高中英语黄金阅读(高二版)

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高中英语黄金阅读(高二版)

Golden Reading for Senior Middle School Students

一、人物类

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Computer programmer David Jones earned £35, 000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a check card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18.

He works for a small firm in Liverpool, where most young people of his age are finding jobs. David?s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Though he has high payment, he cannot drive a car, or get credit cards(信用卡).

David got his job four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels(普通成绩) and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs, ” he said.

“I suppose £35, 000 sounds a lot but I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother £20 a week as he lives with his parents. But most of his spare time is spent working.

“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school, ” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway. I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement(退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

1. Why is David so different from other young people of his age? A. He earns an extremely high payment B. He has got a job C. He lives at home with his parents

D. He does not go out much

2. David?s greatest problem is that _______. A. he can?t be treated as an adult by the bank B. he doesn?t make as many games as he wishes C. he doesn?t know what to buy with the money D. he is too young to drive a car

3. He was employed by the company because _______. A. he had worked in a computer shop B. he had written some computer programs C. he is clever and works hard at his lessons D. he had learnt to use computers at school

4. He left school after taking six O-levels because _______. A. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing B. he did not enjoy school

C. he wanted to work with computers D. he wanted to earn a lot of money

5. Why does David think he might retire early?

A. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire

C. One has to be young to write computer programs D. He thinks his firm might close down

【答案解析】本文讲述了少年电脑程序员 David 的苦恼和愿望。

1. A。细节题。根据 Computer programmer David Jones earned £35, 000 a year 可推知此题答案为A。

2. A。推断题。根据David?s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Though he has high payment, he cannot drive a car, or get credit cards(信用卡) 可知,他最大的苦恼是他没有被当成大人看待。

3. B。细节题。根据 I had already written some programs 可得出此答案。

4. C。细节题。根据I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school 可推出此答案。

5. A。细节题。根据You never know when the market might disappear 可得出答案。

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If Catlin was the painter of the American Indians and Bierstadt the painter of the Rocky Mountains, the artist of the Western cowboys and settlers was Remington. Born in New York, the son of a wealthy publisher, Remington was a boxer and a football player at Yale University — the last man would expect to become the artist of the Old West. But as a boy he loved horses and fed on the journals of some famous writers.

At the age of nineteen, he left college to look for adventures. He traveled from Montana to Texas as a prospector(勘探者). Remington had always been interested in journalism. Now he began to write about and to paint and draw what he saw. The subject of the “Winning of the West” attracted the East. Magazines and newspapers were filled with account of prospectors? adventures, and of battles with cattle thieves and other outlaws — all the tales that were then news and have become legends since. There were also stories by many other writers. Often these were presented by drawings and paintings from Remington?s hand, but it was as a successful journalist that Remington was a great artist.

1. In his pictures, Remington often painted _______. A. the prospectors? stories

B. mountains and rivers D. American Indians

C. horse races A. stories he had read in the newspaper B. things he had seen and experienced C. ideas he had learned at Yale University D. paintings he had copied from early settlers

3. During his youth, Remington _______. A. showed his gift as an artist C. enjoyed sports and reading

B. was influenced by his father D. learned journalism at Yale University

2. From the text, we can learn that Remington based his art on the _______.

4. The paragraphs before this passage most probably discussed _______. A. cowboys in American art history B. works of Catlin and Bierstadt

C. the problem of “Winning the West” D. magazines about the west

【答案与解析】Remington 不仅是一位成功的新闻记者,他还是一位伟大的画家。在他的画中体现的是他亲身经历的和亲眼看到的一切。

1. A。语义理解题。从第2段最后一句话Often these were presented by drawings and paintings from Remington?s hand可以看出Remington 所画的内容是什么。

2. B。判断题。根据第2段第4句话Now he began to write about and to paint and draw what he saw. 可以推知。

3. C。语义理解题。根据…as a boy he loved horses and fed on the journals of some famous writers 可知答案为C。(其中的feed on 意为“从?得到供养”)

4. B。判断题。文章第1句话If Catlin was the painter of the American Indians and Bierstadt the portrayer(painter) of the Rocky Mountains, the artist of the Western cowboys and settlers was Remington 是过渡句,由此可以推知,前面文章很可能是讨论 works of Catlin and Bierstadt。

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American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on October 19. Hundreds of people came to watch the end of his starvation experiment, which had become one of London?s main tourist attractions.

Looking thinner and darker, 30 year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames(泰晤士河) and immediately sent to hospital. He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process(过程) doctors said could be life threatening. He had been drinking only water since September 5.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s. He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his super model friends.

Over the last decade Blaine has become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricks aimed at getting a lot of attention.

In 1999, he was buried in a coffin (棺材) for one week and, in 2000, he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice. Last year he stood on the top of a 25-meter pillar(柱子) in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes.

“I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they?re able to do what they can do,” he said. “They don?t realize we can survive. The human being is an amazing creation.”

But he seemed to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box. He said that at times he was unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste.

1. It is ________ for David Blaine to eat food after such a long starvation. A. pleasant B. delicious C. dangerous D. important

2. Having spent such a long time in the glass box, he suffered the following EXCEPT that ________. A. he had become blind B. he had serious back pains C. he lost his sense of taste D. he was in weak health 3. Which of the following can best describe David Blaine? A. Brave. B. Adventurous. C. Mad. D. Crazy. 4. Which of the following is NOT true of David Blaine?

A. Blaine was immediately sent to hospital after he was taken out of his box because he was in dangerous condition.

B. Blaine was born and brought up in England. C. In Blaine?s opinion, people can create a wonder. D. Blaine didn?t have any food for 44 days.

【答案与解析】本文主要讲述美国魔术师David Blaine多次挑战人体极限,这次又进行了44天的饥饿实验。

1. C。推测题。根据He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process doctors said could be life threatening可知,进食对他来说是个威胁生命的过程。

2. A。细节题。文中说at times he was unable to see,是说他有时看不见东西,但并不等于说他的眼睛瞎了。故 A 的说法不符合事实。

3. B。推断题。根据 …buried in a coffin for one week…spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice …stood the on top of a 25-meter pillar in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes等细节描写,我们可以得出这个结论:David Blaine 喜欢冒险,当然这里面有“勇敢”的成分,但两者比较一下,可知Adventurous更佳。故选 B。

4. B。细节题。根据 A native of Brooklyn, New York 我们可以知道 Blaine 是地地道道的美国人。

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Film stars may come and go, but Paul Newman?s career(事业) is long-lasting. Newman has worked in films for 40 years. His most recent one opened in December.

The film is called “Nobody?s Fool”. Newman plays a 60-year-old construction worker named Sully. To some people, Sully seems to be a loser. But he has a lot of charm(魅力). His life changes when his son comes to town. Late in life, Sully learns to grow up.

“I?ve played a lot of characters and the character I play in 'Nobody?s Fool? is closer to me than any other role I?ve done,” says Newman.

Newman turned 70 years old on January 26, 1998. “Nobody?s Fool” is his 52nd film. He has won two Oscars in his career.

Newman has found success in other aspects(方面) of life. He has been married for 36 years. He took up car racing at the age of 47 and won prizes.

Twelve years ago, he started a food company called Newman?s Own. He gives away all his money helping the poor.

1. The underlined sentence implies _______.

A. many film stars leave the screen after they?ve become successful B. It is not easy for a film star to lose his or her charm C. not all film stars can remain famous for a long time D. film stars are successful not only on the screen 2. Newman likes the character of Sully because _______. A. he finds a lot in the character that is new to him B. he likes playing an ordinary person C. he has never played such a wonderful role D. he sees more of himself in Sully 3. Newman was born in the _______. A. 1920s

B. 1930s

C. 1940s

D. 1950s

4. The writer wrote this passage mainly to _______. A. prove that a person can be successful in many ways B. show us a most recent film by Paul Newman C. introduce a famous film star, Paul Newman D. tell us about Sully, a movie character in a recent film 【答案解析】本文介绍了著名影星Newman 传奇的一生。

1. C。推断题。根据Film stars may come and go 可以推断出一般电影明星的艺术青春不会太长久,故选 C。

2. D。理解题。根据 …the character I play in 'Nobody?s Fool' is closer to me than any other role I?ve done 可推知此题答案为 D。

3. A。细节题。根据 Newman turned 70 years old on January 26, 1998 可以推算出他出生在上个世纪 20 年代。

4. C。主旨题。从全文可以看出来这是一篇名人介绍。

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It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Capitan, a huge mass of rock almost three-quarters of a mile high in California?s beautiful Yosemite Valley. It had been Mark?s dream to climb El Capitan for as long as he could remember. But how could a person without the use of his legs hope to try to climb it?

Mark knew he couldn?t finish the climb alone, but his friend Peter, an expert rock climber, would be there to lend a helping hand. He and Mark thought that it would take seven days to reach the top.

Peter climbed about 100 feet up and hammered a piton(岩钉) into the rock. Fastening one end of a

165-foot rope to the piton, he let one end of the rope fall down. Mark caught the rope and fastened it to his belt with a special instrument. This instrument would allow Mark to move upward, but would prevent him from falling even as much as a single inch. He next reached above his head and fastened a T-shaped bar to the rope, using the same kind of instrument.

Mark took a deep breath, pushed the T-bar up almost as far as his arms could reach, and began the first of the 7, 000 pull-ups needed to reach the top. High above, Peter let out a cheer. “You?re on your way.”

Seven years before, at the age of twenty-one, Mark had fallen while mountain climbing, injuring his backbone. The fall cost him the use of his legs, but he never lost his love of adventure or his joyful spirit.

For the first four days the two men progressed steadily upward without incident. But on the fifth day an unbearably hot wind began to blow, and as time went by, it became stronger and stronger, causing Mark to sway(摇摆) violently on his rope. But Mark kept on determinedly pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up. In spite of that, he had to admit that he felt a lot better when the wind finally died down and his body touched solid rock again.

It took them one day more than they had expected, but on July 26 at 1:45 in the afternoon, the crowd of people waiting on the top went wild with joy as the two heads appeared. Mark Wellman had shown that if you set your heart and mind on a goal, no wall is too high, no dream impossible.

1. What had Mark Wellman long desired to do?

A. To finish one of the most difficult rock climbs in the world. B. To be the first to climb El Capitan. C. To climb the highest mountain in California. D. To help his friend Peter climb El Capitan. 2. How did Mark climb the mountain? A. He fastened the rope to his wheelchair.

B. He hammered in pitons so that he had something to hold on to. C. He held on to the T-bar and Peter pulled him up.

D. He pulled himself up using a T-bar and special equipment. 3. How did Mark lose the use of his legs?

A. He lost his footing and fell from the side of a mountain. B. He fell during his first attempt on El Capitan. C. His legs were broken by falling rocks.

D. While working out in the gym, he injured his backbone. 4. What was the worst problem Mark had during the climb? A. He struck against the rock and hurt his arms. B. A strong wind blew him away from the rock. C. He kept falling several inches.

D. While swaying in space, he became terrified. 4. How did Mark react to difficulties during the climb? A. He admitted that he was frightened. B. He often worried about his friend?s condition. C. He was able to remain clam and determined. D. He was joking to cheer himself up.

【答案与解释】马克在一次登山运动中不幸摔伤了脊椎骨,成了一名靠轮椅生活的残疾人。但作为一名乐观的、极富冒险精神的登山爱好者,没有放弃“攀爬”加利福尼亚州的近3/4英里高的El Capitan的梦想。在他的朋友(一位登山运动健将)彼特的协助下,马克凭着顽强的毅力和特殊装备终于征服了El Capitan,实现了多年的夙愿。

1. A。主旨题。从第 1 段可知 Mark 是一名残疾人,对他来说要登上 El Capitan 的顶峰是件十分困难的事。

2. D。细节题。从第 3 段中可找到正确答案。

3. A。细节题。从第 5 段中可找到答案。

4. B。语义理解题。根据第 6 段第2句可知答案为B。 5. C。语义理解题。从第 6 段第3句可以做出正确理解。

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It doesn?t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That?s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true ? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day. They never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason ? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94.

1. The main idea of this passage is that _______. A. large numbers of people do not need sleep

B. a person was found who actually didn?t need any sleep C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep

2. The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting to _______. A. cure him of his sleeplessness

B. find that his sleeplessness was not really true C. find a way to free people from the need of sleeping D. find out why some old people didn?t need any asleep

3. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin _______. A. was too old to need any sleep C. needed no sleep at all

B. often slept in a chair D. needed some kind of sleep

4. One reason that might explain Herpin?s sleeplessness was _______. A. that he hadn?t got a bed

B. that he had gradually got tired of the sleeping habit C. his mother?s injury before he was born D. his magnificent physical condition

【答案与解析】本文记述了一个名叫Al Herpin 的怪人,他不需要睡眠,但是没有确定他为什么可以不休息。

1. B。主旨题。阅读全文可知A项与原文意思相反;D项在文中没有被提到;C项是医生们以前的看法,但后来发现并不是所有人都需要睡眠,因此选B。

2. B。细节题。根据文章第1段最后两句:这有可能是真的吗?于是医生们亲自去看,由此可推知此题答案为B。

3. C。细节题。根据文章第2段最后三句:他们天天观察,发现他没有睡过,甚至连床也没有。可推知此题答案为C。

4. C。细节题。根据最后一段最后三句:Al Herpin记得有人说他母亲在生他前受过伤,可推知此题答案为C。

二、故事类

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In the last fifty years, a lot of people have left Europe and gone to live in Australia. One of them was a Hungarian man. He lived in Australia for a long time, and he had a lot of good friends there. He always said to them, “Australia is beautiful, but Hungary is beautiful, too.” Then one year he said to his friends, “I?m going to go back to Hungary to visit my home town.” All his friends said to him, “We want to go with you, because you often say Hungary is a beautiful country, and we want to visit it.” The Hungarian Australian took his friends from Sydney to Rome in a big plane, and then they went from Rome to Budapest in a train as they wanted to see the mountains, and the villages and the towns.

They stayed in Budapest nearly a week, and they liked it very much. One day they went to the zoo in Budapest and saw two kangaroos there.

These Australians were very happy because kangaroos were from their home town. They said to them, “Come here, old friends! Come and see your Australian brothers!” But the kangaroos did not move.

But then the Hungarian Australian spoke to them in Hungarian, “Come here!” he said, and both of the kangaroos ran to him.

The other Australians laughed and said, “Look at that. They?re Australians, but they only know Hungarian!”

1. The Hungarian moved to Australia _______. A. last year B. a few years ago C. about 50 years ago D. over 100 years ago

2. The Hungarian wanted to go back to Hungary to _______. A. see the kangaroos B. his home town

C. visit his old friends there D. pay a visit to the zoo 3. How did they get to Budapest from Sydney? A. By air and by train. B. By ship. C. By air. D. By train.

