact, there are some important differences between British English and American English．

　　First of all, they sound very different．Often, Americans don’t say each word separately．They say several words together．Americans may say “I dunno” instead of “I don’t know”．Or they may say “Whaddya say?” instead of “What did you say?” However, the British are more careful in their speech．They usually say all the words and keep them separate．

　　Sound is not only the difference between British English and American English．Words sometimes have different meanings too．Some American words are never used in England．The same thing is true of some British words in America．For example, the vocabulary for cars and driving is very different．Americans drive trucks, but in England people drive lorries．

　　Many expressions are also different in the two countries．In England, if you are going to telephone your friends, you “phone them up”．In America, you “give them a call”．When you are saying goodbye in England you might say “Cheerio!” In America you might say “See you later．”

　　There’re also some differences in grammar．For example, Americans usually use the helping verb “do” when they ask a question．They say “Do you have a storybook?” But the British often leave out the helping verb．They say “Have you a storybook?”

　　All these differences can be confusing if you are learning English．But most languages are like this．Languages change over time．When people live in separate places, the languages change in different ways．This is what has happened to English．It can also happen to other languages, such as French．Many people in Canada speak French but their French is very different from the French of France．

(1)

What does the author think of the differences between American and British English?
[　　]
A．	American and British English are the same languages．
B．	American and British English are quite different．
C．	Although American English came from the British English，there are still some differences．
D．	American and British people don’t both speak English of course．

(2)

What does the underlined word “separately” mean?
[　　]
A．	together
B．	one by one
C．	in common
D．	in different ways

(3)

What does the underlined sentence “The same thing is true of some British words in America．” mean?
[　　]
A．	The words of American and British English are the same．
B．	The spelling of American and British English are the same．
C．	Although they don’t sound the same，the words are the same．
D．	Some British English words are not used in American English．

(4)

How many ways are used to talk about the differences between American and British English?
[　　]
A．	One．
B．	Two．
C．	Three．
D．	Four．

(5)

Why has English changed over time?
[　　]
A．	Geography plays an important role in the changing．
B．	Different people have different living habits．
C．	Different people have different jobs．
D．	The income of the native English speakers is different．

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A dream is made up of a series of mind?pictures that form during sleep.The people and actions in these pictures seem real to the person who is dreaming.?

Dreams may be influenced(影响) by different things that are present during sleep.If a person is cold,he may dream that he is out in a snowstorm.Worries or anger may also influence the content of a dream.?

Some people think that they seldom dream,other people are quite sure that they do not dream at all.Studies of human sleep have shown,though,that everyone dreams every night.If a person thinks he does not dream,it is because he does not remember dreaming when he wakes up.Usually,a person may dream three to seven times for a total of one to two hours of dreaming every night.?

Perhaps you are wondering just how research workers can be sure that a person is dreaming.The story behind the discovery is an interesting one.?

During their research studies of human sleep,Dr.Kleitman and his assistant noticed that a person sleeping made sudden eye movements.These movements occurred at least several times a night.When a sleeper was awakened during these periods of eye movement it was learned that he had been dreaming.In most cases,the dreamer could then recall(回忆) his dream.The person's eye movements,scientists believe,were caused by the movements of his eyes as he followed the events of the dream.?

Not only does everyone dream,but it seems that we all need to dream.One theory is that dreaming gives us a chance to escape from the rules of our real world.In dreams we can see our wishes come true.We can be rich,powerful,and successful.?

　　Another theory is that in our dream we are trying to work out problems that have troubled us during waking moments.?

　　Whatever the explanation is,we all do dream,and dreaming is necessary and important to us.?

1.According to the selection,the research studies of human sleep show_____.?

A.few people dream at night?

B.some people dream three times every night?

C.some people may dream all the time during sleep?

D.everyone dreams several times every night?

2.According to the research studies,you may dream of a fire-engine________.?

A.when your alarm clock is ringing?

B.when you feel hungry?

C.when you are cold?

D.when you are ill?

3.According to the selection,you can discover what a sleeping person is dreaming of by _____.?

A.watching him (her) closely?

B.waking him(her) up when he(she) makes sudden eye movements?

C.watching his(her) eye movements?

D.talking to him while he (she) is sleeping?

4.Dreaming is important to us_______.?

A.because scientists help us in our dreams?

B.because we can relax and enjoy a care free life in our dreams?

C.because we can have a good rest?

D.because we can make discoveries in our dreams?

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　　In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple cameras. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard. That was the first photograph.

　　The next important date in the history! of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another French, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.

　　Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.

　　In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to cary lots of films and processing equipment. But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States. After 1840s daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.

　　Mathew Brady was a well - known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual because they were very life - like and full of personality （个性）.

　　Brady was also the first preson to take pictures of war. His 1862 Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and ruined cities. They made the war seem more real and more terrible.

　　In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography... Photographers could buy films readymade in rolls（卷）. So they did not have to make the film themselves. Also, they did not have to process the film immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later meaning that they did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small handheld camera made photography less expensive.

