voa是什么意思高中英语阅读理解100篇

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高中英语阅读理解
100
篇


一、阅读理解

1
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1
分）

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real
name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young
boy
he
lived
an
exciting
life.
He
did
not
go
to
school
for
very
long,
but
he
managed
to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O.
Henry
went
to
Texas,
where
he
tried
different
jobs.
He
first
worked
on
a
newspaper,
and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry
was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the
three
years
in
prison,
he
learned
to
write
short
stories.
After
he
got
out
of
prison,
he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the
life
of
the
poor
there.
People
liked
his
stories,
because
simple
as
the
tales
were,
they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank. c. Travelled to Texas.
d.
Was
put
in
prison. e.
Had
a
newspaper
Job. f.
Learned
to
write
stories.
A. e. c. f. b. d. a B. c. e. b. d. f. a C. e. b. d. c. a. f. D. c.
b. e. d. a f.
2. People enjoyed
reading O. Henry’s stories because

A. they had surprise endings
B. they were easy to understand
C. they showed his love for the poor D. they were about New York City
3. O. Henry went to prison because .
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B. he broke the law by not using his own name
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D. people thought he had taken money that was not his
4. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was well-educated. B. He was not serious about his work.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was very good at learning.
5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison.
B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. The city and people of New York.
D. His exciting early life as a boy.

2
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1
分）

One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He
is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching
for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had
put Rupert, the skeleton (
人体骨骼
) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown
suitcase (
箱子
). At the
airport desk, he
suddenly thought that he
had forgotten to
buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
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When he
got back he
discovered
that
someone
had taken his suitcase by mistake.
He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
1. Who wrote the story?

A. Rupert’s tea
cher.
B. The neighbour’s teacher.

C. A medical school teacher.
D. The teacher’s neighbour.

2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A. He needed it for the summer term in London.
B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
3. What happened at the airport?
A. The skeleton went missing .
B. The skeleton was stolen .
C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.
D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase .
4. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?

A. He is very angry .
B. He thinks it rather funny .
C. He feels helpless without Rupert. D. He feels good without Rupert .
5. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?
A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

3
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1
分）

On
the
evening
of
June
21,
1992,
a
tall
man
with
brown
hair
and
blue
eyes
entered
the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bic
ycle. The hotel
workers received him
and telephoned
the manager, for they had
never seen a bicycle
in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”


Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across
Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.
When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the
Silk Road. Now, after 44 years , he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early
dreams were coming true.
Robert
Friedlander
’
s
next
destinations
(
目的地
)
were
Lanzhou,
Dunhuang,
Urumqi,
etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.
1. The best headline(
标题
) for this newspaper article would be .
A. The Kingdom of Bicycles
B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an

C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road
D. An American Achieving His Aims
2.
The
hotel
workers
told
the
manager
about
Friedlander
coming
to
the
hotel
because .
A. he asked to see the manager
B. he entered the hall with a bike
C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests
D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
3. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order, .
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A. China, India, and Pakistan
B. India, China, and Pakistan
C. Pakistan, China, and India
D. China, Pakistan, and India
4. What made Friedlander want to come to China?
A. The stories about Marco Polo .
B. The famous sights in Xi’an .

C. His interest in Chinese silk. D. His childhood dreams about bicycles .
5. Friedlander can be said to be .
A. clever
B. friendly C. hardworking
D. strong
—
minded

4
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1
分）

Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country,
and
came
up
to
work
by
train.
He
liked
walking
from
the
station
to
his
office
unless
it was raining, because it gave him some exercise.
One
morning
he
was
walking
along
the
street
when
a
stranger
stopped
him
and
said
to
him,
“You
may
not
remember
me,
sir,
but
seven
years
ago
I
came
to
London
without
a penny in my pockets, I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some
money, and you lent me
?
5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so
as to give a man a start on the way to success.”


Mr Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on
with
your
stor
y!”
“Well,”
answered
the
stranger,
“are
you
still
willing
to
take

a chance?”

1. How did Mr. Grey get to his office?
A. He went up to work by train.
B. He walked to his office.
C. He went to his office on foot unless it rained.
D. He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the
weather was fine.
2. Mr Grey liked walking to his office because ________.

A. he couldn’t afford the buses B. he wanted to save money

C. he wanted to keep in good health D. he could do some exercises on the way
3. Mr. Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to_______
A. give him a start in life B. help him on the way to success
C. make him rich D. gain more money
4. One morning the stranger recognized Mr. Grey, and_______
A. wanted to return Mr. Grey the money
B. again asked Mr. Grey for money
C. would like to make friends with him
D. told Mr. Grey that he had been successful since then
5. In the second paragraph, “…take

a chance” means ______.

A. Mr. Gray happened to meet a stranger
B. Mr. Grey had a chance to help a stranger
C. Mr. Grey helped a stranger by chance
D. Mr. Grey took the risk that the stranger would not give back the money which
he lent him

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1
分）

Even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the
ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of
the earth is called gravity.
You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will
know how much gravity is pulling you.
Since there is gravity, water runs down hill. When you throw a ball into the
air, it falls back down. Because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it
whirls (
旋转
) around.
Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do
it, because spaceships have been invented. Then spaceship will go so fast that it
can escape (
逃出
) the earth
’
s gravity and carry you into space.
1. In this passage, the word “gravity”
means.
A. the pull of everything.
B. the force of attraction(
吸引
) among objects.
C. the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth
D. the force which attracts the earth towards the sun.
2. When you slip(
滑
) you always fall to the ground because
A. the earth always turns round. B. the earth has gravity

C. the earth’s gravity is greater than your weight. D. you are careless.

3. Gravity is strong that
A. it can throw a ball into the air. B. it makes you jump only seven
feet.
C.
it
can
let
you
fly
away
from
the
earth. D.
it
can
keep
everything
on
earth.
4. Because of gravity,
A. water flows everything. B. we can go everywhere by ship.
C. water always flows downwards. D. fish can live in water.
5. We can get away from the earth by spaceship because

A. the spaceship goes very fast. B. the earth can’t pull the spaceship.

C. the spaceship has a strong force. D. the spaceship can jump higher than
other things.

6
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1
分）

An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon caught
up with by a young motorcycle policeman. As he started to make out the ticket, the
woman
behind
the
wheel
said
proudly,
“Before
you
go
any
further,
young
man,
I
think
you should know that the mayor of this city is a good frien
d of mine.”The officer
did not say a word, but kept writing. “I am also a friend of chief of police
Barens,”continued the woman, getting more angry each moment, Still he kept on
writing. “Young man,”she
persisted,
“
I know Judge Lawson and State Senator (
参
议员
)
Patton.
”
Handing
the
ticket
to
the
woman,
the
officer
asked
pleasantly
,
“
Tell
me, do you know Bill Bronson.
”


“Why, no,”she answered.


“Well, that is the man you should have known,”
he said, heading back to his
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motorcycle, “I an Bill Bronson.”

1. The policeman stopped the car because_____
A. it was an expensive car
B. the driver was a proud lady
C. the driver was driving beyond the speed limit
D. the driver was going to make trouble for the police
2. The woman was getting more angry each moment because _____.
A.
the policeman didn’t know her friends

B. the policeman didn’t accept her kindness

C. the policeman was going to punish her
D. she didn’t know the policeman’s name

3. The policeman was _______.
A. an honourable fellow B. a stupid fellow
C. an impolite man D. a shy man
4. The woman was _______.
A. kind- hearted
B. a person who depended on someone else to finish her work
C. trying to frighten the policema
n on the strength of her friends’ powerful
positions

D. introducing her good friends’ names to the young officer

5. The policeman _______.
A. had no sense of humor (
幽默
) B. had s sense of humor
C. had no sense of duty D. was senseless

7
、
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1
分）

Elizabeth
Blackwell
was
born
in
England
in
1821,
and
moved
to
New
York
City
when
she
was
ten
years
old.
One
day
she
decided
that
she
wanted
to
become
a
doctor.
That
was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After
writing
many
letters
asking
for
admission(
录取
)
to
medical
schools,
she
was
finally
accepted by
a doctor in
Philadelphia. She was so determined
that
she taught school
and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her
education
in
Paris.
She
wanted
to
be
a
surgeon(
外科医师
)
,
but
a
serious
eye
problem
forced her to give up the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own
practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor,
along
with
another
woman
doctor,
managed
to
open
a
new
hospital,
the
first
for
women
and
children
Besides
being
the
first
woman
physician
and
founding
her
own
hospital
,
she also set up the first medical school for women.
1. Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A. She
couldn’t get admitted to medical school

B. She decided to further her education in Paris
C. A serious eye problem stopped her
D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States
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2.
What
main
obstacle(
障碍
)
almost
destroyed
Elizabeth
’
s
chances
for
becoming
for
a doctor?
A. She was a woman.
B. She wrote too many letters.
C.
She couldn’t graduate from medical school.


D. She couldn’t set up her hospital.

3.
How
many
years
passed
between
her
graduation
from
medical
school
and
the
opening
of her hospital?
A. Eight years B. Ten years C. Nineteen years D. Thirty-six
years
4. According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of
Elizabeth Blacekwell,
except that she ______.
A. became the first woman physician
B. was the first woman doctor
C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children
D. set up the first medical school for women
5. Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in _______.
A. England B. Paris C. the United States D. New York City

8
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1
分）


In
today’s
age
of
fast

travel,
the
world
seems
a
smaller
place----
and
to
some
people,
a
less
exciting
place,
Fifty
years
ago
only
a
few
English
people
and
holidays
abroad, People who didn’t travel thought of other countries as very far away and

different.
For
example,
people
thought
the
French
all
eat
garlic(
大蒜
),
the
Italians
all
eat
spaghetti(
细
条实
心
面
). and
the
Americans all
drink Coca Cola,
These
definite(
明确的
)
ideas
of
other
nationalities
are
called
stereotypes(
规老套
)
.
But
do we have the same stereotypes today? People travel more, we all watch the same
TV programmes, and ideas travel quickly too. Nowadays everyone eats garlic and
spaghetti and drinks
Coca Cola.
Everyone
listens to the same music. wears the same
fashions(
流行式样
) , buys the same cars. They just do it in a different language!
1. Now the world seems to be exciting.
A. bigger and more B. smaller and more
C. smaller and less D. bigger and less
2. Fifty years ago, English people travelled abroad.
A. many B. few C. only some D. a few
3. People thought of other countries as .
A. near and different B. near and the same
C. remote and very different D. remote and the same
4. Nowadays, people’s ideas
of other nationalities .
A. have changed B. are the same C. are different D. are almost the
same
5. We don’t have th
e same stereotypes because people _______.
A. travel more B. watch the same TV programmes
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C. watch different TV programmes D. travel more and watch the same TV
programmes
6. The best title for this passage would be .
A. A Big World B. A Small World
C. An Exacting World D. An Interesting World

9
、
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1
分）

We are used to the idea of aging in ourselves. We are so used to this that it
comes as a surprise to find that there may be some animals that do not age. Sea
anemones(
海葵
) are an example. Some have been kept for nearly a century without
showing
any
signs
of
lifelessness.
Some
kinds
of
sea
worms
can
even
“
grow
backwards.
”

If
kept
in
the
dark
and
given
nothing
to
eat,
they
get
steadily
smaller,
They
finally
end
as
a
ball
of
cells(
细胞
)
looking
rather
like
the
egg
from
which
they
came.
Under
good
conditions
the
ball
will
turn
back
to
a
worm
and
start
growing
again.
One
could
probably keep them growing and un-growing again and again.
1. Some sea worms grow smaller when they ______.
A. lose weight B. live in the darkness
C. are under go
od conditions D. don’t eat
and are kept in the dark
2. According to the passage, some sea animals ________.
A. will die when they become a ball of cells B. do not grow old
C.
will
die
without
food D.
will
stop
growing
any
time
they
want
3. According to the passage, which of the following statements in NOT true?
A. We can keep certain kind of sea worm growing and ungrowing again and again.
B. Human beings will grow old and die.
C. An anemone is a king of sea worm that can grow backwards.
D. Some anemones will live nearly a hundred years.
4. The underlined word aging in the first sentence means ______.
A. growing old B. the age of a person
g younger D. un -growing
5. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. sea animals B. cells C. aging D. anemones

10
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1
分）


Now I’d like to talk to you about your final exam. The exam will be held next
Thursday,
the
last
day
of
the
exam
week.
Remember
to
bring
two
of
three
pens
in
case
you
run
out
of
ink.
And
unlike
the
midterm
exam,
this
test
will
not
include
multiple
---
choice
questions;
it
will
consist
entirely
of
essays(
文章
).
You
’
ll
have
to
answer
three of the five essay questions. The exam will be comprehensive (
全面的
), which
means
you
’
ll
be
responsible
for
all
of
the
subject
matters
we
covered
in
class
this
term, I would suggest you review your midterm exam as well as textbooks and your
class notes. The final exam will count as 50 percent of your grade of the course.
The
research
project
(
项目
)
will
count
as
20
percent
and
the
midterm
exam
30
percent.
I
’
ll be in my office almost all day next Tuesday. If you run into any problems,
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please drop in. Good luck to you and I’ll see you on Tuesday.

