电影学大学全国2017年12月大学统考英语B-最全题库必过版-全国英语统考

所以

当这个人的牙齿被拔出时，他痛苦的大喊大叫。

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威尔士又试了一次，但是这次他用的笑气的量太多，导致这个人死了威尔士永远也忘不

了这个可怕的经历。

1.

It is no long since a man felt all the pain while being operated.

就在不久前一个人在做手术时还

会感觉到疼。

A

：

T B

：

F

2.

Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he could feel nothing.

很久以前，当病人做手术

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时，他就没什么感觉。

A

：

T B

：

F

3.

Using the laughing gas, the people seemed to feel pain during the operation.

使用笑气之后，人们

在做手术期间好像能感觉到疼痛。

A

：

T B

：

F

4.

If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he still felt pain.

如果一个人使用的笑气少于应用的量，那么在手术进行期间他仍然能感觉到疼。

A

：

T B

：

F

5.

One who took too much of the laughing gas would die.

服用过量的笑气会导致人死亡。

A

：

T B

：

F

KEY:ABBAA

Passage 5

Mr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadn't enough money to send him to school. He

had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didn't like to live in the poor place. When he

was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and

strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then

he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Africa

except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him. The

children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa.

One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told

them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen

and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle

school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said,

rare animal, sir?

（犀牛）

by a river…

怀特 先生住在一个小村子里，父母以前没钱送他上学读书，他得帮父母干农活，但他不

喜欢住 在贫穷的地方。

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岁的时候，他去了城里，在工厂里找了份工作，三年后长高了 ，变

壮了，他参了军，被送到非洲。在那儿呆了

5

年，赚 了些钱。然后他回到英格兰，在一个小镇

上买了一家店。小镇上只有他去过非洲，他希望 人们认为他是个名人并尊敬他，小孩子们经

常要他讲讲非洲的故事以及他在非洲的生活。

一天一些孩子要他讲讲非洲的动物。他说他曾经跟老虎和大象搏斗过， 他的故事让人们

很惊奇，一些警察和工人都来听他讲，这让他更开心了。刚好一个在中学 教地理的老师经

过，他停下来听了会然后说

,

你能讲一种稀有动物吗？

当然可以，一天我看到河边有一头犀牛

“

等一下

”

那人说，

“

非洲根本就没有犀 牛！

”

“

因为没有所以稀有啊！

”

1. Mr. White was born in a farmer's family.

怀特先生出生于农民家庭

A

：

T B

：

F

2. Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town.

怀特先生希望大家

尊敬他，因为他是镇上最有钱的人。

A

：

T B

：

F

3. The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any

other person in the town.

孩子们经常要他讲讲好玩的事，因为他比镇上的其他人知道的多。

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A

：

T B

：

F

A

：

T B

：

F

4. All people believed Mr. White except the children.

除了孩子，所有的人都相信怀特先生。

5. Mr. White wouldn't like to admit that he was wrong.

怀特先生不想承认他错了。

A

：

T B

：

F

答案：

ABABA

Passage 6

If

you

travel

by

air

across

the

center

of

Africa

or

South

America,

you

fly

over

forests

for

thousands

of

kilometers.

These

great

forests

are

the

oceans

of

trees.

There

are

thousands

and

thousands of different kinds of plants and animals.

However, the world's forests are getting smaller all the time. We are cutting down the trees because

we need wood, and we need more farmland. Some people say that there will not be any forests like

these in 20 or 30 years. What will happen if they disappear?

If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world. In a lot of

places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts. Crops will not grow there. It will not rain

very often, and the weather will get very hot. Perhaps the climate of the world will change. This will

be dangerous for everyone in the world. That is why we must take care of our forests.

如果你乘飞机穿越非洲或是南美洲的中 部，你就可以飞越延绵不绝的森林。这些大森林

是树的海洋，里面生长了成千上万种动植 物。

但是，一直以来，世界上的森林却在不断减少。因为我们需要木材 ，因为我们需要更多

的农田，所以我们砍掉了一棵又一棵的树。有些人说

20

或是

30

年后将不再有森林了。如果森

林消失了，将会发生什么呢？

如果我们砍掉了我们的森林，大量的动 植物就会从这个世界上消失。很多地方很快就会

沙化看起来像是沙漠。庄稼也长不起来。 降雨也会变少，天气会变得异常炎热。或许世界气

候自此就变了。这对世界上的每个人来 说都是威胁。那就是为什么我们要保护好我们的森

林。

passage mainly tells us about the importance of taking care of plants.

这篇文章旨在告诉我们

保护森林的重要性

A. T

A. T

B. F

B. F

s are homes for different kinds of animals.

森林是成千上万的动物的家

need for more wood and more land help to protect our forests.

对更多木材和良田的需求有助

于保护我们的森林

A. T

B. F

'll have more and greater forestsn in 20 or 30 years in some people's view.

有些人认为，二三

十年后我们会拥有更多更大的森林

A. T

B. F

writer thinks it necessary to protect the forests.

作者认为有必要保护好森林

A. T

B. F

答案：

AABBA

Passage 7

Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights

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King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly

movement in the 1950s and 1960s.

influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having

received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious

leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000

Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for

all people, and delivered his best known speech

Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later.

Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the

black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in

Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever.

