“NOW I just don't believe that." Surely all of us, at some point, have watched a movie and thought: It's simply badly researched, or, the makers must think we're idiots (白痴).

  Recently, the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph ran a humorous piece on unconvincing(不让人信服的) tech moments from some top movies. Let's see what all the fuss (激动) is about.

  Telegraph writer Tom Chiver's first example is from the end-of-the-world movie Independence Day, in which a character comes up with a virus capable of destroying Windows, the computer system the alien spacecraft uses. “It's a good thing they didn't have Norton Antivirus,” jokes Chivers.

  It's just one case of a movie that takes a lot of license with its science. Another one Chivers mentions is from Star Wars, where glowing beams (闪亮的光束) of light traveling through space look very impressive. The problem is that in space there are no air particles (粒子) for the light to reflect off. In reality, they'd be invisible, which wouldn't look so cool on the big screen.

  Chiver's second piece of Star Wars nonsense is the sound the fighters make in the movies: “the bellow (咆哮) of an elephant mixed with a car driving on a wet road”. But sound needs a medium (介质) to travel through, like air. In space, there wouldn't actually be any sound at all.

  Few people would deny that the mind-bending Matrix films make for great viewing, but for Chivers, the science in the movies is a little silly.    

  He comments “…the film is based on the idea that humans are kept alive as electricity generator (发电机). This is not just unlikely – it's fundamentally impossible. They would need more energy to stay alive than they would produce. It's like saying you'll power your car with batteries, and keep the batteries charged by running a dynamo (发电机) from the wheels.”

  And finally: as Chivers points out, DNA is not replaceable. But this bit of elementary genetics (遗传学) passed the makers of the 2002 Bond film Die Another Day by. In the film the villain (坏人) has “gene therapy (疗法)” to change his appearance and his DNA, which is completely impossible.

1.The following are all movies mentioned in the article except _______.

A. Die Another Day.  B. Matrix           C. Star War   D. Norton Antivirus

2.Chivers uses the car as an example to show that _______.   

A. cars can’t be powered by batteries

B. humans consume more power that they could have made

C. the villain has “gene therapy” to change his appearance and his DNA

D. it would take so much power to keep humans alive by electricity generator that it’s hardly possible

3.Which of the following is a scientific fact?

   A. No virus can destroy Windows.

   B. Light can be reflected with the help of air particles.

   C. DNA is replaceable as long as there is enough energy.  

   D. We can design a car powered with batteries which are charged from the wheels.

4.What kind of people Chivers may be?

A. Humorous.       B. Brave.        C. Sensitive.    D. Careless.

5.Chivers probably writes the article in order to _______.

A. persuade people not to watch some silly movies

B. criticize movie makers’ carelessness

C. provide readers with something to read for fun

D. educate the public on some basic scientific knowledge 

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：  

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

短文改错:

Han Han, a professionally rally(赛车) driver, best-selling author                   1__________

and the China's most popular blogger, has been chosen as one                    2__________

of “the 100 most influential people” by Time magazine.                        3__________

Every year, Time selects hundreds of people included the leaders, artists           4__________

and icons, and encouraged its readers to vote. The weekly news                  5__________

magazine, introduced Han as an author and a race car driver,                    6__________

said Han was qualified to be on the list as good as Obama and Lady Gaga.            7__________

Han's first novel, that based on his experience as a high                       8__________

school dropout, became a best seller in China and caused

a debate the quality of the country's education system. Han had                 9__________

received much higher votes than any other candidates (候选人).              10__________

1.The building has been made a_______ to disabled people.  

2.Among the Asian countries a_______ by A-H1N1, only a few reported uncontrollable infection.

3.C_______ to the “warm-hearted woman” she appears to be, she is actually cruel and mean.

4.We have all ______(力劝) that middle school students be given time for sleep and play.

5.Whether the clothes will be ready the day after tomorrow will r_______ on the tailors.

6.Suddenly I realized she was there _______ (瞄准) a pistol at the bandit(强盗). 

7.Some countries would take measures to protect their own interest and try to seek or even make excuses to accuse other nations without _______ (犹豫).

8.There are various kinds of products in Wanda Shopping Square, r______ from food to computer software.

9.All these will _______(有助于) to Hong Kong’s development in the future.

10.The _______ (突破) meeting in 2005 opened a window of opportunity for greater exchanges across the Taiwan Straits.

  全球变暖是我们都关注的话题，我们每个人都应该对自己每天的生活和选择所产生的温室气体负责。因此，防止气候变化需要地球上的每个人共同来努力。写一篇100字左右短文介绍如何减少碳排放量。开头已给出。

1. 采用喷头淋浴而非浴缸。

2. 不使用时，关掉所有电器，如灯等。 

3. 买适量的食物，合理处理剩饭。使用自己的饭盒，不用一次性饭盒。

4. 使用可再用的购物袋。  

Words: 温室气体: greenhouse gases         碳排放量: carbon emission

       一次性饭盒: disposable container  饭盒: lunch box   剩饭: leftover food

  Global warming catches and holds our concern. _____________________________________

 Mum ______ to us. “Be quiet! Your little sister is sleeping.”

A. shouted         B. explained      C. whispered     D. replied

 The plane of the Polish president was about to land ______ it snagged(挂) treetops and crashed, ______ the president and 96 others on board.

   A. while, killed                  B. when, killing  

C. and, and killed                D. when, to kill

 —Where did you get this book?  

   —Oh, I ______ it in the bookshop when I was looking for another one.

   A. came across       B. found out      C. looked for     D. came up

 A lesson from the terrible drought(干旱) that hit some parts of southwestern China this year is that more anti-drought projects ______ built in the past years.

   A. should be                    B. should not have been  

C. ought to have been         D. must be

 We mustn’t waste anything; ______, we mustn’t waste our time.  

A. after all          B. in all         C. above all        D. at all

 Our eating habits have changed, ______ has our way of life.  

   A. like             B. as            C. but            D. nor