4. Kangaroo is a kind of famous _______ in Australia. A. animal B. tree C. language D. plant

【答案与解析】本文讲一个从欧洲移民去澳大利亚的匈牙利人多年后带他的朋友重返故里看到袋鼠时发生的有趣的事。

1. C。细节判断题。运用排除法:由于文章中说 He lived in Australia for a long time,所以可排除 A和 B;根据文章第1句 In the last fifty years… 排除选项 D。故选 C 较为恰当。

2. B。细节题。根据 I?m going to go back to Hungary to visit my home town 可知答案是 B。 3. A。细节题。 根据 The Hungarian Australian took his friends from Sydney to Rome in a big plane, and then they went from Rome to Budapest in a train as they wanted to see the mountains, and the villages and the towns 可知他们从 Sydney 到 Rome 乘的是飞机,然后坐火车从 Rome 到 Budapest,所以他们从 Sydney 到 Budapest 是先乘飞机,再坐火车,故选 A。

4. A。细节判断题。根据 ...both of the kangaroos ran to him 可知 kangaroos 是有生命的,而且会 ran(跑),比较4个答案可知只能选 A。

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When my father was getting ready for work, our house was ruled by knocks and words. He used to come downstairs to breakfast.

The morning paper lay beside his plate. He always read the “Deaths” first, and then he knocked once on the table. One of my sisters brought his bread, already buttered for him. Usually he said nothing, but once I heard him say, “I love you very much, Edith. I would love more if you buttered my bread on both sides. ” He read the paper all through breakfast.

Two knocks on the table meant “I am ready for my tea.” If a single knock followed that meant, “More bread, please.”

After breakfast he said, “Boots.” The paper was spread(展开) for him over the back of an arm-chair. Yesterday?s paper was put on the chair for his feet, and his boots were brought to him, freshly cleaned. He read standing at the same time putting on his boots. With one boot finished he said, “Bus.” At that point one of the girls went outside to the garden gate and waited there. Her job was to stop a bus when it came. It came early sometimes and it had to wait for my father. “Overcoat, hat.” One of my sisters had already brushed his overcoat. Now she held it open for him. Another girl came with his hat, nicely brushed. “Handkerchief, pipe(烟斗). ” They were brought and put, with his tobacco(烟草), into his pocket. He looked out of the window and said either “Walking stick” or “Umbrella”. It was handed to him. Ready now, he was still reading the paper. He didn?t put it down until he heard the shout “Bus coming!” Then he kissed my mother and went out. The girls breathed freely.

How lucky a man was to have a wife and five daughters at home! 1. When the father made the first knock, he meant _______. A. he had begun to read the morning newspaper B. he was made to feel sad by the” Deaths” news C. he would start to read the other parts of the paper D. his breakfast should begin 2. What does “Edith” mean? A. A kind of bread. B. One of the writer?s sisters. C. The writer. D. The writer?s mother.

3. All the daughters were quite busy in the morning because _______. A. their father never helped them

B. their father always gave different instructions at the same time C. each of them had to start and finish her job just on time D. they were not clever or quick enough to do their jobs 4. What was the father?s favorite? A. Reading newspaper. B. Having bread buttered on both sides. C. Giving instructions. D. Being clean and tidy. 5. From the story we may see that _______.

A. the father was so lazy that he hardly did anything B. the father was the “centre” of the family

C. Every girl in the family was afraid to do wrong because they didn?t know clearly enough what to do D. The father was hated by all his daughters

【答案与解析】本文讲一个幸福的男人在早上由他的五个女儿和妻子服侍的故事。 1. D。细节题。根据第3段第2句 then he knocked once on the table. One of my sister brought his bread, already buttered for him 可知答案为 D。

2. B。判断题。根据 I love you very much, Edith. I would love more if you buttered my bread on both sides 可知 Edith 是他女儿的名字。

3. C。判断题。文中描写出了五个女儿早上的忙碌,他们的父亲总是不停地让为她们做事,而且他的命令只限于几个单词,甚至动作,所以应该选择 C。

4. A。推断题。根据第3段最后一句 He read the paper all through the breakfast 以及早饭以后直到上车还在看报纸可知他很喜欢看报纸,因此应该选择 A。

5. B。推断题。看过全文我们知道整个早上他家里所有的人都在为他服务,由此可以看出他的家是以他为中心的,因此应该选择 B。

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I?ve loved my mother?s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,”

she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”

I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”.

As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer, none came.

My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn?t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the present of her desk told me, as she?d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside — a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.

Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

1. The writer began to love her mother?s desk _______. A. after Mother died B. before she became a writer C. when she was a child D. when mother gave it to her 2. The passage shows that _______.

A. Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter B. Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done C. Mother cared much about her daughter in words D. Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words. 3. The world “gulf” in the passage means _______. A. deep understanding between the old and the young. B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter. C. free talks between mother and daughter. D. part of the sea going far in land.

4. What did Mother do with her daughter?s letter asking for forgiveness? A. She had never received the letter.

B. For years, she often talked about the letter.

C. She didn?t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. D. She read the letter again and again till she died. 5. What?s the best title of the passage? A. My letter to Mother B. Mother and Children C. My Mother?s Desk D. Talks between Mother and me.

【答案与解析】本文以妈妈的书桌为线索说明了妈妈对女儿的那种深沉的爱。 1.C。细节题。文章中的第1句就告诉我们,当作者是个小孩时(刚有书桌高),就喜欢她妈妈的 desk。 2. A。细节题。在文章中的三、四自然段中,从作者的字里行间我们可知:她妈妈外表冷谈,内心却对女儿充满了爱。

3. B。词义推断题。妈妈的爱只表现在行动上,而作者则想要那种 heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter所以她们之间就产生了 gulf(隔阂)。由此可知gulf在这里是指妈妈和女儿之间的不同的想法。故选B。

4. D。细节判断题。从文章倒数第2段最后一句话 … a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times 可知妈妈把作者的信读了一遍又一遍。

5. C。主旨题。这个故事是以妈妈的书桌为线索引出的妈妈对作者的那种深沉的爱,所以选 C 项最佳。

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After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.

During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy(肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.

I spent over one hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didn?t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me.

When we finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I received a letter from Matthew?s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before: Dear Rick,

My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don?t have long to live anymore. But I still smile as much as I can. I told you someday I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I will never get to do that. But I know I?m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.

Yours,

Matthew

1. The boy wanted to meet the author because _______.

A. he was interested in weight lifting B. he wanted to get a gold medal C. he admired the author very much A. Why do you come to see me? C. Why does the disease fall on me A. Matthew is a determined boy B. Rick used to have the same disease C. Matthew became a champion finally D. Rick regarded Matthew as normal

4. The boy refused the author?s medal because _______. A. he was not worthy of it

B. he would not be pitied by others

D. he thought he himself could earn one in the future

C. he knew he would die soon

D. he wanted the author to know him B. Why do I have to stay at home? D. Why not give a gold medal to me

2. The underlined part in the third paragraph probably means “_______.”

3. We can infer from the passage that _______.

【答案与解释】这是一个悲壮的故事。Matthew是一个不幸的孩子,他一出生就患了不治之症;一位意志坚强的学生,他奇迹般地活过了五岁、十岁、十三岁??;一位富有骨气的少年,他就是到了阴曹地府,也要向“我”展示他的“金牌”。

1. C。语义理解题。从第 1 段第 2 句话中的 …but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him 可得出答案。“”

2. C。词义猜测题。从全文和第 3 段第 2 句话 Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” 不难猜出该句子的意思。

3. A。主旨题。通读全文可以得出结论:他是一位意志坚定的好小子。

4. D。主旨题。从第 4 段最后一句话 Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my

own medal, I will show it to you 和文章最后的书信中不难找到答案。

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Maggie was very glad that James was not a frequent visitor to the house. In the children?s opinion, they had something that they couldn?t explain or understand about him and that excited their imagination. He stirred Maggie?s anger, however, so that she often said to her husband, “It?s a mercy that brother of yours doesn?t come oftener.”

In fact James came once a year, unexpectedly, around eight o?clock in the evening, and he stayed for six hours of close discussion with his brother. His arrival was a signal to the children that their bedtime would be delayed. Not that he ever spoke to them or played with them. He took no notice of them, as if he was unable to see children, at least until the time came for him to go. Indeed, after his first greeting and a careless kiss, James took no notice of Maggie either, except to add, “You?ll be getting on with the supper, Maggie.” Such was his regard for her.

Maggie paid him back in her own way. She kept the children up, the four of them, to keep her company, she said, but of course they sang and made a noise and broke the endless sound of James? voice. Very late, they dropped off to sleep in their chairs. Then, when James was about to go, Maggie woke them up and so more or less forced him to part with four shillings before he left. That gave her some satisfaction, for James, though rich, was unwilling to give or share what he had. He always went home by the last train, just after two o?clock.

Maggie?s children secretly stared at their uncle. They could not forget that he had, in their mother?s words, “lost two wives and taken a third.” They wondered about those two unfortunate, lost ladies. They asked each other what their fate(命运) had been, and if neither could ever be found again. James never brought his third wife with him nor ever mentioned her. The children decided that he must be so frightened of losing her that he never allowed her outside the door.

1. Maggie never prepared anything special for James because _______. A. he was a man difficult to please

B. she never knew when he was coming C. she was too busy looking after her children D. he never stayed long enough for a meal 2. What do we know about James? behaviour? A. He was a kind man, with love for the family. B. He was unselfish, especially towards his brother.

C. He was anxious to please the family, especially the children. D. He was rude to his sister-in-law 3. Maggie felt pleased when _______. A. she paid James the money that she owed him

B. James gave some money to the children C. she had to wake James up to catch his train D. James thanked her for the nice supper

4. The children did not realize that two of James? wives _______. A. were dead

B. suffered from loss of memory D. might reappear one day

C. had run away from him

【答案与解释】叔叔James一年一次的到来并没给孩子们带来欢乐和兴奋,他们和妈妈一样感到不怎么高兴。他总是晚上八点才到,呆上几个小时后赶最后一趟火车离开。

1. B。细节题。由第 2 段第 1 句中的 unexpectedly 便知答案。

2. D。细节题。从第 2 段最后一句话 Indeed, after his first greeting and a careless kiss, James took no notice of Maggie either, except to add, “You?ll be getting on with the supper, Maggie.” Such was his regard for her 可得出答案。

3. B。细节题。从第 3 段第 4、5 两句话可知答案。

4. A。语义理解题。根据文章第 4 段可知孩子们太小了,他们不理解妈妈讲的 lost two wives and taken a third 的真正含义,以为他叔叔前两个妻子都弄丢了。根据文章内容,可排除B和D。而根据常识可知,如果他前两个妻子只是离开了他,而他又另娶他人,他就会犯重婚罪,这是不允许的,因此排除C。

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A man walked into a restaurant and asked for a glass of water. Then the girl in the restaurant pulled out a gun and shot him dead. Why? People asked to give reasonable explanation for the strange happening. All kinds of suggestions were made.

She was able to recognize him as a dangerous prisoner who ran away from the prison; she thought he was to rob her; she misheard what he said; asking for a glass of water had a special meaning for her and so on. All these explanations showed that the gun was used on purpose(有目的) to harm the man. The idea was easily accepted.

In fact, the explanation was that the man had an attack of hiccups(严重打嗝). It so happened that the girl in the restaurant knew that a great and sudden fear could get rid of hiccups. But she didn?t know the gun happened to be loaded(上子弹) that day.

1. The man asked for a glass of water because ______. A. he was too thirsty B. he was walked into a restaurant C. he wanted to kill himself D. he was having an attack of hiccups

2. The girl used a gun to the man because _______. A. she wanted to kill him B. she hated him C. what the man said had a special meaning D. she wanted to give him a sudden and great fear

3. Why did the man have an attack of hiccups? A. Because he ate too much. B. Because he was too old. C. Because he ate too fast. D. The passage didn?t tell us. 4. Which is TRUE to the passage?

A. The man just ran away from a prison. B. The man wanted to rob the girl.

C. The girl misheard what the man said.

D. It is the girl?s kind help that happened to kill the man.

【答案与解析】一个男人在饭店要了一杯水,突然一位女孩拔出枪把他打死了,为什么?众说纷纭,却没有一个说对的。原来那个男人老是打嗝,女孩只想吓他一下,却不知那天枪碰巧上了子弹。

1. D。判断题。根据文章最后一段可知那个男人老是打嗝,他要了一杯水,是想缓冲一下,不让自己打嗝,所以此题答案为 D。

2. D。细节题。根据最后1段 …that the girl in the restaurant knew that a great and sudden fear could get rid of … 可知答案为 D。

3. D。通读全文可知文章没有说明这个男人为什么打嗝,所以答案为 。

4. D。 通读全文可知女孩本是出于好心吓一吓那个男人,帮他制止打嗝,谁知那天枪碰巧上了子弹,所以答案为 D。

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Here is a question I have often asked at dinner parties:

You?re on an island with only one other person, your best friend. He?s dying of cancer. In his final days, he tells you, “I have 100,000 dollars in a bank back home. When I die, make sure my son goes to medical school.” Then he dies. But his son is a no-good playboy who has no interest in going to medical school and will waste that money away in a very short time. But your son is entering college, and he is willing to become a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school?

I?ve asked this question of everyone from the president of a famous university to an ordinary young soldier, and it has never failed to get a discussion going. Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them correct. Sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening.

1. Which of the following is TRUE to the passage?

A. Only the clever people can answer the question rightly. B. Some people refuse to answer such a silly question.

C. Everyone at the dinner party seems to be interested in the question. D. Most of the people have the same answer.

2. What the writer often says at dinner parties is _______. A. not a true story B. a true story C. a strange story D. just a joke

3. Why does the writer often ask people such a question? Because ______. A. he wants to find the answer for a research B. he is interested in such a question

C. he likes to make fun of people at parties

D. he wants to offer people a topic in which everyone could say something 4. Which of the following decisions is most likely NOT correct? A. You give the money to your friend?s son.

B. You give the money to your son for medical school.

C. You keep the money for your future medical care. D. You keep the money for your friend?s son.

【答案与解析】作者喜欢在宴会上问人们一个问题,人们为这个问题可以争论整个晚上,其实他们每个人的答案都是对的。

1. C。细节题。根据最后一段 it has never failed to get a discussion going 及 sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening 可知答案为 C。

2. A。语义理解题。通读全文可知这篇文章只是作者的一个假设,所以它不是真实的,因此答案为 A。

3. D。根据最后一段可知答案为 D。

4. C。通过阅读全文可知:你有可能把钱给你朋友的儿子,也有可能把钱留给自己的儿子读医学校,也有可能你觉得朋友的儿子是个花花公子,就把钱先给他存起来,等以后再给他。所以 A、B、D 三项都有可能,只有 C 项不可能。因此答案为 C。

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Is there a strange something high up in the world?s tallest mountains? If so, is it a big bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man?

No one knows. This mystery(谜) has puzzled the world for years.

In 1887, a mountain climber found large footprints(脚印) in the snow. They looked like the footprints of a very large man. But men don?t walk without shoes in the snow!

In 1906, other climbers saw more than footprints. Far away they saw a very large animal standing on two legs. As they watched, it ran very quickly.

