Things similar continuously happened in Haiti and Chile．Thousands of people were
buried in the earthquake and lost their fives．What if we could have warned them? People are always trying hard to find a way of pr
eventing building collapsing(坍塌)．Better materials and technology help，but are not a solution．Just like humans，a building has its own life circle from “birth” to “death”．If we know when a building is going to collapse，we can repair it in advance or get out before it falls．
Now, scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a material that turns red before it breaks．The invention could be used in things like climbing ropes，or bridge supports．The secret behind the color-changing material is a type of molecule(分子)．A molecule is a group of atoms held together by chemical bonds(化学键)．Imagine you and your friends standing in a circle，holding hands．Each person stands for one atom，your hands represent the bonds，and the entire circle represents a molecule．If one person lets go of his or her hands，the molecule changes color．The research team put the molecule into a soft material．When the researchers stretched(拉长) the material：it turned bright red a few seconds before it broke into two pieces．
When they repeatedly stretched and relaxed the material，without breaking it，it only turned a little red．
The major problem is，light can get rid of the red color．When the team shone a bright light on the molecule，the broken bond was fixed，and the color disappeared．If bright fight keeps the red color from appearing，the material’s warning system will be useless．Scientists still have a lot of work to do before the color-changing molecule can be used outside the lab． The passage mainly about
| A．a way of preventing building from breaking down |
| B．a series of earthquakes in Haiti and Chile |
| C．a way of warning before buildings collapse |
| D．a newly-discovered structure of a molecule |
According to the passage，we can conclude that
| A．there are problems to solve before putting the new material to use |
| B．scientists have found the life circle of buildings from “birth” to “death” |
| C．bright fight makes the red color visible to human eyes |
| D．the new material is unlikely to be used in building bridges |
The color-changing molecule can
| A．make building materials much stronger |
| B．help building materials get stretched if necessary |
| C．prevent the earthquake from killing people |
| D．remind people to leave buildings before they fall |
The warning system is based on the fact that
| A．red color won’t show up when it meets bright fight |
| B．a material with a certain type of molecule Can turn red when stretched etched |
| C．a building has its own life circle of “birth” to “death” |
| D．the broken bond will fix itself when a molecule meets bright fight |
A senior United Nations Children's fund （UNICEF） official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children's welfare（福利）.
A.H.M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for China and Mongolia said, “China can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help its children to grow healthily and happily.”
China's child population makes up one fifth of the world's total.
“The reason behind the remarkable achievement is China's long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society," he said.
“What's more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need."
The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children's Welfare Home at the Shangri la Hotel, Beijing.
The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks（小吃）, sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a “Share the Sunshine" party, as a prelude（前奏） to celebrations to mark the Children’s Day.
The Beijing children's Welfare Home, set up soon after New China was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children.
A leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency spends 400－500 yuan a month for an average orphan. An average Chinese worker earned 440 yuan a month during the first quarter this year. k+s-5#u
Gu Xiaojin, deputy secretary general of the China Youth Development Foundation （CYDF）, said people from all walks of like have contributed to the welfare of the Chinese children.
She said that CYDF set up the Project Hope in 1989, which walls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue their schooling.
By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuan in donations, which has helped the establishment（建立） of 2,074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1.25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms.According to the passage, how can children grow healthily and happily?
| A．They are offered best education and satisfying life. |
| B．They must have their own parents who are rich. |
| C．Both the society and their parents care for them. |
| D．They are allowed to take part in many activities like computer games as often as possible. |
From the passage, we know the Beijing Children's Welfare Home spends at least _____ yuan on the orphans every year.
| A．1,920,000 | B．700,000 | C．874,000 | D．900,000 |
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
| A．China's population makes up one fifth of the world's total. |
| B．The CYDE has used the money to help reduce dropouts. |
| C．The Beijing children's Welfare Home was founded in 1989. |
| D．An average Chinese worker earned 440 yuan during the first quarter this year. |
China can get the remarkable achievements in children’s welfare because _______.
| A．There are many children’s welfare homes. k+s-5#u |
| B．The Hope Project has been very successful. |
| C．The Chinese governments have been working harder than before. |
| D．China has a long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society. |
A long road leads through the woods to Don Robinson’s unfinished house. Wearing dirty sneakers and a shirt with holes, Don Robinson is an 81-year-old Missouri businessman. Although he’s rich, he didn’t use his money to buy himself a grand home. Instead, he used it to buy wild land.
