阅读下面这首乐府诗，完成下列各题。

菩萨蛮

王安石【注】

数间茅屋闲临水，窄衫短帽垂杨里。花是去年红，吹开一夜风。

梢梢新月偃，午醉醒来晚。何物最关情，黄鹂三两声。

【注】：此词为王安石晚年罢相后回到金陵卜居于半山时所作。

词的开篇就点出“闲”字，请结合全词，谈谈作者是怎样表现“闲”字的？

素洁平易而又含蓄深沉是这首词的基本特色，请你就“含蓄深沉”这一特色谈谈对这首词的理解。

Dr. Marie Curie is known to the world as the scientist who discovered radioactive metals i.e. Radium and Polonium.

Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist. Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered two new elements and studied the x-rays they emitted. She found that the harmful properties of x-rays were able to kill tumors. By the end of World War I, Marie Curie was probably the most famous woman in the world. She had made a conscious decision, however, not to patent methods of processing radium or its medical applications.

Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867 in Poland and died on July 4, 1934. Her co-discovery with her husband Pierre Curie of the radioactive elements radium and polonium represents one of the best known stories in modern science for which they were recognized in 1901 with the Nobel Prize for Physics. In 1911, Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel prize, this time for chemistry, to honor her for successfully isolating pure radium and determining radium's atomic weight.

As a child, Marie Curie amazed people with her great memory. She learned to read when she was only four years old. Her father was a professor of science and the instruments that he kept in a glass case fascinated Marie. She dreamed of becoming a scientist, but that would not be easy. Her family became very poor, and at the age of 18, Marie became a governess. She helped pay for her sister to study in Paris. Later, her sister helped Marie with her education. In 1891, Marie attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie, a well-known physicist.

Marie Curie contributed greatly to our understanding of radioactivity and the effects of x-rays. She received two Nobel prizes for her brilliant work, but died of leukemia, caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive material.

The underlined word “emitted” in the 2nd paragraph means_______.

A. gave off     B. gave away  C. set out           D. set off

According to the passage, which order of the following is right?

① Marie Curie worked as a governess.  ② Marie Curie met and marry Pierre Curie.

③ Marie Curie learned to read.  ④ Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize.

⑤ Marie Curie discovered radium.

A. ①②③④⑤          B. ③①②⑤④          C. ①②③⑤④          D. ③①②④⑤

When did Marie Curie win a Nobel Prize for a chemistry?

A. In her twenties     B. In her thirties    C. In her forties         D. In her fifties

What does the passage mainly talked about?

A. Marie Curie discovered radium         B. Marie Curie, a famous chemist

C. Marie Curie won two Noble Prizes     D. The brief biography of Marie Curie

What a wonder! They've finished ______half of the project in such a short time.

A. no more than     B. no less  than           C. not more than        D. much less than

China is casting such a huge shadow on the United States that many Americans are struggling to learn Chinese in order to maintain their competitive edge, "Interest in learning Chinese among American youth and their parents has grown dramatically in the past five years," said Vivien Stewart at the Asia Society, a US group trying to bridge the gap between Americans and people of Asia and the Pacific．

China, the world's most popular nation, is critical to the United States because it is a leading trader, consumer and investor- Its political influence is also rising across the globe．It has replaced the United States as the world's largest consumer and become the second largest economy in the world after the superpower status and its telling effects politically, economically and culturally are driving the interest to learn the language, experts say．

From kindergartens to high schools, studies by the Asia Society show, there is a "rapid rise" in interest among pupils to study the Chinese language．

Even though the US State Department has stressed the Chinese language "critical " to national prosperity and security, the "current infrastructure （基础设施）to support recruitment （招生） of students and teachers as well as the growth of high quality programs is -badly inadequate," an Asia Society study says．The Society has set a target of having at least 5% of American high school students learning Chinese by 2015．"Millions of Chinese are learning English, but only 24,000 Americans are learning Chinese," said Andrew Corcoran of the San Francisco - based Chinese American International School．

The most popular languages after English in the United States at present are Spanish and French.

The passage mainly tells the readers that _____,

       A．China is getting under a shadow from USA

       B．American competitive edge is shaking

       C．Americans object to learning Chinese

       D．Chinese appeals to more Americans         

Based on the context, what does the underlined word "inadequate" （in Paragraph 5） mean?

 A．leading                        B．interesting             

       C．disappointing            D．promising                  

According to the text which of the following is TRUE?    

       A．Culture can have an effect on exciting persons'    

       B．USA has got the high quality current        

       C．Chinese ranks 4th on the American Language        

       D．Politics decides language studying    

What might be the most suitable title for this passage?   

       A, US Government Requires its People to Learn Chinese        

       B．Chinese Gains its Popularity with Most Americans     

       C．China's Economy Helps to Spread its Language                 

       D．Americans Show Interest Learning Chinese 

一家香港公司计划在我市建一座造纸厂，有人支持，有人反对。请你根据下表所提供的信息，写一篇短文，客观地介绍一下情况，并陈述你对此事的看法。

赞成方观点

1．给当地人创造很多就业机会。

2．推动地方经济发展。

3．引进新机器（包括环保设备）

4．带来新的经营管理理念

反对方观点

1．噪音污染，影响人们的生活。

2．释放大量的有毒气体，对人非常有害

3．排放废水，污染河流

你的看法：

--- Is Peter there?

       --- _____________, please．I’ll see if I can find him for you．

       A．Hold up    B．Hold on    C．Hold out   D．Hold off

Rescuers had to __________ the search because of worsening weather condition.

A. take off                     B. call off             C. cut off             D. show off

Many kinds of animals and plants die ____ every year.

     A down         B away             C out            D from

Fading beauty

   She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last for ever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.  

The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum (卢浮宫博物馆) where it is housed.   

“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state (状态).  

Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision (视觉) is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”

However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519.  

In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later.  

During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.   

Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.

What does the writer mean by “time is catching up with the Mona Lisa”?

A. The painted woman is not so beautiful any more. 

B. Ageing is something that affects us all.

C. The painting needs repairing.  

D. At such an old age, she is no longer popular.

What makes the repair work difficult?

A. The wooden panel is thin and old.

B. No one knows exactly what materials were used to create the painting and how it might respond to treatment.

C. The health of the painting is suffering

D. Experts can’t agree on how to carry out repairs.

What makes her smile so mysterious according to Professor Livingston?

A. The materials the Italian artist used. B. The way she smiles.

C. The way Da Vinci painted the smile. D. It plays a trick upon the human mind.

最近，很多中学生都纷纷开起了自己的博客。一方面，博客可以作为展示自己的窗口，

可以释放学习的压力，因此已经被越来越多的中学生所接受。但是，另一方面，很多家长和

老师都认为管理个人博客要花相当多的时间和精力，会耽误学习。

请对这一现象进行简要介绍，并发表自己的看法。

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