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ty in America,saying it issnse for the wealthy to pay5 to sharpen a pencil.But otherswisay,"This is just our urge to put an end to the welfare state because new ideas arise along with thebusiness."David admits his trade is sort of unusual.But there are those who actually value hisservice,as is proven by the over 500 orders he has gotten.4.How could David make money by sharpening pencils?A.He invented new tools for the job.BB.He promoted his skill on his website.C.He saved lots of time for other people.D.He provided quality service for his customers.5.From his words,we can infer that David Rees6A.knows all kinds of pencil usersB.provides personalized servicesC.values ideas behind the pencilsD.always writes in pencil6.What does the underlined word "insane"(in Paragraph 5)mean?A.Deliberate.B.Rewarding.CC.Unreasonable.D.Irresponsible.7.What seems to be the author's attitude to David Rees'trade?升A.It's a fancy service.B.It has a good reputation.C.It's awfully expensive.D.It wastes time and money.CIn the most southern part of our planet,there's a place that's covered with snow and ice allyear round.But it has the clearest and cleanest air.Amazingly,in this place,the sun sometimeshangs even in the midnight sky.This place is Antarctica(南极洲)：the coldest,windiest and hars-hest(恶劣的)place on the Earth.As the world's least-known place,Antarctica is of great interest to scientists around theworld..lnl983,China joined the Antaretic Treaty(《南极条约》).The treaty made Antarctica apeaceful place for member countries to do scientific research.During 30 years,China has sentmany scientists to Antaretica.They mostly look at the resources under the icy land and do researchabout climate change and marine(海洋的)biology.Antarctica is a place with fantastic views.However,life there is very hard.Food isone of thebiggest problems.Frozen (food which can be heated easily is peopl's daily food.Fresh vegetablese hard ogrowin the cold weather.Therefore,scientists ofteeat dried r canned vegetables.SeepsaoubInAntaretica,summer lasts from November to March.During thisridntaretie points to the sun and receives sunlight2 hoursa day.In order to getsom高三英语第3页（共8页）