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Elixir ? ?

written by Eric Walters

Twelve-year-old Roth becomes a friend of Dr．Banting and his assistant, Mr．Best, who are in search of a cure for diabetes （糖尿?。甋he finds herself torn between her sympathy for the animals being experimented on and her friendship with Banting and Best．

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George Washingtion Carver ? ?

written by Elizabeth Macleod

Meet the “Peanut（花生）Specialist”, George Washington Carver, the inventor and professor who made over 325 products out of peanuts．Through his agricultural research, he also greatly improved the lives of countless black farmers in the southern United States．See also Macleod’s Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius．

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The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations

written by Alootook Ipellie & David MacDonald

Explore more than 40 ideas necessary to Inuit survival．From ideas familiar to us today to inventive concepts that shaped their lives, celebrate the creativity of a remarkably intelligent people．Also see other books; The Chinese Thought of It by Tingxing Ye and A Native American Thought of It by Rocky Landon and David MacDonald．

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Made in Canada:101 Amazing Achievements

written by Bev Spencer

What things do we use daily that have a Canadian connection? Here are 101 common things that were invented in Canada or by a Canadian, including the Blackberry, alkaline（堿性）batteries and the Blue Box recycling program．

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Newtonand the Time Machine ???

written by Michael McGowan

Ten-year-old boy Newton has invented a time machine to see dinosaurs up close．But it disappears on a test run with his two huge friends, King Herbert and Queen Certrude, in it! Can he save them before time runs out?

64．Which of the following best describes Roth’s feeling in Book 1?

A．Painful.??? ?????????? B．Curious.?? ??????????? C．Frightened.??? ????? D．Disappointed.

65．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Animals are mentioned in Book 1 and Book 5．

B．Book 3 introduces 40 inventive concepts．

C．Alkaline batteries were invented by Dr．Banting．

D．George Washington Carver was a black farmer in the US．

66．In Book 5, King Herbert and Queen Gertrude are_______.

A．Newton’s human friends??? ????????????????????? B．the names of the time machine

C．two dinosaurs???????????? ????????????????????? D．the inventions of the time machine

67．If you are interested in native Americans, you may read the book by _____．

A．Elizabeth Macleod?????????? ?????????????????? B．Eric Walters

C．Rocky London & David MacDonald???? ??? D．Bev Spencer

D

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed （展現(xiàn)）herself as she did nowhere else．

After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate（巨頭）Aristotie Onassis Jacqueline’s close friend and former White House social? secretary Letitia Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career（職業(yè)）in publishing．After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it．Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live her own life ．She became not less but more interested in reading．For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher’s editor, first at Viking,then at Doubleday ,pursuing（追求）a late-life career longer than her two marriages combined．During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books．Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes．She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversation into a book ,The Power of Myth．The book went on to become an international best-seller．She dealt? too．with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography（自傳），Moonwalk．

Jaequeline may have been hired for her name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth. Her worth．Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing Since and to Jacqueline herself．In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind．Her books are the autobiography she never wrote, Her role as First lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editor．However, few knew that she had achieved so much．

68．We can learn from the passage that Jecqueline?_____.

A．because fond of reading after working as an editor

B．was in charge of publishing 100 books

C．promoted her books through social relations

D．gained a lot from her career as an editor

69．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that?_____.

A．Jscqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First Lady

B．Jscqueline’s life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor

C．Jscqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady

D．Jscqueline’s role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor

70．What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Jscqueline’s two marriages lasted more than 20 years

B．Jscqueline’s own publishing firm was set up eventually

C．Jscqueline’s views and beliefs were reflected in the books she edited

D．Jscqueline’s achievements were widely known

71．The passage is mainly?_______???? .

A．a(chǎn)n introduction of jacqueline’s life both as First Lady and as an editor．

B．a(chǎn) brief description of Jacqueline’s lifelong experiences．

C．a(chǎn) brief account of Jacqueline’s career as an editor in her last 20 years．

D．a(chǎn)n analysis of Jscqueline’s social relations in publishing

E

The internet will open up new vistas （前景）,create the global village—you can make new friends all around the world．That, at least, is what it promised us．The difficulty is that it did not take the human mind into account．The reality is that we cannot keep relationship than a limited number of people．No matter how hard the internet tries to put you in communication, its best efforts will be defeated by your mind．

The problem is twofold（雙重的）．First, there is a limit on the number of people we can hold in mind and have a meaningful relationship with．That number is about 150 and is set by the size of our brain．Second, the quality of your relationships depends on the amount of time you invest （投入）in them．We invest a lot in a small number of people and then distribute what’s left among as many others as we can．The problem is that if we invest little time in a person, our engagement with that person will decline （減弱）until eventually it dies into “someone I once knew”．

This is not, of course, to say that the internet doesn’t serve a socially valuable function．Of course it does．But the question is not that it allows you to increase the size of your social circle to include the rest of the world, but that you can keep your relationships with your existing friends going even though you have to more to the other side of the world．

In one sense, that’s a good thing．But it also has a disadvantage．If you continue to invest in your old friends even though you can no longer see then, then certainly you aren’t using your time to make new friends where you now live．And I suspect that probably isn’t the best use of your time．Meaningful relationships are about being able to communicate with each other, face to face．The internet will slow down the rate with which relationships end, but it won’t stop that happening eventually．

72．What is stressed in the first paragraph?

A．The present situation of the internet．

B．The difficulty in communication on the internet．

C．The socially valuable function of the internet．

D．The role of the human mind in the internet communication．

73．The underlined word “engagement” in the second paragraph probably means “____”．

A．a(chǎn)ppointment?? ????? B．connection?? ???????? C．interview??? ???????? D．a(chǎn)greement

74．According to the passenger, the author holds the view that____．

A．the internet fails to play so valuable a role in communication as it promised

B．the internet determines the quality of social relationships

C．the internet greatly increases the size of social circles

D．the internet communication is no less effective than the face-to-face talk

75．What is the author’s attitude towards the use of the internet to strengthen relationships?

A．He is uncertain about it．??? ???????????????????? B．He is hopeful of it．

C．He approves of it．?????????? ???????????????? D．He doubts it．

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