填空题阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务；(1)第23～26题要求．从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个正确的小标题；(2)第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。 {{B}}Icy Microbes{{/B}} 1 In ice that has sealed a salty Antarctic lake for more than 2,800 years, scientists have found frozen bacteria and algae that returned to life after thawing. The research may help in the search for life on Mars, which is thought to have subsurface lakes of ice. 2 A research team led by Peter Doran of the University Of Illinois at Chicago drilled through more than 39 feet of ice to collect samples of bacteria and algae. When Doran's team brought them back and warmed them up a bit, they sprang back to life. 3 Doran said the microbes have been age-dated at 2,800 years old, but even older microbes may live deeper in the ice sheet sealing the lake, and in the briny water below the ice. That deeper ice and the water itself will be cautiously sampled in a later expedition that will test techniques that may one day be used on Mars. 4 Called Lake Vida, the 4.5-square-kilometer body is one of a series of lakes located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, some 2,200 kilometers due south of New Zealand. This lake has been known since the 1950s, but people ignored it because they thought it was just a big block of ice. While at the site for other research in the 1990s, Doran and his colleagues sent radar signals into the clear ice covering the lake and were surprised to find that 62 feet below there was a pool of liquid water that was about seven times more salty than seawater. 5 That prompted the researchers to return in 1996 with equipment to drill a hole down to within a few feet of the water layer. At the bottom of this hole, researchers harvested specimens of . algae and bacteria. 6 The researchers will return in 2004 equipped with instruments that are sterilized. They will then drill through the full 62 feet of ice and sample some of the briny water from the lake for analysis. The water specimen will be cultured to see if it contains life. Specimens from the water are expected to be even older than the life forms extracted from the ice covering.

填空题A Major Composer Ludwig van Beethoven, a major composer of the nineteenth century, overcame many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness. Born in Bonn, Germany, in 1770, he first studied music with the court organist, Gilles van der Eeden. His father was excessively strict and given to heavy drinking. 1 . Appointed deputy court organist to Christian Gottlob Neefe at a surprisingly early age in 1782, Beethoven also played the harpsichord and the viola. In 1792 he was sent to Vienna by his patron, Count Ferdinand Waldstein, to study music under Haydn. Beethoven remained unmarried. 2 Continually plagued by ill health, he developed an ear infection which led to his tragic deafness in 1819. 3 . He completed mature masterpieces of great musical depth: three piano sonatas, four string quartets, the Missa Solemnis, and the 9th Symphony. He died in 1827. 4 . Nothing that Beethoven often flew into fits of rage, Goethe once said of him, "I am astonished by his talent, but he is unfortunately an altogether untamed personality." 5 . A. In spite of this handicap, however, he continued to write music. B. Because of irregular payments from his publishers and erratic support from his patrons, he was troubled by financial worries throughout his adult life. C. His life was marked by a passionate dedication to independence. D. When his mother died, Beethoven, then a young man, was named guardian of his two younger brothers. E. Although Beethoven"s personality may have been untamed, his music shows great discpline and control, and this is how we remember him best. F. Today his music is still being played all over the world.

填空题 阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个正确的小标题；(2)第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。 {{B}}The Price of Idleness{{/B}}1．Electrical devices such as CD players, vidoes and burglar alarms are consuming more energy in standby mode than when they are actually being used.2．Maria Sanchez and her colleagues from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, tested more than 50 small electrical applicances, from computers to doorbells, electric mowers, VCRs, and pool pumps. In the current issue of Energy Policy, they report that about half of all consumer electronics energy is used in standby mode. This costs American consumers ＄1 billion a year in wasted energy.3．The researchers say that while electronic devices are lying dormant(休眠状态),running their clocks, maintaining internal memories or displaying their settings, they consume aroud 40 terawatt hours of electricity in the U.S. every year--enough to power a city such as Chicago or London. Many machines use almost as much power on standby as when working. For example, it takes 15 watts to play a typical CD, but an average of 11 watts to keep it on standby. Satellite TV systems use 14 watts when active and 14 watts on standby. Given the long hours these systems spend idling, each uses far more power in standby mode than when actually working.4．"Bad design is largely to blame," says Sanchez. In a separate survey of CD players last year, her colleague Wolfgang Huber found that two machines with similar features used 28 watts and 2 watts respectively on standby. "For most products, we believe that standby power can be reduced to one watt or less," says Sanchez.5．She backs proposals to set up a national labeling system to promote machines that meet this standard. Such a system could reduce standby power consumption in the U.S. by 50 per cent, says coauthor Alan Meier--more than 20 terawatt hours per year. Last month, electronics company Philips announced the launch of a device that can dramatically reduce the power used in standby mode.

