When coal is burned in a boiler, two kinds of ash by-products are produced: a heavy bottom ash and a fine-as-powder fly ash. About 10 to 15 percent of the coal by-product is bottom ash which is used like sand on streets and highways covered with ice, and also on highways as paving material.
It is the fly ash, however, that is receiving much attention. Once considered a waste, fly ash is now regarded as a natural resource in the United States. It can be placed in some lower places, where it is compacted and covered with soil, for the seeds of various grasses and plants to be placed in the soil to make the land productive.
Fly ash may be added to concrete to build roads and other kinds of buildings, taking the place of the cement up to 20 percent. As a by-product of burned coal, fly ash requires no extra energy to be produced, while cement production requires great amounts of energy.
Besides, the technology is able to take out some useful minerals from the fly ash, which is still a very expensive process today. But the time may come when it is cheaper to take out these products from ash than to mine new supplies.
小題1: The bottom ash can be put on icy streets________.
A．in order to rebuild themB． in order to make them colourful
C．so that people can walk on themD．so that cars can run faster
小題2:The fly ash_______ bottom ash.
A．has the same use asB． is more expensive than
C．has more uses thanD．is much cheaper than
小題3:The fly ash can be used to________.
A．grow various plantsB． take the place of soil
C．cover productive landD．make more productive land
小題4: Which of the following is right?
A．To produce fly ash, some extra coal is to be burned.
B． Fly ash is made while producing cement.
C．It takes less energy to produce fly ash than cement.
D．Fly ash is a costless by-product.
小題5:The word “mine” in the last sentence of the passage means_______.
A．to buy things from other countries
B． to search for useful materials in the mountains
C．to dig deeply into the ground to get useful materials
D．to take out certain materials from other things

小題1:C小題2:C小題3:D小題4:D小題5:C
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B．because they think China’s reality shows can at least give them a chance to date
C．because their parents and peers force them to do so
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B．young people are too busy to take part in dating shows
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D．Ma Nuo rejected the bike offered by the contestant
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D．Some stores open new checkout lanes when the lanes are crowded.
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What’s cool: The largest ski resort in China.
Beijing Huaibei International Ski Resort
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Travelers are also able to take a bird’s eye view of the Great Wall by catching a cable car along 1,200 meters.
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Shennongjia Ski Resort
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There are ski tracks for beginners and more than 20 coaches for tourists. While experiencing the excitement of skiing, people can also admire Shennongjia’s distinctive scenery of countless different odd mountain valleys, unknown beautiful flowers and plants.
What’s cool: Largest winter sports complex for skiers from South and Central China.
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The area’s natural hot springs are another attraction of the resort.
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A．encourage people to learn skiing during holidays
B．a(chǎn)ttract people to ski in these places
C．offer services of booking tickets for skiing
D．provide people with a better understanding of skiing
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B．It has coaches for tourists.
C．It has natural hot springs.
D．It has breathtaking natural scenery.
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Here，under water，everything is blue and green．During the day，there is enough light． When fish swim nearby，you can catch them with your hands．
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Now you can see that skin-diving is both useful and interesting．
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A．Skin-diving is a new sport．
B．Skin-diving is like visiting the moon．
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Both eastern and western cultures see the self as divided into an inner, private self and an outer, public self. But where they differ is in terms of which part is seen as the“real you.” Western culture tends to promote the idea of individuality—a self that is separated from other selves. In contrast, many eastern cultures focus on an inter-independent self that gets its diversity in large part from inter-relationship with others.
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A．Many eastern cultures see the self connected with others.
B．Those born in the 1980s are generally most self-centered than others.
C．The concept that eac person has a self may seem strange to eastern cultures
D．Western cultures regard the self as an outer, public self while eastern cultures don’t.
小題2: What does the 2nd paragraph mainly talk about?
A．How eastern and western cultures see the self.
B．Eastern cultures contrast sharply with western cultures
C．Both eastern and western cultures appreciate the importance of self
D．Eastern cultures are as important as western cultures
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A．explain the importance of “face”
B．say how traditional the Japanese are
C．emphasize the importance of eastern cultures
D．show how eastern cultures see the self in relation to others
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The Human Science and Advanced Technology Institute at Loughborough in the UK is part of an international research program. The team there believes that by 2020 all cars will be computerized, which will mean extremely large fuel savings, no accidents and better use of roads. The super-intelligent car of the 21st century will drive itself and it will not be owned by on individual. Instead, we will have a choice of cars and change them as frequently as we change our clothing.
According to Dr. David Davis, who leads the research team, these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture ,which had blocked up our cities, polluted our air and caused more deaths than both world wars put together.
