the family sold it as a Honthorst to a
第一单元 Quiz
1、 问题:II Here’s a paragraph that has both facts and opinions. Read and decide whether they are facts or opinions. New York and other U.S. cities have begun using vehicles powered by natural gas[1]. This is a good idea[2]. Vehicles that use natural gas do not pollute the air[3]. Furthermore， natural gas is more cost-effective than regular gas[4]. All cities should use only vehicles powered by natural gas[5].1. Facts are ___
选项：
A:[ 1]
B:[2]
C:[3]
D:[4]
E:[5]
答案: 【[ 1];
[3] ;
[4] 】
2、 问题:2 Opinions are ___
选项：
A:[1]
B:[2]
C:[3]
D:[4]
E:[5]
答案: 【[2] ;
[5] 】
3、 问题:I There are five sentences in this section. Read and decide whether they are facts or opinions. (10 points， two for each)1.China is a developing country.
选项：
A:正确
B:错误
答案: 【正确】
4、 问题:America must preserve democracy at all costs.
选项：
A:正确
B:错误
答案: 【错误】
5、 问题:The meetings should be held on Tuesdays， not Wednesdays.
选项：
A:正确
B:错误
答案: 【错误】
6、 问题:These meetings are held Wednesdays.
选项：
A:正确
B:错误
答案: 【正确】
7、 问题:These meetings are often a waste of time.
选项：
A:正确
B:错误
答案: 【错误】
【作业】第一单元 Assignment
1、 问题:Decide whether each of the following statements is Fact (F) or Opinion (O)1. A person’s opinions are always right or wrong.A. Fact B. Opinion2. George Washington was the first president of the United States.A. Fact B. Opinion3. Last night， a tree outside our house was struck by lightning. A. Fact B. Opinion4. The waiters at that restaurant are rude， and the food costs twice as much as it’s worth.A. Fact B. Opinion5. Tom Cruise and Halle Berry are the most gorgeous movie stars in Hollywood today. A. Fact B. Opinion
评分规则: 【 1. A 2. A 3. A 4.B 5. B
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【作业】第二单元 Assignment
1、 问题: Assignment I Read the following passage， and choose the best answer to the following question. Every student needs a place to study. Some students like to study in the quite atmosphere of a library. Most school libraries have large study tables with many chairs. They also have individual study booths called carrels. A carrel is a small table with “walls” around three sides. A carrel is for one person， so there is only one chair at each carrel. Other students prefer to study in their own rooms at home or in a dormitory. In their rooms， these students have a desk， some bookshelves， and perhaps a study lamp to provide good lightning. All students need comfortable chairs because they spend many hours sitting. Students have different ideas about the best atmosphere for studying. Some st
评分规则: 【 C
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2、 问题:II Read the passage， and identify the topic and topic sentence. Passage 1A storm was brewing. Dark clouds blocked the sun as it peeked over the farthest mountain. The clouds moved forward and played hide-and-seek with beams of sunlight and slowly overtook them. The clouds began to release large drops of rain. With the clouds a wind made its entrance， and it swirled across the hillsides.( ) 1. Topic:A. ClimateB. WeatherC. Storm( ) 2. Topic sentence:A. A storm is brewing.B. The weather is changeable.C. Climate varies from time to time.
评分规则: 【 1. C2. A
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3、 问题:Passage 2Trees are very essential in our lives. The newspaper you read everyday and the books you study were trees once. Your home， your furniture， your clothes come from trees. In addition， forests provide a wonderful place where we can hold picnics and have a good time. ( ) 1. TopicA. TreesB. LivesC. Woods( ) 2. Topic sentence:A. Trees are lives.B. Trees are very essential in our lives.C. Woods are useful materials for home utensils.
评分规则: 【 1. A2. B
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第二单元 Quiz
1、 问题:I Identify the topics from A， B， and C 1. A growing number of people feel that animals should not be exploited by people and that they should have the same rights as humans， while others argue that humans must employ animals to satisfy their various needs， including uses for food and research.
选项：
A:Satisfaction of human needs
B:Relations between animals and humans
C:Animal rights
D:none
答案: 【Animal rights】
2、 问题:2.people. But while it may offer some advantages， it is probably better to stay home because of the difficulties a student inevitably encounters living and studying in a different culture.
