The search for life in the universe took a step forward last month with the opening of the Allen Telescope Array(艾倫望遠鏡陣列) in Hat Creek, California. The telescopes were partly made possible by a gift of twenty-five million dollars from Paul Allen. The total cost of the project is already fifty million dollars.
At present, there are 42 radio telescopes working at the Hat Creek observatory. The signals they receive are combined to create what is equal to a single, very large telescope. The telescope will be used to observe objects like exploding stars, black holes and other objects that are predicted but have not yet been observed. Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute says this is the first telescope whose main purpose is to search for signals from intelligent life in space. The SETI Institute is based in Mountain View, California. The organization supports the search for other life forms in the universe.
What makes the Allen Telescope Array unusual is that it can collect and study information from a wide area of the sky. In addition, the 42 telescopes can study information about several projects at the same time. That means studies of large areas of the sky can be made faster than ever before.
Some officials think the Allen Telescope Array will be completed in three more years. 350 individual radio telescopes are planned. The new abilities of the Allen Telescope Array will make searching for stars similar to the sun much faster.
An earlier search by SETI, Project Phoenix, studied about 800 stars to a distance of 240 light years. The project ended in 2004. With the Allen Telescope Array, astronomers hope to gather thousands of times more information in the search for life beyond our planet.
【小題1】The main purpose of the Allen Telescope Array is .
| A．to serve for the research of weather predication |
| B．to prepare for the wars against life from the universe |
| C．to search for signals from intelligent life in space |
| D．to observe exploding stars, black holes and other objects |
| A．the 42 radio telescopes at Hat Creek observatory can work together |
| B．the total cost of the project came from Paul Allen |
| C．Hat Creek observatory can receive signals from all parts of the worm |
| D．Hat Creek observatory is operated by an American named Paul Allen |
| A．The Allen Telescope Array takes much more room than former telescopes. |
| B．The Allen Telescope Array is still being built at present in the United States. |
| C．Another 42 radio telescopes will be fixed in the Allen Telescope Array. |
| D．The SETI Institute is against the search for other life forms in the universes. |
| A．astronomers can gather more information than before from other planets |
| B．humans will have more chances to live on other planets than before |
| C．humans will be able to find more natural resources on other planets |
| D．scientists will be able to find more natural resources from other planets |
【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
解析試題分析：本文介紹了the Allen Telescope Array(艾倫望遠鏡陣列)的具體情況。
【小題1】C 推理題。根據第一段1,2行he search for life in the universe took a step forward last month with the opening of the Allen Telescope Array(艾倫望遠鏡陣列) in Hat Creek, California.可知這個望遠鏡陣列主要就是為了觀察太空里的生命跡象的，故C正確。
【小題2】A 細節題。根據第二段2,3行In addition, the 42 telescopes can study information about several projects at the same time.可知他們可以同時工作，故A正確。
【小題3】B 推理題。根據最后一段1,2行Some officials think the Allen Telescope Array will be completed in three more years.可知現在它還沒有被建好，還正在被建。故B正確。
【小題4】A 細節題。根據文章最后一句With the Allen Telescope Array, astronomers hope to gather thousands of times more information in the search for life beyond our planet.
可知A正確。
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Dogs may help save the day in the Philippines, as they use their noses to smell out survivors buried by Friday’s mudslide(泥石流). The team of dogs arrived in the Philippines from Spain, and this Tuesday they were just beginning their work. Search officials told CNN they hope the recent rain will wash away the smell of rescue teams so the dogs can do their job more accurately.
The dogs were brought in after sound equipment found sounds coming from deep inside the ruins, at a place where a school stood before the mudslide covered it. The sounds could mean people are still alive under all the mud or it could just be the earth resettling.
On Monday, rescue workers worked at the school site until three in the morning, trying to locate survivors, and they will begin digging again as soon as the dogs think they find someone.
Human teams from the US, Malaysia, and Australia are all trying to help, too. But so far they have yet to locate any survivors. Rescue workers told CNN that an earlier report that 50 survivors had been found was false.
How did all that mud bury the village in the first place? On Friday, 2,400-foot Mt Kanabag turned into a mudslide after two weeks of constant rain weakened it. The mountain crumbled and the mud fell onto the village Guinsaugon, burying the 1,800 people who lived there . Out of the 300 houses in the village, only 3 were not covered by the mud . The village is on a southern Philippine Island called Levte. Rescue efforts have been difficult because the village takes six hours to reach from the nearest airport. Hopefully, the dogs can help their human friends find survivors.
