Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Noble Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Noble Prize winner.
Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curie’s two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sevigne in Paris.
Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continue the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgium. Her services were recognized in the form of a Military’s Medal by the French government.
In 1918, Irene became her mother’s assistant at the Curie Institue. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and were married in 1926. their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.
Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia because of her work with radioactivity(辐射能). Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.where did Marie Curie and some other scholars teach their children?
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_________________________________________________________________Why was Irene Curie awarded a Military Medal? (within 7 words)
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［1］When children go to camp, they are on their own, sometimes for the very first time in their lives. They have to decide what to wear, what to eat and which activities to participate in. As a result they develop confidence and independence.
［2］As self-respect develops from learning to be on their own, children continue to try new activities. Also it is possible that they will engage in what they are unfamiliar with. In school, children do not experience success in the same way. Camp can be a school without failure because just having fun makes them a success.
［3］One of the greatest benefits of a camp experience is that children develop social skills. In a camp setting, a good counselor will make sure that every camper is included in the activity and that each child interacts with the others in a positive way. They learn to give and take, and they learn how to work and cooperate. Something as simple as clean-up, is not only there to get the cabin clean, but to promote a team atmosphere of working together which in turn results in friendship.
［4］The obvious benefit of camp is that campers make long lasting friendships. These friendships can often be unique and special because campers are living with each other and see the true personalities. Chi1dren learn to see others from a different viewpoint. Children tend to be accepted for who they are and do not have to be concerned about what they wear, what they are good at and how they look. This is because in a camp setting, respect and caring finally win out over materialistic objectives.
［5］In a word, camp does give children fun, friends and fulfillment.What will children get from camp? (No more than 5 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________The underlined phrase “on their own” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by______. (No more than 1 word)
_______________________________________________________________________________According to Paragraph 2, what makes camp different from a school? (No more than 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? (No more than 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________According to Paragraph 4, in a camp, why are children not concerned about what they wear or how they look? (No more than l5 words)
Everyone has got two personalities – the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control your behavior, but when you’re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their positions. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.
If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to upset people, so you never express your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset. You’re very stubborn, but you aren’t very ambitious. You usually live for today not for tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.
If you sleep curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive. You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You’re easily hurt.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You’re usually careful and confident. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t get depressed. You always say what you think even if it makes other people angry.
（253 words） According to the author, what shows your secret and real personality?
_________________________________________ （within 8 words） （2 marks）How many kinds of secret personalities are mentioned in the passage?
_________________________________________ （only one word） （2 marks）How will a person who doesn’t want to make friends with others sleep?
_________________________________________ （within 5 words） （3 marks）Mark usually goes to sleep on one side, then he will change his sleeping positions in the sleep, what kind of personality may he have?
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Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（购物手推车）. They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.
Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging（吃力地携带） groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.
On June 4, 1937, Goldman's first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn't wait to see them using his invention.
But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.
After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren't using his carts. “Don't you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.
But Goldman wasn't beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony（假冒的） customers.
As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.
Today's shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman's original model. Perhaps that's one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart. The underlined words “chrome-plate contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to ______.（within 3 words）
What was the purpose of Goldman's invention? （within 10 words）
_____________________________________________________________________ Why was Goldman disappointed at first? （within 10 words）
_____________________________________________________________________ Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? （within 10 words）
_____________________________________________________________________ What do you think of Goldman? Please give your reasons. (No more than 20 words)
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[1]Although known as an extraordinarily successful businessman, Warren Buffet comes off as a pretty ordinary person．
[2]Looking back on his childhood, one can see how serious he was about making money．Buffet used to go door-to-door and sell soda pop．Later, he also worked at his grandfather’s grocery store．At the ripe age of 11, Buffet bought his first stock（股票）．When his family moved to Washington D. C．, Buffet became a paperboy for The Washington Post．While still in school, he was making $175 a month, a full-time wage for many young men．
[3]From the beginning, Buffet made his fortune from investing．He started with all the money that he had made from selling pop, delivering papers and so on．Between 1950 and l956, he grew his $9, 800 to $14, 000．From there, he organized investment partnerships with his family and friends, and then gradually drew in more people through very attractive terms．
[4]Buffet applied to Harvard Business School but , making it to be one of the worst admission decisions in Harvard history．The outcome ended up affecting Buffet’s life deeply, for he ended up attending Columbia Business School, where he studied under Benjamin Graham, the father of securities analysis who provided the foundation for Buffet’s grand success．
[5]Buffet is a person of habit—same house, same office, same city．He doesn’t collect houses or cars or works of art, and he hates companies that waste money on such goods．Instead, he has established the Buffet Foundation, with a detailed plan on how to invest his money more wisely to society．What kind of person is Buffet according to Paragraph 1? （no more than 10 words）
_____________________________________________________________________What does the writer intend to tell us in Paragraph 2? （no more than 10 words）
_____________________________________________________________________According to Paragraph 3, how did Buffet start his investment? （no more than 10 words）
_____________________________________________________________________Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．（no more than 3 words）
_____________________________________________________________________Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5．
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At the outbreak of war in September 1939, Doreen Luke was fifteen years old and had just begun work as an apprentice (学徒) in a department store selling clothing and household goods in her hometown of Bodmin in Cornwall. Doreen recalls the first day of war, “My mother was in the process of cooking the Sunday dinner when the Prime Minister announced over the radio that we were at war with Germany… From then on everything changed in our lives. Suddenly there was a different atmosphere.”
