Modern Japan is proud of many technological wonders : robot dogs that run and bark creative household appliances that make everyday life easier, and computers that make complex problems almost childishly simple. But when it comes to which invention is the best, the Japanese may not be thinking with their heads or their hearts, but their stomachs. They named instant noodles the best invention of the 20th century. As for life-changing technology, that came in at No. 2： karaoke.
The admittedly non-scientific survey by the Fuji Research Institute attached to Tokyo University asked 2,000 adults in the Tokyo region to rate the greatest inventions of the 20th century in three categories： manufactured goods, culture and technology. Respondents were asked to take into consideration worldwide acceptance of the various customs and inventions. An astonishing 692 placed instant noodles, an Japanese “ invention" in 1958，at the top of the list. Instant noodles went into commercial production in 1971, and almost 50 billion cups are now consumed each year worldwide. In 1996, a giant billboard of a steaming cup of noodles was set up above Times Square in New York City, a proud declaration of the place "ramen" has earned in world cuisine(烹妊）•
Headphone stereo sets, TV video games ，CDs and cameras came in order respectively. They were ranked behind instant noodles and off-key howling. Known as ” Poketto Monsters" ("Pocket MonstersM ) in Japan ，Pikachu and his popular little friends came in at No. 8. In view of practicality, automobile-related technology came in at No. 9 —automobiles themselves, invented overseas, were not ranked at all. Sushi ，perhaps the original fast food in Japan, rounded out the top list.
While the Fuji Institute’s survey may not have been the most scientific, it does suggest one thing: technology may rule the world, but at least in Tokyo ? it begins and ends with the tastebuds(味蕾）
63. Instant noodles were considered the best invention of the 20th century in terms of_____
A. practicality B. acceptance C. technology D. commerce
64.The underlined part in Para 3 "off-key howling" probably refers to_____.
A. Pokemon B. automobiles C. Pikachu D. karaoke
65.According to the survey, which was ranked the last on the list of the best inventions?
A. cameras B. CDs
C. Sushi D. automobile-related technology
66. What' s the best title for the passage?
A. Noodles, the Best Invention B. The Life-changing Technology
C Japan ,the Powerful Country D Wonders of Japan
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If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is a research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise—and as a result, we are growing old unnecessarily soon.
Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why quite healthy farmers in modern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason (推理) at a rather early age, and how the speed of getting old could be slowed down.
With a team of researchers in Tokyo National University, be set about measuring brain volumes (容量) of a thousand people of different ages with different jobs.
Computer technology helped the researchers to get most exact measurements of the volume of the front and side parts of the brain, which have something to do with intellect (智力) and feelings, and decide the human character. As we all know, the back part of the brain, which controls tasks like eating and breathing, does not contract (萎缩) with age.
Contraction of front and side parts—as cells (细胞) die off—was seen in some people in their thirties, but it was still not found in some sixty or seventy year olds.
The findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the town. Those with least possibility, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing the same work day after day in government offices are, however, as possible to have contracting brains as the farmer worker, bus drivers and shop assistants.
1．The team of doctors wanted to find out ________.
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A．at what point people grow mentally old
B．how to make people live longer
C．the size of certain people's brains
D．which people are the most clever
2．Their research findings are based on ________.
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A．an examination of farmers in northern Japan
B．tests given on a thousand old people
C．examine the brain volumes of different people
D．using computer technology
3．The doctor's tests show that ________.
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A．our brains contract as we grow older
B．our part of the brain does not contract
C．sixty-year-old people have better brains than thirty-year-old people
D．some people's brains have contracted earlier than other people's
4．According to the article, ________ are growing old earlier than people who live in the cities.
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5．The most possible conclusion of the passage is that ________.
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A．most of us should take more exercise
B．it's better to live in the town
C．the brain contracts if it is not used
D．the more one uses his brain, the sooner he becomes old
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Every year there are hundreds of earthquakes in different parts of the world. In September, 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were both destroyed by an earthquake and the fires that followed it. They had to be completely rebuilt. One of the most serious earthquakes was in China’s Shanxi province in 1556. It killed almost one million people.
We measure an earthquake’s strength on the Richter Scale. The Richter Scale was introduced in 1935 in Southern California in the USA. It measures earthquakes on a scale of one to ten. Any earthquake measuring five or more is usually serious.
The Earth’s crust(地壳) is made up of rock called plates. As these plates move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake. In cities such as Tokyo, where small quakes happen quite often, many modern buildings are designed to be flexible so when the Earth moves, they move with it.
Earthquakes can also break up gas and oil pipes. This can cause fires to break out, which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself.
Another effect of earthquakes is tsunamis. These are huge waves created by earthquakes beneath the sea. They can be many meters high and cause great damage to coastal towns and cities, China, Japan, Russia and the USA have the highest occurrence(发生) of earthquakes in the world.
The passage is mainly about .
