1．化学与生活密切相关，下列有关做法正确的是

A．为增加明矾净水效果，可同时加入氢氧化钡溶液

B．为防止铁制品生锈，可在铁制品的外层涂油漆或局部镀铜

C．为增加Na₂CO₃的除油污效果，可使用热水洗涤

D．为防止植物油脂氧化，可将植物油脂露置于日光下

2. venue /’venju:/ n (比赛)场地

Questions:

(1)What is happening as China’s economy and society develop?

(2)How many people are taking regular physical exercise in China?

(3)When did the government issue the outline national fitness programme?

(4)Why did the government issue the outline national fitness prograrmme?

(5)What does the central government call on people to do, according to the passage?

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“Depend on yourself.” Is what nature says to every man .parents can help you. Teachers can help you. Still others can help you. But all these people only help you to help yourself.

There have been many great men in history. But many of them were very poor in boyhood, and had no uncles, aunts, or friends to help them. Schools were few and of poor quality. They could not depend on them for an education. They saw how it was, and set to work with all their strength to learn something. They worked their own way up to fame.

One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, “I cannot make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves”.

Some young men have no ambition to do anything, and they are to be pitied. They can never succeed unless they see their foolishness, and change their courses. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live, unless they accept the advice of parents and teachers, and depend upon their own honest and serious efforts.

生词：ambition心；野心

Questions:

(1) What do you think is the title of this passage?

(2) How did many great men of poor families become successful?

(3) What did one of the most famous teachers tell his pupils?

(4) Why have some young men failed in everything?

(5) How can they succeed?

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There are more than 60, 000 lakes in Finland, making up 9 percent of its total area. Most lakes are linked by rivers or channels .So one can tour most of the country by boat.

In winter these lakes and rivers turn into good passageways for sledges. Two thirds of Finland’s territory is within the Arctic Circle.

The northern tip of Finland has fifty days without sunrise during winter.

Finland is also famous for its vast forests, which cover 71 per cent of its territory. One quarter of Finland’s industrial output value comes from the forest. Finland has a nickname, “The Country of Thousand Islands”.

Helsinki is the capital. It’s formed by more than forty small islands and peninsulas.

Questions:

(1) How are most lakes in Finland linked?

(2) How can one tour most of the country in summer?

(3) How many days without sunrise does the northern tip of Finland have during winter?

(4) How much of Finland’s industrial output comes from the forest?

(5) What is the nickname of Finland?

 生词: 1. enhance /in’ha:ns/ v. 增加提高

生词： 1. royalty n 王族成员                    2. conquer v 攻取；征服

Questions:

(1) What did Old English consist of when it was developing?

(2) How did people record the history of England before they could write?

(3) When did Old English become the official language of England?

(4) Why does English vocabulary have lots of similar words for the same thing?

(5) Who was the first king to use English after the Normans conquered England in 1066?

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The Chinese language differs from many Western languages in that it uses characters which have meanings and can stand alone as words. Chinese people invented numerous characters to represent ideas, objects or actions. Chinese words are often formed by combining different characters. The history of many Chinese words can be seen by looking at how their characters developed.

 Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. There is a legend that says that a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the footprints of birds and animals in the snow and realized that each one was different. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes or pictures to represent different objects. These shapes or pictures were the very first Chinese characters.

Questions:

(1) Why does the Chinese language differ from many Western languages?

(2) How did Chinese writing begin?

(3) How are Chinese words often formed?

(4) Who invented Chinese writing?

(5) How did he invent Chinese writing?

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To whom it may concern

I have no hesitation in recommending my former student, Paul Wang, for any post.

I have been Paul’s art teacher for the past four years He is reliable and always punctual-he has never missed the deadlines for my assignments.

Paul has natural flair for art and design. He has always been the top student in my class. He is highly original and creative, and is not afraid to try out his own ideas. I do hope Paul will pursue a career in the arts. Otherwise, his talents will be wasted.

Not only is Paul talented, he is also warm, friendly and popular among other students. He fits in well and gets along with people from all walks of life.

Yours faithfully

Charles Yu

生词：flair n 洞察力；鉴别力

Questions:

(1) What’s Charles Yu’s aim in writing this passage?

(2) What is the relationship between Charles Yu and Paul Wang?

(3) How does Charles Yu know Paul Wang is punctual?

