【题目】The National Geographic Channel has unearthed a time capsule (时光宝盒) buried by late Apple chairman and co-founder Steve Jobs thirty years ago.
The time capsule was buried in Aspen, Colorado, in 1983, shortly after Jobs attended the International Design Conference being held in that city. Organizers called the device the Aspen Time Tube and contributed items like Rubik's cubes(魔方) and some iconic music. Jobs added his own items to the capsule, including the " Lisa" ( also known as an "Apple" ) mouse" he used for his presentation at the conference.
Younger readers may not recognize the name but the Lisa Apple mouse was one of the first commercial mice released to consumers. The mouse was specially designed for the Apple Lisa computer. It's also the first personal computer to offer users a graphical user interface(图形用户界面)
Initially, the plan was to dig up the time capsule in the year2000, but organizers forgot its exact location. Recently, they brought in researchers working with the National Geographic Channel show Diggers to find the device. Eventually they came across the 13-foot-long, 1.5-foot-diameter tube. Inside they found a lot of 1980s artifacts(人工制品)that are still being catalogued.
“When the end came off, literally things just poured out.” noted Diggers host Tim Saylor "There must be literally thousands of things in there.”
“They had the foresight to put a bunch of stuff in plastic bags." Saylor said. “I could see at least a dozen plastic bags and other items. But I know for sure there got to the photographs in there. /span>People had hand-written things on the back of the photographs, so there will be some really interesting things inside.”
Among the artifacts researchers expect to discover inside: a Steve Jobs speech in which the Apple visionary outlines his predictions for future technologies. We should know more about the researchers, discoveries once the Diggers program airs this fall.
【1】Which of the following is true about the Lisa mouse?
A. The mouse was the first commercial one for consumers.
B. The mouse was created only for the Apple Lisa computer.
C. The mouse was buried in Aspen, Colorado for two decades.
D. The mouse was invented after the International Design Conference.
【2】Why wasn't the time capsule dug up in 2000?
A. Because it was not the time set by Steve Jobs.
B. Because it could not be accurately located.
C. Because organizers forgot its precise shape.
D. Because the local government didn't approve.
【3】From the passage we can infer that_______.
A. there were some special photographs found-inside the time capsule
B. a Steve Jobs speech with future predictions was found inside the cap
C. Steve Jobs predictions for future technologies have come true
D. more about the capsule will be discovered in the Diggers program
【4】The best title for the passage might be _______.
A. The "Lost" Steve Jobs Time Capsule
B. The Mystery of Steve Jobs Speech Solved
C. Steve Jobs' 1983 Time Capsule Recovered
D. Co-founder & Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs
【答案】
【小题1】B
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
【解析】
试题分析：文章主要讲的是Steve Jobs在1983年埋下的时光宝盒被找回一事
【小题1】细节理解题。由第三段中的“The mouse was specially designed for the Apple Lisa computer.”可知，B项正确。
【小题2】细节理解题。由第四段中的“the plan was to dig up the time capsule in the year2000, but organizers forgot its exact location”可知，B项正确。
【小题3】推理判断题。由文章最后一句可知，D项切题。
【小题4】标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲的是Steve Jobs在1983年埋下的时光宝盒被找回一事。故选C项作为文章标题最佳。
寒假学与练系列答案科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
【题目】We're human, and it's not always easy to get along with everyone all the time. Sometimes we hurt people's feelings without intending to. Sometimes, we're 【1】 （deliberate） mean and we feel bad afterward. So we apologize. Apologies are one of the tools we use to build good friendships and relationships. 【2】 you say "I'm sorry" (and really mean it), it's because you probably feel bad that something you did or said hurt 【3】 person. Saying you're sorry is more than just words. You're also saying that you respect the other person 【4】 you care about his or her feelings. Apologizing shows you have empathy.
After apologizing, you might feel a little 【5】 （good）.The other person probably will, too. When you apologize in a caring way, you can feel good because you are trying to make things right again.
