100 篇閱讀測驗養成訓練
100 篇閱讀測驗養成訓練
by David Pai
A
When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scoresof our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of0pt a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “You’re all going.”
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages(孤兒院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
56. Without Mr. Clark, the writer _______.
A. might have been put into prison B. might not have won the prize
C. might have joined a women’s club D. might not have moved to Atlanta
57. The Essential___55___is _______.
A. a show B. a speech C. a classroom rule D. a book
58. How many students’names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark?
A. None B. Three &nbsnp; C. Fifty-five. D. All.
59. In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that _______.
A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked travelling
B. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs
C. a good teacher can help raise his or her students’ scores
D. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students
B
A small town in southwest Britain is banning(禁止) plastic bags in an attempt to help the environment and cut waste－a step that environmentalists believe is a first for Europe.
Shopkeepers in Modbury population 1, 500, agreed to stop handing out disposable plastic bags to customers on Saturday. They said paper sacks and cloth carrier bags would be offered instead.
Last month, San Franciso became the first U. S. city to ban plastic grocery bags. Internationally, laws to discourage the use of plastic bags have been passed in parts of South Africa and Ireland, where govermments either tax shoppers who use them or fine companies that hand them out. Bangladesh already bans them, and so do at least 30 remote Alaskan villages.
Modbury, about 225 miles southwest of London, has also declared a bag ammesty(寬限期), allowing local people to hand in plastic bags that have piled up at home. They will be sent for a recveling.
The Modbury ban was the idea of Rebecca Hosking, who saw the effect of bags on manne life while working in the Pacific as a wildlife camerawoman. She said response(反應) in the town so far had been “really positive”.
“Modbury is quite an old-fashioned town and a lot of people have wicker baskets to go out shopping anyway,” Hosking told Sky News Television.
The Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research agency, states that 100 billion plastic bags are thrown away each year in the United States alone. More than 500 billion are used yearly around the world.
60. What was Rebecca Hosking?
A. A lawyer. B. An environmentalist.
C. A sailor. D. A photographer.
61. The underlined word “disposable” in the passage probably means ______.
A. acceptable B. valuable C. throw-away D. long-lasting
62. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A. most of the people in Modbury continue to use plastic bags
B. fewer and fewer plastic bags will be used in the world.
C. San Francisco is the first city to ban plastic bags in the world
D. most countries in the world have passed laws to ban plastic bags
63. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. Environmental Protection
B. Big Cities Banning Plastic Bags
C. Effect of Plastic Fags on Sea Animals
D. British Town Banning Plastic Bags
C
Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars(火星), and say they could be protecting life from the planet’s terrible environment.
The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear as seven anysterious black dots on the pictures sent back by NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter. Each as large as a football field, they may be openings into natural caves below the Martian surface.
“If there is life on Mars, there is a good chance you’d find it in caves,” said Jut Wynne, one of the researchers who noticed the features while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program.
Jonathan Clarke, a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia, yesterday described the discovery as exciting.
One photo taken at night by an infrared imager(紅外線成像器) showed one hole to be usually warm, suggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out.
I said: “Wow, that’s a cave’” Dr. Clarke said excitedly. “People have been looking for these for a long time; now we have found them.”
He agreed such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life escaping from the bitterly cold, radiation-soaked(充滿輻射的), dry surface.
“Tiny drops of water could collect inside,” he said. “If there are gases coming out, they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria. A cave is also a protection from radiation; the surface of Mars is -SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMIexposed to high levels of space radiation.”
The caves probably formed when tube-shaped lave flows(管狀岩漿流) spread across the planet long ago. The outside of the tubes cooled, forming solid walls, while something hotter inside allowed the remaining have to flow out, forming caves.
64. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. How the caves were formed on Mars.
