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The ____ of lightening frightened us.

A.gleams         B. sparkles         C. twinkles          D. flashes

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

       Growing up, I had a scar on my face — a perfect arrow in the center of my cheek, pointing at my left eye. I 36 it when I was three, long before I knew that scars were a 37 thing, especially for a girl. I only knew that my scar brought me 38 and tenderness and candy. As I got older, I began to take 39in my scar, in part to stop people laughing at me, but mainly as a reaction to the thought that I should feel uncomfortable. It’s true. I was 40 the first couple of times someone pointed at my 41 and asked, “What’s that?” or called me “Scarface.” But the more I heard how 42 my scar was, the more I found myself liking it.

     When I turned fifteen, my parents — 43 the advice of a doctor — decided it was time to 44 on what was now a thick, shiny red scar.

    “But I don’t mind the scar, really,” I told my father as he 45 that I would have the operation during my summer vacation. And my friends, along with my boyfriend at the time, 46 as I did, that my scar was 47 and almost pretty in its own way. After so many years, it was a 48 of me. But my father said it was a deformity (畸形). I don’t know what 49 more that day: hearing my father call my scar a deformity, 50 realizing that it didn’t 51 to him how I felt about it.

     I did have the operation that summer.

       In my late twenties, I took a long look at my scar, something I hadn’t done in years. 52, it could be seen in the right light, but no one 53 me about it anymore. As I leaned uneasily toward the mirror, I felt a sudden 54.

   There was something powerful about my scar and the proud person I 55 because of it. I have never been quite so strong since they cut it out.

A. got           B. remained      C. kept       D. drew

A. good       B. bad      C. strange     D. funny

A. trouble     B. shame       C. attention    D. reward

A. pride        B. place     C. care         D. blame

A. uncomfortable        B. proud      C. pleased      D. disappointed

A. head        B. cheek       C. mouth         D. nose

A. long       B. unfortunate C. beautiful     D. unbelievable

A. in         B. for         C. against         D. on

A. operate              B. talk             C. remove      D. center

A. suggested        B. explained    C. told        D. ordered

A. felt                 B. acted      C. did         D. hoped

A. unlucky         B. ugly            C. unique    D. necessary

A. part           B. problem     C. memory     D. dream

A. interested         B. encouraged C. hurt       D. surprised

A. and           B. or         C. so          D. but

A. mind           B. occur             C. concern      D. matter

A. Still                B. Though    C. Thus        D. Also

A. cared         B. asked        C. questioned  D. mentioned

A. happiness        B. satisfaction   C. sadness       D. shock

A. respected     B. knew      C. met          D. became

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“BANG!” the door caused a reverberation(回声).It was just standing there, with Father standing on one side, and I on the other side.
We were both in great anger.“Never set foot in this house again!” stormed Father.With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.
The street lights were shining rather desolately(凄凉的).I wandered aimlessly.
A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me.I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and harmonious.
But now… I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old.We differ in our ways of thinking.He always imposes his opinions and codes of behavior on me.Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it.We are just like two people coming from two different worlds.It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.
I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind.My heart was frozen on this hot summer night.As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company.When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on.
In fact, it was nothing.Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps.Perhaps he thought they were useless.I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps.I can’t stand his outrageous(蛮横的) words: “ I can throw you away, let alone these old papers.”
All the lights were off except father’s.
Dad was always like this.Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself.After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret.After an argument he has the habit of creeping up in my sleep and then tucking me underneath the covers.
This was how he always was.He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.
The light was still on.“Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been.At last, I decided to open the door.As soon as I opened the door, tears ran down my cheeks.I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all.Love is second to none.
【小题1】Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.
a.I opened the door and entered the house.
b.Sadly I ran out into the street.
c.I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.
d.I thought of my father’s kindness towards me.
e.I walked about in the street without any aim.

A.b, e, d, c, aB.b, e, c, d, aC.b, e, a, c, dD.b, e, c, a, d
【小题2】What made the writer think of his childhood?
A.The sight of the desolate street lights.
B.The sight of the empty street.
C.The sight of a father with a child in his arms.
D.The sight of light in his own house.
【小题3】Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?
A.Perhaps the father is getting older and older.
B.Perhaps the son has already grown up.
C.Perhaps they never agree with each other.
【小题4】What conclusion can you draw after reading the passage?
A.The father is actually kind to his son.
B.The father treats his son in an unfair way.
C.The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.
D.The father is always finding fault with his son.

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The fiddler crab (蟹) is a living clock. It shows the time of day by the colour of its skin, which is dark by day and pale by night. The crab’s changing colour follows a regular twenty—four hour plan that exactly matches the daily rhythm of the sun.
Does the crab actually keep time, or does its skin simply answer to the sun’s rays, changing colour according to the amount of light strikes it? To find out, biologists kept crabs in a dark room for two months. Even without daylight, the crab’s skin colour continued to change exactly on time.
This characteristic probably developed gradually in answer to the daily rising and setting of the sun, to help protect the crab from sunlight and enemies. After millions of years it has become completely regulated (受控制) inside the living body of the crab.
The biologists noticed that once each day the colour of the fiddler crab is especially dark, and that each day this happens fifty minutes later than on the day before. From this they discovered that each crab follows not only the rhythm of the sun but also that of the tides (潮水). The crab’s period of greatest darkening is exactly the time of low tide on the beach where it was caught!
【小题1】The fiddler crab is like a clock because it changes colour ______.
A in a regular 24—hour rhythm              B. in answer to the sun’s rays
C. at low tide                            D. every fifty minutes
【小题2】The crab’s changing colour ______.

