Imagine a perfect day: the weather is good and everything seems fine. When, suddenly, your cell phone loses its signal, the television has no programs, and you can't get online with your computer.
What has happened? These are just the types of problems a solar storm (太阳风暴) might cause. You may not think of storms as putting our society in danger. But today, a solar storm is as serious as other bad events, such as earthquakes.
A solar storm is caused by solar flares (太阳耀斑): large explosions near the sun that can give off lots of energy. The strong energy can stop the satellite systems (卫星系统) that operate our computers, telecom networks and so on. These storms can even cause the power to go out for weeks or months.
In the past few months, scientists have recorded some of the strongest sun flares in years. The most recent one happened around Valentine's Day, 2011. It caused radio and satellite signals to go down in some northern cities in China.
"Solar flare activity is going to be much worse than what we've seen in the past. We' re not talking about a few cities losing power. It could be half the country, maybe more," SolarStormWarning. com, a US website about space weather, warned.
Experts say that little can be done to predict (预测) such a storm. Governments around the world are trying to work together before the next storm, although they are not sure when that may happen.
46. Solar storms can cause many problems EXCEPT that_______.
A. TVs cannot be turned on B. mobile phones have no signals
C. people cannot get online D. the satellite system will be stopped
47. According to the article, what are solar flares?
A. Natural disasters like earthquakes. B. Strong solar storms.
C. Large explosions near the sun. D. A lot of energy around the sun.
48. The writer wrote the article mainly to_______.
A. introduce to people what solar storms are
B. tell people how to solve the problems caused by solar storms
C. call for scientists to predict when the next storm will happen
D. ask people to work to prevent the solar storms from happening
科目：初中英语 来源：2011-2012学年江苏省泰兴市实验中学初二下学期期中英语试卷（带解析） 题型：完型填空
Imagine a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone without your 31 .You can’t walk anywhere without your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you 32 at yourself in the mirror(镜子)like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?
Nick was born without limbs(四肢), so life was not 33 for him. At school many students played jokes on him. Because he looked different from everyone else. He was refused(拒绝)to be 34 friends, so he always felt 35 . However, he faced that bravely. He 36 to type and write with two toes at the age of six, and he could 37 surf and play golf. In college, he achieved great success and was among the excellent students in the studies. And he decided on what to do later in his life—to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.
Now Nick is one of the most popular 38 in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story against difficulties. “Living life fully is about looking at what you 39 , not what you don’t have.” he said. His story encourages millions of people.
“I tell people to keep on getting up when they 40 and to always love themselves, ”he said. “If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.”
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IMAGINE a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone in your 26 . You can’t walk anywhere with your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you 27 at yourself in the mirror like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?
Nick was born without limbs（四肢）, so life was not 28 for him. At school many students played jokes on him 29 he looked different from everyone else. He was refused to be 30 friends, so he always felt 31 . However, he faced that bravely. He 32 to type and write with two toes（脚趾）at the age of six, and he could 33 s
urf and play golf. In college, he achieved great success and was among the 34 students in the studies. And he decided on 35 to do later in his life—to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.
Now Nick is one of the most popular 36 in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story 37 difficulties. “Living life fully is about looking at what you 38 , not what you don’t have.” he said. His 39 encourages millions of people.
“I tell people to keep on getting up when they 40 and to always love themselves,” he said. “If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.”
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Can you imagine a classroom without one thing that has long been considered a necessary part? No notebooks, no textbooks, no test papers. Nor are there any pencils or pens, which always seem to run out of ink at the critical moment.
A “Paperless classroom” is what more and more schools are trying to realize. Students don’t do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use hand-sized or specially-designed computers. The teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to every student’s personal computer.
Having computers also means that students can use the Web. They can look up information on any subject they’re studying, from maths to social science.
A high school teacher, Judy Herrel in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web. “Using a book that’s three or four years old is impossible,” she said.
A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper.
“Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers,” she said.
But, with all this technology, there’s always a risk that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or a technical problem, paper textbooks should still be widely available (可得到的) for these students.
【小题1】The underlined word “critical” in the first paragraph probably has the same meaning as _______.
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| A．pens | B．computers | C．test papers | D．notebooks |
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| A．students won’t have trouble with their pens |
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| C．students may not get all information from the Internet |
| D．paper textbooks may give students more information |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省江阴市九年级3月阶段性检测英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单词拼写
先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词。使短文完整。所填单词必须在答题卡标有题号的横线上完整写出。（本大题共10空，每空0.5分，共5分）
Do you like listening to radio? For some people, listening to radio programs has become a part of their d__1.lives. How did this start?
Radio began as ship-to-ship and ship-to-land c__2.. In the early 1900s, several people showed that radio could do more than that. Dr. Lee De Forest, is w____3. known as the father of radio. He made the first p___4. radio broadcast. As a fan of opera, De Forest wanted to s__5. the musical entertainment into homes. His first try was on January 13,1910, from the Metropolitan Opera House (大都会歌剧院) in New York City. However, the signal was not good enough. Only a few listening stations and a___6.in the harbor (港湾) area were able to hear this broadcast. Although there was a lot to do to improve, it s__7.what radio could do.
Look at the world around us. Radio broadcasts are e___8.. Information now travels at the speed of l____9.. Music, news, traffic reports and speeches from world leaders are all on the radio. Can you imagine a world w___10.radio?
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011-2012学年江苏省泰兴市九年级升学统一考试（一模）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Can you imagine a world without the Internet? It’s surprising to think about it.
Now, China has more than 162 million Internet users, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre. This is the second highest number of user in the world after the United States. Today, 66%of Chinese “netizens （网民）” are teenagers. “They spend about thirteen hours every week online,” said Qian Hulin, an Internet expert(专家). Doctor Song in Beijing Xuanwu Hospital said about 14% of Chinese netizens who are teens often lasted over ten hours to play online games.
The main reasons why teenagers surf the Web are to search for information, to communicate with others and to have fun. On the Internet, teenagers can find out almost anything. And surfing the Web can help students with their homework and widen their knowledge.
Li Dong, a teacher at No. 41 Middle School in Shijiazhuang, likes her students to use the Internet. “When we talk in class, students who surf the Net usually know more background information than the others,” she said.
In addition, people can use the Internet to write letters or stories and send e-mails. Many teens keep in touch with their friends online. It is cheaper than phoning somebody far away and also much quicker.
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