1. When will the final exam take place?
A. On Tuesday B. On a Wednesday C. On a Thursday D. On a Friday
2. What will be included in the exam?
A. There will be only multiple-choice questions.
B. The exam will contain both multiple-choice and essay questions.
C. The exam will have an oral and a written section.
D. There will be only essay questions.
3. Why does the teacher call the exam comprehensive?
A. It will be easy to understand.
B. Students will be tested on all the material discussed in class.
C. It will cover topics from a wide variety of subjects.
D. Students must complete all parts of it.
4. The underlined phrase run into probably means .
A. go into B. meet somebody unexpectedly
C. come up against something with force D. come across
5. When was this talk most likely given?
A. During the first week of class B. During midterm week
C. On the last day of class D. On the last day of exam week



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分）

When
Dean
Arnold
got
his
first
job,
he
was
miserable
(
痛苦的
),
Each
time
he
went
to work, he coughed and
he couldn
’
t breathe. Working in a bakery(
面包房
) when you
are allergic to (
对…过敏
) flour can be painful.
But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years. He was a
businessman
and
he
helped
them
improve
production.
At
last
his
health
problems
became
too serious. He left and formed his own company.
With his wife and
mother, he founded
Arnold
Bakery. They tried new recipes
(
配
方
). changing the kind and amount of flour used. This enabled Arnold to work there
without too much pain. The bread, made with unbleached flour (
标准粉
), was baked
in a brick oven (
烘炉
).
They
began
by
baking
two
dozen
loaves.
The
bread
was
sold
door
to
door
for
fifteen
cents
a
loaf.
Winning
customers
to
his
unusual,
old-fashioned
bread
took
time.
But
Arnold, struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest
in the United States.
1. A good title for this passage would be .
A. A Sick Baker B. A Brick- oven Bread Baker
C. An Old-fashioned Baker D. How to Overcome Allergy
2. Dean left the National Biscuit Company because he .

A. suffered from allergy to flour B. didn’t like
the job
C. wanted to make more money D. wanted to form his own company
3. During his stay in the National Biscuit Company, .
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A. he founded Arnold Bakery
B. he tried a new method of baking
C. he helped the company improve their production
D. he became successful in his business
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Arnold’
s bread was baked in a brick oven.

B. Arnold’s bread was made with unbleached flour.


C. Arnold’s bread was sold at a low price
.

D. Arnold’s bread was of poor quality.

5. From the passage we can conclude that Arnold was .
A. determined B. brave C. unusual D. unhealthy



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When we see well, we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when
we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are.
People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their
eyes,
Everything
else
seems
blurry(=unclear).
Many
people
who
do
a
lot
of
work,
such
as writing, reading and sewing become near
—
sighted. Then
People
who
are
far-sighted
suffer
from
just
the
opposite
problem.
They
can
see
things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they
hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do m
uch reading ,they must get glasses,
too.
Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right
shape.
They
have
what
is called
astigmatism (
散光
). This, too, can be
corrected by
glasses. Some people
’
s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts (
白障
). Long ago
these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the
cataracts and remove them.
Having two good eyes is important for judging distances. Each eye sees things
from
a
slightly
different
angle
(
角度
).
To
prove
this
to
yourself,
look
at
an
object
our of one eye; then look at the same object out of your other eye. You will find
the objec
t’s relation to the background and other things around it has changed.
The
difference
between
these
two
different
eye
views
helps
us
to
judge
how
far
away
an
object
is.
People
who
have
only
one
eye
cannot
judge
distance
as
people
with
two
eyes.
1. We should take good care of our eyes .
A. only when we can see well
B. only when we cannot see perfectly
C. even if we can see well
D. only when we realize how important our eyes are
2. When things far away seem indistinct(
模糊不清
) , one is probably .
A. near-sighted B. far-sighted
C. astigmatic D. suffering from cataracts
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3. The underlined word suffer in the third paragraph probably means .
A. experience B. imagine
C. feel pain D. are affected with
4. Having two eyes instead of one is particularly useful for .
A. seeing at night B. seeing objects far away
C. looking over a wide area D. judging distances
5. People who suffer from astigmatism have .
A. one eye bigger than the other
B. eyes that are not exactly the right shape
C. a difficulty that can be corrected by an operation
D. an eye difficulty that cannot be corrected by glasses



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1
分）

Grandma
was
a
wonderful
story-teller,
and
she
had
a
set
of
priceless,
individually
(
独特地
)
tailored
stories
with
which
American
grandparents
of
her
day
brought up children. There was the story of the little boys who had been taught
complete, quick obedience (
服从
). One day when they were out on the grassy plain,
their father shouted.
“
Fall down on your faces!
”
They did, and the terrible
prairie(
草原
)
fire
swept
over
them
and
they
weren
’
t
hurt.
There
was
also
the
story
of
three
boys
at
school,
each
of
whom
received
a
cake
sent
from
home.
One
saved
his,
and the mice ate it; one ate all of his , and he got sick; and who do you think had
the best time?
—
Why, of course, the one who shared his cake with his friends.
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Children should obey their parents quickly.
B. Children should share with others.

C. The author remembers many of her grandma’s
wonderful stories.

D. The grandma’s stories helped teach the
children morals and good manners.
2. Which of the following details supports the main idea of the passage?
A. The children were saved from the fire because they followed directions.
B. Grandma told a story of three boys at school.
C. Each of the three boys got a cake sent from home.
D. The big prairie fire soon spread over to the village.
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The author was saved from the fire.
B. The author was brought up from his grandmother.
C. Grandma was good at telling children stories.
D. Grandma told stories to children just for fun.
4. All of the following were not praised by the author except ___________.
A. the boy who shared his cake with others
B. the boy who ate up all his cake by himself
C. the boy who kept the cake for the future

D. the boys who didn’t obey their parents

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5.
According
to
this
passage,
the
underlined
word
tailored
probably
means
__________.
A. measured B. specially prepared C. cut


D. invented



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1
分）

The most important use of drifting (
漂流
) bottles is to find ocean currents.
When the position and direction of currents are known, ships can use the forward
movement of a current or stay away from currents that would carry them off their
course.
Benjamin
Franklin
was
one
of
the
first
to
use
bottles
in
the
study
of
currents.
He
wondered
why
British
mall
ships
needed
a
week
or
two
longer
than
U.S.
ships
needed
in order to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Franklin thought the Gulf Stream (
墨西哥湾
流
) might explain this difference.
Franklin talked
with captains of U.S. ships. He found that they knew each turn
of
the
Gulf
Stream.
They
used
the
current
in
every
possible
way.
From
his
talks
with
the captains. Franklin made his first map of the Gulf Stream. Then he checked his
map by using sealed (
密封的
) bottles. The map that he finally made is still used,
with only a few changes, today.
1. Why are drifting bottles used?
A.
To
determine
the
position
of
a
ship. B.
To
find
the
direction
of a current.
C. To predict the direction of a ship. D. To carry message
across the ocean.
2. What led Franklin to talk with U.S. captains?
A. U.S. ships were longer than British ones.
B. British ships could sail the Atlantic faster than U.S. ones.
C. U.S. ships could sail the Atlantic faster than U.S. ones.
D. U.S captains knew more about maps.
3. What did Franklin make after his talks with U.S. captains?
A. A map of the Gulf Stream. B. A map of the Atlantic Ocean.
C. A map of ocean currents. D. A map of his first voyage.
4. What did Franklin do in order to make an exact map?
A. He compared his own map with other maps. B. He talked with many U.S.
captains.
C. He used drifting bottles to check his map. D. Both B and C.
5. The underlined word current in the first paragraph means ______.
A. a stream of water B. a course of events
C. the flow of electricity D. the situation of the present time



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分）

The Guidance Department (
教导处
) at Burrville High School has a staff (
职员
)
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of eleven. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot
of parents, too.

“Parent

meetings
form
a
clear
monthly
pattern,”
says
Mildred
Foreman,
G
uidance
Director.
“This
pattern
stays
much
the
same
from
year
to
year.
The
busy
months
are
October, March and May.”

September starts rather slowly. Few parents come in, Most of these want to
discuss the schedules (
日程安排
). October brings many behaviour (
行为
) problems.
Some
parents
are
called
in.
Others
come
by
themselves.
Things
quiet
down
in
November
December is a qui
et month. “It’s the holiday,” Ms Foreman says. “People want
to come in, I kn
ow , but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day.”

Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents
in as school reopens. This happens again in March, another report card month. May
is
always
the
year’s
bu
siest
month.
That’s
when
parents
realize
that
their
children
might
be
held
back
(
留级
).
They
come
in
to
see
if
anything
can
be
done
before
things
are decided in June.
1. “Most of their work is done with the students” means ______.

A. they have most of their work done by the students
B. most of their work is getting rid of their students
C. most of their work is dealing with the students
D. their work is mostly done together with the students
2. In the sentence “The staff sees a lot of parents too.” the word “see” can
be replaced with “_____”.

A. notice B. understand C. arrange D. meet
3.
From
the
diagram(
图表
),
we
know
that
the
total
of
their
meetings
in
April
is
______
as many
as that in December.
A. twice B. a quarter C. half D.
two-thirds










4. In March, each of the staff working in the Guidance Department has to interview
(
会见
)
about ______ parents.
A. 10 B. 20 C. 15 D. 5
5. May is always the busiest month because the parents want to ______.
A. discuss schedules with the staff
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B. have something done to help their children
’
s promotion(
升级
)
C. know how their children are getting on with their lessons
D. do something good for the school or the staff



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分）

Maliyuwa,
a
nearby
village.
They
lived
with
the
man’s
big
family—
his
parents
his brothers, their wives and children. They family kept an elephant,
in which the
young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.
Three
months
later
the
woman
went
bac
k
to
her
parents’
home,
having
quarrelled
with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill
and
heart
—
broken.
One
morning
after
several
weeks
the
animal
disappeared
from
the
house.
It went to the woman
’
s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and
touched her with it. The young woman was so moved (
感动
) by the act of the animal
that she returned to her husband
’
s home.
1. The writer wrote the story in order to .
A. show that elephants are very clever
B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal
C. show that women care more for animals than men do
D. tell how an animal reunited a husband and wife
2. The woman left her new home .
A. to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa B.
to
see
if
the
elephant
would
follow
her
C. because she was angry with her husband
D. because she was tired of the
large family
3. After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant .

A. returned to the forest
B. was sad because it missed her
C. went to look for a new home
D. was sick because nobody fed it
4. The young wife went back to her husband because .
A. she knew he had sent the animal to her
B. the elephant had come to look
for her
C. her parents persuaded her to
D. she missed her new home



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分）

The
blue
eyes
that
looked
at
him
from
outside
the
door
were
like
the
light
through
a magnifying glass (
放大镜
) when it is at its brightest and smallest, when paper
and leaves begin to smoke.

“Hey ,” said the man in the door. “Remember me?”


“Yes,” the boy said, whispering. “Rick.”

He felt so surprised to see Rick. All of Rick seemed to be shown in the eyes,
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with a strong feeling that ought to have hurt him

“You knew me,” Rick said. “You hadn’t forgotten.”


“You’re ——just the same,” the boy said, and felt
much thankful.
He seemed even to be wearing the same clothes, the same blue shirt and grey
trousers. He was thin, but he was built to be lean; and he was still, or again,
sunburnt (
晒黑了
). After everything, the slow white smile still showed the slight
feeling of happiness.

“
Let
’
s look at you,
”
Rick said, dropping into a chair. Then slowly he felt
more at home, and he became once more just Rick, as if nothing had happened. There
were
lines
about
his
eyes,
and
deeper
lines
on
his
cheeks
(
面颊
),
but
he
looked
like
——
just Rick, lined by sunlight and smiling.

“When
I
look
at
you,”
he
said,
“You
make
me
think
about
me,
for
we
look
like
each other.”


“Yes,”
said
the
boy,
eagerly,
“they
all
think
we
both
look
like
my
grandfather.”