B. How scientists found these caves on Mars.
C. Caves on Mars may be full of hot air or a sign of life.
D. Scientiste have completely recognized the surface of Mars.
65. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A. water has already been found on Mars
B. the scientists found all the caves at night
C. it is certain that there is life in these caves
D. the surface of Mars is bitterly cold, radiation-soaked and dry
66. According to the passage, Dr. Clarke was so excited because_______.
A. such caves could provide energy for life
B. they had finally found the caves on Mars
C. such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life
D. scientists had long been looking for these caves
67. Necessary conditions for life on Mars mentioned in the passage may include_______.
A. lava and energy
B. water and radiation from space
C. gases and lava
D. water and protection from radiation
D
68.
The best title of the 3nl advertisement would be
A. Training at Home B. Learning at Home
C. Recording Work D. Working at Home
69. According to the information above, if your child has hearing problems, you can turn to_______.
A. At-Home Profession Corp. B. Globe Insurance Company
C. Bradford Pubbcations D. American Inventors Corp.
70. From the advertisements above, we can learn that_______.
A. Globe Insurance Company has a history of___51___years
B. as a medical transcriptionist, you may earn $ 25, 000 a month
C. Bradford Publications offers a treatment to hearing impaired parents
D. you can visit www. aic. com when you invent a new model of hearing aid
E
Dogs wag(搖擺) their tails in different directions depending on whether they are excited and wanting to move forward or threatened and thinking of moving back, a study has found.
Researchers in Italy examined the tail wagging behavior of 30 dogs, catching their responses to a range of stimuli(刺激物) with video cameras. To conduct the study they chose 15 male dogs and 15 female ones aged between one and six years. The dogs were all family pets whose owners had allowed them to take part in the experiment at Bari University. The dogs were placed i years. Tn a large wooden box with an opening at the front to allow for them to view various stimuli. They were tested one at a time.
The researchers led by Professor Giorgio Vallortigara of the University of Trieste found that when the dogs were shown their owners—a positive experience—their tails wagged energetically to the right side. When they were shown an unfamiliar human they wagged to the right, but with somewhat less enthusiasm. The appearance of a cat again caused a right-hand side wag, although with less intensity again. The appearance of a large unfamiliar dog, similar to a German shepherd, changed the direction of tail wagging to the left. Researchers supposed the dog was thinking of moving back. When the dogs were not shown any stimuli they tended to wag their tails to the left, suggesting they preferred company. While the changes in the tail wagging were not easily noticed without the aid of video, it was thought that the findings could help people judge the mood (心情) of dogs. Computer and video systems, for example, could be used by professional dog trainers to determine the mood of dogs that they were required to approach.
71. The video cameras were used to catch the dogs’ responses because_______.
A. it was easier to catch the dogs’ response changes in the tail wagging
B. the dogs were put in the wooden boxes and tested one at a time.
C. they enabled the dogs’ owners to know about their dogs’ habit
D. the dogs wagged their tails in different directions when they were in different moods
72. The underlined word “intensity” in the passage means_______.
A. surprise B. worry C. excitement D. interest
73. When there are no stimuli, a dog will _______.
A. wag to the left B. wag to the right
C. not wag at all D. wag to the left and then to the right
74. The underlined word “they” refers to _______.
A. the dogs B. the trainers C. the systems D. the researchers
75. The purpose of doing the experiment is _______.
A. to train dogs for their owners B. to help people judge the mood of dogs
C. to help dogs find company D. to help people choose their pet dogs
56. A 57. D 58. A 59. D 60. D 61. C 62. B 63. D 64. C 65. D
66. B 67. D 68. D 69. C 70. D 71. A 72. C 73. A 74. B 75. D
A
If you are lost in the mountains, stay calm in the face of darkness, loneliness, and the unknown. It will greatly increase your chances of survival（生存）. Many people think that preparing necessary equipment and knowing how to use it are very important, but actually eighty percent of mountain survival is your reaction to fear.
Find a hiding place
Unnecessary labor will make you sweat and make you cold. Find a hiding place around you before trying to start your own construction. If you are in a snow-covered area, you may be able to dig a cave in deep snow for protection from the wind. You should try to hide yourself in the middle of the mountain if possible. Stay out of the valleys—cold air falls, and the valley floor can be the coldest area on the mountain.