Fifteen years later, newspapers, had new stories about the “something”. A mountain climber said he had seen the “snow man” walk slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large man.

From then on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints. His pictures showed clearly that the snowman walked on two legs, so it was not a bear or a monkey. Could it be an ape(猿) man? The mystery grew! And the mystery keeps growing. Some day we may find out just what it is that makes the large footprints.

1. The passage is about _______.

A. some mountain climbers B. some strange animals C. some large footprints D. the mystery of the snowman

2. Why were people interested in the footprints? A. They were footprints of a large bear.

B. They looked like the footprints of a large man. C. They were found in the snow.

D. They were found in the world?s tallest mountains.

3. The pictures of large footprints were taken by a mountain climber in _______. A. 1887 B. 1906 C. 1921 D. 1951

4. Why did the mystery grow when a mountain climber brought back pictures of the large footprints? A. They were footprints of an ape man. B. They were footprints of a snowman.

C. The pictures showed clearly how the snowman walked.

D. The pictures showed clearly how an ape man walked on two legs.

5. Since a mountain climber first found the large footprints in the snow, the mystery of the snowman has puzzled the world for ______ years.

A. over one hundred B. ninety-five C. Eighty D. fifty

【答案与解析】本文主要讨论了世界最高峰上是否真的存在 snow man 这一问题。巨大的脚印到底是谁留下的?现在仍然是个谜。

1. D。主旨题。这篇文章主要讲述在世界上最高峰的雪人是个谜。

2. B。细节题。有些 mountain climbers(登山队员)发现了两脚直立行走的雪人,且他的脚印非常大。 3. D。细节题。在 But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints 中我们可知雪人的巨大脚印是在1951年拍摄的。

4. C。细节判断题。照片清晰地表明了雪人是 walked on two legs(两条腿行走),所以人们排除了他不是 bear 和 monkey,是 ape man(猿人)吗?人们还没有得到答案,仍然是个 mystery(谜)。

5. A。细节题。从登山队员首先(1887年)发现雪地里的大脚印到现在大约有一百多年了,所以 A 项是最符合的。

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When Laura reached school-going age the discussions about moving became more urgent(紧迫的). Her father did not want the children to go to school with the village children and for once her mother agreed with him. Not because, as he said, they ought to have a better education than they could get at Lark Rise; but because he feared they would tear their clothes and catch cold and get dirty heads going a mile and a half to and from the school in the village. So empty cottages in the market town were examined and often it seemed that the next week or the next month they would be leaving Lark Rise for ever; but again each time something would happen to prevent the removal, and gradually a new idea came up. To gain time, their father would teach the two eldest children to read and write, so that, if asked by the School Attendance Office, their mother could say they were leaving the small village shortly, and in the meantime, they were being taught at home.

So their father brought home two copies of Mavor?s First Reader and taught them the alphabet; but just as Laura was beginning on words of one syllable(音节), he was sent away to work on a distant job, only coming home at weekends. Laura, left at the c-a-t s-u-t-s on the m-a-t?s stage, then had to carry her book round after her mother as she went about her housework, asking, “Please, Mother, what does h-o-u-s-e spell?” or “W-a-l-k, Mother, what is that?”

Often when her mother was too busy or too tired to attend to her, she would sit and fix her eyes on a page that might as well have been printed in Hebrew(希伯来语) for all she could make of it, frowning(锁眉) and studying the print as though she would make out the meaning by force of concentration(专注).

After weeks of this, there came a day when, quite suddenly, as it seemed to her, the printed characters took on a meaning. There were still many words, even on the first page of that simple book, she could not understand;but she could jump those yet make sense of the whole. “I?m reading!I?m reading!” she cried aloud. “Oh, Mother!Oh, Edmund!I?m reading!”

1. The children?s father decided to teach them to read and write so that they _______. A. had an excuse not to have to move B. had a reason for not attending school C. could write to the School Attendance Office D. would be educated before they left the village

2. The underlined part left at the c-a-t s-u-t-s on the m-a-t?s stage means that _______. A. Laura was working hard and learning quickly B. her father had no time to teach her C. her mother was too busy to attend to her D. Laura knew little about how to read and write

3. From the passage we can infer that _______ made Laura stare at a page in her book. A. her lack of concentration B. her inability to understand C. her need to understand Hebrew D. her determination to understand

4. Laura finally discovered she could read when she ________. A. understood the main idea B. understood all the words in her book C. recognized the printed characters D. jumped the first pages of her book

【答案与解析】本文讲述的是Laura的父母亲因为怕孩子们到离家来回有一英里半的学校去上学会弄破衣服、得感冒或弄脏头而不让孩子们上学以及Laura在自己的努力下学会读书时感到十分的小故事。

1. B。语义理解题。根据第1段最后一句可得知答案。

2. D。判断题。从第2段第1句…but just as Laura was beginning on words of one syllable可以做出正确判断。

3. D。语义理解题。从第3段中的she would sit and fix her eyes on a page 和…frowning(锁眉) and studying the print as though she would make out the meaning by force of concentration(专注)可以看出,答案应该选D。

4. A。语义理解题。理由是 …she could jump those yet make sense of the whole。

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Just a Little Smile

Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of him fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman. Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy?s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill?s home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, and then Mark went home. They often saw each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn?t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother?s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you

see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”

1. When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going _______. A. to have a basketball game B. to his classroom C. to see Mark D. back home

2. From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he _______. A. was a good student B. liked sports and music C. liked all the subjects in school D. was a good friend 3. Mark and Bill _______.

A. were in the same middle school and high school

B. were in the same middle school but not in the same high school C. often had lunch together at school

D. had known each other before they began to study in middle school 4. In this passage, the phrase “break up” means _______.

A. 相处很好 B. 和好如初 C. 关系破裂 D. 保持联系

5. When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he _______. A. knew he could save Bill?s life

B. knew who Bill was and wanted to help him C. didn?t know why he was going to help him

D. didn?t know what he was doing was very important to Bill

【答案与解析】这篇文章描写了人与人之间小小的一个微笑竟挽救了一个生命的故事。

1. D。根据文章最后一段的第4行我们可知:当时Bill是打算going home to kill himself(回家自杀)。 2. B。第1段第2行说Bill掉落的东西中有篮球和随身听。由此可知他是个热爱体育和音乐的人。 3. A。由文章第2段They often saw each other at school和They ended up in the same high school可以得知答案。

4. C。从下文Bill欲寻死的想法来看,第1段最后一句broke up的意思是关系破裂。 5. D。从最后一段Bill的叙述我们可以推测Mark当时完全不知道他对Bill的重要性。

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Daphne asked Jim, a friend of Walter?s, for some extra help on her political science homework. On Friday, they agreed to meet at the dormitory(宿舍) study room at 8 Sunday night. It was 8:05 when Jim arrived. He wasn?t on time as he usually is, because he had been out enjoying the spring weather after eating at MacDonald?s. But he wasn?t worried, because he knew from Walter that Daphne was usually late. When Daphne hadn?t arrived by 8:25, Jim was a little surprised. He decided to go to the dorm lounge(休息室) and watch his favourite Sunday night TV show. It started at 8:30, so he had to hurry.

When he got to the lounge, Walter was just leaving. “Hey, Jim, your favourite TV show just finished. Where were you? It was wonderful!”

“What do you mean, Walter? It?s 8:30, so I?m just in time to watch it!” Jim replied, looking a little confused(困惑).

“Did you adjust(校正) your watch last night?” Walter asked. Then he explained, “Last night you were supposed to move your watch ahead one hour. We do this every year on the last Sunday in April. Then, on the last Sunday in October, everyone moves clock back an hour. We say spring ahead, fall back to help us remember which way to adjust our clocks.” Walter stopped to see if Jim had understood his explanation. “You don?t do that in Indiana, I guess.”

“No, we don?t,” Jim said, shaking his head. “In that case, I was over an hour late for my appointment(约定) with Daphne, not only five minutes. Wow! She?ll never let me forget this!”

1. What is an important idea of this story? A. Daphne is usually late.

B. There are no time changes in Indiana. C. Jim likes his favourite Sunday night TV show.

D. Jim was late because he didn?t know about the time changes.

2. Why did Jim look confused when he learned the TV show had just finished? A. Because he missed the wonderful TV show.

B. Because he thought he was just in time to watch his favourite TV show. C. Because he was late for the show. D. Because he forgot the time of the show.

3. All the citizens in the United States are supposed to move their watches ahead in spring and back in fall, aren't they?

A. Certainly they are. B. No, they are not.

C. No, those who live in Indiana do not do that. D. Certainly they are besides those living in Indiana.

4. Imagine you are going to a party at 2 p.m. on the last Sunday in April. If you forget about time change, what time will you arrive?

A. 3 p.m.

B. 4 p.m.

C. 1 p.m.

D. 2 p.m.

【答案与解析】Daphne 约定 Jim 在星期天晚上8点到宿舍帮助她做political science homework.,但Jim不知道要把时钟往前拨快一小时,因为在他们所在的州每年4月份的最后一个星期天要把时钟拨快一小时。所以他迟到一小时。

1. D。主旨题。通读全文,不难概括出the important idea of this story。

2. B。语义理解题。本来8:30播放的节目,在他8:30赶到时却播完了,所以Jim 感到奇怪,其实Jim不知道别人的时间往前提了1小时。

3. C。语义理解题。从第4段最后一句话You don?t do that in Indiana, I guess 可以做出正确选择。 4. A。语义理解题。因为别人的时间往前拨快了一小时,所以2点钟也就是你的手表显示的1点钟。

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The producer appeared behind the recording studio window and smiled and waved to me like an old friend. And after I had read out a little test piece, he said, “That?s fine, wonderful, your voice is perfect, lively, wonderful.” Then I read a longer passage in English about the delights of touring in Britain, and another about the delights of visiting London, and both were “excellent” and “just right”, and I began to consider a job in radio.

To be honest, I was fairly sure of myself though I lacked experience. Across the room in the Hamburg News Agency where we both worked, a friend named Peter Turner called to me, “I say, Mike, a man on the phone here wants someone to do a recording in English, and I? m booked up. Would you read something to him in English as a sort of test?” I did, and they said, “Perfect, lovely, wonderful, …” Would I come round?

It was after reading their passage in English in the studio that they noticed my vowel(元音) pronunciations were not altogether King?s English, or even Prince Philip?s, there was a larger silence than usual, then the voice said: “Fine, lovely…, but you said the word ?castle? with a short ?a?. Could we have the passage again please, but this time say ?castle?.” This was easy. But then he noticed other differences in my pronunciation. “It?s my northern English accent,” I said angrily because I had to apologize for it.

“Oh, I see…but Mike, we?ll have to get it right, I?m afraid. The recording is for teaching English to German schoolchildren, and it must be spoken in the way it is taught in German schools.”

I read the passage again…and again…and again. But of course you cannot change the pronunciation of a lifetime in an hour. The studio men were in the state of having lost hope and underlined the vowels which caused me to feel angry, so that I?d remember them. Few, really. But because I had to concentrate(集中) on them, I made a lot of mistakes in my reading. Everyone got somewhat irritable(easily made angry), so we all went out for a beer.

1. Broadcasting did not make Mike nervous _______. A. although he had never done any before

B. because he worked in a news agency C. because he was used to talking on the phone D. although the passages were long

2. What happened after Mike had read the third passage? A. They made him repeat it. B. They said nothing.

C. They began to discuss the King?s English. D. They could not understand one of the words.

3. They wanted Mike to change his pronunciation because _______. A. German schoolchildren did not like a northern accent B. it was different from the English taught in German schools C. it was different from the English spoken in Germany D. German schoolchildren were taught through recordings 4. Why did Mike?s reading of the passage get worse? A. He needed a drink to clear his throat. B. He was trying to do the recording in an hour. C. He was trying hard to get certain sounds right. D. He could not learn so many new sounds.

【答案与解析】一个偶的机会使“我”想进入电台工作,但在面试时,电台的人发现“我”的元音发音不准确。尽管“我”试了很多多次,但最后还是以失败而告终。

1. A。语义理解题。作者在第2段第1句话已坦言…I lacked experience,故选A。

2. A。细节题。从第3段中的Could we have the passage again please, but this time say ?castle? 可以做出正确判断。

3. B。判断题。根据第4段第2句话The recording is for teaching English to German schoolchildren, and it must be spoken in the way it is taught in German schools 可以判断为什么选B。

4. C。推断题。根据最后一段第5句话…because I had to concentrate(集中) on them, I made a lot of mistakes in my reading可以推知答案是C。

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A great French writer said that we should help everyone as much as possible because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. To this effect, he tells a simple story.

An ant was drinking at a small river and fell in. She tried hard to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant, almost tired out, was still bravely doing her best when a bird saw her. Moved with pity, the bird threw her a blade (叶片) of grass, which supported her like a boat, and thus she reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass she heard a man coming near. He was walking along barefooted and carrying a gun in his hand. As he saw the bird he wished to kill her, and he would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just before he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the bird immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.

1. According to the French writer, we often need help from others, therefore we should________. A. not help others

B. help those who may be helpful to us D. help others as much as we can

C. get as much help as possible A. when the water pushed her B. with the help of a piece of wood C. with the help of a blade of grass D. when the bird reached out a leg for her

3. The French writer tells the story in order to show _______.

2. The ant finally got on the bank _______.

A. how an ant saved a bird C. how clever the bird is

B. how brave the ant is

D. even the small can help the great

【答案与解析】本文通过一个寓言故事讲述了小东西可帮大忙的道理。

1. D。细节题。根据文章第1句we should help everyone as much as possible可推知此题答案为D。 2. C。推断题。根据文章第2段第4句the bird threw her a blade (叶片) of grass, which supported her like a boat, and thus she reached the bank again可推知此题答案为C。

3. D。主旨题。根据文章第1段第2句The small even can help the great可推知此题答案为D。

三、新闻类

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The 12-month bloody conflict has been a nightmare(噩梦) in the lives of thousands of Israelis(以色列人)and Palestinians(巴勒斯坦人). Khalaf is one of them.

Although she was born in fear of bombs and attacks. Finally, her parents made a painful decision to send her back to the US.

“I wanted so much to stay here and to go to university here,” she said. “I?m afraid of leaving my home and my parents. But here, the bloody attack is not going to end soon.”

The war has broken the dreams of a generation raised in peace.

In the 1990s Israeli and Palestinian leaders were moving towards an agreement to end the long-lasting fight over territory(领土) and the ownership of the Holy City Jerusalem. This gave the new generation hope for a peaceful future.

But now, at the Friends School in Ramallah, attended by children of each English-speaking Palestinian families, only 300 pupils started the new school year, while last year there were 480.

According to a recent report, 28 per cent of Isreaelis aged from 18 to 28 have considered leaving the country in the past 6 months. “To have a safe future, we have no other choice but to go abroad,” a 16-year-old Israeli boy said.

Not only does the future of the young generation lie in another place, but also the adults in both Palestine and Israel don?t see any hope in their own countries.

