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as science story “imagineering\researchers are gathering strength in their search of something to push this uplifting imagination into actuality.
The elevator would be a smooth 62,000?mile ride up a long cable. Payloads(货物)can shake up the Earth?to?space cable, experiencing no large launch forces, slowly climbing from one atmosphere to space.?
Science fiction writers have been mentioning space elevators for years. Somecall it a “thought experiment\—“Before Cable\—will pale compared with what's possible within ten tofifteen years.?
Eards told SPACE. comthat he's been wrapped up ispace elevator work for some three years,supported by NIAC program. “I'm convinced that the space elevator is practical and doable.\15 years we could have a doen cables running at top speed putting 50 tons in spaceevery day for even less, including upper middle class individuals wanting a joyride(观光) intospace. For a space elevator to function, a cable with one end attached(锚定)to the Earth's surface stretches upwards, reaching beyond Earth orbit. The cable remains unmoving over a single position on Earth. This cable, once in position, can be lifted from Earth by machines, right into Earth orbit. The hardest challenge has been finding a super?strong cable material. “That's what has kept this idea in science fiction for 40 years,\Eards said. “But the right cable stuff is no longer thought of as ?unoainium'(无法得到),\?nanotube?composite ribbon.(碳纳米管合成缆绳).?
1?What is the space elevator mentioned in this text?? A?It is a means of imaginary transportation by which people could reach space.? B?It is a smooth 62,000-mile cable with which people carry goods to space now.? C?It is a thought experiment which scientists are now doing.? D?It is something that people are now searching for.?
2?What is the meaning of “wrapped up in \ A?Contained.B?Surrounded by.C?Deeply devoted to.D?Covered with.? 3?The main purpose of writing this text is ———— A?to announce the realiation of space elevator? B?to introduce the future space elevator?
C?to attract more people to go sightseeing in space? D?to show the difficulty in building space elevator? Passage 12?
Open Your Eyes And Let's See Who You Are
Inventors have developed a new way to identify people,using a machine that scanstheir eyeballs.Developed by IriScan,this new technology takes advantage of the fact that the iris(虹膜)of each person's eye is unique,and remains unchanged throughout a lifetime. The process will replace an older technology called retina(视网膜) identification,which compared the picture in the back of the eye.Used to control access to nuclear weapons,retina identification has never caught on with the public because it requires the user to put their eyeball right up against a lens.Iris scanning,on the other hand,works from a distance.
The iris of the eye is photographed from up to one meter away.The patterns of the iris are translated in to digital code,and stored in a PC database,along with personal information.Glasses and contact lenses(隐形眼镜) do not interfere with the scanning process,and it takes only a brief moment.
The new technology will be useful for banking and police work,as well as for theInternet economy.Before long,your computer monitor may be equipped with an irisscanner that can identify you when you shop online,thus preventing fraud(欺诈).
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There will be no ID cards to carry in your pocket,and no long numbers to memorie.And eyes will be very difficult to counterfeit(伪造)
.Did you lose your ID card? No,you didn't.It's still right up there beside your nose. 1.The best title for this passage is ——.
A.A New InventionB.Eyeball IDC.Iris ScanningD.Gone With ID Cards? 2.Which statement is NOT true according to the passage? A.Iris scanning has been used to control nuclear weapons
B.The iris of the eye can be photographed from up to one meter away with an irisscanner
C.Retina identification has never been popular because the user has to put their eyeball close to alens D.Iris scanning will probably be used on the net and make your shopping safer? 3.Iris scanning will not work if the user .———— A.wears glassesB.is too old?
C.uses it at nightD.is at a distance of more than one meter? 4.The new technology will be useful because.———— A.computers are widely used nowadays
B.people don't want to remember the long numbers of the ID cards C.people's eyes are different D.it is safer
5.After reading the passage,we know. ——-——
A.we don't have to carry ID cards now wherever we go
B.we can identify people more exactly and safely with the help of iris scanning C.Iris scanning is better than retina identification,but it is not convenient touse D.Everyone can be identified correctly by using the technology of iris scanning Ⅲ.新闻报道类? Passage 13?
