The Nuclei of Nearby Radio-Loud Ellipticals

高三英语读后续写素材积累28——声音篇（1）乐音1.The melody of the violin drifted through the air, softly caressing every soulpresent, as if nature itself were humming a soothing lullaby.小提琴的旋律在空中飘荡，温柔地抚慰着在场的每一个人，仿佛大自然本身在低吟一首安神的摇篮曲。

2.With each note resonating in the vast hall, the concertgoers found themselvestransported to a realm of pure joy, where worries seemed to dissolve.随着每一个音符在大厅中回荡，听众们发现自己被带到了一个充满纯粹喜悦的领域，那里的烦恼似乎都烟消云散了。

3.The pianoforte’s gentle touch painted the air with hues of emotion, leaving no oneuntouched by its profound melody.钢琴轻柔的触键在空气中绘出了情感的色彩，其深沉的旋律无人不为之动容。

4.It was as if the music had a life of its own, weaving intricate patterns of joy andsorrow, inviting all to participate in its symphony of emotions.仿佛音乐有着自己的生命，编织着喜悦与悲伤的复杂图案，邀请每个人参与这场情感的交响乐。

5.Had it not been for the symphony’s ethereal harmonies, the night would haveremained a mere blank canvas, devoid of color and depth.如果没有交响乐那超凡脱俗的和声，这个夜晚就会像一张空白的画布，缺乏色彩与深度。

Unit 4Task 1【答案】1) He stood up and rang the bell.2) He wanted to make sure that the driver heard him.3) The conductor came and shouted at him.4) The landlady told him that’s the signal for the driver to go on and only the conductor was allowed to ring the bell twice. That’s why the conductor got so annoyed.【原文】A strange thing happened to Henri yesterday. He was on a bus and wanted to get off. So he stood up and rang the bell. To make sure the driver heard him he rang it twice, but the bus didn’t stop, and the conductor came and shouted at him.The conductor was so annoyed, and spoke so fast, that Henri didn’t understand a word. The bus stopped at the next bus stop and Henri got off. As he got off he heard someone say, “I think he’s a foreigner.”When Henri got home, he told his landlady about the incident.“How many times did you ring the bell?” she asked.“Twice,” said Henri.“Well, that’s the signal for the driver to go on,” his landlady explained. “Only the conductor is allowed to ring the bell twi ce. That’s why he got so annoyed.”Henri nodded. “I see,” he said.Task 2【答案】1) T, 2) F, 3) F, 4) F, 5) T, 6) T【原文】The Taylor family, who live in North London, are planning to spend a day in Norwich. They can’t agree how to get there.Mr. Taylor: I don’t want to drive all that way. Let’s go by train.Mrs. Taylor: But that’s so expensive. It’s much cheaper for a family to go by car.Peter: Why not try the coach? It’ll be cheaper than the train, and Daddy won’t have to drive.Alison: But I’ll be sick! I hate traveling by coach.Mrs. Taylor: Which is the quickest way to get there?Mr. Taylor: Well, it’ll take at least three hours by car.Peter: No, it won’t. Not if we take the motorway out of London.Alison: I’m sure there’s a fast train service.Mrs. Taylor: But we’ll have to get to Liverpool Street first. And then there’s the tube fares at this end, and bus or taxi fares at the other.Alison: And the coach station is at Victoria, so that’s an extra journey too.Mr. Taylor: I think there are som e special family rail fares. Perhaps that’ll be the cheapes t way.Peter: But it won’t be the most convenient.Mrs. Taylor: Why don’t we check all the facts and then decide?Peter: OK.Task 3【答案】A.of, without, of,for, to, by, to, to, intofrom, withon, in, around, aboutB.1) school buses are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When their children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns driving them to school.2) they can save gasoline and it is easier for them to find parking places3) too many cars are on the road and have created many problems【原文】The United States is full of automobiles. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or even more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays, taking her own children and the neighbors’ children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and use less gasoline. Parking is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars.Task 4【答案】1) T, 2) F, 3) T, 4) F【原文】Mr. Fine: Can anyone in the class explain some differences between a zip code and an area code?Mary: Both of them are numbers.Mr. Fine: That’s how they are alike. But how are they different?Mary: A zip code is for mailing letters. An area code is for making phone calls,Mr. Fine: What kind of phone calls?Mary: Long distance calls.Mr. Fine: All right. And what is a zip code?Mary: When I write a letter to my friends in New York City, I write 10027 on the envelope.That’s their zip code. I have some other friends i n New York City, but their zip code is10003.Mr. Fine: In a big city there are different zip codes for different parts of the city. What about area codes?Mary: Sometimes a whole small city has the same area code.Mr. Fine: That’s right. And sometimes a whole state has the same area code if it doesn’t have many telephones. For example, the area code for the whole state of Arizona is 802.Mary: But New York State has millions of telephones, so it has more than one area code.Task 5【答案】A.1) c, 2) b, 3) a, 4) c, 5) a, 6) c, 7) b, 8) cB.1) would have got up on time2) would have woken up James3) would have been on the plane that crashed4) would have lost his life in the crash【原文】James wrote a play for television about an immigrant family who came to England from Pakistan, and the problems they had settled down in England. The play was surprisingly successful, and it was bought by an American TV company.James was invited to go to New York to help with the production. He lived in Dulwich, which is an hour’s journey away from Heathrow. The flight was due to leave at 8:30 am, so he had to be at the airport about 7:30 in the morning. He ordered a mini-cab for 6:30, set his alarm for 5:45, and went to sleep. Unfortunately he forgot to wind the clock, and it stopped shortly after midnight. Also the driver of the mini-cab had to work very late that night and overslept.James woke with that awful feeling that something was wrong. He looked at his alarm clock. It stood there silently, with the hands pointing to 12:10. He turned on the radio and discovered that it was, in fact, ten to nine. He swore quietly and switched on the electric kettle.He was just pouring the boiling water into the teapot when the nine o’clock pips sounded on the radio. The announcer began to read the news, “... reports are coming in of a crash near Heathrow Airport. A Boeing 707 bound for New York crashed shortly after taking off this morning. Flight number 2234...” James turned pale.“My flight,” he said out loud. “If I hadn’t overslept, I’d have been on that plane”.Task 6【答案】A.1) 1964, the United States2) safety belts3) 404) about 155) 24B.1) They do not smoke while driving.2) They have had more education than non-users.3) They know someone who was injured (but not killed) in an automobile accident.C.the importance of using seat belts in driving【原文】According to the American Automobile Association, since 1964 all cars sold in the United States have been equipped with seat belts. (These are also called safety belts.) Many studies of automobile accidents have shown that safety belts can save lives. One study showed that 40 percent of those killed in auto accidents could have been saved if they had been wearing seat belts.Unfortunately belts are worn only by a small percentage of drivers and passengers — about 15 percent in cities, and only 9 percent in small towns. And safety belts cannot protect people who do not wear them.In order to find out what kinds of people do wear seat belts a study was made in seven cities in the United States. The following facts were learned about those who use their safety belt:1. They do not smoke while driving.2. They have had more education than non-users.3. They know someone who was injured (but not killed) in an automobile accident.Advertisements based on these facts have been printed in newspapers and magazines in order to teach people the importance of using seat belts. But these advertisements have not helped much. Some people believe there should be a law requiring drivers and passengers to use safety belts. In Australia, where there is such a law, deaths in auto accidents have decreased 24 percent.Task 7【答案】A.1) Miss Brown.2) Mr. Phillips was Miss Brown’s boss.3) He sounded very angry.4) He had been in a traffic jam for more than an hour.B.1) congested2) alternative routes3) South Circular Road4) broken down5) blown down, in useC.1)T, 2)F, 3)F, 4)F, 5)TD.1) He left home at the usual time and decided to use a new route.2) The traffic lights were out of order because of the storms last night.3) After that there was a breakdown.4) He ran out of petrol.5) He was in traffic jams for three hours.【原文】PartⅠ(Telephone ringing constantly. Sound of key turning in lock, door opening.)Miss Brown: (answering telephone) Good morning. Blue Star Travel Agency. Can I help you? Mr. Phillips: Is that you, Miss Brown? I’ve been ringing the office for 10 minutes. Where have you been?Miss Brown: Sorry, Mr. Phillips. I’ve just arrived. The traffic was terrible this morning.Mr. Phillips: The traffic is still terrible. I’ve been in a traffic jam for more than an hour. Look after the office until I get there. It may take a long time.Miss Brown: certainly, Mr. Phillips. Good luck.(Sound of hanging up.)(to herself) Thank goodness the boss is late too! The first thing I’m going to do istake my coat off. Then I’m going to sit down and have a cup of coffee. I think I’llswitch the radio on too.PartⅡ(Radio being switched on.)Radio: Here is a message for all motorists. Most major roads leading in and out of London are congested. Motorists should use alternative routes wherever possible. The time isnow 9:30. Here is the local traffic news.Announcer: Heavy rain during the night has flooded parts of the South Circular Road. An articulated lorry has broken down on the M1. Traffic is now only 2 lane and movingvery slowly. Strong winds during the night have blown down a number of trees on theM6 and many sections are not in use. That is the end of the local traffic news. Formore news listen again at 10 o’clock.(Sound of radio being switched off and door opening.)Betty: (breathless) Hello, Carol. Sorry, bu t I couldn’t get here earlier.Miss Brown: Never mind, Betty. Have a cup of coffee and relax.Part III(Door open and slammed. Background of typing.)Miss Brown: Oh, it’s you Mr. Phillips. We’ve been worried about you. Are you all right? Would you like a cup of coffee?Mr. Phillips: I’m going straight to my office. Are my letters waiting for me? Yes, I would. And some biscuits.(Door slams.)Miss White: Phew. What’s the matter with him? Why is he in such a bad mood?Miss Brown: Let’s make a cup of coffee for him and find out. If you make the coffee, I’ll sp eak to Mr. Phillips.(Polite knock at door, door opening.)Miss Brown: We’re making some coffee Mr. Phillips. Would you like to have it with us? You could tell us about your awful journey.(Background sound of cups.)Miss White: Was the traffic bad, Mr. Phillips?Mr. Phillips: Was the traffic bad? We were in traffic jams for three hours. I left home at the usual time and decided to use a new route. For the first time, I used the M4. Never again.That was because of the storms last night. Then the traffic lights were out of order.After that there was a breakdown and.., finally, I ran out of petrol.(Giggles from Miss W. and Miss B. Footsteps. Door slams.)Task 8【答案】1) b, 2) a, 3) cB.a) It was chosen because the cost of energy is not so great as with a bus system.b) It was chosen because it is much easier to carry a greater number of passengers by train than by bus or car.c) It was chosen because the noise and pollution are not so great as with buses and cars.C.1) 12.5, above and below2) Germany, Canada3) Calgary4) 245) only one man6) separate7) 30 seconds8) open the doors themselves.9) automatic ticket machines (placed) on the platforms, zipcards10) get a $25 fine【原文】Calgary is an oil town. It is home for more than half a million Canadians, and this population may well be much closer to three quarters of a million or more by the end of the century. Downtown Calgary is famous: the tall office buildings in the center of the city were in the “Superman” mov ies. But Calgary is also the home of a very modern transport system, and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) is part of it.The rail system was chosen because the cost of energy is not so great as with a bus system, because it is much easier to carry a greater number of passengers by train than by bus or car, and because the noise and pollution is not so great as with buses and cars.But what is the LRT? It is a 12.5-kilometre route, above and below ground. The light train cars are made in Germany and Canada. In Germany they are made by Siemens in Dusseldorf, and then taken to Canada where final assembly is done in Calgary. Each car is just over 24 metres long, and each train is operated by only one man — the driver. The driver is in a separate cabin, and he can’t talk to passengers.The trains stop for about 30 seconds at each station, and passengers who want to get in or out must open the doors themselves.Automatic ticket machines are placed on the platforms. Passengers can buy a ticket from these, or they can buy special monthly tickets called zipcards. However, if passengers are caught without a ticket they may get a $25 fine.Task 9【答案】A.1) deaths and people injured2) drivers, pedestrians, and road conditions3) may cause drivers and pedestrians endanger lives through no fault of their own4) too many road signs, faulty traffic lights, sudden narrowing of a street, and congested parkinga) drive too fast and without any consideration for othersb) think they are safe at the wheel even though they have drunk too much alcoholc) out of some curious sense of power, are incapable of understanding that their car is a lethalweapon if improperly used6)a) step off the pavement without first looking to the left or rightb) cross roads when the traffic lights are against themc) jump off a moving busB.Pedestrians, drivers and road conditions are all to blame for road accidents.【原文】There are far too many road accidents in this country: too many deaths and too many people injured. One wonders who are most to blame: drivers or pedestrians. Some people say that the blame cannot be put fairly without considering the state of the roads and the whole transport system. In crowded cities like London, Birmingham or Manchester, road conditions are so chaotic that both driver and pedestrian often endanger lives through no fault of their own. Such deficiencies as too many road signs, faulty traffic lights, sudden narrowing of a street, congested parking are all a sure indication of bad road conditions.On the other hand, many experts are convinced that the larger part of the blame for the death toll must be put on persons and persons alone: drivers who drive too fast and without any consideration for others, drivers who think they are safe at the wheel even though they have drunk too much alcohol, drivers who, out of some curious sense of power, are incapable of understanding that their car is a lethal weapon if improperly used. Pedestrians, likewise, must share the guilt: stepping off the pavement without first looking to the left or right, crossing roads when the traffic lights are against them, jumping off a moving bus. To be fair, pedestrians, drivers and road conditions are all to blame.One looks forward to the day when the motor car has been replaced by some less dangerous means of transport.Task 10【答案】A.1) 11, 2) Over 400, 3) Over 4,000, 4) $ 400, 5) 60 daysB.1) Most people are going to die from accidents caused by drunk drivers.2) Joe’s sister is worried because it’s getting late and he is drunk.3) The green Ford that Joe is driving is weaving from left to right.4) When Officer Williams asks Joe to walk along the white line, he can’t do it. Joe also fails the breath test.5) He’s going to appear in court next week. He is going to receive a $400 fine. The judge is also going to suspend his license for sixty days.C.enjoying, family party, leave, stay, wait, drives, fine, slowly, had, drinks【原文】It’s a holiday weekend. The police officers were sitting in a hot room receiving instructions from their captain. One of these officers was Ed Williams. He and ten other officers were on special duty. This weekend alone, over 400 people are going to die from accidents caused by drunk drivers. Over 4,000 people are going to receive serious injuries, all caused by drunk drivers. The officers are going to try to prevent these accidents before they happen．Meanwhile, Joe Forest is enjoying himself at a family party. It’s getting late and he’s telling his sister that he’s going to leave. She’s asking him to stay and wait a few hours before he drives. “Don’t worry. I’m going to be fine. I’m going to drive slowly. I only had a few drinks.”Officer Williams is at a toll booth, watching cars enter the area. A green Ford is approaching, weaving from left to right. Officer Williams stops the car and tells Joe to get out. He asks Joe to walk along the white line. Joe can’t do it. Joe also fails the breath test. Officer Williams is telling Joe that he’s going to issue him a summons. And he can’t drive his car home. Joe calls his sister. She’s going to come and drive him home.This was Joe’s first offense. He’s going to appear in court next week. He is going to receive a $400 fine. The judge is also going to suspend his license for 60 days. This first time, other drivers were lucky. Joe didn’t kill them. But what about the future, is Joe going to stop drinking and driving?Task 11【答案】If you are a daily Transit rider, carry a zipcard. It’s quick, convenient and gives you unlimited rides on any regular Calgary Transit service. The zipcard saves you money too! Pay the adult fare of 90c, twice a day for 22 working days each month, adds up to $39.60. But a zipcard costs just $31 a month. It also saves you the extra 10c on all express buses. Buy a zipcard and take advantage of the best way to ride.。

