World Food Prize goes to Ethiopian Scientist
Sorghum is an important grain for Africa. Millions of Africans have more to eat because of Gebisa Ejeta. The Ethiopian scientist developed sorghum seeds that can resist long dry periods. The seeds can also resist the Striga weed, a big cause of crop failures in Arica.
Now his work has earned him this year’s World Food Prize from the World Food Prize Foundation. He received 250,000 dollars for the award. He is only the second African to win the prize since it was set up in 1986. monty Jones, a rice specialist from Sierra Leone, was the winner in 2004.
Gebisa Ejeta is a professor at Purdue University in Indiana. Over the years, he was worked with farmers and seed companies and developed more than eighty seed types for Africa.
In the early 1980s, Professor Ejeta developed the first sorghum hybrid seeds. These resisted drought and led to a major increase in production.
Drought is not the only enemy. Striga is a parasitic weed that Africans commonly call witch weed. The plant attacks sorghum and other crops and steals water and nutrients from the roots.
In the 1990s, Gebisa Ejeta and another researcher, Larry Butler, identified the complex relationships between Striga and sorghum plants. That finding led to the development of seeds which can resist both Striga and drought.
Gebisa Ejeta was brought up in a one-room hut in a rural village in west-central Ethiopia. His mother wanted him to get and education. He walked twenty kilometers to school in a neighboring town. He left home on Sunday nights and returned on Friday. Professor Ejeta has never forgotten his African roots. Today he encourages other scientists to turn to Africa’s needs.
Ethiopian scientist 71 World Food Prize
| Theme | Gebisa Ejeta, a scientist from Ethiopia, won World Food Prize in 2009. |
| World Food Prize | World Food Prize was 72 in 1986. The winner receivers 250,000 dollars for the award, Gebisa Ejeta, was the second African winner after Monty Jones, a rice 73 from Sierra Leone , who was the winner in 2004. |
| Growth& early 74 | Gebisa Ejeta was 75 in a rural village in west-central Ethiopia and had to walk 20 kms to 76 school in a neighboring town. |
| 77 | In the early 1980s, Professor Ejeta developed the first sorghum hybrid seeds, which resisted drought and 78 in a major increase in production. In the 1990s, Gebisa Ejeta, cooperating with Larry Butler, developed seeds 79 to both Striga and drought. Gebisa Ejeta has worked with farmers and seed companies and developed more than eighty seed types for Africa, which makes millions of Africans avoid 80 from hunger. |
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Weddings are so important in China that couples are willing to fork out about 20 times their monthly income on getting hitched and everything that comes with it.
China's newly-weds in cities spend 126,600 Yuan (16,600 U.S. dollars) on average in 2006 when getting hitched, Thursday's Chongqing Youth Daily reported, citing a recent survey by the Ministry of Commerce.
An analysis of 60,000 couples living in cities showed that about 64 percent of the spending went on house decoration, furniture and household appliances and the rest was spent on the wedding, such as the ceremony, photography, wedding dresses and feast.
The survey said the wedding expenditure was only a small share of the overall marriage cost as most Chinese young couples in the cities tended to buy an apartment and a car before tying the knot.
The survey said that about 81.6 percent of the newly-weds admitted that they had got economic support from parents as their monthly income on average was only about 6,240 yuan.
The survey also showed that about 88.4 percent of the newly-weds chose having wedding photography as a priority and 78.74 chose hosting a wedding banquet.
In contrast, young couples in the countryside spent about 40,000 yuan on average on marriage-related issues, less than one third of their city peers, according to the report.
About 8.49 million couples got married in China in 2006.
Title: China’s 51 spend too much
| Wedding cost | 1. China’s newly-weds in cities spend 52 dollars on average in 2006. 2. In the 53 , young couples spent 54 than one third of their city peers. |
| The use of 55 | 1. About 64 percent of the spending went on house 56 , furniture and household appliances. 2. The rest was spent on the wedding, for example the ceremony, 57 , wedding dresses and feast. |
| The source of money | They got the 58 support from their 59 because their income was not high enough. |
| The 60 for the high expense | The newly-weds usually spend a lot because they have many things to buy, such as houses and cars. |
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Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree or diploma course could find a good job quite easily. Companies toured the universities, competing with each other to persuade graduates to join them. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.