马丁

·

路德

·

金是一个黑人牧师，并成为了

20

世纪

50

年代和

60

年代的民权运动的伟大领袖。

金

1929

年

1

月

15

日出生于佐治亚州的亚特兰大。当他年轻的时候

,

他受到梭罗的思想

,

印度

领导者甘地的非 暴力抵抗的思想的强烈影响。从波士顿大学接受过

Ph. D(

哲学博士

)

的学习

,

他

于

1 955

年成为一个非暴力组织人和宗教领袖。

1963

年

8

月

28

日，他带领超过

25

顿游行，以争取民权法，以保证所有的人平等，并在林肯纪念堂前发 表他最有名的演说

“

我有

一个梦想

”

。

“

梦想

”

是一个黑 色和白色的皮肤能友爱和平等的梦想。因此

,

他在

1964

年荣获诺贝

尔和平奖

,

但四年后他被谋杀了。< /p>

虽然他去世了

,

但他很受人们的尊敬和爱 戴

,

无论是美国白人和黑人。国会投票通过

,1968

,

每年一月的第三个星期一是马丁路德金纪念日，作为联邦假日。 他永远活在人们的心中。

1. Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.

马丁路德金在他

39

岁的时候被谋杀

了

A

：

T B

：

F

2. Martin Luther King was a black minister only.

马丁路德金只是一个黑人牧师。

A

：

T B

：

F

3. Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.

马丁路德 金的纪念日

被作为联邦假日已经有

40

多年的历史。

A

：

T B

：

F

4. The underlined word

第二段画线

单词

delivered

可以被改为

gave

A

：

T B

：

F

5. The best title for this passage is

这篇文章的最佳标题是《民权法》。

A

：

T B

：

F

KEY

：

ABAAB

Passage 8

The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government

was

badly

run

and

people’s

lives

were

miserable.

King

Louis

XIV

tried

to

control

the

national

parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered his troops to Versailles. The people

thought that Louis intended to put down the Revolution by force. On July 14,1789, they stormed and

took the Bastille, where political prisoners were kept. Ever since that day, July 14 has been the French

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National

Day.

Louis

tried

to

flee

the

country

in

1792

to

get

support

from

Austria

and

Prussia.

However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy was abolished. In the

same

year, Louis was executed. A few months later his wife, Marie also had her head cut off. The

Revolution

of

France

had

frightened

the

other

kings

of

Europe.

Armies

from

Austria

and

Prussia

began

to

march

against

France.

The

French

raised

republican

armies

to

defend

the

nation.

The

Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power

passed to Napoleon Bonaparte. (190 words)

法国大革命于

1789

年爆发。当时法国正处在一片混乱中，政府腐败 ，人民生活凄惨。路

易十六世企图控制议会并增加赋税，但最后失败了。他命令军队进入 凡尔赛。人民都认为他

企图用武力镇压革命。

1789

年

7

月

14

日，人民群众爆发了，攻占了关押政治犯 的巴士底狱。

从那天以后，

7

月

14

日就被定为法国的国庆日。

1792

年，路易十六企图逃离法国，并从 奥地

利和普鲁士获得支持，但他被捕了。

1792

年王室 被废除，路易十六被处以死刑。几个月后，

他的妻子，玛丽也被处以死刑。法国大革命令 欧洲其它国家的国王感到害怕。奥地利和普鲁

士的军队进入了法国。法国人民组织起了共 和军来保卫祖国，革命陷入了一个艰苦阶段。成

千上万的人牺牲了。最后，权力落入了拿 破仑﹒波拿巴手中。

1. The passage is about the French Revolution?

本篇主要内容是法国大革命。

A

：

T B: F

2. The national economy was developing rapidly in 1789.

1789

年法国经济发展迅速。

A

：

T B: F

3. The political prisoners kept in Prussia?

政治犯被关押在普鲁士。

A

：

T B: F

4. The underlined word

划线词汇“废除”意思是“终止”

。

A

：

T B: F

5. The effect of the Revolution was that the King tried to control the national parliament.

法国大革命产生的效果是国王想控制会议。

A

：

T B: F

答案：

ABBAB

Passage 9

A foreigner’s first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush

-often under

pressure.

City

people

appear

always

to

be

hurrying

to

get

where

they

are

going

restlessly,

seeking

attention

in

a

store,

and

elbowing

others

as

they

try

to

complete

their

errands

（任务）

.

Racing

through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country.

Working

time

is

considered

precious.

Others

in

public

eating

places

are

waiting

for

you

to

finish

so

that

they

too

can

be

served

and

get

back

to

work

within

the

time

allowed.

Each

person

hurries to make room for the next person. If you don’t, waiters will hurry you.

You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles,

brief

conversations,

and

small

courtesies

with

strangers.

Don’t

take

it

personally.

This

is

because

people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain courtesy point.

The view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values,

patience

is

not

a

high priority

.

Many

of

us

have

what might

be

called

“a

short

fuse.”

We

begin

to

move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some returnbe this in terms of pleasure,

work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is

looked upon differently

may find this

matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and daily life.

Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example,

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they

will

miss

the

ritual

socializing

that

goes

with

a

welcoming

cup

of

tea

or

coffee

they

may

be

traditional

in

their

own

country.

They

may

miss

leisurely

business

chats

in

a

café

or

coffeehouse.

Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small

talks.

We

seek

out

evidence

of

past

performance

rather

than

evaluate

a

business

colleague

through

social

courtesies.

Since

we

generally

assess

and

probe

professionally

rather

than

socially,

we

start

talking business very quickly. (348 words)

一个外国人对 于美国的第一印象很有可能是每个人都在压力下匆匆忙忙。城市里的人总

是表现得匆匆忙 忙不知疲倦的，为了尽快做完一件事情，他们会在店里拼命引起店员的注意

或者用胳膊肘 推搡别人。白天匆忙就餐也是这个国家生活节奏的一个部分。

工作时间 被认为是很珍贵的。在一些公共饮食场所，其他人会等在你旁边等你吃完，这

样大家都可 以得到服务，并赶在规定的时间内回去工作。每个人都会尽快给下一个人腾出地

方。如果 你不这样，侍者会催促你的。

你会发现司机也都很匆忙，人们从你身边 匆匆走过。你会错过一些微笑，简短的交谈和

一些与陌生人的小礼节。不要在意，这是因 为他们非常珍惜时间，而且他们认为一旦太注重

这些社交礼节就是浪费时间。

对时间的观念还会影响到我们对耐心的理解。在美国价值体系中，耐心并不是首要 考虑

的。我们中的很多人被称为“脾气火爆”