九江2024年09版小学六年级上册英语第四单元暑期作业考试时间：80分钟（总分:120）A卷考试人：_________题号一二三四五总分得分一、综合题(共计100题)1、听力题：The ______ helps regulate the body's temperature.2、What is the name of the first woman to fly in space?A. Sally RideB. Valentina TereshkovaC. Mae JemisonD. Eileen Collins3、填空题：__________ (化学反应过程) is essential for understanding how substances interact.4、听力题：A squirrel gathers _______ for the winter.5、What do we call the process of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly?A. MetamorphosisB. EvolutionC. DevelopmentD. Transformation答案: A6、填空题：The artist creates unique _____ (雕塑).7、Which gas do we breathe out?A. OxygenB. NitrogenC. Carbon DioxideD. Helium答案:C8、What is 15 + 6?A. 20B. 21C. 22D. 239、What is the name of the famous wizard in J.K. Rowling's books?A. GandalfB. DumbledoreC. MerlinD. Harry Potter答案: D10、What is the capital of Japan?A. BeijingB. SeoulC. TokyoD. Bangkok答案: C11、填空题：My pet rabbit has a _______ (特殊的) name.12、What is the currency used in the United States?A. EuroB. YenC. DollarD. Peso答案:C13、What do we call the study of the human body?A. AnatomyB. PhysiologyC. BiologyD. Medicine答案:A. Anatomy14、What do you call the process of water turning into vapor?A. CondensationB. EvaporationC. PrecipitationD. Collection答案: B15、Which of these fruits is green?A. BananaC. StrawberryD. Orange16、听力题：We are going to ______ (explore) a cave.17、填空题：My favorite animal is a _______ (熊猫).18、What is the name of the famous American author known for his stories about life on the Mississippi River?A. Mark TwainB. Ernest HemingwayC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD. John Steinbeck答案: A19、听力题：I have a ___ (toy/gift) for you.20、What do we call the day after today?A. YesterdayB. TodayC. TomorrowD. Next week答案:C21、听力题：We will _______ (explore) the city tomorrow.22、选择题：What is the result of 100 - 50?A. 40B. 50C. 60D. 7023、听力题：The _______ of sound can be compared in different mediums.24、听力题：The invention of the telescope changed our understanding of _______.25、What is the color of an orange?A. BlueC. OrangeD. Yellow答案:C26、What is the name of the famous American holiday celebrated in May?A. Memorial DayB. Labor DayC. Independence DayD. Thanksgiving答案: A27、填空题：The __________ (英国宪法) is based on many documents.28、选择题：What is the opposite of near?A. FarB. CloseC. TightD. Loose29、选择题：What do we call a person who helps actors?A. DirectorB. ProducerC. ManagerD. Agent30、填空题：I enjoy reading ______ at night.31、What is the capital of Guatemala?a. Guatemala Cityb. Quetzaltenangoc. Escuintlad. Villa Nueva答案:a32、填空题：I enjoy _______ (制作) greeting cards.33、What do you call a group of lions?A. PackB. HerdD. Flock34、听力题：The _______ of sound can be affected by the medium it travels through.35、What is the name of the holiday celebrated on the last day of the year?A. ChristmasB. ThanksgivingC. New Year's EveD. Independence Day答案:C36、What do we call a system of government where citizens vote for their leaders?A. MonarchyB. DictatorshipC. DemocracyD. Oligarchy答案: C37、Which instrument has keys and makes music?A. DrumsB. GuitarC. PianoD. Flute答案: C38、听力题：A buoyant object will float on ______.39、听力题：The chemical formula for rust is _______.40、填空题：He is a firefighter, ______ (他是一名消防员), who responds to emergencies.41、填空题：The ________ (植物实验) reveals unique traits.42、听力题：A salt is formed from the reaction of an acid and a _______.43、What do we call a young reindeer?A. CalfB. FawnC. Kit答案:A. Calf44、Which animal is known as "man's best friend"?A. CatB. DogC. RabbitD. Horse答案:B45、听力题：We plan to ________ (implement) changes.46、听力题：The _____ (tornado) is dangerous.47、填空题：I want to _______ (学习) new languages.48、填空题：A ______ (植物保护) initiative can help endangered species.49、填空题：The squirrel's sharp claws help it climb ______ (树木).50、What is the largest mammal in the world?A. African ElephantB. Blue WhaleC. GiraffeD. Hippopotamus答案:B51、What is a common pet that barks?A. CatB. DogC. HamsterD. Fish答案: B52、填空题：The earliest known human artifacts date back to the ________ Age.53、What is the main ingredient in a salad?A. RiceB. LettuceC. Bread答案:B54、What is the name of the famous detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle?A. Hercule PoirotB. Sherlock HolmesC. Sam SpadeD. Miss Marple答案:B55、What is the name of the sweet treat made with cream and sugar?A. PuddingB. FlanC. CustardD. Whipped Cream答案: C56、听力题：A chemical formula shows the number and types of _____ in a compound.57、 (French) language has many words borrowed from Latin. 填空题：The ____58、填空题：I enjoy ______ in the garden.59、选择题：What is the main job of a farmer?A. TeachB. Grow foodC. Fix carsD. Build houses60、填空题：The meerkat stands guard while others _________ (觅食).61、填空题：I love spending holidays with my ____.62、填空题：I enjoy writing ______ (故事) in my journal. It helps me express my ______ (想法).63、填空题：A __________ (气体收集) method is used to gather gas produced in reactions.64、How many months are there in a year?A. TenB. TwelveC. ElevenD. Thirteen65、听力题：The capital of Myanmar is __________.66、选择题：What do we use to tell time?A. CalendarB. ClockC. RulerD. Scale67、听力题：She is wearing __ shoes. (red)68、What is the name of the famous American president known for the Emancipation Proclamation?A. George WashingtonB. Abraham LincolnC. FranklinD. RooseveltD. Thomas Jefferson答案: B69、填空题：My _____ (舅舅) is a police officer.70、听力题：The chemical formula for glucose is _____.71、听力题：The teacher gives us ___ (homework/lessons).72、填空题：A ________ is very useful for making friends.73、填空题：An octopus can change its _______ (肤色).74、填空题：The _____ (fauna) interacts with plant life.75、What is the name of the famous American author known for "The Old Man and the Sea"?A. Ernest HemingwayB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Mark TwainD. John Steinbeck答案: A. Ernest Hemingway76、What is the main ingredient in a quiche?A. EggB. CheeseC. BaconD. All of the above答案:D77、听力题：The chemical formula for sodium chloride is ______.78、填空题：I enjoy _______ (听音乐)在晚上.79、填空题：The _____ (生态友好) practices help protect the environment.80、填空题：I help my mom with __________. (家务)81、填空题：My birthday is in ______.82、听力题：The clock ticks _____ (slowly/quickly).83、选择题：What is 22 - 7?A. 14B. 15C. 16D. 1784、What is the capital of Afghanistan?A. KabulB. KandaharC. HeratD. Mazar-i-Sharif85、填空题：My dad loves to watch __________. (动作片)86、听力题：The __________ can reveal the history of Earth's changing environments.87、填空题：The ________ swims in the water all day.88、填空题：I want to learn about different ________ (文化).89、What do you use to write on paper?A. BrushB. PencilC. ForkD. Spoon答案:B90、填空题：My cousin loves to __________ (唱歌) at family gatherings.91、填空题：A ____(caravan) is a group traveling together, often in deserts.92、ts are excellent for attracting beneficial ______ to your garden. (某些植物非常适合吸引对花园有益的生物。

“PEP”2024年小学五年级下册英语第五单元测验试卷考试时间：100分钟（总分:110）B卷考试人：_________题号一二三四五总分得分一、综合题(共计100题)1、填空题：My family enjoys celebrating birthdays by calling each other ______.(我的家人喜欢通过称呼彼此为____来庆祝生日。