Most jobs organizations have provided three stages for graduates to follow in the process of finding a suitable job: recognizing abilities, matching these to available chances and presenting them well to future employers.
Job seekers have to make a careful judgment of their abilities. One area of judgment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, confidence, leadership and caring for others. An honest judgment of personal interests and abilities such as creative or scientific skills, or skills developed from work experience, should also be given careful thought.
The second stage is to study the chances available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. To do this, graduates can study available job chances and information in newspapers or they can visit a job office, write to possible employers for information or get in touch with friends or relatives who may already be holding a particular profession. After studying all the various choices, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various jobs.
A good personal presentation is necessary in the search for a good job. Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling mistakes. Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in detail, with examples if possible. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer’s needs, explain why they are interested in a job with the particular company and try to show that they already know something about the company and its activities.
When graduates are asked to attend an interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the would-be employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.
There will always be good job chances for people with ability, skills and determination. The secret to achieving a good job is to be one of them.
| The 71 of finding a suitable job | Three stages | Recognizing abilities | Job seekers must 73 their abilities carefully. |
| They must take their values and attitudes into 74 . | |||
| Matching abilities to available chances | They must make a study in various ways. | ||
| They should 75 various jobs to find a suitable one. | |||
| Giving a good personal 72 | They should fill in the job application forms and give information about their abilities and work experience in 76 . | ||
| They should speak more about the company to show they are 77 with it. | |||
| Attending an interview | Gather as much 78 as they can about the would-be employer. | ||
| 79 suitably and arrive on time. | |||
| Try to be 80 when asking questions. | |||
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Michel became hooked on headphones in his early teens. He walked in the streets of Brooklyn day after day with his favorite music blasting directly into his ears. By his early 20s, Michel had lost much of his upper-range hearing.
The Children’s Hearing Institute reports that hearing loss among children and young adults is rising in the United States, and that one third of the damage is caused by noise.
Surrounded By Noise
We live in a noisy world. Young and old alike are beset by sounds over which we may have little or no control: power mowers, leaf blowers, snow blowers, cars and house alarms, sirens, motorcycles, Jet Skis, loudspeakers, even movie previews.
We attend rock concerts, weddings, parties and sports events at which the music is so loud you can hardly hear the person sitting next to you. At home, televisions, stereos and computer games are often turned up so loud that listeners can not hear a doorbell or telephone. Many “modern ” restaurants have chosen noise enhancement instead of abatement(减轻). Any time you need to shout to be heard by someone near you, your hearing is most likely to be in a decibel(分贝) danger zone.
As if environmental noise were not enough, now we surround children with noisy toys and personal listening devices that can permanently damage their hearing. Toys that meet the safety standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials can produce sound up to 138 decibels, as loud as a jet plane taking off. Yet workplace rules require hearing protection for those exposed to noise above 85 decibels.
Protecting Young Ears
Before buying noisemaking toys, parents would do well to listen to how loud they are. If the toy comes with a volume control, monitor its use to make sure it is kept near the lowest level. Consider returning gifts that make loud noises, disable the noise-making function. Or limit the use of noisy toys to outside play areas.
Children who play computer games and stereo equipment should be warned to keep the volume down. Time spent in video arcades, where the noise level can be over 110 decibels, should be strictly limited. Most iPods have a control that allow parents to set a maximum volume.
Don’t take children to loud action movies. If you do go and the sound seems deafening, ask the manager to turn down the volume or insist on your money back. Children who play in bands and teenagers who use power tools, gardening equipment or guns should be made to wear hearing protection, available at sporting goods stores.
The League for the Hard of Hearing urges parents to encourage participation in quiet activities, like reading, watching family-oriented films, doing puzzles, making things with construction toys, playing educational computer games, drawing and painting, and visiting librarians and museums.