1. On his return , Rick ______.
A. had not changed much B. looked very old
C. was much thinner than before D. was wearing different
clothes
2. Rick and the boy are probably ______.
A. brothers B. related C. friends
D.
neighbours
3. You could describe Rick as ______.
A. old and friendly B. old and nervous C. thin and nervous D. thin
and friendly
4. From the passage we can tell that the boy ______.
A.
was
worried
that
Rick
had
forgotten
him B.
was
proud
of
what
Rick
had
done
C. was pleased to see Rick D. wondered where Rick had been
5. Rick and the boy ______.
A. had similar personalities B. cared about each other
C. had lived in the same house D. felt their friendship had
changed



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分）

Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that
trees
do
communicate
(
交际
)
with
each
other.
Not
long
ago,
researchers
learned
some
surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars (
毛
虫
) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they
got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more astonishing, the
tree
sent
out
a
special
smell---a
signal
(
信号
)
causing
its
neighbors
to
change
the
chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.

Communication,
of
course,
doesn’t
need
to
be
in
words.
We
can
talk
to
each
other
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by
smiling,
raising
our
shoulders
and
moving
our
hands.
We
know
that
birds
and
animals
use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals,
flying
in
certain
patterns
that
tell
other
bees
where
to
find
nectar
(
花蜜
)
for
honey.
So why shouldn
’
t trees have ways of sending message?
1.
It
can
be
concluded
from
the
passage
that
caterpillars
do
not
feed
on
leaves
that
______.
A. are lying on the ground B. have an unpleasant taste

C. bees don’t like D. have an unfam
iliar shape
2. The willow tree described in the passage protected itself by ______.
A. growing more branches B. communicating with birds and bees
C. changing its leaf chemistry D. shaking caterpillars off
3.
According
to
the
passage,
the
willow
tree
was
able
to
communicate
with
other
trees
by ______.
A. waving its branches B. giving off a special smell
C. dropping its leaves D. changing the colour of its trunk
4. According to this passage, bees communicate by ______.
A. making special movement B. touching one another
C. smelling one another D. making unusual sound
5. The author believes that the incident described in the passage ______.
A. cannot be taken seriously B. should no longer be permitted
C. must be checked more thoroughly D. seems completely reasonable



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分）

The
year
was
1932.
Amelia
Earhart
was
flying
alone
from
North
America
to
England
in
a
small
single
—
engined
aeroplane.
At
midnight,
several
hours
after
she
had
left
Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter (
高
度表
)
failed
and
she
didn
’
t
know
how
high
she
was
flying.
At
night,
and
in
a
storm,
a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly
plunged (
冲
) into the sea.
Just
before
dawn,
there
was
further
trouble.
Amelia
noticed
flames
(
火焰
)
coming
from the engine. Would she be able to reach land? There was nothing to do except
to keep going and to hope.
In
the
end,
Amelia
Earhart
did
reach
Ireland,
and
for
the
courage
she
had
shown,
she
was
warmly
welcomed
in
England
and
Europe.
When
she
returned
to
the
United
States,
she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. From
that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous.
What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman to
fly the Atlantic Ocean alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and
fifty
—
six minutes.
In
the
years
that
followed,
Amelia
Earhart
made
several
flights
across
the
United
States, and on each occasion (
时刻
) she set a new record for flying time. Amelia
Earhart made these flights to show that women had a place in aviation (
航空
) and
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that air travel was useful.
1.
Which
of
the
following
statements
is
NOT
the
difficulty
which
Amelia
Earhart
met
in her flight from north America to England?
A.
She
was
caught
in
a
storm. B.
The
altimeter
went
out
of
order.
C. Her engine went wrong. D. She lost her direction.
2. When Amelia Earhart saw flames coming from the engine, what did she do?
A. She did nothing but pray for herself.
B. She changed her direction and landed in Ireland.
C. She continued flying.
D. She lost hope of reaching land.
3. According to the passage, what was Amelia Earhart’s
reason for making her
flights?
A. To set a new record for flying time.
B. To be the first woman to fly around the world.
C. To show that aviation was not just for men.
D. To become famous in the world.
4. Which of the following statements was NOT mentioned?
A.
She
was
the
first
woman
who
succeeded
in
flying
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean
alone.
B. She showed great courage in overcoming the difficulties during the flight.
C She was warmly welcomed in England, Europe and the United States.
D. She made plans to fly around the world.
5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Amelia Earhart
—
First Across the Atlantic.
B. Amelia Earhart
—
Pioneer in Wome
n’s Aviation.

C. A New Record for Flying Time.
D. A Dangerous Flight from North America to England.



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分）

A
nobleman
and
a
merchant
once
met
in
an
inn.
For
their
lunch
they
both
ordered
soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot
that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes, The merchant asked him why he
was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit (
承认
) that he had burned his mouth
and answered,
“
Sir, I once had a brother who committed a great crime (
犯罪
), for
which
he
was
hanged.
I
was
thinking
of
his
death,
and
that
made
me
weep.
”
The
merchant
believed this story and began to eat his soup. He too burned his mouth, so that he
had tears in his eyes. The nobleman noticed it and asked the merchant,
“
Sir, why
do
you
weep?
”
The
merchant,
who
now
saw
that
the
nobleman
had
deceived
(
欺骗
)
him,
answered,
“
My
lord(=master),
I
am
weeping
because
you
were
not
hanged
together
with
your brother.”

1. This story teaches us ______.
A. not to eat in inns B. not to eat soup that is too hot
cry when we burn our mouth D. not to believe everything you hear
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2. The nobleman did not tell the truth because he ______.
A.
was
a
nobleman felt
ashamed C.
was
in
an
inn D.
was
angry
3. The nobleman should have ______.
A. smiled with joy B. shouted with laughter
C. told the truth D. scolded the waiter
4. It is probable that the nobleman ______.
A. had no brother who was hanged B. had a very good brother
C. knew the soup was too hot D. had never eaten soup
5. The merchant’s a
nswer showed that be ______.
A. was very happy B. believed the nobleman
C. was angry with the nobleman D. had kind heart



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分）

In
a
very
real
sense,
people
who
have
read
good
literature
have
lived
more
than
people
who
cannot
or
will
not
read.
To
have
read
Gulliver
’
s
Travels
is
to
have
had
the
experience
of
listening
to
Jonathan
Swift,
of
learning
about
man
’
s
inhumanity
(
残酷
) to man. To read Huckleberry Finn is to feel what it is like to drift (
漂
流
)
down
the
Mississippi
River
on
a
raft
(
木排
).
To
have
read
Byron
is
to
have
suffered
his rebellions with him and to have enjoyed his nose
—
thumbing at (
对……的蔑视
)
society. To have read Native Son is to know how it feels to be frustrated (
受挫
折
)
in
the
particular
way
in
which
Blacks
in
Chicago
are
frustrated.
This
is
effective
communication
(
交流
).
It
enables
us
to
feel
how
others
felt
about
life,
even
if
they
lived
thousands
of
miles
away
and
cent
uries
age.
It
is
not
true
that
“We
have
only
one life to live.” If we read, we can live a
s many more lives and as many kinds
of lives as we wish.
1. The sentence
“People who have read good literature
have
lived more than people
who cannot or will n
ot read” suggests that ______.

A. reading stimulates(
激发
) a desire to travel
B. reading broadens(
扩大
) a person
’
s experience
C. people who read much live longer
D. people who read are more relaxed
2. The author implies that good literature ______.
A. must deal with social problems B. must teach a lesson
C. is varied in subject and in content (
容
) D. is always exciting and
heart--warming
3. According to the author, reading good literature ______.
A. produces new income B. is quite useless
C. satisfies the curious D. opens new worlds to us(
眼界
)
4. The underlined word effective in this passage means ______.
A. actual B. striking C. existing D. having an
effect

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When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England
by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation
(
住所
).
I
suggested
that
they
should
stay
at
‘
bed
and
breakfast
’
houses,
because
this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English
with
the
family.
My
friends
listened
to
my
advice,
but
they
came
back
with
some
funny
stories.

“We
didn’t
stay
at
bed
and
breakfast
houses,”
they
said,
“bec
ause
we
found
that most families were away o
n holiday.”

I
thought
this
was
strange.
Finally
I
understood
what
had
happened.
My
friends
spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because
the Spanish word for ‘holidays” is ‘vacaciones’. So they did not go to house
where t
he sign outside said ‘VACANCLES’, which in English means there are
free
rooms.
Then
my friends went to house
where the
sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because
they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday.
But
they
found
that
these
houses
were
all
full.
As
a
result,
they
stayed
at
hotels!
We
laughed
about
this
and
about
mistakes
my
friends
made
in
reading
other
signs.
In
Spanish,
the
word
‘DIVERSION’
means
fun.
In
English,
it
means
that
workmen
are
repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw
the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun.
Instead, the road ended in a large hold.
English
people
have
problems
too
when
they
learn
foreign
languages.
Once
in
Paris.
when someone offered me some more. coffee, I said ‘Thank you’
in French. I meant
that
I
would
like
some
more,
However
,
to
my
surprise
the
coffee
pot
was
taken
away!
Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘Mo, thank you.’

1. My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.
A. learning English B. finding places to stay in England
C. driving their car on English roads D. going to England by car
2. I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______.
A. they would be able to practise their English
B. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
C. it would be convenient for them to have dinner
D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
3. “NO VACANCIES” in Engli
sh means ______.
A. no free rooms B. free rooms C. not away on holiday D.
holidays
4. If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ______.

A. fall into a hole
B. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
C. find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
D. have to take a different road
5.
When
someone
offered
me
more
coffee
and
I
said
‘Thank
you’
in
French,
I
______.

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A didn’t really want any more coffee B. wanted t
hem to take the coffee
pot away
C. really wanted some more coffee D. wanted to express my politeness
6. I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I ______.

A. hadn’t finished drinking my coffee B. was expecting another
cup of
coffee

C. meant that I didn’t wan
t any more D. was never misunderstood



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、
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1
分）

A
beautiful
and
very
successful
actress
was
the
star
of
a
new
musical
show.
Her
home
was
in
the
country,
but
she
didn
’
t
want
to
have
to
go
back
there
every
night,
so she rented (
租用
) an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some
beautiful furniture (
家具
) and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colours.
It was very difficult to get tickets for her show because everybody wanted to
see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that
this would make him work better and more willingly for her. He took the tickets
without
saying
anything,
and
she
heard
no
more
about
them
until
the
end
of
the
month,
when she got the painter
’
s bill. At the bottom of it were the words
“
Four hours
watching
Miss
Hall
sing
and
dance,
?
3,
”
with
this
note
：

“
After
5
p.m.
I
get
fifteen
shillings an hour in
stead of ten shillings.”

1. In the article, “Miss Hall” was the name of ______.

A. a place where people sang and danced B. an unmarried woman
C. a hall D. a street
2. The woman’s flat was situated ______.