。如果我们觉得时间在毫无 意义的溜走，既没有娱乐

价值，工作价值，也不在休息，那就会开始不停地徘徊。那些来 自时间观念不同的国家的人

发现他们在商业和日常生活中最困难的就是对时间节奏的适应 。

许多刚到美国来的人都会想念他们在商业会谈中一些开场礼节扣扣一 零七八二五二四四

九。举个例子，他们会想念欢迎你到来而泡的一杯茶或咖啡这样的社交 礼仪，这在他们国家

是常规礼仪。他们会想念在咖啡屋悠闲的会谈。而通常，美国人不会 与来访者在这么悠闲的

环境中进行一些冗长的小会谈。对于同事，我们总是看他过去的表 现而不是与他的社交礼

仪。因为我们一般都是更注重专业性的，而不是社交性的，因此我 们总是很快进入正题。

1. The statement that Americans are impolite to their business colleagues is wrong.

关于美国人对他们的同事不礼貌的观点是错误的。

A

：

T B: F

2. In the four

th paragraph, “a high priority

第四段中的“首要考虑”意思是“最先关注”。

A

：

T B: F

3. Americans evaluate a business colleague by establishing business relations.

美国人通过建立经济关系来评价他们的同事。

A

：

T B: F

4. This passage mainly talks about now Americans do business with foreigners.

本文主要讲了美国人是如何与外国人做生意的。

A

：

T B: F

5. We can infer from the passage that the author's tone is writing is praiseful.

从本文我们可以看出作者写作的口吻是赞赏的。

A

：

T B: F

KEY: AABBA

Passage 10

Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving

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her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spoke English very well. Though she

was very happy she could go abroad, she was feeling sad at leaving her family and fiends. As she was

thinking all about this, she suddenly heard the airline employee asking her to pick up her luggage and

put it on the scales

（称）

. Maria pulled and pulled. The bag was too heavy and she just couldn’t lift

it up. The man behind her got very impatient. He, too, was waiting to check in his luggage.

“What’s wrong with this girl?” He said, “Why doesn’t she hurry up?” He moved forward

and

placed his bag on the counter, hoping to check in fist. He was in a hurry to get a good seat.

Maria was very angry, but she was very polite. And in her best English she said, “Why are you

so upset? There are enough seats for everyone on the plane. If

you are in such a hurry, why can’t you

give me a hand with my luggage?”

The

man

was

surprised

to

hear

Maria

speak

English.

He

quickly

picked

up

her

luggage

and

stepped back. Everyone was looking at him with disapproval. (224 words)

，十六岁，她正在圣多明各

(

多米尼加首 都

)

的机场排队等候。她正要离开自己的

祖国去美国和她 的姐姐团聚。她的英语讲得很好。虽然她要出国了觉得很高兴，但此时要离

开她的家人和 朋友也很伤心。正在她想这些的时候，她突然听到机场的工作人员正在叫她把

行李放到称 上。

Maria

拉了又拉，包太重，她根本抬不起来。她后面的男人很不耐烦了。 他也

是等着托运行李的。

“这女孩怎么了？” 他说道，

“她为什么不快点？”他走到前面，把包放在台上，希望

能先登 记。他急着想要得到一个好的座位。

Maria

很生气 ，但她很有礼貌。她用最优美的英语说，

“你为什么如此不耐烦？飞机上的

每个人都有座位。如果你真的很急，为什么不能帮我搬一下行李？”

这男人听到

Maria

会讲英语觉得很惊讶。他很快拿起自己的行李退了回去。每 个人都很

不赞成得看着他。

1.

Maria

’

s

story

happened B.

on

her

way

back

to

Santo.

Maria

的故事发生在他回圣多明各的路

上。

A

：

T B

：

F

2.

You

believe

that

the

work

of

the

airline

employee

mentioned

in

the

story

is

to

check

people's

luggage the airport.

你认为故事中提到的机场工作人员的工作是检查人们的行李吗？

A

：

T B

：

F

3.

“Why

are

you

so

upset?

Maria

said

to

the

man.

She

wanted

to

tell

him

that

he

should

not

be

unhappy and worried.

为什么你如此不耐烦？”

Maria

对那个男人说。她这么说是要告诉他不要那么不高兴，

那么烦躁。

A

：

T B

：

F

4. “Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.

sorry for Maria's manners.

每个人都不很不赞成的看着他”

这句话的意思是周围的人为玛利亚

的行为感到很遗憾。

A

：

T B

：

F

5. The author mentioned Maria's age at the beginning of the story in order to show that she was young

but behaved properly.

作者在故事的开头就提 到玛利亚的年龄是为了表达尽管她很小，但行为很

得体。

A

：

T B

：

F

答案：

BAABA

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Passage 11

There was once a man in South America who had a parrot (

鹦鹉

)

，

a pet bird that could imitate

(

模拟

)human speech. The parrot was unique. There was no other bird like him in the while world. He

could lean to say any word except one. He could not say the name of his native town, Cotano. The

man did everything he could to teach the parrot to say

“

Cotano

”

but he never succeeded. At first he

was very gentle with the bird, but gradually he lost his temper.

“

You stupid bird! Why can

’

t you learn

to say that one word! Say Co

tano or I’

ll like you!

”

But the parrot would not say it. Many times the

man screamed (

大声叫

)

，

“

Say Cotano or

I’

ll kill you!

”

But the bird would never repeat the name.

Finally the

man gave up.

He picked up the parrot and threw him into the chicken house.

“

You are

even more stupid than the chickens!