1. Khalaf?s parents wouldn?t to send her back the US, would they? A. Yes. B. No, but they had to. C. Perhaps. D. Sure. 2. Why did the new generation have hope for a peaceful future? A. The two sides settled their problems. B. The two sides fought against each other.

C. The two sides moved towards an agreement in the 1990s. D. The two sides reached a final agreement. 3. Which is true according to the news report?

A. Khalaf has lived in the Palestine since she was born. B. Khalaf has lived in the US since she was one year old. C. Khalaf has lived in the Palestine since she was one year old.

D. Khalaf has ever been to the US.

【答案与解释】巴以双方长期的军事冲突给两国人民带来深重的灾难,尤其是青年学生被迫背井离乡、他国求学。人们痛恶战争、向往和平的殷切之情跃然纸上。

1. B。语义理解题。根据 Finally, her parents made a painful decision to send her back to the US 可以做出正确选择。

2. C。细节理解题。从第 5 段可知答案。

3. D。语义理解题。从第 2 段第 2 句话中的 …to send her back to the US 可知答案为 D。

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TOKYO, Japan — An earthquake measuring 8.0 hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Friday. The quake was the strongest anywhere in the world this year. Several million people live on the island. Japan's national broadcasting agency, NHK, reported 236 people had been hurt, but no deaths had been reported. Tsunami waves measuring about 3 feet (1 meter) began hitting the eastern coast of Japan's northernmost island, and officials warned all residents in the region to seek higher ground. A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island after the earthquake, and television stations reported a train derailment and a landslide near a highway tunnel. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at 8.0 but authorities in Japan initially gave it a magnitude of 7.8. The USGS said the temblor was located 33 kilometers (20 miles) under the Earth's crust, about 796 miles north / northwest of Tokyo, and began at 4:50 a.m. local time (1950 GMT). The second quake occurred at 6:08 a.m. (2108 GMT).

On average, there is one magnitude-8, or greater, quake a year in the world. The amount of energy released in a magnitude-8 earthquake is equivalent to that contained in 1.01 billion tons of TNT, according to the USGS. A tsunami watch has been issued for the U.S. state of Hawaii. \tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter,\ago a 5.5-magnitude quake shook Japan. The September 20 earthquake was centered nearly 870 kilometers (540 miles) south-southeast of Tokyo, near Japan's Bonin Islands, a remote volcanic island group in the Pacific Ocean. Earlier this month, Japan marked the 80th anniversary of a magnitude 8.3 quake that devastated Tokyo and neighboring Yokohama, killing at least 140,000 people. In January 1995, a magnitude 7.2 temblor in Kobe killed more than 6,000 people.

1. An 8.0-magnitude earthquake happened in Japan ____. A. in January 1995 B. on September 20, 2003 C. on September 26, 2003 D. in September, 1923 2. What is NOT the result of this earthquake? A. 236 people were hurt B. A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island C. A train was out of track D. two people died 3. What does tsunami mean in Chinese? A. 震中 B.海啸 C. 火山 D. 余震 4. We can infer that __________.

A. this might be the biggest earthquake in the world this year B. this earthquake has no effect on the USA

C. Japan is a country where earthquakes frequently happen

D. the second quake occurred only half an hour after the first one 【答案解析】本文报道了2003年9月发生在日本北海道的大地震。 1. C。细节题。根据Only six days ago a 5.5-magnitude quake shook Japan. The September 20 earthquake was centered nearly 870 kilometers (540 miles) south-southeast of Tokyo, 我们可以推算,这次日本北海道大地震发生在2003年9月26日。

2. D。细节归纳题。这次地震造成的后果有:236 people had been hurt;A fire broke out at oil refinery;a train derailment and a landslide near a highway tunnel等,而D项则与事实不符。

3. B。词义猜测题。根据后面对这种现象的描写:hitting the eastern coast 可知 tsunami 是“海啸”的意思,因为只有地震引起的海啸才能冲击海岸。

4. C。推理题。短文最后一段最后一个部分描述了日本发生的几次大的地震,据此我们可以得出结论:日本是一个地震多发国家。

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China's first astronaut 38-year-old Yang Liwei returned safely to earth Thursday morning, when his craft Shenzhou 5 touched down as scheduled after more than 21 hours in the earth's orbit. Chinese premier Wen

Jiabao called the landmark debut flight a \返回舱) carrying Lt. Col. Yang Liwei touched down on the grasslands of the Gobi Desert, in central Inner Mongolia at 6:23 am Thursday (Beijing Time), the Beijing-based China's Aerospace Command and Control Center said. Minutes later, Yang grabbed the capsule hatch with his hand, pulled himself out, smiled and waved at recovery teams and reporters. \Yang, a former fighter pilot from Northeast China's Liaoning Province, said immediately after emerging. In an interview with CCTV, China's state television, Yang said he was \excellent\Shenzhou 5 landed at dawn, 4.8 kilometres (3 miles) from its designed landing target, the officials said. \well,\motherland.\China's manned space program, called Yang a \hero\and a \hero\Following Yang's touchdown, China's premier Wen Jiabao immediately spoke to Yang from Beijing's command and control centre and offered his congratulations.

Within hours, Chinese space officials announced that the country's space dreams will continue with a \year. They said China also had worked out plans to conduct space walking by its astronauts, and eventually build up a space station. However, Chinese scientists ruled out building a space shuttle, like the United States.

Yang's flight came four decades after the former Soviet Union and the United States pioneered manned spaceflight. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in April 1961. One month later, the United States launched Alan B. Shepard Jr.

1. What is true of the first Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei? A. He is now a fighter pilot.

B. He was helped to get out of the descent capsule. C. He spent nearly a day in space.

D. He was called a \2. China will carry out the following space programs in the near future except ________. A. space walking B. setting up a space station C. building up a space shuttle D. sending up \3. The underlined word debut means ________. A. first public appearance B. space C. carrying person D. space-ship 4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man in the world to travel in space. B. the United States launched Alan B. Shepard Jr. about 40 years ago.

C. China is the third country in the world to carry out the manned space flight successfully. D. \ (1—4 CCAD)

【答案解析】本文介绍了中国首次载人航天飞行的情况。

1. C。细节题。根据after more than 21 hours in the earth's orbit可知,C项正确。

2. C。细节题。根据ruled out building a space shuttle可以知道,中国在近期不打算建航天飞机。其中的 rule out 意为“排除”、“取消”。

3. A。词义猜测题。从短文中我们知道,这是中国第一次载人航天飞行,由此可推测出,debut为“首次亮相” 之意。

4. D。事实确认题。A、B、C,在短文中均有提及。D没有提到。

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The Norwegian government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down(though these have already been raised) ; and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than

a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the government will be able to hold things back for long.

Ever since the war, the government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. For the past few years this program has had a great deal of success: Torso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern city could be in ruins.

The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 per cent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.

The real argument over the oil industry is its effects on the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as real Norwegians. And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most against the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the sea and to the countryside and to the whole country.

One Norwegian politician said last week, “We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.” 1. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph most exactly means “_______”. A. Norway will be changed so much that it can hardly be recognized B. The Norwegian way of life will change greatly, as we recognize

C. We can not recognize the Norwegian oil industry as it develops so quickly

D. The Norwegian government cannot carry out the law against the changing oil industry 2. The Norwegian government has tried to_______. A. encourage the oil companies to discover new oil resources

B. prevent oil companies from employing more people from southern Norway C. help the oil companies solve many of their problems D. keep the oil industry to something near its present size

3. According to the passage, the oil industry might lead to _______ in northern Norway. A. the development of industry B. a growth in population

C. the failure of the development program D. the development of new towns

4. Norwegian farmers and fishermen have an important effect because _______. A. they form such a large part of Norwegian society

B. their views of life and value agree with the Norwegian government?s C. Norwegians respect them as representatives(代表) of Norwegian culture D. they regard oil as harm to the Norwegian way of life

【答案与解析】本文介绍Norwegian政府想方设法对石油工业进行控制情况及控制原因。 1.A。推断题。根据单词beyond的词义:超出(某种程度)可推知此题答案为A。 2.D。主旨题。根据短文第一段第一句可推知此题答案为D。

3.C。细节题。根据文章第三段第一句:然而,石油工业的效果不会对北部进行限制。可推知此题答案为C。

4.C。细节题。根据文章第四段第二句:因为在Norwegians看来渔夫们和农民们身上才有Norwegians的真正素质。可推知此题的答案为C。

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London: The Edinburgh Festival, the biggest arts festival of its kind in the world, got under way in the Scotland capital on Sunday with a concert that included Hector Berlioz?s “To Deum”, under the direction of Christoph von Dohnanyi.

The festival, which runs until August 31 this year, includes as its high points Peter Stein?s staging of Wagner?s “Parsifal”, with Claudio Abbado directing the Gustav Mahler youth orchestra (管弦乐队). The concert programme includes American pianist Richard Goode, bass baritone Thomas Quash off and violinist Christian Tetzlaff. New to the programmers this year will be 25 late evening classical music concerts.

Earlier this month, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest show-case in the world for performance art, officially got under way with theatre, dance, poetry and music presentations(演出).

Many of the fringe artists, who can enter the fringe festival upon payment of a small fee, were inspired this year by the events of September 11.

Thousands of people flock to Edinburgh from around the world during the festival, which is over 50 years old. It aims to promote(促进) and encourage arts and to reflect international culture. It comprises(consists of) various dance, music, opera, and theatre presentations taking place across the city during the three-week run.

1. When did the Edinburgh Festival begin? A. August 10. C. August 31.

B. August 15. D. September 11.

2. What did the Edinburgh Festival never have before? A. Youth orchestra?s performances. B. Poetry and music presentations. C. Late evening classical music concerts. D. American pianists and violinists. 3. The Edinburgh Festival _______. A. is the only festival of its kind in the world B. has lasted over 50 years

C. began with a concert directed by Richard Goode D. is actually a dance festival

4. The Scottish people hold the Edinburgh Festival _______. A. to attract people across the world to their city B. to show their fringe arts only C. to attract famous artists to their city D. to promote and encourage art development

5. Many of the fringe artists can enter the fringe festival this year, but they _______. A. pay a small fee C. are very rich

B. pay a lot of money D. own their own bands

【答案与解析】本文为来自London的报道。报道了 The Edinburgh Festival 在the Scotland capital 开幕,并介绍了本次节日的盛况、目的和意义。

1. A。推断题。从第2段第1句The festival, which runs until August 31 this year及文章最后一句 during the three-week run可推知此题答案为A。

2. C。细节推断题。从第2段最后一句New to the programmers this year will be 25 late evening classical music concerts. 可推知此题答案为C。

3. B。细节题。根据文章最后一段第1句的定语从句 …the festival, which is over 50 years old.可推知此题答案为B。

4. D。细节题。根据文章最后一段第2句It aims to promote(促进) and encourage arts and to reflect international culture可推知此题答案为D。

5. A。根据文章第4段的定语从句Many of the fringe artists, who can enter the fringe festival upon payment of a small fee可推知此题为答案为A。

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It?s a man?s world, and many women don?t like it.

The women say they are treated like second-class citizens and therefore feel that their anger is justified.

Women everywhere, they say, earn less money than men for the same kind of work. Women have less power in their communities than men, and in most cities and towns the political decisions are made by men. There are few women mayors or city officials. The same thing is true in labor unions, and religious groups. Even in unions where the members are almost all women, the heads of the unions are men. The presidents of almost all the big corporations in the country are men. There are few women ministers and no women priests.

Many women have been aware of these inequalities for a long time. Only recently, however, a drive for women?s rights made many more women and men, too, interested in fair treatment for women. Groups have formed to demand equal pay for equal work, changes in abortion laws, and round-the-clock day-care centers for children. Women have even started their own newspapers to fight for their cause. They have written books and marched in parades protesting their second-class place in society.

1. What is the main idea of this passage? A. Women want to make more money. B. Women hate the man?s world.

C. Women are organizing to demand their rights. D. Women?s liberation.

2. What is the important problem explained in this passage? A. Women have joined protest groups. B. The heads of most unions are men.

C. Women are treated unfairly in their work, communities, and religious groups. D. Women don?t like men.

3. What is the purpose of this passage?

A. To persuade women to join women?s rights groups. B. To explain why a drive for women?s rights has started. C. To explain how it feels to be a woman in a man?s world. D. To help more women get equal treatment with men.

4. In this passage the words “second-class citizens” mean _______. A. people who are treated as foreigners B. people who are not citizens

C. people who are not treated fairly in their life and work D. people who don?t want to be first-class citizens 5. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Women don?t like to be treated as second-class citizens.

B. Women make the same amount of money as men for the same kind of work. C. Men make political decisions in most places in U. S. A.

D. Women started their own newspapers and wrote books to fight for their equal rights. (1—5 CCBCB)

【答案与解析】本文报道了妇女为了能与男人享受同样的权利而举行的运动。

1. C。主旨题。根据文章第3段第3句Groups have formed to demand equal pay for equal work, changes in abortion laws, and round-the-clock day-care centers for children可推知此题答案为C。

2. C。推断题。根据文章第2段所列举的内容:政治、工会及宗教等各方面妇女都没有平等的权利,可推知此题答案为C。

3. B。推断题。根据文章第3段第1句Many women have been aware of these inequalities for a long time可推知此题答案为B。

4. C。推断题。根据文章第2段的例子中可看出:妇女的地位总是低于男人,可推知此题答案为C。 5. B。推断题。选项B与文章第2段第2句意思相反,可推知此题答案为C。

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Vienna — In spite of Iraq?s decision to stop oil deliveries, the 11-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will not increase production to make up the shortfall, ministers decided Tuesday

in Vienna.

The 11 oil ministers decided to meet again on July 3 to discuss the effects of the Iraq temporary stop. The organization?s president, Charkid Khelil of Algeria, said after the meeting that stocks were high and prices were stable, so quota (配额) increases were not necessary.

The E.U. Commission has expressed concern about Iraq?s output stop. A speaker said OPEC had to take all possible measures to keep or lower the oil price.

Saudi Arabia?s Oil Minister Ali Al-Nuaimi had earlier said there would not be any shortfall of oil in the market. The organization had already taken steps to fill the gap, he said. OPEC Secretary General Ali Rodriguez added that the period of the Iraq stop to export was not known, so other exporters were not going to lift quotas yet. If the market was destabilized(动摇), a suitable response could be made.

Iraq on Monday stop shipments of crude oil to protest against the U.N. Security Council?s decision to extend the oil-for-food programme by only a month, instead of the normal six-month renewal(延期).

Just before the Vienna meeting, oil prices had gone up, with a barrel of OPEC crude selling for 27.05 dollars, up from 26.81 dollars last Friday. North sea oil was at 29.26 dollars Monday evening.

OPEC wanted the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars and achieved that with cuts in January and March that reduced 2.5 million barrels per day off quotas.

1. Iraq made the decision to stop oil deliveries because ________. A. oil price is too low in the international market

B. the U.N. Security Council has decided to shorten the time for the oil-for-food programme C. many oil wells were destroyed during the war in the late 1980s D. it couldn?t get enough money to develop its economy

2. The attitude the E.U. Commission took towards Iraq?s output stop is _______. A. active A. OPEC

B. concerned

C. could

D. surprising D. WTO

3. “The organization” in Paragraph 2 refers to _______.