A. near the city B. near her home
C. in the middle of the city D. by the side of the country road
3. The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping he would______.
A. be pleased B. ask less money for his work
C. charge more money for his work D. say a good word for her musical show
4. After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he ______.
A. sold them for
?
3 B. went to watch the musical show
C. paid
?
3 for them D. was very thankful to her
5. In the story , ______ made a mistake.
A.
both
the
actress
and
the
painter B.
neither
the
actress
nor
the
painter
C. the painter D. the actress



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The basenji is a central African hunting dog. It comes from a country called
Chad, which is north of the Central African Republic. The basenji was well
—
known
as
the
“
silent
dog
”
because
for
centuries
no
basenjis
has
ever
been
known
to
bark
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(
吠
). Then at a dog show in London in 1953, a basenji actually barked.
As well as being clever, basenjis are known for their natural courage and are
still
popular
hunting
dogs
in
Africa.
But
in
America
people
keep
them
mainly
because
they
are
gentle
and
full
of
fun.
The
basenji
has
an
unusual
habit,
it
washes
itself
all
over
like
a
cat.
It
is
a
middle
—
sized
dog,
16
or
17
inches
high
from
the
shoulder.
It weighs about 20 pounds. A basenji’s coat is short and silky. It may be brown,
white, or gold , or a mixture of these three colours.
1. Basenjis were first found .
A. in Africa, Europe and America
B. in both Africa and America
C. in central Africa
D. in North Africa
2. What made Basenjis so special?
A. They were funny enough to make people laugh.
B. One of them barked at a dog show in London.
C. They were a true friend of man.
D. They were born quiet dogs.
3. Americans like basenjis because they are .
A. pleasant
B. pretty
C. clean
D. quiet
4. In what way are basenjis like cats?
A. They make gentle sounds instead of barking.
B. They are fond of people and look like cats.
C. They clean themselves all over.
D. They have short, silky fur.
5. Basenjis are good hunters because they are .
A.
strong B.
fearless C.
the
right
colour D.
the
right
weight



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1
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阅读理解。

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real
name was william Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young
boy
he
lived
an
exciting
life.
He
did
not
go
to
school
for
very
long,
but
he
managed
to
teach
himself
everything
he
needed
to
know.
When
he
was
about
20
years
old,
Henry
went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and
then had a job in a bank When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was
believed
to
have
stolen
it.
Because
of
that,
he
was
sent
to
prison.
During
the
three
years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he
went
to
New
York
and
continued
writing.
He
wrote
mostly
about
New
York
and
the
life
of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were they
would finish with a sudden change at the end to the reader’s surprise.

which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. lived in New York b. worked in a bank c. travelled to Texas d. was put in
prison e. had a newspaper f. learned to write stories
(A)e.c.f.b.d.a. (B)c.b.e.d.a.f. (C)e.b.d.c.a.f (D)c.e.b.d.f.a.
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enjoyed reading O. Henry’s st
ories because ____.
(A)they had surprise ending (B)they were easy to understand
(C)they showed his love for the poor (D)they were about New York City
went to prison because ____.
(A)people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
(B)people thought he had taken money that was not his
(C)he wanted to write stories about prisoners
(D)he broke the law by not using his own name
do you know about O. Henry before he began writing?
(A)He was well-educated (B)He was very good at learning
(C)he was devoted to the poor (D)He was not serious about his work
did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
(A)His life inside the prison (B)The newspaper articles he wrote
(C)The city and people of New York (D)His exciting early life as a boy


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An
ape
has
a
larger
brain
than
any
animal
except
man,
though
it
is
much
smaller
than a man’s brain. Apes all belong to the hot countries of the world—
tropical
Africa and South
—
east Asia.
The
gorilla
is
the
largest
of
the
apes.
He
is
as
tall
as
six
feet
when
standing
upright.
Many
people
think
that
gorillas
are
very
fierce.
They
are
often
described
as standing upright like a man, beating their fists and roaring. In their home, in
the forests of Cetral Africa, however, they are not at all like this, They are
peaceful
animals
and
never
use
their
great
strength
unless
attacked.
Even
then,
they
retreat if they can.
Gorillas have black faces and long, black, hairy coats. They feed during the
day on plants and fruit. At night the old male often sleeps on the ground at the
foot of a tree, while the others each make a sleeping platform in the tree bending
the leafy branches. Besides this, gorillas climb trees very seldom.
1. Apes live in .
A. different parts of the world B. the cold countries
C. South America and Africa D. the countries of Africa and South
—
east Asia
2. An ape’s brain is .


A. as large as a man’s brain

B. a lot smaller than a man’s brain

C. larger than that of any other animal including man
D. a lot larger than
a m
an’s brain

3. A gorilla is about six feet tall when he .
A. stands on his legs
B. stand on his arms
C. roars
D. uses his great strength
4. All gorillas live on .
A. vegetables
B. leaves and grass C. plants and fruit D. rice
5. During the night gorilla usually sleep in trees except .
A. the old female gorilla
B. the old male gorilla
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C. the young gorillas up to six years old
D. the baby gorillas



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Sam and Joe were astronauts. There was once a very dangerous trip and the more
experienced astronauts
knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive
(
活
着
). Sam and
Joe,
however, thought it would be
exciting though a
little
dangerous.
“
we
’
re
the
best
men
for
the
job,”
they
said
to
the
boss.
“There
may
be
probl
ems,
but
we
can
find
the
answers.”
“They’re
the
last
people
I’d
trust,”
thought
the
boss. “But all the other astronauts have refused to go.”

Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs. When the
repairs
were
done,
he
tried
to
get
back
inside
the
spaceship.
But
the
door
was
locked.
He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again
no answer came. Then he hit the door as hard as he could and finally a voice said,
“Who’s there?” “It’s me! Who else could it be?” shouted Joe. Sam let him in
all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again!
1. Most of the astronauts were unwilling to go on a trip because .
A. there was little chance of being selected
B.
they
were
n’t
experienced
enough
C. they thought they might get killed
D. it wasn’t exciting enough

2. Why were Sam and Joe chosen?
A. The boss wanted them to get more experience.
B. The boss trusted them more than anyone else.
C. They were the last people who wanted to go.
D. They were the only men who offered to go.
3. What did Sam and Joe think the trip would be like?
A. There would be serious problems .
B. There wouldn’t
be any danger .
C. It would be long and tiring.
D. It would be exciting .
4. Joe didn’t want to work with Sam again prob
ably because he thought Sam .
A. was very slow and possibly deaf
B. didn’t know how to operate the door

C. was less experienced than he was
D. didn’t know how to do repairs

5. The writer tells this story to .
A. show the dangerous s
ide of the astronauts’ life


B. show the funny side of the astronauts’ life

C. make people laugh
D. make people think



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1
分）

Moscow,
Russia
(Space
news)
—“
The
computer
is
a
better
chess
player,
”
insisted
Viktor
Prozorov,
the
loser.
“
It
seemed
as
if
it
were
laughing
after
every
good
move.
I
know
I
should
have
beaten
it
for
the
sake
of
mankind
(
为人类着想
),
but
I
just
couldn
’
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t win,
”
he announced and shook his head sadly.
Prozorov
’
s
disappointment
was
shared
by
several
grand
masters
who
were
present,
some
of
whom
were
so
upset
that
they
shouted
at
the
machine.
Many
chess
players
said
that
this
meant
the
end
of
chess
championships
(
锦标赛
)
around
the
world,
since
the
fun had been taken out of the game.
The
computer
walked
—
or
rather,
rolled
—
away
with
5,000
dollars
in
prize
money
and limited its remarks to a set of noises and lights.
1. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this newspaper article?
A. 5,000 dollars goes to a computer !
B.
New
invention,
a
laughing
computer !
C. Worl
d’s best chess player beaten!

D. Computer defeats man in chess !
2.
How
did
some
of
the
grand
masters
feel
about
the
chess
game
between
Prozorov
and
the computer?
A. They thought that the game was no fun.

B. They thought that the game wasn’t fair.


C. They agreed that Prozorov didn’t play well.

D. They were unhappy that the computer had won.
3. What was it that Prozorov felt most bitter (
懊恼
) about?

A. That he didn’t win the $$ 5,000.

B. That he h
adn’t tried his best.

C. That he had lost to a machine.
D.
That
this
was
the
end
of
the
chess
game.
4. After winning the game, the computer .
A.
laughed B. walked away
C. made some remarks D. gave out some lights and sounds
5. Many chess players felt that playing with a computer would .
A. make the game tougher
B. make the game less interesting
C. make man appear foolish
D. make man lose lots of money



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1
分）


“
I
would
almost
rather
see
you
dead,
”
Robert
S.
Cassatt,
a
leading
banker
(
银
行家
) of Philadelphia, shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest daughter announced
that she wanted to become an artist. In the 19th century, playing at drawing or
painting
on
dishes
was
all
right
for
a
young
lady,
but
serious
work
in
art
was
not.
And when the young lady
’
s family ranked among (
跻身于
) the best of Philadelphia
’
s social (
社交界的
) families, such an idea could not even be considered.
That was how Mary Cassatt, born 1844, began her struggle as an artist. She did
not
tremble
before
her
father
’
s
anger.
Instead,
she
opposed
(
抗拒
)
him
with
courage
and at last made him change his mind. Mary Cassatt gave up her social position (
社
会地位
)
and
all
thought
of a husband
and
a
family,
which
in
those
times
was
unthinkable
for
a
young
lady.
In
the
end,
after
long
years
of
hard
work
and
perseverance (
坚持
), she became America
’
s most important woman artist and the
internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.
1. How did Mr. Cassatt react (
反应
) when his daughter made her announcement?
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A. He feared for her life.
B. He was very angry.
C. He nearly killed her. D. He warned her.
2. What in fact was Mr. Cassatt’s main reason in opposing his daughter’s wish?

A. Drawing and painting was simply unthinkable among ladies in those days.
B. He did not believe his daughter wanted to work seriously in art.

C. He believed an artist’s life would be too hard for his daughter.

D. Ladies of good families simply did not become artists in those times.
3.
What
made
Mary
Cassatt’s
“struggle”
to
become
a
recognized
artist
especially
hard?
A. She was a woman.
B. Her father opposed her.
C. She had no social position.
D. She
did not come from an artist’s family.

4. What do we know about Mary Cassatt
’
s marriage (
婚姻
)?
A.
Her
marriage
failed
because
she
never
gave
a
thought
to
her
husband
and
family.
B. She never married because she did not want to be just a wife and mother.
C. After marriage she decide to give up her husband rather than her career(
事
业
).
D. She did not marry because for a lady of her social position to marry below
her was unthinkable.
5. What do we know about Robert Cassatt’s character from the text?

A. He was a cruel man
B. He was a stubborn(
固执的
) man
C. He knew nothing about art D. He knew little about his daughter
6. What do we know about Mary Cassatt’s charac
ter?
A. She was brave in going against old ideas
B. She got tired of always obeying her father
C. She hated playing at drawing and painting
D. She did not mind being poor at all
7. As we learn from the text, which of the following was generally considered the
most important in the life of a woman in the U.S. in Mary Cassatt’s times?

A. Money B. Career
C. Marriage D. Courage



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、
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1
分）

Annealing
is
a
way
of
making
metal
softer
by
heating
it
and
then
letting
it
cool
very
slowly.
If
metal
is
heated
and
then
cooled
very
quickly,
for
example
by
dipping
(
浸
) it in water, it will be very hard but also very brittle (
脆
) that is, it will
break easily. Metal that has been annealed is soft but does not break as easily.
It is possible to make metal as hard or as soft as is wished, by annealing it. The
metal
is
heated,
and
allowed
to
cool
slowly
for
a
certain
length
of
time.
The
longer
the heated metal takes to cool slowly, the softer it becomes. Annealing can also
be used on other material, such as glass.
1. Annealing can make metal .
d tough(
韧
)
B. hard but brittle C. soft but tough
D.
soft
and
brittle
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2. Why do people put hot metal in water?
it hard B. To make it soft. C. To make it cool. D.
To
make
it
brittle.
3. In annealing, the required hardness of a metal depend on .
A. the quantity of water used
B. the temperature of the metal
C. the softness of the metal D. the timing of the operation
4. As suggested by the text, how can glass be made less brittle?
A. It can be heated an then cooled quickly.
B.
It
can
be
cooled
and
then
heated slowly.
C. It can be heated and then cooled slowly.
D.
It
can
be
cooled
and
then
heated quickly.



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1
分）

A
well-known
old
man
was
being
interviewed
(
采访
)
and
was
asked
if
it
was
correct
that he had just celebrated his ninety
—
ninth birthday.

“That’s right.”said the old man. “Ninety—
nine years old, and I h
aven’t
an enemy in the world. They’re all

dead.”


“Well, sir,”said the interviewer, “I hope very much to have th
e honour of
interviewing you on your hundredth birthday.”


The old man looked at the yound man closely, and said, “I can’t see why you
sho
uldn’t. You look fit and healthy to me!”

1. The old man said he had not an enemy in the world, which shows that he was a
very .
A. friendly man he never made any enemies
B. healthy man he lived longer than all his enemies
C. lucky man his enemies had all died
D. terrible man he had got rid of all his enemies
2.
When
the
interviewer
said
that
he
hoped
very
much
to
have
the
honour
of
interviewing the old man again the following year, .
A. he was trying to make the old man happy
B. he wished he himself would live another year
C. he did not believe the old man would live to be one hundred
D. he did not believe he would interview the old man again
3. When the old man said
“
I can
’
t see why you shouldn
’
t
”
, what he meant was
：


A. “You must try to live another year to interview me again next year.”


B. “Of course, you can see me again since you’re so fit and healthy.”


C. “If I live to a hundred years, you should interview me again.”


D.
“Unless
you
live
another
year,
you
wouldn’t
be
able
to
interview
me
again.”

4. What kind of man would you say the old man was?
A. He was silly. B. He was unpleasant.
C. He was very pround and sure of his health.
D. He was very impolite to
young people.
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分）

Joe
and
Helen
Mills
had
two
small
children.
One
was
six
and
the
other
four.
They
always resisted going to bed, and Helen was always complaining (
抱怨
) about this
and asking Joe for help. But as he did not come home until after they had gone, to
bed during the week, he was unable to help except at weekends.
Joe
considered
himself
a
good
singer,
but
really
his
voice
was
not
at
all
musical.
However,
he
decided
that,
if
he
sang
to
the
children
when
they
went
to
bed,
it
would
help them to relax, and they would soon go to sleep.
He
did
this
every
Saturday
and
Sunday
night
until
he
heard
his
small
son
whispered
to his younger sister, “If you pretend that you’re asleep, he stops.”

