The examples of melting ice caps and rising sea levels___at the severe consequences that global warming could bring to humans . A imply B hint C indicate D suggest

1 He was wandering in a rice field of dreams. The plants were taller than a man. Their ears hung full as brooms, and each grain was as big as a peanut. After walking a while he lay down in the leaf-shade, quite hidden. A rest was a good idea, because the wonder-plants went on and on.2 Then Yuan Longping woke up, laughing. The rice plants, which he had tended for decades in Anjiang and then Changsha in Hunan Province, sowing and nurturing them, visiting daily on his motorbike to inspect them, were not quite there yet. But they still1/81. What did the rice plants look like in Yuan Longping's dream?

Replace the Underlined part in each of the following sentences with a word from the box below.Write your answer in the brackets.Make changes or additions where necessary. option ease anticipate text identity appetite identify parenthood exceed anxiety （1）There's no doubt that this is a market full of potential，but only if you have a strong desire for risk. ____ （2）We thought the concert in the park would be popular but we didn't expect so many people to turn up so early. ____ （3）The research findings show that children normally feel a lot of worries about their first day at school. ____ （4）I'm 25 years old and my mother still ends our conversations with"Make sure you send a message when you get home." ____ （5）He said investigators were still trying to determine who the man was and couldn't immediately provide details about the case. ____ （6）The gunman in Wednesday's attack has been recognized as Lee Giggs，an unemployed truck driver. ____ （7）The motor retail business is now enjoying its strongest growth in five years，with its results going beyond market expectations. ____ （8）Regardless of salaries starting at about ￡30.000，none of the children see a job in the steel works as a career choice. ____

Babies should sleep in their mother's bed until they are at least three years old.The controversial advice comes from a paediatrician（儿科专家）. The paediatrician found that two-day-old babies who dozed（打瞌睡） on their mother's chest slept better than those who （1） ____ （ place） in cots（幼儿床）. Sleeping alone makes （2） ____ harder for mother and child to bond and damages the development of the brain， （3） ____ （ lead） to bad behaviour as the child grows up，researchers fear. Dr Nils Bergman，at the University of Cape Town，South Africa，says that for ideal development，healthy newborns （4） ____ sleep on their mother's chest for the first few weeks.After that，they should stay in the mother's bed （5） ____ they are three or even four years old. Sixteen infants were studied while they slept on their mother's chest and in a cot by her bed.It （6） ____ （reveal） by monitoring that the baby's heart was under three times as （7） ____ （much） stress when he or she slept alone. Being in a cot also affected sleep，with the babies' brains less likely （8） ____ （make） the transition between two types of sleep called active and quiet. In the cots，only six out of the sixteen had any quiet sleep and its quality was far （9） ____ （ bad）. Making this transition is thought to be the key （10） ____ the normal development of the brain.

2 Comprehension Check-|||-2.1 Focusing on the main ideas-|||-Complete the following passage with key information from the text.-|||-In his 2003 speech at Rice University`s Energy &Nanotechnology Conference, the late Nobel Laureate-|||-Richard Smalley highlight the __ 10 problems for the next 50 years.In his list, __-|||-__ sits at the top,and water comes next.Now,with the price of solar power going down,the dawn-|||-of a new energy __ is just around the corner.As a result, __ is going to be the-|||-greatest challenge for humanity.-|||-But the water problem is __ First,unlike coal and oil,water can not be __-|||-__ Second,water is __ with every other sector of society.Third,while water demands are-|||-growing,climate change is intensifying droughts and floods and water supplies are __-|||-There are solutions,such as building water-transfer aqueducts,hydroelectric dams,and desalination-|||-plants.But they may be incredibly __ It will __ for scientists to find affordable-|||-solutions to the water problem.Before that, everyone should do his or her bit to __ water.

