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Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years,scientists said “no” or “we don't know”. But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers (天文學(xué)家) . They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact these beings (人;生物) .
Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. “This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life ,” say Shostak and Barnett. The second reason is size—the universe is huge. “Tools like the Hubble Telescope (哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies ,” says Shostak. “And our galaxy,the Milky Way,has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth."
In the past,it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now,powerful telescopes (高倍望遠(yuǎn)鏡) allow scientists to discover smaller planets —the size of Mars or Earth一in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.
Have beings from space already visited Earth? “Probably not ,” says Shostak. “It's a long way away. However,intelligent beings may contact us in other way,such as radio signals (信號) .In fact,they rxlay be trying to communicate with us now,but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. However,this is changing. By 2025,we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other.”
() 6. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are .
A. astronomers B. farmers C. singers D. drivers
() 7. What is the best title for Paragraph 2 ?
A. The Age and Size of Earth
B. Our Galaxy: The Milky Way
C. Why Intelligent Life Might Exist
D. Earth: The Only Planet with Intelligent Life
() 8. Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past?
A. There were not any smaller planets.
B. There were not any powerful telescopes.
C. The astronomers were not interested in them.
D. The Milky Way didn^ exist at that time.
() 9. Why haven’t beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak?
A. Because they’re afraid of us.
B. Because it's a long way away.
C. Because they don't want to see us.
D. Because they don't know how to use radio signals.
() 10. What does the underlined phrase “l(fā)ife forms” in the last paragraph mean?
A. messages B. tools
C. intelligent beings D. radio signals
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Ⅲ.閱讀理解
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There was once a man called Mr. Flowers,and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color,with long and difficult names,for competitions. He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup (銀杯) for the Rose of the Year.
Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引誘) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.
But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass,but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster;but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden;but the boys could run faster than he could,and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden,so that the boys would have nothing to throw;but they soon found others.
At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice (布告) made of good,strong wood,some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this,Mr. Flowers had no further trouble;the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.
() 1. It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to .
A. build glass-houses in his free time
B. grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup
C. win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color
D. grow a rose with the longest name
() 2. Boys were often tempted to .
A. throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-house
B. throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school
C. be in or near by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses
D. play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses
() 3. Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses .
A. at times when school-boys were walking near them
B. all the school day when there were no boys about
C. where he could not be seen by the boys passing
D. in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day
() 4. Mr. Flowers had tried to to protect his glass.
A. be on watch in his free time B. ask the headmaster for help
C. pick up all the stones around his garden D. do all the above
() 5. Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to .
A. write some words on the glass
B. put up a large notice to cover his glass-houses
C. give the boys something else to throw stones at
D. send for policemen
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English people think that the home is a place to protect themselves from the outside world,not one for others to ^see and enjoy. For them,their house is a personal place in which they go to hide away from the troubles of life.
To the Americans,their home is an expression of themselves,a place to show others what kind of people they are. So they would very much like to have viwsitors in their house and see it.
Americans also want their home to be a place where they can have fun and share their lives with their friends. They often have a large entertainment area in their house so that they can watch sports on TV. They also have an outside area for barbecues (烤肉) .
English people,on the other hand,usually spend much more time chatting with friendvS at public places like parks or pubs. Few people would be invited to an Englishman's home. You could work with a person or live next door to someone for years,but you could never see the inside of his home.
If you are invited,that is great. It?s a good idea to bring something to drink or eat,such as a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates. You can do the same thing in an American home,too.
Another rule in both countries is not to show your opinion about their country or its customs. Most people are proud of their country and their way of doing things. So it is best just to listen and smile politely.
1題判斷正(T) 誤(F) ;2題完成句子;3、4題簡略回答問題;5題將文中畫線句子譯為漢語。
1. If you’re invited in England,you’d better bring an expensive gift.()
2. It takes English people much more time with friends at public places.
3. What do english people think of their home?
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4. What should you do best when someone in America show their own opinion about their customs?
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5. .
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Ⅱ.完形填空
It's very common to meet different people in public places.
When I was 12 years old,I got a small job in a 1 . On my first day at work,I didn't come home for lunch. When I came home at night,Mum asked, “How did you 2 your lunch,dear?” I answered , ”I made some new friends in the supermarket,twin brothers,their mom and dad. They were my customers. They invited me 3 lunch."
Mum was happy that I had made new friendvS but she wanted to know what kinds of 4 they might be.
Several days later,I asked my friends to come to the supermarket where I worked 5 let Mum meet them. Mum was very 6 to find out that the twin brothers were joined at the chest (胸部) . She felt very strange because I didn't tell her about that before.
When Mum asked me about this,I said, 4<I know that too. But do you know that their mom has to make all clothes because it's 7 difficult to find anything to fit them? They’re also good 8 . That day,Joe,the one on the right,made me noodles for lunch."
When Mum saw the twins,she must have thought how strange they 9 . But to me,what I cared about was that they had difficulty 10 clothes and they were good cooks.
() 1. A. supermarket B. post office C. factory D. bank
() 2. A. find B. make C. manage D. eat
() 3. A. at B. for C. after D. before
() 4. A. men B. women C. boys D. people
() 5. A. and B. but C. or D. so
() 6. A. surprised B. excited C. interested D. disappointed
() 7. A. so B. very C. too D. really
() 8. A. friends B. singers C. workers D. cooks
() 9. A. smelled B. looked C. felt D. sounded
() 10. A. selling B. making C. wearing D. buying
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() 14. Mother asked Jim to MP3 while riding on the road,it's dangerous.
A. not to listen B. to not listen C. not listen to D. not listen
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