A maths talent who won fame this week for giving up a million?dollar prize is living with his mother in a simple flat in St Petersburg，co?existing on her ￡ 30?a?month pension，because he has been unemployed for many years.
The Sunday Telegraph tracked down the strange recluse(隐士) who shocked the maths world when he solved a century?old puzzle known as the Poincaré Conjecture.
Grigory Perelman's trouble comes from a split with a leading Russian mathematical institute，the Steklov，in 2003.When the Institute in St Petersburg failed to re?elect him as a member，Dr Perelman was left feeling an “absolutely ungifted and untalented person”，said a friend.He became unconfident and cut himself off.
Other friends say he cannot afford to travel to the International Mathematical Union's congress in Madrid，where many people want him to receive the maths equivalent(等价物) of the Nobel Prize，and that he is too modest to ask anyone to pay for his trip.
Interviewed in St Petersburg，Dr Perelman insisted that he was unworthy of all the attention，and was uninterested in the prize.“I do not think anything that I say can be of the slightest public interest，” he said. “I am not saying that because I value my privacy，or that I am doing anything I want to hide.There are no top?secret projects going on here.I just believe the public has no interest in me.”
He continued: “I know that self?promotion happens a lot and if people want to do that，good luck to them，but I do not regard it as a positive thing.I realized this a long time ago and nobody is going to change my mind. Newspapers should be more discerning(有洞察力的) over who they write about.They should have more taste.As far as I am concerned，I can't offer anything for their readers.”
Dr Perelman has some small savings from his time as a lecturer，but is apparently unwilling to increase them with the D＄1 million offered by the Clay Mathematics Institute in Cambridge，Massachusetts，for solving one of the world's seven “Millennium Problems”．
1．Grigory Perelman lives with his mother because ________.
A．he has to look after her
B．his mother has a million dollars
C．he has been out of work for a long time
D．he is badly paid at the mathematical institute
2. The phrase“absolutely ungifted and untalented person”shows that Dr Perelman felt ________.
A．angry B．discouraged
C．proud D．confident
3．Grigory Perelman refused to accept the prize because ________.
A．he thought the prize was worthless
B．he didn't believe the news
C．he couldn't afford to travel to Madrid
D．he showed no interest in it
4．From the passage, we can infer that Grigory Perelman ________.
A．solved the most difficult maths problem
B．has a strong personality
C．wanted to make himself known to all
D．didn't get on well with the press
5．What's the best title for the passage?
A．Great Mathematician Leads Simple Life
B．Maths Genius Abandons a Million?dollar Prize
C．Mathematics Institute Offers Grigory D＄1 Million
D．One of the World's Seven “Millennium Problems” Solved
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语篇解读：数学天才Perelman博士因没有被选进俄罗斯数学研究所和母亲隐居在圣彼得堡，虽然他由于解决数学界世纪难题而震撼了数学界，却放弃了一百万美元的奖励金，Perelman坚持说自己不值得媒体和公众的关注。
1．细节理解题。第一段介绍Grigory Perelman生活状况及原因，他和母亲住在圣彼得堡一所简陋的房里和母亲一起靠她一个月30英镑的退休金过日子，因为他已多年没有工作。由此看出C项正确。
2. 细节理解题。第三段解释Perelman生活艰苦的原因：由于圣彼得堡的数学研究所没有选中他，据他朋友说，他就感觉自己是一个绝对没有天赋不聪明的人。从那时起他便不再有自信、与世隔绝，由此看出Perelman感觉没有信心，失望。
3. 细节理解题。第五段说明Dr Perelman放弃奖金的原因。第一句在圣彼得堡家中接受采访时Dr Perelman坚持说他不值得关注，并且对奖金不感兴趣。所以D项正确。
4. 推理判断题。文章第一段介绍Perelman尽管生活困难，但他放弃了一百万美元的奖金，第五、六、七段写他尽管解决了数学界的世纪难题，但他不想成为人们关注的焦点，不想引起人们对他的注意。所以B项正确。
5. 主旨大意题。文章主要报道数学天才Perelman解决了一道数学世纪难题，却放弃一百万美元的奖励金的事例，所以文章以B项为标题比较合适。
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
In a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French,and English—and all at the same time. This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel,a computer science professor at US's Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Germany's University of Karlsruhe,?announced? last week that it may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.?
One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the programme.?
Another prototype(雏形机) can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what language they speak.“It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you,” Waibel said.?
Prefer to read? So-called Translation Glasses transcribe(转录) the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal(液晶) display(LCD) screen.?
Then there's the Muscle Translator. Electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a person's face, according to researchers.?
During a demonstration held last Thursday in CMU's Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student named Stan Jou had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then he mouthed—without speaking aloud—a few words in Mandarin(普通话) to the audience. A few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish: “Let me introduce our new prototype.”?
This particular gadget(器械),when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of languages or, as Waibel put it, “to switch your mouth to a foreign language”. “The idea behind the university's prototypes is to create ‘good enough’ bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world,” Waibel said.?
With spontaneous(自发的) translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.?
Which of the following statements is not TRUE??
A. A lecture translation can translate what you said into other languages easily.?
B. There is no Muscle Translator in the world now.?
C. Muscle Translators can translate what you think into speech if you just move your mouth.?
D. The spontaneous translators will help us a lot.
What kind of equipment is NOT mentioned in this passage?
A. Lecture Translation.
B. Muscle Translator.?
C. Multiple Translator.
D. Translation Prototype.
What's the final destination of inventing the language translators??