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By 2010 Dr. David Davis believes car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road whatever the weather conditions by projecting an image of the road ahead onto the car’s windscreen. And by 2020 cars will travel in convoy linked to each other electronically. Cars will be connected by an electronic tow(牽引) bar to the car in front to form “road-trains”. “The front vehicle in such a train burns the ordinary fuel” says Davis. “But all the others in the train would burn about ten percent of the normal amount and so produce about ten percent of the pollution.
小題1:We know from the passage that governments and car manufactures ________.
A．don’t believe the prediction that no one will own cars by 2020.
B．a(chǎn)re devoted to the technological innovation (創(chuàng)新) in car industry.
C．consider the predictions made by the researchers seriously.
D．have put the super-intelligent car into mass production.
小題2:Which of the following will NOT be the characteristics of the cars of 2020 ?
A．There will be no brake and accelerator in cars.
B．We will own as many cars as we want .
C．All cars will be driven by computers.
D．Car accident will no longer happen.
小題3:The expression closest in meaning to the underlined phrase “ in convoy”(Para 5) is ______.
A．in lineB．sidelongC．side by sideD．next to one another
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A．Motorists will get a clear view of the road.
B．The weather conditions won’t have effect on motorists.
C．There will be a decrease in the pollution caused by car .
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Washington, April 4----- The United States has more than 90 million families for the first time, but each contains fewer people on average than ever, the Census Bureau(統(tǒng)計局) reported today.
The 90,031,000 families in the United States averaged 2.64 members each as of last July 1.“The reason is, in effect, changes in the age structure,” explained Campbell Gibson, a population researcher for the bureau. Most Americans born in the great explosion of births are now in their 20’s and 30’s when they most likely to set up families, he said.
The fact that many are doing so increased the number of families from 80.4 million in 1980 t0 88.8 million in 1986 and past the 90 million mark last summer.
At the same time, the average number of people per family dropped from 2.75 in 1985 to 2.65 in 1986 and then to 2.64, Mr Gibson said.
By comparison, the 1970 Census found the average family contained 3.14 people. Families averaged more than four people in 1939 and more than five in 1880.
The growing number of ever---- smaller families is still going on, but Mr Gibson pointed out that family growth was not the same as population increase in the 1970’s.
The same age factors that are increasing the number of families also happened then, but in the 1970’s the proportion(比例) of families in each age group was also growing.
That hasn’t continued in the 1980’s for a number of possible reasons, Mr Gibson said. For example, in the 1980’s more young people have chosen to remain home with their parents instead of setting up housekeeping on their own, as many did in the 1970’s.
This could be caused by the increasing cost of housing, he said. Delays in marriage while young people go to work and school, have also been widely reported as a factor, but it was not the only factor for the family changes.
小題1:The smaller figure of families reported here is _________.
A．1980B．80,400,000C．2.64D．90 million
小題2:What’s the reporter’s attitude towards the present situation?
A. People should get married at later age.
  1. The average number of family members should be 2.64.
  2. It’s not clear in the report.
  3. Young people should set up housekeeping on their own, as many did in the 1970’s.
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A. delay in marriage will not help the number of the families
  1. delay in marriage is the major factor of the family changes
  2. the writer felt sorry that many young people now delay their marriages
  3. there must be some other factors which have led to the slower growth in the 1980’s
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On a popular teacher’s website, there is a classroom activity to help make children aware of the implications of the different generations of the same family living far from each other. It’s a story about Mrs. Eiderdown, an elderly lady whose grandchildren have moved to Australia with their parents. She lives alone and rarely sees her family .
First of all, the children speculate about Mrs. Eiderdown’s life.  What does she have for breakfast ? what does she do all day ?how does she feel about her life ?
One day, Mrs. Eiderdown decides that she wants a pet to keep her company and puts an advertisement in a local shop window. Then she waits at home to see if anyone will answer her advertisement .
A tall thin man rings her doorbell. he is holding a cardboard box. Mrs. Eiderdown chats with the man for ten minutes before she realizes that she hasn’t looked in-side the box to see what the pet is. She can hear a his-sing sound. The children guess what is in the box(a snake). Mrs. Eiderdown thanks the man but says she doesn’t think the snake is a good idea .
The next time the doorbell rings, there’s a lady on the doorstep, also carrying a cardboard box.In the bottom of the box, Mrs. Eiderdown sees something black and hairy with eight legs. Again ,the children say what they  think it is (a spider). Mrs. Eiderdown thanks the lady for her kindness but says that a spider is not the sort of pet she has in mind.
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A．children get to know about the trouble of the elderly
B．neighbors help select pets for Mrs. Eiderdown
C．society helps the lonely people in the UK
D．school send pets to the lonely elderly
小題2:what does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean ?
A．they talk about how she feels about being old
B．they try to experience her loneliness
C．they try to imagine how she lives
D．they write about her life story
小題3:what can we infer from the passage ?
A．the little girl often visits her own granny
B．the people who offer pets are lady’s neighbors
C．the farther the elderly live ,the lonelier they feel
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