　　With the small camera, anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just for fun. They took pictures of their families, friends and favorite places. They called these pictures" snapshot".

　　Photographs became very popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon magazines and books also used documentary photographs. These pictures showed true events and people. They were much more real than drawing.

　　Photography also turned into a form of art by the end of the 10th century. Some photographs were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms.

　　The passage is mainly about ________.

　　A. the inventoin of cameras

　　B. a kind of new art - photography

　　C. the development of photography

　　D. the important dates in the history of photography

　　　The first pictures of a war were taken by________.

　　A. a French photographer in the 1840s

　　B. an American photographer in the 1860s

　　C. a German reporter in the 1880s

　　D. a French artist in the 1890s

　　Photography can also be an art form because artists can ________.

　　A. take anything they like

　　B. keep a record of real life

　　C. take photos of the famous

　　D. show ideas and feeling in pictures

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　　In the atmosphere, carbon dioxide acts rather like a one-way mirror or the glass in the roof of a greenhouse which allows the sun's rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping．

　　According to a weather expert' s prediction, the atmosphere will be 3℃warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate．If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities．Also, the increase in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of the northern hemisphere(北半球), possibly resulting in an alteration of the earth's chief food growing zones．

　　In the past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much colder and has a much thicker ice sheet．But the weather experts are now paying more attention to West Antarctic, which may be affected by only a few degrees of warming, in other words, by a warming on the scale that will possibly take place in the next fifty years from the burning of fuels．

　　Satellite pictures show that large areas of Antarctic ice are already disappearing．The evidence available suggests that a warming has taken place．This fits the theory that carbon dioxide warms the earth．

　　However, most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere, where temperatures seem to be falling．Scientists conclude , therefore, that up to now natural influences on the weather have gone beyond those caused by man．The question is：Which natural cause has most effect on the weather?

　　One possibility is the variable behavior of the sun．Astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and "cold" spots(that is, the relatively less hot spots)on the sun．As the sun rotates(使旋转), every 27.5 days, it presents hotter or "colder" faces to the earth, and different aspects to different parts of the earth．This seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of the earth's atmospheric pressure, and consequently on wind circulation．The sun is also changeable over a long term：its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward．

　　Scientists are now finding shared relations between models of solar weather interactions and the actual climate over many thousands of years, including the last Ice Age．The problem is that the models are predicting that the world should be entering a new Ice Age and it is not．One way of solving this theoretical difficulty is to assume a delay of thousands of years while the solar effects overcome the inertia(惯性)of the earth's climate．If this is right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving as a useful opposed balance to the sun's fading heat．

(1)

It can be concluded that a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would ________．
[　　]
A．	mean a warming-up in the Antarctic
B．	raise the temperature of the earth' s surface
C．	prevent the sun's rays from reaching the earth's surface
D．	explain the cause of great changes in the climate in the northern hemisphere

(2)

The article was written to explain ________．
[　　]
A．	the greenhouse effect
B．	the solar effects on the earth
C．	the causes affecting weather
D．	the models of solar-weather interactions

(3)

Although the fuel consumption is greater in the northern hemisphere, temperatures there seem to be falling．This is ________．
[　　]
A．	mainly because the levels of carbon dioxide are rising
B．	partly due to changes in the output of solar energy
C．	possibly because the ice caps in the poles are melting
D．	only due to the effect of the inertia of the earth' s climate

(4)

On the basis of their models, scientists believe the opinion that ________．
[　　]
A．	the climate of the world should be becoming cooler
B．	the new Ice Age will be delayed by the greenhouse effect
C．	the man-made warming effect helps to increase the solar effects
D．	it will take thousands of years for the inertia of the earth's climate to take effect

(5)

If the assumption about the delay of a new Ice age is correct, ________．
[　　]
A．	ice would soon cover the northern hemisphere
B．	the greenhouse effect could work in favor of the earth
C．	the best way to overcome the cooling effect would be to burn more fuels
D．	the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could warm up the earth even more quickly

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完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从以下各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; and when you start using them again, they will slowly become strong again. 1 knows this, and nobody would think of 2 the fact.

　　Yet there are many people who 3 to know that the memory works in the same way. When someone says that 4 has a good memory, he 5 means that he keeps his memory 6 practice by exercising it very 7 , either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is 8 , he means that he does not give it enough 9 to become strong. The position is exactly the same as that of 10 people, one of 11 exercises his arms and legs by playing balls, while the other 12 in a chair or a car all day. If a friend of yours says that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own 13 . But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, 14 of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just 15 , and few of us realize that it is just as it was his arms or legs that were weak. Not all of us can become very strong in body or very clever in mind, 16 all of us can improve our strength and our memory by the same means 17 .

　　Have you ever 18 that people who cannot read or write usually have 19 memories than those who can? Why is this? Of course, because they cannot write down something in a little notebook or something else. They have to remember names, places, songs and stories; so their memory is always being exercised.

　　In a word, if you want to have a good memory, 20 practise remembering.

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

A．proving

B．describing

C．questioning