(4) Why does Charles Yu say Paul is talented?

(5) What fine personal qualities does Paul have?

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Thanks to the development of China’s economy and society, the country’s sports and fitness industry is taking off ,with 34 percent of China’s population between the ages of 7and 70 taking regular physical exercise .

In 1995, the government issued an outline national fitness programme to enhance the development of national public fitness. Since then, rapid progress has been made in building sports and fitness of keeping fit, and in organizing sporting activities.

Encouraged by the central government’s call to build a harmonious society and the successful holding of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, people have obviously become more conscious of their fitness.

There are many different dialects of English spoken depending on where people live .When Old English was developing, it consisted of an Anglo-Saxon base mixed with many words from other languages. Before people could write, they used oral poems to record the history of England. Old English became the official language of England in the 10^th century. English vocabulary has lots of similar words for the same thing and that is because so many different people came to England. Another thing that happened in English is that there are different words for animals and the meat which comes from them. This is because the English servants cooked for the French-speaking royalty. King Henry IV’s mother tongue was English and he was the first king to use English after the Normans conquered England in 1066.

生词：1. triangle n.三角形 2. Zoser (人名) 宙瑟 3. Khufu （人名）胡夫

Questions:

(1) What does a pyramid look like?

(2) Were pyramids built only in Egypt?

(3) Who had the first pyramid built?

(4) How large is the Great Pyramid?

(5) How many people and how long did it take to build the Great Pyramid?

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What is the most fun you can have in 21 hours and 23 minutes? On 15^th October 2003, Yang Liwei answered this question. His journey into space took him 600,000 kilometers into orbit, around the earth 14 times, in just over 21 hours. It made him China’s first astronaut and the 241st person in space. He had worked towards this achievement for many years.

Born in 1965, Yang had wanted to fly since he was a young boy. His friends and teachers from Suizhong County in north-eastern Liaoning Province have all said that he loved science and technology from a young age. He always talked of wanting to learn how to fly. His dream was encouraged by his parents as well as his older sister and younger brother.

In the end, Yang was indeed successful. His name will go down in history with those of Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard, the first Russian and American astronauts. The people of China can be proud of Yang Liwei and young people all over the world can look up to him as an example of a man who managed to live his dream.

Questions:

(1) When did Yang Liwei fly into space?

(2) What did Yang Liwei love from a young age?

(3) When was Yang Liwei born?

(4) Who encouraged Yang Liwei’s dream?

(5) How long did it take Yang Liwei to finish his journey?

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There are nearly 400 different types of sharks in total, but only about 30 types have ever been reported as attacking human being. Most people know that the most dangerous shark is the great white shark, mainly because they have seen the movie Jaws. However, there are still two other sharks which are fierce. They are the tiger shark and the bull shark.

The chances of being attacked by a shark are very small compared to other dangers. The number of people who drown in the ocean every year is larger than the number of people bitten by sharks. The low number of attacks that happen every year proves that sharks do not feed on humans if they have the choice.

Questions:

(1) How many types of sharks are reported as attacking human beings?

(2) Why do most people know that the most dangerous shark is the great white shark?

(3) What are two other fierce sharks?

(4) How many types of sharks are there in total?

(5) What does the low number of shark attacks prove?

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3.alcoholism酒;酒精中毒                    4.cyberspace网络空间

Questions:

(1) What is Internet addiction?

(2) How much time do Internet addicts spend online every week?

(3) What did the missing student do?

(4) Who do some researchers worry particularly about? Why?

(5) How can people cure Internet addiction?

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Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating animals and plans from the sea. To prove he was right he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean without any food or water with him.

Every day Dr Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.

He travelled from one side of Atlantic Ocean to the other in 65days. He lost 20kilos but he showed that people can live on sea water and the animals and plants in the sea.

Question;

(1)   What do most people believe about sea water?

(2)   What did Dr Bombard think about it?

(3)   What did he do to prove that he was right?

(4)   How did he live on the sea?

(5)   What was the result of his experiment?

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I am an American student and I want to tell you about some of the things America is famous for. I think these are all important parts of American popular culture.

Firstly, America makes lots of amazing films. Films are very popular in America. When a new film is released at the cinema, lots of people go and watch it. Many America actors are world famous. Lots of them have huge houses in a place called Hollywood.

