In science,people copy ideas from nature or natural processes to solve problems or to create products which will serve a specific purpose to help us. This is called biomimicry and its influence can be seen in many everyday products.
We are all familiar with Velcro? (魔术贴) .It was invented in 1941 by a Swiss engineer called George de Mestral,who found some seeds stuck to his dog's hair. Under the microscope,he discovered that these seeds had hooks (钩) on them,so they could easily stick to clothing or hair. He copied this idea and invented Velcro?. It was initially unpopular with fashion companies but after it was used by NASA (美国国家航空航天局) to stop items floating in space,it became popular with children's clothing companies.
More recently,swimwear has also been influenced by nature. The Speedo Fastskin?, a controversial swimsuit,was seen at the Beijing Olympics and worn by 28 of the 33 gold medal winners. The technology is based on the rough patterns on a shark's skin,which allows the shark to swim faster. Shark skin also stops bacteria growing on it'so scientists are copying this surface to design cleaner hospitals.
For NASA. protecting astronauts' eyes from the sun's rays and other dangerous radiation is very important. Scientists studied how eagles see things clearly. They discovered that a substance(物质) called yellow oil in their eyes does the trick. NASA copied this oil and it is now used by astronauts and pilots in Eagle Eyes? glasses. In addition to protecting eyes from all the dangerous rays,these sunglasses also help people see more clearly in even poor weather conditions such as fog.
It appears that the influence of biomimicry is unlimited,so it will be interesting to see what solutions nature provides us with in the future.
32. George de Mestral invented Velcro? .
A. to challenge fashion companies
B. after he examined some seeds
C. after he studied his dog's hair
D. to satisfy NASA’s demand
33. At the Beijing Olympics,the Speedo Fastskin? swimsuit .
A. was recommended by champions
B. helped swimmers perform better
C. received widespread approval
D. made swimmers healthier
34. What makes eagles see clearly?
A. The size of their eyes.
B. The shape of their eyes.
C. The colour of their eyes.
D. The substance in their eyes.
35. What's the best title for the text?
A. The future of biomimicry
B. The magic of biomimicry
C. The purpose of biomimicry
D. The limitation of biomimicry
(科普知识与现代技术)
本文是说明文.文章介绍了仿生学应用的三个例子。
32. B.细节理解题。根据第二段中的UBderthe microscope,he discovered that these seeds had hooks on them,so they could easily stick to qothi^or hair. He copied this idea and invented Velcro?可知，George de Mestra'在研宄了拽植 物的种子后获取灵感，发明了魔术贴。
33. B.推理判断题。根据第三段中的TheSpeedo Fastskin% a controversial swimsuit,was seen at the Beijing Olympics and worn by 28 of the 33 gold medal winners. The technology is based on the rough patterns on a shark's skin,which allows the shark to swim faster 可知，璧鱼皮的纹 理使鲨鱼游得更快。由此可推测，运动员穿着 模拟了该纹理的泳衣也应该能游得更快，33名 游泳冠军有28名穿着该泳衣也能说明这一点。
34. D.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的 Scientists studied how eagles see things clearly. They discovered that a substance called yellow oil in their eyes does the trick 可知，鹰眼睛里一 种叫黄油的物质让它们有敏锐的视力。
35. B.标题归纳题。文章介绍了仿生学应用的三 个例子，通过这几个例子我们可以看出，仿生学 的应用就像魔法一样，能解决我们碰到的问题 或启发人们设计出满足某种需求的产品。故选 B项。
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Six months ago I made a rash(轻率的) promise. The leader of the youth 41 in our village rang me in March saying, “We’ re thinking of running a children's play program for a 42 in October half-term. Would you be prepared to 43 ?” My response was, “Sure,why not?” 44 I was a little flattered(荣幸的) to be asked,even though working as a care assistant with old people hardly 45 me for the role. Still,I put the date in my diary. Time flew and 46 I knew it,the day finally came.
I arrived at the youth centre that morning feeling full of 47 . There were 12 helpers including me and each pair had been allocated(分配) a particular 48 group. Mine was the 10 to 11 year olds.
