Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly. If metal is heated and then cooled very quickly, for example by dipping (浸) it in water, it will be very hard but also very brittle (脆) —that is , it will break easily. Metal that has been annealed is soft but does not break as easily. It is possible to make metal as hard or as soft as is wished, by annealing it. The metal is heated, and allowed to cool slowly for a certain length of time. The longer the heated metal takes to cool slowly, the softer it becomes. Annealing can also be used on other materials, such as glass.
小題1: Annealing can make metal      
A．hard and tough (韌).B．hard but brittle.
C．soft but tough.D．soft and brittle.
小題2:Why do people put hot metal in water?
A．To make it hard.B．To make it soft.
C．To make it cool.D．To make it brittle.
小題3:As suggested by the text, how can glass be made less brittle?
A．It can be heated and then cooled quickly.
B．It can be cooled and then heated slowly.
C．It can be heated and then cooled slowly.
D．It can be cooled and then heated quickly.
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C．the reason why so many people are afraid of failure
D．one should be ready to face failure at any time
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B．Failure is the mother of success.
C．Failure is far from a good teacher like success.
D．Definitive failure gives us nothing but fresh thinking.
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Two worlds come together
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A year later Pocahontas’s father tried to kill Smith again because the Native Americans were very scared the English would try to take over their land. Pocahontas warned him and he was able to escape.
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She spent the last year of her life in London.
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A．the fierce conflict with Native AmericansB．bad-tempered natives who enjoyed killing
C．unfamiliarity with a foreign landD．lack of food in winter
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A．he was the first white man she had ever seen in her life
B．she wanted to become a Christian and marry an Englishman
C．she believed in general kindness even to people of a different race
D．she was on the settlers’ side and against her cruel father
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A．was brave to break away from her own tribe
B．set a good example for other natives to accept the white settlers
C．was a selfless Christian who can love her enemy
D．was open to a more advanced culture
小題4: What can we infer from the passage?
A．The battles between early settlers and Native Americans resulted from their fighting for land.
B．The Europeans think the early settlers should have learned to adjust to the local cultures.
C．The creation of America is based on the settlers’ victory over the Native Americans.
D．People from different cultures can never really get along well with each other.

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