1. The children always resisted going to bed, which .
A. made Helen suffer a lot
B. satisfied their mother
C. Helen was not satisfied with D. gave Helen much trouble
2. The husband couldn’t h
elp the wife to look after the children .
A. because he returned from work too late B. since his voice sounded like a
singer’s

C. except on Saturday and Sunday
D. for he did not come home until after the children had gone to bed weekends
3. Joe worked .
A. all the week including Saturday and Sunday
B. during the week including the weekends
C. every day but Saturday and Sunday
D. every week except on Sunday
4. Which of the following conclusions can we draw from the above story?

A. Joe’s song did help the children to relax.


B. With Joe’s help, the children went to sleep.

C. The wife must be thankful to her husband for the great help.

D. The children were so tired of their father’s voice that they pretended to
be asleep.
5. This joke tells about .
A. Joe and Helen
B. Helen’s trouble


C. Joe’s foolery

D. the bright idea of the two small children



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、
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1
分）

Arli has learnt how to type for several years. Still, he types rather slowly,
and he can only spell out words of four letters or less. But Arli is doing quite
well for a dog.
He is black, white, and brown. He uses a special typewriter it has shallow
bowl
—
like
keys
that
are
about
two
inches
wide.
His
owner
calls
out
the
letter,
the
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dog hits the keys with this nose.

Arli
does
very
well
at
typing
“good
dog”.
But
he
seems
to
have
a
bit
of
trouble
when
he is asked to spell out “bad dog”.

1. Arli is the name of .
A. a typist(
打字员
)
B. a child
C. a dog
D. a man
2. The main purpose of the story is to tell us that Arli is .
A. a very bad typist
B. unusually clever
C. a very good typist
D. slow and not clever
3. How do you think Arli learned to type?
A. He was helped to do it by a dog . B.
He
did
it
with
the
help
of
his
master
.
C. He started doing it naturally several years ago.
D.
He
did
it
for
a
living .
4. The writer tells us that Arli’s typewriter .

A. has only a small number of keys
B.
is
smaller
than
an
ordinary
typewriter
C. is larger than an ordinary typewriter D.
sometimes
gives
you
a
bit
of
trouble



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、
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1
分）

Schools and parents in Shenzhen City have been asked to take better care of
children’s
eyesight
as
45
percent
of
them,
were
found
to
be
shortsighted.
Too
much
reading, poor lighting a
nd too much TV are blamed. Of the city’s high school
graduates.
who
applied
to
attend
college
this
summer,
two
—
thirds
had
to
have
their
choices
limited
because
of
poor
eyesight,
Shenzhen
Special
Zone
(
特区
)
Daily
said.
1. This piece of news was reported by .

A. People’s Daily

B. Shenzhen Special Zone Daily
C. school in Shenzhen City
D. parents in Shenzhen City
2. The purpose of this passage is to .
A. criticize children who are shortsighted
B. blame parents and schools for childre
n’s being shortsighted

C. ask the high school graduates to pay attention to their eyesight
D. draw people
’
s special attention to eye hygiene(
卫生
)
3. Only of the children in Shenzhen City have good eyesight.
A. 45 percent
B. less than half
C. 55 percent
D. two
—
thirds
4.
Generally
speaking,
high
school
students
have eyesight
than
primary
school
students.
A. poorer
B. still better C. poor D. brighter
5. Because of being shortsighted many school graduates .

A. weren’t allowed to e
nter college
B.
couldn’t
graduate
from
high
school

C. couldn’t choose to study what they
liked best
D.
lost
their
limited
time
6. In order to protect their eyes, children shouldn’t .

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A. read books
glasses
C. make their eyes too tired
D.
see
things far away



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1
分）

SINGAPORE- Another Thai worker died in his sleep last Friday, the second such
death
in
the
past
three
days
and
the
10th
since
the
beginning
of
the
year.
Thongehai
Sombattra, 22, is said to be the youngest to have died mysteriously this year. A
total of 10 young Thai construction workers in their late 20s and 30s who appeared
well and healthy when they went to bed have died since the beginning of this year.
They were either found dead in the morning or had died suddenly in the middle on
the night after some difficulty in breathing.
From China Daily, March 19,1990
1. According to the passage ______.
A. Ten people died mysteriously during the last three days
B. Two people died mysteriously during the last three days
C. Two people have died mysteriously since the beginning of the year
D. Ten people died mysteriously before last Friday
2.
During
the
past
three
days,
Thongchai
Sombattra
died
last
Friday,
the
other
passed
away ______.
A. last Monday B. last Thursday C. last Thursday D. last Sunday
3. Thongchai Sombattra, who died mysteriously, _______.
A. was aged 22 B. was in his mid twenties
C. was not more than 20 years old D. was nearly 30 years old
4. Besides Thongchai Sombattra, the others could be _______.
A. from 25 years old to 38 years old B. from 20 years old to 39 years old
C. from 21 years old to 39 years old D. from 29 years old to 38 years old
5. ______ caused the ten Thai construction w
orkers’ death.

A. An unexpected accident B. High blood pressure
C. Heart trouble D. Something that was unknown



36
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1
分）

The
man
sitting
opposite
Robert
was
the
Financial
Controller.
Everybody
called
him
“the
FC”
for
short.
He
made
all
the
decisions
about
money.
Robert
needed
some
more.
That
was
why
he
had
to
see
him.
The
two
men
did
not
get
on
very
well.
In
fact,
they had always disliked each other.

“Your
request is out of the
question,” the FC said. Robert
had difficulty in
controlling
himself,
but
he
managed
somehow.
He
explained
that
he
wanted
the
money
in order to make more programmes.

“And why do you

want to do that?” the FC asked sharply. Again, Robert almost
lost his temper. “Because more and more people are listening to my department’s
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programmes. There’s great demand for them,” he answered.

The FC did not seem to believe him. But Robert had a report on the numbers of
listeners
to
all
EBC
programmes.
The
FC
became
less
confident
(
自信
).
Robert
threw
the report down on the table and told him to read it.
The
FC
looked
at
it
in
silence.
The
figures
(
数字
)
proved
that
he
had
been
wrong,
but
he
did
not
want
to
admit
it.
“
Well,
”
he
finally
said,
“
I
may
have
made
a
small
mistake.
”
Robert
noticed
the
word
“
may.
”
He
got
up
to
leave.
But
he
had
the
feeling
that he would get the money after all.
1. In the story the Financial Controller was a person who was in charge of

A. Robert’s department’s programmes. B. EBC programmes.

C. EBC money. D. both B and C.
2. “Your request is out of the question.”Here “out of the question”means

A.
without
any
questionB.
with
some
question. C.
impossible. D.
possible.
3. Robert decided to make more programmes because
A. he wanted to meet the needs of the listeners.

B. “the FC”disliked him

C. the members of his department wanted him to do so.
D. he wanted to show himself off.
4.
Why were more and more people listening to Robert’s programmes?

A. Because he always lost his temper (
脾气
).

B. Because he disliked “the FC.”

C. Because the programmes were rich and to the taste of the listeners.

D. We don’t know.

5. Who do you think won the argument(
争论
)in the end?
A. The Financial Controller. B. Robert. C. Nobody. D. The listeners.



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1
分）

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived
alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading
with
foreign
countries.
When
he
was
seventy
—
five,
he
gave
?

12,000
to
the
village
school to buy land and equipment (
设备
) for a children
’
s playground.
As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a
newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and
expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be
healthy
at
seventy
—
five.
Johnson
had
a
sense
of
humour
(
幽默
).
He
liked
whisky
(
威
士忌酒
)
and
drank
some
each
day.
“
I
have
an
injection
(
注射
)
in
my
neck
each
evening.
”
he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he
reported
that
Johnson
was
seventy
—
five
and
had
a
daily
injection
in
his
neck.
Within
a week Johnson received
thousands of letters
from all over Britain, asking him for
the secret of his daily injection.
1. Johnson became a rich man through
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A.
doing
business. B.
making
whisky. C.
cheating. D.
buying
and
selling
land.
2. The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson
A. had no children. B. was a strange man.
C. was very fond of children. D. wanted people to know how rich he
was.
3. Many people wrote to Johnson to find out
A. what kind of whisky he had. B. how to live longer.
C.
how
to
become
wealthy. D.
in
which
part
of
the
neck
to
have
an
injection.
4. The newspaperman
A. should have reported what Johnson had told him.
B. s
houldn’t have asked Johnson what injection he had.

C. was eager to live a long life.
D. should have found out what Johnson really meant.
5. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant
that
A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening.
B. he needed an injection in the neck.
C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well.
D. there was something wrong with his neck.



38
、
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1
分）


“
I
’
m very tired from working here,
”
said Jean to her friend Kate,
”
I
’
m on
my
feet
from
morning
to
night.
For
the
first
quarter
of
the
day,
I
clean
up
the
counter
(
柜台
)
and
set
the
tables.
For
the
next
quarter,
I
help
in
the
kitchen.
For
the
second
half o
f my workday, I take orders at the counters.”


“
Kate, I wish I had your job,
”
Jean went on.
“
For four hours you just sit at
the cash register (
收款台
) taking in money.
”


“
But
I
spend
two
more
hours
in
the
kitchen
(
厨房
)
than
you
do,
”
said
Kate.
“
It
’
s
tiring
to
cook
over
a
hot
stove.
I
don
’
t
think
you
’
d
really
want
my
job.
In
fact,
I
’
d like your job.
”

1. Both Jean and Kate probably work in a
A. hotel B. library C. lab D. shop
2. How long did they work every day?
A. eight hours B. twelve hours. C. Ten hours D. Nine hours
3. How long did Kate spend in the kitchen?
A.
a
quarter
day.
B.
A
half
day. C.
One-third
day. D.
Three-fourths
day.
4. From this passage we can see that
A. they are both interested
in their work. B. their
work
is neither
tiring
nor
busy.

C. both of them are tired of their work. D. they’ve decided to give up their
work.
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5. Give a proper proverb (
谚语
) to Jean and Kate.

A. It’s never too late to learn.


B. It’s no use cry
ing over spilt milk.
C. The grass is always greener on the other side.
D. One swallow(
燕子
) does not make a summer.



39
、
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1
分）

In
1985
a
French
television
company
sent
its
reporters
to
the
Paris
Metro.
They
took cameras to see what passengers would do if they saw someone attached on the
platform or
in the trains. They
acted out
incidents. The incidents looked real but
they
were
all
done
with
the
help
of
actors.
However,
very
few
people
tried
to
help,
and most passengers pretended not to notice. in one incident, a foreigner was
attacked
by
three
men.
The
attack
was
on
a
train
which
was
quite
full,
and
although
one man tried to get the passengers to help, they all refused. It seems that such
behaviour(
行为
)
is
not
unusual,
but
the
question
is
why?
Is
it
a
problem
of
big
cities,
or
would
the
same
thing
happen
anywhere?
To
discuss
these
questions,
we
have
in
the
studio(
演播室
) Professor Wilson, who is an expert on the sub
ject…

1. Who did the experiment?
A. A French television company. B. The Paris Metro.
C. The City Government of Paris. D. Professor Wilson.
2. What did the experiment try to find out?
A. How a foreigner was attacked on the train.
B. How passengers helped each other on the platform.

C. Passengers’ reactions towards incidents.


D. Actors’ performances during incidents.

3. What was the finding of the experiment?
A. Passengers helped a lot during incidents.
B. Very few foreigners were on the train.
C. Very few passengers tried to help during incidents.
D. Some people were good at acting on the train.
4. Who do the underlined words one man refer to?
A. One of the three men who attacked a foreigner.
B. One of the actors who took part in the experiment.
C. One of the passengers who were on the train.
D. One of the reporters who were sent to the Paris Metro.



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1
分）

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in
bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of
that troublesome stuff(
东西
) they call
“
books
”
.
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I was going to have my examination
the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I
asked myself. I didn’t answer, In fact I dared not
.

The
clock
struck
twelve.”
Oh,
dear!”
I
cried.
“Ten
more
books
to
read
before
I
can
go
to
bed!”
We
pupils
are
the
most
wretched
creatures
in
the
world.
Dad
does
not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate(
绝望的
) now. I forgot all I had
learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed,
“
Oh,
God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards,
Amen.
”
My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them A few minutes later,
with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
1.
When
the
author
was
going
over
his
lessons,
all
the
others
in
the
house
were .
A. asleep B. outside C. working in bed D. quietly
laughing at him
2. He underlined word wretched in Paragraph 3 probably means .
A. very happy B. disappointed C. very unhappy D. hopeful
3. Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because .

