The region is renowned ______ its outstanding natural beauty.

The search for intelligent life on other planets isn't new. It began almost 100 years ago. That's when scientists built a huge transmitter to send radio waves into space. Scientists thought smart beings on other planets might pick up the signals.

Scientists also have sent a message about humans and our solar system to a nearby constellation (星座 ). But because the constellation is 25,000 light years away, a return message wouldn't reach Earth for 50,000 years! So don't wait up for an answer.

So far, no extraterrestrial (地球外的 ) beings that we know of have returned our “ calls. ” But according to Dr. Jill Tarter, an HRMS scientist, we haven't exactly had our ears wide open. “ Now, however, ” says Dr. Tarter, “ we've built the tools we need to listen well.”

Last October, Dr. Tarter switched on the largest radio receiver in the world. It's an enormous metal bowl stretching 1,000 feet across a valley in Puerto Rico.

Meanwhile, another NASA scientist turned on a huge radio receiver in California's Mojave Desert. NASA hopes these big dishes-and others around the world-will pick up radio signals from new world.

Dr. Frank Drake has been searching for life in outer space for years. He explains the HRMS project this way: To listen to your radio, you move the tuner on the dial until the channels come in loud and clear: Now imagine radio receivers that scan our galaxy “listening” to 14 million channels every second. That's what NASA's radio receivers in Puerto Rico and California are doing.

But that's not all. Powerful computers hooked to the receivers examine every signal carefully. The computers try to match the signals to ones that scientists already recognize, such as human-made signals. If they can't, Drake and Tarter check on them. “It could prove there is radio technology elsewhere in the universe, ” says Dr. Tarter. “ And that would mean we're not alone. ” 26、NASA scientists started a new project in order to _______.

A、discover life in other galaxies

B、send human beings into space

C、find evidence of a new galaxy

D、confirm the number of galaxies

27、According to Dr.Jill Tarter ,the reason why we haven't received any return any return messages from outer space is that_______.

A、our ears are not sharp enough to hear them

B、our equipment hasn't been good enough

C、it takes millions of yuars for them to reach us

D、it takes quite a long time to send them

28、Dr.Jill Tarter compares the large receiver to _______.

A、the human ear

B、the universe

C、a metal bowl

D、a huge dish

29、According to Dr.Frank Drake ,NASA's radio receivers in Puerto Rico and California are _______.

A、trying to check on every channel carefully

B、moving the tuner on the dial for clear channels

C、scanning the universe for possible signals

D、picking up radio signals from new world

30、The best title of this passage is ________.

A、Signals from the Space

B、The Invention of New Radio Receivers

C、The Intelligent Life in Outer Space

D、NASA Listens for Space Neighbors

asmarkedA), B), C)4 choicesnumbered 40 to 44. For each question or statement, there ar

4Croud letter on the Answer and D). You should make the orret choice and mark the coresponding Sheet with a single line through the center.There are a few reasos whyje hnfebiedl buincs may have toubtein scuring businessfinancing (筹集资金) through a bank or credit union:

* Your business isn't fimmly established; If your business is less than two years old, it's unlikely that a traditional lender will be wlling to take a chancee on funding your business.

* Your businss credit score is lacking; Once you apply for an employer ienification (雇 主识别)

number, you have to start building a business credit score. You can improve the score by paying your bll,s establishing trade credit accounts, and staying in busines. The business and personal credit score both afect whether a lender is wlling to offer you business financing.

* You lack a demonstrated (证明的) need; Taking on debt is a common way for raising funds.However, you should never do so unless you need to. Lenders will refuse to finance a business that can't clearly show why they need funding, and how they'll pay it back.

If, as a home business owner, you discover an area that requires serious investment, you should be able to make your case to lenders, whether they are your local bank or an online lender.

40. A traditional lender will NOT be wlling to provide funds to a business if()

A) it is a foreign company

C) it is located in a remote area

B) it has been newly set up

D) it is a small family business

41. Whether a business can obtain financing is likely to be decided by().

A) its yearly profit

C) its business credit score

B) its business scale type

D) its relationship with a lender

42. To secure business financing, a business owner should clearly demonstrate to the lender().

A) the need for funding

C) the company's products

B) the marketing strategy

D) the business management

43. The expression “make your case" in the sentence “... you should be able to make your case to

lenders..." (Para. 5) means

A) give your sales plan

C) make your promise

B) offer your proposal

D) state your reasons

44，The passage is mainly about

A) when a home-based business should build a business credit score

B) how a family business applies for financing from a local bank

C) why a home-based business has difficulty obtaining financing

D) where a home-based business can secure business financing

without fear under unavoidable so that success reach wisely as long as between Lots of people don’t dare to make mistakes. They ___1___ that they will be ridiculed or blamed by others. They fear that they will lose their money and belongings or be ___2___ a lot of stress. But risks are ___3___ and they do pave the way you must tread upon towards ___4___. Have you ever heard of someone who achieves success ___5___ making any mistakes before? So it is only natural that making mistakes in your effort to ___6___ your dreams is considered a must, and you shouldn’t worry about that as you may get a lot of advantages out of your mistakes. By making mistakes at least you then can distinguish ___7___ the correct and the incorrect portions of what you did. Anthony D’Angelo said: “In order to succeed you must fail, ___8___ you know what to do the next time”, and Robert Louis Stevenson even went to the extreme as to say: “Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.” You needn't worry about anything ___9___ you keep on going by ___10___learning from your mistakes and trying even harder. 请把你的答案按照顺序写在空格处。答案之间用分号隔开。 _______________________

段落翻译： I clearly remember a period during which I felt like a failure. But what I eventually learned was that failing at one thing is not failing at all things. And, in fact, failure is a necessary part of growth. Life is filled with trial and error. In order to walk the path to success, you need to make some wrong turns along the way. What I learned, to use John C. Maxwell’s terminology, was to “fail forward”, to use each mistake to make myself better. One of the greatest problems people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated situations in their lives and label them as failures. Instead, they need to keep the bigger picture in mind. A successful baseball player doesn’t look at an out that he makes and think of failure. He sees it within the context of the bigger picture. His perspective leads to perseverance. His perseverance brings longevity. And his longevity gives him opportunities for success.