United States President Barrack Obama was seen ________ a self portrait or selfie during Mandela’s memorial.

A. taking                    B. took                C. take                 D. taken

 _______ issue of US spying has been _______ major worldwide concern since Snowden said that the US monitored many countries.

A. An, a                   B. The, the          C. An, the            D. The, a

 —Do you mind if I record your lecture?
—_______. Go ahead.
 A. Never mind                B. No way           C. Not at all               D. No. You’d better not

 以Nature为题写一篇100词左右的英语短文。要点如下：

    1. 简述人类对大自然的依赖。

    2. 随着人类的发展，生态平衡遭到破坏，人类生存的环境受到严重污染。人类正在受到大自然的惩罚。

    3. 我们要善待自然，自然也会关照我们。

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Mr. Chen has a habit of drink. The best present to him, of course, is wine. His the eldest son

brought him a bottle of Mao Tai. He was glad and drank them up. Then he wrote “105”on

the trademark with a pencil, meant he had already drunk 105 bottles the wine. Two days

late, a stranger came and offered to paying 50 Yuan for the empty bottle. Mr. Chen was very

pleasant and sold it. Several days later, his second son brought him other bottle of Mao Tai.

While enjoying it, he suddenly found out“105”----the very mark on it.

51. The judge cares only about whether the eyewitness has given useful information, which is called _____________. ( 证据 )

52. There was no  ________( 怀疑 ) that the house was destroyed by the flood at that

53.They________( 装饰 )  the place with some inspiring pictures.

54. Natural selection hits on a good________( 设计 )

55. You can’t  _____ ( 竞争 )with others in the job market if you don’t have a special skill.

56. So you would study an _________( 画家 ) and then paint a small series?

57. She feels a strong sense of _________( 责任 ) towards her employees.

58. The __________(有魔力的) tools are popular with young children.

59.the olive wreath has been _________( 取代 ) by medals .

60.He___________( 自愿 )his service as a driver after the earthquake.

In earliest times, men considered lightning to be one of the great mysteries of nature. Some ancient people believed that lightning and thunder were the weapons of the gods.

    In reality, lightning is a flow of electricity formed high above the earth. A single flash of lightning 1.6 kilometres long has enough electricity to light one million light bulbs .

    The American scientist and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, was the first to show the connection between electricity and lightning in 1752. In the same year he also built the first lightning rod (避雷针). This device protects buildings from being damaged by lightning.

    Modern science has discovered that one stroke of lightning has a voltage (电压) of more than 15 million volts (伏特). A flash of lightning between a cloud and the earth may be as long as 13 kilometers, and travel at a speed of 30 million meters per second.

    Scientists judge that there are about 2,000 million flashes of lightning per year. Lightning hits the Empire State Building in New York City 30 to 48 times a year. In the United States alone it kills an average of one person every day.

    The safest place to be in case of an electrical storm is in a closed car. Outside, one should go to low ground and not get under tress. Also, one should stay out of water and away from metal fences. Inside a house, people should avoid open doorways and windows and not touch wires or metal things.

    With lightning, it is better to be safe than sorry.

47. People once thought lightning came from ________.

   A. the sky          B. the gods       C. the earth       D. nature

48. According to the passage what do you think all buildings need?

   A. Metal fences.     B. Electricity.   C. Lightning rods.    D. Machines.

49. Lightning can travel ________.

   A. as quickly as water            B. not so quickly as electricity

   C. at very low speed             D. at very high speed

50. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. In the U.S about one person per day dies from lightning.

   B. The Empire State Building frequently gets hit by lightning.

   C. Swimming during a thunder storm is a good idea.

   D. A closed car is the best place to be during an electrical storm.

In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world.

In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to find out the cause of her illness with confidence, so she was sent to Hammersmith Hospital in London. She was then only semi-conscious and on the "Dangerously Ill" list. A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only to discover that they, too, were confused by the very unusual symptoms (症状). While they were discussing the baby's case, a nurse asked to speak to them. "Excuse me," said Nurse Marsha Maitlan, "but I think the baby is suffering from thallium (铊) poisoning."