”

In the chicken house, there were four old chickens waiting to be killed for Sunday

’

s dinner. The

next morning, when he went out to the chicken house, the man opened the door. He was shocked by

what he saw. He could not believe his eyes and ears. On the floor lay three dead chickens, the parrot

was screaming at the fourth,

“

Say Catano or

I’

ll kill you!

”

.

别。这个世界上没有像他一样的鸟儿。他可以学任何除了一个。他不会说他家乡的名字

< br>“

Cotano

”

。这个人做了他能做的一切事去教他说“

Cotano

”

但是他从未成功过。

只鸟很温柔，但是慢慢地就失去了耐心：

“你这只笨鸟 ！为什么你就不会说“

Cotano

”

？

快说

“

Cotano

”

，否则我宰了你！

”但是鹦鹉就是不说。男人大声嘶叫很多次快说“

Cotano

，否则我

宰了你！

”

但是鸟儿就是不说。

那个人最后放弃了。

他抓起鹦鹉，扔到鸡舍。

“你比鸡还笨！

”

在鸡舍里，有四只老鸡将被宰杀，成为周日的晚餐。

次 日早上，当他走到鸡舍，打开鸡

舍门，他被所看到的震惊了。

他无法相信自己的眼睛和耳朵。地上躺着三只死鸡，鹦鹉朝第

四只尖叫道：

“快说

Cotano

”

,

否则我宰了你 ！

”

1.

The reason why the parrot couldn

’

t say the name of his native town is not mentioned in the story.

鹦鹉不会说自己家乡名字的原因在故事里没有提及。

A

：

T B

：

F

2.

The man lost his temper at the fact that the bird failed to say the name of the town.

男人对鹦鹉

说不出自己家乡的名字感到很生气。

A

：

T B

：

F

3.

The man in the kitchen killed the three chickens.

男人在厨房杀死了三只鸡。

A

：

T B

：

F

4.

The bird managed to escape from the chicken house.

这只鸟试图从鸡舍里逃走。

A

：

T B

：

F

5.

The man loved his parrot very much and always treated it kindly.

那个男人非常喜欢他的鹦鹉

并且对它很好。

A

：

T B

：

F

KEY:AABBB

Passage 12

Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the

United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

In the early years, these schools were much alike. Only young men went to college. All the

students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known

about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world.

When the students graduated, most of them become ministers or teachers.

In 1782, Harvard stared a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later

lawyers could receive their training in Harvard

’

s low school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek,

Havard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching

American history.

As knowledge increased, Havard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students

were allowed to choose the subjects that interests them.

Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of

smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning. There

’

s so much to learn that one kind of

school can

’

t offer it all.

哈佛大学是美国最古老的一所大学，它建于

年。耶鲁，普林斯顿等大学也随之迅速

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创建起来了。它们都创办于美国革命之前。

早 期，这些学校有很所相似之处。只有年轻男子上大学。所有学生都学相同的客户且每

个人 都必须学习拉丁语和希腊语。鲜少有关科学的知识，

也没有人意识到一所学习可 以交给

学生世界上所有的知识。当这些学生毕业之后，大部分就成为了教师。

1782

年，

哈佛建立了医学院 ，服务于想成为医生的学生。之后，律师可以在哈佛大学法

学院接受培训。

1825

年，哈佛开始教授现代语言如法语和德语，与拉丁语和希腊语并重。

很

快，哈佛又开设了美国历史这门课程。

随着知识的增长吗，哈佛大学和其他大学相机开设了多门课程。学生可以选择他们感兴

趣的课程学习。

现在，不同性质的大学与学员普遍存在。大部 分学校划分扣扣一零七八二五二四四九成

了不同的小学院，以便特殊专业的教学。现在有 如此多的知识需要学习以至于一个单一的学

院根本满足不了这类需求。

1.

The oldest university in the US is Havard.

哈佛是美国最古老的大学

A

：

T B

：

F

2.

From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years, those colleges and universities

were the same.

在最初的时候，这些大学都是一样的。

A

：

T B

：

F

3.

Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were French and German.

在

1825

年，哈佛大学

开始较法语和德语。

A

：

T B

：

F

4.

As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach everything that was known.

随着知识的增长，

大学开始教那些大家都知道的。

A

：

T B

：

F

5.

On the whole, the passage is about how colleges have changed.

文章主要讲述的是美国的大学

的教学内容的变化。

A

：

T B

：

F

KEY:AAABA

Passage 13

The undersea world is very beautiful. Now more and more people want to dive in the water to

find the secrets there. Scuba(

戴水肺

) diving is a new sport today. It can take you into a wonderful

undersea world.

You will find many strange animals in the sea. Some are like a school bus. Many sea animals

give out light in the dark and some have sharp teeth.

During the day, there is enough light. Here, under the sea, everything is blue and green. When

fish swim nearby, you can catch them, with your hands. When you have bottles of air on your back,

you can stay in deep water for a long time. However, you can

’

t dive too deep. And you must be very

careful when you dive in deep water.

The deep sea is not an easy place to live in. It is cold, and it is dark, too. The deeper it is, the less

sunlight there is. About 3000 feet, there is no light at all. It is very dark in the sea. Many fishes have

no eyes. Some have big eyes. A few have eyes on one side.

Besides, the coldness and the darkness, deep-sea animals face a third danger-other animals.

Animals eat! They must find food to eat. Many animals eat plants. However, some animals eat

meat. This means these sea animals have two big jobs. They need to find animals as food, and they

have to try not to become other animal

’

s meal.