Hong Kong has taken over from Tokyo as the world's most expensive city,according to a lifestyle survey which also shows the gap between the costliest and cheapest cities is narrowing.Moscow takes second place in the survey,published by Mercer Human Resource Consulting,with Tokyo third.At the other end of the scale,Johannesburg replaced Blantyre,Malawi as the cheapest city on the planet.Mercer said the gulf between those at the top and bottom of the pile had narrowed by nearly 15 percent in the 12 months to March 2002.The research took New York as the base city with a score of 100 points.Hong Kong scored 124.2;the South African capital just 34.4.It measured the comparative cost of over 200 items such as housing,food,clothing and ho usehold goods as well as transport and enjoyment in 144 cities worlide.St.Petersburg in Russia and London were the two most expensive cities in Europe,whilein the United States,New York was far and away the costliest city,followed by Los Angeles,Chicage and San Francisco.Elsewhere,Buenos Aires had the most dramatic fall,from 23rd to 133rd following Argentina's economic crisis and devaluation ofpeso(经济危机和比索贬值).New ealand and Australian cities continued to show they are probably the best bet for cheap but high quality living,with scores around 50 or belowwhile at the same time ranking in the top 30 for quality of life in another Mercer survey published March 2002.? 1.This passage is probably .————
A.a diaryB.a letterC.a travel noteD.a research report
2.According to the passage in which country was the cost of living the lowest worlide in the last survey??
A.Buenos Aires.B.Blantyre,Malawi.C.San Francisco.D.Hong Kong.?
3.Suppose you have a small amount of money,the best place to go is————
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A.RussiaB.New ealandC.ArgentinaD.South Africa? 4.Which of the following statements is true??
A.The gulf between the costliest and cheapest cities had been reduced by 15%. B.You'd better travel to those cities with scores around 50 or below. C.The survey was carried out in 144 countries as well as those in Asia. D.New York scored top points while Hong Kong 124.2 points. Passage 14?
Nanning:With the number of college graduates climbing to a record high this year—some 2.12? million are entering the job market,an increase of 670,000,or 46.2 percent,over last year,manypeople are asking if China's first “McDonald's generation\in the early 1980s,can stand the intense competition and find a place in the job market.They say this will be a test of both China's job market and its carefree younger generation.
“Do not worry.We'll get whatever we want\，they tell each other to ease their own anxiety. Born in the early days of the country's reform and opening to the outside world,growing up in the market economy,the youngsters,familiar with McDonald's and Mickey Mouse,love to eat hamburgers,and wear foreign?brand jeans and Tshirts andworship Bill Gates.Compared with their parents,they enjoy more freedom in looking for a job—and with that freedom come burdens. These college graduates are seen scouring recruitment information in newspapers and journals,the Internet and job markets nationwide.
Shortly after hotel management major Hao Wenhua,a young woman from Chongqing in Southwest China,failed the recruitment test of a five?star hotel in Guilin,South China's Guangxi huang Autonomous Region,She appeared at a job market in Nanning,approximately 300 kilometers from Guilin,looking rather tired.
Many businesses and companies say that they would take on experienced staff rather than the new graduates who are short of the experience of how to succeed in today's fastpaced society. 1.Which of the following groups of people belongs to China's first McDonald's generation? A.People who were born in the early days of China's reform and opening to the outside world. B.People who like to eat hamburgers and wear foreignbrand clothes. C.People who admire Bill Gates. D.People who lack the experience of how to succeed in today'sfast changing world.?
2.Which of the following explanation is closest in meaning with the underlined word“scouring\passage? A.Studying.B.Going through.C.Collecting.D.Copying.?
3.What can we infer from the story of Hao Wenhua in the passage? We caninfer———— . A.that there are many chances to find jobs in Guangxi huang Autonomous Region? B.that hotel management is not a good major in college C.that there is intense competition in the job market
D.that many businesses and companies don't like new college graduates ? 4.What is the best title for the passage? A.Fierce Competition in the Job Market.? B.McDonald's Generation Has Grown up. C.McDonald's Generation Faces Job Hunting.?
D.The Number of College Graduates Climbs to the Highest Point.? Passage 15?
President Jiang emin's state visits to Thailand,Australia and New ealand have ushered(引导)China's relations with these countries into a new stage of development,Chinese Deputy Foreign
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Minister Yang Jiechi said yesterday.?
During his visits from September 2 to 16,President Jiang had an indepth exchange of views with leaders of the three countries on bilateral(双边的)ties and important international and regional issues and reached extensive(广阔的)common ground on the issues discussed,Yang told reporters aboard a special plan on their way to home yesterday,Yang accompanied President Jiang during the visits.
