To limit the number of the visitors, the zoo is thinking about the________of the ticket price.
A.rising B.raising C.reducing D.adding
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You look great red! This red coat is perfect you!
A.on; in B.in; on C.in; in D.on; on
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I am a Singer is a good TV show. Alice often it in her free time.
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Do Encyclopedias Know Everything?
LONG BEFORE Wikipedia or Encyclopedia Britannica (《大英百科全书》), there was Pliny the Elder. He was a first-century Roman researcher. His assistants (助理) read to him while he ate dinner and while he bathed. All the while, Pliny took notes. He even considered walking a waste of time. His assistants carried him around Rome in a chair while he read.
All of this was preparation for his Historia Naturalis (《博物志》). The book was published in A.D. 77. It is considered the oldest surviving encyclopedia on Earth. There are 2,500 chapters. They cover everything from mice to Mars.
“No Roman author has completed such a project,” Pliny proudly announced. Unluckily, two years after publishing (出版) the encyclopedia, he died in a natural disaster.
Accidents can hardly be avoided (避免). However, they can be recorded. Editors of encyclopedias, like Pliny, organize the knowledge of our world. Like a valuable gift, the books pass through the ages. They begin their lives as a tool and end them as a historical record.
Therefore, in my opinion, an encyclopedia is not just a record of what its editors know. It’s also a record of what they don’t know.
Pliny was wrong when he said there were seven planets, including the Sun and the Moon. He was wrong, too, when he said Africans were black from being burnt by the Sun. After all, Historia Naturalis is a book edited by a Roman thousands of years ago. These were all he truly knew.
Similarly, both Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica have some incorrect information. Even the biggest encyclopedias only represent what their editors know.
“The task of editing an encyclopedia can never be completed,” said Roger Lewinter, an American researcher. Encyclopedias can’t record all of the human knowledge but just some of it. They are always waiting for someone — you, perhaps — to improve them.
1.According to the article, before Pliny the Elder completed his Historia Naturalis, ______.
A.Nobody had considered walking a waste of time B.There was no encyclopedia on Earth
C.Nobody knew what Mars was D.No Roman author had completed an encyclopedia
2.When did Pliny die in a natural disaster?
A.In A.D. 79. B.In A.D. 77. C.In A. D.75. D. In 77 B.C.
3.Which of the following statements would the author agree to?
A.We should destroy Pliny’s encyclopedia because it contains too many mistakes.
B.Modern encyclopedias — such as Wikipedia — have fewer mistakes.
C.In the biggest encyclopedia, we can find all of the human knowledge.
D.In all encyclopedias, there is some incorrect information.
4.The author expects his readers to _____.
A.find all the mistakes in Historia Naturalis B.improve an encyclopedia
C.complete the task of editing an encyclopedia D.take a look at the world’s biggest encyclopedias
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A.it is; without B.it was; with
C.it; without D.that is; with
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A.murder B.theft C.kidnapping D.suspect
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A.feel B.to feel C.feels D.felt
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—What do you want to have dinner?
—Rice and fish .
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(Sally and Tina are talking about their reading.)
Sally:Hi, Tina. What are you reading?
Tina:A Brief Introduction of Time (时间简史) by Stephen Hawking.
Sally:I have heard of this book, too.1.
Tina:It’s about time, space and future.
Sally:What does he think the future will be like?
Tina:2. There won’t be any other planet, either.
Sally:Really? His book is really interesting. After reading it,3.
Tina:Oh, no. I just read the book for fun.
Sally:4.
Tina:I want to be a teacher.5.
Sally:Hope your dream can come true.
A.What is it about?
B.Well, he thinks there won't be the earth in the future.
C.Then what do you want to be?
D.Do you like Stephen hawking?
E.So I am going to study education first.
F.do you want to be a scientist like him when you grow up?
G.I think the city will be bigger and more polluted.
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