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Nowadays no one can ignore the power of____, because they can expose the truth to the public so as to solve the problems.

A.   press     B. a press   C .presses   D. the press

 

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聽材料回答1-15題。
1. When did Steve first plan to get back?
A. Either on Friday evening or Sunday evening
B. Either on Friday morning or Sunday afternoon
C. Either on Friday evening or Sunday morning
2. What party is held on Saturday morning?
A. Steve's birthday party
B. Paula's birthday party  
C. The woman's birthday party
3. When will Steve probably return at last?
A. Surely on Friday morning  
B. Maybe on Friday evening    
C. Of course on Friday evening
4. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A football game they saw the night before
B. TV programs they saw the night before
C. A film they have just seen
5. What did the man probably do last night?
A. He watched football game  
B. He saw a film    
C. He worked
6. How much of the film did the woman see?
A. Part of the film     
B. The end of the film        
C. The whole of the film
7. What does the man take besides Morning Post?
A. New Yorkers        
B. Newsweek          
C. New Scientist
8. What's the price of Morning Post?
A. Two dollars and fifty cents
B. One dollar  
C. Three dollars and fifty
9.What's New Yorkers
A. A magazine
B. A press
C. A book
10. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. On the street  
B. At a camera shop        
C. At the woman's house
11. Why can't the woman come over?
A. She has a research project
B. She doesn't know the man's sister very well
C. She has to go to a graduation
12. What can you learn from the conversation? 
A. The woman has the same interest as the man's sister
B. The woman shows no interest in what the man has told her
C. The woman doesn't like to make friends with the man's sister
13. What kind of house is Foulsham Houae?
A. An old farm house    
B. A large house for people to come to listen to its story
C. A hours with a history of nearly two hundred years
14. Which of the following is true?
A. The house has a room for four cars at the back of the house
B. There is a parking lot behind the house
C. The road behind the house is wide enough for 4 cars to go
15. What can we infer according to the passage?
A. Harvey wants some money to make the house meet today's needs
B. Harvey wants people to know the history of the house
C. Harvey wants to sell the house

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Nowadays no one can ignore the power of____, because they can expose the truth to the public so as to solve the problems.

A.   press     B. a press   C .presses   D. the press

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ROME: The legend of Leonardo da Vinci is covered in mystery: How did he die?Are the remains buried in a French castle really those of the master? Was the "Mona Lisa" a self-portrait in disguise (偽裝)?

A group of Italian scientists believe the key to solving those puzzles lies with the remains, and they say they are seeking permission to dig up the body to conduct carbon and DNA testing.

If the skull is undamaged, the scientists can go to the heart of a question that has fascinated scholars and the public for centuries: the identity of the "Mona Lisa." Recreating a virtual and then physical reconstruction of Leonardo's face, they can compare it with the smiling face in the painting.

"We don't know what we'll find if the tomb is opened. We could even just find grains and dust," says Giorgio Gruppioni, an anthropologist who is participating in the project. "But if the remains are well kept, they are a biological record of events in a person's life, and sometimes in their death." Silvano Vinceti, the leader of the group, said that he plans to press his case with the French officials in charge of the said burial site at Amboise Castle early next week.

Leonardo moved to France at the invitation of King Francis I, who named him "first painter to the king." He spent the last three years of his life there, and died in 1519 at age 67. The artist's original burial place, the palace church of Saint Florentine, was destroyed during the French Revolution and remains that are believed to be his were eventually reburied in the Saint-Hubert Chapel near the castle.

"The Amboise tomb is a symbolic tomb; it's a big question mark," said Alessandro Vezzosi, the director of a museum dedicated to Leonardo in his hometown of Vinci. Vezzosi said that investigating the tomb could help identify the artist's bones with certainty and solve other questions, such as the cause of his death. He said he asked to open the tomb in 2004 to study the remains, but the Amboise Castle turned him down.

The group of 100 experts involved in the project, called the National Committee for Historical and Artistic Heritage, was created in 2003 with the aim of "solving the great mysteries of the past," said Vinceti, who has written books on art and literature.

Arguably the world's most famous painting, the "Mona Lisa" hangs in the Louvre in Paris, where it drew some 8.5 million visitors last year. Mystery has surrounded the identity of the painting's subject for centuries, with opinions ranging from the wife of a Florentine merchant to Leonardo's own mother.

That Leonardo intended the "Mona Lisa" as a self-portrait in disguise is a possibility that has interested and divided scholars. Theories have existed: Some think that Leonardo's taste for tricks and riddles might have led him to hide his own identity behind that puzzling smile; others have guessed that the painting hid an androgynous lover.

If granted access to the grave site, the Italian experts plan to use a tiny camera and radar to confirm the presence of bones. The scientists would then exhume (挖掘) the remains and attempt to date the bones with carbon testing.

At the heart of the proposed study is the effort to discover whether the remains are actually Leonardo's, including with DNA testing.

Vezzosi questions the DNA comparison, saying he is unaware of any direct descendants (后代) of Leonardo or of tombs that could be attributed with certainty to the artist's close relatives.