All the leaders expressed their satisfaction over the recent development of bilateral relations and called for further progress in their relationship in the new century,Yang said.China and Thailand have decided to establish(建立)and develop a good neighbourly and closer relationship of all round cooperation oriented towards the 21st century while
China and Australia,and China and New ealand have agreed to foster a 21st century?oriented relationship of longterm stability,healthydevelopment and all round cooperation,he said. Jiang and other APEC leaders have also decided to strengthen highlevel dialogues and visits,create regular meeting mechanism(机构)and further develop traditional trade,Yang added,China and Australia signed five agreements on consulate matters,mining,energy,crackdown on crime and other areas. Reports fromChina Daily on Oct 5,1999? 1.Jiang emin visited these states this time except——-. A.USAB.Thailand?
C.AustraliaD.New ealand?
2.Jiang and other APEC leaders.————
A.satisfied with the recent development of bilateral relation? B.decided to strengthen high?level dialogues?
C.reached extensive common ground on the issues discussed D.A,B and C are all correct
3.The main idea of the passage is.———— A.Jiang emin has visited three states
B.Australia signed five agreements of China C.APEC leaders decided to visit China soon D.Jiang's visits strengthen foreign relations 4.“foster”(in para.4)means.———— A.decreaseB.developC.controlD.grow Passage 16?
Controlled fires sometimes burn out of control.The fire in this story was in Northern California last July.A Bureau of Land Management crew started it.They wanted to burn brush(灌木),which might burn.The winds blew the fire out of control.About 2,000 acres and 23 homes burned. People wondered why they did a burn in these kinds of conditions.The area had a week of over a hundreddegree weather,and it had been windy for a whole week.The government said the Bureau of Land Management was at fault.It failed to look at the weather.Moreover,it didn't have a backup plan to protect homes inside the controlled burn area.The BLM(Bureau of Land Management) quickly admitted it was their fault and started paying the owners of the homes.
This should have been a lesson to the people who set the fires.It is very risky.A sudden change in the wind can make the fire burn out of control.
However,fire managers say many years of keeping fire from burning on public lands means they are ready to burn.Fire scientists think these systems are going to burns anyway.In the past these forests burned every four,five,seven,eight years.
Two months ago the Los Angeles County Fire Department started using its new brushcrusher(灌木碾压机).It is a 10ton roller that stamps(压)down brush.This makes controlled burns easier.But fire
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scientists say taking out brush does not work as well as burning.They say controlled burns are needed to avoid big fires in the areas near cities.Care needs to be increased when burning near cities.While controlled fires can be risky,they're not as risky as doing nothing. 1.People wondered why BLM did a burn because ———— A.they couldn't understand why brush had to be burnt B.BLM people knew little about controlled fires
C.it was easy to see that fires would break out easily in such weather conditions D.BLM people had never done a burn before
2.What do fire scientists think about the controlled fires? A.Controlled fires can be replaced by taking out brush. B.Controlled fires are not as dangerous as doing nothing.
C.It is important to keep any fire from burning on public lands. D.It is not dangerous even if controlled fires burn out of control.
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? A.People from BLM refused to admit that the fire was their fault.
B.If the BLM had made a plan against any possible danger,there wouldn't have been so manyhomes burnt.?
C.The main reason to burn brushes is that they grow too quickly. D.A new machine began to be used to control the fire when burning brushes. 4.It can be concluded that the text is most probably part of a———— A.research paper on controlled fire?
B.government document which record all the big fires C.news report?
D.short story about a fire? Ⅳ.故事类? Passage 17?
“I've changed my mind.I wanted to have a telescope,but now I want my daddy back.\Lawrence's letter to Father Christmas written after his schoolteacher father had been knifed to death outside his school gate,must have touched every heart.Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn't see the stars inthe sky.When those who we love depart from us,we cannot see the stars for a while.
But Lucien,the stars are still there,and one day,when you are older and your tears have gone,you will see them again.And,in a strange way,I expect that you willfind your father is there too,in your mind and in your heart.I find that my parents,long dead now,still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive.I still live to please them and I'm still surprised by their reactions.I remember that when I became a professor,I was so proud,or rather so pleased with myself,that I couldn't wait to cable my parents.The reply was a long time in coming,but when it did,all Mother said was“I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!\live on.
It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care.Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors(挑衅者),and to lay down my life for those in my care?How many people would want me back for Christmas?It's a serious thought,one to give me pause.
I pray silently,sometimes,in the dead of night,that ancient cry of a poet“Deliver my soul from the sword(剑)，and my darling from the power of the dog\I know the death comes to us all,and
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