Another cause of accident is that bicycles are not kept in good condition. Grammar and Usage: 过去分词和现在分词 1) 作形容词用 2)作副词用 3) 表示被动的和已完成的意义 4) 分词作状语其逻辑主语是句中的主语 5) 分词的否定形式知识点归纳: 1) permit sb. to do permit doing permit n. 执照 2) undertake undertake a project承担项目 undertake to do sth.同意某人做某事 Undertake that-clause保证做某事 3) distinction n.区别, 差别, 声望 have the distinction of doing sth.享有做某事的荣誉 gain / win / obtain / attain distinction出名 = become famous without distinction 没有区别 make a distinction between A and B = make a difference between A and B 区别A和B = distinguish A from B 【查看更多】

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　　Two year s ago, Wendy Ha snip, 47，experienced a brain injury that left her speechle s s for two week s．When she finally recovered, she found her self talking with what seemed to be a French accent．“I phoned a friend the other day, and she spent the fir st ten minute s laughing, ” Ha snip said at the time, “while I have nothing again st the French．”

　　Ha snip suffered from foreign accent syndrome(外国口音综合症), a rare condition in which people find them selve s speaking their own language like someone from a foreign country．The condition u sually occur s in people who have experienced a head injury or a stroke-a sudden lo s s of con sciou sne s s, sen sation, or movement cau sed by a blocked or broken blood ve s selin the brain．

　　The condition wa s fir st identified during the Second World War in a Norwegian woman who se head wa s injured during an attack by the German military．The woman recovered but wa s left with a German-sounding accent, to the horror of fellow villager s who avoided her after that．

　　Re searcher s have di scovered that the combined effect of the damage to several part s of the brain make s victim s lengthen certain syllable, mi spronounce sound s, and change the normal pitch(音高)of their voice．Tho se change s in speech add up to what sound s like a foreign accent．

　　Another re searcher, a phonetician, say s victim s of the syndrome don't acquire a true foreign accent．Their strangely changed speech only re semble s the foreign accent with which it ha s a few sound s in common．

　　When an Engli sh woman named Annie recently developed foreign accent syndrome after a stroke, she spoke with what seemed to be a Scotti sh accent．However, Annie' s Scotti sh coworker s said she didn't sound at all like a Scot．

(1)

According to the pa s sage, people ________ may have foreign accent syndrome．
[　　]
A．	who se parent ha s experienced a head injury
B．	who have lived in a foreign country for a long time
C．	who have lo st their con sciou sne s s owing to a stroke
D．	who have learned foreign language from their coworker s

(2)

If a per son suffer s foreign accent syndrome, ________．
[　　]
A．	hi s coworker s will be afraid of him and avoid contacting with him
B．	he ha s more chance of suffering stroke again
C．	he will speak a fluent foreign language like native speaker s
D．	hi s speech only ha s a few sound s in common with the foreign accent

(3)

Writing thi s pa s sage, the writer' s main purpo se i s to ________．
[　　]
A．	introduce foreign accent syndrome and some related information
B．	warn people not to be at the ri sk of experiencing a stroke
C．	make it clear that foreign accent syndrome can be cured
D．	tell a story of an injured woman during the Second World War

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If the world were a village of 1,000 people it would include:

?? 584 Asians

?? 124 Africans

?? 95 Eastern and Western Europeans

?? 84 Latin Americans

?? 55 former Soviets （including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups）

?? 52 North Americans

?? 6 Australians and New Zealanders

The people of the village would speak:

?? 165 Mandarin

?? 86 English

?? 83 Hindu/Urdu

?? 64 Spanish

?? 58 Russian

?? 37 Arabic

The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village．

One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65．Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modem equipments．

This year 28 babies will be born．Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from can??cer．Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year．With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1,018．

In this village of 1,000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 re??ceive only 2 percent of the income．

About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water．

Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write．

The village has a total yearly budget, public and private, of over $3 million—$ 3 ,000 per person if it is distributed evenly．Of the total $3 million:

$ 181,000 goes to weapons and warfare

$ 159,000 to education

$ 132,000 to health care

These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people．The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together．

Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

A．Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village．

B．About 8．25 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village．

C．About 16．5 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village．

D．Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village．

Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

A．Poverty． B．Education． C．Environment． D．Marriage．

The underlined part “have access to” （in Para. 4） means_____．

A．use B．buy C．produce D．try

The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____．

A．a peaceful world B．good education

C．better health care D．a life without anxiety

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It is said that the weather will _______hot for another three or four days.