A.tells the crab what time it isB.protects the crab from the sunlight and enemies
C.keeps the crab warmD.is of no real use
【小题3】 When the fiddler crabs were kept in the dark , they ______.
A.did not change colourB.changed colour more quickly
C.changed colour more slowlyD.changed colour on the same timetable
【小题4】The crab’s colour—changing ability was probably developed ______.
A.in the process of evolution (进化)B.over millions of years
C.by the work of biologistsD.both A and B
【小题5】The best title for this selection would be ______.
A.The Sun and the TidesB.Discoveries in Biology
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A light emitting diode (发光二极管), or L.E.D., is a device that shines when electricity passes through it.But it works differently than traditional kinds of light bulbs.Light emitting diodes use less energy and last much longer than bulbs with a filament (灯丝) inside.L.E.                               D.’s are also cooler to the touch, and shine a lot brighter than they used to.  
Red L.E.D.’s have long been used as signal lights on electronic equipment.But now light emitting diodes also come in blue and other colors.Colored L.E.D.’s are used to show images on everything from wireless phones to huge video signs.And white L.E.D.’s are being used increasingly to replace traditional lighting systems.  
But all these require electricity.In poor countries, people often burn fuel to produce light.But the smoke can make people sick.So an electrical engineering professor from Canada started a project to produce L.E.       D.lighting systems for the developing world.These lights are powered by batteries that can be recharged with energy from the sun.The batteries can also be charged through other ways, such as wind power and water power.
Professor David Irvine-Halliday tells the story of how he got the idea.In 1997, while climbing in the Annapurna mountains in Nepal, he saw a small school.All the children were outside.He looked through a window and saw that inside the school was dark.The school had a sign that read: "We have no teachers.If you want to stay and teach for a few days, we would be very pleased." Professor Irvine-Halliday says that experience had a big effect on him.Back at the University of Calgary, he was on the Internet one day.He saw a company in Japan selling bright white L.E.                           D.’s.So he built a light with some.This is how he began the Light Up the World Foundation.
48.Compared with traditional kinds of light bulbs, L.E.D.’S________.
A.waste a lot of energy                    B.need shorter time to make
C.shine much brighter                 D.are warmer to touch
49.According to the passage, we know that L.E.D.’s________.
A.will replace all the lights            B.will be more and more popular
C.will be only colored ones               D.will be only used in developing countries
50.According to the passage, we can infer that the purpose of the Light Up the World Foundation is to________.
A.develop L.E.D.lighting system for the developing world                   
B.sell bright white L.E.D.’s
C.collect money for developing countries                                        
D.earn money by selling L.E.D.’s

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 Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant (无关的) and where the climate is always right. The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light, temperature,humidity,air quality and nutrition. It could be in a New York high- rise or a complex (建筑群) in the Saudi desert. It may be an answer to the world’s food problems.

The world already is having trouble feeding itself. Half the people on Earth live in cities, and nearly half of those – about 3 billion – are hungry or ill–fed. Food prices, currently increasing, are badly affected by dryness, floods and the cost of energy required to plant, harvest and transport it. And prices will only get more unstable. Climate change makes long-term crop planning uncertain. Farmers in many parts of the world already are using water available to the last drop. And the world is getting more crowded: by mid-century, the global population will grow from 6.8 billion to 9 billion.

To feed so many people may require expanding farmland at the expense of forests and wilderness, or finding ways to greatly increase crop output.

Gertjan Meeuws and three other Dutch bioengineers grow vegetables and house plants in closed and regulated environments. In their research station, water flows into the pans when needed, and the temperature is kept constant. Lights go on and off, creating “day” and “night”, but according to the rhythm of the plant.

Meeuws says a building of 100 square meters and layers of plants could provide a daily diet of 200 grams of fresh fruit and vegetables for the entire population of Ken Bosch, about 140,000 people. Their idea isn’t to grow foods that require much space, like corn or potatoes.

Sunlight is not only unnecessary but can be harmful. Plants need only specific wavelengths of light to grow. Their growth rate is three times faster than under greenhouse conditions. They use about 90 percent less water than outdoor agriculture. And city farming means producing food near the consumer, so there’s on need to transport it long distances.

1.According to the text, Gertjan Meeuws’ farming _______.

A.can be used for corn production

B.is much like greenhouse farming

C.is adaptable to any environment

D.uses more water than outdoor farming

2.What is the second paragraph mainly about ?

A.The effect of climate

B.The hungry people in cities.

C.The world’s food problem.

D.The world’s increasing population.

3.What is the purpose of the text ?

A.To compare traditional and indoor farming.

B.To discuss the influence of climate change.

C.To explain the world’s food problem.

D.To introduce a new model of farming.

 

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