Sometimes a heartfelt "I'm sorry" 【6】 （fix） everything right away. Other times, it might take 【7】 while for someone to get past feeling upset. You may need to give the other person some time. Even after you say you're sorry, you might still feel bad about what you said or did — but you can feel good about apologizing, fixing the mistake, or making up your mind to do better. When someone apologizes to you, you may welcome it and be ready to forgive 【8】 happened and move on. Or you might not feel like being friendly again right away. If a person keeps hurting you and 【9】（apologize ）without making an effort to change, you might not want to hang out 【10】 that person any more.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
【题目】Imagine a mass of floating waste is two times the size of the state of Texas. Texas has a land area of more than 678 000 square kilometers. So it might be difficult to imagine anything twice as big.
All together, this mass of waste flowing in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. It weighs about 3 500 000 tons. The waste includes bags，bottles and containers—plastic products of all kinds.
The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about l 600 kilometers west of California. The western part is west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of Japan. The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert，with light winds and slow moving water currents. The water moves so slow that garbage from all over the world collects there.
In recent years，there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health. Scientists say thousands of animals get trapped in the floating waste，resulting in death or injury. Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces of plastic. The trash can also make animals feel full，lessening their desire to eat or drink.
The floating garbage also can have harmful effects on people. There is an increased threat of infection of disease from polluted waste，and from eating fish that swallowed waste. Divers can also get trapped in the plastic.
Its existence first gained public attention in l997. That was when racing boat captain and oceanographer Charles Moore and his crew sailed into the garbage while returning from a racing event. Five years earlier，another oceanographer learned of the trash after a shipment of rubber duckies got lost at sea. Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.
In August，2009，a team from the University of California，San Diego became the latest group to travel to it. They were shocked by the amount of waste they saw. They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch’s effect on ocean environment.
【1】What do we know about the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?
A. It is made up of various kinds of plastic products.
B. It is a solid mass of floating waste materials.
C. It lies l60 000 kilometers east of California.
D. It is described as a kind of oceanic desert.
【2】Why do people pay attention to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?
A. Because it may prevent the flow of ocean water.
B. Because the polluted plastic articles will move up the food chain.
C. Because it may be from an island in the pacific.
D. Because ships may be trapped in the floating waste.
【3】Which column can you find the passage on a newspaper?
A. Sports and entertainment. B. Media and culture.
C. Environment and society. D. Science and technology.
【4】The purpose of writing this passage is to____________.
A. warn people of the danger to travel in the pacific
B. analyze what caused the waste patch in the pacific
C. give advice on how to recycle waste in the ocean
D. introduce the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
【题目】A clinic in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, works to support the health of people and forests.
Kinari Webb is an American doctor who helped start the non-profit group that operates the clinic. The group is known as ASRI. Dr. Webb says most communities value the local forests, but illegal logging(伐木) was often their only way to earn money to pay for health care. "Villagers know that if they protect the forest, that’s good for their long-term well-being. But if they have no money to see a doctor, they have to do illegal logging," said Dr. Webb.
The clinic is in Sukadana, a village outside Gunung Palung National Park. Each month someone from ASRI visits the surrounding villages to see if they are actively logging or burning land within the park. Communities that do not take part in illegal logging pay about 40 percent less for health care than those that do. Also, the clinic uses a barter system. Patients can pay with things like handmade baskets, labor exchanges, young trees or fruit they grow.
Patients learn about environmental conservation as they wait to register at the clinic. Many of the 70 staff members also help communities learn about organic farming and other ways to earn money. In May, ASRI started a program to identify forest "guardians". These guardians work with the community to try to prevent illegal logging. One of the guardians says he entered the program because ASRI helped his son recover from tuberculosis(肺结核).
The clinic is small, but very busy. However, people did not trust the clinic at first. They wanted to go to the only hospital in the area. Yet its resources are limited and villagers often have to travel more than two hours to get there.
Now, people happily share stories about the clinic. Amelia’s mother is one of them. She started going there when her daughter was eight months old. She says the treatment is good. Dr. Webb smiled when she heard that.
Dr. Webb said: "Health care is an incredible key. And everyone everywhere around knows that we really care and that we are helping save their lives."
