题目内容
Today is Sunday.I have been studying all daylong.On the 1.morning,I had a dry breakfast.We have no water to drink because 2.
the water supply had cut off.The water came back in 3.
the evening when I was doing math.I didn't stop after 12 o’clock.After a 4.
short lunch I had the rest.Then I went to my Sunday English class. 5.
After a long and tired class for more than two hours,I got 6.
to home.Some work had been done but some hadn't.I must 7.
review all my subject such as math, 8.
Chinese,English,politics and history as well. 9.
That's terribly,especially when there was no water. 10.
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| 1.On→In 在早晨。
2.have→had 文章讲的是过去的事情,用过去时。 3.had后加been 被动语态。 4.after→until 直到… 5.the→a have a rest休息一下,固定搭配。 6.tired→tiring 修饰物用ing形式。 7.去掉to home是副词。 8.subject→subjects 由all知不止一门课程。 9.√ 10.terribly→terrible 形容词作表语。
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As is known to us all, baths and bathing have long been considered of medical importance to man. In Greece there are the ruins of a water system for baths built over 3,000 years ago. The Romans had warm public baths. In some baths, as many 3,000 persons could bathe at the same time.
Treating disease by taking bathing has been popular for centuries. Modern medical bathing first became popular in Europe and by the late 1700’s has also become popular in the United States.
For many years frequent(经常的) bathing was believed to be bad for one’s health. Ordinary bathing just to keep clean was avoided, and perfume was often used to cover up body smells!
By the 1700’s doctors began to say that soap and water were good for health. They believed that it was good for people to be clean. Slowly, people began to bathe more frequently. During the Victorian Age of the late 19th century, taking a bath on Saturday night became common.
In the United States ordinary bathing was slow to become popular. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, many Americans were known as “The Great Unwashed!” In one American city, for example, a person was only allowed to take a bathe every thirty days! That was a law!
Frequency of bathing today is partly a matter of habit. People know that bathing for cleanliness is important to health, Doctors know that dirty bodies increase the chance of diseases. As a result, in the United States, people generally bathe often. Some people bath once a day at least. They consider a daily bath essential (="necessary)" to good health.
【小题1】 A water system for baths was built by _________ over 3,000 years ago.
| A.the Greeks | B.the Romans | C.the Americans | D.the Europeans |
| A.good for health | B.unimportant | C.harmful | D.important |
| A.a strange smelling substance | B.good health |
| C.a sweet smelling substance | D.large wealth |
| A.Everybody inAmericatakes a daily bath. |
| B.A bath a day keeps the doctor away. |
| C.Bathing has become easier and cheaper. |
| D.Taking baths has become popular in the world. |
Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have gotten some new helpers recently—animals.
That’s right, animals. Scientists have begun to understand what farmers have known for thousands of years. Animals often seem to know in advance that an earthquake is coming, and they show their fear by acting in strange ways. Before a Chinese quake in 1975, snakes awoke from their winter sleep early only to freeze to death in the cold air. Cows broke their halters (缰绳) and tried to escape. Chickens refused to enter their cage. All of this unusual behavior, as well as physical changes in the earth, warned Chinese scientists of the coming quake. They moved people away from the danger zone and saved thousands of lives.
One task for scientists today is to learn exactly which types of animal behavior predict quakes. It’s not an easy job. First of all not every animal reacts to the danger of an earthquake. Just before a California quake in 1977, for example, an Arabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of his enclosure. The Australian horse next to him, however, remained perfectly calm. It’s also difficult at times to tell the difference between normal animal restlessness and “earthquake nerves”. A zoo keeper once called earthquake researchers to say that his cougar had been acting strangely. It turned out that the cat had an upset stomach.
A second task for scientists is to find out exactly what kind of warnings the animals receive. They know that animals sense far more of the world than humans do. Many animals can see, hear, and smell things that people do not even notice. Some can sense tiny changes in air pressure, gravity, or the magnetism of Earth. This extra sense probably helps animals predict quakes.
A good example of this occurred with a group of dogs. They were shut in an area that was being shaken by a series of tiny earthquakes. (Several small quakes often come before or after a large one.) Before each quake a low booming sound was heard. Each boom caused the dogs to bark wildly. Then the dogs began to bark during a silent period. A scientist who was recording quakes looked at his machine. It was acting as though there were a loud noise too. The scientist realized that the dogs had reacted to a booming noise. They also sensed the tiny quake that followed it. The machine recorded both, though humans felt and heard nothing.
In this case there was a machine to monitor what the dogs were sensing. Many times, however, our machines record nothing extraordinary, even though animals know a quake is coming. The animals might be sensing something we measure but do not recognize as a warning. Discovering what animals sense, and learning how they know it is a danger signal, is a job for future scientists.
1.Through the passage the writer hopes to explore __________.
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A.why animals send a danger signal before an earthquake |
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B.how animals know when an earthquake is coming |
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C.why animals not men have good sense of danger |
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D.how much animals know about an earthquake |
2. During an earthquake in China in 1975, _________.
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A.chickens refused to go out of their cage |
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B.snakes were frozen to death in their caves |
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C.snakes awoke from their winter sleep earlier |
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D.cows broke their halters and escaped from their sheds |
3.Which of the following is one of earthquake nerves according to the passage?
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A.An Arabian horse tried to escape from his enclosure. |
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B.A cougar had an upset stomach unexpectedly. |
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C.An Australian horse was perfectly calm. |
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D.A cat acted very strangely in a zoo. |
4.The scientists did an experiment with a group of dogs to _________.
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A.find out that the machine could record unusual happenings |
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B.compare the reactions of animals and those of humans |
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C.prove that animals could sense more than humans |
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D.find out what exact warnings animals sent |