With fears of a possible nuclear meltdown(核反應(yīng)堆堆芯的熔毀) in Japan building up, evidence has come to light that the nation received warnings over the stability of its power plants from an international watchdog more than two years ago.
　　As the Telegraph is reporting, an official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in December 2008 that safety rules were out of date, and strong earthquakes would cause a “serious problem” for the power stations.
　　A U.S. embassy document, by quoting（引用）an unnamed expert, states: “He (the IAEA official) explained that safety guides for earthquakes have only been updated three times in the last 35 years and that the IAEA is now re-examining them. Also, the presenter noted recent earthquakes in some cases have gone beyond the design basis for some nuclear plants, and that this is a serious problem that is now driving earthquake safety work.”
　　The Telegraph also reports that the government responded to the warnings by building an emergency response center at the Fukushima Daiichi plant designed to resist magnitude-7.0 earthquakes. Friday's earthquake, originally named a magnitude-8.9 shock, has since been upgraded to magnitude-9.0.
　　Other nuclear experts state IAEA officials had willingly ignored lessons from the Chernobyl disaster to protect the nuclear industry's expansion, reports Bloomberg. “After Chernobyl, all the force of the nuclear industry was directed to hide this event, for not creating damage to their reputation,”Russian nuclear accident specialist Iouli Andreyev tells Reuters, before noting that radiation from spent fuel rods（棒）stored close to reactors at Fukushima looked like an example of putting profit before safety. “The Japanese were very greedy, and they used every square inch of the space. But when you have a dense(密集的) placing of spent fuel in the basin, you have a high possibility of fire if the water is removed from the basin.”
小題1: From the passage, we know that ____________.
A．people fear that the nuclear meltdown will possibly become more and more serious in Japan
B．people are becoming more and more afraid of a possible nuclear meltdown in Japan
C．Japan made no response to the warnings over the safety of its power plants
D．Iouli Andreyev warned Japan not to store spent fuel rods close to reactors
小題2: Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Japan was warned of the stability of its power plants when they were built over 2 years ago.
B．Safety guides for earthquakes should be updated three times in 35 years.
C．The emergency response centre at the Fukushima Daiichi plant can not resist Friday’s
earthquake.
D．IAEA officials advised Japan to ignore lessons from the Chernobyl disaster.
小題3: IAEA officials were willing to ignore lessons from the Chernobyl disaster because they want ________.
A．to put profit before safety.B．the nuclear industry to develop
C．to protect the reputation of JapanD．every inch of land to be made good use of
小題4:The writer develops this passage mainly by__________.
A．making comments B．providing facts
C．quoting what experts say D．a(chǎn)nalysing what happened
小題1:B 小題1:C 小題1:B 小題1:B
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Thanks to a combination of young businessmen, large numbers of university students and revitalization (新生) efforts by the local and national governments, today’s Nanjing has an      36   of youthful exuberance (繁茂) that would have been    37   only a few decades ago.   38  , the city, a booming city of 6.5 million on the banks of the Yangtze River some 185 miles west of Shanghai, bears    39   resemblance to the former capital of China that suffered the worst cruelty and violence of World War II.
40   Nanjing has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention during its 2,500-year history. And in recent years, the city has moved    41   its tragic past to become a vital engine of China’s economic growth, thanks    42   to its position in the middle of China’s prosperous eastern seaboard. Growth has also    43   thanks to improved ground transportation: A new bullet train linking Nanjing and Shanghai started service last year,    44   travel time between the cities from several hours to just 75 minutes, and a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line is    45  to open later this year, with a stop in Nanjing. Within the city, two metro lines were built in the last few years; 15 more are planned to begin service by 2030.
Signs of Nanjing’s    46   wealth and optimism can be seen everywhere. In the heart of the downtown Xinjiekou district, a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen,    47   the father of modern China, looks    48   over a busy    49   area.
There is perhaps no more    50   symbol of the city’s transformation than the Zifeng Tower, a 1,480-foot skyscraper that opened its doors last May.    51   offices, restaurants and an InterContinental hotel, the tower is the second-tallest building in China and billed as the seventh-tallest in the world.
Underlying all this development is a large Chinese and    52  student population — there are several major universities, plus a branch of Johns Hopkins’s international studies school. In fact, art and music    53   in all sorts of places.