B. the E.U. Commission

C. APEC

4. The 11 oil ministers decided to meet on July 3 so that _______. A. they can persuade Iraq to continue oil production

B. they can have a discussion about the effects of Iraq?s temporary oil stop C. they can have a talk with the U.N. Security Council D. they can make up their minds to increase oil productions (1—5 BBABB)

【答案与解析】本文报道了OPEC十一国石油组织在维也纳召开会议决定:在Iraq停止石油出口的情况下,也不增加石油的生产量。

1. B。细节题。根据文章第5段中的 to protest against the U.N. Security Council?s decision to extend the oil-for-food programme by only a month, instead of the normal six-month renewal可推知此题答案为B。

2. B。细节题。根据文章第3段第1句The E.U. Commission has expressed concern about Iraq?s output stop可推知此题答案为B。

3. A。细节题。根据文章第1段第1句…the 11-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)和文章第2段可推知此题答案为B。

4. B。细节题。根据文章第2段第1句…to discuss the effects of the Iraq temporary stop可推知此题答案为B。

四、科技类

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Would you carry around an electronic ID, not in your pocket, but in your body? Does this idea scare you or make you feel safe?

The first computer ID chip(芯片) that could be planted under a person?s skin might be marketed very soon.

Developed by Applied Digital, an American technology company based in Florida, the device(发明物) could meet the need for public security(安全) after the September 11 attacks.

For airports, nuclear power plants(核电站) and other high security facilities(设备), the immediate effects are obvious.

The technology could help put an end to false ID cards, because it would be difficult to remove and copy a tiny computer chip. The chip is as small as a grain of rice.

The technology would also allow satellites to track(追踪) a person?s every movement and store medical records.

These uses are already attracting interest for tasks like fighting against kidnappings(绑架), or helping with medical operations.

But some people are afraid of the loss of privacy(隐私).

“You always have to think about what the device could be used for tomorrow,” said Lee Tien, a senior privacy lawyer in the United States.

“At first a device is used for applications we all agree are good, but then it slowly starts being used for more than it was intended,” he said.

However, Applied Digital says it will soon apply for(申请) government permission for the device. It says that the first people to use the chip will be volunteers.

Getting the implant(需移植的芯片) would go something like this:

A person or company buys the chip from Applied Digital for about US $ 200. And the company encodes(编码) it with the desired information.

The customer then takes the chip to their doctor, who can plant it with a large needle.

The device has no power supply, rather it is activated(使活动, 使运行) by a scanner(扫描仪) running across the skin above it. Without a scanner, the chip cannot be read.

Even with the privacy concern, some are already eager to use the product.

Jell Jacobs from Florida hopes to become the first buyer of the chip to store his medical records. Suffering from a serious illness, he wants to make sure doctors can help him quickly.

Eight Latin American companies have also shown interests in the device. It could help to find any tourists who are kidnapped.

1. The best title for the passage is _______. A. Why Is the New ID Necessary

B. Getting a New Kind of ID Under Your Skin C. An Advertisement for Chips D. Where to Buy the Chip

2. Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. In some airports and factories such device is already being used. B. The information on the chip can be read when it has its power supply. C. The technology could help put an end to false ID cards. D. The first computer ID chip has already come into the market. 3. What is the advantage with the electronic ID according to the passage? A. It can store people?s medical records and help with medical operations. B. With this people will have no fear of losing privacy. C. It?s cheap to buy and easy to get.

D. It is developed by Applied Digital in Florida. 4. What can we learn about Jeff Jacobs?

A. He?s a worker in Applied Digital, a company in Florida. B. He?s a doctor who helps plant tile chips on people.

C. He fears if he uses the chip he will lose privacy.

D. He?s suffering from a serious illness and wants to buy the chip.

【答案解析】本文介绍了新的个人身份证—电子身份证的特点、功能及人们对此的态度。 1. B。主旨题。 根据 Would you carry around an electronic ID, not in your pocket, but in your body?…The first computer ID chip that could be planted under a person?s skin might be marketed very soon 及以后的内容可知本文讲述的是安装在皮肤上的电子身份证与传统身份证比较所显示出来的新特点,故选 B。

2. C。细节题。 阅读全文可知 A、B、D 与原文不相符,再根据 The technology could help put an end to false ID cards 可知 C 为正确答案。

3. A。细节题。根据第 7 段 These uses are already attracting interest for tasks like fighting against kidnappings, or helping with medical operations 及倒数第2段 …hopes to become the first buyer of the chip to store his medical records 可知这种电子身份证有助于医学手术及储存医学纪录的作用,故选 A。

4. D。推断题。根据 Suffering from a serious illness, he wants to make sure doctors can help him quickly 及 Jell Jacobs from Florida hopes to becomes the first buyer of the chip… 可知答案 D 说是这两句话的总结。

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Over the past 10 years, technologies that have combined computers with telephones have developed. Technologies such as PC fax programs and LAN fax servers(局域网传真服务器) have been used to improve fax communications. The latest computer-based technologies are new mechanisms(机制) which use IP(Internet Protocol, 因特网协议) to send faxes, that is, IP fax.

Traditional fax has a fairly simple usage model. First, the user inserts a document into the fax machine, enters the destination fax number and presses the start button on the machine. The sending machine dials the receiving fax machine. If it connects, the sending machine scans the documents and sends it over the public switched telephone network(PSTN, 公共电话交换网) to the receiving machine. At the same time, the receiving machine receives the document and then prints it.

In IP fax system there are two basic transmission modes: store-and-forward mode and real-time mode. Store-and-forward mode has been widely used. In this mode, the entire document is sent to a network-based server that stores it and then sends it to the destination. Real-time IP faxing is similar to traditional fax. Real-time mode allows two fax machines to directly communicate through a proper standard.

IP fax enables a fax document to be sent from one person to another. A fax machine or a computer can be used to send or receive the fax. IP fax also allows e-mail to be used to receive faxes. This would enable users to receive faxes anywhere, anytime with an internet fax address.

1. The passage deals mainly with _______. A. PC fax

B. IP fax D. new machines B. LAN fax servers D. only fax machines B. a receiving machine D. e-mail

C. information technology A. even computers C. e-mail

2. In traditional fax, _______ can be used.

3. IP fax can use all of the following to send and receive a fax except _______. A. a fax machine C. a computer

4. In real-time IP fax mode _______. A. two fax machines communicate directly B. a network-based server is used C. users can receive faxes anywhere D. the PSTN has to be used

5. In paragraph 2, the word “inserts” can be placed by _______.

A. prints B. presses C. puts D. uses

【答案解析】本文介绍了传统的传真和科技的发展带来了现代传真的新特点。

1. B。主旨题。根据 The latest computer-based technologies are new mechanisms which use IP to send faxes, that is, IP fax 以及第 3 段中的 In IP fax system there are two basic transmission modes…和第 4 段中的 IP fax enables a fax documents to be sent from one person to another 及后述内容都是展开讲述 IP fax 的有关内容,由此可见 B 为正确答案。

2. D。细节题。根据第 2 段 Traditional fax has a fairly simple usage model. First, the user inserts a document into the fax machine,…The sending machine dials the receiving fax machine可知在传统的传真中,仅仅使用普通的传真机,而 A、B、C 是在现代的传真时才使用,故选 D。

3. B。细节题。 根据 At the same time, the receiving machine receives the document and then prints it 可知 a receiving machine 仅仅用来接收的,据此选答案 B。

4. A。细节题。根据 Real-time mode allows two fax machines to directly communicate through some standard 可知在真实模式下,两台传真机可以直接交流,据此选 A。

5. C。词义猜测题。根据 First, the user inserts a document into the fax machine 可知使用者不是把文件打印(A)、挤压(B)、使用(D)而是放入到传真机里,由此选答案 C。

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Flying over a desert area in an airplane, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes. After an hour?s flight one of the scientists wrote in his book, “Look here for probable metal.” Scientists in another airplane, flying over a mountain area, sent a message to other scientists on the ground, “Gold possible.” Walking across hilly ground, four scientists reported, “This ground should be searched for metal.” From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word: “Uranium.”

None of the scientists had X-ray eyes: they had no magic power of looking down below the earth?s surface. They were merely putting to use one of the newest methods of locating minerals in the ground…trees and plants as signs that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and plants are growing.

This newest method of searching for minerals is based on the fact that minerals deep in the earth may affect the kind of bushes and trees that grow in the surface.

At Watson Bar Greek, a brook(小溪) six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds. Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees. Roots were dug and put into boxes. Each bag and box was carefully marked. In a scientific laboratory the parts of the forest trees were burned to ashes and tested. Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it.

Study of the roots, branches, and seeds showed no silver. But there were small amounts of gold in the roots and a little less gold in the branches and seeds. The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches.

1. Scientists were flying over a desert or a hilly wasteland or a mountain area in order to search for _______ in the ground.

A. gold B. silver C. metals D. minerals 2. The study of trees, branches and roots shows that _______. A. there were larger amounts of gold in the branches than in the seeds B. there were smaller amounts of gold in the roots than in the branches

C. there were less amounts of gold in the seeds growing on the ends of branches than seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks

D. there was more gold in the branches than in the roots 3. Which is the best title suggested below?

A. Scientists Searching for Metals with Special Power B. New Methods of Searching for Minerals C. Gold Could Be Found by Trees and Plants

D. A New Method of Searching for Minerals — Using Trees and Plants

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as part of a tree that can help find minerals? A. Leaves. B. Roots. C. Branches.

A. X-ray

D. Seeds.

5. The scientists were searching for minerals by using _______.

B. magic power C. a special instrument D. trained eyes

【答案与解释】探测矿产资源历来是苦差事。科学家们通过研究,独劈蹊径,采用一种新的快捷有效的方法—根据地面植物情况来判定地下的矿产资源。

1. D。语义理解题。根据文章第1段的内容以及一般常识可推知答案。

2. C。细节题。从文中最后一句The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches 可知。

3. D。主旨题。通读全文可知答案为D。

4. A。细节题。从最后一段可知通过研究 roots, branches 和 seeds 可判定地下是否有矿产,而 leaves 在文章却没有提到。

5. D。细节题。从文章第1段的第 1 句和第 2 段可找到答案。

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New findings suggest that brainy card games such as contract bridge may temporarily(临时地) raise production of a key blood cell including in fighting off illness. After 90 minutes of play, bridge players had increased levels of immune(免疫) cells, according to the research reported last week.

A researcher, Diamond, studied bridge players from a women?s bridge club. She chose bridge players because the game includes skills stimulating(刺激) a part of the brain called the dorsolateral cortex. Earlier animal research suggests that this part of the brain may play a role in the immune system.

The findings are based on blood samples drawn from 12 women players. Their blood samples showed a rise in levels of white blood cells called T cells after they played bridge for 90 minutes. T cells are produced by the thymus gland(胸腺) and used by the immune system against diseases.

The T cell count jumped significantly in eight of the bridge players, and slightly in the other four. The findings contribute to the field of neuroimmunology(神经免疫学), whose name reflects the fact that the nervous system and the immune system are not considered separate and isolated(独立的) systems. What isn?t clear is whether the help to the immune system from an activity like contract bridge is lasting or temporary. It is also not clear whether the increase in T cells could finally be targeted against special illnesses.

1. Playing bridge can help one to fight off diseases because it can _______. A. raise production of a key blood cell B. make people joyful C. aid digestion

D. make break away from the bad habits

2. Diamond chose to study bridge players for the research because _______. A. the players are good friends of hers B. she loves playing bridge

C. this game stimulates a part of the brain that has something to do with immune system D. she is a clever manager, who operates her bridge club well 3. A T cell is _______ cell. A. a brain

B. a white blood

C. a red blood

D. a kind of dangerous blood

4. Which of the following is true according to this article?

A. The immune system and the brain system used to be considered separate and isolated systems. B. The help to the immune system that is brought about by playing bridge can last for a long time. C. Cortex is a kind of blood cell. D. The new findings are impossible.

【答案与解释】Diamond 通过对打桥牌的12名女士的血液抽样调查研究,发现神经系统与免疫系统不是分别独立的。人们从事智力游戏时,白细胞大量增加,对免疫系统有促进作用。

1. A。主旨题。从文章的第 1 句话中可知答案。 2. C。细节题。从第 2 段第 2 句话中可知答案。 3. B。细节题。从第 3 段第 2 句话中可知答案。 4. A。判断题。从第 4 段第 2 句中可找到正确答案。

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Every living cell(细胞) contains genes(基因). They are too small to be seen under a microscope, but they are vitally important. Each set of genes in the body contains all the instructions needed to make a human being. Some genes determine hair color. Some determine the shape of a nose. Some genes help determine your height and even your weight.

Genes are made of a chemical called DNA — the letters stand for deoxyribonucleic acid. In the early 1950?s two scientists, Francis Crick and James Watson, figured out how the parts of DNA fit together. Once scientists understood this structure, it became possible to take pieces of DNA apart and put them together in new ways. New kinds of genes could be made in this manner.

Scientists have studied the genes of many plants and animals. They have worked out which genes affect the color of a tomato and the thickness of its skin. Working out which genes determine which features is called genetic mapping, scientists have begun the Human Genome Project, an ambitious effort to map all the genes in the human body.

Some genes may be defective(有缺陷的). For example, something might be wrong with the gene that makes blood clot(凝聚). An individual born with this defective gene could suffer serious hemorrhages(出血) or even bleed to death because his or her blood fails to clot. Scientists are trying to treat the defective genes, and have made great achievements. If scientists could know a child has any defective genes beforehand, they might even discover how to treat these genes before the child is born.

1. What was the achievement of francis Crick and James Watson? A. They discovered why people have different hair colors. B. They learned that some people bleed for long periods of time. C. They looked at human cells under the microscope. D. They worked out the structure of DNA. 2. What is the main idea of this passage? A. Defective genes can never be repaired.

B. Genes are too small to be seen through a microscope.

C. Genes help scientists understand how living things develop their characteristics. D. The Human Genome Project may explain the role of every gene in the body. 3. Which of the following statements is a fact? A. Genes help determine your height and weight.

B. Genetic engineering is the most important scientific discovery of the last 25 years. C. It is dangerous to make changes in genes.

D. Supermarkets should not sell genetically engineered food.

【答案与解析】 基因是由叫做DNA的化学物质构成的。科学家们已经开始绘制人体基因图了。 1. D。细节题。命题依据是第 2 段第 2 句话In the early 1950?s two scientists, Francis Crick and James Watson, figured out how the parts of DNA fit together。

2. C。主旨题。从文章内容可知,不同的基因有不同的功能。所以,本文主旨应该是C项。 3. A。判断题。只有A项内容文章涉及了,B、C、D三项内容文章没有体现。

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Wind is the great maker of waves. There are exceptions, such as the tidal(潮汐的) waves sometimes produced by earthquakes under the sea. But the waves most of us know are produced by winds blowing over the sea.

