Task IV. Read the text and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) .
1. The earth was in the shape of a cloud of dust after the “Big Bang”.
2. Carbon dioxide,nitrogen,water vapour and other gases formed the earth' s atmosphere.
3. The harmful gases and acids came from the oceans.
4. Reptiles came into being before amphibians.
5. Mammals gave birth to young babies and produced milk for them.
6. Life on the earth has much to do with how people look after it.
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The tradition of birthday parties started a long time ago. People thought that there was a special danger from evz7 (邪惡的) spirits,so friends and family came together to bring good thoughts and wishes and even presents. 36 But as uiuug?iis anu WIMICS
time went by,children and then adults began to have the? own birthday celebrations. There are s?me traditions — such as sending birthday cards,blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the “Happy Birthday” song,that you can find almost anywhere,any time. 37
In many English-speaking countries,a twenty-first birthday cake often has a key on top. 38 The key means that the young person is now old enough to leave and enter the family home at any time they want to!
In the past in parts of Europe,men who reached the age of thirty and were still single,had to clean the stairs of the City Hall. This way every girl could see that the man didn't have a girlfriend.39
After the age of thirty,many people prefer to forget their birthdays rather than celebrate them ... children often bring Mum (or Dad) breakfast in bed. 40 It's also a day when your friends and family have to pay if you go out for drinks or a meal!
A. Birthday traditions are.around the world.
B. At one time,only kings had birthday parties.
C. Or the cake itself is sometimes in the shape of a key.
D. It's traditional to give flowers and enjoy a special meal.
E. Family members put many sweets on the birthday cake.
F. They could also see how good he was at cleaning the house!
G. Others are more specific to certain ages and certain countries.
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Are you at least 17 years old? Do you weigh more than 110 pounds? Do you consider yourself fairly healthy?
If you answered yes to all of these questions, you should be donating(捐贈) blood every two months. In my survey of my schoolmates,I found that only 50 percent of them have ever donated blood and that only I out of 13 of them donate regularly. The lack(缺少) of blood donors is a serious problem that requires immediate action.
According to the American Red Cross Web pages,in the United States alone someone receives a transfusion(輸血) once every three seconds. People who benefit from donations include cancer patients as well as babies. The need for blood never takes a vacation and neither should donors.
Let me tell you about Brooke,a three-year-old girl with cancer. Brooke has spent about half of her life in the hospital receiving of the total amount to continue her treatment. If \ she doesn,t receive this blood,she will not live to I start kindergarten.
Examples like Brooke,s are becoming all too common these days,with only 1 in 20 Americans jdonating blood and this number keeps dropping ： each year. These facts are extremely worrying considering that nearly half of us here will need blood sometime in our lives.
You can now see the seriousness of the I problem with the lack of blood donations,Fortunately,it is a problem that can be easily I solved. Each and every one of you can be part of the solution. All you have to do is go to the nearest I Red Cross and donate your blood.
28. How does the author explain the problem mentioned in Paragraph 2 ?
A. By answering questions. !
B. By making comparisons.
C. By presenting research findings.
D. By describing his own experiences.
29. What qan we learn from the American Red
Cross Web pages?
A. The suffering of patients.
B. The strong need for blood.
C. The efforts of the Red Cross.
D. The benefits of taking vacations.
30. The three-year-old girl Brooke .
A. doesn,t get fair treatment in the hospital
B. will need another 250 units of blood
C. stays alive by receiving blood daily
D. can't wait to start kindergarten
31. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To persuade people to donate blood.
B. To present some new medical results.
C. To call on people to save a little girl.
D. To explain the risks of blood donation.
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Picking up her backpack for school,14-year-old Carolyn Milander,from Houston, lexas,cned for the second time that week. “Not against Carolyn!” her mother said,worriedly.
When you study all night and don't get enough sleep,you get so tired!This terrible cycle has got to enff Carolyn shouted,fine,just leave me alone!Carolyn had just stared at a new secondary school and was having trouble dealing with the increased expectations and pressures
u Instead of just watching,Carolyn,s mother heard tfie Happy Class” at Carolyn' s school might help,and she insisted that Carolyn should attend it That was four years ago. Recently,Carolyn told her story.
I remember angrily being driven to my first Happy Class,Carolyn said. ul shyly walked into the classroom. I felt embarrassed,hoping no one would see me when they passed by. We started by closing our eyes and focusing on(集中注意力于) our breathing.w As Carolyn began to notice her breathing,she said,ul stopped thinking about people the hallway. I felt really relaxed.w This was a feeling she liked and she could tell she would benefit from what the classes could offer.
Happy Class was an important turning point for Carolyn. She learned to accept herself tor who she was. Many of her friends expected her to attend Harvard or another top university but Carolyn realized she could achieve happiness clqse t? home,rather than by going to a top university. In fact,Carolyn decided to become a jjyrse and to apply to(申請) just one college — a 20-mmute drive away.
“I. didn’ t want to be towpto tempted(吸引) by a top university. I wanted to remain true to the goals I set for myself," Carolyn said. feel good about myself for sticking to what I believe in and I would encourage other teens to make the choices that are best for them and to discover what makes them happy.
Adolescence(青春期) is a time when young people should be able to discover their own identities. When Carolyn spent soirie time to discover what was meaningful to hr,personal success followed. This is what all teens should be able to do.
1. When Caroljoi attended a new secondary school,
A. it was hard for her to fall asleep at night
B. her mother had high expectations of her
C. she put too much pressure on herself
D. she got on badly with her mother
2. What point does Carolyn make about her first
Happy Class?
A. She thought it offered less than she expected.
B. She realized the methods being taught were useful.
C. She wished there weren,t so many other people thare.
D. She found discussing her problems made her feeibetten
3. Why did Carolyn give up applying to one of the
top universities?
A. They were all too close to her hometown.
B. She hadn't spent enough time on her studies
C. Her parents couldn’t afford to pay the
expensive fees.
D. She had already made up her mind to do something else.
4. What do Carolyn's words in Paragraph 5 suggest?
A. She is proud of doing what she thinks is right.
B. She is trying to understand her friends,decisions.
C. She would like her friends to choose a job like hers.
D. She appreciates the good advice she has been given.
5. What does the underlined word “This” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Becoming successful at school.
B. Finding out what matters to them.
C. Learning from successful persons.
D. Spending time on what they eniov.
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