On a larger    54  , local government officials and private investors are pushing the city as a rising center for contemporary art and architecture, hoping to attract    55   from the neon-bathed streets of its neighbor Shanghai.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)dvanceB．a(chǎn)ffectionC．a(chǎn)irD．a(chǎn)bility
小題2:
A．unforgettableB．unthinkableC．unbearableD．unnecessary
小題3:
A．ActuallyB．RegretfullyC．HopefullyD．Consequently
小題4:
A．closeB．slightC．muchD．little
小題5:
A．BecauseB．ButC．AsD．Since
小題6:
A．beyondB．onC．offD．out
小題7:
A．in addition B．in allC．in partD．in fact
小題8:
A．startedB．enlargedC．existedD．a(chǎn)ccelerated
小題9:
A．removingB．cuttingC．dividing D．lowering
小題10:
A．scheduledB．inventedC．desiredD．meant
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)ttractiveB．well-receivedC．newfound D．discovered
小題12:
A．thoughtB．treatedC．consideredD．elected
小題13:
A．outB．a(chǎn)tC．a(chǎn)boutD．for
小題14:
A．remoteB．regionalC．ruralD．commercial
小題15:
A．universalB．visibleC．traditionalD．political
小題16:
A．KeepingB．ConsistingC．OpeningD．Housing
小題17:
A．BritishB．westernC．AmericanD．foreign
小題18:
A．spring upB．stand upC．set upD．keep up
小題19:
A．extentB．degreeC．scaleD．level
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A new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth．
Until now，it has been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience—what psychologists call fluid intelligence—is innate and cannot be taught（though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing）．
But in the new study，researchers describe a method for improving this skill，along with experiments to prove it works．
The key, researchers found, was carefully structured training in working memory—the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it．This type of memory is closely related to fluid intelligence，so the researchers reasoned that improving it might lead to improvements in fluid intelligence．
First they measured fluid intelligence of volunteers using standard tests．Then they trained each in a complicated memory task—the child’s card game，in which they had to recall a card they saw and heard．During the course, they needed to ignore irrelevant items, monitor ongoing performance，manage two tasks at the same time and connect related items to one another in space and time．
The four groups experienced a half-hour of training daily for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days, respectively．To make sure they were not just improving their test-taking skills，the researchers compared them with control groups that took the tests without the training．
The results, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences，were striking．Improvement in the trained groups was a lot greater．Moreover，the longer they trained, the higher their scores were．All performers，from the weakest to the strongest，showed significant improvement．
“Our results show you can increase your intelligence with proper training．” said Dr Jaeggi, a co-author of the paper．“No one knows how long the gains will last after training stops,” he added, “and the experiment’s design did not allow the researchers to determine whether more training would continue to produce further gains．”
小題1:.The researchers thought the key to improving the intelligence was ______________．
A．memorizing telephone numbersB．improving working memory
C．training in concentrationD．recalling a card
小題2:.The following aspects of the training help increase intelligence EXCEPT___________．
A．ignoring irrelevant itemsB．monitoring ongoing performance
C．managing two tasks at the same timeD．using previous experience
小題3:.When the experiment was conducted, the researchers______________．
A．trained the four groups for the same period of time
B．only made comparisons between the four groups
C．compared the four groups with control groups
D．trained the four groups together
小題4:.By writing the article，the writer intends to ______________．
A．inform the readers of a new study
B．call on people to be trained to increase intelligence
C．prove one’s born brainpower can be improved
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A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A   21  friend is someone who stays with you for life”.   22  teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily   23  .
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place   24  enough for true
friendship to develop. However, there can be   25  disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.
To most of us, friendships are considered very important,   26  we need to
have it clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or   27  at arm’s length? Do we want to   28  ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are   29  enough. And that’s all right. But at some   30  we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark   31  is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must   32  slowly and carried on only if there are   33  of interest and action in return.
What are some of the   34  of our friendship? The greatest is to   35  too
much too soon. Deep relationships   36  time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention.   37 , friendships require actions in return. In other words, you must   38  as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend   39  time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die   40  .