Now before constructing an imaginary life history of a typical wave, we need to know certain physical things about it. A wave has height, from trough (low point) to crest (high Point). It has length — the distance from this crest to that of the following wave. The period of the wave means the time it takes for succeeding crests to pass a fixed point. None of these things stays the same — for all depend upon the wind, upon the depth of the water and many other matters.

The water that makes up a wave does not advance with it across the sea. Each drop of water turns around in a little circle with the passing of the wave, but returns very nearly to its original position. And it is fortunate that this is so. For if the huge masses of water that make up a wave actually moved across the sea, sailing would be impossible.

If we want to find the speed of a wave, we may use the following way: Speed = wavelength × frequency

Here, wavelength is the distance between two high points (crests), frequency means the number of cycles per second.

1. What causes waves?

A. Earthquakes and nothing else. B. Only wind. C. Wind causes most waves.

D. Wind causes some waves.

2. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. The water of a wave moves away across the sea. B. The water of a wave remains almost at the same place. C. The water of a wave goes with the passing of the wave.

D. The length of a wave means the distance from the top of a wave to the bottom.

3. The speed of Wave 1 is 100 cm / s, frequency 10. The frequency of Wave 2 is 300, while its speed is twice that of Wave 1. Which of the following is right?

A. The wavelengths of the two are equal.

B. The wavelength of Wave 1 is 10 times longer than that of Wave 2. C. The wavelength of Wave 2 is longer than that of Wave 1. D. The wavelength of Wave 1 is longer than that of Wave 2. 【答案解析】本文是说明文,讲述了海浪的有关知识。

1. C。细节题。根据But the waves most of us know are produced by winds blowing over the sea.可推知此题答案为C。

2. B。细节题。根据The water that makes up a wave does not advance with it across the sea.可知水并不会随海浪一起运动。

3. D。推断题。根据Speed = wavelength × frequency计算公式,Wavelength= speed÷frequency,所以波浪1的波长为10 cm,波浪2的波长为0.666 cm,故D正确。

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The World’s Largest Insect

This giant insect can be used as a toy.

A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the “neck” of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the child?s head. The child laughs as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world.

The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and stiff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel.

African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite

harmless.

1. The African Goliath beetle is _______. A. the world?s largest insect

B. a toy used in many parts of the world C. the only insect found in Africa D. the world?s smallest insect

2. What made the whirring sound that the child heard? A. The curved string.

B. The beetle?s soft wings. D. The beetle?s body.

B. has both soft and hard wings

C. The beetle?s six legs.

3. We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _______. A. makes a whirring sound when it flies

C. has six legs and a body with three parts D. can fly 4. When flying, the Goliath steers by_______. A. turning its soft back wings

B. twisting and turning its hard front wings C. twisting and turning its legs D. twisting and turning its whole body 5. What made the stick jump in the child?s hand? A. The stick jumped because the child laughed. B. The beetle pulled on the string when it flew. C. The child bounced the stick to make the beetle fly. D. The child made the stick jump.

【答案与解析】本文介绍了世界上最大的昆虫 the Goliath beetle。

1. A。细节题。根据文章第2段最后一句 …the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world可推知此题答案为 A。

2. B。细节题。根据文章第3段中It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies可推知此题答案为 B。

3. C。细节题。根据文章第3段第1句 …because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts 可推知此题答案为 C。

4. C。细节题。根据文章第3段最后一句 To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel 可推知此题答案为C。

5. B。细节题。根据文章第2段第3句 …the insect takes off, pulling the string…可推知此题答案为 B。

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The idea of rain making is almost as old as man, but it was not until 1946 that man succeeded in making rain. In ancient(古代的) times, rainmakers claimed(声称) to be able to bring rain by many methods; dancing, singing, killing various kinds of living creatures(including humans), and blowing a stream of water into the air from a kind of pipe.

More recently, some rainmakers claimed to make rain by shooting guns, causing explosions, or burning chemicals, the smoke of which was supposed to cause rain to fall. These rainmakers asked for as much as 1, 000 dollars to make an inch of rain. One was so effective that he was almost hanged. He was believed to have caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California that flooded that land, killed several people, and did millions of dollars? worth of damage.

Before 1946, rainmakers were either liars or honest people who happened to have good luck. Scientific rain making was started in that year by Vincent J. Schaefer, a scientist at the laboratories of the General Electric Company in New York State. His success was the result of a lucky accident that changed years of failure into victory.

1. One rainmaker was almost hanged because ______.

A. he did not make rain at all B. he asked for too much money

C. people thought he caused too much rain D. he killed several people

2. Which of the following methods can make rain? A. Killing pigs and sheep.

B. Blowing a stream of water into the air from a kind of pipe. C. Shooting guns or causing explosions. D. None of the above is right.

3. Who was the first rainmaker succeeding in making rain? A. The one who caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California. B. Before 1946, a rainmaker who happened to have good luck.. C. Vincent J. Schaefer, in 1946.

D. The passage doesn?t tell us his or her name.

【答案与解析】人工降雨的想法和人类的历史几乎是一样长,历史上曾演绎出许多人工降雨的闹剧。第一次科学人工降雨是在1946年,由美国纽约州的Vincent J. Schaefer 完成。

1. C。细节题。根据第2段最后一句He was believed to have caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California that flooded that land, killed several people, and did millions of dollars? worth of damage 可知答案为C。

2. D。判断题。从第2段内容可以明显看出A、B、C三项均不能降雨,所以选D。

3. C。细节题。从最后一段第2句话Scientific rain making was started in that year(1946) by Vincent J. Schaefer, a scientist at the laboratories of the General Electric Company in New York State可以确定该题的正确答案。

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Some time people call each other “scared-cat”, but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its bloodstream. Although the cat doesn?t realize this. Its body is getting ready for action. If the danger continues, the animal will do one of two things. It will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.

Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions(feelings), our bodies go through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too get ready to defend ourselves or run.

Human beings, however, have a problem that animals never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger — or hit somebody — and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn?t always wise to express your feelings freely.

Does this mean that it?s smarter always to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness and bitterness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illness can develop, and you can feel churned up inside. It can actually be bad for your health.(It isn?t good to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feelings need to be expressed.)

Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside don?t just go away. It?s as if you bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long you?d smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, chances are you?d see little fruit flies hovering all over them. They?d be rotten.

You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they don?t exist, but they?ll still be around. And at last you?ll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.

1. The best title for this article is _______. A. Emotions Affect Our Bodies

B. What Happens to a Frightened Cat

C. What Happens to An excited Person D. Feelings That People Have 2. The underlined words “churned up” in the fourth paragraph mean _______. A. being puzzled C. made upset

B. being hurt D. made satisfied

3. The author wrote this article in order to _______. A. tell us that it isn't good to keep feelings inside B. give us some advice on how to express our feelings C. make us face the problem that we have to deal with feelings D. make us know that it isn't always wise to express our feelings freely

【答案与解析】文章阐述了人的喜怒哀乐等各种情感都有必要表达出来,否则,对健康不利,甚至会引发各种疾病。

1. A。主旨题。读完全文,很容易明白这篇文章的主旨是“情感影响我们的身体”。

2. C。词义猜测题。细读Physical illness can develop, and you can feel churned up inside这句,然后对比所给的4个选项,可知只有C最为恰当。

3. D。主旨题。从第3段举的例子可以看出作者的写作目的。

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On Oct. 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for the information they needed. Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright spots crossing the computer?s screens. At the same moment the computers were working much slower. To find out what was happening, they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers. To their horror, they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses(病毒). Obviously all these computers had been infected(传染) by computer viruses.

It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men fond of playing tricks. They all had excellent education. They created the viruses just to show their intelligence. This kind of computer viruses is named Jerusalem Viruses. These viruses can stay in computers for a long time. When the time comes they will attack the computers by lowering the functions, damaging normal programs or even getting rid of all the information.

We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on Fridays and that they are spreading to a lot of computers. Among the countries that suffered computer viruses last year are Britain, Australia, Switzerland and the U.S. But till now, how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem.

1. The group of young men created the viruses to _______. A. damage all the computers B. test their good ability

C. play tricks on operators of the computers D. attack foreign computer experts

2. According to the passage, computer viruses seem to _______. A. have been in nature for years B. be difficult to get rid of at present C. exist in any computers

D. be able to be got rid of in the near future

3. The most serious damage caused by the viruses is that _______. A. the computer?s functions are lowered B. the normal programs are damaged

C. the computers infected by the viruses can no longer be used D. all the information stored in the computers is gone 4. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. Scientists have found a way to get rid of the viruses.

B. The Jerusalem Viruses are a great harm to human?s health.

C. The viruses will come to a new computer after staying in the old one for some time. D. On Oct. 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists found their computers were infected by viruses. 【答案与解析】计算机病毒不仅降低计算机的功能,而且还造成储存信息的丢失。

1. C。语义理解题。文章第2段第1句话It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men fond of playing tricks. 把那群年轻人创造病毒的原因解释得非常清楚。

2. B。语义理解题。既然But till now, how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem,那计算机病毒肯定很难清除。

3. D。语义理解题。读到第2段最后一句话中的…or even getting rid of all the information,答案不言自明。

4. D。判断题。读完全文就会发现A、B、C三项内容与文章内容不符,答案非D莫属。

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Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected(探测) by human senses. It can?t be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we can?t detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we can?t sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.

At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright by killing masses of cells(细胞)in important organs(器官). But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no level of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be significant. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if there are killed outright. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproduce themselves in an unusual way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.

This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the knowledge of the person at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated(放射治疗)and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak or easy to get serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.

Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.

1. According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in _______. A. nuclear mystery C. radiation level

B. radiation detection D. nuclear radiation

2. Radiation can lead to serious results even at the lowest levels _______. A. when it kills few cells

B. if it damages few cells, and if they reproduce themselves. C. though the damaged cells can repair themselves D. unless the damaged cells can reproduce them selves 3. Radiation can hurt us in the way that it can _______.

A. kill large numbers of cells in main organs so as to cause death immediately B. damage cells which may grow into cancer years later C. affect the healthy growth of our younger generation D. lead to all of the above results

4. Which of the following can be mostly possibly inferred from the passage?

A. The importance of protection from radiation cannot be overemphasized(过分强调). B. The mystery about radiation has been solved. C. Cancer can't be caused by radiation.

D. Radiation can hurt those who do not know about its danger.

【答案与解析】核辐射对人类和一切生物都有影响,我们必须正视。

1. D。判断题。根据文章第2段的前面几句(…even the lowest levels can do serious damage…)可知答案为D。

2. B。推断题。因为The damaged cells reproduce themselves in an unusual way. They can grow into cancer。

3. D。判断题。A、B、C三项在文中均被提及,所以选D。

4. 通常全文可知,辐射的神秘还未被揭开,所以B项错误;由第2段倒数第二、三句可知,辐射能导致癌症;D项不合常理,所以选A。

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Do you have a phobia? No, it is not an infectious (传染病) disease, but it can make you quite as bad. A phobia is an unreasonable fear of some particular thing or situation.

Did you know that some people fear heights? That is called acrophobia. Many people experience claustrophobia when they are in a closed space such as a small room or a lift. Zoophobia is a fear of animals. A fear of dirt is called mysophobia. There are names for fear of thunder, lightning, wide open spaces, people, crowds, darkness, water, and many other things.

A phobia expert tells us that in the coming of a phobic situation a person has what is called an ?anxiety attack?. Blood rushes to his larger muscles in preparation for flight or fight.

One expert on phobias suggests we race our fears gradually. A person who is afraid of people could overcome this fear by getting accustomed to them one at a time. Someone who is afraid of water could take swimming lessons in the relative safety of a pool with a lifeguard at hand. A person afraid of heights could practise looking down from middle heights first until he could handle the greater ones.

1.A person who is afraid of cats is most likely to have _______. A. mysophobia

B. acrophobia

C. zoophobia

D. claustrophobia

2. A good way to overcome one?s unreasonable fear of something would be _______. A. trying to avoid it

B. preparing for flight or fight D. trying to get used to it

C. getting rid of the anxiety attack 3. If you have a phobia, _______.

A. you must take swimming lessons in a safe pool

B. you?d better practise looking down from middle heights first C. you may attend some parties

D. it will be as troublesome as an infectious disease 4. A man in the appearance of phobic situation _______. A. is called an anxiety attack C. has the feeling of flight

B. has blood rush to his legs D. fears some particular thing

5. The writer of the text tells us that _______.

A. when some phobia breaks out in someone, he will feel too anxious about something B. a person who dears people can run a race with others C. a man afraid of heights can climb to a great building easily D. everyone dares to take a lift where there is not a lifeguard (1—5 CDDCA)

【答案与解析】本文介绍了恐惧症的症状及其解决办法。

1. C。细节题。根据第2段第4句Zoophobia is a fear of animals可推知此题答案为C。

2. D。细节题。根据文章最后一段的第2句中的…overcome this fear by getting accustomed to them可推知此题答案

3. D。推断题。根据第1段第2句:它虽然不是传染病,但它使你有同样不好的感受,可推知此题答案为D。

4. C。推断题。根据第3段最后一句Blood rushes to his larger muscles in preparation for flight or fight

可推知此题答案为C。

5. A。主旨题。从文章第1段最后一句A phobia is an unreasonable fear of some particular thing or situation及全文的内容可推知此题的答案为A。

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Every animal is a living radiator-heat formed in its cells(细胞), which gives off heat through its skin. Warm blooded animals keep a normal temperature by continuously replacing lost surface heat; smaller animals, which have more skin for every ounce(盎司) of body weight, must produce heat faster than bigger ones. Because smaller animals burn fuel faster, scientists say they live faster.

The speed at which an animal lives is determined by measuring the rate at which it uses oxygen. A chicken, for example, uses one-half cubic(立方) centimeter of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. The tiny shrew-mouse uses four cubic centimeters of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. Because it uses oxygen eight times as fast, it is said that the shrew-mouse is living eight times as fast as the chicken. The smallest of the warm blooded animals, the hummingbird, lives a hundred times as fast as an elephant. There is a limit to how small a warm-blooded animal can be. A mammal or bird that weighed only two and a half grams would starve to death. It would burn up its food too rapidly and would not be able to eat fast enough to supply more fuel.