)2、听力题：I like to eat _____ for lunch. (sandwiches)3、填空题：The ancient Greeks made significant advancements in ________ (医学).4、选择题：What is the opposite of wet?A. DryB. DampC. MoistD. Humid5、听力题：The _______ of sound waves can be used to create music.6、听力题：I have a _____ (trophy) for winning.7、选择题：What do you call the person who delivers mail?A. PostmanB. BakerC. DoctorD. Driver8、填空题：A _____ (章鱼) can change its shape to fit through tight spaces.9、填空题：I can ______ (定期) reflect on my progress.10、听力题：The _____ (sky/ground) is cloudy.11、听力题：She likes wearing ________ (dresses) to parties.12、选择题：What do you call the part of the plant that produces flowers?A. StemB. LeafC. RootD. Blossom13、听力题：A simple machine like a lever helps us to ______ (lift) heavy things.14、What is the capital city of Belarus?A. MinskB. BrestC. GomelD. Vitebsk15、填空题：The ________ is a charming little insect.16、填空题：The ancient Romans built their cities around _____.17、听力题：A turtle has a hard __________ for protection.18、What is the opposite of beautiful?A. UglyB. PrettyC. AttractiveD. Lovely答案:A19、What is the name of the famous ancient site in Greece?A. AcropolisB. DelphiC. OlympiaD. Knossos答案:A. Acropolis20、What is the main purpose of a bank?A. To lend moneyB. To provide medical careC. To teach educationD. To offer entertainment答案:A21、听力题：The cat is ________ on the sofa.22、听力题：A ____ is often seen in gardens and has beautiful flowers.23、填空题：We have a ______ (丰富的) menu at the café.24、听力题：A _______ can be a great addition to your home.25、填空题：The _______ (Montgomery Bus Boycott) was a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement.26、What color do you get when you mix red and white?A. PinkB. PurpleC. OrangeD. Green答案:A. Pink27、听力题：A desert is a place that receives very little _______.28、填空题：I can ______ (相信) in myself.29、听力题：The largest mammal in the ocean is the ______.30、填空题：The snake slithers on the _______ (蛇在_______上滑行).31、选择题：What is the name of the famous detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle?A. Hercule PoirotB. Sherlock HolmesC. Philip MarloweD. Sam Spade32、What do you call a person who travels to space?A. PilotB. AstronautC. EngineerD. Scientist33、What do you call an animal that lives in water?A. MammalB. ReptileC. AmphibianD. Fish答案:D34、What is the primary ingredient in chocolate?A. CocoaB. SugarC. MilkD. Flour35、填空题：I enjoy ________ (看电影) with my family.36、What is the term for a young wolf?A. PupB. CubC. KitD. Whelp答案:A. Pup37、填空题：My ________ (玩具名称) is a great way to learn teamwork.38、听力题：A _______ is a tool used to measure mass.39、What is 9 + 10?A. 19B. 20C. 21D. 22答案:A40、Which of these is a dairy product?A. BreadB. CheeseC. RiceD. Fruit41、听力题：The capital of Saba is __________.42、What do you call a young female tiger?A. TigressB. CubC. KittenD. Pup答案: A43、填空题：A ______ (猴子) is playful and loves to climb.44、填空题：The cat naps in a _________. (阳光下)45、填空题：I love learning about different ________ (语言).46、填空题：A ________ (土地) can be fertile or barren.47、填空题：The ancient Romans used _______ for their buildings. (混凝土)48、听力题：The process of converting a gas into a liquid is called _______.49、填空题：My favorite book is about _______ (主题). It teaches me many _______ (名词).50、填空题：My family goes hiking in the ______.51、填空题：My _____ (父母) are very supportive.52、听力题：A solution that can no longer dissolve more solute is called _______.53、听力题：Geothermal energy comes from the heat stored in the ______ of the Earth.54、填空题：The __________ (马丁·路德) was a key figure in the Protestant Reformation.55、填空题：The _______ (老虎) stalks its prey.56、填空题：My friend is very __________ (具有同情心).57、What do we call an animal that only eats plants?A. CarnivoreB. HerbivoreC. OmnivoreD. Insectivore58、What instrument has keys and can be played in a band?A. GuitarB. ViolinC. PianoD. Drums答案:C59、填空题：I think it’s important to be _______ (形容词) to everyone. Kindness goes a long way.60、听力题：The bear hibernates in the cold ____.61、听力题：The ______ is an important scavenger.62、How many hearts does a jellyfish have?A. OneB. TwoC. NoneD. Three答案: C63、What is the name of our planet?A. MarsB. EarthC. MoonD. Sun答案:B64、填空题：The parakeet can learn to mimic human ________________ (语言).65、听力题：He is _______ (playing) the guitar.66、听力题：The symbol for barium is _____.67、听力题：She is making a ___. (cake)68、How many legs does a cat have?A. 4B. 2C. 6D. 8答案:A69、根据图片提示,选择情当的调语,补全短文,并将其标号写在相应的横线上。

Modem（调制解调器，也称“猫”，用于把电话音频信号变成数字信号）WAN（Wide area network，广域网，指地理上跨越较大范围的跨地区网）LAN（Local area network，局域网，地理上局限在小范围，属于一个单位组建的网）Server（服务器，网络的核心，信息的集中地）Client（客户，指使用计算机的用户）C/S（Client/Server，客户机/服务器）B/S（Browser/Server，浏览器/服务器，指客户通过浏览器访问服务器的信息）Workstation（工作站，连到服务器的单个计算机）WWW（World Wide Web，万维网，全球范围的节点）BBS（Bulletin Board System，电子布告栏系统）FTP（File Transfer Protocol，文件传送协议，用此协议用户通过Internet将一台计算机上的文件传送到另一台计算机上）HTTP（Hypertext Transfer Protocol，超文本传输协议WWW服务程序所用的协议）HTML（Home Page Marker Language，主页标记语言，用于浏览器浏览显示）Hub（网络集线器，提供许多计算机连接的端口）Router（路由器，互联网的标准设备，具有判断网络地址、选择路径、实现网络互联的功能）Gateway（网关）TCP/IP（Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol，传输控制/互联网协议）NDS（Domain Name System，域名服务系统）.com（Commerce，商业部门的域名）.edu（Education，教育部门的域名）.net（网络服务部门的域名）.org（Organization，非商业组织的域名）.gov（Government，政府部门的域名）ISDN（Integrated Services Digital Network，综合服务数字网）DDN（Defense Data Service，数字数据服务）Bandwidth（带宽，网络线路的传输速度）Broad（Band 宽带，可同时在多个通道容纳数据，音像信号）Hacker（黑客，专门在互联网上到处从事解密、获取信息等非正规活动的不明身份的用户）RAM (random access memory)随机存取存储器CAD （computer-aided design ）计算机辅助设计，计算机存取装置DVD（digital videodisk）数字视盘或数字多用光盘USB（universal serial bus ）计算机通用串行总线OOP（object-oriented programming）面向对象编程IDE（Integrated Dive Electronics）综合电器界面SQL（Structure Query Language）结构化查询语言MDI（Multi-Document Interface ）多文档界面B2B 企业对企业的电子商务DBMS（Data Base Management System ）数据库管理系统TCP（Transmission Control Protocol）传输控制协议VCD（Video Compact Disc ）视盘,影碟ROM（Read Only Memory）只读存储器Unit 11. As soon as men knew that, they could make use of the stars in many ways. (2/12)What does that refer to?“That” refers to the sentence” E very year at the same time the stars were in the same place in the sky”.2. Five stars seemed to move differently from the others. (2/24)What are the five stars?They are Mercury, V enus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.3. But Ptolemy‟s idea about the univer se was wrong. (2/34)What was his idea?Ptolemy thought that the earth was set inside a great hollow ball. The inside of the ball was the sky.4. In the middle of the sixteenth century a truer idea was given to the world. (2/41)What was the idea?The truer idea of Copernicus was that the stars and the sun did not turn around the earth and instead, it was the earth that was moving.5. He wrote a thick book explaining his radical views. (3/5)Why were his views considered as radical then?His views were radical because they would upset the whole science of astronomy and cause cruel persecution by the church.6. Word of them spread across Europe. (3/6)What does word mean here?Word means a message or news.7. But a long time passed before everyday pop le could believe that… (3/34)What does everyday mean here?Everyday means ordinary or common.8. Radio telescopes don‟t look at, but listen to the skies. (4/9)Why do we say so?Radio telescopes are quite different from ordinary telescopes. We can see stars through telescopes, radio telescopes find out new stars by picking up waves from them, so we may say they listen to the skies.9. Astronomers tell us that there are probably a hundred billion in our neighbourhood ---the Milky Way. (4/20)What does neighbourhood mean here?The neighborhood means the space around us, the district near us.10. It will have grown so big as to squeeze the warth out of its orbit even if it still existed. (6/32) What is the implication of the sentence?When the sun enters upon its old age, it will expand nearly 250 times in diameters and increase a thousand times in brightness. The heat may melt the earth . so at that time, the earth may not exist. Even if the earth existed, it might be put out of its orbit.11. For hundreds of years men had known that the star did this. (7/19)What does this refer to?This refers to the fact that “Every three days Algol gets very dim and it stays dim for a few hours, then it gets bright again.12. But even if a comet did hit the earth, nothing much would happen. (11/29)Why?Even if a comet hit the earth, nothing much would happen, because the tail of a comet is thin like a cloud, and its head is made of small pieces that could not hurt the earth.Essay questions2. How many stages do star pass through during their lifetime and what are they?Stars pass through four stages during their lifetime. The first stage is called the early period, or the childhood of the star. The second stage is called the manhood of the star, the third is the stage of the red giant. The last stage is the stage of death.3. How can we tell some stars are hotter and others are cooler according to the color?The very hottest stars are blue. Those not quite so hot are white, and those less hot than the w hite ones are yellow and red.5. What is the use of fixed stars?The fixed stars are our guides and friends. They help sailors to find their way and they help us to tell time.Unit 10Comprehension Points1. People are rushing excitedly into the streets. (127/14)Why?People rushed into the streets to see the smoke.2. The great question is: Will they complete them in time? (128/29)What do they and them refer to?They refer to “armies of men, women and boys.”3. “Y our editor didn‟t waste a moment this time,” Nick said. (129/2)What did Nick mean by saying that?The editor of the English newspaper lost no time in sending their reporter Joe Brook to the place in danger.4. It was getting darker all the time. (129/33)Why?They were getting nearer to the bush fire.5. Soon the pilot pointed downwards. (129/25)What did he mean?He asked Joe to look downward. Borrogee was there.6. But Joe noticed that people looked frequently at the airport flag. (130/13)Why did people do so?They wanted to know whether the wind was changing.7. “It was a race with flames,” he said. (131/8)What does it refer to?It refers to “getting away from the fire.”8. He stopped and passed his hands over his face. (131/17)Why did he pass his hands over his face?He passed his hand over his face to wipe out his tears.9. ..., they were there to kill dying or dangerous animals. (131/25)Why?They killed dying animals for the sake of money.They killed dangerous animals so that they would not do any harm to people.10. “Y ou‟ll start a new fire with that,” somebody shouted. (132/20)What does that refer to?Why did somebody think he would start a new fire?That refers to the fact that Joe started the engine and there was a cloud of blue smoke.11.They were all going the same way as Joe do. (132/23)Why were they going the same way as Joe?They were all going the same way as Joe to flee from the fire.12. “Y ou‟ll like it better in the morning,” a voice said suddenly. (133/27)Does it refer to anything in particular?No, it doesn‟t.13. There were no animals there now. (135/33)Where were the animals then?The animals were behind the fences a mile down the valley.14. He‟s put buckets of water and wet clothes and green branches at the corner of every build ing. (136/13)What for?He was going to put out the fire with them.15. ... “We can‟t do anything against that.” (137/19)What does that refer to?Translate the sentence into Chinese.That refers to fire.我们没办法对付这么大的火。