According to the search officials’ words in the first paragraph, we can learn that_________
A.the smell of rescue teams can disturb the dogs
B.the dogs can follow the smell of rescue teams
C.the gods can’t smell the rescue teams
D.the dogs can tell the differences between people and rescue teams
The main purpose of this passage is probably_______.
A.to show the way to rescue the victims in the ruins
B.to introduce the instruments to save victims in a disaster
C.to tell readers that dogs can smell out victims buried in the ruins
D.to show how to train dogs to save victims in a mudslide
How many survivors were found by the dogs?
A. 50. B. Only a few. C. 1,800. D. None.
The reason why the rescue work wasn’t going smoothly was probably that_______.
A. the rain was heavy
B. so many people were buried
C.it was difficult to reach the village
D.these is little chance to save the survivors
The underlined word “crumbled” in the last paragraph can be replaced by______.
A. broke B. shook C. fell D. moved
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So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning , they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that“ reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”.
Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also public activity. It can be seen and observed.
Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private ,for learning is an occupation of the mind ,and that process is not open to public scrutiny.
If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable ,what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest（探索）for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. “Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children. ”
When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher fulfil them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of leaning to read by reading.
71．The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that ________.
A. it is one of the most difficult school courses
B. students spend endless hours in reading
C. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance
D. too much time is spent in teaching about reading
72．The teaching of reading will be successful if ________.
A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students
B. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading
C. teachers can devise the most effcient system for reading
D. teachers can make their teaching activities observable
73．The underlined word“ scrutiny” most probably means“________”.
A. inquiry B. observation
C. control D. suspicion
74．According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when ________.
A. children become highly motivated
B. teacher and learner roles are interchangeable
C. teaching helps children in the search for knowledge
D. reading enriches children’s experience
75．The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read
B. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible
C. reading ability is something acquired rather than taught
D. reading is more complicated that generally believed
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科目：高中英語 來源：2011年廣東省高考模擬英語卷（一） 題型：閱讀理解
XIANGNING, Shanxi - The number of people trapped underground after a coal mine flooding in north China's Shanxi Province was revised -- for a second time -- to 153 from 123, rescuers said late Sunday night.
Investigations showed that 261 workers were in the pit of Wangjialing Coal Mine under construction when underground water gushed in at about 1:40 pm. Of them, 108 were lifted safely to the ground while 153 others trapped in the shaft, according to the rescue headquarters.
Most of the trapped are migrant workers from Shanxi, Hebei, Hunan and Guizhou provinces," a rescuer said.
The exact number of people trapped is still being checked.
Soon after the accident happened, the Shanxi Provincial Work Safety Administration and the Shanxi Provincial Emergency Affairs Office said 152 people were trapped underground, but officials later changed the figure to 123.
Rescuers are struggling to save the trapped people, and local authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.
President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao ordered local authorities to spare no effort to save the trapped while guarding against secondary accidents.
Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang rushed to the site late Sunday to oversee the search and rescue operation.
The mine, sitting astride Xiangning County of Linfen City and Hejin City of Yuncheng City, covers about 180 square kilometers.
The mining zone boasts more than 2.3 billion tonnes of coal reserves, including nearly 1.04 billion tonnes of proved reserves, according to the company's official website.It is now under infrastructure construction and is expected to produce 6 million tonnes of coal annually once put into operation.
The mine, affiliated to the state-owned Huajin Coking Coal Co. Ltd., is a major project approved by the provincial government.
【小題1】At least how many people were trapped underground according to the latest report?
| A．123 | B．153 | C．261 | D．152 |
| A．Shanxi | B．Hunan | C．Guizhou | D．Hefei |
| A．The underground water gushed |
| B．The coal mine was under construction |
| C．It is still being investigated by the local authorities |
| D．The passage does not mention it at all |
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Have you got a Facebook account? Are you thinking of getting one? Jamie Simmonds has just signed up. Let's see how she's getting along.
My Diary
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TUESDAY: I've received lots of nice welcoming messages on my wall. Later, I meet up with Steve for a drink after not seeing him for five years. We get on really well! Then, he uses his Facebook app for iPhone to suggest me as a friend to some other former classmates. Some of them even come to the pub and it's just like old times – possibly a bit too much like old times. During the night, photos are uploaded to Facebook.
