Chinese team first lands on Antarctic icecap peak (南极冰盖最高点)

A 12-man Chinese team landed on the Antarctic icecap peak on January 18. They are the first people to reach the peak of Dome A. It is 4,039 meters above sea level (海拔).

The team built a station there to study the changes of the weather, get ice samples (标本) from 150 meters to 200 meters below, and do other studies. So far, the team has got nearly 100-meter long ice samples from a place about 300 meters under the icecap peak.

It is the first time that people have been able to get samples from the icecap peak in Antarctica and it is very important for people to study the weather changes and environmental changes in this area.

The Chinese scientists have also built a weather study system at the peak. The system can send out information about temperature, how strong the wind is, and many other things about the weather.

The Antarctic icecap makes up 70% of the earth's freshwater. By studying Dome A, scientists can get the lowest temperature of the earth and other information about the world's weather changes. We can't get this information from other places on the earth because Dome A is the best place for this kind of studies. So it is very important to land on the peak of Dome A.

1. How many Chinese first landed on the Antarctic icecap peak?

A.18. 　　　　   B.12. 　　　　     C.150. 　　　　   D.200.

2. The team has got about 100-meter long ice samples _     __.

A. from 150 meters to 200 meters below  B. from a place about 300 meters below

C. from 200 meters to 250 meters below  D. from a place about 150 meters below

3. They built a weather study system to get _    __.

A. the earth's freshwater                              B. information about the weather

C. ice samples from the peak                     D. the news about other countries

4. Choose thy right order (顺序) according to this passage.

① They built a station to study the changes of the weather.

　    ② A Chinese team landed on the Antarctic icecap peak.

③ The Chinese scientists built a weather study system.

　    ④ They got ice samples from the icecap peak.

　   A.②①④③ 　             B.②①③④ 　　　      C.③②①④ 　　        D.②③④①

6. From this passage, we can infer (推断): After the Chinese team landed on the Antarctic icecap peak, _      __.  

　　A. we can go there for holidays

　　B. the world's weather must be better and better

C. the peak will be the best place for people to live in

D. our country will do better in the world's weather research

Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed , we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力).

    Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing . I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that moment, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.”

At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).

1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was _____for Father and Son.

   A. hard               B. enjoyable             C. painful          D. comfortable

2. The word “quit” in the passage means “______”.

    A. carry on         B. put off                 C. give up         D. pick up

3. Which of the following is the similar in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?

    A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.  

B. The sky is always as clear as crystal.

     C. You can find life is full of nice things.             

D. Never give up half-way.

4. We can infer (推断) from the last paragraph that ______.

     A. the writer was very successful in his life.

     B. the writer didn’t reach the top of the mountain.

     C. though the writer was young, he could understand his father.

     D. the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain.

5. The best title (题目) for the passage is “___________”.

    A. Reaching the Top of the Mountain       B. Enjoying the Beautiful Views

    C. Conversations between Father and Son   D. Father and I

用所给词的适当形式填空。

1. These famous __________________(direct) attended the presentation held last Saturday.

2. --- How often do you go home, mike?---______________ ( two) a month.

3. It’s _______________ ( mean) for us to provide the disaster areas with all kinds of things.

4. They talked so _______________(excite) that they forgot the time for lunch.

5. Can you tell me which is ______________________(develop) of all these cities?

6. The Greens __________________ (have) supper when there was a knock at the door.

7. Jenny ___________________ (marry)for 5 years and she lives a happy life.

8. The educational film is worth _______________(see) once more.

9. What will you do after your work________________(finish)?

10. These days the doctors are doing what they can ______________ (save ) the patients in the earthquake.

Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.

Life today has brought new problems.

One of the biggest problems is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It killed our fish and _____a_____ our drinking water. ____b_____  pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It’s hard to all the living things in the world.

Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day, （2）sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt(被子) over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog.

Many countries are making rules to flight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is poured away, they mustn’t blow dirty smoke into the air.

We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car, (3)如果开车的人少了，空气污染就少了。

1. 在横线上填入适当的单词 a.____________   b. _____________.(每空一词)

2. 将句子(2)译成汉语___________________________________________________________

3. 将句子(3)译成英语___________________________________________________________

4. 找出Dirty water must be stopped from dumping into the river. 的同义句.

5. 找出或写出能概括本文大意的句子。

根据上下文和所给的首字母补全单词。

Thirty reporters(记者) arrived at the Mount Qomolangma media(传媒) center on Monday. The center, in southwest of Lhasa--- the c___1___ of Tibet(西藏), is 5,040 m in h____2___.

Kuang Yiyi, a reporter of Hong Kong TVB, was among the first team of 19 Chinese and 11 f____3___ reporters to arrive at the center, but his stay was short, because he was found to be suffering from a bad headache, and had a high t____4___.

Liu Xuan who was also suffering from altitude sickness(高原反应) were t___5____ to a hospital by medical workers, 102 km from the base camp.

"It's a b__6__ tough at this high altitude, so I’ll need to take some time to get used to it," she said.

"We are about 5,000 m up and I have been getting headaches and have had some d____7___ sleeping over the past few days.

"But after coming all this way I am really looking forward to w___8___ some good stories about the relay and the torchbearers(火炬传递手).

According to earlier r____9___, the lantern carrying the Olympic flame(奥运圣火) has already reached the base camp of Mount Qomolangma, marking the f   10 ___time the Olympic flame has been on the world's highest peak(峰).

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May 13, Tuesday                                                      Rainy

     An earthquake hit Wenchuan in Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008__________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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--I'm sorry to have kept you waiting long．

--Never mind．I          here for only a few minutes．

A、have been            B、have come                  C、have arrived           D、waited

--You seem to like sweets．

--         ，That's probably why I'm becoming fatter and fatter．

A、So I do                B、So do I                C、So am I                 D、So I am

--Would you like          some fruit?

--No，thinks，I don't feel like          anything now．

A、to have；to eat                                        B、having：to eat

C、having；eating                                           D、to have；eating

--Did Tom's parents go to the meeting yesterday?

--Yes,          of them did，but          spoke．

A、each；none          B、both；none          C、neither；both         D、both；neither