A. scientists who study earthquakes B. the way of measuring earthquakes
C. a usual natural disaster D. what people should do in the earthquake
The earthquake in Shanxi Province , which in NOT true?
A. happened in 1556 B. killed one million people
C. was the only earthquake in China D. caused a lot of damage
Earthquakes
A. don’t cause much damage B. are not serious
C. most possibly happen in Japan D. happen all over the world
According to the passage we know that tsunamis .
A. can cause earthquakes
B. are caused by earthquakes
C. only happen on land
D. are a way of measuring earthquakes
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Fifty years from now the world’s population will be declining, with no end in sight. Unless people’s values change greatly, several centuries from now there could be fewer people living in the entire world than live in the United States today. The big surprise of the past twenty years is that in not one country did fertility (生育能力) stop falling when it reached the replacement rate（出生率）—2.1 children per woman. In Italy, for example, the rate has fallen to 1.2. In Western Europe as a whole and in Japan it is down to 1.5. The evidence now indicates that within fifty years or so world population will peak at about eight billion before starting a fairly rapid decline.
Because in the past two centuries world population has increased from one billion to nearly six billion, many people still fear that it will keep “exploding” until there are too many people for the earth to support. But that is like fearing that your baby will grow to 1,000 pounds because its weight doubles three times in its first seven years. World population was growing by two percent a year in the 1960s; the rate is now down to one percent a year, and if the patterns of the past century don’t change completely, it will head into negative numbers. This view is coming to be widely accepted among population experts, even as the public continues to focus on the threat of uncontrolled population growth.
As long ago as September of 1974 Scientific American published a special issue on population that described what demographers (人口统计学家) had begun calling the “demographic transition” from traditional high rates of birth and death to the low ones of modern society. The experts believed that birth and death rates would be more or less equal in the future, as they had been in the past, keeping total population stable after a level of 10-12 billion people was reached during the transition.
56. Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The world’s population in the future will be reducing endlessly.
B. When the earth population reaches 8 billion, it will see a rapid decrease.
C. In modern society the birth and death rates will be more or less equal in the future.
D. The public now pay little attention to the threat of uncontrolled population growth.
57. What’s reason for the sharp increase of world population in the past two centuries?
A. Because people fear that the world will explode.
B. Because the world’s replacement rate keeps falling.
C. Because people’s values has greatly changed.
D. The passage doesn't mention it.
58. The expression “demographic transition” (Paragraph 3) probably means _______.
A. high death rate to the low one
B. high birth rate to the low one
C. high rates of birth and death to the low ones
D. low rates of birth and death to the high ones
59. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A. in the near future there will be a rapid decline of the world population
B. the birth and death rates of modern society will be unequal in the future
C. there would be the same population living in the world than it in the US today
D. in Western Europe the replacement rate has declined to a negative number
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年江苏灌云高级中学高一下学期期末考试英语卷 题型：其他题
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It is an all too familiar story. A natural disaster strikes in a remote part of the world, causing destruction and suffering. Villages are flattened and people are forced into camps. It is now happening in China, after the earthquake of magnitude（里氏）8 that was centered on Wenchuan but shook the entire country.
Actually, in the past centuries, there were hundreds of thousands of earthquakes in different parts of the world. In Sept. 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were both destroyed by an earthquake and the fires that followed it. They had to be completely rebuilt. One of the most serious earthquakes was in China’s Shanxi Province in 1556. It claimed almost one million people.
We measure an earthquake’s strength on the Richter scale. The Richter scale was introduced in 1935 in Southern California in the USA. It measures earthquakes on a scale of one to ten. Any earthquake measuring five or more is usually serious.
The earth’s crust (地壳) is made up of layers of rock called plates. As these plates move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake. In cities such as Tokyo, where small quakes happen quite often, many modern buildings are designed to be flexible so when the earth moves, they move with it.
Earthquakes can also break up gas or oil pipes. This can cause fires to break out, which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself.
Another effect of the earthquakes is tsunamis (海啸). These are huge waves created by earthquakes beneath the sea. They can be many meters high and cause great damage to costal towns and cities.
China, Japan, Russia and the USA have the highest occurrence of earthquakes in the world.
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Knowing about (1) _______ |
Two serious earthquakes in (2)________ |
An earthquake and the (3)__________ fires destroyed both Tokyo and Yokohama in Sept. 1923. |
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In 1556, a very serious earthquake (4) ___________ in China’s Shanxi Province, killing large numbers of people. |
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The (5)_________ to measure an earthquake’s strength |
People can measure an earthquake’s strength on the Richter scale of one to ten, introduced in 1935 in the USA. If an earthquake (6)________ five or more, it is usually serious. |
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The (7)__________of earthquakes |
As the plates, which (8)_______ the earth’s crust, move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake. |
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Some (9)_________of earthquakes |
If earthquakes break up gas or oil pipes, (10)_______ will happen, which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself. |
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Tsunamis. |
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