题目内容
Jeff borrowed a history book from his friend. He ________ it for a week.
- A.has borrowed
- B.has lent
- C.has kept
- D.lend
此题考查的是“借”的表达法。borrow“借进”,borrow sth. from sb,“从某人处借某物”。lend“借出”,lend sth.to sb.,“借某物给某人”。borrow和lend是非延续性动词,而keep是延续性动词,因此表示“借一段时间”应用keep,另外,时间状语为for a week,表示一段时间。
Even though global warming may have made the weather more mild, many animals are still hibernating(冬眠). It’s too bad that humans can’t hibernate. In fact we almost did.
Apparently, at times in the past, farmers in France liked a semi-state of human hibernation. So writes Graham Robb, a British scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the French farmers. As soon as the weather turned cold, people all over the France shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months.
In line with this, Jeff Warren, a producer at CBC Radio’s The Current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed since the invention of lighting.
When historians began studying texts of the Middle Ages, they noticed something referred to as “first sleep”, which was not clarified, though. Now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods. The business of eight hours’ continuous sleep is a modern invention.
In the past, without the artificial light, humans went to sleep when it became dark and then woke themselves up around midnight. The late night period was known as “The Watch”. It was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighbors.
According to some sleep researchers, a short of insomnia(失眠)at midnight is not a disorder. It is normal. Humans can experience another state of consciousness(清醒状态)around their sleeping, which happens in the brief period before we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning. This period can be a creative time for some people.
Playing with your sleep rhythms(节奏)can be dangerous, as worry may set in. Medical science doesn’t help much in this case. It offers us medicines for a full night’s continuous sleep, which sounds natural; however, according to Warren’s theory, it is really the opposite of what we need.
【小题1】The late night was called “The Watch” because it was a time for people ______.
| A.to set time to catch animals |
| B.to remind others of the time |
| C.to guard against possible dangers |
| D.to wake up their family and neighbors |
| A.sleep in the way animals do |
| B.follow their natural sleep rhythms |
| C.keep to the eight-hour sleeping way |
| D.ask doctors for help if they can’t sleep |
| A.To throw new light on human sleep. |
| B.To encourage people to sleep less. |
| C.To give some suggestions on insomnia. |
| D.To find out people’s hibernating history. |
| Last name:Williams First name:Roy Address:140 Jefferson Drive, Richmond, the USA Post code:40768 E-mail:royu@hotmail.com Home phone:983 0284 Sex (性别):Male Date of birth:11 / 30 / 1997 Marital status:single Do well in:Football, Swimming, Tennis Prizes (with dates): Richmond Wildcat’s Top Football Player for 2009 Family doctor:Dr, Jeff Smith Date of last medical examination:12 / 30 / 2010 Signature:Roy Williams Date:3 / 15 / 2010 Mar. 15, 2010 Mr Woods Newtown Sports Club Center Street Newtown |
I hope to become a member of your club.
I’ll be happy if I am accepted by your club.
Sincerely yours,
Roy Williams
【小题1】Which sports club did Roy want to join?
| A.Newtown Sports Club. | B.Jefferson Drive Sport Club. |
| C.Center Street Sports Club. | D.Newton Club. |
| A.twelve | B.thirteen | C.fourteen | D.fifteen |
| A.in 2009 | B.in 1997 | C.in 2010 | D.both in 2009 and 2010 |
| A.His parents. | B.Dr Jeff Smith. | C.Mr. Woods. | D.His brothers. |
| A.know what prize he had ever won |
| B.accept him as a new member |
| C.know he was a sports lover |
| D.help him become a top football player again |
附加题(10分)
1. —How long may I _________ the book? —Two weeks.
A.keep B.borrow C.lend D.return
2. Don’t tell anybody about it. Keep it __________ you and me.
A.among B.between C.in D.with
3. The bike ________ me six hundred yuan.
A.cost B.paid C.spent D.took
4. My watch is old, but _____________ is new.
A.his B.her C.your D.it’s
(填同音词)
5. ______ always do the __________ exercises after watching TV.
Use the words below to complete the following sentences.
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problem is happy friend sadly |
Nobody can 6.________ happy all the time. You may become 7.________ sometimes, for example, when you fail an exam; or you may become 8.________ when you lose one of your 9._________. It’s normal to have these feelings. If you don’t know how to deal with these 10.___________, you may learn something from Jeff.