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ubmission Guidelines

  Before sending us a manuscript(稿件), look through recent issues(刊物)of the Post to get an idea of the range and style of articles we publish.You will discover that our focus has broadened to include well-researched, timely and informative articles on finance, home improvement, travel, humor, and many other fields.

  The Post’s goal is to remain unique, with content that provides additional understandings on the ever-evolving American scene.

  In addition to feature-length(专题长度的)articles, the Post buys anecdotes, cartoons, and photos.Payment ranges from $25 to $400.

  Our nonfiction needs include how-to, useful articles on gardening, pet care and training, financial planning, and subjects of interest to a 45-plus, home-loving readership.For nonfiction articles, indicate any special qualifications you have for writing about the subject, especially scientific material.Include one or two published pieces with your article.We prefer typed articles between 1000 and 2000 words in length.We encourage you to send both printed and online versions.

  We also welcome new fiction.A light, humorous touch is appreciated.We are always in need of straight humor articles.Make us laugh, and we’ll buy it.

  Feature articles average about 1000 to 2000 words.We like positive, fresh angles to Post articles, and we ask that they be thoroughly researched.

  We normally respond to article submissions within six weeks.You are free to submit the article elsewhere at the same time.

  Please submit all articles to Features Editor, The Saturday Evening Post, 1100 Waterway Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46202,(317)634-1100.

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Before sending a manuscript to the Post, a contributor is advised to.

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get a better understanding of American issues

B.

find out the range of the articles in the post

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increase his knowledge in many fields

D.

broaden his research focus

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to submit nonfiction articles,a contributor must _________.

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provide his special qualification

B.

be a regular reader of the Post

C.

produce printed version

D.

be over 45 year old

(3)

From the passage we can learn that the Post _________.

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allows article submission within six weeks

B.

favor science articles within 2,000 words

C.

have a huge demand for humorous works

D.

prefers nonfiction to fiction article

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The plan:turn Mars into a blue world with streams and green fields ,and then fill it with creatures(生物)from the earth.?

This idea may sound like something from a science fiction(科幻小说),but it is actually being taken seriously by many researchers .This suggested future for the “red planet” will be the main topic for discussion at an international conference hosted by NASA(美国宇航局)this week. Leading researchers as well as science fiction writers will attend the event .It comes as NASA is preparing a multibillion-dollar Mars research programme.?

“Turning Mars into a little earth has long been a topic in science fiction,” said Dr Michael Meyer, NASA's senior scientist for astrobiology(太空生物学).“Now ,with scientists exploring the reality ,we can ask what the real possibilities of changing Mars are.”?

Most scientists agree that Mars could be turned into a little earth ,although much time and money would be needed to achieve this goal.?

“We are destroying our own world at an unbelievable speed and now we are talking about ruining another planet,”said Paul Morin ,of the Institute of Astronomy ,Cambridge ,UK.?

Over the past months ,scientists have become increasingly confident they will find Martian life forms .Europe and America's robot explorers have found proof that water ,mixed with soil ,exists in large amounts on the planet.

1.Those who agree to turn Mars into a little earth_______.?

A.are short of confidence

B.will gain the support of NASA?

C.realize their dream needs lots of time and money

D.are asking for advice on how to carry it out?

2.The author took Paul Morin as an example to show he_______.?

A.is for the idea of exploring Mars

B.is active in saving the earth?

C.is against the idea of turning Mars into a little earth

D.cares about environmental protection       

3.Science fiction writers will attend the international conference to be held by NASA to_______.?

A.inspire their interests

B.set more details for them to write with?

C.join in the discussion

D.collect money for Mars research programme

4.Turning Mars into a little earth_______.?

A.is no longer a topic of science fiction stories

B.is now under way?

C.is a project whose possibility is being explored

D.is against human interests

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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多途选项。

  Laser(激光)is short for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.Laser light is different from daylight or electric lights.Industry put lasers to work almost immediately after they were invented in nineteen sixty.  1  

  The first medical operation using a laser took place the year following its invention.Doctors Charles Campbell and Charles Koester used a laser to remove a tumor from a patient's eye at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.  2  

  Lasers have made measurement an exact science.Astronomers have used lasers to measure the moon's distance from Earth.  3  .For example, drawing a perfectly level straight line on a construction site is easy using a laser.

    4  .And the jewelry industry uses lasers to write on the surface of the world's hardest substance, diamonds.

  Lasers are found in many products used almost everywhere.Over one hundred years ago, writers imagined that beams of light could be powerful weapons.Today, lasers guide missiles and bombs.American defense companies are working on giant laser guns recognizable to science fiction fans everywhere.  5  

  Scientific American magazine says huge lasers turn only about twenty to thirty percent of the energy they use into a laser beam.The rest is lost as heat.

  That has not stopped scientists from working to perfect powerful lasers that, one day, may be able to shoot missiles out of the sky.

A.But weapons were not the first to use it on the list.

B.All lasers have several things in common.

C.Mappers and builders use laser technology every day.

D.But there are technological difficulties.

E.Lasers have also changed the way we communicate.

F.Manufacturers have used lasers for years to cut and join metal parts.

G.Since then, doctors have used lasers to cut and remove tissue safely with little risk of infections.

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第Ⅱ卷(共35分)
第四部分写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
  假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语文错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改。
  增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写该加的词。
  删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
  修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
  注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
     2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
  I think people have always found the future excited.Just think of some science fiction books that have written on the subject.The 21st century will bring wonderful advances in the world information technology.We can see through the Internet that the amazing possibilities for communication and learning.Other exciting area is medical progress.It would be good think of a world which cancer is no longer a frightening word.I'm sure medical research will sonn find cure for this disease.Apart from these technical developments,future is exciting on a more personal level too.Most young people think of their future with hope.Who knows that the future will bring in the way of jobs? The fact that we don't know make it exciting.So yes ,the future is exciting.

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第Ⅱ卷(共35分)

第四部分写作(共两节,满分35分)

第一节短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)

  假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语文错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改。

  增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写该加的词。

  删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

  修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

  注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

     2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

  I think people have always found the future excited.Just think of some science fiction books that have written on the subject.The 21st century will bring wonderful advances in the world information technology.We can see through the Internet that the amazing possibilities for communication and learning.Other exciting area is medical progress.It would be good think of a world which cancer is no longer a frightening word.I'm sure medical research will sonn find cure for this disease.Apart from these technical developments,future is exciting on a more personal level too.Most young people think of their future with hope.Who knows that the future will bring in the way of jobs? The fact that we don't know make it exciting.So yes ,the future is exciting.

 

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