Passage(1) (单选题)Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A.It is mainly based on a society's religion.B.It is interpreted differently in different times.C.It is a code of conduct based on laws and ethics.D.It is a moral principle to guide people's behavior.(2) (单选题)17.A.It may lead to misunderstanding despite good intentions.B.It assumes that human beings are all good-natured.C.It may sometimes produce undesirable outcomes.D.It fails to consider the complexity of human relationships.(3) (单选题)18.A.The golden rule is often in conflict with certain laws and ethical principles.B.The golden rule must sometimes give way to more important principles.C.Failure to follow the golden rule may lead to violation of laws and ethics.D.Observing the golden rule is the first step to becoming a responsible citizen.(4) (单选题)Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A.Many of them find it rather difficult to manage.B.They have not seen as much diversity as desired.C.Many of them have an increasingly diversified staff.D.They have not quite grasped the concept of diversity.(5) (单选题)20.A.Initiatives to achieve diversity in large corporations.B.Advantages and disadvantages of a diversified team.C.People's attitudes towards diversity at the workplace.D.Innovative ideas and solutions resulting from diversity.(6) (单选题)21.A.People prefer to work with team members similar to themselves.B.Employers attach great importance to their corporations’diversity.C.Employers differ, from employees in their perspectives on diversity.D.oubts about the practicability of diversity are gradually disappearing.(7) (单选题)Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A.Choosing the best time for signing a business contract.B.Changing one's form of communication from time to time.C.Laying equal stress on written and spoken communication.D.Using different forms of communication appropriately.(8) (单选题)23.A.They are regarded as seriously binding.B.They are seldom honored by business partners.C.They are taken as memos of understanding.D.They are to be confirmed in written form.(9) (单选题)24.A.It has reached the highest level of evolution.B.It places a high value on written contracts.C.It regards written contracts as unalterable.D.It has seen a decline in verbal agreements.(10) (单选题)25.A.Its details cannot be renegotiated.B.It has to be carried out to the letter.C.It strengthens business partnerships.D.Its terms may not be strictly binding.A. primary schoolB. high schoolC. college

Eight Tips for Eating Well A healthy balanced diet contains a variety of types of food, including lots of fruit, vegetables and starchy (淀粉类) foods such as wholemeal bread and wholegrain cereals; some protein-rich foods such as meat, fish, eggs and lentils; and some dairy foods. 1. Base your meals on starchy foods Starchy foods such as bread, cereals, rice, pasta and potatoes are a really important part of a healthy diet. Try to choose wholegrain varieties of starchy foods whenever you can. Starchy foods should make up about a third of the food we eat. They are a good source of energy and the main source of a range of nutrients in our diet. As well as starch, these foods contain fiber, calcium, iron and B vitamins. Most of us should eat more starchy foods―try to include at least one starchy food with each of your main meals. So you could start the day with a wholegrain breakfast cereal, have a sandwich for lunch, and potatoes, pasta or rice with your evening meal. Wholegrain foods contain more fiber and other nutrients than white or refined starchy foods. We also digest wholegrain foods more slowly so they can help make us feel full for longer. 2. Eat lots of fruit and vegetable Most people know we should be eating more fruit and vegetable. But most of us still aren’’t eating enough. Try to eat at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetable every day. It might be easier than you think. Try adding up your portions during the meals throughout the day. You can choose from fresh, frozen, tinned, dried or juiced, but remember potatoes count as a starchy food, not as portions of fruit and vegetable. 3. Eat more fish Most of us should be eating more fish―including a portion of oily fish each week. It’’s an excellent source of protein and contains many vitamins and minerals. Aim for at least two portions of fish a week, including a portion of oily fish. You can choose from fresh, frozen or canned―but remember that canned and smoked fish can be high in salt. What are oily fish Some fish are called oily fish because they are rich in certain types of fats, called omega 3 fatty acids, which can help keep our hearts healthy. How much oily fish Although most of us should be eating more oily fish, women who might have a baby one day should have a maximum of 2 portions of oily fish a week (a portion is about 140g). And 4 is the recommended maximum number of portions for other adults. Anyone who regularly eats a lot of fish should try and choose as wide a variety as possible. 4. Cut down on saturated (饱和的) fat and sugar Fats To stay healthy we need some fat in our diets. What is important is the kind of fat we are eating. There are two main types of fat: --saturated fat―having too much can increase the amount of cholesterol (胆固醇) in the blood, which increases the chance of developing heart disease --unsaturated fat―having unsaturated fat instead of saturated fat lowers blood cholesterol Try to cut down on food that is high in saturated fat and have foods that are rich in unsaturated fat instead, such as vegetable oils, oily fish, avocados, nuts and seeds. Foods high in saturated fat are: meat pies, sausages, meat with visible white fat, hard cheese, butter and lard, pastry, cakes and biscuits, cream, soured cream and crème fra che, coconut oil, coconut cream or palm oil. For a healthy choice, use just a small amount of vegetable oil or a reduced-fat spread instead of butter, lard or ghee. And when you are having meat, try to choose lean cuts and cut off any visible fat. Sugar Most people are eating too much sugar. We should all be trying to eat fewer foods containing added sugar, such as sweets, cakes and biscuits, and drinking fewer sugary soft and fizzy drinks. Having sugary foods and drinks too often can cause tooth decay, especially if you have them between meals. Many foods that contain added sugar can also be high in calories so cutting down could help you control your weight. How do I know if a food is high in added sugar Take a look at the label. The ingredients list always starts with the biggest ingredient first. But watch out for other words used to describe added sugars, such as sucrose, glucose, fructose, maltose, hydrolyzed starch and invert sugar, corn syrup and honey. If you see one of these near the top of the list, you know the food is likely to be high in added sugars. Another way to get an idea of how much sugar is in a food is to have a look for the "Carbohydrates" (碳水化合物) figure on the label. But this figure can’’t tell you how much is from added sugars, which is the type we should try to cut down on. High is more than 15 g sugars per 100g. Low is 5g sugars or less per 100g. If the amount of sugars per 100g is in-between these figures, then that is a medium level of sugars. Remember that the amount you eat of a particular food affects how much sugars you will get from it. Sometimes you will only see a figure for total "Carbohydrates" , not for "Carbohydrates (of which sugars)" , which means the figure also includes the carbohydrate from starchy foods. 5. Try to eat less salt―no more than 6g a day Eating too much salt can raise your blood pressure. And people with high blood pressure are three times more likely to develop heart disease or have a stroke than people with normal blood pressure. Adults and children over 11 should have no more than 6g salt a day. Younger children should have even less. Remember that the amount you eat of a particular food affects how much salt you will get from it. 6. Get active and try to be a healthy weight It’’s not a good idea to be either underweight or overweight. Being overweight can lead to health conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes. Being underweight could also affect your health. If you’’re worried about your weight, ask your a dietitian (营养学家) for advice. But if you think you just need to lose a little weight, the main things to remember are: --only eat as much food as you need --make healthy choices―it’’s a good idea to choose low-fat and low-sugar varieties, eat plenty of fruit and vegetable and wholegrains --get more active It’’s also important to eat a variety of types of food so you get all the nutrients your body needs. Physical activity is a good way of using up extra calories, and helps control our weight. But this doesn’’t mean you need to join a gym. Just try to get active every day and build up the amount you do. For example, you could try to fit in as much walking as you can into your daily routine. Try to walk at a good pace. Whenever we eat more than our body needs, we put on weight. This is because we store any energy we don’’t use up―usually as fat. Even small amounts of extra energy each day can lead to weight gain. 7. Drink plenty of water We should be drinking about 6 to 8 glasses (1.2 liters) of water, or other fluids, every day to stop us getting dehydrated. When the weather is warm or when we get active, our bodies need more than this. But avoid drinking soft and fizzy drinks that are high in added sugar. Alcohol There is nothing wrong with the occasional drink. But drinking too much can cause problems. Alcohol is also high in calories, so cutting down could help you control your weight. Women can drink up to 2 to 3 units of alcohol a day and men up to 3 to 4 units a day, without significant risk to their health. A unit is half a pint of standard strength (3% to 5% ABV) beer, lager or cider, or a pub measure of spirit. A glass of wine is about 2 units and alco-pops are about 1.5 units. For good health, it’’s a good idea to spread your drinking throughout the week and avoid binge drinking. Drinking heavily over a long period of time can damage the liver. 8. Don’’t skip breakfast Breakfast can help give us the energy we need to face the day, as well as some of the vitamins and minerals we need for good health. Some people skip breakfast because they think it will help them lose weight. But missing meals doesn’’t help us lose weight and it isn’’t good for us, because we can miss out on essential nutrients. Research shows that eating breakfast can actually help people control their weight. This is probably because when we don’’t have breakfast we’’re more likely to get hungry before lunch and snack on foods that are high in fat and sugar, such as biscuits, doughnuts or pastries. 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Which of the following statements does the author support?A. Specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists.B. Formal schooling is less important than job training.C. On-the-job training is, in the long run, less costly.D. Generalists will outdo specialists in management.

