vary from... to...， glance through， give birth to， have a gift for...，get into a panic， be anxious about， be about to， in the distance， a diversity of...， out of the way

1．I moved my legs ________________ so that she could pass.

2．On a clear day you can see the temple ________________.

3．We ________________ begin our experiment when the supply of electricity was cut off.

4．This nature reserve is home to ________________ rare plants and animals.

5．She ________________ a baby last night.

6．________________ the text and then answer the following questions.

7．The situation ________________ slightly ______________ country ________________ country.

8．The old man ________________ when he found the door was open.

9．She ________________ the safety of her daughter.

10．The boy is very clever and ________________ art.

1．王华有画画的天赋。

Wang Hua ________ ________ ________ for painting pictures.

2．你将会遇到各种各样的人，从老人到年轻人。

You will meet with all kinds of people, ________ ________the old to the young.

3．我正在浏览关于三峡的报道。

I'm ________ ________ the reports about “The Three Gorges Dam”．

4．他们必须保证行人的安全。

They ________ ________ that the passengers should be safe.

5．这将会让父母担心。

This will ________ the parents ________.

A great effort to discover the function of every gene in the mouse genome(基因组)looks likely to provide scientists with the final mouse model of human diseases.

The International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium(IMPC)(国际小鼠表型联盟)finds that it will take the next ten years to complete its task and it will need about $900 million. But at a meeting on mouse models of human diseases in London, where the project was carried out last week, scientists announced a commitment of $110 million from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)in Bethesda, Maryland over the next five years.

“The project will explain the genes—it is going to be transformative for biology，” says James Battery, director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

The IMPC aims to take mice of the same genetic background and create viable (能自行生长发育的) strains in which one of the 20,000 or so genes in the mouse genome is knocked out. The knockout strains will then be put through strict, systematic phenotypic screens, which will check for physical and behavioral differences. The information will be stored in an open database.

Scientists would, for example, be able to turn to the database to learn more about an unfamiliar gene signaled in a genome－wide connection study in humans as being possibly related to a particular disease. Making the mutant(变异的) animal and phenotyping it in a lab could take three years.

According to Battery, the NIH thinks that its investment in the large－scale programme will actually save money in the long run, because it already spends “hundreds of millions of dollars per year” supporting small­scale grants(赠款)for scientists wanting to create their own particular gene of interest.

Mouse “clinics” have appeared quickly around the world to screen mutant mice for heart trouble and to perform secondary screens to examine the changes further. But it is already clear that even this is not enough. Gene expression, and the resultant phenotype,  are deeply influenced by environment, and many of these mice are raised in a stressed environment for the purposes of experiments, for example, being_subject to infection or fed high－fat diets. Much more will be learnt by comparing phenotype screens carried out on mutant mice raised in a normal environment, say project scientists.

But the launch of the visionary programme comes at a time of global financial crisis. Some commission's politicians will need a lot of convincing evidence that mouse genomics is more deserving of funds than other scientific projects.

And genome engineer Francis Stewart of the Technical University of Dresden, Germany, says that focusing on the commercial  benefits  of  the  project  misses  the  point. “Through the IMPC, we have a historic opportunity to systematically learn everything about a mammal for the first time，”he says. “Let's not lose the vision by sidetracking(岔开)into application issues just to please politicians.”

1．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The mouse genome programme benefits humans if successful.

B．Living conditions have a deep influence on gene expression.

C．Battery thinks the investment in the project will actually save money in the future.

D．IMPC finds that it will take about three years to complete its task.

2．The underlined phrase “being subject to” in Paragraph 7   means“________”．

A．taking to                         B．suffering from

C．seeing to                         D．looking forward to

3．What's the aim of the IMPC according to the passage?

A．To make mouse “clinics” spread around the world.

B．To gain commercial benefits from the programme.

C．To create viable strains from mice.

D．To apply for fund to please politicians.

4．Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

A．Mouse project to find each gene's role.

B．How to carry out the mouse project.

C．How to prevent human diseases.

D．More money needs to be raised for the mouse project.

__1__ is known to all, China is a large country __2__ agriculture. Science of farming was first __3__ (study) here. Jia Si­xie, living  __4__ the 6th century AD, was one of the farming pioneers. After he finished his work for the government, he spent his time __5__ his  research   into agriculture. He studied __6__ to keep seeds, how to improve soil conditions and so on. During the years 533～544, he wrote a book __7__ (call) Qi Min Yao Shu ，__8__ is about both farming and gardening，__9__ (include) advice on how to grow green vegetables, how to keep fish in lakes, and so on. It was considered to be __10__ important summary of farming knowledge.

1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______

6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______

Steve：Cindy! Have you__1__(hear) the news?

Cindy：No, Steve. What do you mean?

Steve：You know all the classes we've missed__2__the snow? We're   going to have to make them up during spring break.

Cindy：Oh, no! We have our vacation all set! What are we going to do?      Do the others know that?

Steve：I don't know but I certainly can't__3__(担负得起)to miss five     days of classes this term.

Cindy：But I really don't want to__4__ our trip. All of us have already booked our plane tickets!

Steve：I can try to call the travel agency; maybe they can return our money. __5__before we do anything we need to speak with our professors.

Cindy：You think they'll excuse us from class?

Steve：I don't know. But I think we're going to have to speak to all of them anyway.

Cindy：Why didn't they add extra days at the end of the term before summer classes?

Steve：Because of the graduation date，__6__can't be changed!

Cindy：Are other colleges around here doing__7__same thing?

Steve：I would imagine so！It has been__8__a bad winter and we've missed too many classes. We really need to make __9__ up.

Cindy：I know, I know. I was just really looking forward__10__this vacation.

Steve：Oh, look，there's Professor Hampton right now!

Cindy：Come on, let's go and talk to him.

1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______

6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______