填空题 Little Lady Starts Big War Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery (反对奴隶制度) book Uncle Tom's Cabin. {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to split the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress. But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1852, they sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in England. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}Within six months of its release, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained America's most popular play for 80 years. It might appear that Uncle Tom's Cabins was universally popular, but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War days—particularly the defenders of the slavery system—condemned it as false propaganda (宣传) and poorly written melodrama (传奇剧作品). Harriet did have strong religious views against slavery (When asked how she came to write the book, she replied: "God wrote it."), and she tried to convince people slavery was wrong, so perhaps the book could be considered propaganda. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}} Though she was born in Connecticut in 1832, as a young woman, she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her father accepted the presidency (任期) of newly founded Lane Theological Seminary (神学院). Ohio was a free state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in action. She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college. {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}} {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}Today some historians (历史学家) think that it helped bring on the American Civil War. In fact, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet at the White House during the Civil War, he said, "So, this is the little lady who started this big war." A．She had read a lot about the slavery system. B．Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system. C．But if so, it was true propaganda, because it accurately described the evils of slavery. D．For a while, it outsold every book in the world, except the Bible. E．But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. F．In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe began her book.

填空题 A. milk, meat, vegetables, etc. were delivered B. it has promoted the sales of many kinds of commodities C. foods can be preserved D. most kids like iced soft drinks E. every housewife needs food F. the fridge produced when it is working

填空题A. 10 percent to 25 percent for the proportion of workers who use drugs occasionally on the jobB. determine exactly when simple drug use becomes abuseC. the 1920s until the 1960sD. the 1960s until the 1970sE. signals passing through the nervous system

填空题Why Would They Falsely Confess? Why on earth would an innocent person falsely confess to committing a crime? To most people, it just doesn"t seem logical. But it is logical, say experts. If you understand what all happen in a police interrogation (审讯) room. Under the right conditions, people"s minds are susceptible (易受影响的) to influence, and the pressure put on suspects during police questioning is enormous. 1 "The pressure is important to understand, because otherwise it"s impossible to understand why someone would say he did something he didn"t do. The answer is. to put all end to an uncomfortable situation that will continue until he does confess." Developmental psychologist Mary Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn"t do. 2 The researchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting "alt" key to see if they would sign a statement falsely taking responsibility. Redlich"s findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely confess: 59 percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed. 3 Of the 15- to 16-year-olds, 72 percent signed confessions, as 13-year-olds. "There"s no question that young people are more at risk," says Saul Kassin, a psychology professor at Williams College, who has done similar studies with similar. 4 Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire "interrogation" in their experiments consisted of a simple accusation—not hours of aggressive questioning—and still, most participants made falsely decision. 5 "In some ways," says Kassin, "false confession becomes a rational decision." A. In her experiment, participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the alt key, because doing so would crash the systems. B. Because of the stress of a police interrogation, they conclude, suspects can become convinced that falsely confessing is the easiest way out of a bad situation. C. "It"s a little like somebody"s working on them with a dental (牙齿) drill," says Franklin Zimring, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley. D. "But the baseline is that adults are highly vulnerable too." E. The court found him innocent and he was released. F. Redlich also found that the younger the participant, the more likely a false confession.

填空题A. to meet their needsB. but also beautiful to look atC. in the development of modem architectureD. to design more buildingsE. even in the 20th centuryF. to outlast their original use