Researchers asked 123 university students to complete a binocular rivalry test，____ they simultaneously saw a red image with one eye and a green image with the other eye for 2 minutes.（ ）A. whenB. of whichC. in whichD. that

A. incident B. insulated C. immediately D. ideologically E. baffled F. constrict G. hesitantly H. admittedly I. obedience J. peering K. intimate L. revealing M. overlapping N. patiently O. indignation I don’t mean to say that there was no privacy in this country. But what I experience in an office made me____ as to what privacy really meant to many people there. One day, I went into the office. Seeing people______their quite personal stories in front of many others made me uncomfortable. “Do as the Romans do” I told myself . So I waited____and tried to avoid the sound coming from the person in front of the line. Then I sensed that someone was______through my shoulder and stared at the paper that I was holding. “Do as the Romans do” I murmured quietly. Moments later, my brother came and we discussed at the corner of the office with the documents open on the desk . Almost _____, I saw a man was staring at the documents. His staring lasted ( about three minutes ) till I _____reminded him that it was a personal document and... My mouth dropped seeing him exploded at me, reminding me with______that it was a public place and he stared at just the desk not the document. This____made me remember what I went through when I visit doctors while I was living in the city. Whoever visited doctors knew that doctors questioned their patients in front of all the other patients or listeners. Quite embarrassing sometimes ______ , when you have to involuntarily take the ___information of someone else, which you really don’t want to.