Signal rescuers for help
The best time to signal rescuers is during the day. Signal for help from the highest point possible—it will be easier for rescuers to see you, and any sound you make will travel farther. If you take a box of matches and a space blanket（a special blanket for traveling）, build three smoky fires and put your blanket—gold side facing out — on the ground.
Do not walk away
It will make finding you more difficult, as search teams will be trying to follow your path and may miss you if you have gone off in a different direction. Searchers often end up finding a car with no one in it.
If you get frostbite（凍傷）, do not rewarm the affected area until you’re out of danger.
You can walk on frostbitten feet, but once you warm the area and can feel the pain, you will not want to walk anywhere. Try to protect the frostbitten area and keep it dry until you are rescued.
36. When lost in the mountains, you can increase your chances of survival if you _______.
A. take a space blanket with you B. do more physical labor
C. try to find a car immediately D. walk as far as possible to find help
37. According to the passage, people most probably fail to survive if they_______.
A. do not take enough equipment B. stay in the middle of the mountain
C. do not keep themselves warm D. stay in a snow-covered area
38. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Don’t travel by yourself. B. Mountain traveling is dangerous.
C. Don’t get frightened in danger. D. Avoid going to unfamiliar places.
B
At a few minutes past five. Dave noted that the blanket of darkness was lifting. He was just able to make out the heavier masses that eventually appeared as the familiar trees that lined the road at the base of the hill. The upper reaches of the sky showed lighter shades of gray.
Dave got out of bed quietly and dressed quickly. He mixed a spoonful of instant chocolate into a glass of cold water, and his impatience forced him to finish the drink in gulps.
As he walked down toward the lake. Dave paused to reach for the fishing pole and gear box on the bench where he had left them the night before.
By the time where he reached the small boat, a thick white mist（霧氣）had spread over the surface of the water. He stepped into the boat, sat down, and rowed out of the weed beds that lined the edge of the shore.
The outer fringe（邊緣）of the lake disappeared as the boat moved forward noiselessly. All he could see was the enveloping whiteness. He could not tell where the boat and the surrounding air met the surface of the lake.
Dave rowed steadily ahead, relying of a mental picture of the surroundings. Then the mist began to rise, slowly It soon rested inches above the still surface of the lake. The heavy silence was now being broken by the fish breaking through the surface as they leaped out of the water for low-flying insects.
The magic time had arrived. Dave raised his pole. Davn was broken. He was excited with expectancy.
39. Dave got up early in the morning to .
A. enjoy the scene of the lake
B. seek adventure at the lake
C. go fishing in the lake
D.take a walk by the lake
40. Accrding to the story, which of the following is TRUE?
Dave broke the quietness of the lake.
Dave was familiar with the surroundings.
Dave took a picture of the lake with him.
Dave forgot the fishing pole at the beginning.
41. The underlined word“It”in Paragraph 6 refers to .
fish
boat
silence
mist
42. What can we learn from the end of the story?
Dave was hopeful of catching a lot of fish.
Dave wished the weather would be better.
Dave was happy that dawn was broken.
Dave expected someone else would come.
C
Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers（劍）。 Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brogher was using the beat-up ones.”
“Examine the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It’t an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can bradually gain dominance（支配地位） when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.
Whether it’s inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands at the young isn’t healthy for children or the family, Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel safe.” It’s the parents’ role to provide that protection.
When a “boss child” doesn’t learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
“I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don’t want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.”
43. Bossy children like Stephen Jackson .
make good decisions
show self-centeredness
lack care from others
have little sense of fear
44. The underlined phrase“inheritable trait” in Paragraph 2 means .
inborn nature
developed character
accepted theory
particular environment
45. The study on bossy behavior implies that parents .
should give more power to their children
should be strict with their children
should not be so anxious about their children
should not set limits for their children
46. Bossy children may probably become .
relaxed B.skillful
hesitant D.lonely
47. What is the passage mainly about?
How bossy behavior can be controlled.
How we can get along with bossy children.
What leads to children’s bossy behavior.
What effect bossy behavior brings about.
