阅读下面这篇短文,短文后有2项测试任务:(1)23~26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2~5段第段选择1个正确的小标题;(2)第27~30题要求所给的6个选项中选择4个正确的选项,分别完成每个句子。 Earthquake 1 Every year earthquakes are responsible for a large number of deaths and a vast amount of destruction in various parts of the world. Most of these damaging earthquakes occur either in a narrow belt which surrounds the Pacific Ocean or in a line which extends from Burma to the Alps in Europe. Some of the destruction is directly caused by the quake itself. An example of this is the collapse of buildings as a result of the quake itself. Other damage results from landslides or major fires which are initiated by the quake. 2 There are about a million quakes a year. Fortunately, however, not all of them are destructive. The intensity of an earthquake is measured on the Richter Scale, which goes from 0 upward. The highest scale recorded to date is 8.9. Major damage generally occurs from quakes ranging upwards from 6.0. 3 The actual cause of the quake itself is the breaking of rocks at or below the earth’s surface. This is produced by pressure which scientists believe may be due to a number of reasons, two of which are the expansion and contraction of the earth’s crust and continental drift. 4 In order to limit the damage and to prevent some of the suffering resulting from earthquakes, scientists are working on ways to enable accurate prediction. Special instruments are used to help people record, for example, shaking of the earth. Scientists are trying to find methods that will enable them to indicate the exact time, location and size of an earthquake. 5 Certain phenomena have been observed which are believed to be the signs of imminent earthquakes. These include strange behaviours of some animals, the changes in the content of mineral water, etc. The magnetic properties of rocks may also display special pattern before major earthquakes happen. Scientists have been working hard to warn people ______ .
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阅读下面这篇短文,短文后列出了7个句子,请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息,请选择A项;如果该句提供的是错误信息,请选择B项;如果该句信息文章中没有提及,请选择C项。 Easy Learning Students should be jealous. Not only do babies get to doze their days away, but they’ve also mastered the fine art of learning in their sleep. By the time babies are a year old they can recognise a lot of sounds and even simple words. Marie Cheour at the University of Turku in Finland suspected that they might progress this fast because they learn language while they sleep as well as when they are awake. To test the theory, Cheour and her colleagues studied 45 newborn babies in the first few days of their lives. They exposed all the infants to an hour of Finnish vowel sounds — one that sounds like "oo", another like "ee" and a third boundary vowel peculiar to Finnish and similar languages that sounds like something in between. EEG recordings of the infants brains before and after the session showed that the newborns could not distinguish the sounds. Fifteen of the babies then went back with their mothers, while the rest were split into two sleep-study groups. One group was exposed throughout their night-time sleeping hours to the same three vowels, while the others listened to other, easier-to-distinguish vowel sounds. When tested in the morning, and again in the evening, the babies who’d heard the tricky boundary vowel all night showed brainwave activity indicating that they could now recognise this new sound. They could identify the sound even when its pitch was changed, while none of the other babies could pick up the boundary vowel at all. Cheour doesn’t know how babies accomplish this night-time learning, but she suspects that the special ability might indicate that unlike adults, babies don’t "turn off" their cerebral cortex while they sleep. The skill probably fades in the course of the first year of life, she adds — so forget the idea that you can pick up tricky French vowels as an adult just by slipping a language tape under your pillow. But while it may not help grown-ups, Cheour is hoping to use the sleeping hours to give remedial help to babies who are genetically at risk of language disorders. The three vowels mentioned in this article are all Finnish sounds.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
So what is depression Depression is often more about anger turned (1) than it is about sadness. But it’s usually (2) as sadness. Depression can (3) at all ages, from childhood to old age, and it’s the United States’ No. 1 (4) problem.When someone is depressed, her behavior (5) change and she loses interest in activities she (6) enjoyed (like sports, music, friendships). The sadness usually lasts every day for most of the day and for two weeks or more.What (7) depression A (8) event can certainly bring (9) depression, but some will say it happens (10) a specific cause. So how do you know if you’re just having a bad day (11) are really depressed Depression affects your (12) , moods, behavior and even your physical health. These changes often go (13) or are labeled (14) simply a bad case of the blues.Someone who’s truly (15) depression will have (16) periods of crying spells, feelings of (17) (like not being able to change your situation) and (18) (tike you’ll feel this way forever), irritation or agitation. A depressed person often (19) from others, Depression seldom goes away by itself, and the greatest (20) of depression is suicide. The risk of suicide increases if the depression isn’t treated. 5()
A. patterns
B. links
C. intuition
D. conscientiousness
阅读下面的短文,文中有15处空白,每处空白给出了4个选项,请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 An Early Form of Jazz Music Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. At the turn of the last century, (51) jazz was born, America had no prominent. (52) of its own. No one knows exactly when it was invented or by whom. But it began to be (53) in the early 1890s. Jazz is America’s contribution to (54) music. In contrast to classical music, which (55) formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free in form. It bubbles with energy, (56) the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz (57) like America. And so it does today. The (58) of the music are as interesting as the music itself. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz pioneers. They were brought to the Southern states (59) slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long hours. When a Negro died his friends and relatives (60) a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the (61) . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. (62) on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their number, but the living were glad to be (63) . The band played (64) music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes (65) at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.
A. composed
B. formed
C. hosted
D. demonstrated
So what is depression Depression is often more about anger turned (1) than it is about sadness. But it’s usually (2) as sadness. Depression can (3) at all ages, from childhood to old age, and it’s the United States’ No. 1 (4) problem.When someone is depressed, her behavior (5) change and she loses interest in activities she (6) enjoyed (like sports, music, friendships). The sadness usually lasts every day for most of the day and for two weeks or more.What (7) depression A (8) event can certainly bring (9) depression, but some will say it happens (10) a specific cause. So how do you know if you’re just having a bad day (11) are really depressed Depression affects your (12) , moods, behavior and even your physical health. These changes often go (13) or are labeled (14) simply a bad case of the blues.Someone who’s truly (15) depression will have (16) periods of crying spells, feelings of (17) (like not being able to change your situation) and (18) (tike you’ll feel this way forever), irritation or agitation. A depressed person often (19) from others, Depression seldom goes away by itself, and the greatest (20) of depression is suicide. The risk of suicide increases if the depression isn’t treated. 18()
A. vibration
B. vicinity
C. reservation
D. hopelessness