海底世界非常漂亮，现在越来越多的人想潜入水中发现那里的秘密。

戴水肺潜水是一项

新的运动，

它可以带你进入一个奇妙的海底世界。

你会发现很多奇怪的海洋动物，有的像一辆校车，

许多海洋动物能在黑暗中发光，有尖

锐的牙齿。

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白天，

在这里有足够的光线，在海中，

一切都是蓝色和绿色，鱼游到身边的时候，你可

以用手抓住他们。当你有 瓶空气，

你可以在深水中呆很长时间。然而，你不能潜得太深，

在

深水潜水，必须非常小心。

深海不是容易生活的地方，很深的地方没有光，又黑又冷。旺旺逢考必过

886

在大约

3000

英尺，海里很黑。许多鱼没有眼睛。除了寒冷和黑暗，深 海动物面临危险被三分之一的其他

动物吃！他们必须找到吃的，很多动物吃植物。

然而有一些动物吃肉，这意味着这些海洋动

物有两大工作，一 是他们需要找到食物吃，二是要注意自己不会成为其他动物的每餐。

1.

People want to dive in the sea because they want to find the secrets of the undersea world.

人们想潜水是因为他们想找到海底世界的秘密。

A

：

T B

：

F

2.

In the daytime, when you dive in the sea, you can see everything green and blue.

在白天，当你

潜入海底，你可以看到一切都是蓝色和绿色的。

A

：

T B

：

F

3.

Animals will meet four types of danger under the deep sea.

深海下的动物们会遇到四种危险。

A

：

T B

：

F

4.

When you do scuba diving, you can dive freely without any danger.

当你深海潜水，你可以很

自由，没有任何危险。

A

：

T B

：

F

5.

At the depth of 3,000 feet under the sea, all animals can find their way with the help of eyes.

在

3000

英尺的深海里，所有的动物都能借助他们的眼睛找到帮助。

A

：

T B

：

F

KEY:AABBB

Passage 14

Three man traveling on a train began a conversation about the world

’

s greatest wonders.

“

In my opinion,

”

the first man said,

“

the Egyptian pyramids

”

are the worl

d’

s greatest wonder.

Although they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people

who built them had only simple tools. They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and

engineers have today.

”

“

I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful,

”

the second man said,

”

But I don

’

t think they

are the greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They are taken

people to the moon and brought them back safely. In seconds, they carry out mathematical

calculations that would take a person a hundred years to do.

”

He turned to the third man and asked,

“

What do you think is the greatest wonder in world?

”

The third man thought for a long time, and then he said,

“

Well, I agree that the pyramids are

wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However, in my opinion, the most

wonderful thing in the world is this thermos.

”

And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up.

The other two men were very surprised.

“

A thermos

?”

they exclaimed.

“

But that

’

s a simple

thing.

”

“

Oh, no, it

’

s not,

”

the third man said.

“

In the winter you put in a hot drink and it says hot. In the

summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whether it

’

s winter or

summer?

”

三个人在谈论世界上的伟大的奇观。

其中一个人认为修 建于几千年前的金字塔是最让人

叹服的世界奇迹。其理由是：当时只有很简单的原始工具 ，并没有我们现代化的设备和技艺

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精湛的工程师。 第二个人则认为电子计算机比金字塔更为奇妙。因为在它们的控制下人类已

经登上月球并安全返回，

并且计算机的运算速度实在惊 人。第三个人的观点非常独特，他认

为暖水瓶是最让人不可思议的发明。其他两个岁他的 话感到十分诧异。问其原因时，

那个人

说：冬天，把热 水倒进去，他就能保温；夏天把冷饮倒进去，它就能保持冰凉。它怎么知道

是夏天还是冬 天？”

1.

The underlined word

“

thermos

”

in Chinese means

“

保温瓶

”

.

有下划线的单词“

thermos

”

在中

文意思是保温瓶。

A

：

T B

：

F

2.

That the three men could not agree on what the world

’

s greatest wonder was because they all had

different ideas.

这三个人对什么是世界上最伟大的奇迹都有不同的看法。

A

：

T B

：

F

3.

The first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful things in the world because they had

been built with very simple tools.

第一位男子认为金字塔是世界上最伟大的奇迹，因为它们

是用很简单的工具建造的 。

A

：

T B

：

F

4.

The third man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in the world because it cost less

than a computer.

第三个人认为热水瓶是世界上最伟大的奇迹，因为它的成本比电脑少。

A

：

T B

：

F

5.

The third man was not very clever because he could not think of anything to say.

第三个人不够聪明，因为他没什么好说的。

A

：

T B

：

F

KEY: AAABB

第二部分

阅读理解

(2)

（

2017

年

月统考）全真翻译版

以下

16

篇阅读 理解考试中

100%

考一篇，

答案是四个选项之 一。

出现在考试中阅读部分的

第二部分，简化或硬背，必须掌握，原题出 现，答案位置不变，

考

1

题

10

分 ，一定不可以

丢

。建议多看短文的中文意思，然后记下选项答案。

最后附录为搭桥联想记忆法，适合

10

分

钟内强化记忆。

Passage 1(

美国及美国人的由来

)

The United States covers a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Canada

to the north and Mexico to the south. Although the United States is a big country , it is not the largest

in the world. In 2000, its population was over 222 million.

When

this

land

first

became

a

nation,

after

winning

its

independence

from

England,

it

had

thirteen states. Each of the states was represented on the American flag by a star. All these were in the

eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew toward the west, new states were added and new stars

appeared on the flag. For a

long time, there were 48 stars. In 1959, however, two more stars were

added to the flag, representing the new states of Alaska and Hawaii.

Indians were the first people of the land which is now the United States. There are still many

thousands of Indians now living in all parts of the country. Sometimes it is said that the Indians are

“

the only real Americans

”

. Most Americans come from all over the world. Those who came first in

greatest numbers to make their homes on the eastern of North America were mostly from England. It

is for the reason that the language of the United States is English and that its culture and customs are

more like those of England than those of any other country in the world.