A. To make cultural exchanges between different countries easier.?
B. To help students learn foreign languages more easily.?
C. To make people live in foreign countries more comfortably.?
D. To help people learn more foreign languages in the future.
Where can this passage probably excerpted from?
A. A newspaper. B. A magazine on science.?
C. A fairy tale. D. A scientific fantasy book.
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Beautiful Malan flowers were blossoming everywhere on Malan Mountain, and hard-working girl Xiao Lan was married to the god of flowers, Ma Lang. They lived a happy life in harmony with Grandpa Tree. and all the lovely little animals. However, greedy Old Cat made use of the jealousy of elder sister Da Lan to kill Xiao Lan, in an attempt to keep the magic Malan flower under her possession.
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Time: 7: 30 p. m., until August 21
Place: The Great Theatre of the Cultural Palace of the Nationalities, west of Xidan Area
Tel: 6602-2530
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Time: 7: 15 p. m., daily
Place: 10 Dongzhimen Nandajie, Chaoyang District
Tel: 6502-3984
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What phone number should you dial for further information if you are a pop song fan?
A. 6602-2530. B. 6502-3984. C. 6835-4055. D. 8403-3500.
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Construction for Disneyland began on July 21, 1954, 12 months before the park was scheduled to open.
Some 160-acres of citrus trees had been cleared and 15 houses moved to make room for the park. However, when the real designing came around, Disney met with inevitable questions. How do you make believable wild animals, that aren't real? How do you make a Mississippi paddle ship? How do you go about building a huge castle in the middle of Anaheim, California? Disney asked his movie studio staff for answers. The design of Disneyland was something never done before. There would be four uniquely different theme parts: Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland Tomorrow land. Bit by bit, Disneyland got ready for Opening Day. The staff worked around the clock to get ready.
But opening day was a terrible disaster. Beside the terrible opening day conditions, the park did eventually pick up. By 1965, ten years after opening day, 50 Million visitors had come through the gates.
1. The passage is mainly about___________.
What visitors can enjoy in Disneyland.
The difficulties Disney met in building Disneyland
How Disneyland came into being
A brief introduction to Disneyland
2. Which of the following dates would probably be the opening date of Disneyland?
A. 1953 B. 1954 C. 1955 D. 1965
3. Which of the following statements is Not True?
World War II had some influence on the building plan of the Disneyland.
Disney must have met many difficulties in building Disneyland.
About 50 million visitors have visited Disneyland so far.
Disney was a great man with great imagination and creativity.
4. You could see all the following things except_________ in Disney.
A. rivers, waterfalls, and mountains B. flying elephants and giant teacups
C. a huge castle D. wild animals
5. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph probably means _________.
A. collect B. improve C. find D. open
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Parents who feel disappointed at their teenagers’ failure to pay attention in class, and inability to sit quietly long enough to finish homework or plan ahead, should take solace. Their children are not being lazy or careless, according to new research.
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1.The underlined word “solace” in Paragraph 1 may mean _____.
A． notice B．medicine C． comfort D．action
2.When making decisions, _____.
A． teens’ brains continue to do much needless work
B． the grey matter in young children’s front brain becomes active
C． people are not likely to be distracted until their late 30s
D． adults are more independent than teens
3.What is the effect of having too much grey matter?
A． It makes us always feel disappointed.
B． It makes us more intelligent.
C． It had a bad effect on the growth of teens.
D． It had a bad effect on decision-making.
4.What’s the text mainly about?
A． Teens have different brains from those of children.
B． Adults work more effectively than teens.
C． Grey matter makes teens unable to pay attention.
D． Brain energy is wasted in the brain’s activity.
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第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Louis Armstrong had two famous nicknames (绰号). Some people called him Bagamo. They said his mouth looked like a large bag, Musicians often called him Pops, as a sign of respect for his influence (影响) on the world of music.
Born in 1901 in New Orleans, be grew up poor, but lived among great musicians. Jazz was invented in the city a few years before his birth. Armstrong often said,“Jazz and I grew up together.”
Armstrong showed a great talent (天赋) for music when he was taught to play the cornet (短号) at a boy’s home. In his late teens, Armstrong began to live the life of a musician. He played in parades, clubs, and on the steamboats that travelled on the Mississippi River. At that time, New Orleans was famous for the new music of jazz and was home to many great musicians. Armstrong learned from the older musicians and soon became respected as their equal.
In 1922 he went to Chicago. There, the tale of Louis Armstrong begins. From then until the end of his life, Armstrong was celebrated and loved wherever he went Armstrong had no equal when it came to playing the American popular song.
His cornet playing had a deep humanity (仁爱) and warmth that caused many listeners to say, “Listening to Pops just makes you feel good all over.”He was the father of the jazz style(风格) and also one of the best-known and most admired people in the world. His death, on July 6,1971, was headline news around the world.
1. Armstrong was called Pops because he____________
A.looked like a musician B.was a musician of much influence
C.showed an interest in music D.travelled to play modern music
2. The third paragraph is developed______________.
A.by space B.by examples
C.by time D.by comparison
3. Which statement about Armstrong is true?
A.His tale begins in New Orleans.
B.He was born before jazz was invented.
C.His music was popular with his listeners.
D.He learned popular music at a boy’s home.
4. Which would be the best title for the text?
A.The Invention of the Jazz Music
B.The Father of the Jazz Style
C.The Making of a Musician
D.The Spread of Popular Music
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