are too young to tell the differences between fact and fiction(虚构).
24. According to the article, how old was Li Ming when he started playing King of Glory?
A.Ten years old. B. Eleven years old. C. Twelve years old. D. Thirteen years old. 25. According to the article, in King of Glory, Li Bai is a ____.
A. Poet B. killer C. physician D. game developer 26. What views on King of Glory is not mentioned in the passage? A. Some parents are afraid the game may mislead their children. B. Some people think the game shouldn’t rewrote China’s history. C. Some parents think King of Glory is just a game for fun. D. Some people think it is more popular among the young.
27. According to the article, how does the author think the problem can be solved? A. By deleting all the misleading characters from King of Glory. B. By preventing those under 16 from playing King of Glory. C. By waiting for China to create a game rating system. D. By including some history lessons in King of Glory.
C
A mystery surrounds my grandmother’s collection of salt cellars (盐瓶). No one in the family seems to know when she started collecting them, or exactly how many she had.
My grandmother died just over two years ago. At 91, she had spent 30 years without her right leg, which was removed due to cancer the year I was born. She was a poet, an artist, a food lover and a salt cellar collector. The funny thing about the salts, as she called them — I never once heard her say salt cellar — was that although everybody knew they were her hobby and everyone was always searching for them at yard sales or in stores, nobody seemed to know what they meant to her and they just wanted to make her happy. Grandma kept her salts in a dark wooden corner display case in the living room. Since her death the case has remained exactly as she left it. Grandpa tries his best to preserve his memories of her just as they are.
Now I am collecting, too. Collecting memories about my grandmother’s hobby, a
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way she spent her time. And as I hold one of them in my hand, I picture her holding it in her hand on the day she got it. She is smiling. My mother and her two sisters all have small collections, but my mother admits that she was more interested in finding salts to send to Grandma.
Grandma once wrote a poem titled “When April Comes”. The poem contains the line, “When April comes and I am not around, remember me when daffodils are found.” Now, Grandpa is working on a poem with the line, “April came and you were not around”.
But she was, somehow. She was there in the memories left behind by her possessions. 28. In writing the text, the author expressed .
A. her sadness at losing her grandma B. her desire to collect more salt cellars
C. her love for her grandma
D. her curiosity about her grandma’s possessions
29. The underlined part “her possessions” in the last paragraph refers to _________. A. Grandma’s experience B. Grandma’s hobby C. Grandma’s talent
D. Grandma’s strong will
30. It can be inferred from the text that the author’s family . A. are very proud of their interesting family history B. value the wonderful poems Grandma wrote C. are much influenced by Grandma’s interest D. know much about grandparents’ love 31. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Grandma’s Salt Cellar Collection B. The Mystery of Grandma’s Salt Cellars C. Grandparents’ Lifelong Devotion D. A Family’s Collection History
D
Nature has its own way of balancing itself out, but when we humans get involved, we tend to throw things out of control. Forests and oceans are natural carbon sinks that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but since we’ve been pumping too much into the air, those sinks can’t keep up.
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, led by biologist Tobias Erb, have figured out a way to supercharge plants to make them better at absorbing CO2, which could be a key defense against climate change.
Erb and his team figured out a way to make plants more efficient at absorbing carbon, so that they consumed more carbon in a shorter amount of time. “If you think about plants, they are efficient CO2-fixing filters, but they are not fast,” Erb said. “I think there is a chance to improve existing biology with synthetic(人造的) biology.”
Erb’s team identified 17 enzymes(酶) from nine different organisms, re-engineering three of them, that had an enlarged carbon consumption. When those enzymes worked together as a team, they worked better at not only plants’ natural enzymes, but also themselves individually. Existing enzymes in plants consume about 5 to 10 molecules(摩尔) of CO2 per second. The team of enzymes that Erb used consumed 80 molecules per second.
So far, these enzymes have only been tested in test tubes in the lab, but the next step is real world testing where the enzymes would be introduced into plants to see if the same result occurs. If those tests show that plants really can be supercharged, we could have a new tool in the fight against climate change where not only do we protect the amazing carbon-absorbing forests we have, but we also add these super plants or an artificial leaf technology using the enzymes into other mixed fields.
32. Why can’t forests and oceans balance nature? A. Because oceans and forests are getting smaller. B. Because we human beings give off too much CO2. C. Because a large number of forests are cut down. D. Because there are too many creatures in the world.
33. Which is the key defense against climate change according to Erb and his team? A. To increase the plants’ ability and efficiency to absorb CO2. B. To make oceans and forests to absorb more CO2 quickly. C. To reduce the human’s activities giving off too much CO2. D. To increase the number of plants in the world.
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34. What can we get from the last paragraph? A. The enzymes have proved useful in real world. B. The technology has worked against climate change. C. The enzymes have not been used in the lab. D. The technology may have a bright future. 55. This passage is intended to __________.
A. introduce a possible way to better plants’ ability of absorbing CO2 B. call on people to pay more attention to the balance of nature C. analyze the cause and result of climate change related to plants
D. explore the possibility of using plants to fight against climate change
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选择中有两项为多余选项。
Many of us deal with the rush every morning in preparation for work or school, but it doesn't have to be this way. With a little time management, these steps can help you cut down on your morning stress. Create an evening preparation routine.
36 These simple tasks will take you less than 30 minutes to complete each evening and will save you a huge headache every morning. Get a good night's sleep.
Make sure you start winding down for bed at a reasonable hour to allow enough time for a healthy night's sleep. 37 If needed, set a bedtime reminder alarm on your alarm clock. Always keep the temperature in your bedroom comfortably cool. 38 .
An extra 30 minutes in the morning will make a difference. As long as you go to bed on time, waking up 30 minutes earlier should seem natural after just a few days. Use this time to think, shower and eat breakfast. Plan a realistic day.
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