While we are on the subject of crime, our listener question
- 阅74While we are on the subject of crime, our listener question this week comes from Mohamad Firouzi in Iran. He wants to know about the history of Alcatraz Island and the prison that once operated there. Alcatraz Island is in the harbor of Sa......
One of the biggest new bands in the UK is Arctic Monkeys
- 阅76One of the biggest new bands in the UK is Arctic Monkeys.Their first two singles(单曲唱片)went straight to Number One in the charts(排行榜)and their first album “Whatever People Say I Am，That's what I'm No” has become a record?breaking......
The Secret of Success
- 阅39The Secret of Success 61.Your best chance of success is by doing what you really want to do. Ask yourself, “If money were not so important, what kind of work would I do for free?” Then just do what you like to do. 62.Think about what you......
Sweetest Day in America is always the third Saturday in Octo
- 阅17Sweetest Day in America is always the third Saturday in October. This holiday is much more important in some regions than in others (Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo being the biggest Sweetest Day cities). It is a holiday that is gaining in......
Killer bees started in Brazil in 1957. A scientist in Sao Pa
- 阅34Killer bees started in Brazil in 1957. A scientist in Sao Paulo wanted bees to make more honey. So he put forty-six African bees with some Brazilian bees. The bees bred and made a new kind of bee. But the new bees were a mistake. They did......
Researchers may have discovered a perfect material of dietin
- 阅94Researchers may have discovered a perfect material of dieting ----low fat cake and cheese. British researchers say they have created a protein (蛋白质) that mimics the taste and texture of fat perfectly. The proteins will enable food produ......
Dad was not only my best friend, but my compass完形填空答案
- 阅58Dad was not only my best friend, but my compass (指南针). While he was alive, he 41 me with his actions and advice. He taught me one important 42 : “Believe in yourself. ” If there was one phrase my dad 43 liked to hear, it was “I can’......
The music of your teenage years probably will stay with
- 阅54The music of your teenage years probably will stay with you for the rest of your life.I think music is deeply connected with memory because of the emotions it awakens.Music also helps to mark time because of the way the fashions and stars......
Too much TV-watching can harm children’s ability to learn an
- 阅86Too much TV-watching can harm children’s ability to learn and even reduce their chances of getting a college degree, new studies suggest in the latest effort to examine the effects of television on children. One of the studies looked at n......
About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into
- 阅5（高三英语）完形填空 About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise from the children. Instead, I often heard the parents yelling __ 26 __ at the kids, not in a nice tone,......
语法填空Carl: It's good of you to come today
- 阅51语法填空 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Carl: It's good of you to come today. We really need to think about the advantage to the company __6__ we move to Innovations Park. Sam: It'll be great an......
Have you ever heard the story of the four?minute mile? 完形填空
- 阅72完形填空 Have you ever heard the story of the four?minute mile? For years people believed that it is impossible for a human being to __1__ a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it __2__ in 1954.Within one year, 37 ru......
Daniel Defoe (about 1660—1731) was an important novelist
- 阅101Daniel Defoe (about 1660—1731) was an important novelist in the English literature. When he was young, he served as a soldier and had been to Spain, Italy, France and Germany. At the same time, he went in for politics. He cared much about......
“Whoosh!” The ball flew into the net and the game was finall
- 阅53阅读理解 “Whoosh!” The ball flew into the net and the game was finally over. This game had gone into overtime (加时赛) twice. Until the last goal was scored, no one had any idea which team would win. Dave felt so bad because his team had......
Miss Wu is a young teacher of English in China
- 阅72Miss Wu is a young teacher of English in China. She loves teaching very much. One day when she was giving an English lesson, she found the headmaster sitting at the back of the classroom. After class, the headmaster told her that he came t......
Walt Disney is credited for creating such wonderful things
- 阅5Walt Disney is credited for creating such wonderful things as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. However, he cannot take the credit for creating other well-loved characters, such as Cinderella and Snow White. They are almost automatically assoc......
This brief book is aimed at high school students
- 阅87This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life. Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a school-masterly book on schooling. The author, W. H. Armstrong, starts with the......
Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely w
- 阅48完形填空 Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely walk, Svetlana had always dreamed to enter the Olympics scene some day． However, her _41 ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere．The la......
任务型阅读 Problem: On the scale of problems, “pictures of food o
- 阅54（高三英语）任务型阅读 Problem: On the scale of problems, “pictures of food on the Internet” is firmly first-world. And that is almost certainly a too-generous definition of “problem.” When it comes to photographing and putting your di......