Years of efforts        when they saw the pictures of the moon sent back to the earth by Chang’e-1.

A. paid off        B. took off        C. showed off      D. went off

Modern plastics can        very high and very low temperatures.

A. stand           B. hold            C. carry           D. support

I have offered to paint the house        a week’s accommodation.

A. in exchange for   B. with regard to    C. by means of     D. in place of

It is        to spend money on preventing illnesses by promoting healthy living rather than spending it trying to make people        after they are ill.

A. good...good    B. well...better  C. better...better D. better...good

I’d appreciate        if you would like to teach me how to use the computer.

A. that           B. it             C. this           D. you

Students should be encouraged to use        Internet as        resource.

A. /...a          B. /...the        C. the...the      D. the...a

某中学生英语报习作栏正在就下列漫画举行征文活动,并根据漫画所表述的内容，用英语写一篇短文向该报投稿。

某中学生英语报习作栏正在就下列漫画举行征文活动。请仔细观察漫画，

一、内容要点：

1．专家们赞成取消文理分科。

理由是：1)文理分科不利于学生全面发展。

        2)社会对人才的要求不是单一的，多学些知识更能适应社会的需要。

2．你作为一名高中生对取消文理分科持什么态度，并陈述你的理由。(至少写出两条理由)

二、可适当增添细节，层次分明，行文连贯。

三、字数130个左右。

四、开头语已为你写好(不计入总字数)。

参考词汇：全面的overall

Whether to cancel the division of science and arts in senior middle school is an issue of

controversy nowadays．We have heard many different voices about it．Some experts，

as we can see from the cartoon，approve of it while other senior school students are

opposed to it．                                                               

There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy, the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.

People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things. The pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine, the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend (hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.

Though in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrong doings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.

About Two Types of People

  An American friend of mine who was high up in a big corporation had worked out a way of handling a flood of e-mails before most of us had even heard of the concept. If any information he was sent was vital enough, his lack of response would ensure the sender rang him up, if the sender wasn't important enough to have his private number, the communication couldn't be that important. My friend is now even more senior in the same company, so the strategy must work.

Almost every week now , there seems to be a report suggesting that we are all being driven crazy by the bother of e-mail. If this is the case, it's only because we haven't developed an appropriate discrimination in dealing with it.

The following may be helpful. Firstly. You junk anything with an exclamation mark on a string of capital letters, or from any address you don't recognize or feel confident about.

Secondly, e-mails don't all have to be answered. Because e-mailing is so easy, there's a tendency for correspondence to carry on for ever, but it is permissible to stop an endless discussion or to accept a point of information sent by a colleague without acknowledging it.

Thirdly, a reply e-mail doesn’t have to be the same length as the original. We all have e-mail pals who send long, chatty e-mails, which are nice to receive, but who then expect an equally long reply. The chart of e-mail can consist in the simple, incomplete sentence, totally regardless of the format of the letter sent by post. You are perfectly within the bounds of politeness in responding to a marathon e-mail with a brief reply.

73．Why does the author mention his American friend in Paragraph 1?（within 10 words）

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74．What is the third suggestion?（within 9 words）

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75．What are the last three paragraphs about?.（within 8 words ）

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   Until recently, the “science of the future” was supposed to be electronics and artificial intelligence. Today it seems more and more likely that the next great breakthroughs in technology will be brought through a combination of those two sciences with organic chemistry and genetic engineering. This combination is the science of biotechnology.

   Organic chemistry enables us to produce marvelous synthetic(合成的) materials. However, it is still difficult to manufacture anything that has the capacity of wool to conserve heat and also to absorb moisture. Nothing that we have been able to produce so far comes anywhere near the combination of strength, lightness and flexibility that we find in the bodies of ordinary insects.

   Nevertheless, scientists in the laboratory have already succeeded in “growing” a material that has many of the characteristics of human skin. The next step may well be “biotech hearts and eyes” which can replace diseased organs in human beings. These will not be rejected by the body, as is the case with organs from humans.

   The application of biotechnology to energy production seems even more promising. In 1996 the famous science fiction writer, Arthur C. Clarke, many of whose previous predictions have come true, said that we may soon be able to develop remarkably cheap and renewable sources of energy. Some of these power sources will be biological. Clarke and others have warned us repeatedly that sooner or later we will have to give up our dependence on non-renewable power sources. Coal, oil and gas are indeed convenient. However, using them also means creating dangerously high levels of pollution. It will be impossible to meet the growing demand for energy without increasing that pollution to catastrophic(灾难性的) levels unless we develop power sources that are both cheaper and cleaner.

   It is attempting to think that biotechnology or some other “science of the future” can solve our problems. Before we surrender to that temptation we should remember nuclear power. Only a few generations ago it seemed to promise limitless, cheap and safe energy. Today those promises lie buried in a concrete grave in a place called Chernobyl(切尔诺贝利), in the Ukraine. Biotechnology is unlikely, however, to break its promises in quite the same or such a dangerous way.

68.According to the passage, the science of the future is likely to be __________.

   A. electronics    B. biotechnology    C. genetic engineering   D. nuclear technology

69. Organic chemistry helps to produce materials that are __________.

   A. as good as wool                            B. as good as an insect’s body 

   C. not as good as natural materials       D. better than natural materials.

70. According to the passage, it may soon be possible__________.

   A. to make something as good as human skin   B. to produce drugs without side effects

   C. to transplant human organs                        D. to make artificial hearts and eyes

71. In 1996, Arthur C. Clarke predicted that ___________.

   A. biological power sources would be put into use soon

   B. oil, gas and coal could be repeatedly used in the future

   C. dependence on non-renewable power sources would be reduced soon

   D. the Chernobyl disaster would happen in two years

72. What do we learn from the last paragraph?

   A. Biotechnology can solve all our future energy problems.

   B. Biological power is cheaper than nuclear power.

   C. Biological power may not be as dangerous as nuclear power.

   D. Biological power will keep all its promises.