D
Researchers are placing robotic dogs（機器狗）in the homes of lonely old people to determine whether they can improve the quality of life for humans. Alan Beck, an expert in human-animal relationship, and Nancy Edwards, a professor of nursing, are leading the animal-assisted study concerning the influence of robotic dogs on old people’s depression, physical activity, and lefe satisfaction. “No one will argue that an older person is better off being more active, challenged, or stimulated（刺激）,”Edwards points out. “The problem is how we promote（使……成為現實）that,especially for those without riends or help. A robotic dog could be a solution.”
In the study, the robot, called AIBO, is placed for six weeks in the houses of some old people who live alone. Before placing AIBO in the home, researchers will collect baseline data for six weeks. These old people will keep a diary to note their feelings and activity before and after AIBO. Then, the researchers will review the data to determine if it has inspired any changes in the life of its owner.
“I talk to him all the time, and he responds to my voice,” says a seventy-year-old lady, “When I’m watching TV, he’ll stay in my arms until he wants down. He has a mind of his own.”
The AIBOs respond to certain orders. The researchers say they have some advantages over live dogs, especially for old people. Often the elderly are disabled and cannot care for an animal by walking it or playing with it. A robotic dog removes exercise and feeding concerns.
“At the beginning, it was believed that no one would relate to the robotic dog, because it was metal and not furry.” Beck says. “But it’s amazing how quickly we have given up that belief.”
“Hopefully, down the road, these robotic pets could become a more-valuable health helper. They will record their masters’ blood pressure, oxygen levels. Or heart rhythms. ASIBOs may even one day have games that can help stimulate older people’s minds.”
48. The purpose of Beck and Edwards’ study is to .
understand human-animal relationship
make lonely old people’s life better
find the causes of old people’s loneliness
promote the animal-assisted research
49. In the research, the old people are asked to .
note the activities of AIBOs
keep AIBOs at home for 12 weeks
record their feelings and activity
analyze the collected information
50. What is the advantage of AIBO over live dogs?
It is easier to keep at home.
It can help the disabled people.
It responds to all the human orders.
It can watch TV with its owner.
51. The author seems to suggest that the future robotic dogs may .
cure certain diseases
keep old people active
change people’s beliefs
look more like real gods
E
Attitubde is an internal（內在的）state that influences the choices of personal action made by the individual（個人）. Some researchers consider that attitudes come from defferences between beliefs and ideas; others believe that attitudes come from emotional states. Here, we focus on the effects of attitudes upon behavior, that is, upon the choices of action made by the individual.
The kinds of actions taken by human beings are obviously influenced greatly by attitudes. Whether one listens to classical music or rock, whether one obeys the speed limit while driving, whether one encourages one’s husband or wife to express his or her own ideas－all are influenced by attitudes. These internal states are acquired（獲得） throughout life from sitations one is faced with in the home, in the streets, and in the school.
Of course, the course of action chosen by an individual in any situation will be largely determined by the particulars of that situation. An individual who has a strong attitude of obeying laws may drive too fast when he is in a hurry and no police cars in sight. Achild who has a strong attitude of honesty may steal a penny when she thinks no one will notice, But the internal state which remains unchanged over a period of time, and which makes the individual behave regularly in a variety of situations, is what is meant by an attitude.
Attitudes are learned in a variety of ways. They can result from single incidents, as when an attitude toward snakes is acquired by an experience in childhood at the sudden wovement of a snake. They can result from the individual’s experiences of success and pleasure, as when someone acquires a positive attitude toward doing crossword puzzles by being able to complete some of them, And frequently, they are learned by copying other people’s behavior, as when a child learns how to behave toward foreigners by observing the actions of his parents. Regaudless of these differences, there is something in common in the learning and modihcation（修正）of attitudes.
52. According to the passage, attitudes .
come from different situations in one’s life
are largely affected by one’s behavior
remain unchanged in one’s daily life
could be chosen according to one’s will
53. The author uses the examples in Paragraph 3 to show .
people often make mistakes when they are not noticed
people with good attitudes may sometimes do bad deeds
particulars of a situation may influence an individual’s action
an individual may change his or her attitude fairly easily
54. Which of the following is TRUE about the learning of attitudes?
Attitudes are only learned through one’s success.
Attitudes learned in danger will last longer.