Unit 9T ask 1【答案】1) b, 2) a, 3) c, 4) c, 5) b, 6) a, 7) c, 8) b, 9) a, 10) b【原文】1) So, what does your father do for a living?2) How many people are in your family?3) How old is your sister?4) Where do your parents live now?5) How many brothers and sisters do you have?6) What is your brother’s name?7) Where does your mother work?8) How long have you been married?9) Do you have any children?10) Where did you and your wife meet?T ask 2【答案】【原文】My name is Mary and I’m 13. I’m the eldest in my family. It’s terrible. I have to help m y mother in the house, and do the shopping too. But my younger brother and sister don’t do a thing. They just play all day. And they come into my room and break my things. My mother says, “Y ou must be nice to them. They’re smaller than you.” And my father tells me, “Y ou’re the eldest, so you must set a good example.”I’m John, 12. I’m the youngest in my family. I hate it. My two brothers are 18 and 16, and my siste r’s a year older than me. But they all think I’m still a baby. They can go to bed late, but I have to go to bed early. They get more pocket money than me too, and they have bigger bedrooms. I’ve got the smallest room in the family. And no one ever listens to me.My name is Anne and I’m 12. I’m the middle one in my family. That’s the worst place of all. I’m not the eldest and I’m not the youngest, so I’m not special. My elder sister does everything first, and she gets everything new. I have to wear her old clothes and use her old bag for school. Then everyone spoils my baby brother. They bring him presents and talk about him all the time. When I grow up, I’m going to have two children only. That’s better.T ask 3【答案】1) c, 2) a, 3) a, 4) a, 5) b, 6) a, 7) c【原文】Ana Maria Cavazos was born on June 9th, 1908, in Reynosa, Medico. She was the eleventh of twelve children.Her father, Jesus Cavazos, was originally from V ictoria, Texas, but moved his family to Mexico around 1855.Ana’s mother, Juana Castro, was the oldest of six brothers and sisters. Juana and Jesus were married in 1880. Ana’s family came to the United States during the Mexican Rev olution in 1913. Their family experienced much hardship. Ana grew up in Texas and met her future husband in 1929. Ana and Abel Contreras were married in 1931 and were the parents of eleven children.T ask 4【答案】1) F, 2) T, 3) T, 4) F, 5) F, 6) F【原文】Margaret: Is family life in England very different from family life in your country, Maria? Maria: No, I don’t think so. But I have noticed a few differences.Margaret: Oh, such as what?Maria: Well, the family unit seems to be smaller here than in my country. For you, the family is simply Mum, Dad and the children.Margaret: Y ou have a more extended family circle, do you?Maria: Y es. It’s quite common in my country to have a grandmothe r and an unmarried aunt or uncle living in as part of the family. And we wouldn’t dream of sending anelderly relative to an old people’s home, for instance.Margaret: Y ou take care of elderly relatives yourselves, I guess.Maria: Oh yes. We haven’t got all your welfare services and it’s the family’s duty to loo k after an elderly parent, for example.Margaret: What about hospitality? Do you think English families do a lot of entertaining? Maria: Y es, but in a rather f ormal way. Y ou don’t like people to “drop in” without a previous invitation, do you? In my country it’s quite usual to drop in on friends andrelatives.Margaret: Have you ever lived in with an English family?Maria: Y es, I have. I was an au pair girl for a year. I learned a lot about English family life then. I’d never realized how fond the Englishman is of his home and family, his gardenand his pets.Margaret: Pets? What sort of pets did they have?Maria: Oh, all sorts— dogs, cats and goldfish.Margaret: Did you enjoy living in with the family?Maria: Oh, yes. They were very kind. Everybody helped with the washing up, including the children, and we always found time to sip tea and watch television in the evenings!T ask 5【答案】1) b, 2) c, 3) b, 4) b, 5) a【原文】Susan: I suppose that in England, too, family life has changed a lot in the last 50 years, hasn’t it?Marilyn: Oh yes, very much so. I think families used to be much larger. My grandmother was one of fourteen children! V ery few people nowadays care to have such large families. Susan: I suppose that’s why in those days very few women took up careers outside the home. They were too busy bringing up their families.Marilyn: Y es, but most well-to-do families had servants to do the housework and even nannies to look after the children.Susan: Would you like to have lived then, Marilyn?Marilyn: Not particularly! Women weren’t as free as they are today. They often had to marry men they didn’t like and they were financially dependent on their parents ortheir husbands. I think we’re much better off today, don’t you?Susan: Well, I suppose we have more freedom of choice and we’re more independent, but, you know, some arranged marriages were very successful. And there wassomething rather charming about courtship in those days.Marilyn: Really? Such as what?Susan: Well, the custom of asking a girl’s father for permission to marry her, for example. Marilyn: An d supposing he didn’t give his permission? No, thank you. I think family life is much pleasanter today because it’s freer and more informal. At least today we’re free tomarry whoever we like and to take up a job, if we wish.Susan: That’s true. But I still think that family life in the old days must have been very pleasant and secure.T ask 6【答案】1) They never interfered with her plans too much and she was allowed to take up the career she wanted.2) She became independent financially. But she still stays with her parents a lot.3) Y es.4) She doesn’t always get along well with her parents.5) They treat her as a child and they try to control her.【原文】Bella: Do you think young people are given too much freedom nowadays and that as a result they’ve lost respect for their parents and their elders generally, Joyce?Joyce: I don’t think s o. My parents never interfered with my plans too much. They advised me but never forced me to do anything I didn’t want to do. I was allowed to take up the career I wanted. I think I respect and love them more for this.Bella: Are you quite independent of them now?Joyce: Y es. As soon as I left school and started my studies as a nurse, I became independent financially. I have a government grant which is enough for my keep. But I still stay with them a lot, as you know.Bella: Y ou seem very close to your parents.Joyce: I am. I know that many young people today say they have nothing in common with their parents, but I’m rather lucky because I get on well with mine. What about you,Bella?Bella: Well, we value fam ily life very much in my country. I’m very fond of my family, but I don’t always get on very well with them. They try to control me too much.Joyce: But they allowed you to come to study in England on your own!Bella: Y es, but only after a lot of persuasion! Y our parents treat you as an adult; mine treat me a child.Joyce: As I said, I’m lucky. Some English parents are like yours. They interfere too much and they’re out of sympathy with our generation.T ask 7【答案】A. dB.1) A writer for the “Agony Column” in Flash magazine.2) Fifteen in two months’ time.3) Manchester.4) Quite a rough city.5) Christine.【原文】Radio Presenter: Good afternoon. And welcome to our midweek phone-in. In today’s programme we’re going to concentrate on personal problems. And here with me in the studioI’ve got Tessa Colbeck, who writes the agony column in Flash magazine. Andwe have our first caller on the line, and it’s Rosemary, I think, er... calling fromManchester. Hello Rosemary.Rosemary: Hello.Radio Presenter: How can we help you, Rosemary?Rosemary: Well, it’s my dad. He won’t let me stay out after ten o’clock at night and all my friends can stay out much longer than that. I always have to go home first. It’sreally embarrassing.Tessa: Hello, Rosemary, love. Rosemary, how old are you, dear?Rosemary: I’m fifteen in two months’ time.Tessa: And where do you go at night — when you go out?Rosemary: Just to my friend’s house, usually. But everyone else can stay there much later than me. I have to leave at about quarter to ten.Tessa: And does this friend of yours.., does she live near you?Rosemary: It takes about ten minutes to walk from her house to ours.Tessa: I see. Y ou live in Brighton, was it? Well, Brighton’s ....Rosemary: No. Manchester... I live in Manchester.Tessa: Oh. I’m sorry, love. I’m getting mixed up. Y es, well Manchester’s quite a rough city, isn’t it? I mean your dad...Rosemary: No. Not really. Not where we live. It isn’t. I don’t live in the City Centre or anything like that. And Christine’s ho use is in a very quiet part.Tessa: Christine. That’s your friend, is it?Rosemary: Yeah. That’s right. I mean, I know my dad gets worried but it’s perfectly safe. Radio Presenter: Rosemary, have you talked about this with your dad?Rosemary: No. He just s houts and then he says he won’t let me go out at all if I can’t come home on time.Radio Presenter: Why don’t you just try to sit down quietly with your dad—sometime when he’s relaxed—and just have a quiet chat about it? He’ll probably explain why hew orries about you. It isn’t always safe for young girls to go out at night.Tessa: Y es. And maybe you can persuade him to come and pick you up from Christine’s house once or twice.Rosemary: Yes. But I don’t think he’ll agree to that. Anyway,I’ll talk to him about it. Thanks.T ask 8【答案】1) F, 2) T, 3) F, 4) F, 5)F【原文】George’s mother was worried about him. One evening, when her husband came home, she spoke to him about it.“Look dear,” she said, “you must talk to George. He left school t hree months ago. He still hasn’t got a job, and he isn’t trying to find one. All he does is smoke, eat and play records.”George’s father sighed. It had been a very tiring day at the office.“All right,” he said, “I’ll talk to him.”“George,” said George’s mother, knocking at George’s door, “your father wants to speak to you.”“Oh!”“Come into the sitting-room dear.”“Hello old man,” said George’s father, when George and his mother joined him in the sitting-room.“Y our father’s very w orried abou t you,” said George’s mother. “It’s time you found a job.”“Y es,” replied George without enthusiasm.George’s mother looked at her husband.“Any ideas?” he asked hopefully.“Not really,” said George.“What about a job in a bank?” suggested George’s mother,“or an insurance company perhaps?”“I don’t want an office job,” said George.George’s father nodded sympathetically.“Well, what do you want to do?” asked George’s mother.“I’d like to travel,” said George.“Do you want a job with a travel fi rm then?”“The trouble is,” said George, “I don’t really want a job at the moment. I’d just like to travel and see a bit of the world.”George’s mother raised her eyes to the ceiling. “I give up,” she said.T ask 9【答案】holding a job, even tougher, playing cops and robbers, shot, yelled, slumped to the ground, ran over, had been hurt in the fall, bent over, It’s the only chance I get to rest【原文】Being a working woman can be tough, but holding a job and having children is even tougher.There’s a story about a mother w ith three active boys who were playing cops and robbers in the backyard after dinner one summer evening.One of the boys “shot” his mother and yelled,“Bang, you’re dead.” She slumped to the ground and when she didn’t get up right away, a neighbour ran ove r to see if she had been hurt in the fall.When the neighbour bent over, the overworked mother opened one eye and said, “Shhh. Don’t give me away. It’s the only chance I get to rest.”T ask 10【答案】A.1) turn off the television2) feed the cat3) wash up dishes4) dry the dishes5) put away the dishes6) tidy the kitchen7) put out the cat8) lock all the doors9) turn out all the lightsB.1) She said she was going up to bed.2) She was sitting up in bed reading a book and eating chocolates.3) A gate banging downstairs.4) He had to go to shut the garden gate.【原文】“Henry!”“Y es, dear?”“I’m going up to bed now. Don’t forget to do your little jobs.”“No, dear.”Henry turned off the television and went into the kitchen. He fed the cat, washed up several dishes, dried them and put them away. Then he put the cat out, locked all the doors and turned out all the lights. When he got to the bedroom, his wife was sitting up in bed reading a book and eating chocolates.“Well dear, have you done all your little jobs?”“I think so, my love.”“Have you fed the cat?”“Y es, dear.”“Have you put him out?”“Y es, dear.”“have you washed up the dishes?”“Y es, dear.”“Have you put them away?”“Y es, dear.”“Have you tidies the kitchen?”“Y es, dear.”“Have you turned out all the lights?”“Y es, dear.”“Have you locked the front door?”“Y es, dear.”“Then you can come to bed.”“Thank you, dear.”After a little while they heard a gate banging downstairs.“Henry.”“Y es, dear.”“I’m afraid you’ve forgotten to shut the garden gate.”“Oh dear!”T ask 11【答案】1) b, 2) c, 3)a, 4)b, 5) b【原文】Interviewer: Mr. Dolby, do you mind if we speak a little about you and Katherine?David: Go ahead.Interviewer: She didn’t say very much about you to us, you see.David: Well, we weren’t together very long. Only about two years. Didn’t she tell you? Interviewer: No, not exactly. It must have been very difficult leaving your family.David: Y es and no. I miss the little boy. And I missed Katherine as well at first. Well, there was another baby on the way. That was difficult, of course, for her too. But it was herchoice. Not mine.Interviewer: Y ou mean she wanted you to go?David: Y es.Interviewer: What was wrong?David: We argued a lot. I had a job and when I got home in the evenings nothing was done.Nothing. I had to cook all the meals. Do the cleaning. It was an impossible situation.T ask 12【答案】Main idea: are becoming more and more diverse1) Horizon Research Group, families in China’s cities are becoming more and more diverse, several generations under the same roof, a double-income-no-kids (DINK) family2)a) 48 percent, 1997, 37 percentb) one-person, linear, generational, 7.2 percent, 1 percentage point, six years agoc) 6.8 percent, 3.9 percentage pointsd) a married couple living with their parents, three generations, 6.4 percentage points, 49 percente) cohabitation, celibacy3) pluralistic society, diverse values, 1980s, 10,000, 60,000a 38-year-old businessman, a graphic designer, their two-person family is one of the happiest inthe world, have so many plans to do things together, we are two kids who like playing together, satisfied with, bother with children【原文】After a hard day’s work, people used to go home to the nuclear family— husband, wife and children.But families are changing shape in China. These days, a household may consist of one person, several generations under the same roof, or a double-income-no-kids (DINK) family.A national survey by Horizon Research Group released over the weekend shows that families in China’s cities are becoming more and more diverse.The most common family type in Chinese cities was once the nuclear family. But while it accounted for 48 percent of families in urban areas in 1997, that figure has decreased to 37 percent today, the survey shows.Covering more than 1,000 households in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Wuhan, the survey found that the number of DINKs, one-person and linear or generational families is on the rise from six years ago.The research group carried out a similar survey of family types in 1997, covering more than 5,100 households in 10 major cities across China.This time round, more than 7.2 percent of respondents classified themselves as DINKs, 1 percentage point higher than six years ago.One-person households account for 6.8 percent of respondents, 3.9 percentage points higher than the previous survey.Linear families—a married couple living with their parents or three generations living together — increased in number by 6.4 percentage points, reaching 49 percent.According to social science experts, it seems certain more distinct lifestyles will emerge, for example, cohabitation and celibacy are both on the rise.In any event, today’s pluralistic society, with its diverse values, should be welcomed, said Li Yinhe, a sociologi st on family and marriage. “Everyone’s choice, whether traditional or unconventional, should be respected,” Li said.Since the DI NK lifestyle emerged in the 1980s, it has sprung up in all of China’s big cities. Beijing now has 10,000 DINK families. When combined with those in Shanghai and Guangzhou, the figures rise to about 60,000, according to Y outh League Committee of Beijing statistics.Childbearing was in ancient China a family’s top priority, but now it is regarded as a personal choice by many young couples.Zheng Jian, a 38-year-old businessman, and his wife Xiao Y an, a graphic designer, think their two-person family is one of the happiest in the world.They have been married for more than 10 years and have no children.“We always have so many plans together, to do things together,” said Zheng. “And it seems like we are two kids who like playing together.”They insist: “We are satisfied with our present lives, so why bother with children?”T ask 13【答案】In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and auntslived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller. Industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. Large families cannot be moved from place to place as smaller families can.Today, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consist only of a man and a woman. A smaller number of families may raise children. These families may raise children as their chief occupation, leaving the childless families free to move from job. Furthermore, these child-raising families may raise other people’s children in addition to their own.。