All That noise is damaging Children’s Hearing
| Introduction | A boy lost much of his hearing due to being ___71___ to headphones. |
| Problem | More and more children have ___72___from hearing loss. |
| Causes of the problems | ★___73___ noise from: a) power mowers, leaf blowers, snow blowers, and etc. b) the music at rock concerts, weddings, parties and sports events which ___74__ us hearing someone nearby; c) televisions, stereos and computer games ___75___ than doorbells or telephones d) “modern ” restaurants ★Noise from: toys and listening devices which cause ___76___ damage to hearing. |
| ___77___ to the problem | ★Monitor the volume of toys ★___78___ gifts making loud noise ★Limit children's time spent in video arcades ★___79___ taking children to loud action movies ★Make children wear hearing protection when around loud noise ★Encourage children to ___80___ in quiet activities |
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When you read the newspaper, do you read the advertisements as closely as you read news stores? Do you believe advertising as readily as you believe news stories? I don’t and neither do most people I know.
But we pay attention to news or public interest stories. Not only do we pay attention, we are also more likely to believe news stories than your basic advertisements. When your news is published either online, on the radio, TV or in newspapers people automatically feel that since it’s being published it must be worthy information
I read somewhere that “Advertising is what you pay for. Publicity is what you pray for”. This is so true. You can spend a fortune on advertising and yes, it will bring you some traffic（买卖）but traffic is only part of what you need and it stops when the advertising stops.
What you really need is publicity—free publicity so that your information reaches your would-be customers and people will begin to get to “know” you. When people see and hear your name over and over they will begin to think of you as an expert in your field. They will trust your judgment and buy your products. They will start all over again. One of the best ways to get free publicity is by writing articles then giving them to the third party sites and newspapers for publishing. Plus with a price like free, why not make the most of it?
The most important thing to remember when writing news is to write story not a sales speech. Don’t you hate it when you ask someone about a product and instead of them telling you what it is and how you could benefit from it they go into the speech about its features and why it’s a good product?
You should be trying to sell a story connected to the product instead of trying to sell the product itself. Why? Because people love stories! We’re been listening to and telling stories for centuries and we will continue for a long time to come. People will pay attention if they think they’re going to hear a good story but will turn away if you give them a sales speech.
By writing like a storyteller, you will get free publicity which will increase your traffic and your sales.
| Disadvantages of advertisements | 1. Readers usually don’t read ads 71 |
| 2. People are not 72__ to believe ads. | |
| 3. If the advertising stops, the_73 _stops. | |
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__74 of news stories | 1. People pay more attention to news stories. |
| 2. People often think news stories are_ 75__. | |
| 3. People have been 76__ of stories for centuries. | |
| How news stories work | When people see and hear your_ 77 _over and over again, they will begin to think of you as an 78__ in your field. They will 79__ in your judgment and buy your products. They will also_80 you to others. |
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Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. He was born in Gary, Indiana. He was the seventh child out of nine children in his family. Michael was often bodily abused(虐待) by his father, beaten up and also verbally(口头地) abused, but Michael’s success was also due to his father’s being strict. www..com
Michael was always an entertainer(表演者). Even when he just joined school, he would perform in front of friends and classmates. Michael started his professional(职业的) music career at the age of 11, becoming a member of The Jackson Five.
He’s well-known for increasing the popularity of MTV through his music videos. Some of the music videos that are good examples of this fact are Beat It, Billie Jean and Thriller. Michael attracted his fans and audiences with his style of singing, dressing, and his special dance moves, especially “Moonwalk”. The moonwalk is something that people from every part of the world loved and tried to follow. www..com
Michael Jackson supported 39 charities. Through his work, he raised and donated millions of money to charity, much more than any other showman. He had great love for children, especially the poor ones, and he felt children were the next best thing after God.