填空题 Learn about Noble Gases (惰性气体) 1. Have you ever ridden on a balloon? Many tourist spots offer balloon rides in order for people to see the beauty of a place from above. A balloon contains a noble gas called helium(氦). Formerly, balloons contained hydrogen but hydrogen is very flammable and dangerous when uncontrolled. Therefore, people shifted to helium, which is safer. Helium is safe because it has the properties of the noble gases. 2. People once believed that noble gases couldn't chemically react at all. For this reason, they were called inert gases(惰性气体). They were also listed under Group 0 in the old periodic table because scientists believed that the gases have zero valence (价) electrons in their outer shell. This was later proven to be untrue when some noble gas compounds were discovered. 3. The gases are elements, which share similar properties. These properties include being monoatomic, colorless, odorless, being able to conduct electricity, and having low chemical reactivity. Noble gases include Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon and Radon. These are all found in Group 18, in the rightmost column of the periodic table. If you look at the periodic table, you will notice that these elements are the only ones, which do not have a charge. Helium has the lowest molecular (分子的) weight while Radon is the heaviest. 4. Remember that chemical reactions occur because atoms have valence electrons, which are electrons in their outer shell. When the outer shell is "unfilled" or the required number of electrons is not yet complete, the atom is more reactive. Noble gases have a full outer shell, meaning that they have complete electrons in their outer shell. This complete number varies. For instance, the outer shell of Helium has 2 valence electrons while the outer shell of Xenon has 8 electrons. Nowadays, there remains to be a few noble gases because of the low chemical reactivity of these said gases. 5. Because of their properties, noble gases have many important applications. They are widely used in medicine and industries. For instance, liquid Helium is used for superconducting magnets(磁体). These magnets are very important in physics and medicine. When a doctor suspects that a person's brain has been damaged, he might request for Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI). MRI allows the doctor to "see" the brain, without operating on the patient.

填空题阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。 That a person could live in the modern world without synthetic substances is probably possible, but whoever tried to do it would soon miss many common things.{{U}} (46) {{/U}}Just imagine how many varieties of plastics there are. They can be harder than wood or .softer than rubber. They can even be made resistant to fire, water and electricity. Whoever visits the world's market places will find that plastics are being made and used everywhere. Plastic articles can be produced at a rather low cost. The machines for molding them are not large or heavy. Most of the products can be stored and transported easily.{{U}} (47) {{/U}}. As a matter of fact, many kinds of materials for clothing have plastics in them. They are made of plastic fibres and are known by special names such as nylon or dacron. Clothing made of plastic fibres has certain advantages over that of natural fibres like cotton, wool, or silk.{{U}} (48) {{/U}}. {{U}} (49) {{/U}}The earliest variety of plastics was called "celluloid". It appeared on market over a hundred years ago. In 1912, an American scientist presented to the world a hard plastic material known as "bakelite". The 1940's saw a faster development of plastics. An even larger variety of plastic materials came into practical use. Now plastics find wide application not only in our daily life, but also in engineering. The Germans have manufactured a car which is almost completely made of plastics. The famous British engine builders have produced an aeroplane engine made mostly of plastics. It is really true that plastics are for everyone. And the fact that the total volume of plastics in use is on the increase suggests that more and better plastics will be made in the near future. {{U}}(50) {{/U}}. A. Besides plastic pens, combs and tooth brushes, he would be without many kinds of cloth as well as some necessary parts for radios and television sets. B. The history of plastics is longer than you might expect. C. That's why factories for making them can be found in many countries. D. The former is lighter in weight, easier to wash and dry, keeps in shape much longer and does not wear out so quickly. E. It is not likely that plastic fibers will compelely take the place of natural fibers. F. Perhaps we could call it the Plastic Age.

填空题______ In the first place, Britain had the money necessary to finance the larger enterprises. England's supremacy on the seas had encouraged commerce, and Englishmen had been amassing wealth through there commerce and industry. The newly rich class in that country were not the aristocratic (贵族) group, but merchants and businessmen who were willing to devote themselves to industry and scientific agnculture. The wealth of France, on the other hand, was largely in the hands of the nobility, and they were not willing to do the necessary work todevelop industry.A. Great Britain had undertaken very early the manufacturing of inexpensive and more practical products for which there would be ever-growing demand from the people.B. There was coal in northern France, too, but France was late in tapping; such resources because really everyone depended directly or indirectly on farming for his living.C. On the other hard, France produced articles in the luxmy class.D. This had not been the case in France, which was still chiefly an agricultural country with peasants bound to their masters in many ways so they could not easily move to the cities.E. So she was ready for methods that would make it possible to manufacture in large quantities.F. There were several reasons why the Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain rather than in France, the other great powers of the day.