All too quickly the children began 49 . A handful of them were already members of the club but the other forty-five were from the local primary schools. 50 I asked myself why I had decided to spend a day with all these “little monsters” 51 when I have two of my own!I needn't have 52 of course as it turned out to be a 53 day. We learned “action” songs,decorated biscuits and played memory games. I say because I rediscovered my inner 54 and joined in all the activities.The most 55 was the final performance of “He's got the whole world in his hands” in the 56 part of the day. The children knew the words and actions off by heart and sang so 57 it was almost enough to bring the roof down. It made you 58 to witness something so magical.
There was one 59 for the children and that was that the play program was only running for a day,and not the whole week. As I said goodbye to my group,one of the children 60 and said “Can we do it again in the next holiday,Miss?” My response was, “Sure,why not?”
41. A. team B. organization C. club D. movement
42. A. morning B. day C. week D. month
43. A. try B. play C. enter D. help
44. A. In truth B. After all C. Above all D. In short
45. A. considered B. qualified C. selected D. wanted
46. A. before B. as C. until D. since
47. A. anger B. shame C. anxiety D. pain
48. A. age B. interest C. study D. dance49. A. arriving B. acting C. crying D. changing
50. A. Instead B. Again C. Later D. Besides
51. A. probably B. certainly C. exactly D. especially
52. A. waited B. worried C. promised D. joined
53. A. free B. tiring C. common D. wonderful
54. A. world B. voice C. child D. feeling
55. A. impressive B. difficult C. important D. mysterious
56. A. starting B. closing C. early D. middle
57. A. beautifully B. sweetly C. loudly D. clearly
58. A. excited B. confused C. crazy D. brave
59. A. failure B. surprise C. puzzle D. disappointment
60. A. turned B. passed C. refused D. shared
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At any given time,hundreds of postcards are transit(运输中) across the world as strangers communicate through a movement called Post-crossing.
Emma Delaney says it's a sad day when there isn’t a postcard in her mailbox. She doesn't have a bunch of friends travelling overseas at the moment —she's just really action in the underground hobby of Postcrossing.
“I've sent over 3 ,000 postcards,but T ve been doing it for close to seven years,” she says. “My husband,generally appreciative of my hobby,is sometimes frustrated by the amount of cardboard hanging around the house or in my car."
Postcrossing is a hobby where strangers send each other postcards across the world. You register on the website,list your interests and preferences for postcards,then receive an address of a stranger on the other side of the world to send a ppstcard to.
“I tend to send a lot of postcards of the local area because people are interested in where you're from and what you do,” Emma says.
From Uzbekistan to Belarus and Kazakhstan to Moldova,Emma has a growing collection of photos from around the world. The postcards have helped shape her international travelling too. “I didn't travel overseas until I was 32 and a lot of the locations we chose for our honeymoon were selected because of the postcards I'd received."
“Some people see sending mail as being a bit boring and unfashionable,but Postcrossing is popular and lots of people are fascinated that I do it."
The Postcrossing project has just celebrated its eighth birthday and has over 400,000 active members in 215 countries. The group says they’ve delivered over 18 million postcards.
And while postal workers aren't supposed to read people's postcards,Emma says she's happy for them to do so at her post office in Shellharbour. She even encourages her correspondents to say hello to the Australia Post staff.
“It's a hobby that I continue to do because I find it enjoyable and relaxing."
24. Emma Delaney's friends.
A. do a lot of travelling
B. send her lots of postcards
C. share the same hobby as her
D. aren't active in travelling abroad
25. What's Emma's husband's attitude towards her hobby?
A. Somewhat annoyed.
B. Totally unconcerned.
C. Deeply disapproving.
D. Strongly supportive.
26. What's the benefit of being involved in Postcrossing according to Emma Delaney?
A. Broadening the mind.
B. Deepening friendships.
C. Giving others a helping hand.
D. Bringing her family more happiness.
27. The Postcrossing project .
A. delivers both postcards and official letters
B. was set up a couple of years ago in Australia
C. has granted membership in 215 countries all over the world
D. receives more public approval compared with sending mail
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I'm walking around a street on Detroit's west side,looking at the house where my mother lived in the 1930s. A neighbor,understandably curious,bounds over.