《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit 4Unit 4Task 1【答案】1) They were orphans and had nobody to support them.2) Each boy was given only one bowl of gruel for supper and no more — far from enough.3) They boys were so hungry that they could not bear it any more. They decided that tone of them must ask the master for more gruel. Olive Twist was chosen by casting lots.4) He never thought that any boy would dare to ask for more food than the given portion. Therefore, he was both surprised and angry on hearing Oliver’s request.5) He was struck on the head by the master and pushed out of the room. And for a week Olive remained prisoner in the cellar.【原文】Oliver Twist had no parents and lived in the workhouse.The room in which the boys had their food was a large stone hall. Each boy was given one bowl of gruel and no more. The bowls never needed washing. The boys polished them with their spoons. But still the boys were hungry.Oliver Twist and the other boys suffered from slow starvation for three months. At last they got so wild with hunger that one of the boys, who was tall for his age, said:"If this goes on, I am afraid I shall eat the boy who sleeps next me." He had wild hungry eyes and the boys believed him. The boys gathered and thought of a plan."One of us must walk up to the master at supper this evening and ask for more gruel," said one boy."Let us east lots," said another. "In that way we shall see who must go up to the master and ask for more."So they cast lots. The lot fell to Oliver Twist. He had to go up to the master and ask for moregruel.The evening came. The boys took their places and quickly ate up their gruel. Then they looked at Oliver. He rose from his place, bowl and spoon in hand, went up to the master and said, "Please, sir, I want some more." The master was a fat, healthy man, but he turned pale."What!" he said at last.Oliver repeated: "Please, sir, I want some more."The master struck Oliver on the head and pushed him out of the room.For a week Oliver remained a prisoner in the cellar.Task 2【答案】A. 1) F 2) F 3) TB.1) d 2) b【原文】Mark Twain was a famous American writer. There were many stories about him. One day Mark Twain was fishing. A stranger came along. "Good morning!" said the stranger."Good morning!" said Mark Twain. "Nice weather we're having!" "Very nice indeed," said the stranger. "How was fishing""Very good. I caught three trout here yesterday in just about an hour.""Is that so" said the stranger."Yes. I'm very fond of trout.""By the way," said the stranger, "do you happen to know who I am""No, I haven't any idea," said Mark Twain."Well, I'm the game warden of this county," said the stranger. "Fishing is not allowed here."Mark Twain paused a minute. Then he asked:"By the way, do you know who I am""No, I don't.""Well, I am the biggest liar in the country."Task 3【答案】A.Name: Lewis CarrollOccupation: mathematics; Oxford UniversityLiterary works: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; 1865;Through the Looking-Glass; 1871B.These stories are about a dream world in which Alice meets strange creatures and has interesting adventures.【原文】Which would you rather be A mathematician or a writer Perhaps you will never be faced with this kind of choice. Lewis Carroll was both a mathematician and a writer. He was a lecturer in?mathematics at Oxford University. But he is better known as the author of two of the most famous children’ s books that have ever been written: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The author’s real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, but he preferred to use the pen-name “Lewis Carroll”when he wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and this is the name we remember him by.Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865, whenits author was 33 years old; it was followed by Through the Looking-Glass in 1871. Both books were written for a real girl called Alice, but they have been read by millions of children since they were first published. These stories are about a dream world in which Alice meets strange creatures and has interesting adventures . I’m sure you know this already, but if you don’t, you had better read the stories yourselves.Task 4【答案】the Greeks, closed the gates of the city and stayed behind the walls, the Greeks, a huge wooden horse, hide inside it, the horse, they stopped, hid their ships, Greek prisoner, the horse, The Greek soldiers, the wooden horse【原文】Many, many years ago there was a war between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greek ships sailed up to the city of Troy. When the Trojans saw the Greek ships, they closed the gates of their city and stayed behind the walls. The Greeks attacked the city many times, but could not take it. Then one of the Greeks thought of a plan. The Greeks made a big wooden horse and had some soldiers hide inside the horse. In the morning the Greeks burned their camps and sailed away. Only the big wooden horse remained in front of the city gate.But the Greek ships did not sail far. The Greeks stopped at a place near Troy, where the Trojans could not see them, and hid their ships. At first the Trojans wanted to burn the wooden horse, but a Greek prisoner said, "Don't bum the horse. Bring it into Troy. It will help you."The horse was very big, and the Trojans could not bring it in through the gate. They had to make a hole in the wall. Then they brought the wooden horse into the city. The next day was a holiday in Troy. At night all the Trojan soldiers fell asleep after a heavy festive drinking.The Greek ships came back to Troy in the night. When everything was quiet, the Greek soldiers came out of the wooden horse and opened the gates of the city. The Greek army came into the city, killed many Trojans and took the city.Task 5【答案】A.1) c 2) aB.1) All the animals thought that he was the king of beasts. Actually he was a coward. He was afraid of human beings and other big animals. He roared only to scare them away and never really hurt them.2) Dorothy and her dog wanted to get back to Kansas. The Scarecrow wanted some brains and the Tinman wanted a heart. The Lion wanted to have courage.【原文】The following story has been taken from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum in 1900. The book is a modern fairy tale and is one of the great favorites of American children.One day a tornado carried away Dorothy and her dog Toto from their home in Kansa sand landed them in the wonderful land of Oz. Here they made friends with two strange fellows, a scarecrow and a tin man. The four were now on their way to the Emerald City where the Great Oz lived.Just as the Tinman spoke there came from the forest a terrible roar, and the next moment a great Lion rushed into the road. With one blow of his paw he knocked the Scarecrow to the edge of the road, and then he hit the Tinman with his sharp claws. But, to the Lion's surprise, he could make no mark on the tin, though the Tinman fell over in the road and lay still.Little Toto, now that he had an enemy to face, ran barking towards the Lion. The great beast had opened his mouth to bite the dog. Dorothy feared that Toto would be killed. She forgot all danger and rushed forward. She slapped the Lion upon his nose as hard asshe could, and cried out:"Don't bite Toto! You should be ashamed of yourself, a big beast like you, to bite a poor little dog!""I didn't bite him," said the Lion, as he rubbed his nose with his paw where Dorothy had hit it."No, but you tried to," she said in anger. "You are nothing but a big coward.""I know," said the Lion, and he hung his head in shame. "I've always known it. But how can I help it""I don't know, I'm sure. But how can you hit a stuffed man like the poor Scarecrow""Is he stuffed" asked the Lion, in surprise, as he watched her pick up the Scarecrow and set him upon his feet, while she patted him into shape again."Of course he's stuffed," replied Dorothy. She was still angry. "That explains it. He really went over easily," said the Lion. "It surprised me to see him turn around so. Is the other one stuffed also""No," said Dorothy, "he's made of tin." And she helped the Tinman up again."He really hurt my claws," said the Lion. "When they scratched against the tin it made a cold shiver min down my back. What is thatlittle animal you are so kind to""He is my dog, Toto," answered Dorothy."Is he made of tin, or stuffed" asked the Lion. "Neither. He's a meat dog," said the girl."Oh. He's a curious animal, and seems really small, now that I look at him. No one thinks of biting such a small, little thing except a coward like me," continued the Lion sadly."What makes you a coward" asked Dorothy. She looked at the great beast in wonder, for he was as big as a small horse."I don't know," replied the Lion. "I suppose I was born that way. All the other animals in the forest expect me to be brave, for the Lion is everywhere thought to be the King of Beasts. I learned that if I roared very loudly every living thing was afraid and got out of my way. Whenever I've met a man I've been very much frightened; but I just roared at him, and he has always min away as fast as he could go. If the elephants, tigers and bears ever tried to fight me, I would run away — I'm such a coward; but just as soon as they hear me roar, they all try to get away from me, and of course I let them go.""But that isn't right. The King of Beasts shouldn't be a coward," said the Scarecrow."I know it," said the Lion, and he wiped a tear from his eyewith the tip of his tail. "It is a great sorrow, and it makes my life very unhappy. But whenever there is danger, my heart begins tobeat fast.""Perhaps you have heart disease," said the Tinman."It may be so," said the Lion."If you have," continued the Tinman, "you should be glad, for it proves you have a heart. For my part, I have no heart; so I can't have heart disease.""Perhaps," said the Lion, "I am a coward because I have a heart." "Have you brains" said the Scarecrow."I suppose so. I've never looked to see," replied the Lion. "I am going to the great Oz to ask him to give me some," remarked the Scarecrow, "for my head is stuffed with straw.""And I am going to ask him to give me a heart," said the Tinman. "And I am going to ask him to send me and Toto back to Kansas," added Dorothy."Do you think Oz can give me courage" asked the Cowardly Lion. "Just as easily as he can give me brains," said the Scarecrow. "Or give me a heart," said the Tinman."Or send me back to Kansas," said Dorothy."Then if you don't mind, I'll go with you," said the Lion, "forlife is hard without courage.""You will be very welcome," answered Dorothy, "for you will help to keep away the other wild beasts. I think they must be more cowardly than you if they allow you to scare them so easily.""They really are," said the Lion, "but that doesn't make me any braver, and as long as I know myself to be a coward I shall be unhappy."So once more the little company set off upon the journey. The Lion walked at Dorothy's side. Toto did not like the Lion at first, because he could not forget how nearly he had been crushed between the Lion's great jaws; but after a time he became more at ease, and before long Toro and the Cowardly Lion became good friends.Task 6【答案】A.1) Civil War2) first, equality3) battlefields, bloodiest4) ordinaryB.1) d 2) c【原文】Walt Whitman is often called the poet of American democracy. He lived during the American Civil War, and he admired President Abraham Lincoln very much.Whitman was the first American poet who wrote about tree equality among all people. In a poem called "Song of Myself" he compared himself to all other people, and he found no difference. He wrote:"...every atom belonging to me... belongs to you."In the same poem Whitman spoke up for women. He wrote:"The Female equally with the Male I sing."He also wrote:"In the faces of men and women I see God." and "A great city is that which has the greatest men and women."Whitman understood war and the results of war. He worked in a hospital, taking care of wounded men. In a description of northern soldiers who had returned from prisons in the south he wrote: "The sight is worse than any sight of battlefields or any collection of wounded, even the bloodiest." In Whitman's words: "The real war will never get in the books."Whitman was the first important American poet to write about ordinary people, using ordinary language.Task 7【答案】A.1) A red, red rose that’s newly spring in June and the melody that’s sweetly played in tune.2) He will love her till all the seas are dried and the rocks melt in the sun. his love will last as long as the sands of life run(there is life on earth).3) Yes, he is, and he will come back no matter how far it is.B.June---tune I---dry sun---run while ---mile【原文】O, my love is like a red, red rose,That is newly sprung in June.O, my love is like the melody,That is sweetly played in tune.As fair are you, my lovely lass,So deep in love am I,And I will love you still, my Dear,Till all the seas go dry.Till all the seas go dry, my Dear,And the rocks melt with the sun!O I will love you still, my Dear,While the sands of life shall run.And fare you well, my only Love,And fare you well a while!And I will come again, my Love,Although it were ten thousand mile!Task 8【答案】1) Tall stories, that is, unlikely ones.2) Because he wanted to be a member of a certain club.3) He went there because he was told that a lion came there each evening to drink water.4) Sixteen times.5) He killed sixteen lions.【原文】A famous French writer who wrote many books about England and the English people once wrote about the Englishman's fondness for improbable or tall stories. In one of his books about the First World War, an English priest tells the following story:He had wanted to become a member of a certain club in Africa. In order to become a member, each person had to shoot at least onelion. The priest had never shot an animal in his life. So, armed with a rifle and accompanied by a young African boy, the priest set out one evening for a pool in the jungle where he was told a lion came each evening to drink. He waited patiently for a few hours until shortly before midnight when he heard a rustling noise. Sure enough a few yards away the head of a lion appeared above a bush that separated the priest and the pool. He aimed and fired. The head of the lion immediately fell behind the bush but a moment later reappeared. So the priest aimed and fired again. The head of the lion immediately fell behind the bush but a moment later reappeared. The priest fired again: the same result. He remained calm because he knew he had brought sixteen bullets with him. After his fourth attempt his aim seemed to become more and more inaccurate. In fact, after his fifteenth attempt the African boy had to warn him, "This is your last chance. If you miss this time, we are in trouble." The priest then realized how serious the situation was, so he took a deep breath, aimed very carefully and fired. They waited a moment, then slowly counted up to twenty: the head of the lion did not reappear. The priest was certain that at last he had shot his lion. They rushed forward together to the spot behind the bush. And what do you think they found Sixteen lions.Task 9【答案】I. a young prince who lived on landA. rose to the surface of the sea and waited for the prince to come to herB. never cameII. a witchA. changed her fish’s tail into a pair of human legsB. she gave the witch her tongueIII. the prince’s palaceA. her feet hurt terriblyB. didn’t love herⅣ. a young princessA. drive back into the seaB. a spirit of the air and lived forever【原文】Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark. In Copenhagen harbor, you can see a statue of the Little Mermaid. I wonder if you know her story. It's a sad one.That Little Mermaid fell in love with a young prince who lived on the land. Every night she used to rise up to the surface of the sea and sit staring at his palace, waiting for him to come to her. But he never came.Finally she visited a witch. The witch changed her fish's tail into a pair of human legs so that she could go and live on land. But in return, the Little Mermaid had to give her tongue to the witch, so that she could never sing or speak again. She loved the prince so much that she gave it happily.She went and lived in the prince's palace, and every night, she danced for him, although her strange new feet caused her terrible pain. But she didn't mind the pain. She waited and waited for the prince to fall in love with her.But, although the prince liked the Little Mermaid very much, he didn't love her. He fell in love with a young princess and they got married. On their wedding night, the Little Mermaid sadly dived back into the sea. She had no tail now, only legs, and she thought that she would die. She didn't die, though. Because of her kind heart, she became a spirit of the air and lived forever.Task 10【答案】A.1) b 2) c 3) b 4) a 5) aB.No. 1[e] No. 2 [b] No. 3 [a] [d] [c]【原文】1) A wolf thought that by disguising himself as a sheep he could get enough to eat. So he put on a sheepskin and joined the flock without being discovered. At sunset the shepherd shut him with the sheep in the fold. Then he felt hungry, so he picked up his knife and killed one of the sheep for his supper. But it was the wolf that he killed.2) A bird in a cage at a window used to sing during the night.A bat which heard her came up and asked why she never sang by day, but only by night. She explained that there was a good reason: she was caught while she was singing in the daytime, and this had taught her a lesson. "One must be careful before one is caught, not after," said the bat.3) Monkeys are said to have a strange habit. When twins are born to them, the mother will take care of only one of the twins. She will hold it tightly to her breast and neglect the other. But the one taken care of will die because it cannot breathe freely, while the neglected one will grow up strong and healthy.4) A gnat alighted on a bull's horn. After it had stayed therea long time and felt like moving on, it asked the bull if he would like it to go now. "I didn't notice when you came," replied the bull, "and I shall not notice if you go."5) A reed and an olive tree were quarrelling one day. Theywanted to see which one was the stronger. Finally the olive tree said to the reed, "You are weak. You are easily bent by the wind." But the reed did not say a word. Before long a storm arose. The reed was tossed about and bent by the winds, but it was not hurt. The olive tree stood bravely against the storm and was broken by its force.Task 11【答案】I.A. struck a rock and began to break up.B. sank tooC. had survivedII.A. he was tied very firmly by a large number of fine ropes.B. about forty little men shot at him with their arrows, which hurt like needles.C. the little men gave him all the bread, meat and wine they had. III.was seven feet by three feet, equipped with twenty-two wheels and pulled by fifteen hundred little horses【原文】Gulliver was travelling by ship. The ship struck a rock and beganto break up. Some of the sailors and Gulliver got away in a boat, but that sank too. In the end Gulliver was the only person who survived-who didn't drown. He kept on swimming, and just managed to reach land. By that time it was already evening. Gulliver kept on walking, but by then he was so exhausted that he lay down on the grass, and fell sound asleep.He slept until the following morning. When he woke up, he could not move. His arms and legs were tied to the ground, very firmly, and so was his hair. There were a large number of very fine, thin ropes across his body, he discovered, and these prevented him from moving.Gulliver could just manage to look down his body — that was all he could do — and there he saw, advancing up his body, about forty little men. These little men were only about six inches high. They were dressed as soldiers, and each one carried a bow and arrow. Gulliver shouted out, and when he did this, all the soldiers ran away, though they gradually came back again.Gulliver decided to try to escape. He managed to break some of the ropes, and he was also able to free his head. But when he began to move, the soldiers shot at him with their arrows. These arrows were small but sharp like needles, and they hurt Gulliver. He decided to keep still and when he did so, the soldiers stoppedshooting at him with their arrows.By this time Gulliver was feeling very hungry, so he put his finger to his mouth, to show the little people that he needed food. They understood this, and they brought him bread and meat. Gulliver ate all the bread and meat, and then indicated that he was thirsty. Again he was understood, and the people brought him wine. In fact Gulliver drank all the wine that was available — all they had. After that one of the king's officers came up to Gulliver. He spoke to him, and indicated that he had to go to the city, to the capital of the island. This was what the king had ordered. Guliver asked to be set free, but the officer refused. Gulliver again thought of trying to escape, but he remembered those arrows which the soldiers had shot at him, and he decided to do nothing. In any case he soon fell asleep, because of all the wine he had drunk.While he was asleep, the people on the island made arrangements — got everything ready — to take Gulliver to the capital. They managed to get him on a cart which they had built specially to take him to the city. It was seven feet long, and three feet wide, and it had twenty-two wheels in all. It took about three hours to get Gulliver on the cart, and fifteen hundred horses to pull the cart to the city.Task 12Aesop was a very clever man who lived in Greece thousands of years ago. He wrote many good fables. He was known to be fond of jokes. One day, as he was enjoying a walk he met a traveler, who greeted him and said, “Kind man, can you tell me how soon I shall get to town”“Go,” Aesop answered.“I know I must go”, said the traveler, “but I should Like you to tell me how soon I shall get to town.”“Go,” Aesop said again angrily.“This man must be mad,” the traveler thought and went on.After he had gone some distance, Aesop shouted after him, “You will get to town in two hours.” The traveler turned around in astonishment. “Why didn’t you tell me that before” he asked.“How could I have told you before”answered Aesop. “I did not know how fast you could walk.。