A.
look
B.
last
C.
stay
D.
get

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D)中，选出可以填入空白处

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相应位置，再转涂到答题卡上。

Today’ s English learner has a wide choice of dictionaries. There are ______36 with AmericanEnglish, with British English, with idioms or slang, and 37 with pictures. One of the most 38______dictionaries I have seen among many students is the 39______ electronic dictionary. All you have to do is to ______40 a word in your language and you can see it and 41______ it in English. That* s great, right? Well, I think it* s great, too…but only sometimes.

Bilingual electronic dictiooaries are fast and ______42 . They can be great 43 you are traveling and need information quickly. 44______ I am against electronic dictionaries and even bilingual 45______dictionaries in many cases. Let me explain.

When you reach an intermediate(中等的）level of English, you know 46 ______of the language to ask the meaning of certain things while using English. Translating between languages in your head ______47 time. You should be translating as little as possible and 48 ______in English as much as possible. I strongly recommend that intermediate and advanced students should 49 ______an English-English dictionary that is made ______50 for your understanding. For example，Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press has good dictionaries for students and 51______ publishing houses do, too.

I also feel that paper dictionaries are better for studying than electronic dictionaries. True, they take longer to use. But, for some reason, the information you______ 52 seems to stay in your head longer. It may be______ 53 you are forced to spell the word in your head and therefore "see it" more clearly in your ______54 .

So what do you do if you have checked an English - English dictionary and still don ’ t understand something? Go to your bilingual dictionary. It is useful sometimes. Just remember to

try to ___55 in English a s much as possible.

A. dictionaries B. books C. magazines D. papers

A. still B. even C. yet D. just

A. interesting B. useful C. expensive D. popular

A. saying B. talking C. speaking D. telling

A. take down B. get across C. type in D. say out

A. observe B. feel C. hear D. say

A. difficult B. vital C. helpful D. easy

A. when B. as C. after D. before

A. So B. And C. But D. While

A. plastic B. paper C. electric D. visual

A. enough B. little C. most D. few

A. spends B. costs C. takes D. invests

A. writing B. typing C. thinking D. reflecting

A. borrow B. buy C. keep D. Use

A. especially B. specially C. generally D. extremely

A. another B. other C. the other D. others

A. refer to B. check in C. look up D. put in

A. why B. because C. when D. where

A. mind B. ears C. eyes D. heart

. A. speak B. stay C. save D. remember

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Scientists in the United States say plant life has increased on Earth in the past twenty years and that in every area of plant growth the increase is the result of weather conditions.

Eight scientists from across the United States did the study. The space agency NASA and the Department of Energy paid for it. The findings were published in the magazine Science.

The researchers spent one and a half years examining weather satellite information. The information was recorded from 1982 to 1999. That period was one of the warmest on record. Researchers found that rainfall generally increased during that time.

The satellites measured the number of leaves on plants and the amount of sunlight taken in. The scientists used that information to estimate what is called net primary production. This is total amount of carbon stored in land plants.

The scientists report a 6% increase in stored carbon since 1982. They say gains were high in equatorial areas, especially around the Amazon River in South America. The area alone had a 1% increase in the net primary production.

Ramakrishna Nemani of the University of Montana in Missoula headed the study. He says reduced cloud cover led to growth in Amazon area. He also says the lack of clouds allowed more sunlight to get through. More sunlight meant increases in photosynthesis(光合作用). That is the process by which plants use energy from sunlight to produce the chemicals they need to grow.

Northern Canada, the north-central United States and northern Europe were second in increased plant growth. Ramakrishna Nemani says a rise in temperature helped plants there.

All together, the report says 25% of areas of plant life on Earth experienced increases. But the scientists also note increase in the number of people on Earth and carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Ranga Myneni of Boston University in Massachusetts, another study scientist says humans use about half the net primary production on Earth. And he notes that the world population grew by 36% during the period of time studied.

Which of the following is in charge of the study?

A. The space agency NASA of the US.

B. The Department of Energy of the US.

C. Ramakrishna Nemani in Missoula.

D. Ranga Myneni in Massachusetts.

What’s the main cause of the plant growth put forward by the study?

A. Growth in population.

B. Regional features.

C. Seasonal variation.

D. Weather conditions

Why do scientists believe that reduced cloud cover has led to the plant growth in the Amazon area?

A. Because plants could take in more sunlight.

B. Because plants could get more rainfall.

C. Because plants could enjoy cooler air.

D. Because plants suffer less from natural disasters.

Which of the following descriptions about the years from 1982 to 1999 is TRUE?

A. It was the warmest on record.

B. Rainfall decreased little by little.

C. World population grew by 25%.

D. Stored carbon increased by 6%.

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