“I'm the king of Glendale,M Keith Harris says. Harris loves Glendale Street — so much so that he’s purchased nine properties for $42,000. “I'm.not done yet,” he says. “I'm going to buy more and rent them." I'm glad to hear this. Glendale could use more investment. So could Tuxedo Street,a few blocks away,where my father grew up. So could Detroit.
I've seen all the photos showing Detroit in ruins. Now I've come to see for myself what's happened to what was America's fifth largest city around 1950. Then there were more than 1. 8 million residents(居民) ；now there are fewer than 700,000.
This is where my family settled after immigrating to the United States in the 1920s,moving into neighborhoods fiiled witi people just like them.
The handwritten 1940 census(人口 普查) page for Tuxedo Street literally illustrates the story: It shows a long list of Jewish names and the places from which Jews fled. The neighborhood was so insular （与世隔绝的) that when my American-bom mother went to kindergarten,she couldn't speak English.
Those families don't live here anymore. Some houses have become empty lots. But some are tidy symbols of survival and pride. Keith Harris owns one of those homes. We have clean-up-the-block day,” he tells me. aWe are trying to make it better.w
“Visitors like me walk these streets all the time,” he says, “Some people came and cried like babies." Maybe they shouldn't have. Though much is gone,there are seeds of hope across the city. Harris has planted some of those seeds. “We invest in this block,” he says, “because we want to stay."
21. Why does Keith Harris say he's the king of Glendale?
A. He invests heavily in Glendale.
B. He's a popular resident in Glendale.
C. He knows everything about Glendale.
D. He has the most attractive house in Glendale.
22. According to the text,Detroit .
A. has a splendid history
B. is able to bounce back
C. has few houses for rent
D. is attracting lots of visitors
23. What do we know about the author's mother?
A. She had no gift for language.
B. She lived in Tuxedo Street in the 1930s.
C. She immigrated into the US in the 1920s.
D. She had little access to other cultures as a kid.
24. Clean-up-the-block day was held to.
A. maintain its Jewish style
B. promote the image of Glendale
C. brighten up local residents’ life
D. set an example for the whole city
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假定你是李华。你的美国朋友汤姆受邀去中国朋友家做客，发来邮件向你询问中国的餐桌礼仪。 请你给他回一封邮件，要点包括：
1. 餐前:客人、长者先就坐并先动筷；
2. 餐中:共享食物，主人给客人夹菜；
3. 餐后:客人应表达谢意。
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3. 开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
I’m very glad to hear from you.
I hope you will find ray information useful.
Yours,
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It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing 64.
makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it. For example,two people may do 65. same thing in a place; both may have about an equal amount of money and status — and yet one may be 66. (depress) and the other happy. Why? Because they see things 67. (different) . I have seen just as many happy faces among the poor farmers 68. work very hard in the fields as I have seen in air-conditioned offices in New York,Chicago or Los Angeles.
Abraham Lincoln once 69. (say) that “most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." He was right. If you decide to be happy,then you will always find plenty of 70. (reason) to be happy.
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“Don’t talk to strangers ...” That is probably one of the 41 pieces of advice handed down from our parents. Yeah,they 42 well. Since there are bad people out there,it seems to be a good idea in order to help 43 us. And over the years we’ve learned how to keep our eyes 44 . We are used to making no eye contact with strangers.
45,the price that we pay for this 46 is that we grow up suspicious(表示怀疑的) of others and their motives. We tend to have a(n) 47 of strangers,which is neither necessary nor 48 as we grow older.
Most people out there are not sociopaths （反社会者) .49,most people are quite 50 . What once protected us from bad people is now preventing us from establishing relationships with 51 people!
In general,you know that the random stranger standing next to you is very 52 to kidnap (绑架) you,yet the emotion of fear is 53 associated with talking to them. So you 54 do it. But you miss out on a lot by closing yourself off to new people like this.
