From gobbling(狼吞虎咽） down turkey to spending time with family to watching football, Thanksgiving is filled with traditions. But one of the most popular-pulling the wishbone—dates back centuries.
The upside-down VT shaped bone is actually called the furcula. It is a bone located between a turkey’s neck and its breast Furcula means “little fork” in Latin. All birds have a wishbone.
At Thanksgiving, the tradition is for two people to hold one end of the bone, make a wish，and then tug(用力拉). The winner is the person who ends up with the bigger piece. If you believe the legend, the winner's wish will come true.
The practice of making a wish on a bird’s furcula dates back to the ancient Etruscans, a people who lived in what is today northern Italy. They believed birds were powerful and divine (非凡的) creatures. After killing a chicken, an Etruscan would leave the wishbone in the sun to dry. Passersby would pick it up, stroke it for good luck， and make a wish — That is how the furcula got the name “wishbone.”
The Etruscans passed the ritua (仪式）along to the Romans. Soon, the practice of making a wish on a chicken's furcula became popular in ancient Rome. According to legend，it was so widespread that there weren't enough chickens or wishbones to go around. So the Romans began breaking the wishbone in two. Now, twice as many people could make wishes.
Then the English picked up the tradition. In the 16th century, English settlers brought the practice to the New World there, they found an abundance of wild turkeys. So they started using a turkey furcula for their wishes. Today a wishbone tug-of-war is as much a part of Thanksgiving as is gobbling down turkey.
1.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Turkey Tug-of-WarB. A Lucky Turkey
C. The New WorldD. The Stories of Thanksgiving
2.What does the fourth paragraph focus on?
A. How to dry the wishbone.
B. The origin of this bone-pulling tradition.
C. The place where the ancient Etruscans lived.
D. The practice of the ancient Etruscans making a wish on a turkey's furcula.
3.Why did the Romans break the wishbone in two?
A. To save money.
B. To protect chickens.
C. To create an I-shaped wishbone.
D. To give more people the chances to make wishes
4.Where was a turkey tug-of-war probably served as a Thanksgiving tradition first?
A. In America.B. In the UK.
C. In ancient Rome.D. In northern Italy.
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Tom is studying in Oxford and has just bought a new bike. He is worried about security. His
friend found this article and sent it to him.
Introduction
A lot of crime is against bicycles. Many bicycles are stolen every year and most are never found. You can prevent this happening by following a few careful steps.
Basic Security
Do not leave your bicycle in out-of-the-way places. Always lock your bicycle when you leave. Secure it to lampposts（灯柱）or trees. Take off small parts and take them with you, for example lights and saddles（车座）．
Locks
Get a good lock. There are many different types in the shop. Buy one that has been tested against attack. Ask for advice from a bike shop.
Registration
There are a number of companies who will mark your bicycle for you. They will then put your registration number and personal details in their computer database. Then if your bicycle is found it will be easy to get in touch with you.
Finally
Keep a record of the bicycle yourself. Its make, model and registration number. You can even take a photograph of it. This will prove the bicycle belongs to you.
1.The article advises you to keep a record of your bicycle ________.
A. in the bike shop and your computer
B. at a police station or in a security company
C. in a security company and your university
D. by yourself and in a security company
2.Which part of the article gives you information on how to lock up your bicycle when you leave it?
A. Locks.B. Basic Security.C. Finally.D. Registration.
3.The main purpose of this article is ________.
A. to tell you what to do if your bicycle is stolen
B. to give you advice on where to buy a good lock
C. to suggest ways of keeping your bicycle safe
D. to say why you shouldn't keep your bicycle in a lonely place
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“We were always drinking coffee at university,” Lechner remembers. “And that’s how I started to wonder. What happens to all that coffee? It was all just getting thrown away.” He began consulting with his professors about ways of using coffee grounds to create a solid material.
“We tried combining with a lot of different things,” Lechner said, “We even tried sugar. That was close, but basically it was a candy cup. It just kept melting after being used three times.” The whole point was to make it last long, so Lechner and his partners went back to the institute to continue their research. Finally, after many failed experiments, they came up with a mix of coffee grounds and a biopolymer(生物高聚物) that seemed to behave the way Lechner had expected it.
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Lechner will soon launch a larger line of coffee grounds cups and also work on a travel mug. But those are just short-term plans, as Lechner hopes to one day use recycled coffee grounds to create all sort of useful stuff—like sheets and furniture in cafés and restaurants.
1.What do people do with coffee grounds before Lechner?
A. Make products beautiful.
B. Improve the soil.
C. Produce drinking cups.
D. Create solid materials.
2.What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A. Candy cups can last longer than coffee cups.
B. Coffee grounds are rich in biopolymer.
C. Biopolymer can get coffee cups used repeatedly.
D. Lechner invented coffee cups alone.
3.What does the underlined phrase refer to in Paragraph 4?
A. Profits from coffee cup business.
B. Creation of coffee cups.
C. Decreasing demands for coffee grounds.
D. Consumption of delicious iced coffee.
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. A new way of recycling coffee cups.
B. Commercial success from consuming coffee.
C. Recycling coffee grounds into stuff like coffee cups.
D. Different product designers of recycling coffee grounds.
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The study disagrees with other recent researches which predicted tree species’ extinctions ________ relatively small increases in global average air temperatures.
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Dr Lewis said: “The past cannot be compared directly with the future. While tree species seem likely to ________ higher air temperatures than today, the Amazon forest is being transformed for agriculture and ________, and what remains is being degraded（使恶化）by logging（伐木）, and increasingly split up by fields and roads.
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5.A. particularlyB. probablyC. merelyD. possibly
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9.A. basedB. builtC. focusedD. made
10.A. in relation toB. in response to
C. in reply toD. in reference to
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12.A. threatsB. disadvantages
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14.A. farmingB. plantingC. cateringD. mining
15.A. powerB. influenceC. desireD. violence
16.A. difficultB. clearC. easyD. important
17.A. beliefB. direction
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18.A. doubtB. concludeC. calculateD. prefer
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10.A. sillyB. excitedC. carefulD. slow
11.A. silencedB. contradictedC. mirroredD. encouraged
12.A. bothB. allC. someD. neither
13.A. demandB. offerC. promiseD. mistake
14.A. reminderB. memoryC. imageD. example
15.A. halfB. biteC. cupD. piece
16.A. wonderedB. realizedC. recognizedD. valued
17.A. in conclusionB. in short
C. in returnD. in fact
18.A. hotterB. softerC. sourerD. sweeter
19.A. rushingB. goingC. gettingD. surviving
20.A. scientistB. magicianC. expertD. designer
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