During the first years of the war, Doreen was part of a concert party that entertained civilians and service personnel in Cornwall. Although Doreen made effort for the war through her work in entertainment, she was eager to become involved with the war effort in a more direct way, “ My seventeenth birthday came in January 1941. Many of my friends were joining the Forces. I was becoming very restless. In any case soon at the age of eighteen I would be called up to go and work in a factory or to do some other vital war work but that didn’t appeal to me. I was more adventurous than that!”
Realizing that the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force(WAAF)was recruiting (招募) wireless operators, Doreen quickly made up her mind. At the age of eighteen, she received her call-up papers and became a member of the WAAF. After one year’s training, Doreen became a wireless operator at Bletchley Park and began work in the Auto Room. Doreen recalls her first visit to Bletchley and the secrecy essential to her work, “I didn’t realize when I first stepped into that room that I was going to be a part of a very secret department. In fact I didn’t know that until fifty years after the war.”When was Doreen Luke born? (within 2 words)
What did Doreen Luke do when the war broke out? (within 6 words)
Why did Doreen feel restless on her 17th birthday? (within 8 words)
When did Doreen really become a wireless operator? (within 5 words)
What was the requirement for her work at Bletchley Park? (within 2 words）
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Everyone dreams of being successful. Does anyone think of the mere question as to what elements determine success? Is there a “success personality”--- some winning combination of qualities that leads almost inevitably to achievement? If so, exactly what is that secret success formula, and can anyone develop it? At the Gallop Organization we recently focused on success, inquiring into the opinions of 1,500 distinguished people selected at random from who’s who in America. Our research finds out a number of qualities that occur regularly among top achievers. Here is one of the most important, that is common sense.
Common sense is the most obvious quality possessed by our participants. Seventy-nine percent award themselves a top score in this quality. And sixty-one percent say that common sense greatly contributes to their success.
To most, common sense means the ability to present sound, practical judgments on everyday affairs. To do this, one has to sweep aside extra ideas and get right to the key of what matters. A Texas oil and gas businessman put it in this way: “The key ability for success is simplifying. In conduction of meeting and dealing with industry, reducing a complex problem to the simplest term is highly important.”
Besides common sense, there are many other factors that influence success. You need to believe in yourself that you can achieve it, you need to have faith in your goals and your path to that success. However, nothing move until you do something. Belief alone is not going to achieve anything for you. It must be followed up with concrete action. Your plan for career success is nothing unless you act upon it whole-heartedly.What does “success personality” refer to? (no more than 6 words)
Who were chosen to give their opinions about the secret to success? (no more than 3 words)
What does “common sense” mean to most participants? (no more than 8 words)
What is a businessman’s idea of the key ability for success? (no more than 5 words)
What are many other factors that influence success besides common sense? (no more than 6 words)
[1]If you can’t find your keys , ask a woman．It’s reported that females are better than males at multitasking, particularly if those tasks include searching for lost items, for example , the car keys．
[2]Researchers carried out two experiments, in which men and women have to juggle（同时做）several tasks．Examples of this include working in a busy office or cooking several dishes at once for a meal．In the first battle of the sexes , the volunteers played a computer game that required rapid changes of attention．Both sexes slowed down , but the women slowed less．This suggests that they found multitasking easier．
[3]In the second experiment , volunteers were given 8 minutes to complete a set of sums , search for restaurants on a map and work out the route they would take to search for a set of keys lost in a field．The two sexes did well on all the tasks, but the key hunt — in which the searches planned by the women were judged to be clearly superior．When it is the only thing to be done, both sexes are equally good at it．It showed that men’s ability to plan a search for lost keys breaks down, when put under the pressure of multitasking．The results suggest that women are better at multitasking than men．
[4] Women’s advantage at doing tasks has its roots in evolution．In the Stone Age , men could probably go out and hunt for food , while the women stayed at home and multi-tasked．They were always looking out for their children , as well as doing other things , like gathering fruits and doing mending and making stone tools．Men probably have somewhat more of a one-track mind．What does the text mainly talk about? （no more than 6 words ）
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____________________________________________________________________In the first battle of the sexes, what did the volunteers do ? （no more than 12 words ）
____________________________________________________________________When searching for lost keys is their only task, how do both sexes perform ? （no more than 5 words ）
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阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