Fast food is very popular in America. In a fast food restaurant, you can buy chicken and beef burgers, chips and soft drinks as well as other things. It is great because once you have ordered your food you only have to wait a couple of minutes for your meal to be ready. I think fast food is delicious, but try not to eat it too often because it is unhealthy.

My favourite sport is basketball. All my friends like watching it, and many students in America support a team in the NBA. Because I live Chicago, I support the Chicago Bulls. My favourite player is Michael Jordan. He is very famous and earns a lot of money, but he does not play any more because he is retired.

Questions:

(1)     What does the student think of the thing he wants to talk about?

(2)     What is said about many America actors?

(3)     Why does the student say fast food is so popular?

(4)     What suggestion does the student give us about fast food?

(5)     What do we learn about many students in America?

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Tom was on a bus when it happened. He was travelling along when suddenly there was a loud crash. The bus driver had fallen asleep while he was driving, and had driven into a huge building. Everything went black. All Tom could remember was being in great pain.

He woke up three days later, with a bad headache. It was then that he realized that he had only one arm. During the accident a sharp piece of metal had cut off his arm. That is why he so much pain.

At first he found it difficult to adjust to life without one of his arms. He had to learn to do many things with just one arm instead of two. However, after some time he got used to it and began to be motivated to do many things again.

Nowadays，he is back at work and has started running every day. He enjoys running because it keeps him fit and healthy. Also he is very fast, and it doesn’t matter that he has only one arm. It has been hard to adjust to life after the accident, but now he is as happy as he has ever been.

Questions:

(1) Why did the bus crash?

(2) When did Tom wake up and what did he realize?

(3) What directly lead to the loss of his arm during the accident?

(4) How was his life like shortly after the accident happened?

(5) Why does he enjoy running nowadays?

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A pyramid is a very large structure with four sides. Each side is shaped like a triangle, and the four sides meet to form a single point on top.

Pyramids were built in many parts of the world, but the most famous were located in Egypt. More than four thousand years ago, an Egyptian king named Zoser had the first pyramid built. It was a burial tomb for himself when he died.

The later kings had other pyramids built. Every king wanted his tomb to be the best. But Khufu outdid them all. He had the largest pyramid built. It is the Great Pyramid. The Great Pyramid is over 450 feet high today, and it was once higher. Each of the sides of the pyramid is 755 feet long. It takes about twenty minutes to walk all the way around the pyramid. To build the Great Pyramid, 100,000 men worked for twenty years.

生词：1.addiction上瘾                2. addict上瘾者

Bill Gates was married on 1^st January 1994. He has three children. He is an avid reader, and enjoys playing golf and bridge.

生词：1 passion 激情 2 executive 行政的 3 avid 酷爱的

Questions:                       执行的

(1)When was Bill Gates born?

(2)How did Bill Gates become interested in computers?

(3)Did Bill Gates finish his college education? Why or why not/

(4)What kind of new job did Bill Gates take when he stopped being the chief executive officer of Microsoft in 2000?

(5)What do we know about Bill Gates’ hobbies?

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There is a new kind of addiction called internet addiction. According to researchers, Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like alcoholism or drug use. People are unable to control the time they spend on the internet.

For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab; he had been surfing the net-for seven days straight.

Current studies show that about 6to 10 per cent of internet users become addicted. And some researchers worry particularly about young people because the Internet is taking the place of the mall or the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friend and family.

What is the cure? There is advice to help Internet addicts-even online. Some experts recommend that people set strict limits on their time for Internet use. You have to control it. The Internet shouldn’t control you.

Bill Gates was born in Seattle in 1955. Young Gates’ grades weren’t always great. Not until in the eighth grade did he find his passion. In the 1960s, the Mothers’ Club at Gates’ school bought a computer for the students. Gates discovered it and soon became a computer fan. In fact, it was because of his passion programming that he later dropped out of Harvard. He formed a company with his friend Paul Allen.

Bill gates started Microsoft Company in 1976 and in the years since then, his company has produced computer technology that has changed the way people work, communicate and play. Bill Gates was the chief executive officer of Microsoft until 2000 when he became the company’s chief software architect. Because others were helping to run the company, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda had time to spend on projects to improve global health and education. So far, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest charity organization in the world, has donated a lot of money to various charities. On 27^th June 2008, Bill Gates stopped his full-time work at Microsoft.