小題1:
A．usefulB．fair-weather C．school D．true
小題2:
A．Knowledge B．Hardship C．Experience D．Schooling
小題3:
A．formed B．understoodC．realized D．produced
小題4:
A．certain B．long C．patiently D．Fortunately
小題5:
A．some B．a(chǎn)ny C．no D．great
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)ndB．but C．or D．while
小題7:
A．remained B．left C．stayedD．kept
小題8:
A．shareB．deepen C．strengthen D．hide
小題9:
A．lessB．not C．quiteD．very
小題10:
A．degree B．placesC．point D．length
小題11:
A．clothes B．dreamsC．cloudsD．Letters
小題12:
A．be undertaking B．be undertakenC．have been undertaken D．have been undertaking
小題13:
A．signs B．marksC．sciences D．sights
小題14:
A．disadvantagesB．differences C．requirementsD．difficulties
小題15: A. command        B. pull out            Ｃ. expect          D. develop
小題16:
A．waste B．take C．kill D．spend
小題17:
A．SurprisinglyB．Differently C．Strangely D．Similarly
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)ctB．possess C．giveD．walk
小題19:
A．considerate B．reasonableC．wonderful D．comfortable
小題20:
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There is no doubt that much of the profit of a business—sometimes the whole of its success—depends upon the use of the odds and ends．The odds and ends are various small things，which are left over when the main things are produced．But they possess a real value of their own．
If a business，big or small，looked down upon these odds and ends，it would mean a big difference in the amount of the benefit of the business．Take a meat factory for instance， there are countless odds and ends—bones and hair，which can be made into glue and rope to increase its profit greatly．
Then，if we are college students，what about our odds and ends—the odd moments？ Take time for example．Every one of us has the exact same amount of it．Everyone’s success or failure depends on the use of their time．But everyone uses the time more or less in the same way．However，why many great men in science or art have made huge successes for themselves in the world？Because they have made best use of their odd moments．Take Thomas A．Edison， he never allowed his odd moments to slip by．He thought，planned，and tried his inventions．He always worked twenty hours out of each twenty-four．His inventions made him famous all over the world，and provided valuable wealth for the human beings．
So, remember this axiom：very busy people always find time for everything．However，people with great spare time find time for nothing．Is it very strange？Not at all！The question is how to gather up fragments of time and make full use of them．As many big businesses have found，that the real profit is in using the odds and ends．We also must do in this way to make best use of our odd moments and manage to be successful in something that we do．
小題1: What are odds and ends？
A．They are nothing useful．
B．They are various small，but valuable things．
C．They are the main things that factories produce．
D．They are odd moments students deny to gather up．
小題2: Why should the odds and ends be made full use of ？Because  ____   ．
A．lots of factors in success or in failure depend on the best use of odds and ends
B．they control to possess a value of their own
C．they are various small things people don’t want
D．they are useless things left over when the main things are produced
小題3:What does the word “Axiom” in the fourth paragraph mean?
A．clear and evident without proof
B．statement accepted as true without proof of argument
C．statement that can be argued
D．regulation accepted in scientific usage
小題4: “Fragments of time” equals  “____   ”in the above passage．
A．the odds and endsB．immense leisure
C．the main thingsD．the odd moments

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You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature. But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation of an island nation. The citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.
During the 20th century, sea level rose 8~12 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water that has polluted the country’s drinking water.
Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.
Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions（導致溫室效應(yīng)的氣體排放）,which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years.” Laupepa told the BBC.
Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries.
Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable （易受影響的）to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.
小題1:. The text is mainly about_________.
A．rapid changes in earth’s temperature
B．bad effects of global warming
C．moving of a country to a new place
D．reasons for lowland flooding
小題2:.. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word in the first paragraph?
A．撤離B．危險C．淹沒D．消失
小題3:. According to scientists, the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is_________.
A．greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations
B．continuous global warming
C．higher surface water temperatures of the sea
D．rising sea levels
小題4:. Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not_________.
A．believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real
B．sign an agreement with Tuvalu
C．a(chǎn)llow Tuvaluans to move to the US
D．a(chǎn)gree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions
小題5:. The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is_________.
A．Australia
B．New Zealand
C．the United States
D．the Maldives

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We each have a memory（記憶力）. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
小題1:、Some people can easily learn many things by heart because                .
A．they always sleep very wellB．they often eat good food
C．they read a lot of booksD．they have very good memories
小題2:.、Everybody learns his mother language         .
A．a(chǎn)t the age of sixB．when he is a small child
C．a(chǎn)fter he goes to schoolD．when he can read and write
小題3:.、Before a child can speak, he must              .
A．read and writeB．make sentences
C．hear and remember the soundsD．think hard
小題4:.、In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because          .
A．they have no good memoriesB．they have no recorders
C．they have too much time for itD．they are busy with other subjects
小題5:.、Your memory will become better and better          .