【1】A safari park is a park in which wild animals are kept．They are mainly located in east or central Africa．They often occupy a very wild area, with mountains and rivers．To visit the park and look at the animals, people have to drive around in a car for a few of hours because the park is huge．
【2】In south Africa there is a safari park, which contains all sorts of wild animals like lions, elephants, rhinoceroses（犀牛）, zebras, wild pigs, deer and giraffes．
【3】There is a wild road leading through the park, but nobody is permitted to walk on the road．Anyone traveling in the park has to go in a car because wild animals may fiercely attack people．From the car he may see almost every types of African wildlife．Some of these are getting scarce（稀有的）because people kill them for various reasons．For example, rhinoceroses are killed for their horns （角）, which are used in traditional Chinese medicines for colds and headaches．Perhaps they will be seen only in museums and books one day．
【4】Travelers may purchase food for the animals．They can feed them when they tour the park．Of course, they should not feed them in a close distance because the wild animals may attack people．In addition, they should only give proper food to the animals．
【5】A traveler may carry a gun with him in his journey．The gun is given to him by the government．However, it is not used for hunting．In fact, a seal is fixed to it．The traveler may fire at a wild beast to defend himself in case he is attacked．However, he has to prove to the government that he has been attacked and that he has not fired at a harmless animal． List one of the reasons why travelers have to stay in a car during their visit．（no more than 6 words）
_________________________________________________________________________ Why are rhinoceroses getting scarce?（no more than 7words）
_________________________________________________________________________ What warning are given to travelers when they feed the animals?（no more than 15words）
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Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.
The world of journalism can be very exciting. Journalists are on the cutting edge of local and global events. Before you take a big step for becoming a journalist, please make sure you are aware the climate for newspaper journalists is especially tough right now.
Once you are sure that a journalism career is right for you, here’s what you need to do.
● Education comes first. Besides understanding how to write well, a degree in journalism, English, and communications are also beneficial to those wishing to pursue a career in journalism. In addition to helping you gain the necessary knowledge, many universities offer employment services to new graduates. Attending journalism school, also called J-school, or journalism college is an investment in your future.
● Pick a specialty (专业). Jobs in journalism vary a lot, so it is important to decide exactly what path you wish to take. For newspaper reporters, you must be flexible and able to think on your feet because stories are often fast-breaking. Deadlines are typically tight, so be prepared to write with speed and accuracy (正确). There are also broadcast journalists, investigative reporters, foreign reporters, sports journalists and so on, which require different skills.
● You’ve got to have the right stuff. No matter which branch of journalism interests you, there are a number of necessary qualities that are common to all. Journalists must have a “nose for news”. Additionally ,Good journalists must use high ethics (高尚的道德规范) at all times. At last, a fair attitude is required for almost all areas of journalism; these jobs require a neutral (中立的) reporting of facts rather than opinions.
● Think big, but start small. Although internships (实习) during your last two years of college equip you with much experience, it is highly unlikely that your first job as a journalist will be high-paying. However, getting a job at a community newspaper or local television station is a good start. Once you are working in the field, you’ll have the chance to prove yourself and actively seek advancement.
In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.
From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, bur sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don’t get to see this soft side of others often, we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we’re brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them.
Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty fore years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.
No more angry shouts and no more horns! When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, “I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.” And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn’t get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.
Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way. But those are and far between. More often, it would be better if we don’t pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.How do people feel when they offer their help?(No more than 2 words) (2 points)
____________________________________________________________________What reaction did other drivers have when the author drove very slowly at first?
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____________________________________________________________________Why did other drivers behave differently when the author put on the car flashlights?