1. The passage says that every animal is a living radiator because it _______. A. produces heat in its body cells C. gives off heat through its skin

B. burns fuel to produce heat D. requires oxygen to produce heat

B. replace lost heat faster

2. Small animals are said to live faster than big ones because they _______. A. have more skin for their body weight C. burn fuel faster A. its body weight

D. keep a higher body temperature

3. The amount of oxygen an animal uses depends on _______.

B. the food it eats

D. the length of time it lives

C. its general size and shape

4. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A. There is no limit as to how large a warm blooded animal can be B. The hummingbird lives faster than any other warm-blooded animal C. Small animals have less skin for their body weight than large ones D. The hummingbird is the smallest of the warm-blooded animals (1—4 CCAB)

【答案解析】本文是说明文,阐述了热血动物的体积与所耗热量,动物生长速度与用氧速度之间的关系。

1. C。细节题。根据 heat formed in its cells is given off through its skin 可推知此题答案为C。 2. C。细节题。根据Because smaller animals burn fuel faster, scientists say they live faster.可得出答案。 3. A。推断题。根据A chicken, for example, uses one-half cubic centimeter of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. The tiny shrew-mouse uses four cubic centimeters of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. 可见耗氧量与动物体积有关。

4. B。推断题。前面说到动物生长速度决定于用氧的速度,而用氧量与动物体积有关,而hummingbird是最小的热血动物,故可得出答案B。

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Today, men have reached the top of the world?s highest mountains. But for many years, even people who lived among the mountains did not climb them. Indeed, people believed that men could not climb mountains.

For a long time, mountains were thought to be the home of evil(凶恶的) spirits. People believed dragons(龙) lived on the mountainside. They thought these dragons would gobble up anyone coming near.

When men began to climb mountains, they faced many dangers. The air high on a mountain was freezing

cold. There were deep cracks(裂缝) into which a climber could fall. Roaring winds and terrible storms could sweep a man off the mountainside.

At first, men did not have the proper equipment to climb high mountains. They did not have ice axes, ropes or the right kind of clothing.

Later, men could not reach the top of the highest peaks for another reason. As a man climbed higher, the air became thinner. There was less oxygen to breathe above 18 000 feet, a climber had to stop every few steps to catch his breath. His heart beat faster and his blood became thick. Above 25 000 feet, a climber would begin to see things that were not here. He could no longer think clearly about what he had to do.

1. This passage mainly tells us about _______. A. the dangers of climbing high mountains

B. the evils spirits and dragons that live on the mountainside C. the proper equipment needed to climb mountains D. people who live in mountains

2. In this passage the words “gobble up” means _______. A. hold back C. get hold of

B. catch up with D. eat up very fast

3. Which of the following is true?

A. The higher one climbs, the less oxygen he will breathe.

B. The main reason why people couldn?t reach the top of the mountains is that they didn?t have proper equipment.

C. The faster one climbs, the less oxygen he will need.

D. Fast beating hearts need thick blood. (1—3 ADA)

【答案与解析】本文说明了登山过程中会遇到各种困难和危险。

1. A。主旨题。根据文章第 1 段最后一句 …people believed that men could not climb mountains 及全文的内容,可推知此题答案为 A。

2. D。词义猜测题。根据常识及选项的比较,可推知此题的答案为 D。

3. A。细节题。根据文章第 5 段第 2 句 As a man climbed higher, the air became thinner 可知此题答案为 A。

五、体育类

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Simple steps to inner peace

If you wake up feeling tired and lazy, these moves can give you a lift. Our yoga warm-ups will help to loosen and stretch your muscles and joints, and deep breathing also helps you to focus your thoughts, so you feel refreshed!

●Upper-body lift

Slowly lower your body to the floor, look up forward the ceiling and breathe in. Hold for a minute. Release(放松).

●Toe touch

Bringing your hands to the floor, breathe out while putting your head between your knees(if you?re a beginner, keep knees slightly bent). Holding the position, breathe in as you stretch your head and chest upward. Hold for one minute. Release.

●Spine stretch

Standing straight, feet together, breathe in and raise your arms straight overhead, hands touching. Look up, stretching your body for one minute. Release. Repeat moves as often as needed.

1. The purpose of the above exercises is to _______. A. help you bring back your strength B. get rid of pain from your back

C. get you warm enough to do further exercise

D. loosen and stretch your muscles to help you feel refreshed 2. The underlined phrase “give you a lift” means _______. A. raising your body higher C. helping you get energetic A. upper-body lift, toe touch C. spine stretch, toe-touch

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【答案与解析】本文介绍了几种yoga(瑜伽)运动的步骤,通过做瑜伽运动,人们的肌肉和关节可以得到放松和伸展,从而觉得精神振奋。

1. A。主旨题。文章第2句话就是主题句,故选答案D。

2. C。词义猜测题。从第1段最后一句…so you feel refreshed可以猜测出该短语的正确含义。 3. 判断题。比较3个项目可知,对于一个初学者来说,upper-body lift较容易,而toe touch较难,故选A。

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The word “sport” first meant something that people did in their free time. Later it often meant hunting wild animals and birds. About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of their time playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they want to. A few people are paid for the sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen. They may be sportsmen for only a few years, but during that time the best ones can earn a lot of money. For example, a professional footballer in England earns more than 30, 000 dollars a year. The stars earn a lot more. International golf and tennis champions can make more than 500, 000 dollars a year. Of course, only a few sportsmen can earn as much money as that.

Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is that the stars can earn more money from advertising than from sports. An advertisement for sports equipment does not simply say “Buy our things”. It says “Buy the same shirt and shoes as…”. Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies to use their names or a photograph of them and they are paid for this. Sport is no longer just something for people?s spare time.

1. From the passage we can learn that _______. A. people spend too much money on sports

B. the development of sports is slower than any other activity C. most people enjoy sports because they can earn money D. nowadays sport is not merely a pastime for people 2. Nowadays, the word “sport” means _______. A. what people do in their spare time B. hunting wild animals and birds C. organized games

D. something people are paid to do 3. People play sports for _______. A. fun

B. different purposes

C. money

D. keeping fit

B. making you release D. getting your body straight B. toe touch, upper-body lift D. toe touch, spine stretch

3. To a beginner, _______ may be the easiest and _______ the hardest.

4. Which of the following picture shows the “Spine Stretch”?

4. What surprises people most is that _______. A. the stars get more money from advertising B. the word “sport” meant hunting animals C. professional sportsmen are paid for what they do D. only a few sportsmen can earn $ 500, 000 a year

【答案解析】本文介绍了 sport 这一单词的意义演变以及体育名人效应所带来的各种收益。 1. D。细节题。根据 Later it often meant hunting wild animals and birds. About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games 可推知此题答案为 D。

2. C。细节题。根据 About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today 可推知此题答案为 C。

3. B。推断题。根据 Such people play because they want to. A few people are paid for the sport they play 可以推断人们进行体育活动怀有各种各样的目的。

4. A。细节题。根据 Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is that the stars can earn more money from advertising than from sports 可推知此题答案为 A。

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Before any period of exercise it is well worth spending two or three minutes warming up with a series of simple stretching exercises. This not only helps your joints(关节) to move easily but also prepares all your muscle groups for more energetic activity. It is rather like a cat stretching itself before it springs into action. Here are four movements to do in an easy and unhurried way, gently stretching each action without forcing it. Repeat each movement ten times, breathing normally throughout.

Ⅰ. Standing with your feet apart, push both arms out straight in front of you, fingertips touching. Raise them above your head, then down to the sides pushing each arm backwards at the same time.

Ⅱ. Standing with your feet apart and hands on hips(臀部). Tip your head back and look straight up to the ceiling. Roll your head round slowly to face the right then the floor, then the left, and finally up at the ceiling again. Repeat in the other direction.

Ⅲ. Standing with your feet apart and hands on your sides, lean first to the right and then to the left, sliding the hand down the side of the leg.

Ⅳ. Standing with your feet apart and arms out straight in front, with your eyes fixed on your right hands, swing your right arm round to the right, keeping it straight, as far as it will go. Return it to the front and repeat with the left arm. 有图:见《英语周报》精粹(高中版)P58页 (对原稿调顺序作改动) 1. Why should you do these exercises? A. To strengthen muscles. B. To stretch joints.

C. To prepare for physical activity. D. To develop control of movement. 2. How should these exercises be carried out?

A. With pauses, taking 10 breaths between each one. B. Continuously for two or three minutes. C. Steadily and slowly, breathing calmly. D. As hard as possible.

3. Which of the following pictures is the description of Exercise Ⅲ? A. (1) B. (2) C. (3) D. (4) 4. Doing Exercise Ⅱ mainly trains the joints of your _______. A. hands B. waist C. neck D. hips

【答案与解析】本文主要讲述在做运动前要先做几分钟简单的热身系列伸展运动,并简单介绍了4种伸展运动的做法。

1. C。从 This not only helps your joints(关节) to move easily but also prepares all your muscle groups for more energetic activity可知做这些运动是为进行体育锻炼做准备,所以答案选C。

2. C。根据文章第1段中的 …in an easy and unhurried way…gently stretching…without forcing it…breathing normally…可知答案应选 C。

3. B。Exercise Ⅲ 的内容是:Standing with your feet apart and hands on your sides, lean first to the right and then to the left, sliding the hand down the side of the leg,此内容与图(2)吻合。

4. C。从第二个运动所做的动作Roll your head round slowly to face the right then the floor, then the left… 可知此运动与颈关节有关,所以答案选C。

六、文化类

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Millions of people pass through the gates of Disney?s entertainment parks in California, Florida and Japan each year. What makes these places an almost universal attraction? What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney parks? Well, one reason is the way they?re treated once they get there. The people at Disney go out of their way to serve their “guests”, as they prefer to call them, and to see that they enjoy themselves.

All new employees, from vice president(副总管) to part-time workers, begin their employment by attending Disney University and taking “Traditions I”. Here, they learn about the company?s history, how it is managed and why it is successful. They are shown how each department relates to the whole. All employees are shown how their part is important in making the park a success.

After passing “Traditions I”, the employees go on to more specialized training for their special jobs. No detail is missed. A simple job like taking tickets requires four eight-hour days training. When one ticket taker was asked why it took so much training for such a simple ordinary job, he replied, “What happens if someone wants to know where the restrooms are, when the parade starts or what bus to take back to the campgrounds?…We need to know the answers or where to get them quickly. Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy the park.”

Even Disney?s managers get involved(包括在内) in the daily management of the park. Every year, the managers leave their desks and business suits and put on special service clothes. For a full week, the bosses sell hot dogs or ice cream, take tickets or drive the monorail(单轨车) and take up any of the 100 jobs that make the entertainment park come alive. The managers agree that this week helps them to see the company?s goals more clearly.

All these efforts to serve the public well have made Walt Disney Productions famous. Disney is considered by many as the best mass service provider in America or in the world. As one long-time business observer once said, “How Disney treats people, communicates with them, rewards them, is in my view the very reason for his fifty years of success…I have watched, very carefully and with great respect and admiration, the theory and practice of selling satisfaction and serving millions of people on a daily basis, successfully. It is what Disney does best.”

1. The first day they come to Disney parks, all new employees _______. A. begin by receiving on-the-job training B. must learn several jobs C. begin as ticket takers

D. have already attended Disney University

2. The main objective(目标) of the Disney employees is to _______. A. learn all parts of the business

B. see that their guests enjoy themselves C. be able to answer all kinds of questions D. keep the important guests happy

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Tourists learn the history of Disney in its entertainment parks. B. Disney attracts people almost from all over the world. C. Parades are regularly held in Disney?s entertainment parks.

D. Disney?s managers are able to do almost all kinds of work in the Disney?s parks. 4. This passage is mainly about _______. A. how Disney? employees are trained

B. the history and traditions of the Disney enterprises C. why Disney enterprises make a lot of money D. the importance Disney places on serving people well (1—4 ABAD)

【答案解析】本文介绍了迪斯尼游客众多的原因在于管理、培训、教育员工做到给予游客无微不至的服务。

1. A。细节题。根据 All the employees, from vice president to part-time workers, begin their employment by attending Disney University and taking “Traditions I” 可知所有的员工上岗前要进行在职培训,据此可知答案选 A。

2. B。细节题。根据 Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy the park 可知他们的不变目标是让游客在迪斯尼乐园玩得开心,由此可见 B 为正确答案。

3. A。细节题。根据第2段Here, they learn about the company?s history… “they” 指的是迪斯尼员工;再者答案B(第1段)、答案C(第3段)、答案D(第4段)都是对的,故选 A。

4. D。主旨题。阅读全文可知本文从开始的总体服务描述到员工岗前培训、特殊工种训练、经理层每年一周的亲身体会无不显示了迪斯尼在使游客满意方面给予了高度重视,故选答案D。

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Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same “port”, which come from the Latin word, meaning “to carry” or “to move” from one place to another. And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes. “Import” means “to carry in” or “to bring into a country”, “export”, “ex” means “out of”, so this word means “to carry out of the country”, “re” means “back”, so the “report” means “to tell somebody, to bring back information to somebody”, “transport”, “trans” means “across” and it means “to carry across one place to another”.

Let?s look at the following words: supporter, reporter, importer and exporter. You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who completes the verb. So supporter means somebody who supports. A reporter is somebody who reports. Importer is somebody who imports and exporter is somebody who exports, and so on.

1. In the first sentence the word “part” means _______. A. different beginnings and different endings B. the same part that has several meanings C. the root of the word

D. the same root that has different meanings

2. By adding a prefix or a suffix to a root, we can get a word which has _______. A. the meaning of a Latin word 3. We can get a noun _______. A. just by adding “er” to verbs

B. by changing a prefix

B. a different meaning

C. the meaning of “in” or “out of” D. a lot of meanings

C. only by adding “er” to a root _______.

D. by adding a suffix to a verb

4. According to the passage, if we talk about a man of refinement, you may guess that he must be A. a man having good manners and education B. a person who should be educated C. somebody having bad manners D. a person punished by somebody else (1—4 CBDA)

【答案解析】短文介绍了英语构词法的有关知识。

1. C。词义猜测题。从Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings 可知,part 应是词根,而不是前缀或后缀。

2. B。细节题。根据 And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes. 可推知,词根加上不同的前、后缀,可得到不同的意义。A和C的说法太片面。

3. D。细节题。根据 You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who completes the verb.可知,在动词后加上一个后缀,就变成了名词。

4. A。推断题。文中说在动词后加上一个后缀,就变成了名词。refine是动词,本意为“净化,精炼,纯净”,加上后缀 -ment 后变成了名词,故A最佳。

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Americans have contributed to many art forms, but jazz, a type of music, is one that was not started in the United States. Blacks, who sang and played the music of their homeland, created jazz.

Jazz is a mixture of the music of Africa, the work songs the slaves sang, and religious(宗教) music. Improvisation is an important part of jazz. This means that the musicians make the music up as they go along, or create the music on the spot. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time it is played. Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South, especially New Orleans. New Orleans is an international seaport, and people from all over the world came to New Orleans to hear jazz.

Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way jazz continues to grow and change.

1. What can be the best title of the passage? A. American art forms

B. The development of jazz

C. The music of black Americans D. The birthplace of jazz 2. Which of the following is true? A. Jazz is now popular all over the world B. Jazz is now a kind of religious music C. Jazz is now played only in bars and clubs D. Jazz is now played in the same way as before 3. From the text it can be inferred that ______.

A. New Orleans is the place where jazz was first produced B. the American people are all jazz lovers C. jazz is merely sung by the black when working D. jazz may become more popular as time goes on

4. It took about ______ years to make jazz popular in the United States. A. 200

B. 120

C. 80

D. 40

【答案解析】本文讲述了爵士音乐的发展史。 1. B。主旨题。纵观全文可得出此答案。

2. A。细节题。根据 Today, people from all over the world play jazz 可推知此题答案为A。

3. D。推断题。根据In this way jazz continues to grow and change 可以得知。

4. D。细节题。根据两个关键语句 Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. 和 By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States 可推知此题答案为D。

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Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.

Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

Firstly, it is important to report news stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.

Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don?t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be \news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely; instead they print stories about plane accidents.

Another factor(因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

1. According to the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now? A. They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse. B. They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes. C. They watch TV or read newspapers. D. They listen to the radio every day.

2. The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports it that _______. A. people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper B. people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper C. people can read news stories in other countries

D. people can read news stories about their own country

3. To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about? A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. D. Six.

4. According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV? A. You often play football with your friends after school. B. Your teacher has got a cold.

C. A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn?t been caught. D. The bike in front of your house is lost.

5. Which of the following is Not true in this passage?

A. News stories on the front page of every country are always the same. B. People like to read interesting and unusual news.

C. Not only TV but also newspapers can help people to learn what is happening around the world. D. Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred years.

【答案与解析】本文讲述了现代社会人们获取news的不同方式以及构成一个新闻故事应具备的要素。

1. C。如今人们如何了解世界上的新闻故事呢?由文章第1段最后一句Billions of people learn...,可推知人们通过看电视或读报纸的方式获知新闻。

2. A。电视新闻报道和报纸新闻报道有什么不同呢?文章第3段说Yet, newspapers give more about the same story,可推知答案是A。

3. B。文章的3、4、5段叙述了三个因素。因此选B。

4. C。你在电视上最可能看到的是什么?文章第4段说新闻报道的是不寻常和有趣的事,很多新闻看起来往往报道的是坏的消息和一些危险的事情。由此段可知A、B、D项都不具备新闻的要素。

5. A。根据文章最后一段可知中国报纸和英国、法国、美国等的报纸在头版报道的内容上常常不同。根据此段可知A选项是错误的。

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You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes(撞击) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead. Of course he is not dead. With any luck he is not even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.

There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft plastic.

But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman?s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff(悬崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute(降落伞)failed to open, and he was killed.

In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stunt girls too!

1. Stuntmen are those who _______. A. often dress up as actors B. prefer to lead dangerous lives

C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions D. often fight each other for their lives 2. Stuntmen earn their living by _______. A. playing their dirty tricks

B. selling their special skills

C. jumping out of high windows D. jumping from fast moving trains 3. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ________. A. he needs little protection C. his life is endangered

B. he will be covered with a mattress D. his safety is generally all right

D. Carefulness

4. Which of the following is the main factor(因素)of a successful performance? A. Strength B. Exactness C. Speed

5. What can be inferred from the author?s example of the Norwegian stuntman? A. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman. B. The percentage of serious accidents is high. C. Parachutes must be of good quality. D. The cliff is too high.

【答案与解析】当你从电影、电视上看到诸如人从很高的窗户摔出、从快速行驶的列车上跳下、撞击汽车等一系列惊险动作时,千万不要以为那是演员真实表演的,其实那都是由特技演员代演的。

1. C。判断题。从第2段内容可以做出正确判断。

2. B。判断题。通读全文可知,stuntmen 是具有特别技能的人,由此可知答案为B。

3. D。语义理解题。从第3段第4句话they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫). 可以肯定答案是D。

4. B。语义理解题。从第4段中的…careful timing 可以做出正确判断。

5. A。判断题。根据第5段中的They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed 可知答案为A。

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The yearly Academy Awards ceremony was once a private affair. Now, because of television, it is very much a public affair. Hundreds of people gather in Hollywood to see the Oscars presented to outstanding(杰出的) actors, and others involved(参与) in the motion picture industry. Millions more watch on television.

It all began on May 16, 1929, when 270 men and women sat down to dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. There was no secret about the winners. The names of the winners had been known for months. Janet Gaynor, for example, had won as Best Actress. Douglas Fairbanks presented her with the famous gold statue(塑像). The little statue was not then called Oscar. Like a new actor, Oscar was unknown. About six years later, it somehow got that renowned name. A number of explanations have been offered for its origin(由来), but nobody knows the true story for certain.

Nowadays the results of the Oscar voting are kept secret. Only two people know the winners before the names are announced at the ceremony. The counting of votes is not done by one group of people but by different groups. Nobody except two members of an accounting(计票) company sees the final results.

The information is not kept in open files(卷宗). Winners? names are placed in closed envelopes. The accountants each carry a complete set of envelopes to the ceremony. One set is simply a spare to be used in case something happens to the other one.

1. As used in paragraph 2, renowned means _________. A. strange

B. wonderful

C. much-disliked

D. famous

2. May 16, 1929 marks _________.

A. Douglas Fairbanks? first winning of an Academy Award B. The first time Oscar got its name C. The first time the Awards were kept secret D. Janet Gaynor?s recognition as Best Actress

3. Two sets of envelopes are prepared for the ceremony _________. A. one for New York, one for Hollywood B. in order to be perfectly safe

C. one for the ceremony, one for the newspapers D. just because that is the custom (1—3 DDB)

【答案与解析】本文介绍了Oscar奖的起源和发展。

1. D。词义猜测题。上文说Oscar was unknown,而此句说About six years later, it somehow got that renowned name,由此可推知此题答案为D。

2. D。细节题。根据文章第2段第4句Janet Gaynor, for example, had won as Best Actress可推知此题答案为D。

3. B。推断题。根据文章最后一句One set is simply a spare to be used in case something happens to the other one 可推知此题答案为B。

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Laptop(便携式) computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

Westlake College in Virginian, each of the 1 500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops

are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use email to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees — anywhere at all!

Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students not only to the Internet, but also to libraries and other resources. State highest-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials also are testing laptop programs at other universities, too.

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we?re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”

1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to _______. A. use for their schoolwork B. access the Internet C. work at home D. connect them to libraries

2. Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks? A. They don?t really talk. B. They use the computer language. C. Laptops have speakers. D. None of the above reasons is correct. 3. Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers. B. 1 500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America. D. Students there can do everything.

4. “A window on the world” in the last paragraph means that students can _______. A. attend lectures on information technology B. travel around the world C. get information from around the world D. have feel laptops 5. Which of the following is a laptop computer? 有图:见《英语周报》精粹(高中版)P65页 【答案与解析】本文主要讲叙手提电脑非常受欢迎。 1. A。细节题。从文中第 2 段最后两句可知此题答案A。

2. A。细节题。他们是通过发送E-mail来传达各自的信息,并不是真正地“说”,所以答案选A。 3. C。细节题。由第 2 段第 2 句…a 110-year-old college可知C 项正确。 4. C。推断题。A window on the world意为“了解世界的窗口”,由此可知学生通过手提电脑可获取来自全世界的很多信息,故答案选C。

5. B。

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Bambi is a tasty book. Tasty not only for children but for those who are no longer so fortunate. For delicacy of perception(感觉细腻) and truth I hardly know any story of animals that can stand besides this life study of a forest deer. Felix Salten is a poet. He falls in love with nature deeply, and he loves animals. I do not, as a rule, like the method which places human words in the mouths of dumb(哑的) creatures, and it is the victory of this book that, behind the conversation, one feels the real feelings of the creatures who speak. Clear and inspiring, and in places very moving, it is a little masterpiece(杰作).

I read it in galley proof(校样) on the way from Paris to Calais. As I finished each sheet I handed it to my wife, who read, and handed it to my nephews. For three hours the four of us read in this way in silent absorption(专注). Those who know what it is to read books in galley proof, and have experienced channel (隧道)crossings, will realize that few books will stand such a test. Bambi is one of them.

1. Bambi is a book written about _______.

A. children

B. a forest deer

D. those who are unfortunate

C. Felix Salten

2. Which of the following do you think is true?

A. The book is interesting not only to children but also to others. B. The author of the book read the proof on his way from Paris to Calais. C. The book gives greater pleasure to children than to others.

D. The writer of the passage didn?t want to read the book in galley proof, so he handed it to his wife. 3. The author of the book used the method which _______. A. he didn?t like as a rule B. made animals talk like human beings C. others did not like

D. other stories of animals could stand beside 4. The writer and the other three _______. A. were fond of reading proof B. were absorbed in the book C. felt that the animals could talk

D. thought the book was better than any other research of its kind 5. According to the passage, we can conclude that _______. A. proof reading and channel crossings are very pleasant B. a poet can write books about animals better C. proof reading and channel crossings are very tiring D. it?s easy to write a book about animals

【答案与解析】本文介绍Bambi这本描写鹿的书给作者及其家人带来的没的感受。从而对这本书进行赞扬。

1. B。细节题。根据文章第1段第3句I hardly know any story of animals that can stand besides this life study of a forest deer.可推知此题答案为B。

2. A。细节题。根据文章第1段第2句Tasty not only for children but for those who are no longer so fortunate可推知此题答案为 A。

3. B。细节题。根据文章第1段倒数第2句:我不喜欢动物说人话这种方法,但这本书,通过动物对话感觉到了动物的真实感情,可推知此题答案为B。

4. B。细节题。根据文章第2段第3句For three hours the four of us read in this way in silent absorption可推知此题答案为B。

5. C。细节题。文章第2段倒数第2句说:凡是有过校稿或过隧道经历的人都知道,这两种经历都令人感到枯燥乏味,所以很少有书会让人读校样就很入迷,据此可推知此题答案为C。

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In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the basic goal of language use is communication, then mistakes are secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually as realization of those mistakes increase. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes. The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. For example, a Spanish speaker who has been saying “I do it” to express willingness to do something in the immediate future, could, by interacting with native speakers of English, observe that native speakers actually say “I?ll do it”. The resulting difference can serve as a basis for the student to correct his way of using the present tense in English.

But a student who is unwilling to interact in the first place would lose this opportunity to learn by trial and error(错误).

1. According to the passage, the present tense in English is _______. A. not used to express a desire to do something in the immediate future

B. used with some verbs but not with others to express future plan C. basically the same in English as it is in Spanish D. not the most difficult problem for foreign students

2. According to the passage, language learners can reduce the number of their mistakes by _______. A. asking native speakers for explanations B. reading good books in the foreign language

C. comparing (对比)their speech with that of native speakers D. speaking without regard to native speakers

3. According to the passage, foreign language students should not worry too much about making mistakes because _______.

A. native speakers like foreign students who try to learn their language B. communication is the basic goal of language learning C. native speakers will ignore their mistakes

D. everyone makes mistakes when trying to communicate in a strange language

4. The author?s main conclusion about the use of mistake in foreign language learning is that ________. A. mistakes are not important in the course of learning a language B. learners are often very afraid of making mistakes

C. making mistakes can help the learner discover the rules of the language D. native speakers often do not tell foreign language learners about their mistakes (1—4 ACBC)

【答案与解析】本文论述了在外语的学习过程中,学习者要不要害怕犯错误,才能学好外语的观点。

1. A。推断题。根据文章中的举例,英语本族人所用英语表达将来时的方法可推知此题的答案为A。 2. C。细节题。根据文章第1段第4句:语言学习者会观察本族的说话者如何表达,他们的用词又与自己的用词又有何不同,以及本段的最后一句可推知此题答案为C。

3. B。细节题。根据文章第1段第2句If the basic goal of language use is communication, then mistakes are secondary considerations… 可推知此题答案为B。

4. C。推断题。可从第1段最后一句The resulting difference can serve as a basis for the student to correct his way of using the present tense in English推知此答案为C。

七、教育类

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Many instructors believe that an informal, relaxed classroom environment is good to learning and innovation. It is not uncommon for students to have easygoing and friendly relationships with their professors. The casual(随和的) professor is not necessarily a poor one and is still respected by students. Although students may be in a subordinate(从属的) position, some professors treat them as equals. However, no matter how equal professors would like to be, they still are in a position of authority.

Professors may establish social relationships with students outside of the classroom, but in the classroom they maintain the instructor?s role. A professor may have coffee one day with students but the next day expect them to meet a deadline for the submission(提交评判) of a paper or to be prepared for a discussion or an exam. The professor may give extra attention outside of class to a student in need of help but probably will not treat him or her differently when it comes to evaluating school work. Professors have several roles in relation to students; they may be friends as well as teachers. Students must realize that when a teacher?s role changes, they must appropriately adapt their behaviour and attitudes.

1. Generally speaking, relationships between students and their professors are_______. A. common B. friendly C. poor D. equal

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

A. Professors can set up good social relationship with students outside the classroom. B. In the classroom, professors should be in a position of authority.

C. Professors may treat their students differently in evaluating school work.

D. If a student has good relationship with a professor, he?ll still have to take an exam. 3. A student must learn to change his behavior and attitude when _____. A. the professor invites him to have coffee together B. he is in need of help

C. the professor changes his role

D. the professor gives him extra attention

4. The main subject discussed in the text is “________”. A. changing relationship B. the teacher-student relationship C. professors? authority D. students? positions

【答案与解析】本文从老师和学生角色变换的角度讨论了师生之间的关系。 1. B。细节题。文中提到It is not uncommon for students to have easygoing and friendly relationships with their professors。而not uncommon= common。所以答案为B。

2. C。推断题。根据The professor may give extra attention outside of class to a student in need of help but probably will not treat him or her differently when it comes to evaluating school work 可以知道,教授在评价学生的学习表现时,不会有什么不同,即教授会平等对待每一个学生。故C项正确。

3. C。细节题,根据Students must realize that when a teacher?s role changes, they must appropriately adapt their behaviour and attitudes我们知道,当一个教师角色发生改变的时候,学生也应相应地随之改变和适应。

4. B。主旨题。本文从老师和学生角色变换的角度讨论了师生之间的关系。故答案为 B。

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Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I?m sure lots of children of your age will say “Yes”. Not only the students in China have this problem, but children in the United States also have heavy school bags.

Doctors are starting to worry that younger and younger students are having back and neck problems as a result of school bags being too heavy for them.

“It?s hard for me to go upstairs with my bag because it?s so heavy,” said Rick Hammond, an 11-year-old student in the US.

Rick is among students who have common school bags with two straps(带子) to carry them, but many other students choose rolling(有滚轮的) bags.

But even with rolling bags, getting up stairs and buses is still a problem for children. Many of them have hurt their backs and necks because of the heavy school bags.

But how much is too much? Doctors say students should carry no more than 10% to 15% of their own body weight(重量).

Scott Batch, a back doctor, said children under Grade 4 should stay with 10%. But it is also important that older children don?t stay with over 15%, because their bodies are still growing.

“Children are losing their balance(平衡) and falling down with their school bags,” he said.

Parents and teachers are starting to tell children to only take home library books they will be reading that night. Some teachers are using pieces of paper or thin workbooks for students to take home.

One of the best answers is, as some children said, to have no homework at all! 1. From the passage we can know that _______.

A. only children in China carry too heavy school bags B. children in other countries don?t carry too heavy bags

C. both children in China and the US carry too heavy school bags D. only children in the US carry too heavy school bags

2. Children feel it hard for them to go upstairs because _______.

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