Copying others behavior is not a good idea.
Attitudes can be learned from one’s parents.
55. What would be the best title for the passage?
Differences of Attitudes.
Nature of Attitude.
Choices of Attitudes.
Modification of Attitude.
36. A 37. C 38. C 39. C 40. B
41. D 42. A 43. B 44. A 45. B 46. D 47. C 48. B 49. C 50. A
51. B 52. A 53. C 54. D 55. B
A
The Marches were a happy family. Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, and Matinee, as the March girls called their mother.
The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults, Pretty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren .she taught; boyish Jo was easy to become angry; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up; but Beth, who kept the house, was loving and gentle always.
The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrived for Mrs. March. "Your husband is very ill," it said, "come at once." The girls tried to be brave when their mother left for the front. They waited and prayed. Little Beth got scarlet fever (猩紅熱) when she was taking care of a sick neighbor. She became very ill but began to recover by the time Marmee was back. Then Father came home from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together.
Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood. Meg became Mrs. Brooke, and after a few family troubles got used to her new state happily. Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts. Amy had grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society. But Beth had never fully regained her health, arid her family watched her with love and anxiety.
Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Marches'. Jo went to New York and became successful in her writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there. But at home the bitterest blew was yet to fall. Beth had known for some time that she couldn't live much longer to be with her family, and in the springtime she died.
News came from Europe that Amy and Laurie, the grandson of a wealthy neighbor, had planned to be married soon. Now Jo became ever mom successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer, and soon afterwards founded a school for boys.
And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children, enjoying the harvest of love and goodness that they had devoted all their lives to.
56. The members of the March family were Father March, Mrs. March and their ________.
A. four daughters B. five daughters
C. son and four daughters D. son and five daughters
57. Who was the most successful in career (事業) among the March girls?
A. Jo. B. Beth. C. Amy. D. Meg.
58. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. The March Family. B. The March Parents.
C. The March Girls. D. The March Relatives.
59. It can be inferred from the passage that the March family had____________.
A. both happiness and sadness B. wealthy neighbors
C. more girls than boys D. a lot of rich relatives
B
The first reality TV show in the world was called Expedition Robinson and it was shown in Sweden in 1997. Half the population of the country watched the final event and a new kind of TV program was born. Two years later in Holland, the first series of Big Brother was filmed. Again, it was a great success and the final program was watched by 15 million people. Now more than 20 countries around the world have Big Brother or Expedition Robinson on their TV screens. The ordinary people who take part in the programs are known by millions of people in their own countries and reality TV has become big, big business.
For the TV producers, reality TV is a dream come true because many of the programs cost nothing to make. At some point, the television viewers (觀眾) are asked to telephone the program to vote or to apply to take part in the show. It is the cost of these telephone calls that pays for the shows. One of the most popular shows is Pop Idol. In the show, a group of attractive young people are made into pop stars. TV viewers vote for their favorite person on the show. The winner makes a record and millions of copies of the record are sold. His or her pictures are published on the covers of magazines or on the front pages of newspapers, and then, they are quickly forgotten.
But not everyone is happy about reality TV. In Portugal two TV channels got into trouble because they showed too much of the personal lives of the people in the shows. In France, reality TV is called " rubbish TV" and the TV studios of Big Brother were attacked three times in one week. In Greece, Big Brother was described as "against human rights and civilization".
60. Those who take part in reality TV shows am usually_________.
A. common people B. pop TV stars C. attractive people D. famous film stars
61. Who would pay for the cost of reality TV shows according to the passage?
A. TV producers who make reality TV shows.
B. TV actors who take part in reality TV shows.
C. TV viewers who telephone reality TV shows.
D. TV companies which broadcast reality TV shows.
62. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Pop Idol is one of the popular reality TV shows in the world.
