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徐汇区 (A)
My business has to come before sleep
The moment I fall into bed at around 10:30pm, I‘m dead to the world...until---ping!---it‘s 3 a.m and I‘m wide awake.
I instantly check my phone and spend the next 40 minutes in bed(25)______(answer) emails on my computer. By 4 a.m., my brain is in overdrive and there is only one thing for it: to get up and start working.
I know most people are foggy at this time, but I find the early morning to be(26)______period pf great creativity. I get more done in those few hours than the rest of the day, (27)______I‘m constantly interrupted.
People ask(28)______I find time to run a business, prepare presentation, write books, network with clients and raise a family. Well, this is the answer: by having only four-and-a-half hours of sleep.
Yes, I probably(29)______just about do everything if I got up at 6:30 a.m., but it would mean working in the evening when I need to spend time with my family. I have lots of friends with the same problem. We have what we jokingly call ―Insomniacs(失眠症患者) Group‖ on Facebook, where we chat with each other in the middle of the night. It has become a real way(30)______friendship, and I‘d miss it if we didn‘t have that time to chat.
While I‘m often perfectly happy starting my day at 3 a.m., sometimes, (31)______I‘m tired, I feel annoyed with myself. Why can‘t I just switch off? But then I don‘t want to either. There are so many things I have to do, and a 3 a.m. start is the only way(32)_____(achieve)everything.
(B)
The Renaissance (文艺复兴)
For many people, the Renaissance means 14th to 16th century Italy, and the developments in art and architecture, music and literature which took place there all that time. But there is one work which, perhaps more than any other, (33)______(express) the spirit of the Renaissance: the Mona Lisa. It is believed to be(34)______(good) example of a new lifelike style of painting that amazed people when it was first used. (35)______(print) by Leonardo da Vinei in the years 1503-1506, the Mona Lisa is a mysterious masterpiece. People want to know who Mona Lisa is, and why she is smiling. (36)______ ______ people do not know much about the Renaissance, they have heard of this painting.
The Renaissance was a time of scientific invention, too. Leonardo, as well as being one of the greatest painters the world has ever known, was also a skilled inventor. Wherever he went, he carried a notebook around with him, (37)______ ______ he wrote down his ideas. They included detailed drawings of the human body, plans for engineers to build canals and bridges, and (38)______(astonish) drawings of machines which were not to be built hundreds of years later, such as aeroplanes, parachute(降落伞), submarines(潜水艇) and tanks. Towards the end of his life
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he (39)______(employ) by the King of France to do scientific research, and he did not have a lot of time for painting. In short, he was an extraordinary genius, an example of what has been described as ―Renaissance man‖: someone interested in (40)______ and with many different talents.
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杨浦区 (A)
About 60 percent of American students go directly from high school into college.Choosing a college can be difficult. But ___(25)___ these students are in college, thereis one other choice that seems to be even___(26)___(hard) - deciding on a major.
On average, college students in the United States change their major three times. There are several reasons for this, according to academic advisers. About half of all freshmen start college not knowing what to major in.___ (27)___ those who think they know ___(28)___ they want to study, six out of ten end up changing their major aswell.
College is a time of discovery. As students take classes, they find new areas that they are interested in. Unfortunately, some of those students find so many interestingClasses___(29)___ they are not able to decide on a major. Some advisers say thatstudents need better tools, both in colleges and in high schools, ___(30)___(help)them figure out what major is best for them. A few universities have started offering special computer programs to help. Students can learn more about different majors, or even about what kinds of jobs people find with each kind of major. They are sometimes surprised to find philosophy majors ___(31)___(work) for a software development company or biology majors in the tourism industry. Even with many tools available to them, choosing a major is difficult for many students.
(B)
Nov. 2 was a day to remember in China‘s aviation (航空）history. It was the day___(32)___ its first homemade large passenger aircraft, the C919, was shown to thepublic in Shanghai. This makes China the third region___(33)___(manufacture) largepassenger aircraft, __(34)___(follow) the US' Boeing company and the EuropeanUnion‘s Airbus line.
A large passenger aircraft is a plane that ___(35)___(weigh) over 100 tons whenit takes off. The name is also linked to ___(36)___ number of seats on the plane. InChina, an airliner with more than 150 seats___(37)___(consider) a large aircraft. Andin the international world, it means a plane with over 300 seats.
According to Xinhua, the C919, which will make its first flight in 2016, ___(38)___seat 190 people at most. It has a standard flight range of 4,075km and anextended range of 5,555km. This means it can fly directly from Beijing to Singapore.