Robinson has decided to donate 843 acres of his own personal wilderness to the Department of Natural Resources after his death, which can then be used to create a new state park. His generous donation is the same size as New York City’s Central Park. It is said that it’s the largest land donation to happen in the last 25 years.
How did he come up with this idea? For Robinson, the idea of donation came from his respect for the land and the environment. He doesn’t have children to pass it onto. He hoped that someone would make full use of it, or the land would probably turn into wasteland. A green park filled with trees can at least help deal with global warming, in addition to producing fresh air.
Robinson has lived here in a small wooden house since 1964．One room holds his bed, a few chairs and a desk. He said he didn’t care how much his donation was worth. Tom Pounders who used to work for Robinson said, "He doesn’t think material objects are important.” He also recalled that Robinson once repaired a broken tennis shoe with a spare tire.
Robinson has just one request for the new park that will be established after his death. He’d like it to be named the Don Robinson State Park. "There’s a lot of Robinsons, but only one me. It would be nice if people remembered to use my full name when walking through the park," he said.In paragraph 2, the underlined word “wilderness” refers to _______.
| A．wild animals | B．wild land | C．wild plants | D．wild wounds |
Don Robinson has decided to donate _____ to the Department of Natural Resources after his death.
| A．a green park | B．a big wooden house |
| C．843 acres of land | D．all his money |
According to the passage, which of the following statements about is TRUE?
| A．Don Robinson paid much attention to how much his donation was worth. |
| B．New York City’s Central Park was built with Don Robinson’s help. |
| C．Don Robinson had many children and lived with them. |
| D．The idea of donation came from Robinson’s respect for the land and the environment. |
Which of the following words can be used to describe Don Robinson?
| A．rich, generous and simple | B．rich, mean and lonely k+s-5#u |
| C．simple, lonely and cruel | D．rich, simple and mean |
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D. To introduce college life.
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When you want to see if a library has the book you want, you can use the catalogue(目录) in the Library. Most catalogues of books in a library take the form of small cards kept in boxes. One way of arranging (排列) the cards is in ABC order by the family names of the writers.
Catalogue cards usually give the following important information: (1 )the name of the writer, (2)the shelf-n k(架号) ,that is ,the Dewev number which helps people to find where the books are, (3) the title of the book, (4)the year of publication and the publisher, and (5)the number of pages in the book.
1．if you know the title of a book and want to find out if it is in the catalogue, what else do you need to know?
A. The shelf-mark. B. The name of the writer.
C. The Dewey number. D. The year of publication.
2. Which of the following is the kind of catalogue card described in the text?
A. 428.65 Brooks,J.and Grundy,P.Writing for Study PurposesCambridge University I ‘ns~(1954) 78pp
B. 783.25 The best bookfor writing practicePractical Writing (1965) 213pp
C.315.08 Reading Skills Beijing University Press (1990) 160pp
D.921 .87 Smith, J Practical ReachingThe People’s Publishing House (1989)
JINTAN,JTANGSU:The 20 students 18 boys and 2 girls — had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves. They had just climbed their way to the top rung(阶梯) out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest (竞赛)Tuesday evening.
The 20 gold medal winners are all primary and middle school students under the age of 14.
‘Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable! ‘said a teacher from Guangdong province.
Named after China’ s most famous mathematician, Hua Luogeng, the contest started in 1986, one year after his death. In less than 10 years, it has been recognized by the State Education Commission (国家)as the country’s biggest and best contest of its kind.
1. This news story is mainly about .
A. when the contest started
B. how the contest got its name
C. the 20 pupils who have won gold medals in the contest
D. the 5th National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest
2. This news story most probably appeared in a news paper in .
A.1995 B. 1987 C. 1986 D. 1997
3 Ii can be inferred from the text that the teacher from Guangdong province .
A. felt proud of the gold medal winners
B. wondered if the students were honest
C. thought that the problems were too difficult for the students
D. believed that the twenty winners could go to study at university
4 The underlined phrase ‘figure out’ in the text means .
A .guess B. add up C. work out D. study