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     Every few months, thousands upon thousands of people choose to leave work, skip school, and come
together to celebrate... The people come in all   1   and sizes throughout the world. What do they  2  ? It
doesn't matter.  
     The description above is related to  3   and celebrations all over the world; indeed, it may be a universal
way of looking at almost any celebration. Though the number of people joining in may  4  , the spirit of the
event is   5   to stay the same. The reason is that we   6   countless hours celebrating birthdays and other
special days to build
  7   between one another.  
     Holidays and celebrations bring people   8  . When people celebrate something, they ignore prejudice and
  9    their shyness; celebrations bring people together   10  of who those people are.  11  on serious occasions
where we remember past tragedies or the  12   of a loved one, friends and family-and sometimes even
strangers -- come together to remember and  13  one another.   
     Different celebrations involve different emotions (情感) and qualities, from  14  to dancing. The important
thing is not that we are throwing a party, but rather that we are coming together as one  15   and one world,
to celebrate together.   
     Even in ancient  16  , celebrations were used to bring people together. The Ancient Greeks had the
Olympics, which helped bring  17  among warring countries and states. The Greeks actually laid down all
of their arms during the games! In an ancient era (纪元) where war was extremely common, it is 18  to see
the power that the Olympics had on warring parties!
     Indeed, such is the case today as well. All such holidays make us forget the troubles we  19  and allow us
to be happy and experience the peace that is required to improve and help the world.
     If only we held   20   every day...
( )1. A. dimensions  
( )2. A. do       
( )3. A. holidays  
( )4. A. enlarge    
( )5. A. lonely   
( )6. A. keep     
( )7. A. homes     
( )8. A. out       
( )9. A. forget   
( )10. A. careful  
( )11. A. But     
( )12. A. worry   
( )13. A. support  
( )14. A. laughing  
( )15. A. country  
( )16. A. times   
( )17. A. safety   
( )18. A. important  
( )19. A. face     
( )20. A. games   
B. shapes   
B. want       
B. Sundays   
B. decrease    
B. impossible  
B. spend     
B. impressions 
B. in        
B. remember    
B. caring    
B. Even      
B. meeting   
B. mistake   
B. singing   
B. grade     
B. states     
B. peace     
B. strange     
B. make     
B. wars      
C. lengths         
C. celebrate        
C. Mother’s Day       
C. matter         
 C. bound             
C. kill            
C. bridges         
C. together         
C. cover             
C. regarding       
C. Only            
C. loss            
C. recognize         
C. happiness         
C. custom           
C. events           
C. competition        
C. unbelievable      
C. take
C. parties         
D. heights                         
D. think                           
D. Father’s Day                   
D. change                          
D. likely                         
D. find                           
D. acquaintances                  
D. up                             
D. exhibit                         
D. regardless                     
D. And                            
D. birth                          
D. praise                         
D. tears                          
D. society                        
D. stories                        
D. belief                         
D. believable                     
D. avoid                          
D. celebrations                
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1-5: BCADD 6-10: BCCAD  11-15: BCADD  16-20: ABCAD

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     Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars (火星), and say they could be protecting life from

the planet's terrible environment.

     The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear as seven anysterious black dots on the pictures sent

back by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. Each as large as a football field, they may be openings into natural

caves below the Martian suface.

     "If there is life on Mars, there is a good chance you'd find it in caves," said Jut Wynne, one of the

researchers who noticed the features while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection

Program.

     Jonathan Clarke, a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia, yesterday described the discovery as

exciting.

     One photo taken at night by an infrared imager (红外线成像器) showed one hole to be unusualy warm,

suggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out.

      "I said:'Wow, that's a cave'" Dr. Clarke said excitedly." People have been looking for these for a long

time; now we have found them."

      He agreed such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life escaping from the bitterly cold,

radiation-soaked (充满辐射的), dry surface.

     "Tiny drops of water could collect inside," he said. "If there are gases coming out, they could provide

energy for a whole range of bacteria. A cave is also a protection from radiation; the surface of Mars is

exposed to high levels of space radiation."

     The caves probably formed when tube-shaped lave flows (管状岩浆流) spread across the planet long

ago. The outside of the tubes cooled, forming solid walls, while something hotter inside allowed the

remaining have to flow out, forming caves.

1. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. How the caves were formed on Mars.

B. How scientists found these caves on Mars.

C. Caves on Mars may be full of hot air or a sign of life.

D. Scientist have completely recognized the surface of Mars.

2. We can learn from the passage that _____.

A. water has already been found on Mars

B. the scientists found all the caves at night

C. it is certain that there is life in these caves

D. the surface of Mars is bitterly cold, radiation-soaked and dry

3. According to the passage, Dr. Clarke was so excited because _____.

A. such caves could provide energy for life

B. they had finally found the caves on Mars

C. such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life

D. scientists had long been looking for these caves

4. Necessary conditions for life on Mars mentioned in the passage may include _____.

A. lava and energy

B. water and radiation from space

C. gases and lava

D. water and protection from radiation

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