选项：
A:Studying overseas
B:University study
C:Living in a different culture
D:none
答案: 【Studying overseas】
3、 问题:3.‘Telecommuting’ refers to workers doing their jobs from home for part of each week and communicating with their office using computer technology. Telecommuting is growing in many countries and is expected to be common for most office workers in the coming decades.
选项：
A:Officing online
B:Telecommuting
C:Computer technology
D:none
答案: 【Telecommuting】
4、 问题:4. We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in businesses， hospitals， crime detection and even to fly planes.
选项：
A:The advantages of computers
B:Computers in office
C:Computer dependency
D:none
答案: 【Computer dependency】
5、 问题: 5. Blood sports have become a hot topic for debate in recent years. As society develops it is increasingly seen as an uncivilized activity and cruel to the helpless animals that are killed. All blood sports should be banned.
选项：
A:Animal cruelty
B:Blood sports
C:Uncivilized activity
D:D. none
答案: 【Blood sports】
6、 问题:II Read the following passage， and choose the best answer The Caravaggio Mystery Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)， usually known simply as “Caravaggio，” had a dramatic life， of which parts remain mysterious to scholars even today. Why， then， would it be a surprise that mysteries also surround his work? For example， The Taking of Christ， one of his paintings that had been considered lost since the eighteenth century， was rediscovered in 1990. It had hung， seemingly unrecognized， in the dining room of the Society of the Jesuits in Dublin， Ireland， for more than fifty years. The discovery that the painting was， indeed， a Caravaggio， led many to wonder how such a treasure could be hidden—seemingly in plain sight. The first clue historians have about The Taking of Christ is in the 1603 accounts of an Italian nobleman， Ciriaco Mattei， who paid 125 “scudi” for “a painting with its frame of Christ taken in the garden.” At the time， Caravaggio’s style， with its striking use of light and dark， was admired and often imitated by both students and fellow artists. However， trends in the art world come and go， and two centuries later， Caravaggio’s work had fallen out of favor with collectors. In fact， it wouldn’t be until the 1950s that a Caravaggio “renaissance” occurred， and interest in the artist was renewed. In the meantime， The Taking of Christ had traveled far and wide. Ironically， it was the Mattei family itself that originally misidentified the work， though several centuries after the original purchase. In 1802， the family sold it as a Honthorst to a Scottish collector. This collector kept it in his home until his death in 1921. By 1921， The Taking of Christ—now firmly attributed to Gerard van Honthorst—was auctioned off in Edinburgh for eight guineas. This would have probably been a fair price if the work had been a van Honthorst; for a true Caravaggio， though， it was the bargain of the century. An Irish doctor bought the painting and donated it to the Dublin Jesuit Society the following decade. From the 1930s onward， The Taking of Christ hung in the offices of the Dublin Jesuits. However， the Jesuits， who had a number of old paintings in their possession， decided to bring in a conservator to discuss restoring them in the early 1990s. Sergio Benedetti， the Senior Conservator at the National Gallery of Ireland， went to the building to examine the paintings and oversee their restoration. Decades of dirt， including smoke from the fireplace above which it hung， had to be removed from the painting before Benedetti began to suspect that the painting was not a copy of the original， but the original itself. Two graduate students from the University of Rome， Francesca Cappelletti and Laura Testa， were primarily responsible for verifying that Caravaggio did， in fact， create this version of the painting. Over years of research， they found the 1603 Mattei accounts. The verification of the painting， though， went far beyond this circumstantial evidence. Certifying that a painting came from a certain artist’s hand is not easy， though forensic science that wouldn’t have been available in the 1920s helped to attribute the work to Caravaggio definitively. The canvas underwent a number of treatments. It was X-rayed and scanned with an infrared light. The cracks on the surface of the painting (known in the industry as “craquelure”) were studied. Furthermore， The Taking of Christ underwent much analysis by art historians， who studied the form and color in the painting to determine its authenticity. For example， Caravaggio never used sketches to set up the composition of his paintings. Instead， he made marks with the end of his brush as he painted—marks that can still be visible today. Of course， the verification of the painting required entire teams of people， in addition to the three mentioned above， and took years. By 1993， the announcement was finally made that the long-lost Caravaggio had been found. Rather than sell the painting， which is most likely worth millions of dollars， the Jesuits decided to make it available to the nation of Ireland for viewing. Thus， the painting is on “indefinite loan” to the National Gallery of Ireland. Nevertheless， the painting continues its travels as it features in exhibitions around the world， from the United States to Amsterdam. In 2010， it even travelled back to Rome to be displayed for the 400th anniversary of the painter’s death. A fitting tribute， many would say， to a mysterious master. ( ) Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in paragraph 6? Why?