A. it was too late at night
B. he was very tired

C. his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open


D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

4. What do you suppose happened to the author?
A. He went to a church to pray again B. He passed the exam by sheer luck
C. He failed in the exam D. He was punished by his teacher
5. The best title for the passage would be .
A. The Night Before the Examination B. Working Far into the Night
C. A Slow Student D. Going Over My Lessons



41
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1
分）

Douglas Grace talks about his ideal city of the future.
I
see
the
city
of
the
future
in
three
zones(
区域
)---inner(
部
),
middle
and
outer.
In
the
inner
zone
there
will
be
no
private(
私人的
)
cars.
Public
transport(
交通
)
will
be free and there will only be ambulances(
急救车
), fire engines, taxis and police
cars.
This
inner
zone
will
be
the
residential(
住宅的
)
and
recreational(
娱乐的
)
area
of the city. People will live there and go out to enjoy themselves----to cinemas
and restaurants. There will be parks
and open spaces, trees
and lakes, schools
and
universities.
This
way,
when
people
are
at
home,
they
can
go
out
easily
and
safely.
Just outside the inner zone there will be big car parks for all private cars.
The
banks
and
most
of
the
shops
and
hospitals
will
be
in
the
middle
zone.
These
are things that people don’t need every day.

All
the
factories
and
offices
will
be
in
the
outer
zone.
People
will
travel
out
of the center to work, and back to the center in the evenings. The inner zone will
be cleaner and better to live in and there will be more space for industry on the
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outside.
This
is
my
ideal
city
of
the
future---
a
very
beautiful
place!
But
I
don’t
really
think things will ever be like that!
1. Where will people live and go out to enjoy themselves?
A. In the middle zone. B. In the inner zone.
C. In the outer zone. D. In the inner and middle zone.
2. Where will big car parks be?
A. Just outside the middle zone. B. Just inside the middle zone.
C. Just outside the inner zone. D. Just inside the inner zone.
3. What will be in the middle zone?
A. The banks, hospitals and schools.
B. The banks, hospitals and police stations.
C. The banks, schools and car parks.
D. The banks, hospital and most of the shops.
4. Where will the factories and offices be?
A. In the outer zone. B. In the middle zone.
C. In the inner zone. D. In the middle and inner zone.
5. Douglas Grace is probably .
A. a painter B. a builder C. a town planner D. an
officer
6. Write these words in the zone where you will find them in Douglas Grace’s city

A==the inner zone B==outside the inner zone
C==the middle zone D==the outer zone
Hospital Office Bank Lake Cinema
School Park Car park Shops Factory




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1
分）

Baths and bothing have long been considered of medical importance to man. In
Greece
there
are
the
ruins(
废墟
)
of
a
water
system(
系统
)
for
baths
built
over
3,000
years ago. The Romans had warm public baths. In some baths, as many 3,000 persons
could bathe at the same time.
Treating disease by taking bathing has been popular for centuries. Modern
medical
bathing
first
be
came
popular
in
Europe
and
by
the
late
1700’s
has
also
become
popular in the United States.
For
many
years
frequent(
经常的
)
bathing
was
believed
to
be
bad
for
one
’
s
health.
Ordinary bathing just to keep clean was avoided(
避免
), and perfume was often used
to cover up body smells!

By the 1700’s doctors began to say that soap and water were good for health.
They
believed
that
it
was
good
for
people
to
be
clean.
Slowly,
people
began
to
bathe
more frequently. During the Victorian Age of the late 19th century, taking a bath
on Saturday night became common.
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In the United States ordinary bathing was slow to become popular. During the
18th
and
early
19th
centuries,
many
Americans
were
know
as
“The
Great
Unwashed!”
In
one
American
city
,
for
example,
a
person
was
only
allowed
to
take
a
bathe
every
thirty days! That was a law!
Frequency
of
bathing
today
is
partly
a
matter
of
habit.
People
know
that
bathing
for
cleanliness
is
important
to
health,
Doctors
know
that
dirty
bodies
increase
the
chance
of
diseases.
As
a
result,
in
the
United
States,
people
generally
bathe
often.
Some
people
bath
once
a
day
at
least.
They
consider
a
daily
bath
essential
(=necessary)
to good health.
1. A water system for baths was built by over 3,000 years ago.
A. the Romans B. the Greeks C. the Americans D. the Europeans
2. Dirty bodies can .

A. ruin one’s business B. caus
e disease
C. drive customers away D. cause good health
3. In the 18th century doctors believed that being clean was .
A. unimportant B. good for health C. harmful D. important
4. The underlined word perfume probably means .
A. a sweet smelling substance B. good health
C. a strange smelling substance D. large wealth
5. Which of the following gives the main idea of the passage?
A. Everybody in America takes a daily bath.
B. A bath a day keeps the doctor away.
C. Taking baths has become popular in the world.
D. Bathing has become easier and cheaper.



43
、
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1
分）

One
Sunday,
Mark
decided
to
go
sailing
in
his
boat
with
his
friend
Dan,
but
Dan
happened to be away. Dan’s brother John offered to g
o instead though he did not
know anything about sailing. Mark agreed and they set out to sea.
Soon they found themselves in a thick fog. Mark was sure they would be hit by
a big ship. Fortunately he saw a large buoy (
浮标
) through the fog and decided to
tie
the
boat
to
it
for
safety.
As
he
was
getting
onto
the
buoy,
however,
he
dropped
the wet rope. The boat moved away in the fog carrying John, Who did not know how
to
use
the
radio.
He
drifted
(
漂流
)
about
and
was
not
seen
until
twelve
hours
later.
Mark spent the night on the buoy. In the early morning he fell asleep. He was
having a bad dream when a shout woke him up. A ship, the Good Hope, came up and he
climbed onto it and thanked the captain. The captain told him that John had been
picked
up
by
anoth
er
ship
and
the
ship’s
captain
had
sent
out
a
message.
“Without
the message I would not have found you on the buoy,” he said.

1
. Why didn’t Mark and Dan go sailing together?

A. Dan asked his brother to go instead
B. Dan was in some other place
C. Mark was in some other place D. Mark would like to go with John
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2. Mark tried to tie the boat to the buoy so that .
A. he could spend the night on it while John was looking for help
B. he and John could go sailing again when the fog cleared

C. it wouldn’t be hit by other ships

D. he might be picked up by a passing ship
3. John and Mark became separated because .

A. there wasn’t room for both John and Mark on the buoy


B. John couldn’t control the boat and drifted away

C. Ma
rk thought it safe to stay on the buoy but John didn’t

D. John had to stay in the boat to radio for help
4. What made it possible for Mark to be found on the buoy?
A. John told people where to look for him.
B. John radioed to the Good Hope to get him.
C. He shouted when he caught sight of the Good Hope.
D. The captain saw him as the fog cleared.
5. The word he in the last sentence refers to .
A. the captain that got the message B. the captain that sent the message
C. John
D. Mark



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、
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1
分）

High in the Swiss Alps many years ago, there lived a lonely shepherd boy who
longed
for
a
friend
to
share
his
evenings.
One
night
he
saw
three
old
men,
each
holding
a glass.
The first old man said
：

“
Drink this liquid and you shall be victorious in
battle.
”

The
second
old
man
said
：

“
Drink
this
liquid
and
you
shall
have
countless
riches.
”

The last old man said
：

“
I offer you the happiness of music----- the horn(
号
角
).
”

The
boy
chose
the
third
glass,
The
next
day,
he
came
upon
a
great
horn,
ten
feet
in length, When he put his lips to it, a beautiful melody(
旋律
) floated across the
valley. He had found a friend.
So
goes
the
legend(
传说
)
of
the
horn,
First
known
in
the
ninth
century,
the
horn
was
used
by
herdsmen(
牧人
)
to
call
cattle,
for
its
deep
tones
echoed(
发出回声
)
across
the mountainsides. Even today, on a quiet summer evening, its music can be heard
floating among the peaks(
山顶
).
1. What detail about the shepherd boy does the passage tell us?
A. His lonely job B. His age, C. His name D. His singing ability
2. Why did the boy choose to drink the glass offered by the last old man?
A.
The
boy
liked
the
old
man. B.
The
boy
didn’t
like
the
other
old
man.

C. The boy loved music. D. The boy was thirsty.
3. After the shepherd boy found the horn, he discovered it was _____.
A. stolen from someone else B. very easy to carry with him
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C impossible to play D. like a new-found friend
4. Today the horn is heard in the Swiss Alps _____.
A. when it snows B. in summer C. when it rains D only in winter
5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Hobbies of Shepherd Boys B. The Legend of the Horn
C. The History of the Swiss Alps D. The Dreams of Shepherd Boys



45
、
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1
分）

A pretty, well
—
dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and a said
to the driver, “Do you see that young man at the other side of the square?”


“
Yes,
”
said
the
taxi
driver.
The
young
man
was
standing
outside
a
restaurant
and looking impatiently (
不耐烦地
) at his watch every few seconds.

“Take me over there,”said
the young lady.

There
were
a
lot
of
cars
and
buses
in
the
square,
so
the
taxi
driver
asked,
“Are
you afraid to cross the street?”


“Oh, no!” said the young lady. “But
I promised that I would meet the young
man for lunch at one o’ clock, and it is n
ow a quarter to two. If I arrive in a
taxi, it will at least seems as if I had tried not to be late.”

1. How did the young woman get to the square?
A. She arrived in a taxi. B. She drove there in a car.
C. She got there by bus.
D. The story doesn’t tell us.

2. Why did the lady stop the taxi?
A. Because she didn
’
t want to be late for her appointment(
约会
).
B. Because she wanted to get out of the taxi.
C. Because she wanted to go to the restaurant in it.
D. Because she was afraid of walking across the street.
3. The young man at the other side of the square
A. had probably been waiting for a long time.
B. had some problem with his watch.
C. was probably a waiter of the restaurant.
D. was someone the you
ng lady didn’t want to see.

4. The young lady was
A. clever at making excuse. B. not late at all.
C. 45 minutes earlier. D. 15 minutes late.
5. Had she tried not to be late?
A. Yes, she had tried her best.
B. No, she was just pretending that she had tried.
C. Yes, she had tried but she was still late.
D. No, she thought being late was better than being early.



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、
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1
分）

A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train.
He had never seen them before, so began,
“
My name is Stone, and I
’
m even harder
than stone, so do what I tell you or there
’
ll be trouble. Don
’
t try any tricks
(
诡计
) with me, an
d then we’ll get on well together.”

Then
he
went
to
each
soldier
one
after
the
other
and
a
sked
him
his
name,
“Speak
loudly
so
that
everyone
can
hear
you
clearly,”he
said,
“and
don’t
forget
to
call
me ‘sir’.”

Each soldier told him name, until he came to the last one. This man remained
silent. and so Captain Stone shouted at him,
“
when I ask you a question, answer
it! I
’
ll ask you again
：
What
’
s your name, soldier?
”

The
soldier
was
very
unhappy,
but
at
last
he
replied,
“
My
name
’
s
Stonebreaker,
sir,
”
he said nervously (
紧地
).
1. The officer was strict
A. because the soldiers were new. B. with any of his soldiers, new or old.
C. because he was named Stone. D. only when he was before soldiers.
2. According to what the officer said,
A. obeying his orders would sometimes bring no trouble.
B. trouble would come if anybody made tricks.
C. he always got on well with his soldiers.
D. he often had trouble with his soldiers.
3. The last soldier remained silent because

A. he didn’t like the way the officer spoke to them.

B. he wanted to see what would happen if he disobeyed his order.
C. the question was difficult for him to answer.
D. he was afraid the officer would be angry when he heard his name.
4. According to the officer, how to answer the question,“How old are you ?”

A. (sadly)Twenty, sir. B. (clearly)Twenty.
C.
(loudly)Twenty,
sir D.
(quickly)Ten
years
younger
than
you,
sir
5. Which is the best title (
题目
) for the passage?
A. A Clever Answer B. A Terrible Answer
C. A Sorry Answer D. A Strange Answer



47
、
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1
分）


Paul couldn’t sleep last night. He woke up early and sat up, and then he lay
down again. He felt
terrible. “I must be sick,” he thought. “but I must study
for that test.”

He
got
up
and
looked
for
his
history
notebook.
He
finally
found
it
under
a
pile
of clothes on a chair. He went over his history notes, but he couldn’t remember
any of the facts i
n the notes. “What shall I do?” he thought. He felt terrible.