填空题 阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后面有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。 {{B}}You Need Courage!{{/B}} Shortly after I began a career in business, I learned that Carl Weatherup, president of PepsiCo (百事可乐公司), was speaking at the University of Colorado. I tracked down the person handling his schedule and managed to get myself an appointment. {{U}}(46) {{/U}}. So there I was sitting outside the university’s auditorium, waiting for the president of PepsiCo. I could hear him talking to the students.., and talking, and talking. {{U}}(47) {{/U}} He was now five minutes over, which dropped my time with him down to 10 minutes. Decision time. I wrote a note on the back of my business card, reminding him that he had a meeting. “You have a meeting with Jeff Hoye at 2:30 pm.” I took a deep breath, pushed open the doors of the auditorium and walked straight up the middle aisle (过道) toward him as he talked. Mr. Weatherup stopped. {{U}}(48) {{/U}} Just before I reached the door, I heard him tell the group that be was running late. He thanked them for their attention, wished them luck and walked out to where I was now sitting, holding my breath. {{U}} (49) {{/U}}He spent the next 30 minutes offering me his time, some wonderful stories that I still use, and an invitation to visit him and his group in New York. But what he gave me that I value the most was the encouragement to continue to do as I had done. {{U}}(50) {{/U}} When things need to happen, you either have the nerve to act or you don’t.A. I began breathing again and we grabbed (霸占) an office right there at school and closed the door.B. As I sat listening to him, I knew that I could trust him, and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him.C. I became alarmed: his talk wasn’t ending when it should have.D. He said that it took nerve for me to interrupt him, and that nerve was the key to success in the business world.E. I was told, however, that he was on a tight schedule and only had 15 minutes available after his talk to the business class.F. I handed him the card then I turned and walked out the way I came.

填空题What is Chinese New Year? In many parts of Asia, nations follow the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar used by the rest of the world. 1 Many nations including Vietnam and Korea celebrate the lunar New Year with festivals and special foods. The Chinese, however, have turned the celebration into an art form: a 15 day festival called the Spring Festival in China, although it is known to the rest of the world as Chinese New Year. 2 which is considered to be a particularly auspicious day. Children are given hong bao, lucky red envelopes full of money, and households exchange visits and gifts. Most celebrants at Chinese New Year wear red, which is a lucky color, and also refrain from reflecting on the past year and uttering unlucky words, as it is believed that the first day of the new year will determine your fortune in the months to come. Chinese New Year continues with 15 days of celebration and auspicious days, including a day to welcome the god of wealth, a day to celebrate farming and produce, and days to celebrate friends and family. Friendships and family relationships are a very important part of Chinese New Year, 3 Numerous lucky foods are served throughout the Chinese New Year festival, and after all that rich dining, the 13th day of the festival is set aside for eating rice and bitter greens to cleanse the palate. On the 15th day, the Chinese New Year celebration culminates with the Lantern Festival, which is traditionally held at night. During the Lantern Festival, hundreds of citizens flood the street with lanterns representing wealth, animals, historical figures, plants, and a variety of other things. 4 The Lantern Festival ends with a burst of fireworks to celebrate the upcoming year while celebrants eat special round dumplings to celebrate unity. In Vietnam, the new year festival is known as Tet Nguyen Dan, and is celebrated for seven days. Much like Chinese New Year, Tet is believed to be an especially auspicious period in Vietnam which will establish the fortunes of celebrants for the coming year. 5 In Korea, the one day festival is known as Sol-nal, and is a time to reflect on ancestors and family. A. and a great deal of food and dinner invitations are exchanged as part of this tradition. B. The lanterns are paraded through towns and cities throughout China, Taiwan, and parts of the world with large Chinese communities. C. As a result, the year starts on a different day, usually in January or February. by the Gregorian calendar. D. Chinese New Year is the most important festival in Chinese culture. E. Chinese New Year begins on the first day of the first moon of the year. F. Special foods are eaten and gifts are exchanged.

