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    　　Flying over a desert area in an airplane, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes. After an hour's flight one of the scientists wrote in his book, ‘Look here for probable metal.’ Scientists in another airplane, flying over a mountain area, sent a message to other scientists on the ground, ‘Gold possible.’ Walking across hilly ground, four scientists reported, ‘This ground should be searched for metal.’ From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word: ‘Uranium.’

    　　None of the scientists had X-ray eyes: they had no magic powers of looking down below the earth's surface. They were merely putting to use one of the newest methods of locating minerals in the ground, using trees and plants as signs that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and plants are growing.

    　　This newest method of searching for minerals is based on the fact that minerals deep in the earth may affect the kind of bushes and trees that grow on the surface.

    　　At Weston Bar Greek, a brook (小溪) six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds. Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees. Roots were dug and put into boxes. Each bag and box was carefully marked. In a scientific laboratory the parts of the forest trees were burned to ashes and tested. Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it.

    　　Study of the roots, branches, and seeds showed no silver. But there were small amounts of gold in the roots and a little less gold in the branches and seeds. The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunk had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches.

    1．Scientists were flying over a desert of a hilly wasteland or a mountain area in order to search for ________ in the ground.

    [　　]

    A．gold
    B．silver
    C．metal
    D．minerals

    2．The study of trees, branches and roots shows that ________.

    [　　]

    A．there were larger amounts of gold in the branches than in the seeds

    B．there were smaller amounts of gold in the roots than in the branches

    C．there were less amounts of gold in the seeds growing on the ends of branches than seeds growing nearest to the tree trunk

    D．there was more gold in the branches than in the roots

    3．Which is the best title suggested below?

    [　　]

    A．Scientists Searching for Metals with Special Power

    B．New Methods of Searching for Minerals

    C．Gold Could Be Found by Trees and Plants

    D．A New Method of Searching for Minerals－Using Trees and Plants

    4．Which of the following is not mentioned as part of a tree that can help find minerals?

    [　　]

    A．Leaves.
    B．Roots.
    C．Branches.
    D．Seeds.

    5．The scientists were in search for minerals by using ________.

    [　　]

    A．X-ray
    B．trees and plants
    C．a special instrument
    D．trained eyes
    答案：D;C;D;A;B
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    　　It was the middle of April of 1975．A large number of birds were flying northward． Thousands of ducks led the way as they usually do．

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    　　All night long the workers stayed in the cold as they watched over the whoopers．Suddenly, as day began to break, the last two whoopers took off． They were driven by the airplane to a safe place．

    　　Slowly the winds became less strong． The nine whoopers flew off to the north． The wildlife workers were tired but happy．

    1．What was the unusual thing that happened in Nebraska in 1975? ______．

    [　　]

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    [　　]

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    [　　]

    A．firing guns to get the whoopers away from the sick birds

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    [　　]

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    [　　]

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    C．The whooper is a bird which is not commonly found

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    科目：高中英语 来源：学习高手必修四英语人教版 人教版 题型：050

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    A Giant Leap for China

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    　　“I eat all of my meals at the space programme’s dinning room and have never been able to take my son to kindergarten, ”he said．“I’ve never met his teachers．”

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    (1)

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    [　　]

    A．

    China’s first manned flight．

    B．

    A hero with great courage．

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    The first Chinese man in space．

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    How Yang Liwei became China’s first spaceman．

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    [　　]

    A．

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    [　　]

    A．

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    [　　]

    A．

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    Both A and B．

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    [　　]

    A．

    newspaper

    B．

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    [　　]

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    a, c, b, d

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    [　　]

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    [　　]

    A．

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    made sure that he would solve the problem

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    [　　]

    A．

    the pilot

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    [　　]

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    [　　]

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    科目：高中英语 来源：江西省南昌市铁路一中2011届高三12月月考英语试题 题型：050

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    　　For several days I saw little of Mr.Rochester．In the morning he seemed much occupied with business, and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighbourhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him．When his foot was well enough, he rode out a great deal．

    　　During this time, all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house, when he would sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and smile．His changes of manner did not offend me, because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them．

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    　　“Sir, I'm sorry．I should have said that beauty doesn't matter, or something like that．”

    　　“No, you shouldn't!I see, you criticize my appearance, and then you stab me in the back!You have honesty and feeling．There are not many girls like you．But perhaps I go too fast．Perhaps you have awful faults to counterbalance your few good points．”

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    [　　]

    A．

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    [　　]

    A．

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    C．

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    D．

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    [　　]

    A．

    tell her all his troubles

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    C．

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    D．

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    [　　]

    A．

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