美国占去北美大陆很大一部分土地。它北邻加拿大，南接 墨西哥。虽然美国是一个大

国，但它不是世界上最大的。在

2000

年，它的人口超过

2.22

亿。

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这片土地刚从英国独立出来，第一次成为一个国家的时候，只有十三个州，

每个州在美

国国旗上由一颗星米代表。这些州都是在东部。当这个国家不断向西扩 大，就增加了新的

州，

同时它们也出现在国旗上。很长 一段时间，美国有

48

个州，

可是到

年，国旗上有

多了

2

颗星，

分别代表阿拉斯加和夏威夷。

印第安 人是如今叫做美国的这块土地上的最初的居民。现在在各国各地仍然居住着许多

这些原始 居民的后裔。有时人们说印第安人才是“真正的美国人”

。不过，扣扣一零七八二五

二四四九

大部分美国人是来自世界各地。那些最早大批来到北美东海 岸建立家园的人大部分

来自英格兰，也是由于这个原因，美国的国语为英语，而它的文化 习俗也与英国的更为相

像。

1.

Which of the following is TURE?

以下选项哪个是正确的？

A

．

American is the largest country in the world.

B

．

T

he United States lies next to Canada and Mexico.

美国邻近加拿大和墨西哥。

C

．

A

merica covers most part of the North American continent.

D. Mexico is to the north of Canada.

2. After winning its independence, the United States .

在赢得了独立之后，美国和英格兰

就没什么关系了。

A. had nothing to do with England B. made India part of its land

C. mianly developed westward D. took over parts of Canada and Mexico

3. The United States didn

’

t have states until .

美国在

1959

年前没有

50

个州。

A

．

thirteen;1959 B. fifty;1959 C. fifty, this land first became a nation 1964

4. Why is English the language of America?

为什么美国的国语是英语？

A

．

Because English is the native language of the Indians.

因为土著人的语言是英语。

B. Because most Americans come from all over the world.

C. Because Canada is America

’

s nearest neighbor.

D. Because most of the people who first settled in America were from England.

5. The best title for the passage is

“

”

.

这篇文章最好的标题是美国。

A. the States of America B. The language of America

C. The United States of America D. The Culture and Customs of America

KEY: BABAA

Passage 2

（科学家）

What makes a person a scientist?

Does

he

have

ways

or

tools

of

learning

that

are

different

from those of others? The answer is “no”. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these

tools that make him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important

to

a

carpenter.

You

will

probably

agree,

too,

that

knowing

how

to

investigate,

how

to

discover

information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure

that

he

has

a

reasonable

answer

to

his

questions

and

that

his

answer

can

be

confirmed

by

other

persons. He also works to fit the answer he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how

the world works.

是什么使一个普通人成为科学家？他有与从不同的学习方法和工具吗？ 答案是否定

的。不是因为科学家使用的工具，而是因为他使用工具的方法使他成为科学家 。你也许认同

怎么用力对一名木匠来说很重要。你也许也认同怎么研究调查，发现信息对 每个人来说都很

重要。然而，科学家比这更进一步，他必须确定他对自己的问题得出了一 个合理的答案，并

且他的答案通过别人也可以得到证实。他同时把自己得出的许多答案归 结为一个系统的关于

世界如何运作的观点。

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The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the

time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at

one

time

must

work

under

the

same

conditions

at

other

times.

If

the

conditions

are

different,

any

changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions.

This is one reason that investigations

are

important

in

science. Albert Einstein,

who

developed

the

theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of this mathematics was

later tested through investigations

, Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many

tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may

test his investigations.

科学家的知识必须很确切。不能给 半错半对或者只有一半机会对的情况留任何空间。

他必须在条件允许的情况下尽可能正确 。在一种条件下成功一次的话必须在同样的条件下都

能成功。如果条件不同，科学家在证 明过程中观察到的任何变化都必须解释他的条件是如何

变化的扣扣一零七八二五二四四九 。这是关于调查研究在科学研究中十分重要的其中一个理

由。爱因斯坦通过数学方法提出 了相对论。他的数学运用的正确性被后人通过调查研究的方

法证实该理论是正确的。一个 科学家会用很多工具来测量。测量的结果用来进行数学计算，

再进行调查研究的测试。< /p>

11. What makes a scientist according to the passage?

根据这篇文章的观点科学家是如何来的？

A. The tools he uses.

的方法

C. His way of learning.

D. The various tools he uses.

12. “The scientist, however, goes one step further…”. The author says this to show _______.

“然而，科学家比这更进一步??”作者这么说是为了说明什么？

A. the importance of information

B. the importance of thinking

C.

the difference between scientists and ordinary people

科学家与普通人的区别

D. the difference between carpenters and people with other jobs

13. A sound scientific theory should be one that _______.

一项伟大的科学理论应该是怎么样的？

A.

works not only under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the same conditions at

other times

不仅只在一种条件下一次可行，而是要在同样的条件下一直可行。

B. does not allow any changes even under different conditions

C. can be used for many purposes

D. leave no room for improvement

14. The author quotes the case of Albert Einstein to illustrate _ ______.

作者引用爱因斯坦的例子是

为了证明什么？

A. that measurements are

答案

s to success in science

B. that accuracy of mathematics

C.

that the investigations are important in science

调查研究在科学领域十分重要。

D. that the mathematical calculations may test his investigations

15. What is the main idea of the passage?

这篇文章的中心意思是什么？

A. The theory of relativity.

B. Exactness is the core of science.

C. Scientists are different from ordinary people.

D.

Exactness and ways of using tools are the

答案

s to the making of a scientist.

确切性和使用工具的方法是成为科学家的重要因素。

KEY

：

BCACD

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B.

The way he uses his tools.

他使用工具

Passage 3

（书商）

One day a bookseller (

书商

) let a big box of books fall on his foot.

“

Go to see the doctor

，

”

said his

wife.