Just then Paul’s telephone rang. He put down his notebook and picked up the
telephone.
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“Good morning,” Jack’s voice said, “You must be wrong about that test.”


“What do you mean?” Pau
l asked weakly.

“We’re
not
going
to
have
the
test
today.”
Jack
said.
“I
wrote
down
the
date
in my notebook. The test will be next Wednesday; it isn’t to
day. How do you feel
this morning?”


“Fine,” said Paul. “Just fine!” Suddenly he really felt fine
.
1. Paul felt uneasy because he
A. was seriously ill. B. was too tired.

C.
was
worried
about
the
coming
test. D.
couldn’t

find
his
history
notebook.
2. It seemed that Paul
A. was good at history. B. liked to study history.
C. lost interest in history. D. was ready for the history test.
3. What made Paul feel fine at once?
A. The telephone call. B. the coming test.

C.
Jack’s
notebook D.
The
fact
that
the
te
st
was
not
to
be
given
that day.
4. “How do you feel this morning?” From this question we can see Jack

A. knew Paul. B. knew Paul very well.
C. wanted to help Paul with his history. D. would lend Paul his notebook..
5. We can guess from the passage that
A. Jack was as poor at history as Paul. B. Jack was as good at history as
Paul.
C. Jack was better
at history than Paul. D. Jack
was poorer at history than
Paul.



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、
（
1
分）

The Antarctica is a actually a desert. It is the only continent on the earth
without a river or a lake.
The
Antarctica
is
all
ice
all
year
round.
The
warmest
temperature
ever
recorded
(
所记录的
)
there is zero, at the
South Pole. Explorers
(
探险家
)
used
to
think that
a
place
so
cold
would
have
a
heavy
snowfall.
But
less
than
ten
inches
of
snow
falls
each year. That is less than half an inch of water. Ten times that much moisture
(
水份
) falls in parts of the Sahara.
The little snow that falls in Antarctica never melts (
融化
). It continues to
pile up deeper and deeper year after year and century after century. When the snow
gets to be about eighty feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of snow above
it .
1. Antarctica is called a desert because it
A. is sandy. B. has the same temperature as a
desert.
C.
has
little
moisture
and
no
lakes
or
rivers. D.
there
are
no
people
there.
2. Antarctica has
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A. ten times as much moisture as the Sahara.
B. the same amount of moisture as the Sahara.
C. about one
—
tenth of the moisture of the Sahara.
D. none of the above.
3. The snow in Antarctica is very deep because it
A. never stops falling. B. piles up year after year.
C. never melts. D. both B and C.
4. The snow turns to ice when
A. it gets wet. B. the next snowfall comes.
C.
the
temperature
gets
colder. D.
the
snow
above
it
is
heavy
enough.
5. The best title (
题目
) for the passage is
A. A Strange Continent B. An Ice Continent

C. Snowfall at the South Pole D. The World’s Desert




49
、
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1
分）


Today I’ll be talking about the invention
of the camera and photography. The
camera is often thought to be a modern invention, but as early as 1727, a German
physicist discovered that light darkens silver salt. Used as a camera, a big box
was
set
up,
and
a
small
hole
was
cut
in
one
side
to
let
the
light
in;
he
made
temporary
pictures
on
the
salt.
Silver
salt
is
still
the
base
of
the
photographic
film
today.
Then
a
French
scientist
made
the
first
permanent
(
永久的
)
picture
by
using
a
special
piece
of
metal
which
was
covered
with
silver
salt.
A
photograph
he
made
in
1826
still
exists.
The painter De Gear improved the process (
制作法
) by covering the metal also
with placing the common salt which we can eat. This was in 1839, the official date
of beginning of photographs. But the problem was the printing of the photographs.
And it wasn
’
t until other scientists developed the kind of photographic paper we
now use
that
good
prints were possible and photography
became truly modern. In the
1870’s,
Matthew
Bradey
was
able
to
take
his
famous
pictures
in
American
Civil
War.
In the 20’s of this ce
ntury, Georges Mann of the United States simplified film
developing (
冲洗
), and Dr Edward Lane invented the so
—
called
‘
Instant Camera
’

which
uses
self
—
developing
film.
If
we
say
photography
came
into
existence
in
1839,
it follows that it took more than 100 years for the camera to reach its present
condition of technical refinement(
密度
).
1. What discovery was the basis of photography?
A.
Light
darkens
silver
salt. B.
Light
darkens
natural
salt.
C.
Light
darkens
silver.
























D.
Light
darkens
self--developing film
2. How was the first permanent picture made?
A. By making use of special paper. B. By adding common salt to
silver salt.
C.
By
giving
a
slight
colour
to
the
silver
salt. D.
By
using
a
special
piece
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of metal.
3. What does the speaker regard as the official date of beginning of photography?
A. 1727 B. 1826 C. 1839 D. 1870
4. According to the speaker why is Matthew Bradey remembered today?
A. He was a soldier. B. He took war photographs.
C. He painted portraits. D. He designed a portable camera.
5. What did Doctor Edward Lane invent?
A. A cheap process of developing film at home.
B. A new kind of film.
C. An automatic printer.

D. An ‘instant camera’ that develops its ow
n film.



50
、
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1
分）

The fiddler crab (
蟹
) is a living clock. It indicates(=shows) the time of day
by
the
colour
of
its
skin,
which
is
dark
by
day
and
pale
by
night.
The
crab
’
s
changing
colour
follows
a
regular
twenty
—
four
hour
plan
that
exactly
matches
the
daily
rhythm
(
节奏
) of the sun.

Does the crab actually keep time, or does its skin simply answer to the sun’s
rays, changing colour according to the amount of light strikes it? To find out,
biologists kept crabs in a dark room for two months. Even without daylight, the
crab’s skin colour continued to change exactly on time.

This
characteristic
(
特性
)
probably
developed
gradually
in
answer
to
the
daily
rising and setting of the sun, to help protect the crab from sunlight and enemies.
After
millions
of
years
it
has
become
completely
regulated
(
受控制
)
inside
the
living
body of the crab.
The biologists noticed that once each day the colour of the fiddler crab is
especially
dark,
and
that
each
day
this
happens
fifty
minutes
later
than
on
the
day
before.
From
this
they
discovered
that
each
crab
follows
not
only
the
rhythm
of
the
sun but also that of the tides (
潮水
). The crab
’
s period of greatest darkening is
exactly the time of low tide on the beach where it was cought!
1. The fiddler crab is like a clock because it changes colour ______.
A in a regular 24
—hour rhythm B. in answer to the sun’s rays

C. at low tide D. every fifty minutes
2. The crab’s changing colour ______.

A. tells
the crab what time it is B. protects the
crab
from
the sunlight
and enemies
C. keeps the crab warm D. is of no real use
3. When the fiddler crabs were kept in the dark , they ______.
A. did not change colour B. changed colour more quickly
C. changed colour more slowly D. changed colour on the same timetable
4. The crab’s colour—
changing ability was probably developed ______.
A. in the process of evolution (
进化
) B. over millions of years
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C. by the work of biologists D. both A and B
5. The best title for this selection would be ______.
A. The Sun and the Tides B. Discoveries in Biology
C. A scientific Study D. A Living Clock



51
、
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1
分）

Everyone
knows
what
a
needle
is.
Of
course
there
are
needles
and
needles,
Needles
for
sewing
machines,
needles
for
injection(
注射
),
you
name
it.
But
few
people
think
of the wonder a needle works in the hands of those who practice acupuncture(
针刺
疗法
).
During
the past ten
years of so,
I have been suffering from terrible headache.
It
seems
to
be
getting
from
bad
to
worse
these
days
.
Last
night
I
got
a
sudden
pain
in
my
head.
It
was
so
terrible
that
I
could
hardly
bear(
忍受
)it.
Although
I
swallowed
all
kinds
of
pain- killers(
止痛药
),
I
didn
’
t
feel
any
better,
It
seemed
that
there
was nothing I could do but phone for a doctor.
One of our neighbours happened to be with us. He was not a doctor, but he
timidly(
胆怯地
) offered his help, saying
“
Do you mind if I tried acupuncture on
you? These needles may possibly do you some good.
”
I agreed. In a moment, he had
taken out a few needles from his purse. Without a moment
’
s delay, he fixed a few
needles into the skin on my head here and there, Before long, I felt thoroughly
relieved(
缓解疼痛
).
Just
then,
the
doct
or
sped
through
my
house
and
said,
“Where
is
our
patient?”


“Sorry, Doctor, You are too late, It’s killed!” I answered in delight.


It’s miracle , isn’t it?

1. The underlined word name in the first paragraph means to
A.
give
a
name
to
the
needles B.
name
as
many
kinds
of
needle
as
you
can
think of
C. call the needles by the name of needles D. say the name of a needle
2. The underlined phrase from bad to worse in the second paragraph refers to the
man’s

A. character B. life C. headache D. health
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. the neighbour fixed needles on his own head
B. The neighbour is a kind-hearted person.

C. The man’s pain was killed befo
re the doctor arrived
D. Soon after the acupuncture, the man was completely recovered.
4. The sentences” You are too late. It’s killed .” mean
that
A. the pain was killed because the doctor came late
B. the man was killed because the doctor came too late

C. before the doctor came the man’s headache was already cured

D. it was too late and the man had gone way
5. The passage tells us that .
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A. everyone knows that acupuncture is a miracle
B. the neighbour wanted to use acupuncture on every patient
C. the effect of acupuncture on the man was unbelievable
D. the patient did not believe in acupuncture



52
、
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1
分）

People
used
to
say,
“
The
hand
that
rocks
(
摇
)
the
cradle
(
摇篮
)
rules
the
world.
”

and
“
Behind every successful man there is a woman.
”

Both these sayings mean the same thing. Men rule the world, but their mothers
and wives rule them..
Most American women wish to make their husbands and sons successful, but some
of them want more for themselves. They want good jobs. When they work they want to
be better paid. They want to be as successful as men.

The
American
women’s
liberation
movement
w
as
started
by
women
who
didn’t
want
to
stand
behind
successful
men.
They
wanted
to
stand
beside
men,
with
the
same
chance
for success. They refused to work side by side with men who do the same work for
a higher pay.
A liberated woman must be proud of being a woman and have confidence (
自信
) in
herself.
If
somebody
says
to
her,
“
You
have
come
a
long
way,
baby.
”
she
will
smile
and answer,
“
Not nearly as far as I
’
m going to go, baby!
”


This movement is quite new, and many American women don’t agree yet.
But it
has
alr
eady
made
some
important
changes
in
women’s
lives
---
in
men’s
lives,
too.

1. “Behind every successful man there is a woman” means_______.

A. men are always successful but not women
B. women are not willing to stand in front of men
C. women do play
an important part in men’s lives and work

D. women can be as successful as men
2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Some American women want to work side by side with men and get the same pay
for
the same work.
B. Most American women want to be more successful than men.
C. Not every American woman wants to get a job.

D. The American women’s liberation movement did make some changes in women’s
lives.
3. According to the passage, many American women today are ________
。

A. still going a long way to work
B. working at easier jobs than men
C. unwilling to work side by side with men
D. willing to be less important than men as they used to
4. “Not nearly as far as I’m going to go”means ______.