《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit 2Unit 2Task 1【答案】1) b 2) a 3) d【原文】Texas was the biggest state before Alaska became the forty-ninth state in 1959. One good way to understand the size of Texas is to learn about its weather. Different parts of the state have very different kinds of weather.Laredo is one of the hottest cities in the United States in summer. The best time to visit Laredo is in winter, when it is pleasantly warm.Amarillo gets very cold in winter. Sometimes there is more snow in Amarillo than in New York, which is a northern city. Summers are better, but sometimes it gets quite hot. The best time to visit Amarillo is in the autumn when it is cool.If anyone asks you about the weather in Texas, ask him, “What part of Texas do you mean”Task 2【答案】A.1)T 2) F 3) FB.1) d 2) c 3) cC.climate, reputation, extraordinary, unreliable, dry, wet, clear, dull, hot, cold, bad, mild【原文】Our friend, Nick, whose English gets better and better, declared solemnly the other day that he thought that the British climate was wonderful, but the British weather was terrible. He went on to explain by pointing out that the British climate was a temperate one. This meant, he said, "that you could always be certain that the weather would never be extreme — at any rate not for any length of time — never very hot and never very cold." He quite rightly pointed out that the rainfall in Britain, according to the statistics, was not very heavy. "Why then," he asked, "has the British climate such a bad reputation" He answered by saying it was because of the extraordinary, unreliable weather. There was no part of the year at which you could be certain that the weather would be dry or wet, clear or dull, hot or cold. A bad day in July could be as cold as a mild day in January. Indeed you could feel cold at almost any time of the year. Nick blamed drafty British houses for this, but agreed you could also blame the small amount of sunshine and a great amount of dampness. He advised every student coming to Britain to bring an umbrella and to understand the meaning of that splendid word "drizzle".Task 3【答案】I.the country; Trees, grass, lakes and steamsII.A.1. concrete, iron, steel2. take in the heat during the day and throw off heat into the air at nightB. Warmer winters, car engines; electrical applianceⅢ.A. air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earthB.1. Ice near the North and South poles to melt2. to be slowly flooded and people living in these cities to move to higher land【原文】Cities change the climate around you. In the country, there are trees, grass, lakes, and streams. In hot weather, the trees and grass cool the area around them. Lakes and rivers also cool the area around them.But cities are not cooled in these natural ways. Cities are built of asphalt, concrete, iron, and steel. There are few trees and usually not much grass. Rain falls onto the streets and into the sewers.When the summer sun shines, streets and buildings take in the heat; after the sun sets, the streets and buildings throw off heat into the street. Once the sun sets, the countryside cools off, but a city may stay hot all night.Cities are hotter than the countryside in winter, too. Standing near a car with its motor running, winter or summer, you will feel the heat thrown off by the engine. The heat comes from the gasoline burned by the engine. This heat warms the air and the ground around the car. Thousands of running cars are almost like thousands of small fires burning.Carefully put your hand near a light bulb or television set. As you can see, electricity creates a lot of heat. This heat from electricity warms the house and the outside air.The heat given off by cities can affect the climate. Some experts even believe that cities can change the climate of the whole world. They think that air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earth. If less sunshine reaches the earth, the earth may become cooler.Still other experts think the world will get warmer. If the world did get warmer, great changes would occur. Ice near the North and South poles would melt. This would make the oceans rise. Cities near oceans — like Los Angeles, Boston, and Miami — would slowly be flooded. People living in these cities would have to move to higher land.Task 4【答案】A.1) b 2) cB. night, delight; morning, warning; gray, way, red, headC.1) F 2) T 3) F【原文】A red sky at either dusk or dawn is one of the spectacular and beautiful weather predictors we have in nature. By closely observing this phenomenon, you can achieve short-range accuracy of the weather as good as, or better than your local weatherman. In the Bible, Jesus in Matthew 16, 2-3 is quoted as saying, “When it is evening, it will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning it will be foul weather today: for the sky is red” when speaking to the Pharisees. An old English weather proverb based on this passage is:Red sky at night, sailors delight.Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.OrEvening red and morning gray,Sends the traveler on his way.Evening gray, morning red,Brings the rain down on his head.At dusk, a red sky indicates that dry weather is on the way. This is due to the sun shining through dust particles being pushed ahead of a high pressure system bringing in dry air. A red sky in the morning is due to the sun again shining through dust. In this case however, the dust is being pushed on by an approaching low reassure system bringing in moisture. Don't confuse a red sky in the morning with a red sun in the morning. If the sun itself is red and the sky is a normal color, the day will be fair.Task 5【答案】1) c 2) b 3) d 4) c 5) c【原文】Mark: I am an avid fly fisherman and frequently find myself on the river in a raft during lightning storms. We always have a debate at these times on where weare safest — pulling into shore or staying on the water. Since I have heard oneis safe in a car when lightning strikes I wonder if the raft floating on the wateris insulated, and therefore the safest place to be.Meteorologist A: We spoke with some scientists about your question, and they all agreed that under no circumstances should you remain on the water during a lightningstorm. If your raft is made of rubber, you might feel that you're .well insulated,but don't kid yourself. Typical lightning flashes travel 10 to 15 kilometers andcan deliver as much as 100,000 amps of current. In comparison, a toaster usesabout 10 amps of current. If lightning strikes the water near you, it will have notrouble traveling through a few extra centimeters of rubber.Meteorologist B: So, if you're on the water and a thunderstorm approaches, get to the shore and seek shelter on land. Try a building or car. If neither is available, look for a cave,cliff, wall, or a group of trees. Never take shelter under an isolated tree-it's alsoa good target for lightning.Task 6【答案】A.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) TB.Incredible, one minute, one kilometer, destroyed, lifted up, carried away, killed, injured【原文】Every spring and summer many inland areas are hit by tornados. A tornado is a kind of storm. It's a revolving, funnel-shaped column of air that moves through the sky at very high speeds. A tornado looks like a huge, black ice cream cone whirling through the sky. The speed of a tornado is very fast-it is believed to be between 200 and 700 kilometers per hour.Tornados form under very special weather conditions, and these special weather conditions occur most often in inland areas, such as the central United States. A tornado forms when a layer of warm, dry air is on top of a layer of cooler, moist air. This combination of dry, warm air above wet, cool air creates a condition that causes the lower layer of air to lift up. As the lower air rises, both layers of air begin to rotate, to turn around and around. The air begins to rotate faster and faster because of centrifugal force. The tornado has a center called an “eye” and the air rotates quickly around this eye.As the air begins to rotate faster and faster, the tornado cloud begins to grow downward; that is, it begins to form a funnel or cone, and this cone goes down toward the ground.The cone of air is dark because it develops from a dark rain cloud. As the cloud gets longer, as the cloud gets closer to the ground, it begins to pull up dirt from the ground. Then the funnel ofrotating air becomes very dark because of the dirt in it. As the tornado funnel gets longer, it begins to drag along the ground.When the tornado touches the ground, it does incredible damage. It usually touches the ground for only about one minute, and it usually travels along the ground for only about one kilometer, but during that one minute, buildings are destroyed, trees are lifted up out of the ground, small objects are carried away, and sometimes people are injured or killed.Task 7【答案】A.1) b 2) a 3) bB.1) It has been nice weather during the day, but it is going to change at night.2) Fine weather in southern Europe and not so nice in northern EuropeFor todaySoutheast England---26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoonSouthern Scotland---Maximum temperatures of around 21 degreesBrighton---15 hours of lovely sunshineMidlands---23 degrees Celsius by early afternoonNorthwest of Scotland---Light showers around middayFor the weekendSpain---34 degrees CelsiusGreece---32 degrees CelsiusFrance---Cloudy with rain, maximum temperatures of 22 degreesNorthern Ireland---Heavy rain, 17 degrees CelsiusMost of England---Cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods, 23 degrees Celsius【原文】Radio Announcer: You’re listening to Radio Metro. It’s two minutes to nine, and time for the latest weather for cast from Dan Francis at the London Weather Centre.Francis: Hello. It's been another warm and fine day for most of us. Temperatures in southeast England reached 26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoon, and Brighton had 15 hours of lovely sunshine. Further north it was a little cooler with maximum temperatures of around 21 degrees in southern Scotland, and in the far northwest of Scotland there were some light showers aroundmidday. But the rest of the country, as I said, has been warm and dry with temperatures in the Midlands reaching 23 degrees Celsius by early afternoon though it was a little cooler along the west coast and in Northern Ireland. But already the weather is beginning to change, I'm afraid, and during the night showers will slowly move in from the Atlantic to reach south-west England and the southern coast of Wales by early morning.The rest of the country will have a very mild, dry night with minimum temperatures no lower than 15 degrees in the south, a little cooler — 11degrees or so — in the north. Any remaining showers in northwest Scotland will pass quickly to leave a mild, dry night there too.And now the outlook for Friday and the weekend. Well, southern Europe will, once again, get the best of the weekend weather, and if your holiday starts this weekend, then southern Spain is the place to go, with temperatures of 34 degrees along the Mediterranean coast. At the eastern end of the Med, too, you can expect uninterrupted sunshine and temperatures of up to 32 degrees Celsius in Greece and southeast Italy, but further north the weather's not so settled. Much of France, Belgium and the Netherlands will be cloudy with occasional rain, and maximum temperatures will be around 22 degrees — very disappointing for this time of the year. Scotland and Northern Ireland will have heavy rain for much of the weekend and temperatures will drop to a cool 17 degrees. Across most of England the weather will be cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods. And when the sun does come out, temperatures could rise to a maximum of 23 degrees.Task 8【答案】As the air pressure around you either rises or falls, many changes in nature occur. Most of these are very obvious changes while others are of a more subtle nature.Mountains and other far away objects will appear to be much closer and more sharply focused as wet weather approaches and the air pressure drops. The dust particles in the air begin to settle to the ground and the air clears, allowing you to see more details of faraway objects. As a high pressure front approaches and the air becomes “thicker,” more dust particles become suspended in air and things take on their normal somewhat hazy appearance.“Sharp horns on the moon threaten bad weather.” This and a bright, clear moon are goodindicators that wet weather is on the way. As the air clears of dust particles ahead of a low pressure system, the moon appears to come closer and be more sharply focused due to the lack of dust.Sound also becomes sharper and more focused prior to stormy weather. Instead of traveling upward and outward into the atmosphere sound waves are bent back to the earth and their range extended. Bird calls sound sharper, and, at my house, we can hear the blowing of the train horn as it rumbles through the valley below.If you find yourself out in a marsh or swamp and the air really seems to stink more than normal, expect rainy weather. This happens when the pressure drops and the methane trapped on the bottom of the swamp is released in greater quantities. In reverse, as fair weather approaches and the pressure rises, things won't smell quite so strong.Birds and bats have a tendency to fly much lower to the ground right before a rain due to the “thinning” of the air. They prefer to fly where the air is the most dense and they can get greater lift with their wings. With high pressure and dry air, the atmosphere becomes denser and they can easily fly at higher altitudes.Smoke rising straight into the air means fair weather and smoke hanging low means rain is on the way. This is pretty much the same as with the birds and methane in the swamp. When high pressure approaches, smoke will rise whereas with low pressure it can't rise and tends to lay low.Remember a grandparent talking about how their corns, bunions, or joints ached right before a rain Again, this is due to the decreasing atmospheric pressure allowing the gas in our bodies to expand.Task 9【答案】A. Statements 3, 6, 7 are true.B.f—c—a—d—b—eC.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) FD.1) d 2) b【原文】It was 1974. Richard Nixon was still president. Kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst was still missing. In Xenia, a pretty spot of 25,000 people amid fields of soybeans and corn, American Graffiti was held over at the Cinema. The Xenia Hotel offered a chicken and dumpling dinner for $, but everyone flocked to the A&W drive-in for burgers and root beer floats. That's where five of the bodies were found after the storm.In all, 33 people died in Xenia's tornado, the deadliest of 148 storms that raged through 13 states during the infamous "Super Outbreak'' of tornadoes April 3 to 4, 1974. In 16 hours and 10 minutes, 330 people were killed and nearly 5,550 were injured from Illinois to Georgia.Though the Xenia death toll has been matched by other killer storms, the degree of devastation makes the city's tornado among U.S. history's most destructive. The storm still is studied in colleges by aspiring meteorologists, a textbook case of a rare Category F-5, the most intense of tornadoes.On that fateful day, I was a young boy of 8 years old. We lived in the Arrowhead Subdivision. That afternoon I was around the corner playing with some neighbor kids. I thought I could hear my father calling me, so I ran back to the house. Thinking back now, there is no way I would have been able to hear him. I was too far away for a voice to have traveled in the afternoon noise. Besides, Dad had a very bad case of tonsillitis that day. Like I was saying, I went back home and got through the door just in time to answer the ringing phone. On the other end of the phone was my Mother. Mom was working. She told me she heard a bad storm was on the way. She told me to make sure the garage door was shut and to stay inside. After I hung up the phone, I settled down to watch The Dennis Show. To this day I can vividly remember the electricity going out. I looked out the large window in the living room and didn't have a clue as to what I was looking at.Dad was asleep on the couch, so I woke him up to look. Dad looked and said to get into the bathroom. We sat on the floor. Dad had his back to the door and his feet pushing against the wall opposite the door. I remember that as soon as we sat down, the windows broke. Glass blew under the door, and the sound was tremendous. I know it really didn’t take too long for the tornado to go past, but I do remember the conversation we had in the process. I could feel the cool air rushing under the floor through the crawlspace vents. I asked if we were flying. He said he wasn't sure, but he didn't think we were. He said the house was tearing apart. I asked him how he knew. He said he just knew it was.When things calmed down, we opened the door. The odd feeling I had, looking up the street from inside what once was my hallway, is still with me today.I think back often to that day. I think back and wonder what would have happened if my Dad hadn't been sick that day. Like a lot of kids, I stayed home by myself after school back then. I seriously doubt I would be able to tell you my story, if I had been alone that day. I still live in Xenia and wouldn’t trade this town for any other.Task 10【原文】Undoubtedly, Tibet is one of the harshest places for human existence. It is cool in summer but freezing cold in winter. In Lhasa, the mildest city temperature may exceed 29C in summer while plummeting to -16C in winter! Sun radiation is extremely strong in Tibet. The sunlight in Lhasa is so intense that the city is called Sunlight City. The thin air can neither block off nor retain heat so that the temperature extremes can be met in daytime and the same night respectively in Tibet. However it is not impossible to visit the holy snow land. April to October is the best time to visit Tibet, out of the coldest months, which are from December to February usually. The average temperature in north Tibet is subzero and winter arrives in October until the following May or June. July and August are the best time to visit the area, enjoying warm temperature, intense sunshine, beautiful scenery and festive events. May, June and September is the tourist season in east Tibet. In winter, roads are all blocked by heavy snow. Landslides and rock falls frequently occur, which will make travel difficult.。