填空题阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后面有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。 {{B}}High Dive{{/B}} Cheryl Sterns aims to go boldly where no human has ever gone before in a balloon: 40 kilometers up into the atmosphere.{{U}} (46) {{/U}}No one has ever leapt from such a height or gone supersonicl without an airplane or a spacecraft. Yet Sterns, an airline pilot, is not the only person who wants to be the first to accomplish those feats. Two other brave people, an Australian man and a Frenchman, are also planning to make similar leaps. {{U}} (47) {{/U}}First, she’ll climb into a cabin hanging from a balloon the size of a football field2. Then balloon will take her high into the stratosphere—the layer of Earth’s atmosphere 12 to 50 kilometers above the planet. “The ascent will take two and a half to three hours,” said Sterns. “I’ll be wearing a fully pressurized, temperature-controlled space suit.” At 40 kilometers, Sterns will be able to see the gentle curve of Earth and the blackness of space over head. Then she’ll unclip herself from the cabin and dive headfirst, like a bullet, into the atmosphere.{{U}} (48) {{/U}} For high dive, astronaut escape suits are a key to success. Current pilot and astronaut escape suite are guaranteed only a maximum altitude of 21 kilometers. Del Rosso, a NASA engineer of spacesuits and life-support systems, said the suit designed for Stern’s jump could serve as a model for the lethal environment of higher climbs.{{U}} (49) {{/U}}The first hazard is oxygen-deficient air. Any person without an additional oxygen supply at 40 kilometers would die within three to five seconds. The second hazard is low atmospheric pressure. Atmospheric pressure is much lower at high altitudes than it is at sea level. The low atmospheric pressure of the upper stratosphere causes the gases in body fluids to fizz out of solution like soda bubbles.{{U}} (50) {{/U}}Other hazards include temperatures as low as — 55 degrees Celsius, flying debris, and solar radiation. For Sterns to survive, her spacesuit will have to protect her from all of these hazards. “A spacesuit is like a one-person spaceship,” Del Rosso explained. “You have to take everything you need in a package that’s light enough, mobile enough, and tough enough to do the job. You can’t exist without it.” A. It will handle several major hazards. B. Escape suits are tough enough to stand the atmospheric pressure of the upper stratosphere. C. From there, she’ll take a death-defying leap back to Earth at supersonic speed. D. “In 30 seconds, I’ll be going Mach (马赫) speed,” said Sterns. E. How will Sterns make her giant jump? F. In short, blood boils.

填空题How We Form First Impression We all have first impression of someone we just met. 1 Why do we form an opinion about someone without really knowing anything about him or her—aside perhaps from a few remarks or readily observable traits? The answer is related to how your brain allows you to be aware of the world. Your brain is so sensitive in picking up facial traits, even very minor difference in how a person"s eyes, ears, nose, or mouth are placed in relation to each other makes you see him or her as different. In fact, your brain continuously processes incoming sensory information—the sights and sounds of your world. These incoming "signals" are compared against a host of "memories" stored in the brain areas called the cortex (大脑皮层) system to determine what these new signals "mean". If you see someone you know and like at school, your brain says "familiar and safe". 2 Then your brain starts to match features of this stranger with other "known" memories. The height, weight, dress, ethnicity, gestures, and tone of voice are all matched up. The more unfamiliar the characteristics, the more your brain may say, "This is new. I don"t like this person." 3 Or your brain may perceive a new face but familiar clothes, ethnicity, gestures—like your other friends; so your brain says: "I like this person." 4 When we stereotype people, we use a less mature form of thinking (not unlike the immature thinking of a very young child) that makes simplistic and categorical impressions of others. Rather than learn about the depth and breadth of people—their history, interest, values, strengths, and true character—we categorize them as jocks, geeks, or freaks. 5 If we spend time with a person, hear about his or her life, hopes, dreams, and become aware of the person"s character, we use a different, more mature style of thinking—and the most complex areas of our cortex, which allow us to be humane. A. However, if we resist initial stereotypical impressions, we have a chance to be aware of what a person is truly like. B. But why? C. But these preliminary "impressions" can be dead wrong. D. If you see someone new, it says, "new-potentially threatening". E. The way we stereotype people is a less mature form of thinking, which is similar to the immature form of a very young child. F. Or else, "I"m intrigued."