A. I’m still goin
g to work farther away from home
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B. I’m not going to work far away from home


C. I’m not satisfied with what I’ve done

D. What I have done is not far from success
5. The American women’s liberation movement ________.

A. have still a long way to go B. is a failure
C. was started by many successful women D. is a new thing not accepted by
the writer



53
、
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1
分）

The home computer industry has been growing rapidly in the United States for
the last ten years . Computers used to be large, expensive machines that were very
difficult
to
use
.
But
scientists
and
technicians
have
been
making
them
smaller
and
cheaper
while
at
the
same
time
they
have
been
made
easier
to
use.
As
a
result,
their
popularity
has
been
increasing
as
more
people
have
been
buying
computers
for
their
homes
and
businesses.
Computers
have
been
designed
to
store
information
and
compute
problems
that
are
difficult
for
human
beings
to
work
out.
Some
have
voices
that
speak
with the operators. Stores use computers to keep records of their inventories(
库
存货物
) and
to send bills to their customers(
顾客
) . Offices use
computers to copy
letters,
record
business
and
keep
in
touch
with
other
offices.
People
have
been
using
computers in their homes to keep track of the money they spend.
One
important
new
use
for
computers
is
for
entertainment(
娱乐
).
Many
new
games
have
been
designed
to
be
played
on
the
computers.
People
of
all
ages
have
been
playing
these games, People also have been buying home computers to play computer games,
watch movies and
listen
to concerts
at home. They have become very popular indeed.
1. Computers used to _____.
A. work rapidly B. be large and expensive
C. be easy to use D. be used for fun
2. In recent years , computers are being made ______.
A. larger and more expensive B. smaller and cheaper
C. more difficult to use D. to work more slowly
3. Home computers can be used for ______.
A. writing letters B. playing games C. doing business D. all of the
above
4. Salesmen use computers mainly to ______.
A. check the list of goods and materials that are kept in the store house
B. play games for pleasure
C. talk with their friends
D. write letters
5. The best title for the passage would be _______.
A. New Uses For Computers B. The Popularity of Home Computers
C. The Home Computer Industry D. Computers At Home

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54
、
（
1
分）

Hank
Viscardi
was
born
without
legs.
He
had
—
not
legs
but
stumps(
残肢
)
that
could
he fitted with a kind of special boots, People stared at him with cruel interest.
Children
laughed
at
him
and
called
him
‘
Ape
Man
’
(
猿人
)
because
his
arms
practically
dragged on the ground.
Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only
eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating
from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table,
or
worked
in
one
of
the
college
offices.
During
all
this
busy
life,
he
had
been
moving
around
on
his
stumps.
But
one
day
the
doctor
told
him
even
the
stumps
were
not
going
to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair.
Hank
felt
himself
got
cold
all
over.
However,
the
doctor
said
there
was
a
chance
that he could be fitted with artificial legs(
假腿
). Finally a leg maker was found
and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror, For the first time he saw
himself
as
he
has
always
wanted
to
be
——
a
full
five
feet
eight
inches
tall.
By
this
time he was already 26 years old.
Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length
of
the
room
,
and
marched
back
again.
There
were
times
when
he
fell
down
on
the
floor,
but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the
street.
He
climbed
stairs
and
learned
to
dance.
He
built
a
boat
and
learned
to
sail
it.
When World War II came ,
he talked the Red Cross
into giving
him
a job. He took
the
regular
training.
he
marched
and
drilled
along
with
the
other
soldiers.
Few
knew
that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.
1. Children laughed at Hank and called him ‘Ape Man’ because ______.

A. he d
idn’t talk to them

B. he kept away from them
C. his arms touched the ground when he moved
D. he couldn
’t use his arms

2. It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is ______.
A. an average height for a fully grown person B. too tall for an average
person
C. too short for an average person D. none of the above
3. The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the
Red Cross _____.
A. was only glad to give him a job
B. gave him a job because he was a good soldier
C. gave him a job after he talked to someone whom he knew in the organization
D. was not willing to give him a job at first
4. When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he ______.
A. did everything the other soldiers did
B. did most of the things the other soldiers did
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C. did some of the things the other soldiers did
D. took some special training
5. The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi _______.
A. had no friends B. never saw himself as different from others
C. was very shy D. was too proud to accept help from others



55
、
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1
分）

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And
even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is
what
‘keeping
up
with
the
Joneses’
is
about,
It
is
the
story
of
someone

who
tried
to look as rich as his neighbours.
The
expression
was
first
used
in
1913
by
a
young
American
called
Arthur
Momand.
He told this story about himself. He began earning $$ 125 a week at the age of 23.
That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to
a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people
rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people
had
servants.
Momand
and
his
wife
also
hired
a
servant
and
gave
big
parties
for
their
new neighbours.

It
was
like
a
race,
but
one
could
never
finish
this
race
because
one
was
always
trying
to
keep
up.
The
race
ended
for
Momand
and
his
wife
when
they
could
no
longer
pay
for
their
new
way
of
life.
They
moved
back
to
an
apartment(
公寓房间
)
in
New
York
City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep
up
with
rich
life--style
of
their
neighbours.
He
saw
the
funny
side
of
it
and
started
to
write
a
series
(
系列
)
of
short
stories,
He
called
it
‘
Keeping
up
with
the
Joneses
’

becau
se
‘Jones’
is
a
very
common
name
in
the
United
States.’
Keeping
up
with
the
Joneses’ came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you.
Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across
the country for over 28
years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are
‘Jonses’ in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up
with
the
Joneses
because
no
matter
what
one
does,
Mr.
Jones
always
seems
to
be
ahead.
1. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.
A. want to be as rich as their neighbours
B. want others to know or to think that they are rich

C. don’t want others to know they are rich

D. want to be happy
2. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ________.
A. live outside New York City B. live in New York City
C. live in apartments D. have many neighbours
3. The underlined word neighbourhood in the second paragraph means ________.
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A. a person who lives near another B. people living in an area
C. an area near the place referred to D. an area in another town or city
4. Arthur Momand used the name ‘Jones’ in his series of short stories because’
Jones’
is ________.
A. an important name B. a popular name in the United States

C. his neighbour’s name D. not a good name

5. According to the writer, it is to keep up with the Joneses.
A. correct B. interesting C. impossible D. good



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Precipitation, commonly referred to as rainfall(
降雨量
), is a measure of the
quantity
of
water
in
the
form
of
either
rain,
hall(
雹子
),
or
snow
which
reaches
the
ground,
The
average
annual(
每年的
)
precipitation
over
the
whole
of
the
United
States
is thirty-six inches. It should be understood, however, that a foot of snow is not
equal
to
a
foot
of
precipitation.
A
general
formula(
公
式
)
for
computing
the
precipitation of snowfall(
降雪量
) is that thirty-- eight inches of snow is equal
to one inch of precipitation. In New York State, for example, seventy-six inches
of
snow
in
one
year
would
be
recorded
as
only
two
inches
of
precipitation.
The
total
annual precipitation Forty inches of rain would be recorded as forty inches of
precipitation.
The
total
annual
precipitation
would
be
recorded
as
forty-two
inches.
1. The word “precipitation” includes _____.

A. only rainfall B. rain, hail, and snow
C. rain, snow, and fog D. rain, snow, and ice
2. What is the average annual rainfall in inches in the United States?
A. Thirty-six inches B. Thirty-eight inches
C. Forty inches D. Forty-two inches
3. If a state has 152 inches of snow in a year. by how much does this increase the
annual precipitation?
A.
By
two
feet B.
By
four
inches C,
By
four
feet D.
By
152
inches
4. Another word which is often used in place of precipitation is ______.
A. wetness B. snowfall C. rainfall D. dryness



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Driving a car at high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You need only to
follow the bright traffic(
交通
) signs beside the highways and it will take you to
where you wish.
But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver has to
have
not
only
good
driving
skills
but
also
a
good
knowledge
of
the
city
of
a
London,
from the smallest lane(
小巷
) to the most popular bar(
酒吧
) around. He has to be at
the service of all kinds of passengers at all times.
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A certain London taxi driver told of his job as follows.
During the night it is quite usual for him to stop two or three times for some
refreshments (
点心
). He said.
“
I never drink when I
’
m working ---- I would lose
my licence(
执照
).
”

He normally goes home
between 2 and 3 O’clock in the night, There are times
he
has
to
stay
longer
and
try
to
make
more
runs.
He
said,
“That’s
the
worst
thing
about working for yourself. If you don’t make the money , no one is going to give
it to you.”


London
taxi
drivers
not
only
‘
take
’
but
also
‘
give
’
,
Every
summer
hundreds
of children from London will go for a day at the sea--- by taxi! Their rides are
paid by the taxi drivers, and these fares(
车费
) all go to the
‘
London Taxi Fund
for Underprivileged Children.
’ At the sea.
they are met by the mayor, and a lunch
party is also held in honour of the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy
day running around the sea beaches and visiting the market, the children go home
again-- by taxi, and free of charge, of course!
1. To be a London driver is not easy because ______.
A. he has to follow the bright traffic signs
B. he has to have good driving skills and know all the places in the city
C. he has to serve all kinds of passengers at all times
D. both B. and C
2. The London taxi drivers _______.
A. work hard because on one would give them money for doing nothing
B. never stop driving in the city

C. only work between 2 and 3 o’clock in the night

D. are very rich
3. The author of the passage says that _______.
A. the taxi driver works longer than is necessary
B. the more runs the taxi driver makes, the more he gets

C. the taxi driver doesn’t like to work for others

D. the taxi drivers in the city not only take money but also give money
4. London taxi driver _______.

A. take money because they have to pay for the children’s ride

B. go to the sea for a day in the summer
C. pay the fares for the poor children to the sea for a day once every year
D. give the poor children a free ride for a day at the sea once every year
5. The underlined words Underprivileged Children mean children _______.
A. of low income families B. who like to travel in taxi
C. who wish to go to sea but have no money D. from London



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People
living
in
the
country
enjoy
several
advantages
that
people
living
in
the
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city cannot enjoy.
They are in close
contact (
接触
) with nature. They make friends with trees and
stones. owns can dogs. They breathe fresh air. They fight with strong winds. They
listen to the song of birds.
This contact with nature is good for health. There are many diseases that are
common
in
the
city,
but
are
not
to
be
found
in
the
country,
For
example,
near---sightedness is almost unknown to country people.
Because of the absence of cars, one can walk more freely in the country than
in the city, There are no rules of the road nor traffic signs to obey.
People living in the country can easily get fresh vegetables, fresh fruit and
fresh milk, Are they get them at lower prices than in the city.
Country life is economical (
节俭的
) in other ways, too. There are practically
no temptations to waste money.
Country people are mostly honest. They say what they mean, and make and keep
promises
with
sincerity
(
诚意
).
They
do
not
put
on
air
(
摆架子
).
They
do
not
pretend
to
have
those
ridiculous
(
荒谬的
)
manners
which
are
necessary
in
what
we
call
polite
society.
1. What can’t country people often enjoy?

A. Musical concerts. B. Fresh air. C. Song of birds. D. Close contact
with nature.
2. What is probably more expensive in the country than in the city?
A. Vegetables. B. Beer. C. Milk. D. Fruit.
3. What is NOT true of country life?
A. The traffic accident rate is very high in the country.
B. Living in the country saves one a lot of money.
C. Country people enjoy better health than the city people.
D. Country people are honest.
4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. People living in the country enjoy no advantages.
B. People living in the city are in close contact with nature.
C. People living in the country suffer from more diseases than those living in
the city.
D. The prices of farm products are lower in the country than in the city.
5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Disadvantages of Living in the Country.
B. The Expenses of Living in the Country.
C. Country Life.
D. Healthy Country People.



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One
of
the
favorite
foods
in
the
United
States
is
the
hamburger(
汉堡包
),
a
kind
of flat found bread with fine-cut beef(
牛肉
)in between. The favorite place to buy
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a hamburger
is a fast food restaurant At
fast
food restaurants,
people order their
food, wait a few minutes to get it over the counter, and carry it to their tables
themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their
cars
or
in
their
homes.
At
some
fast
food
restaurants
,
people
can
order
their
food,
pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars.
There
are
many
kinds
of
fast
food
restaurants
in
the
United
States,
Most
of
the
restaurants
sell
hamburgers
or
other
popular
foods
among
Americans,
In
addition(
另
外
), there are many fast food restaurants that serve Chinese food, Italian food,
chicken, seafood and ice-cream. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular
that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.
Fast food restaurants are popular because they show the American way of life,
First , they are not formal restaurants. People wear any type of dress when they
go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to
spend time preparing
their food
or waiting while someone else prepares it. In fast
food restaurants the food is usually ready before the customer even orders it.
Finally , most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive. Therefore, people
can
often
eat
at
a
fast
food
restaurant
without
spending
too
much
money,
while
they
may not be able to go to more expensive restaurants very often.
1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Chinese food is also served in some fast food restaurants.
B. People can have almost every kind of food in fast food restaurants.
C. Fast food is usually expensive.
D. Fast food can be taken out of the restaurants .
2. Fast food restaurants are popular because they _______ .
A. are many B. are fast
C. are expensive restaurants D. serve expensive food
3. According to the writer, American people ______.
A. are always busy
B. prefer ordinary type of dress
C. do not want to spend too much time preparing their food
D. go to more expensive restaurant very often
4. According to the passage., the favorite restaurants in the U.S. are _____.
A. the Chinese restaurants B. the fast food restaurants
C. more expensive restaurants D. less expensive restaurants
5. The best title for this passage would be ______.
A. Fast Food Restaurants in the U.S B. The Favorite Food in the U.S
C. The American Way of Life D. Different kinds of Restaurants



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分）

The
following
is
a
piece
of
international
news
in
China
Daily,
March
13th,
1994.
A train derailment yesterday in this town just south of the capital, Brussels
(
布鲁塞尔
),
killed
one
passenger
and
hurt
more
than
two
dozen,
some
seriously,
The
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