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Here is a page from a magazine named Future. Read the following information about things that may happen in ten years .And then do the exercise below
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GET READY FOR THE FUTURE
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判断下列句子是否符合短文内容,符合的用“T”表示,不符合的用“F”表示。(5分)
( )1.Cars using solar power or electricity will cause fewer accidents and less pollution.
( )2.People will be able to live in the new cities in the sea.
( )3.Biotechnology will help divide food into two groups , better food and healthier food
( )4.Electrical appliances will save 50% of power because they are controlled by computer
( )5.Genetic engineering can help doctors to cure illnesses.
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Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided (划分为) into twenty-four zones(时区), one hour apart .You can have days with more of fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days .
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋), your ship enters a different time zone every day .As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you put you watch back .traveling east you put it forward(向前), Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.
If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean (太平洋),you cross the international date line (国际日期变更线).By agreement ,this is the point where a new day begins .When you cross the line ,you change you calendar(日历) one full day, backward or forward .Traveling east ,today becomes yesterday, traveling west, it is tomorrow.
根据短文内容选择正确答案(10分)
( )6.Strange things happen to time when you travel because ________.
A.no day really has twenty-four hours
B.no one knows where time zones begin
C.the earth is divided into time zones
D.time flies
( )7.The difference in time between zones is ____ _.
A.one hour B.more than seven days C.seven days D.one day
( )8.If you travel east across the Atlantic Ocean ,you put your watch__ ___.
A.one hour forward in each time zone.
B.One hour forward for the whole trip
C.Back one full day for each time zone
D.Neither back nor forward.
( )9.From this passage, it appears that the Atlantic Ocean_____.
A.has only one time zone B.is divided into twenty-four time zones
C.is divided into five time zones D.is divided into seven time zones
( )10.Then international date line is the name for _____.
A.the beginning of any new time zone
B.any point where time changes by one hour
C.the point where a new day begins
D.the point between two different zones
Ⅷ、交际运用。(15分)
(A)从对话后的方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,其中两项为多余选项(5分)
A. Do you mean to tell me you are not interested in spoken English?
B. (1)___ __
A. Why not ?
B. (2)_ ____
A. (3)___ __ spoken English is very important if you really want to learn English well.
A. Well ,I don’t see any point in quarrelling about that.
B. Did you go to the English corner last night?
A. (4)____ ___
B. What a pity that you didn’t join them. Why don’t you start practicing it ?If you keep on speaking English for some time , maybe you’ll change your mind .Why not give it a try?
A. (5)_ _____
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(B)根据对话内容和上下文,在每个空白处填写一个适当的词,使对话完整与通顺(首字母已给出。(10分)
Henry: Weren’t you (6)I____ last weekend?
Emily: No, Why ?
Henry: We had a picnic on the island .I called you , but you didn’t (7)a____ me .
Emily: Sorry, my parents and I have been to the (8)b_____
Henry: Yeah? To go (9)s_____?
Emily: No, I heard of surfing. It’s a (10)p____ sport .So I hoped to have a try.
Henry: I think it’s a little dangerous.
Emily: Not at all. It’s (11)a____ a lot of people .Some were good at it ,the others were learning it .
Henry: Have you (12) l_____ it ,then?
Emily: Not yet .But I like it now .I’ll do that (13)n____ weekenD.Would you like to go there with me ?
Henry: I’m glad to .But I want you to(14) t__ _ me .
Emily: Sure. But I (15)c_____ surf as well as the players.
Henry: You’ll soon do well, I think.
Emily: Thank you.
1.It`s five years since he joined the army.(改为简单句)
He _______ _______ in the army ______ five years.