To the surprise of many people, in ten years the city’s population by 12%.
A.gained B.expanded C.developed D.spread
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MONTREAL (Reuters)-Crossing the US-Canada border (边界) to go to church on a Sunday cost a US citizen $ 10 000 for breaking Washington's strict new security(安全) rules.
The expensive trip to church was a sur-prise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-doz-en people of Township 15, crossing the bor-der is a daily occurrence for Albert. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.
There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5 530-mile border between Canada and the US-which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.
As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Cana-da, as usual. The US customs (海关) station in this area is closed on Sundays, so he just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, fol-lowing a tightening of border security. Two days later, Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally(非法).
Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border check-point.
Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I'm living in a prison, ”he said.
(1) We learn from the text that Richard Al-bert is ________ .
[ ]
A.an American living in Township 15
B.a Canadian living in a Quebec village
C.a Canadian working in a customs station
D.an American working in a Canadian church
(2) Albert was fined because he ________.
[ ]
A.failed to obey traffic rules
B.broke the American security rules
C.worked in St. Pamphile without a pass
D.damaged the gate of the customs office
(3) The underlined word “ detour ” in Para-graph 5 means ________ .
[ ]
A.a drive through the town
B.a race across the fields
C.a round about way of travelling
D.a journey in the mountain area
(4) What would be the best title for the text?
[ ]
A.A Cross-country Trip.
B.A Special Border Pass.
C.An Unguarded Border.
D.An Expensive Church Visit.
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An annoying problem for humans, who like to boast (夸耀) about all the distant planets and moons we have explored, is that we've never taken a good look right under our noses.The inside of the earth is relatively close but how can we get there?
The deepest oil well enters a mere six miles into the crust (地壳) (the center of the earth is about 4,000 miles deeper).Russian scientists dug the deepest hole in Siberia," but bottomed out at about 7.5 miles below the surface.The Mohole project, a U.S.plan in the 1950s, called for drilling a hole 25 miles down to the boundary be??tween the hard rocks of the crust and the soft mantle (地幔).Sadly the project involved govern??ment supporting.
It gets harder and harder to drill deep into the earth because rocks get softer and softer. Hard but easily broken at the surface, rocks become plastic at depth, and the pressure caused by the weight of the overlaying crust — about 52,800 pounds per square inch at a depth of ten miles, makes further drilling impossible.
What little we know about the inside of the earth (like the fact that there' s a crust, a mantle, and a core) comes from indirect evidence, such as the analysis of earthquakes.
So maybe it' s time for a thorough new method to explore the earth's inside.Scientist David Stevenson says we should forget about drilling holes.Instead, we should open a crack (裂缝).
Stevenson suggests digging a crack about a half mile long, a yard wide, and a half mile deep (not with a shovel) but with an explosion on the scale of a nuclear bomb.Next, he'd pour a few hundred thousand tons of molten (融化的) iron into the crack, along with a robot.The iron, thicker than the surrounding crust, would move downward at about 16 feet per second, carrying the robot with it and opening the crack deeper and deeper.The iron mass would drop for about a week and 2,000 miles to the outer edge of the earth core, the robot sending out data to the sur??face.
Stevenson compares his idea to space explo??ration."We're going somewhere we haven't been before," he says."In all possibility, there will be surprises."
This idea can probably be put in.the drawer marked with Isn't Going To Happen.The robot would have to survive temperatures that would melt pretty much anything.But Stevenson's idea may inspire a new look at an old problem.Great things can come from what seems like impossible ideas.
Going inside the earth is ________ than going into space.
A.more interesting B.more possible C.easier D.more challenging
How deep have we gone into the earth until now?
A.6 miles. B.4,000 miles. C.7.5 miles. D.25 miles.
Which of the following is TRUE about David Stevenson's idea?
A.It is an inspiring but not practical idea now.
B.It is a practical proposal that has come into use now.
C.It is a good proposal that will soon be put into practice.
D.It is a false theory that cannot be carried out at all.
What might be the most suitable title for the text?
A.An Annoying Problem for Humans
B.To the Center of the Earth
C.The Mohole Project
D.David Stevenson' s Proposal
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Students here can "look right out the back door" to see the giant turbines capture the wind and learn how they can produce power. More than 80 schools across the USA have installed some type of wind turbine, says Ian Baring - Could, senior engineer in a wind technology center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo.