填空题More Rural Research Is Needed 1. Agricultural research funding is vital if the world is to feed itself better than it does now. Dr. Tony Fischer, crop scientist, said demand was growing at 2.5% per year, but with modern technologies and the development of new ones, the world should be able to stay ahead. 2. "The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if significant progress is to be made towards reducing malnutrition and poverty," he said. 3. Research is needed to solve food production, land degradation and environmental problems. Secure local food supplies led to economic growth which, in turn, slowed population growth. Dr. Fischer painted a picture of the world's ability to feed itself in the first 25 years, when the world's population is expected to rise from 5.8 to 8 billion people. He said that things will probably hold or improve but there'll still be a lot of hungry people. The biggest concentration of poor and hungry people would be in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia in 2020, similar to the current pattern. If there is any change, a slight improvement will be seen in southern Asia, but not in sub-Saharan Africa. The major improvement will be in east Asia, South America and South-East Asia. 4. The developing world was investing about 0.5%, or $8 billion a year, of its agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) on research, and the developed world was spending 2.5% of its GDP. Dr. Fischer said more was needed from all countries. 5. He said crop research could produce technologies that spread across many countries, such as wheat production research having spin-offs for Mexico, China or India. 6. "Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions but a lot of the strategic research can have global application, so that money can be used very efficiently," Dr. Fischer said. 7. Yields of rice, wheat and maize have grown impressively in the past 30 years, especially in developing countries. For example, maize production rose from 2-8 tonnes per hectare between 1950 and 1995. But technologies driving this growth, such as high-yield varieties, fertilizers, and irrigation, were becoming exhausted. "If you want to save the land for non-agricultural activities, for forests and wildlife, you're going to have to increase yield," Dr. Fischer said.

填空题下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。 So What A man was coming home late one night—about three o'clock in the morning—when he saw a guy standing in front of a house with a horse. The man with the horse stopped him and said, {{U}}(46) {{/U}} "Well, what would you like me to do?" asked the passer-by. "I want you to help me get this horse upstairs. " "Why?" " {{U}}(47) {{/U}} I haven't got time to explain. Would you just help me, please?" Together they pushed the horse up the steps and into the hallway, then up three flights of stairs and into the man's flat. When they got inside, the man with the horse said, {{U}}(48) {{/U}} Fearful that he might be dealing with a mad man, the passer-by helped the man lift one foreleg (前腿) ,then the second foreleg, then one hind(后面的)leg, then the second hind leg, and there stood the horse in the bathtub. "Now, " said the passer-by, "would you mind telling me what this is all about?" "Well, " said the man with the horse," I'll tell you. I've got a brother-in-law who lives here with me. {{U}}(49) {{/U}} I can't tell him anything. No matter what I tell him, he says, ' So what ! ' No matter what information I give him, he says, ' So what ! ' He's out late tonight. {{U}}(50) {{/U}} I want him to come upstairs, open the door, take off his clothes, put on his pajamas, go into the bathroom, then come running out yelling, ' Sol ! Sol ! There's a horse it the bathtub ! ' and I'll say, ' So what ! ' " A. Well, I can't tell you at the moment. B. He is a very smart fellow. C. The man with the horse got in side. D. Brother, could you give me a hand here? E. He'll be home about four o'clock. F. Now will you help me get the horse with his feet in the bathtub?

填空题A. Earthquake's ForecastB. Historical Records of EarthquakesC. Intensities of EarthquakesD. Cause of EarthquakesE. Indications of EarthquakesF. Damaging Earthquakes

填空题A. A Short History of Naming HurricanesB. Harnessing the Hurricane EnergyC. Difficulty in Forecasting the Course of a HurricaneD. Huge Energy Stored in a HurricaneE. Forecasting a Hurricane Through Satellite WatchingF. Different Names for the Same Things

填空题Columbia British Columbia is the third largest Canadian province, both in area and population. It is nearly one and a half times as large as Texas, and extends 800 miles (1,280 km) north from the United States border. (46) . Most of British Columbia is mountainous, with long rugged ranges running north and south. (47) . During the last Ice Age, this range was scoured (侵蚀) by glaciers (冰川) until most of it was beneath the sea. Its peaks now show as islands scattered along the coast. The southwestern coastal region has a humid mild marine climate. Sea winds that blow inland from the west are warmed by a current of warm water that flows through the Pacific Ocean. As a result, winter temperatures average above freezing and. Summers are mild. (48) . (49) . As they rise to cross the mountains, the winds are cooled, and their moisture begins to fall as rain. On some of the western slopes almost 200 inches (500 cm) of rain fall each year. More than half of British Columbia is heavily forested. (50) . These forest giants often grow to be as much as 300 feet (90m) tall with diameters up to 10 feet (3m). More lumber is produced from these trees than from any other kind of tree in North America.A. On mountain slopes that receive plentiful rainfall, huge Douglas, firs (洋松) rise in towering columnsB. It includes Canada's entire west coast and the islands just off the coastC. These warm western winds also carry moisture from the oceanD. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plantsE. Even the coastal islands are the remains of a mountain range that existed thousands of years agoF. Inland from the coast, the winds from the Pacific meet the mountain barriers of the coastal ranges and the Rocky Mountains