“

No

”

, he said,

“

I

’

ll wait until the doctor comes into the shop next time. Then I

’

ll ask him

about my foot. If you I go to see him, I

’

ll have to pay him.

”

On the next day the doctor came into the shop for some books. When the bookseller was gettinghim

ready, he told the doctor about his bagd foot. The doctor look at it.

“

You

must

put

that

foot

in

hot

water

every

night.

Then

you

must

put

somthing

on

it,

”

said

the

deoctor.

He took out a piece of paper and wrote on it.

“

Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed

every night

，

”

he said.

“

Thank you,

”

said the bookseller.

“

And now, sir, here are your books.

”

“

How much

？”

said the doctor.

“

Two pounds.

”

“

Good,

”

said the doctor.

“

I shall not have to pay you nothing.

”

“

Why

？”

asked the bookseller.

“

I told you about your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my house, I ask them to

pay one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their houses, I want two pounds. And i

came here, didn

’

t I

？”

一天一位书商被一大箱书砸到了脚。他妻子说：

“去看医生吧。

”他说“不，我要等医生下次

到店里来， 然后他帮我看脚。如果到他那里看，我就给付给他诊金了。

”

< br>第二天医生到书店里来买书。书商把书找齐，然后把脚伤告诉了医生。医生给他看脚。

< /p>

医生说：

“你每晚要用热水泡脚，然后上药。他拿出一张纸写下药方，说：

“买这种药，然后

每晚睡前涂在脚上。

”

书商说：

“谢谢。那么，先生，这是您的书。

”

医生问：

“多少钱？”

“

2

英镑。

”

“太好了，

”医生说：

“我就不用付您钱了。

”< /p>

“为什么？”书商问道。

“我 给你看了脚，收你两英镑。像那样的小伤，如果到我那里看我只收一英镑。但是要我出

诊 ，就收两英镑。而我到你这里来给你看病了，不是吗？”

1.

What happened to the bookseller one day

?

有一天书商发生了什么事情？

A.

He lost a box of books. B. His foot was wounded by a box of books.

C. He lent the doctor a box of books. D. He sold out all his books.

2. The bookseller

’

s wife asked him .

书商的妻子让他

.

A. to go out fo some medecine B. To send somebody for a doctor

C. to go to see the doctor

去看医生

D. To wait for the doctor to come

3. The bookseller didn

’

t take his wife

’

s advice because .

书商没有接受妻子的建议是因为

.

A.

He was afraid of the doctor B. He didn

’

t take to take medicine

B.

He couldn

’

t walk by himself D. He didn

’

t want to pay the doctor

他不想付钱给医生

4. The doctor paid for the books.

医生支付了

买书。

A

．

one pound pounds C. Nothing

没有

D. Something

5. The bookseller paid moeny for seeing the doctor in the end.

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A. more

更多

B. Less C. The same amount of

KEY

：

BCDCA

Passage 4

（牛顿市）

Today Newton is a very clean place. Many years ago, however, there were millions of rats in it. They

attacked

the

cats

and

dogs.

Sometimes

a

great

number

of

them

knocked

down

a

man

or

woman

walking home at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed many people.

They goverment ordered everybody to kill rats. Most people were lazy, so they didn

’

t kill many. The

goverment promised to pay some money for each dead rat. The made the people very happy. They

killed thousands of rats everyday. A goverment officer put all the dead rats in a big pile. Sometimes a

man brought hundreds in one day.

After

two

weeks

there

were

not

many

rats

in

the

city,

but

people

still

brought

many

rats

to

the

goverment office. The goverment officer thought that people were stealing dad rats from the pile. He

ordered

his

mean

to

dig

a

deep

hole

and

put

the

rats

in

it.

Soon

there

were

no

mroe

rats,

and

the

goverment didn

’

t pay any more momey.

如今牛顿市是一个非常干净的地方。然而，很多年前，那里有 上百万只老鼠。它们袭击猫

狗。走夜路回家的人中，无论男女，也经常有人被一大群老鼠 撞到。那些老鼠个头很大，是

很多人受伤。

政 府下令每个人都要灭鼠。大多数人很懒，所以灭掉的不多。政府许诺会为每只死老鼠付赏

金，这让人们很兴奋。

每天人们灭掉成千上万只老鼠，一名政府工作人员将死老 鼠堆成一大

堆。有时一个人一天就带来百只死老鼠。

< br>两周后，城里就没有很多老鼠了。但人们仍然将大量死老鼠带到政府工作人员那里。他认为

有人在从老鼠堆里偷死老鼠，于是命令输下挖一个深坑，将死老鼠丢进坑里。很快那里就没

有老鼠了，政府也不用再付赏金了。

1. Newton is a place which ,

牛顿市是一个

的地方。

A

．

used to be very clean B. Is no longer a city C is very clean

很干净

D. Will be very clean

2. when the goverment first ordered the people to kill rats, the people .

当政府初次下令市民灭鼠，人们

.

A.

Asked for some money for each dead rat B. Stole dead rats from the pile

B.

Were too lazy to kill many rats

太懒所以没有大量灭鼠

D. Killed nearly all the rats quickly

people killed rats .

人们灭鼠

.

A.

To get money from the goverment

为了从政府领到赏金

B.

To help the goverment make the city clean

C.

Tomake the goverment officer happy

D.

To protect(

保护

)their cats and dogs

4. A deep hole was dug so that .

挖深坑的目的是

.

A. the rats couldn

’

t come out to attack people at night.

B. people could take rats from it easily

C. people would kill more rats

D. nobody could take any rats from the pile

没有人能从死老鼠堆里拿走老鼠

5. What is the best topic for this passage

?

本文最佳标题是什么？

A

．

How to Kill Rats B. Newton--- A City of Rats

C. How Newton Became a Very Clean Place

牛顿市如何成为一个干净的地方

D. How Newton Became a Famous City

KEY: CCADC

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Passage 5

（汤姆）

Mr. Froster lived by himself a long way form town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he

went iinto town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant

ans sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on

before reading their man newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some

glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.