Michael planned to start a 50-concert tour(巡回演出) in July 2009. Sadly, on 25th June, 2009, Michael died at home. Michael Jackson was a great performer, showman and entertainer. It’s not likely that there will ever be another entertainer like Michael Jackson again.
| Title | Michael Jackson |
| Childhood | ﹡He was 76______ on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. ﹡He had 77______ brothers and sisters. ﹡He was often abused bodily and verbally by his father. ﹡He loved 78 ______ in front of friends and classmates at school. |
| Music career | ﹡He became a 79______ of The Jackson Five at 11. ﹡He increased the 80______ of MTV. ﹡He created some good music videos like Beat It, Billie Jean Thriller and so on. ﹡He had his own attractive style of singing, dressing, and special dance moves. |
| Charity | ﹡He 81______ 39 charities. ﹡He was the showman who donated the most 82______ to charity. ﹡He 83 ______ children very much, especially the poor ones. |
| Death | He died on 25th June, 2009 without realizing his plan of a 50-concert 84______. |
| Evalution（评价) | ﹡He was a good charitable person. ﹡He was a great performer, showman and 85______. |
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Many people find good friends but they fail to continue with their friendship, because they do not know their role as a friend. Let us see some important points that we should take care of if we wish to be a good friend for someone.
Be a secret admirer(崇拜者) of your friend: If your friend is good at something, then do not praise him just in front of him. Praising a person for what he is good at does not improve his qualities. It surely will do harm to your friend. A good friend should never miss an opportunity to praise his friend in front of others when he is not around.
Pull your friend away from making mistakes: If your friend is doing something wrong, it is your duty to let him know it at earliest. Keep in mind a best friend has to play a role of critic(批评家) if he wants his friend to stop doing wrong things. But keep in mind not to show your friend’s mistakes in front of other people. It will spoil （损害） your friend’s image in others’ view. And besides your friendship will be in danger. Sometimes it is important to understand your friend’s intentions(意图) behind his actions and try to analyze (分析) situation, then only you should give your opinion.
Try to understand your friend: It is always important to understand what your friend is worried about or what problems he is facing. Always try to understand the situation your friend is in and try to calm him. It is obvious （明显的） that if people have some problems, they will not speak up their problems to their brothers or sisters, they will instead tell everything to their friends. Let your friend speak up, just listen to him and be with him until your friend feels better.
Try to teach good things: If you are a true friend, you should never give your hungry friend a fish, instead, you should teach him how to fish. This will give your friend food for lifetime. A good friend will never wish his friend to be dependent on someone.
Do not interfere(妨碍): The most important point that one should take care of is that your friend has his own life and you should not interfere in his life. You have a right to tell your friend what is good and what is bad, but you do not have a right to make someone do what you wish.
Hope this will help you out solve some of your problems you are facing in friendship.
Tips for 71 Good Relationship
| Key points | Know your 72 as a friend[ |
| Be a secret admirer of your friend | Don’t think highly of your friend when he is around, which surely will be 73 to him. |
| Point out your friends’ mistake as 74 as possible. | When finding your friend is doing something wrong, you’d better let him know it but 75 not to do that in front of others. |
| Try to 76 your friend | When your friend has something to worry about or has problems, let him speak up and listen to him. Try to keep him 77 . |
| Try to teach something good | Teach your friend the 78 to solve problems. Try not to let him 79 on others. |
| Let your friend have his own life | 80 all, don’t interfere in your friend’s life, for he has his own life. |
| 第错误！未找到引用源。卷 非选择题（三部分，共35分） 第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。 注意：每空限填1个单词 Many people think dreams are full of messages that may not be clear to us common people. But if we think about what is going on in our lives, we can usually come up with an answer. Let’s look at some of the most common dreams. What do these dreams mean? Falling You’re falling, falling, falling… and then you wake up. This dream is said to mean you are afraid of something or worried about something. There may be something in your life that is out of control and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Another explanation is that you may fail in something. Maybe you’re not doing well in school or work. Taking an exam(or forgetting that you have one) You suddenly realize you have to take an exam at that very moment. You might be running here and there to find your classroom. Experts say this dream may mean you’re being tested about something or maybe you are facing a challenge. Flying Dreaming that you are flying means you are on top of things. You are in control of the things that matter to you. It may also mean you have confidence in yourself and think no one and nothing can beat you. Trying to run, but going nowhere You’re trying to run, but either your legs won’t move or you simply aren’t going anywhere. Some experts think this dream means you’re trying to do too many things at once and can’t catch up or move forward. In fact, unlike these dreams, there are also many strange dreams that experts may not be able to explain. Topic: What do dreams mean ? |