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Far out in the sea lived three Sirens，the three sisters of magic song．Half human and half bird，the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers， 1in voices that excited the hearts of men．The attractive songs were so  2that ships were attracted to the  3and struck to pieces on the rocks．No sailor nor ship had ever been known to  4the island of the Sirens without being attracted to  5.

Acting on the advice of Circe, Odysseus made careful  6against the Sirens．Before their ships came to where they could  7the song, Odysseus had himself  8the mast (桅杆), stuffed (堵住) the  9of his men with wax (蜡) and ordered them to  10his orders and gestures when they were passing the  11island.

Soon they came in sight of the 12island, and the attractive song reached the ears of13. It moved him so much that he struggled in despair to  14himself and shouted for his men to 15the rich and flowery grass land of the singing sisters. But  16paid any attention to him. The sailors kept straight on until they were  17out of hearing.  18his friends freed him and took the wax out of their ears. For  19the Sirens had sung with no　20. The eldest of the sisters, Partherope, loved Odysseus so much that she threw herself into the sea after his ships had passed.

1.A. talking           B. calling       yelling     D. singing

2.A. strange            B. sweet        terrible    D. loud

3.A. flowers            B. sea          island      D. rocks

4.A. visit              B. approach     pass         D. leave

5.A. disaster           B. success      peace       D. loss

6.A. communication  B. preparation   action     D. attention

7.A. sing               B. accept         hear       D. enjoy

8.A. tied to            B. standing along facing to      D. seated on

9.A. eyes               B. mouth         nose       D. ears

10.A. miss              B. ignore        carry       D. take

11.A. friendly          B. 1ovely        deadly     D. lonely

12.A. rocky             B. sunny       windy        D. sandy

13.A. Partherope        B. Sirens      Circe        D. Odysseus

14.A. beat              B. free         relief       D. order

15.A. go around         B. keep off     turn towards  D. run away from

16.A. no one            B. anyone      everyone     D. someone

17.A. completely        B. luckily     quickly      D. naturally

18.A. Still             B. Then        But          D. Again

19.A. the moment        B. long        ever         D. once

20.A. meanings          B. points      effects      D. efforts

 

Father and I left early．These shopping trips used to be．Mother’s

business，so it was　　　 (不寻常的)for us to go into town　　　　　　　 1．　　　

together．We waited for over an hour before the bus d　　　 up　　　　　 2　　　

finally．Father was polite and stood　　　 (旁边)while others　　　　　　 3．　　　

all climbed ohto it，so　　　 the time we got on，there were no　　　　　 4．　　　

seats．We had to　　　 all the way into town．At last we arrived，　　　　 5．　　　

cold and　　　 (疲惫)．“I’m hungry，”I said．Father took me to　　　 6．　　　　

a r　　　 for lunch．We were preparing to visit my grandmother，　　　　 7．　　　

who lived in a cold　　 (北方的)province．So we decided　　　　　　　　 8　　 ．

to get some clothes．We’went from shop to shop，b　　　 shoes．　　　 9．　　　　

It was very late　　　 we visited the last shop for my coat．　　　　　　　 10．　　　

 

It is possible to do many simple tricks with numbers. Here is one trick. It has several separate steps.

 　　 First, write down your house number. For example, if your address is 73 Lemon Street, you would write down 73. After you write down your house address, next double it, then add five to this double number. For example, if your address was 73 and you doubled it, you would get146. Then, if you added five, you’d get 151.

 　　 Then multiply this number by 50. In our example here, you’ll get 7550. The next step is to add your age to this total. For example, if you’re26 years old, you should add 26 to this total. In our example here, the result would be 7576.

 　　 After that you have to add the number of days in a year, which is 365. In our example here, 365 added to 7576 is 7941.

 　　 The final step is this: Subtract 615 from the number that you have. Take away 615 from the total. In our example, 7941 minus 615 is 7326.

 　　 The result here —7326— is the trick. The first part of the number is the address and the last part of the number is the age of the person. That is, 73 is the address that we started with, and 26 is the age that we used.

1．The best title of the passage is________

A．The number tricks

B．A trick with numbers

C．An interesting problem

D．How to work out a difficult trick

2. How many steps are there in the trick?

A．5

B．6

C．7

D．8

3. Which of the following step is wrong?

A．Multiply this number by 2.

B．Add 5 to this number.

C．Plus 50 to this number.

D．Take 615 away from this total.

4. We may infer from the result________

A．how many days there are in a year

B．how old the person is

C．how clever the person is

D．where the person lives

5. The third step is________

A．+5

B．×2

C．–365

D．+615

 

As an engineering student, I had a degree and three good job offers. I couldn’t help trembling when I heard about studies which showed that women are at a (n) 　1 when it comes to math. However, I discovered: just because a subject is 　2 to learn, it does not show you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work harder to get good at it. 　3 you do, there’s a (an) 　4 chance you will enjoy it more than anything else.

In eighth grade I took algebra (代数). On one test I got only 1 percent of the 　5 answers. I failed the next one, too. I started to 　6 maybe I’m just not good at this. I was lucky enough to have a teacher who didn’t take my bad grades as a judgment of my 　7 , but 　8 as an indication that I should study more. He 　9 me aside and told me he knew I could do better. Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. I 　10 the following tests, and pulled my grade up to an A.

I studied a lot in college, too. I had moments of fear while sitting below the fluorescent lights in the 　11 library on Saturday afternoons, when I 　12 that the estrogen (雌性激素) in my body was 　13 me from understanding thermodynamics (热动力学). But the 　14 in my class had to work just as hard, and I knew that I couldn’t 　15 to lose confidence in myself. I didn’t want to choose between my femininity (女人气) and a good career. 16 I reminded myself that those 　17 , the ones that say math comes more naturally to men, are faulty.

Here’s a secret: math and science don’t go 　18 to most people. No one was 　19 born knowing calculus (微积分). But as a famous saying goes: Y nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it. A woman can learn anything a man can, but first she needs to know that she can do it, and then takes a leap of 　20 .

1．A．advantage　 B．disadvantage　　 C．trouble　　 D．discomfort

2．A．enjoyable　 B．humorous C．simple　　 D．difficult

3．A．Once　 B．Where　　 C．Although　 D．Until

4．A．strong B．poor C．impossible D．few

5．A．wrong B．complete　 C．correct　　 D．missing

6．A．think　 B．astonish　 C．know　　　 D．decide

7．A．marks B．standards C．characteristics D．abilities

8．A．extremely　 B．simply　　 C．slightly　　 D．especially

9．A．pulled B．led　　 C．put　 D．pushed

10．A．designed　 B．attended　 C．got　 D．took

11．A．chemistry B．engineering　　　 C．biology 　 D．geography

12．A．worried　 B．agreed　　 C．knew D．realized

13．A．protecting B．awaking　 C．preventing D．attempting

14．A．girls B．boys C．students　 D．classmates

15．A．afford　　　 B．try　　 C．help　 D．manage

16．A．Also B．But　 C．Though　 D．So

17．A．studies　　 B．grades　　 C．students　 D．experiments

18．A．actively　　 B．easily C．difficultly D．gradually

19．A．never B．ever　 C．even D．often

20．A．honesty　 B．knowledge　　　 C．reality　　　 D．faith