The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said,

“

No, i can

’

t read

with these.

”

The man became more and more puzzled (

迷惑不解

)

，

until fianlly he said,

“

Excuse me, but

can you read at all

？”

“

No, of course i can

’

t

！

”

Tom said angrily.

“

If I was already able to read, do you think i

would have come here to buy glasses

？”

汤姆< /p>

.

福瑞斯特先生独自一人住在离城镇很远的地方。他几乎足不出户，但有一天，他到

城里的市场上买点东西。

买完后，他走进一家餐馆，单独坐在桌边。

环顾四周，

他看到几位

老人读报纸前都先戴上眼镜，所以午餐后，

他决定到商店去给自己也买副眼镜。沿街走着，

很快就找到一家店。

店员让他试戴了好几副眼镜，单汤姆总是说：

“不，我戴这 副眼镜无法阅读。

”

店员越来越感到迷惑不解，知道最 后他问道：

“恕我失礼，但请问您究竟会阅读吗？”

“ 当然不会啦！

”汤姆生气地说：

“如果我已经能够阅读的话，你以为我还会来这儿 买眼

镜吗？”

1.

Mr. Forester lived .

福瑞斯特先生居住

.

A.

With his family in a city B. With his family in the countryside

B.

Alone in a city D. Alone in the countryside

独自一人在乡村

2.

Tom went into town.

汤姆

进城。

A

．

often C. Almost never

几乎从不

D. Everyday

3. The old people in the restaurant read their newspapers .

餐馆里的老人读报纸

。

A

．

with glasses on

戴着眼镜

B. with glasses off

C. With glasses of beer in front of them D. with glasses pipes in their mouths

4. The shop Tom went into sold .

汤姆走进的那家店卖

.

A. drinking glasses and cups B. glass for windowss and colors

C. glasses for people who could not read

D. Glasses for people who could not see well

眼镜给视力不好的人

5. what kind of mistake did Tom make

？

汤姆犯了什么错误？

A

．

He went to the wrong kind of shop. B. He didn

’

t try on all the glasses in the shop

C. He thought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses.

他认为不会阅读的人戴上眼镜就能阅读了。

left his money in the restaurant

KEY

：

DCADC

Passage 6

（英国画家）

Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls

of the king

’

s palace in England.

Then workers were sent for and a big platform(

台子

) was made.

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With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the plastform. They worked for a whole

yeara and at last the pictures were ready.

Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautifu. He looked at

them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more

beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he

didn

’

t know it because he was thinking of his picture.

The

worker

saw

everything.

“

what

should

i

do

？”

he

thought.

“

Thornhill

was

at

the

very

edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off in and surely be killed.

”

So the

worker quickly took some paint (

漆

)and threw iin at the pictures.

“

what are you doing

？”

cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.

詹姆斯

.

桑希尔是一名英国画家。有一次，他奉命在皇宫的墙壁上作画。

之后派来了一些工匠，支起一个平台。

在一名工匠的帮助下，

桑希尔开始在平台上作画。他们工作了一整你，油画终于完成。

桑希尔望着油画很开心，因为那些油画是很美丽。他看了很长时间，然后退一步再看，

< br>现在感觉更美了。他又退一步，然后再退一步，

最后已经很靠近平台边缘了，

但是并不知

道，因为他只想着自己的画。

工匠看到了一切。

“我该怎么做呢？”他想到，

“桑希尔已经在平台的 边缘了，如果大声

喊叫，他会再退一步，从平台上掉下来，

肯定会死。

”于是工匠迅速拿油漆泼向油画。

“你在干吗？”画家喊道，飞快的向油画跑来。

1.

James Thornhill was an English .

詹姆斯

.

桑希尔是一名英国

.

A

．

worker B. artist

艺术家

C. King

2. He was ordered to .

他奉命

.

A. paint the wall of king

’

s palace in England.

在英国皇宫的墙壁上作画。

B. paint some pictures on the wall of the palace.

C. build a big platform in front of the palace

D. put up some new pictures on the old wall.

3. It took them to finish the pictures.

他们完成油画用了

。

A

．

a month B. a week e months

十二个月

D. Half a month

4. James Thornhill felt that the he was from the pictures, the they were.

詹姆斯

.

桑希尔觉得他距离画

，

那些画就

.

A

．

nearer... more beautiful ... more ugly

... more beautiful

越远

...

越美丽

D. Higher above... more good- looking

worker threw some paint at the pictures in order no .

工匠向油画泼油漆的目的是

.

A

．

save Jame

’

s life

挽救詹姆斯的生命

B. destory the picture

C. make the picture more beautiful the king angrey

KEY

：

BBCCA

Passage 7

（好商人）

Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was

busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that the didn

’

t want

to stop, so he carried on working for another two years. Eventually, when he was nearly 68, his wiefe,

Dolly, asked him to retire because she wanted to enjoy their old age together. Reluctantaly, he handed

over the business to his son.

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But he was unhappy. He didn

’

t know what to do with himself. Although he read a lot of books

and he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife, he was bored and befgan to get deperessed

because he hated being retired.

Then one day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper and, without telling his wife, he bought

a small crockery (

陶器

) factory. The next week he told his family. They were horrified and worried.

They thought he was too old at 71 to start work again.

He is now 76 and he has expanded the company considerably. He has increased the number of

staff from 6 to 24 and he has found many new customers for the products. He has developed the

export market and has improved profits by 200%. He has opened a new design office and enpolyed

three young designers. They have been all over the world to ger new ideas, and one of them has gone

to France this week to a major trade fair. Most importantly, he hasn

’

t been bored since he brought

the factory.

摩根

.