Gruppioni said that DNA from the bones could also eventually be compared to DNA found elsewhere. For example, Leonardo is thought to have rubbed colors on the canvas with his thumb, possibly using saliva (唾液), meaning DNA might be found on his paintings.

Even in the absence of DNA testing, other tests could provide useful information, including whether the bones belonged to a man or a woman, and whether the person died young or old.

Even within the committee, experts are divided over the identity of the "Mona Lisa."

Vinceti believes that a tradition of considering the self-portrait to be not just a faithful imitation of one's features but a representation of one's spiritual identity may have resonated (共鳴) with Leonardo.

Vezzosi, the museum director, dismissed as "baseless and senseless" the idea that the "Mona Lisa" could be a self-portrait of Leonardo. He said most researchers believe the woman may have been either a wife of the artist's sponsor, the Florentine nobleman Giuliano de Medici, or Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a rich silk merchant, Francesco del Giocondo. The traditional view is that the name "Mona Lisa" comes from the silk merchant's wife, as well as its Italian name: "La Gioconda."  

1.   Where is this passage most probably taken from?

A.A magazine.

B.A newspaper.

C.A textbook.

D.A research report.

2.   Why does the author ask a couple of questions in the beginning?

A.To arouse the interest of readers.

B.To puzzle Italian scientists.

C.To answer the questions himself.

D.To make fun of French officials.

3.   The best title of this story might be “_____”.

A.What Is the Purpose of an Investigation?

B.How Did Leonardo da Vinci Die in France?

C.Are the Remains Really Those of the Master?

D.Did Leonardo Paint Himself as 'Mona Lisa'?

4.The sentence “he plans to press his case with the French officials” (underlined in Paragraph 4) suggests that Vinceti intends to _____.

A.press the French officials to participate in their project

B.urge the French officials to open the tomb early next week

C.persuade the French officials to allow opening the tomb

D.record events in a person’s life with the French officials

5.   Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A.Scholars have the same opinion on DNA testing.

B.Scientists doubt if the remains are those of da Vinci.

C.The identity of “Mona Lisa” has already been proved.

D.Alessandro Vezzosi got permission to open the tomb.

6.   We can infer from the last two paragraphs that _____?

A.“Mona Lisa” is the name of the wife of a silk merchant

B.the “Mona Lisa” is a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci

C.experts divided the committee into several groups

D.opinions differ of the identity of the “Mona Lisa”

 

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Chinese press, thousands of tourists and space experts from Japan, Germany, Italy and other countries have gathered at China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province on Tuesday, October 23 to witness the historic moment-the launch of the nation’s first moon orbiter (人造衛(wèi)星), which is scheduled to take place at 6:05 p.m.on Wednesday.

Space center experts were worried earlier in the day when Xichang experienced an unexpected rainfall from about 4:05 a.m.till 7:10 a.m.on Wednesday, but they were able to breathe a sigh of relief when the weather cleared.Both national and local meteorological observatories (氣象臺(tái))forecast cloudy weather for the launch site on Wednesday afternoon.However they said they believed it would not affect the launch mission, an opinion which was shared by technological staff at the site.     

Local villagers within a radius of 2.5 km of the launch site and under the trajectory(軌道) of the carrier have been told to move to safe areas two hours prior to the planned launch.Tourists have been charged 800 yuan (105 U.S.dollars) to witness the launch of China’s first lunar satellite.A local travel agency has said that the two observation platforms are capable of holding 2,000, but it is not known how many people paid for the chance.

The moon orbiter, Chang’e-1, named after a legendary Chinese goddess who flew to the moon, and the carrier Long March 3A have passed all pre-launch tests.     

China hopes to become the 17th nation to join the International Space Station (ISS) project, and carried out its first piloted space flight in October 2003, making it only the third country in the world after the Soviet Union and the United States to have sent men into space.In October 2005, China completed its second manned space flight, with two astronauts on board.

1.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.China counting down to launch of its first lunar satellite  

B.Chang’e-1 lunar satellite and its launch

C.Chang’e-1 lunar satellite to conduct 1st orbit transfer  

D.China hopes to join the International Space Station

2.Space center experts believed _______.

     A.rainfall would come as soon as possible.

     B.the cloudy weather wouldn’t affect the mission.

     C.All the 2,000 tourists should paid 800 yuan each to witness the launch.

     D.The mission was the third time of China’s manned flight.

3.Please arrange the time order of the following events according to the passage.

a.Local villagers have been told to move to safe areas.    

b.Unexpected shower fell on the early morning of Wednesday.

c.The moon mission is scheduled to take place.        

d.Journalists and tourists gathered at the Satellite Launch Centre.

A.b c d a               B.a(chǎn) b c d                C.d b a c               D.c d a b

4.It can be implied from the passage that _____________.

A.China has become the 17th country to join the International Space Station         

B.China will launch its manned spaceship to the moon soon

C.China is the third nation to send men into space       

D.China is pioneering in the space exploration now

 

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