【1】A barter system is a system in which .
A. people trade by the exchange of goods
B. patients can receive a free treatment
C. customers pay the goods in cash
D. trees are taken good care of
【2】Kinari Webb set up the clinic for the following purposes EXCEPT .
A. treating the local patients
B. protecting the forests
C. teaching people about organic farming
D. forcing the only hospital out of the area
【3】We can infer that .
A. only a few people went to the clinic at the beginning
B. the clinic is well equipped
C. Amelia’s mother is not satisfied with the medical service
D. the only hospital in the area is of poor service
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
【题目】Because of his achievements in the field, Mr. Yang is __________ as an example of a man who works hard and manages to realise his dream.
A. lived up to
B. looked up to
C. stood up to
D. followed up
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
【题目】Unlike chemists and physicists, who usually do their experiments using machines, biologists and medical researchers have to use living things like rats. But there are three Nobel prize-winning scientists who actually chose to experiment on themselves – all in the name of science, reported The Telegraph.
1. Werner Forssmann (Nobel prize winner in 1956)
Forssmann was a German scientist. He studied how to put a pipe inside the heart to measure the pressure inside and decide whether a patient needs surgery.
Experiments had been done on horses before, so he wanted to try with human patients. But it was not permitted because the experiment was considered too dangerous.
Not giving up, Forssmann decided to experiment on himself. He anaesthetized (麻醉) his own arm and made a cut, putting the pipe 30 centimeters into his vein. He then climbed two floors to the X-ray room before pushing the pipe all the way into his heart.
2. Barry Marshall (Nobel prize winner in 2005)
Most doctors in the mid-20th century believed that gastritis was down to stress, spicy food or an unusually large amount of stomach acid. But in 1979 an Australian scientist named Robin Warren found that the disease might be related to a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori.
So he teamed up with his colleague, Barry Marshall, to continue the study. When their request to experiment on patients was denied, Marshall bravely drank some of the bacteria. Five days later, he lost his appetite and soon was vomiting each morning – he indeed had gastritis.
3. Ralph Steinman (Nobel prize winner in 2011)
This Canadian scientist discovered a new type of immune system cell called the dendritic cell. He believed that it had the ability to fight against cancer.
Steinman knew he couldn’t yet use his method to treat patients. So in 2007, when doctors told him that he had cancer and that it was unlikely for him to live longer than a year, he saw an opportunity.
With the help of his colleagues, he gave himself three different vaccines based on his research and a total of eight experimental therapies（疗法）. Even though Steinman eventually died from his cancer, he lived four and a half years, much longer than doctors had said he would.
【1】The main purpose of the passage is to ________.
A. present some dangerous experiments that Nobel prize winners did on themselves.
B. list difficulties that scientists went through in order to make important discoveries.
C. explain why some scientists chose to experiment on themselves.
D. introduce a few Nobel prize winners who did experiments on themselves.
【2】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. Forssmann’s experiment ended in failure.
B. Forssmann had the pipe pushed all the way into his heart.
C. Barry Marshall succeeded by drinking some Helicobacter pylori.
D. Barry Marshall’s experiment on himself confirmed that most doctors’ belief about gastritis was correct.
【3】The underlined word “gastritis” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.
A. a kind of bacteria B. a kind of stomach disease
C. a new type of therapy D. a large aount of stomach acid
【4】From the text, we can conclude that Ralph Steinman ______.
A. discovered a new type of cancer cell called the dendritic cell
B. tried different therapies containing the dendritic cell on himself
C. had his request to experiment on patients denied
D. believed that he was better than doctors at treating cancer
【5】Where can we read such a passage?
A. In a newspaper. B. In a poster.
C. In a textbook. D. In a science book.
查看答案和解析>>
湖北省互联网违法和不良信息举报平台 | 网上有害信息举报专区 | 电信诈骗举报专区 | 涉历史虚无主义有害信息举报专区 | 涉企侵权举报专区
违法和不良信息举报电话：027-86699610 举报邮箱：58377363@163.com