Since the voice of love entered junior high school, it felt that there was a thick and transparent wall between her and her parents, and she spent little time together. Every time I go home, my parents ask for help and understand the school situation. One night. Because I was a little tired just after the holiday, I went to bed after eating and washing, while my mother was still busy doing housework (before I went to bed). At night, the bright moonlight sprinkled into my bedroom, and I had already entered a sweet dream. Suddenly, I felt a figure nearby. When I wanted to open my bleary eyes, I was completely controlled by my 'mind' ---- I couldn't open my eyes. Because when I am around my mother, she likes to watch my sleeping posture, which has always been the imprint of love she left for me. I don't want to disturb my mother's silent wishes and silent expectations. I understand: at this time, the blue sky silently protects the white clouds; At this time, the sea silently cherishes the reef; This is the silent expectation of the river bed for small fish; This is the mainland's meticulous care for flowers and plants. I was wrapped by my mother's silent eyes. After a while, mother turned off the light and walked back to the room. In the bright moonlight, I noticed that the blue sky was not bright, the sea was not surging, the river bed was no longer high, and the mainland was no longer tall. My mother's upright body like a tree had become bent. Countless silver hair was mixed with her dark bright hair, which was more beautiful against the moonlight. I understood my mother's silent voice. This is the "voice" of encouragement. This is the "voice" of expectation. I cherish my mother's "voice" more and study hard. Under the influence of my parents, I became more fond of learning and reading. The sound of flute is clear, the sound of flute is deep, and the sound of zither and bamboo is intoxicating. But I think the sound of books is more charming than them. Only the heart can hear the sound of books. I tasted the sound of books like sucking the mother liquor... The yellowed and old pages exude the flavor of ancient history, and the magnificent and classic works waft the flavor of cross era. Hold a book in your hand, concentrate on it, taste it calmly, and slowly feel the soft voice rippling in the book... The voice of the book reflects its long, passionate, clear and contains a thousand years of history. The voice of the book contains: Meng Haoran's guilt of "sitting and watching the anglers, admiring the fish in vain"; Li Shangyin's homesickness about "how to cut the candles in the west window, but talk about the night rain in Bashan"; Du Fu's sorrow for his country was that he died before he left the army, which made the heroes full of tears; Li Bai "waved away from here, and the horses in Xiaoxiao's class were singing"; Wang Wei's indifference to "the moon shines among the pines, and the clear spring stone flows upward"; Gong Zizhen's silent dedication of "falling red is not a heartless thing, but turns into a spring mud to protect flowers"; There is Wen Tianxiang's national integrity of "who has never died since ancient times, stay loyal to history". In the book, we can express the aspirations of all people, and also make all people enjoy themselves there. I understood the voice of books in silent love, and found the true meaning of the voice of love in the voice of books. Two in one, let me enjoy the elegance of voice。