WEDNESDAY: Disaster! My mum's on Facebook! Has she seen the photos of me dancing on the table last night? Has she shown them to dad? Oh. And I have a friend request – mum again!
THURSDAY: There's a message from my boyfriend, “so, it's over then, is it?” Obviously I haven't changed my settings to show I'm “in a relationship”, and I haven't even added him as a friend. Ah, well, I wonder what my ex-boyfriend is doing… Whoops! I accidentally type his name into my status box instead of the search and now every one can see it on their news feed.
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SUNDAY: Wake up. Check my Facebook page. Make coffee. Check my Facebook page again. Get ready to leave. Change my mind and check my Facebook page … again. I am becoming addicted to it! I think it's time to end it all before it takes over my life. I delete my account. Back to good, old, simple e-mails. Oh, look, I've got a message: A friend invited you to join Twitter. . .
In July 2010, Facebook had more than 500 million active users. The average Facebook user has 130 friends. Facebook is translated into more than 70 different languages. The world spends 700 billion minutes a month on Facebook. Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page says he's a Harvard graduate, even though he actually dropped out to focus on Facebook. The site is valued at between $7.9 and $11 billion.
1.Why did Jamie's boyfriend ask her whether she had broken up with him?
A. He had seen photos of Jamie dancing on the table.
B. She showed in her Facebook that she was still not dating anyone.
C. Her boyfriend was angry that she refused to add him as her friend.
D. He saw the name of her ex-boyfriend on his news feed.
2.Which of the following is expressed in this article?
A. Visiting Facebook website took up a large part of Jamie's time and energy.
B. Jamie is enthusiastic about her present job.
C. Facebook was created by a Harvard graduate, Mark Zuckerberg.
D. Compared with Facebook, Twitter is a better choice for Jamie.
3.What does the word “un-friend” mean in “Someone has ‘un-friended' me!”?
A. Being unfriendly to others.
B. Having a quarrel with somebody.
C. Removing a name from the friend list.
D. Ending friendship with somebody.
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage ?
A. Steve was Jamie's boyfriend in the university.
B. People all over the world spend 700 billion minutes a week on Facebook.
C. Jamie's mother saw her dancing on the table last night.
D. Jamie felt enthusiastic about Facebook at first.
5.It can be learned from the passage that the writer's attitude towards Facebook is _________ .
A. subjective B. objective C. negative D. positive
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More Americans are Googling themselves ------ and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too.
In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U.S. adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine.
That is more than twice the 22 percent of users who did in 2002, but Pew senior research specialist Mary Madden was surprised the growth wasn't higher.
"Yes it's doubled, but many Internet users have never done this simple act of plugging their name with search engines," she said.
Americans under 50 and those with more education and income were more likely to self-Google because their jobs demand a certain online persona.
Meanwhile, Pew found that 53 percent of adult Internet users admit looking up information about someone else, not including celebrities.
Often, it's to find someone they have lost touch with. But looking up information about friends, relatives, colleagues and neighbors also was common.
Although men and women equally searched for online information about themselves, women were slightly more likely to look up information about someone they are dating.
In many cases, the search is done to find someone's contact information. But a third of those who have conducted searches on others have looked for public records, such as bankruptcies(破產) and divorce （離婚）proceedings. A similar number have searched for someone else's photo.
Few Internet users say they Google themselves regularly —— about three-quarters of self-searchers say they have done so only once or twice. And most who have done so consider what they find accurate.
Pew also found that teens were more likely than adults to restrict who can see their information at an online hangout(常去之處) like Facebook or News Corp's MySpace.
1.The number of American adult Internet users______ Mary Madden.
|
A．frightened |
B．pleased |
C．disappointed |
D．annoyed |
2.What does “ they” refer to in the seventh paragraph?
|
A．common people |
B．scientists |
|
C．adults |
D．53 percent adult Internet users |
3.How many people have checked others’ photos?
|
A．One- fifth |
B．One-fourth |
C．One- third |
D．A half |
4.What is the best title of the passage?
|
A．Learn to Google Yourself |
B．Googling Oneself Is Popular |
|
C．New Performance Online |
D．Don’t Google Yourself Online |
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