Now, a program called Wind for Schools is aiming to bring smaller turbines to six states:Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and
In Faith, S. D. , home to one of the schools hoping to build a small wind turbine in the next couple of years, a fierce wind blows across the plains most days. Angela King, who teaches science in grades 7 to 12 in Faith, believes a turbine wiI1 give students learning about wind energy the chance to "see it happening, rather than just reading it in a book. "
Much of the first year of the three - year program has been spent identifying schools hoping to join the program.
61. According to the first paragraph, we know wind turbines are installed __
A. to produce wind B. to generate electricity
C. for students to play with D. to attract visitors
62. What' s the real purpose of the program?
A. To sell smaller wind turbines to six states.
B. To warn the school of the danger from wind.
C. To teach the students to learn about wind power.
D. To encourage the students to operate wind turbines.
63. According to Angela King, __
A. it is better to learn from one' s experience
B. it is a waste of money to install wind turbines
C. students should not learn from reading books
D. students should be given the chance to play
64. We can conclude from the passage __
A. the program will last five years altogether
B. more and more schools will resist the program
C. some schools are forced to install wind turbines
D. more and more schools will join the program
65. This passage talks about the program in order to tell us __
A. watching turbines can make students clever
B. watching turbines at school can help build bodies
C. programs like this can help schools educate students
D. installing wind turbines can improve our environment
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Her name may be 501, but she’s more than just a number. The lovely sea otter(水獭) is the star of Otter 501, a new film from Sea Studios Foundation.
Otter 501 was just a few days old when she lost her parents in June 2010. Washed onto a beach along California’s Big Sur coast, the pup(幼崽) could have died. Instead, she got a second chance at life after being taken to an aquarium(水族馆). There she learned from an adoptive otter mom how to be an otter. In the film, it’s Katie Pofahl who finds the troubled pup on the shore. Through the young volunteer’s eyes, we follow 501’s journey from the day of her rescue to her release into the wild in Elkhorn Slough. But while the fluffy star’s story has a happy ending, the film reminds us of the threats that remain against California’s sea otters.
Mark Shelley is the executive director of Sea Studios and producer of Otter 501. He hopes the movie will encourage more young people to get involved in protecting the otter’s ocean habitat. Time For Kids (TFK) spoke with Shelley and Pofahl about sharing the otter’s tale.
TFK: How much of the film is fact, and how much is fiction?
Shelley: The story of 501 and the explanation of the natural history of the sea otter are fact. But we needed a good storyteller to tell the story. That’s where Katie Pofahl’s character came in. Katie’s story in the film is partly fictionalized. She is a trained biologist from the Midwest who moved out here, like her character, so all that is true. She wasn’t really a volunteer at the aquarium, but she did go through the training for the film.
Pofahl: I was one of the last people to get involved in the project. Mark and Sea Studios put out a casting call for a marine biologist. I responded with a little video, and the team liked it. So, I was brought on to help tell 501’s story.
TFK: What did you learn about otters during filming that you didn’t know before?
Pofahl: I’m a zoologist, and I love studying animals. I came onto this project thinking that I knew almost everything there was to know about otters. But I learned some things. Otters keep busy because they live in such cold waters. Unlike other marine mammals, they do not have blubber(鲸油,鲸脂) to keep warm. So, they are constantly moving and eating. And they are a keystone(基本的) species, which means they help to structure the environment they live in. There are endless things to learn. That’s what I love about this job.
TFK: What do you hope people will take away from the film?
Pofahl: We have an amazing opportunity to help people become aware of how they impact the world. People will watch the movie to see this lovely otter, but it can also be an entry point into conservation. We want to show people that these animals are amazing and that they are at risk and that they are worth protecting. We also want to show people, especially young women, anyone can get involved in science. It’s been an amazing experience for me.
59. We can conclude from the text that sea otters ________.
A. prefer to live in warm ocean waters
B. stay quiet most of the time and don’t eat much
C. are a dangerous species faced with extinction(灭绝)
D. are a key element in the marine life environment
60. Which of the following statements about the film Otter 501 is TRUE according to the text?
A. The film is about the tragic story of an otter that lost its parents.
B. The character of Katie Pofahl is based completely on a real life person.
C. The director of the film is worried about the trouble faced by California’s sea otters.
D. The movie was shot to raise awareness about the natural history of otters.
61. Which of the following is the right order of events?
a. Otter 501 got an adoptive otter mom at the aquarium.
b. Otter 501 was rescued at the Big Sur coast.
c. Otter 501 lost its parents.
d. Katie Pofahl got involved in the project of Otter 501.
e. Otter 501 was released into the wild in Elkhorn Slough.
A. c-d-b-a-e B. b-c-a-e-d C. c-b-a-d-e D. b-a-c-e-d
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