A．if you have plenty of good food
B．if you do more and more exercises
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Below is adapted from an English dictionary. Use the dictionary to answer the following questions.
figure / fīg? / noun, verb                           
●noun 1 [C, often pl.] a number representing a particular amount, especially one given in official information: the trade /sales figures
2 [C] a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9: a six-figure salary 3 [pl.] (informal) the area of mathematics that deals with adding, multiplying, etc. numbers  4 [C] a person of the type mentioned: Gandhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history.  5 [C] the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly  6 [C] a person or an animal as shown in art or a story: a wall with five carved figures in it   7 [C] the human shape, considered from the point of view of being attractively thin: doing exercise to improve one’s figure   8 [C] a pattern or series of movements performed on ice: figure-skating  [IDM] be/become a figure of fun: be/become sb. that others laugh at   cut a…figure: (of a person) to have a particular appearance He cut a striking figure in his dinner jacket.  put a figure on sth.: to say the exact price or number of sth.
a fine figure of man / woman: a tall, strong-looking and well-shaped person  figure of speech: a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meanings in order to create a particular mental image or effect  figurehead: someone who is the head or chief in name only (with no real power or authority)
●verb  1 to think or decide that sth. will happen or is true: I figured that if I took the night train, I could be in Scotland by morning.  2 to be part of a process, situation, etc. especially an important part: My opinion of the matter didn’t seem to figure at all.  3 to calculate an amount or the cost of sth.: We figured that attendance at 150,000.  [PHRV] 1 figure in: to include (in a sum): Have you figured in the cost of hotel?   2 figure on: to plan on; to expect sth. to happen: I haven’t figured on his getting home too late.   3 figure out: to work out; understand by thinking: Have you figured out how much the trip will cost?   [IDM] It/That figures! (informal): That seems reasonable, logical and what I expect.
小題1:
—She was coming late again for the work.
—________! That’s typical of her. You just can’t do anything to stop her doing that.
A．It figures her outB．It figures
C．It cuts a poor figureD．She is a figure of fun
小題2:
The phrase “watch my figure” in the sentence “Don’t tempt me with chocolate; I am watching my figure.” means “________”.
A．a(chǎn)dd the numbersB．have sports
C．try not to get fatD．watch games
小題3:
Which underlined word in the following sentences is used as figure of speech?
A．John is fond of animals and raises a rabbit as a pet.
B．In some countries, bamboo can be used to build houses.
C．We all regard Mr. Smith as an important figure in our company.
D．I didn’t really mean my partner was a snake.

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You’re lost in the world of dreams and sleep. You roll over, smiling as you come across a swimming pool filled with chocolate. And then, your wonderful dream becomes a nightmare when someone is screaming, “Get up!” It’s just what every teenager goes through each morning!
Now, there seems to be one school that finally understands that requiring teens to show up at 9 am is not just cruel but also harmful to both the kids and the school.
The Monkseaton High School in North Tyneside, Britain, recently decided to experiment to see if there is any difference in student behavior if they just pushed back the start of their day by one hour, from 9 am to 10 am. And the results are surprising.
Since carrying out the later start, Monkseaton has seen a 28% drop in truancy, even hardly any lateness, and best of all, higher test scores. One of the reasons is that the teenagers are much happier to have the extra hour of sleep, but there is also a scientific reason behind why they need the extra sleep.
The school’s decision to push back the time was based on the research done by Oxford Professor Russell Foster, who pointed out that teenagers and adults have different sleep cycles, explaining why teenagers go to bed late and wake up late.
While adults are wide awake and ready at 8 am, teenagers are not fully awake until 10 am, sometimes even noon. Teachers may argue that their students perform better in the morning, but in fact, it is because they are in the zone while their students are still sleepy, making the students easier to control. Memory tests prove that the more difficult classes should be in the afternoon when teenagers are most wide awake.
The Monkseaton school officials are encouraged by the results and plan on voting to make it a permanent change.
小題1:What’s the best title of this passage?
A．Get up early, teenagers!
B．Finally, a school understands teenagers.
C．Why do teenagers stay up late?
D．Difference between teens and adults.
小題2:What’s the meaning of the underlined word “truancy”?
A．gradesB．subject sC．a(chǎn)bsenceD．classes
小題3:What can we learn from the passage?
A．Teenagers and adults have the same sleep cycle.
B．Teenagers are fully awake at 10 am.
C．Teenagers are much happier to sleep than study.
D．Teenagers need the extra sleep also for a scientific reason.
小題4:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The Monkseaton school is satisfied with the result of experiments.
B．It is cruel for the teenagers to show up at 9 am.
C．The Monkseaton school plans to change the school time forever.
D．Teenagers perform better in the morning than in the afternoon.

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