"What makes you think that?" Dr. Brown asked. "Thallium poisoning is extremely rare."

"A few days ago, I was reading a novel called A Pale Horse by Agatha Christie," Nurse Maitlan explained. "In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms are described. They're exactly the same as the baby's."

"You're very thoughtful and you may be right," another doctor said. "We'll carry out some tests and find out whether it's thallium or not."

Tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium, a rare metallic substance used in making special glass. Once they knew the cause of the illness, the doctors were able to give the baby the correct treatment. She soon recovered and was sent back to Qatar. Later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (杀虫剂) used in Qatar.

44. The one who first suggested the correct cause of the baby's illness was _____.

A. a doctor in Qatar    B. Dr. Brown    C. Nurse Maitlan   D. Agatha Christie

45. As far as we can tell from the passage, Agatha Christie _____.

A. had spent a long time studying the baby's case

B. visited the baby in the hospital at Hammersmith

C. had never met this baby

D. gave Nurse Maitlan some advice on the phone

46. It seems likely from the passage that the baby's illness had something to do with _____.

A. a harmful substance used to kill insects      B. a dangerous pair of glasses            

C. the water in Qatar                        D. a dead writer

Popeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s.The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach to make him strong. People watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many people’s diets. Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable.

Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable.

People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people studied what was inside vegetables. This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did. The group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.

Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach does have something else which the body needs—folic acid.

It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along.   

41. A good title for this reading passage is______.

A. Popeye the Sailor                                      B. The Truth About Spinach

C.A Mistake with Numbers                         D. Folic Acid Makes You Strong

42. Why did many people eat spinach after they saw Popeye the Sailor?

A. They thought spinach made them strong.   B. They thought Popeye was funny.

C. Spinach had a lot of iron.                 D. People liked folic acid.

43. The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength from______.

A. iron                     B. folic acid          C. spinach            D. exercise

The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his__21__important inventions was the train.  He _22__his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the __23__engine on the train, he met with __24__from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would __25__ cows, horses and sheep, that the _26__ would burst or that the hot coals from it would __27_ their houses. At that time, __28__people believed what they said.

George Stephenson __29__the people that the train could go on small _30_, could pull carriages __31_goods and passengers and there was __32__to them. It was a very __33__ matter for him to __34__ them believe. However, after _35_, he was able to do it; and the first train that _36__by Stephenson himself __37_ what he had said.

The first day _38_the people along the way _39_the noises of the train in the distance and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors__40___, for they thought it a genius(妖怪).They did not dare to come out until it had passed.

21. A. very                   B. a lot                  C. most                     D. much

22. A. made             B. bought                C. introduced                   D. did

23. A. electrical           B. atomic             C. steam                     D. oil

24. A. success              B. troubles              C. people                      D. pleasure

25. A. kill                    B. buy                     C. interest                    D. take away

26. A. smoke                   B. noise                         C. driver                          D. engine

27. A. pull down           B. blow away           C. set fire to              D. pass

28. A. most                  B. few                     C. only a few             D. the rich

29. A. said                   B. spoke                 C. told                       D. warned

30. A. roads             B. rivers                 C. steam                          D. rails

31. A. short of             B. full of                 C. empty of               D. without

32. A. no great danger     B. dangerous        C. a lot of danger      D. few danger

33. A. easy                B. difficult           C. pleasant                D. light

34. A. get                     B. cause                  C. make                    D. force

35. A. sometime         B. some time              C. a few times           D. sometimes

36. A. was sold             B. was driven          C. was pulled             D. helped

37. A. believed             B. seemed               C. sensed             D. proved

38. A. of                 B. when            C. while              D. for

39. A. caught sight of      B. listened to        C. heard              D. thought

40. A. lightly             B.tightly            C. secretly            D. slowly