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问答题Passage 1　　Britain is still home to some of the world’s best scientists—but when it comes to giving them the money to turn their ideas into world-beating companies we are third-rate. True?　　“That’s gulf,” is the impatient response of Anne Glover, a lea

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Passage 1　　Britain is still home to some of the world’s best scientists—but when it comes to giving them the money to turn their ideas into world-beating companies we are third-rate. True?　　“That’s gulf,” is the impatient response of Anne Glover, a leading venture capitalist.　　She believes this is the best time since the short-lived dot corn bubble for anyone looking to get their idea funded: “It’s never been better, except during the boom for a short nine-month period.”　　Not from the perspective of Noah Freedman, who has tried to get venture capital firms interested in Ionscope, a firm using world-leading science from Imperial College and Cambridge University. “I don’t think the situation has improved in the UK over the last decade,” he says.　　But Anne Glover, whose venture capital firm Amadeus Capital has backed businesses such as lastminute, corn, Cambridge Silicon Radio and Plastic Logic, points to the figures.　　Last year ￡lbn of venture capital money was invested in young firms in the UK—that’s more than a third of all the money invested across Europe.　　“We get beaten up all the time,” says Ms Glover, “but which other sector has as big a share of the European market?”　　And just as in other industries there are fashions in venture capital. What’s hot right now? Mobile technology, semi-conductors, and consumer internet firms, according to Amadeus—rather similar to what was getting funded during the last booming 2000.　　That ended with a bust which sawn many start-ups disappear and “was followed by several years in which venture capitalists seemed to have gone into hiding. But Anne Glover says they’ve come through the experience stronger.　　“The ones who have survived the boom and bust are experienced and well-funded and have similar global aspirations to the best entrepreneurs.”　　But Noah Freedman, an entrepreneur who was previously involved in Brainspark, an incubator for technology start-ups, says there is still a funding gap.　　Ionscope, which makes very high resolution microscopes, was not able to raise venture capital until it had sold its first products. “The bottom line is that in the UK, it may be easy to get venture capital money to fund growth of an established concept or business, but it is exceptionally difficult to get seed and start-up money for real innovation.”　　Anne Glover says the real problem is a lack of ambition, from both investors and entrepreneurs.　　“We maybe spread our money too thinly rather than concentrate on the best ideas. When we’ve got a world-leading company that’s the point where we need to finance it properly.”　　She says she spends more time trying to raise the ambitions of start-up firms rather than lower them.　　So what’s the lesson from those who have made it? Alex van Someren is one entrepreneur who did raise the money to create a successful global business.　　His Cambridge-based internet security company Ncipher raised venture capital money between 1996 and 2000, and then floated just in the nick of time before the stock market crash.　　He believes we are making progress: “Both investors and the people they invest in have become much more sophisticated.” He says the problem is not a lack of money or ideas. “There is plenty of both—but ideas are not the same as investable businesses.”　　But he says young companies are now more likely to turn to business angels—often people who have built their own firms—rather than venture capitalists: “Angels have done it themselves, so they bring more added value—and they’re willing to invest in businesses too small for venture funds to look at.”　　What Britain doesn’t have—despite attempts to brand Cambridge as Silicon Fen—is one area that can compete with Silicon Valley as a place which produces innovative businesses and the investors to fund them.　　But Anne Glover says we shouldn’t get hung up on the comparison: “You would find the same inferiority complex in Indiana or Wisconsin—Silicon Valley is unique. It’s difficult to raise venture capital anywhere in the world. Entrepreneurship is hard and don’t expect it to be easy.”　　The good news is that, when it comes to innovation, Britain has a growing number of entrepreneurs who have been there and done that.　　Many are now starting new firms or investing in other start-ups. Their only fear is that the latest boom in technology investment could melt away like the last one.　　1. Briefly describe the last boom.　　2. What advantages have the companies which survived last boom got?　　3. What is the difference on capital choice for young companies between the last boom and this latest one? Why?
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第1题：

When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.

What kinds of people rent tent officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples - people whose job or buw homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.

One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.

11.Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses?

A.Selling home furnishings.

B.Renting furnished apartments.

C.Selling used furniture.

D.Renting home furnishings.

12.Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?

A.Because the furniture they get in this way is new.

B.Because it saves them a lot of money.

C.Because it saves them much trouble and money.

D.Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.

13.What can you infer from the passage?

A.The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.

B.Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.

C.Only those who don’t have enough money to rent furniture.

D.People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.

14.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A.Rent or Buy?

B.A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.

C.Furnished Apartments.

D.A New Idea.

15.Young people liked renting home furniture because_________

A.they have less money.

B.they don’t want to buy old furniture.

C.the new furniture is of good quality.

D.they don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.


参考答案：DCBBD

第2题：

TV’s Influence On Our Daily Life

1)TV not only presents us a wonderful world, but also brings some changes to our daily life.

2)It is true that TV has the value of giving complete relaxation

3)Now we can see that TV has caused enormous problems along with its benefits.