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____________________________________________________________________What does the author advise us to do at last? (No more than 8 words) (3 points)
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回答问题 （共4小题；满分10分）
Once upon a time, there was a poor boy working for a king day and night, but the king treated him badly. Every day, the boy went cold and hungry, so he ran away. Then one day, he met a big lion in the desert. The lion looked angry and the boy was afraid. He was about to run away when the lion said, “I am angry because there is a thorn(刺) in my foot.” “Don’t worry. I will help you.” So the boy sat down and helped to pull the thorn out. From then on, they became good friends.
One day, the king went hunting in the desert and he caught the lion! He threw it into a net. On his way back he saw the boy and caught him as well. “I will punish you for running away. I will throw you to the lion’s den(兽窝)!” said the king angrily. So he did! But to the king’s surprise, when the lion saw the boy, it lay down and smiled. The boy smiled too and put his arm around his friend. Greatly moved, the king let the boy and the lion go.
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阅读下面短文，用英语简要回答文后所给的五个问题，并写在答题卡规定位置。
（注意：每题答案不超过10个单词）
[1]Do you want to work with people or animals or machines or tools? Do you want to work indoors or outdoors, directly serve people in need or serve people behind the scenes? These are the typical questions that a volunteer service agency would ask.
[2]Every year, thousands of people in the west offer volunteer services. Volunteering greatly strengthens the community partly because it helps the old, the young, the weak, the sick, the disabled and the injured overcome difficulties.
[3]Volunteers usually help in many different ways. They may give people advice, offer friendship to the young, drive the elderly to church, warn kids against drugs, work as an assistant in a school or a nursing home, raise funds, plant trees, help out in local libraries and do many other things.
[4]Volunteering can be a few hours a week or a few hours a month, time during the day, evenings or weekends, either part time or full time. Anybody who likes to serve people in need can become a volunteer.
[5]The art of volunteering can be a process of both giving and receiving. Volunteering allows volunteers to meet new people and make new friends and mix with people from all walks of life. Volunteering is an excellent way to experiment, practice and try out new techniques and skills. It is much more effective to practice a skill than to read about or study it in a classroom. Volunteering is a great way to develop good teamwork skills, discover your individual talents and explore career choices. Being a volunteer takes individuals on a wonderful journey and helps them learn many important things beyond their school learning.
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Lacrosse, invented by the Native Americans, is a popular team sport in North America and a national summer sport for Canada. It involves the use of nets, or ”heads” as they are called, which consist of a wooden or metal stick with a net on the end. Hockey is a game based on this sport.
The name “lacrosse” was named by the French settlers ，with “Crosse” meaning curved stick. Lacrosse played a more serious role in Indian culture than anywhere else. Lacrosse was not a very well known sport until the late nineteenth century. It was mostly a boy’s game until a few years ago, and now it is played by both boys and girls.
There were about three different forms of lacrosse based on the different tribes or places of how they played it. One of the ways still played today is called double stick; you play by using a two and a half foot stick in each hand and tossing a deer skin ball in between the two sticks.
Like many other ball games, there are two teams in Lacrosse, each with ten players. There is one goalie, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attack-men. The goalies defend the goals, and if the ball goes into the goal, the team who got the goal scores. Whoever scores the most goals by the end of the game wins, with an overtime period being played if the game is tied. The game has four quarters and starts with a "faceoff” at the beginning of each quarter. A faceoff is when the ball is on the ground to start the game, and one person from each team fights for the ball.Who invented the game Lacrosse? (no more than 3 words)
When did Lacrosse become a well-known sport? (no more than 6 words)
How many players are needed to play a Lacrosse game? (no more than 1 word)
What is a goalie’s job? (no more than 7 words)
What happens if two teams score the same goals at the end of a game?(no more than 6 words)
When Steve Jobs was born on Febuary24,1955, in San Francisco , California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption（收养）because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night, his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said, “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” But his mother told his future parents to promise that they would send Jobs to college. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but only after six months did he decide to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.
Jobs and a friend(Steve Wozniak) started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. He named their company ----Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as a fruit garden in Oregon.
After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000 employees.
At 30, Jobs , however, was fired from the company he co-founded. But after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from competitor Microsoft and suffered heavy losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as Apple’ CEO in1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability（盈利） and introduced new products such as the IPod, the IPhone and the IPad.
Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t be discouraged. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find your interest. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.”Why did Jobs’ mother abandon him? (within 6 words)
What did Jobs do half a year later in college? (within 5 words)
When was Jobs removed from Apple? (within 2 words)
What happened to Apple after Jobs left it？(within 10 words)
What do you think is the most important thing to lead Jobs to success? (1 word)
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