45．Tim wants to polish his writing, it is best for him to attend the related activity on________.
A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Thursday D. Friday
46．Which of the following descriptions about the annual Children’s Gathering is true?
A. Tickets are a must in order to attend it.
B. Only those who have received an invitation are admitted in the Gathering.
C. You have to make a reply to the invitation to make sure you get a seat.
D. You’d better apply in advance because there are not enough seats for everyone.
47．If there is an emergency, you should________.
A. call the Help Desk B. contact hld @ wnbl. corg
C. stay in the library and wait D. ring 926 3637
48．The announcement is mainly intended for________.
A. staff members of the library B. parents of the school children
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C. the school children D. volunteers of the activities
C
The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie.
The latest big screen offering from Sony Picture, 2012, arrives in theaters on Friday, with a 200milliondollar production about the end of the world supposedly based on myths (虚构的故事) backed by the Mayan calendar. It is claimed that the end of time will come as a Planet X — or Nibiru — heads toward or collides with the Earth.
Some websites accuse NASA of hiding the truth on the planet’ s existence, but the US space agency denounced such stories as an “Internet hoax(恶作剧) ”. “There is no factual basis for these claims，” NASA said in a question and answer posting on its website. “If such a collision were real, astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye. Obviously, it does not exist. Credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012，” it insisted. “After all, our planet has been getting along just well for more than four billion years，” added NASA. 高考网WWw.gAoKw.coM
There is another planet, Eris, floating in space. But the small planet similar to Pluto will remain safely fixed in the outer solar system and it can come no closer than four billion miles to the Earth, according to NASA.
Initial theories set the disaster for May 2003, but when nothing happened the date was moved forward to the winter in 2012 to coincide with the end of a cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar.
NASA insisted the Mayan calendar in fact does not end on December 21, 2012, as another period begins immediately afterward.
And even if the planets were to line up as some have forecast, the effect on our planet would be “negligible”， NASA said.
“And while comets and asteroids (小行星) have always hit the Earth, big hits are very rare，” NASA noted. The last major impact was believed to be 65 million years ago，resulting in the end of dinosaurs.
“We have already determined that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs，” the space agency said. 高考网wWw.GaoKw.cOm
49．________played a key role in the spread of the rumors.
A. A new book B. The Internet and a new Hollywood movie
C. NASA D. An Indian calendar
50．The film 2012 is________.
A. about the end of the world B. based on the scientific prediction
C. well accepted in the science field D. about a romantic love story
51．We can infer that________.
A. people didn’t take the rumor seriously
B. Planet X — or Nibiru does exist
C. astronomers have been tracking Planet X for over ten years
D. the rumor caused a panic among some people
52．Which of the following is the best title?
A. New Hollywood movie 2012 B. December 21, 2012, NOT the end of the world
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C. End of the ancient Mayan calendar D. How rumors came into being
D
U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday on campaign trail he can make the case for a second term, and voters will come to see him as the candidate best prepared to serve as president by next year’s elections, according to an interview he gave to the U.S. media.
In an exclusive interview he gave the Associated Press, Obama acknowledged that the state of the economy could be his biggest hurdle to clear in winning reelection.
“I think the economy’s going to continue to improve, and I think I’m going to be able to make an effective case that… I am the person who is best prepared to finish the job so that we are on track to succeed in the 21st century,” Obama said in the video interview conducted in Chicago, where he attended fund-raising events the previous night.
“I think I can make that case, and I think that, in the debates that take place over the next 18 months, the American people will feel that I deserve a second term,” he said. 高考网wWw.GaoKw.cOm
Chicago is Obama’s home, and the president’s reelection campaign headquarters is also located there. He made the reelection announcement on April 4. According to a Gallup poll released on Friday, Obama’s approval rating stood at 41 percent, an all time low. Gallup said the figure was fueled by economic dissatisfaction.
53. The best headline for this article is“ ______”.
A. Obama says he deserves a second term
B. Obama becomes the American president again
C. Obama has planned to resign from president
D. There are lots of hurdles in front of Obama
54. The underlined word ‘case’ in paragraph one means_______.
A. a success B. a failure C. a pleasure D. a sorrow
55. The biggest problem that Obama might meet with in the president’s reelection is _______.
A．that all the people object to him B．that his competitor is stronger than him
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C．the economic problem D．that he didn’t do well at his last post
56. Who probably writes this passage?
A. an official B. a journalist C. a secretary D. the common people
E
“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity，” said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I’ve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it’s probably worth listening to.
Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. If you’ re a Chinese，you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump (树桩) for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.
A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. It’ s not about going to a temple to burn some incense (香) in hopes that the gods will give you good fortune; it’ s practical advice you can follow each day.
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Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups：those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper，” was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message.
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