Instead,you should actively 55 that people in general are fiiendly. Why? Because they are. Most people actually are nice. We are 56 creatures,and we welcome interactions with others. Think about it: when a stranger starts a(n) 57 with you,how do you usually 58 ?
Besides,you never know who you might 59 . The person standing behind you in a line could one day be your best friend. It 60 . But even if it's not that extreme,you never know if that person has a job opportunity for you,or is just a cool person who you would enjoy having a brief conversation with.
41. A. shortest B. worst C. longest D. best
42. A. meant B. planned C. spoke D. worked
43. A. inspire B. instruct C. change D. protect
44. A. up B. open C. down D. shut
45. A. Especially B. Thankfully C. Unfortunately D. Uncertainly
46. A. safety B. health C. power D. delight
47. A. anger B. pain C. shame D. fear
48. A. important B. obvious C. humorous D. reasonable
49. A. In case B. In fact C. At times D. At first
50. A. brave B. friendly C. smart D. patient
51. A. bad B. famous C. good D. common
52. A. ready B. unlikely C. eager D. unwilling
53. A. still B. never C. only D. even
54. A. always B. often C. sometimes D. seldom
55. A. doubt B. assume C. guess D. decide
56. A. living B. complex C. unique D. social
57. A. meeting B. experiment C. argument D. conversation
58. A. listen B. connect C. react D. devote
59. A. hurt B. forget C. meet D. benefit
60. A. happens B. depends C. affects D. fails
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Jack took a long look at his speedometre before slowing down： 73 in a 55 mph zone. Fourth time in the past few months. How could a guy get 16 so often?
When his car had 17 down to 10 miles an hour,Jack came to a 18 . The cop was stepping out of his car,the big pad in hand. Bob? Bob from Church?
19 out of the car,he approached a man he saw every 20 ,a man he’d never seen in 21 .
“Hi,Bob. Fancy meeting you like this."“Hello,Jack. ” No 22 . “Guess you caught me red-handed in a 23 to see my wife and kids. ” “Yeah,I guess so. ”
The minutes ticked by. Bob scribbled away on the pad. Why hadn’t he asked for a driver's 24 ?
Whatever the reason,it would be a month of Sundays 25 Jack ever sat near this cop again. Jack could not quite keep the sneer out of his voice as Bob gave him a sheet of paper and 26 to his police car without a word. Jack unfolded it,27 how much this one was going to 28 Wait a minute. What was this? Certainly not a 29 .Jack began to read： “Dear Jack,once upon a time I had a daughter. She was six when 30 by a car. You guessed it—a speeding driver. A fine and three months in 31 , and the man was free. Free to hug his daughters. A thousand times I've tried to 32 that man. A thousand times I thought I had. Maybe I did,but I need to do it again. Even now,pray for me. And be 33 ,Jack,my son is all I have left,Bob. ”
Jack turned around in time to see Bob's car 34 away and head down the road. Jack watched until it disappeared. A full 15 minutes later,he too,drove 35 home,praying for forgiveness and hugging a surprised wife and kids when he arrived.
16. A. grasped B. held C. arrested D. caught
17. A. looked B. slowed C. taken D. brought
18. A. corner B. place C. space D. stop
19. A. Walking B. Crawling
C. Jumping D. Going
20. A. Sunday B. Monday C. Friday D. Saturday
21. A. suit B. uniform C. dress D. clothes
22. A. smile B. way C. wonder D. problem
23. A. time B. rush C. worry D. chance
24. A. message B. note C. license D. signal
25. A. while B. until C. unless D. before
26. A. changed B. responded
C. returned D. devoted
27. A. wandering B. believing
C. affording D. wondering
28. A. cost B. spend C. pay D. charge
29. A. bill B. ticket C. cheque D. letter
30. A. brought B. killed C. saved D. injured
31. A. all B. person C. general D. jail
32. A. apologize B. forgive C. protect D. defeat
33. A. eager B. happy C. honest D. careful
34. A. give B. pull C. drive D. ride
35. A. slowly B. quickly C. normally D. quietly
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增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧) ,并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\) 划掉。
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