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As we all know, millions of people worldwide cook their food over smoky fire every day. It is often difficult to find wood for the fire. People who do not have wood must spend large amounts of money on cooking fuel. However, there is a much easier way to cook food using energy from the sun.
Solar cooker, or ovens, have been used for centuries. A Swiss scientist made the first solar oven in seventeen sixty-seven. Today, people are using solar cookers in many countries around the world. People use solar ovens to cook food and to heat drinking water to kill bacteria and other harmful organisms.
There are three kinds of solar ovens. The first is a box cooker, It is designed with a special wall that shines or reflects sunlight into the box .Heat gets trapped under a piece of glass or plastic covering the top of the cooker. A box oven is effective for slow cooking of large amounts of food.
The second kind of solar oven is a panel cooker. It includes several flat walls or panels that directly reflect the sun’s light onto the food. The food is inside a separate container of plastic or glass that traps heat energy. People can build panel cookers quickly and with very few supplies. They do not cost much. In Kenya ,for example ,panel cookers are being manufactured for just two dollars.
The third kind of solar oven is a parabolic cooker. It has rounded walls that aim sunlight directly into the bottom of the oven .Food cooks quickly in parabolic ovens .However, these cookers are hard to make. They must be re-aimed often to follow the sun .Parabolic cookers can also cause burns and eye injuries if they are not used correctly.
You can make solar ovens from boxes or heavy paper. They will not catch fire. Paper burns at two hundred thirty-two degrees Celsius. A solar cooker never gets that hot. Solar ovens cook food at low temperatures over long periods of time. This permits people to leave food to cook while they do other things.
If you have much food to cook , you’d better choose________ .

A.a box cooker B.a panel cooker
C.a parabolic cooker D.a paper cooker

According to the passage we can conclude that ______.

A.panel cooker is easy to make
B.box cooker is easy to make
C.box cooker is the most effective oven
D.panel cooker is the cheapest oven of the three

What is the main purpose of the author in writing the passage?

A.To advertise the solar ovens.
B.To help readers to save cost on fuel.
C.To tell the readers how to make solar ovens.
D.To give the readers brief introduction of solar ovens.
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Many people like drinking energy drinks because of the following EXCEPT that ________.

A.they have beautiful colors and cool names
B.they have lots of caffeine
C.they can keep them awake and better at sports
D.they are said to be helpful to health

The main reason for people not to drink too much energy drinks is that they may cause _____.

A.heart problems B.nervousness
C.sleeping difficulty D.possible health dangers

The underlined word "discouraged" can be replaced(替换) with "________".

A.encouraged B.stopped C.helped D.disliked

From the passage we can know that _________.

A.advertisements are important in getting people to buy energy drinks
B.energy drinks are helpful to teenagers' study
C.sports players need to drink a lot of energy drinks
D.energy drinks are especially aimed at teenagers

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Ticket Prices for Shanghai Expo
Time
Types
Pre-sale(预售)Ⅰ
Mar. 27,2009
~Jun. 30,2009
Pre-sale Ⅱ
Jul. 1,2009
~Dec. 31,2009
Pre-sale Ⅲ
Jan. 1,2010
~Apr. 30,2010
Expo Session(期间)May. 1,2010
~Oct. 31,2010
Peak Day Ticket
(指定日门票)
¥170
¥180
¥190
¥200
Standard Day Ticket
(平日门票)
¥130
¥140
¥150
¥160
3-Day Ticket
N/A(无)
¥400
7-Day Ticket
¥900
Evening Ticket
N/A
¥90

41.If Joe wanted to buy the cheapest ticket for Peak Day,he could book(预定)one during

A.Pre - sale Ⅰ B.Pre – sale Ⅱ
C.Pre – sale Ⅲ D.Expo Session

On March 1,2010,Sue bought two Standard Day tickets for her parents.
She paid for them.

A.¥380 B.¥300 C.¥260 D.¥180

It cost Thomas ¥160 to get a ticket for Standard Day.He probably bought it on

A.April 23,2009 B.August l,2009
C.February 2,2010 D.May 20,2010

Kathy spent 900 yuan on a ticket for Shanghai Expo.Her visit can last days.

A.one B.three C.seven D.ten

Visitors to Shanghai Expo could buy tickets only after May 1,2010.

A.morning B.afternoon
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The best title for the article is _______.

A.When the Computer Is Down
B.The Most Frightening Words
C.The Computer of the Airport
D.A different travel

What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?

A.She could sell a ticket.
B.She could write out a ticket.
C.She could answer the passengers’ questions.
D.She could do nothing.

Why do you think they had not a backup computer?

A.Because it was easy down
B.Because it was not relied on .
C.Because it was not useful.
D.Because it was very expensive.

The last paragraph suggests that _______.

A.a modern computer won’t be down.
B.computers can take the place of humans
C.sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people
D.there will be great changes in computers

What kind of feeling did passengers have when the computer was down?

A.upset B.determined
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Which course would be helpful for students who want to take the IELTS exam?

A.Course 1. B.Course 2.
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How much will you pay if you spend two weeks taking the High School ESL course?

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What can we learn from One on One according to the passage?

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As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
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C.was very warm-hearted and fond of children
D.wanted people to know how rich he was

Many people wrote to Johnson to find out ___________.

A.what kind of whisky he had
B.how to live longer
C.how to become wealthy
D.what to inject in his neck

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C.was eager to live a long life
D.should have found out what Johnson really meant

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