选项：
A:The National Gallery of Ireland now owns the painting.
B:The National Gallery of Ireland bought the painting from the Jesuits.
C:The National Gallery of Ireland can display the painting， but the Jesuits still own it.
D:The National Gallery of Ireland can display the painting as long as they allow it to travel.
答案: 【The National Gallery of Ireland can display the painting， but the Jesuits still own it.】
【作业】第三单元 Assignment
1、 问题:1. Do these passages contain arguments? (1) Most mornings， Park Chang Woo arrives at a train station in central Seoul， South Korea’s capital. But he is not commuter. He is unemployed and goes there to kill time. Around him， dozens of jobless people pass their days drinking soju， a local version of vodka. For the moment， middle-aged Mr. Park would rather read a newspaper. He used to be a brick layer for a small construction company in Pusan， a southern port city. But three years ago the country’s financial crisis cost him that job， so he came to Seoul， leaving his wife and two children behind. Still looking for work， he has little hope of going home any time soon.(a) Yes; (b) No.
评分规则: 【 NO
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2、 问题:(1) For a long time， astronomers suspected that Europa， one of Jupiter’s many moons， might harbour a watery ocean beneath its ice-covered surface. They were right. Now the technique used earlier this year to demonstrate the existence of the Europan ocean has been employed to detect an ocean on another Jovian satellite， Ganymede， according to work announced at the recent American Geo-physical Union meeting in San Francisco.(a) Yes; (b) No.
评分规则: 【 No
】
3、 问题:(1) There are no hard numbers， but the evidence from Asia’s expatriate community is unequivocal. Three years after its handover from Britain to China， Hong Kong is unlearning English. The city’s gweilos (Cantonese for “ghost men”) must go to ever greater lengths to catch the oldest taxi driver available to maximize their chances of comprehension. Hotel managers are complaining that they can no longer find enough English- speakers to act as receptionists. Departing tourists， polled at the airport， voice growing frustration at not being understood.(a) Yes; (b) No.
评分规则: 【 Yes
】
4、 问题:Judge the following statement as right or wrong:In language， Mandarin is marked， while Cantonese is unmarked
评分规则: 【 wrongIn language， Mandarin is unmarked， while Cantonese is marked.
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5、 问题:2. Judge the following statement as right or wrong:Biologically it is males that are marked， while in language and culture， it is females that are marked.
评分规则: 【 right
】
第三单元 Ouiz
1、 问题:1. Read the passage about argument identification and then choose from (a)， (b)， (c)， (d) for the blanks: Argument identification and argument analysis cannot be separated very (1) – that is， they are (2) procedures. We need to identify when an argument is being made and what it is about before we can analyze its structure. In fact， as we shall see， the first step in analyzing an argument involves the (3) of its major parts. I shall provide some simple rules to follow here. Most rules will be coupled with a “question” which should help in the (4) application of that rule to some given argument.An argument is any group of (5) that support or give evidence for another proposition. From this definition of an argument we can extract three important points: a) an argument’s structure is going to consist of two basic components: the (6) ， or what we are being persuaded to do or believe; and the main (7) ， or the evidence that is supposed to persuade us; b) an argument has a function – to try and persuade someone of something using reason; and， c) there will be some structural relation between the (8) and the conclusion – the way in which the evidence supports the conclusion. We should note here that the evidence or reason supporting the conclusion does not have to be good – bad evidence or reasons make for a bad argument， but it is still an argument. (1)
选项：
A: clearly
B:cleanly
C: neat
D: purely
答案: 【cleanly】
2、 问题:(2)
选项：
A:dependent
B:independent
C:codependent
D:interdependent
答案: 【interdependent】
3、 问题:(3)
选项：
A:identification
B:identity
C:identifying
D:cognization
答案: 【identification】
4、 问题:(4)
选项：
A:applicability
B:applied
C:application
D: applying
答案: 【application】
5、 问题:(5)
选项：
A:propositions
B:preposition
C:presupposition
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Scottish collector. This collector kept