参考答案：TV’s Influence On Our Daily Life
As is known, TV is penetrating deeply in people's daily life, without which our life will be incredibly dull and monotonous.it is believed that TV has a strong influence on teenagers in their thought and behaviour. 
Admittedly,there is a trend that TV involves more and more violences which are commonly seen in its series and films.some people come to worry about the fact that the increasing amount of violent factors have led to some problems among the young.many youth are apt to imitate the violent conducts of those characters in TV,which has resulted in lots of deplorable accidents and tragedies.however,some people believe the TV itsself is not to blame but the society and the people who tend to amuse themselves in this way. 
As I see it,I don't want to denounce either the TV or the society,i believe there is something knotty inevitably taking place in the evolution of human society.I think the bad impact on teenagers from TV programs is attributed to not only the programs themselves,but also the way people enjoy happiness,the conducts of commercial and educational walks.

第3题：

From the passage we know that Larry Page __________.

A． was born into a rich merchant family

B． was once a student in Stanford University

C． published some academic articles when young

D． was Brin's important partner in starting Google


正确答案：D
根据文章的内容可以知道，Larry Page是和作者一起放弃在大学深造去创业,是创造Google的搭档。所以答案选D。

第4题：

Passage 1
Plants and animals that have been studied carefully seem to have built-in clocks. These biological clocks, as they are called, usually are not quite exact in measuring time. However, they work pretty well because they are "reset" each day, when the sun comes up.
Do pigeons use their biological clocks to help them find directions from the sun? We can keep pigeons in a room lit only by lamps. And we can program the lighting to produce artificial "days",different from the day outside. After a while we have shifted their clocks. Now we take them far away from home and let them go on a sunny day. Most of thegn start out as if they know just which way to go, but choose a wrong direction. They have picked a direction that would be correct for the position of the sun and the time of day according to their shifted clocks.
It is known and experimented that homing pigeons can tell directions by the sun. But what happens when the sky is darkly overcast by clouds and no one can see where the sun is? Then the pigeons still find their way home. The salne experiment has been repeated many times on sunny days and the result was always the same. But on very overcast days clock-shifted pigeons are just as good as normal pigeons in starting out in the right directions. So it seems that pigeons also have some extra sense of direction to use when they cannot see the sun.
Naturally, people have wondered whether pigeons might have a built-in compass—something that would tell them about the directions of the earth's magnetic field. One way to test that idea would be to see if a pigeon's sense of direction can be fooled by a magnet attached to its back.
With a strong magnet close by, a compass can no longer tell direction.
To test the idea, a group of ten pigeons had strong little magnet bars attached to their backs.
Another group carried brass bars instead which were not magnetic. In a number of experiments,both groups were taken away from home and let go. On sunny days none of the magnet-pigeons was fooled. They were just as good as the brass-pigeons in starting out in the right direction toward home. On cloudy, overcast days, however, with no sun the brass-pigeons chose the right direction,but the magnet-pigeons were in trouble. They later started out in different directions and acted completely lost.

Which of the following can best describe the organization of the passage?
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A．Questions are raised first and then experiments to answer them are cited.
B．Opinions are given first and then evidences against them are quoted.
C．Statements come first and examples supporting them follow.
D．People's long held beliefs are cited first and exceptions come after.

答案：A
解析：
文章中以“Do pigeons use their biological clocks to help them find directions from the sun ”提出问题，然后通过实验来解答问题。即采用了提出问题一解答问题的模式．因此A项正确。

第5题：

According to the passage,which of the following is true? ( )

A． Tell the truth,even when you are wrong．

B． Keep some animals to kill them．

C．Look down on new ideas．

D． Everything on the Internet is good for children．


正确答案：A
A[解析]A选项说哪怕做错事也要讲实话，符合第一条规则，要做个诚实的学生。B选项说养几只动物后杀了它们，不符合第二条规则中保护动物的要求。C选项说轻视新想法，不符合第三条规则中的“Don't look down on new ideas”。D选项说互联网上所有的内容都对孩子有好处，不符合第五条规则说的要选择适合孩子看的网页。所以答案选A。

第6题：

Passage One

Animals have different ways of protecting themselves against wintertime weather. Some animals grow heavy coats of fur or feathers, while others dig into the ground to find a warm wintertime home.

Some animals spend the winter in a deep sleep because by going to sleep they avoid the time of the year when food is scarce and the temperatures are low. Their sleep is known as hibernation.

There is much about hibernation that puzzles scientists. For example, they are wondering how hibernation came into being. Some scientists have explored the possibility that animals release a chemical that starts them hibernating.

One thing that scientists are certain about is that animals hibernate only when it is cold. Hibernation is a seasonal practice.

Some animals that fall into a wintertime sleep are not true hibernators because they spend only a part of the cold season asleep. Bears, for example, can easily be awakened from their winter nap. They are not true hibernators.

Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether a particular animal is a true hibernator. For example, some mice hibernate, but others do not. The same is true of bats. Some of them hibernate. Others do not.

36. Hibernation is a seasonal practice. This means it ______.

A. takes place only during a particular season

B. occurs only during the night

C. is a daily practice

D. only happens when a species becomes over-populated


正确答案：A

第7题：

Questions 61-65 are based on Passage Two:

Passage Two

New rules and behavior. standards(行为规范) for middle school students came out inMarch． The Middle School is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are． The best students won't only have high marks． They should not dye（染） their hair,smoke ordrink because they are students． The following are some of the new rules．

Have you ever copied someone else's work in an exam? Don't do that again! That's not something an honest student should do．

Do more at school． Good students love animals and care for other people． April is Birdloving Month in China． Is your school cloing anything to celebrate it? You should join!And you can learn more about animals and how to protect them． Be friendly to the people around you． Try to think of others,not only yourself．

Be open to new ideas． Do you think people can live on the moon? Maybe you'll find another earth someday． Don't look down on new ideas． Everyone's ideas are important． You should welcome them,because new ideas make life better for everyone．

Protect yourself． Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates? Don't let it happen to you．lf you have to go home late,you should let your parents know．

Use the Internet carefully． The Internet can be very useful for students． But some things on the Internet aren't good for children,so try to look at web pages (网页) that are good foryou．

What's the meaning of "look down on" in the passage? ( )

A． 向下看

B．轻视

C．在……上面看

D．上下打量


正确答案：B
B[解析]ACD项和new ideas搭配意思都不合适，只有“轻视”符合逻辑。所以答  案选B。

第8题：

“Wilbur, we're born, we live, and, when our time comes, we die. It's just the natural cycle of life. ”is said by().

A、Charlotte

B、the rat

C、Mom

D、the host


参考答案：A

第9题：

I t can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion, .

A. people waste too much money on cameras

B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life

C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product

D. famous companies care more about profit than quality


正确答案：C

解 析：推理判断题。最后一段作者分析了人们为什么老是喜欢新的事物，因为旧的事物我们了解了，有局限性，而新的事物会带给我们更多我们没想到的。根据作者在 购物的过程中，最终选择了试用自己最初的照相机，所以得出作者的观点是：我们并不需要了解很多新的东西，只要达到自己的最初的要求就行。


第10题：

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Global Warming
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world's climate. Many scientists1the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase2the world's temperatures and are convinced that,more than3before,the Earth is at4from the forces of the wind,rain and sun.5to them,global warming is making extreme weather events,6as hurricanes and droughts,even more7and causing sea levels all around the world to8.
Environmental groups are putting9on governments to take action to reduce the 10 of carbon dioxide which is given 11 by factories and power plants,thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in12of more money being spent on research into so-lar,wind and wave energy devices,which could then replace existing power13.
Some scientists,14believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow,we would have to wait15hundred years to notice the results. Global warming,it seems,is here to stay.

2._________
A: in
B: at
C: by
D: to

答案：A
解析：
固定搭配put the blame for…，表示“把……归咎于……”，所以B项put为正确答案。
文中the world's temperatures前需要补充一个介词，意为：在全球范围内气温的上升，因此应该在A和B两项之间选择。而at后面只可以跟某个小地点，根据文意，只有in才是正确答案。
联系上下文语境，根据句意可知作者要表达的是“以往任何时候”，因此选用 ever。其他三项均不符合句意。
固定搭配at risk，意为“濒临危险，处境危险”。
习惯用法according to sb．意为“据某人所说”，故选D。
根据句意，作者要举例子，习惯用法为such as...，因此选A.
根据句意，作者举例子是按照递进的顺序，从飓风、干旱到排在后面的是更加严重的问题。strict“严格的”, strong“强烈的”, heavy“沉重的，巨大的”，只有severe意为 “严峻的，严重的”，因此B是正确答案。
此处意为：导致世界各地的海平面上升，所以在A和C之间选择。raise意为“举起，抬起，唤起”，有主动意味，rise表示客观的上升，因此是正确答案。
联系上下文可知此句意为：环保组织在向政府施加压力，催促政府采取措施减少二氧化碳的排放量，显然pressure（施加压力）最为恰当。
根据句意，减少二氧化碳的排放量，二氧化碳是不可数名词，因此amount 是正确答案。
固定搭配give off意为“排放（气体、液体、光）等”，文中表达的是排放二氧化碳气体，故选A。而give away意为“泄露，分发”,give up意为“放弃”, give over意为“停止，交出”。
固定搭配in favour of…，意为“支持……，赞成……”，所以选C。
根据句意可知作者表达的是“发电站”，为固定词组power station.
联系上下文语境可知上文叙述了很多科学家的想法，下文转而言及另外还有一些科学家的想法，此处有转折之意，且空格在两句未完的话之间，因此选择however。
根据句意，还需要等几百年，several表示“几个”，符合句意。其他三个选项均不合适。

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