―The ability to manufacture large passenger aircraft is a symbol of a country‘soverall strength,‖ said President Xi Jinping last year. This is ___(39)___ making largeaircraft is a high-tech intensive industry that involves different disciplines, ___(40)___ (range) from aerodynamics (空气动为
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闸北区 (A)
In 1885, Karl Benz, a German, invented the first motorcar. Today, the use of motorcar has become an important form of transport. There are currently about 200 million cars on the roads all over the world. Some are designed for speed and others are produced with special technology (25) _______ _______ fuel can be saved.
Although cars are comfortable and convenient form of transport, (26) ______ (own) a car bears disadvantages as well. Cars may cause accidents and emit carbon monoxide which gives rise to pollution, not (27) _______ (mention) the high maintenance cost and the anxiety you feel when looking for a parking lot in downtown areas. Fortunately today‘s car manufacturers (28) ______ (realize) the problems and they are trying every means to produce (29) _______ they call ―safer, cleaner and cheaper ‖ auto.
An even bigger hit came from the world‘s recent craze toward self-driving car. Different manufacturers showed their concept cars (30) _______ after another trying to attract public attention in order to get an edge in the field. The (31) _____(late) model in this trend comes from General Motors, which showed off a elf-driving car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In all, people really don‘t know and are eager to see (32) ______ new technologies will lead the car industry. Let‘s take a deep breath and watch.
(B)
Tokyo train companies are providing pregnant women with badges (徽章) (33)
________ the hope of encouraging other passengers on the Japanese capital‘s crowded trains to offer them seats. The pink and blue badges reading: ―There is a baby in my belly‖ are being handed out at stations around the region. No proof of pregnancy (34) _______ (require).
―Especially in the early stages, it is difficult to tell from someone‘s appearance (35) ________ she is pregnant,‖ said an official at the Health Ministry which came up with the idea. ―But these early stages are rather unstable and it is important to take care.‖
The move comes as Japan Struggles for years to persuade women to have more babies. The country (36) ______ population of the elderly people has reached a dangerous level, is among the world‘s most developed countries. However, Japan is now facing a serious aging problem, (37) _________ (regard) as a big burden on its economy. It is now trying to creat (38) ______ environment that is pleasant for pregnant women.
The move was welcomed by many. ―People (39) _______ provide care and help for pregnant women. But when I was three months pregnant and got on a train, no one would really notice me and I found (40) ______ embarrassing to ask them to give me a seat,‖ said
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Yoshiko Kato, a self-employed 38-year-old who is five months pregnant. ―So these badges, I hope, will make me more noticeable,‖ she said.
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长宁区 (A) A Night Out
Michelle walked out the theater humming a tune. She‘d just seen a wonderful musical at the beautiful Paramount Theater. 25 she closed her eyes, she could still see the beautiful costumes and stage sets. It was now after 11 p.m., and she really didn‘t like being out late by___26___. Since no one else had wanted to go to the show, she 27 go alone. She headed down the dark Seattle Street toward her car. No car. The parking space was empty. ‖That‘s odd.‖ She thought. ―Am I on the wrong street?‖ She checked the street signs. No She was on pine street. And she was sure that this was 28 she‘d left her car. But her car was nowhere to be seen. She began to feel nervous. Someone had stolen he car! What was she going to do?
Should she call the police or call someone to give her a ride? She decided to call someone. She took out her cell phone only 29 （find）that her battery was dead! Now what? Maybe she could take a cab. She only had ＄1 in cash 30 she checked every corner of her wallet. And to her horror, her credit card was missing! Then she remembered. She‘d ordered something on the Internet and left the card by her computer. She headed back toward the theater and the lights on Pike Street. Then she saw something familiar. Her car! She realized she 31 (park) on Pike Street not on Pine Street! Once again 32 (sing) a song from the show, she got into her car and headed home.
(B) The Koran
Most religions have some kind of holy text on which the religious beliefs are based. For Christians this text is the Holy Bible; for Jews it is the Torah and for Muslims it is the Koran.
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Muslims believe that the Koran 33 (consist) of revelations from God to Muhammad during the years 610 to 632 when Muhammad died. These revelations were written down by those 34 were close to him during this time and for several years after his death. They were gathered into the text 35 (know) as the Koran during the years 630 to 650. The interpretation of the Koran has always been a difficult task, even for Islamic scholars.For example, the meanings of some words are determined by dots above the vowels (元音 ). In ancient Arabic, however, very often these dots 36 (omit). As a result some letters looked identical. Thus, the meanings of these words depended in many cases 37 the memories of the men who had written them. Early Muslims had to try to get the exact meanings of the words 38 these people died and it was too late. Unlike the Bible, in which the events are provided in time order, there is no reference to 39 things occurred in the Koran. In any case, unlike the Bible, most the suras—sections—are composed of orders and warnings. Unlike in the Bible, there are very few stories in the Koran. Muslins believe that by 40 (recite) the book, they create a holy atmosphere, and there are many Muslims who have learned the Koran by heart.
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