小学上册英语第四单元测验试卷考试时间：100分钟（总分:110）A卷一、综合题(共计100题共100分)1. 填空题：I built a ________ (城堡) out of my building blocks.2. 选择题：What do we call the process of making a plan to achieve a goal?A. Goal-settingB. PlanningC. StrategizingD. All of the above答案: D. All of the above3. 听力题：The chemical symbol for polonium is _______.4. 填空题：The turtle can live for many ______ (年).5. 听力题：Fossils can tell us about the ______ of ancient organisms.6. 听力题：The property of a substance that describes its ability to conduct electricity is called ______.7. 听力题：My dad _____ the car every Sunday. (washes)8. 选择题：What is 5 + 3?a. 6b. 7c. 8d. 9答案:c9. 选择题：What is the largest ocean?A. AtlanticB. IndianC. ArcticD. Pacific答案:D10. 填空题：I like to take my ________ (玩具名) on trips and adventures around my neighborhood.11. 选择题：What do you call the event where people gather to celebrate a wedding?A. CeremonyB. ReceptionC. PartyD. Gathering答案: A12. 填空题：The nurse, ______ (护士), works in the emergency room.13. 填空题：During family gatherings, we share funny _______ (故事). It always makes us laugh.14. 听力题：An element's atomic number is determined by the number of ________ in its nucleus.15. 填空题：There are many types of _______ in the zoo.16. 听力题：A ______ is a large, flat area of land at a high elevation.17. 选择题：What do we call the person who teaches us in school?A. StudentB. PrincipalC. TeacherD. Janitor18. 选择题：What do you call a collection of stories or poems?A. AnthologyB. NovelC. TextbookD. Magazine答案: A19. 听力题：My birthday is in _____ (January/July).20. 填空题：The _______ (青蛙) can leap great distances.21. 选择题：What do we call the process of converting sunlight into energy in plants?A. DigestionB. PhotosynthesisC. GerminationD. Respiration答案:B22. 填空题：There are many ______ in the park.23. 听力题：The chemical symbol for neon is _______.24. 填空题：The first newspaper was published in _______. (德国)25. 选择题：What do you call the main character in a story?A. ProtagonistB. AntagonistC. NarratorD. Sidekick26. 选择题：What is the term for water that falls from the sky?A. RainB. SnowC. HailD. All of the above答案:D27. 选择题：What is the capital of Japan?A. KyotoB. TokyoC. OsakaD. Hiroshima28. 填空题：We are going to a ________ (音乐会).29. 填空题：I like to _______ (尝试新餐厅) with my family.30. 选择题：What is the opposite of big?A. HugeB. SmallC. TallD. Wide31. 听力题：Heat energy is often released during a _____ reaction.32. 填空题：I _______ (想要) a new toy for my birthday.33. 听力题：She is _______ (running) in the race.34. 听力题：Acids taste ________ and can be sour.35. 填空题：The goldfish has a round ______ (身体).36. 填空题：My _____ (小猫) likes to sleep on my lap.37. 听力题：The birds are ______ together in the trees. (singing)38. 填空题：The ________ was a famous sculpture in ancient Greece.39. 填空题：The _______ (猪) loves to roll in the mud.My pet _____ loves to chase its tail.41. 听力题：I enjoy ______ with my family. (traveling)42. 听力题：The __________ is a famous mountain range in Europe.43. 听力题：A mixture is a combination of two or more substances that retain their ______ properties.44. 选择题：Which of these is a cold-blooded animal?A. HumanB. SharkC. SnakeD. Bird答案:C45. 选择题：What do you call a long, narrow piece of land surrounded by water?A. PeninsulaB. IslandC. LagoonD. Bay46. 选择题：What do we call a person who studies chemistry?A. ChemistB. PhysicistC. BiologistD. Mathematician47. 填空题：My brother is a great __________ (伙伴) in games.48. 选择题：What do we call the movement of the Earth around the Sun?A. RotationB. RevolutionC. OrbitD. Spin49. 填空题：A ________ (小岛) is smaller than an island.A chemical equation must be balanced to satisfy the law of ______.51. 选择题：What do you call the largest land animal?A. RhinoB. ElephantC. HippoD. Giraffe答案：B52. 听力题：A chemical formula shows the ratio of _____ in a compound.53. 填空题：A _____ (植物景观设计) can transform spaces.54. 听力题：The main product of the Krebs cycle is ______.55. 填空题：Many plants have important ______ (生态功能).56. 填空题：I have a toy _______ that dances and sings my favorite songs.57. Road connected ________ (中国与欧洲). 填空题：The Silk58. 听力题：She is learning to ________.59. 听力题：The chemical formula for methane is _____.60. 听力题：The cake is ________ and sweet.61. 听力题：We visited the _____ (博物馆).62. ts can reproduce through ______ (无性繁殖). 填空题：Some pla63. 填空题：The _______ (The Marshall Plan) helped rebuild Europe after WWII.What is the smallest prime number?A. 0B. 1C. 2D. 3答案:C65. 听力题：The flowers are _____ in the sunshine. (smiling)66. 填空题：The ________ can sometimes be very shy.67. 听力题：We enjoy _____ (cooking) together.68. 填空题：I have fun playing sports with my ____.69. 听力题：I can ______ (draw) a picture of my family.70. 填空题：My dad is a wonderful __________ (鼓励者).71. 填空题：The __________ (花匠) knows how to care for plants.72. 选择题：What is the capital of Mexico?A. CancunB. GuadalajaraC. Mexico CityD. Tijuana答案:C. Mexico City73. 填空题：Many cultures use _____ (植物药) for healing.74. 选择题：Which fruit is red and often used in pies?A. BananaB. CherryC. GrapefruitD. LemonRabbit ears are very _________. (灵敏)76. 填空题：A ______ (海星) can regrow its arms if they are lost.77. 填空题：My _____ (表弟) plays basketball well.78. 填空题：The tiger has orange and ______ stripes.79. 填空题：I enjoy _______ with my pets.80. 听力题：The process of changing from a solid to a gas is called __________.81. 听力题：The chemical symbol for osmium is ______.82. 填空题：A squirrel's front teeth are perfect for cracking ________________ (坚果).83. 填空题：I enjoy ________ (参加) sports.84. 选择题：What is the capital of France?A. BerlinB. LondonC. ParisD. Madrid答案:C85. 选择题：What do we call an animal that eats both plants and animals?A. HerbivoreB. CarnivoreC. OmnivoreD. Insectivore答案: C86. 选择题：Which animal is known for its ability to change colors?A. ChameleonB. FrogC. ParrotD. Snake87. 填空题：The __________ is a major city known for its cultural significance. (纽约)88. 填空题：The squirrel's bushy ________________ (尾巴) helps with balance.89. 填空题：I like to ______ (参加) cooking competitions.90. 填空题：The __________ (风景) in the countryside is beautiful.91. 听力题：The stars are _____ (bright/dim) at night.92. 选择题：Which of these is a flying mammal?A. BatB. SquirrelC. FrogD. Lizard93. 填空题：I love to decorate my ______ (房间) with posters and photos. It reflects my personality and interests.94. 填空题：The _______ (小狸猫) is very playful and curious.95. 选择题：What is the capital city of Japan?A. BeijingB. SeoulC. TokyoD. Bangkok96. 填空题：The _____ (butterfly) garden attracts pollinators.97. 填空题：The squirrel stores _______ (食物) for winter.98. 填空题：The ________ was a famous battle during the American Civil War.99. 填空题：_____ (植物的适应性) helps them survive in different environments.100. 听力题：The _______ of sound waves can vary in different materials.。