B. Big Brother was one of the first reality TV shows in the world.
C. Rubbish TV is one of the personal reality TV shows in the world.
D. Expedition Robinson was the first reality TV show in the world.
63. It can be concluded from the passage that __________.
A. everyone is happy about reality TV
B. reality TV will do well in many countries
C. all the people in Europe are in favor of reality TV
D. reality TV will not be broadcast in any countries
C
I II
The opening ceremony of this famous yearly competition (比賽) will begin at 11:30 a.m. There will be music groups, rappers and children's chorus. 12∶25 p.m. sees the introduction of the eaters who come from all over the world. At 12:40 pm., the historic 12-minute all-you-can-eat competition will begin. The world record stands at over 50 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. Will anyone beat the record this year? Viewing is available on a first-come- first-served basis Television are invited to use a two-tiered (兩層) stage three metres from the main stage. The area in front of the main stage is kept for photographers and television cameras without tripods(三腳架) |
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Few periods m history are as exciting as the time when the Vikings(北歐海盜) were known—and sometimes feared— through- out Scandinavia, the British Isles, Russia, all the Mediterranean, Africa and even America. Frojöl is a family-based society, which aims to relive and describe the Vikings from a harbor- Frojöl, on the Swedish island of Gotland. Frojöl was one of the richest trading centres in the Viking world. The members of the society aim to recreate the clothing, weapons, tools, jewellery, games, food and furniture of that long-gone period. They want to enjoy an escape to a simpler, more relaxed time, with like-minded people. They will also use the items they have made to relive that age at various public entertainments. |
64. According to Advertisement I, the famous yearly competition is ________.
A. a music competition B. an eating competition
C. a cooking competition D. a picture-taking competition
65. People who come to watch the competition earliest may ___________.
A. get the best watching position B. get the best food
C. watch whatever they want to D. take good pictures
66. The best title for Advertisement II would be _____________.
A. The Vikings B. Reliving of the Vikings C. Frojöl D. A Viking Reliving Society
67. From the advertisement we know that Frojöl used to be _________.
A. a Viking club B. a family-based society
C. a European island D. a trading centre
D
In a recently published book, I came across some exercises with interesting names such as fishbone diagrams, lotus flowers, and clustering. As I used these exercises in my classes, I noticed that students were interested. They said more and wrote more. They enjoyed expressing their ideas and sharing them in groups. They were no longer passively waiting for the bell, but actively took part in the lesson. I find that creativity (創新)can act as a way to increase participation and improve fluency (流利程度).
Creativity has become a popular word in recent years. Scholar in the arts, psychology (心理學) , business, education, and science are all working to get a deeper understanding of it. Robert J. Sternberg is a creativity specialist and Yale professor of psychology. He defines creativity as "the ability to produce work that is both new (original) and appropriate (applicable to the situation)". This definition is useful, as we want our students to use language in a new way, and to use it correctly and properly. Most scholars say there are two types of creativity: big "C" creativity and small "c" creativity. Big "C" creativity refers to genius level thinking that results in artistic masterpieces and scientific breakthroughs. Small "c" creativity refers to everyday level thinking that can be used in any situation. Our emphasis is on the latter. While it goes without saying that any of our students could go on to be the next Picasso or Edison, our aim is to help students produce more ideas and use language in new ways.
68. The underlined words "waiting for the hell" in the first paragraph probably mean _________.
A. longing for a phone call B. hoping to have a bell
C. expecting the end of the class D. wanting to speak in class
69. It can be inferred from the passage that the author thought the exercises in the book were ________.
A. popular B. useful C. scientific D. creative
70. When you use a very familiar word in a new way, you are ________.
A. creative in the sense of big "C" creativity
B. creative in the sense of small "c" creativity
C. not creative in the sense of big "C" creativity
D. not creative in the sense of small "c" creativity
71. The main purpose of the passage is to _________.
A. show how useful the book is B. explain what creativity is
C. discuss how one can be creative D. tell what teaching aims at
E
A new eight-kilometre road is under construction that links the port area with the motorway system. It is expected to carry 20,000 trucks and cars a day, which greatly reduces the overcrowded traffic in the centre of the city. As part of the project, two four-kif0metre road tunnels are being built below the central area of the city, one for traffic to the north and the other for traffic to the south. The two tunnels are about 20 metres below the surface and are 12 metres wide, providing for two lanes of traffic in each direction.
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the upper part of the tunnel two air-conditioning pipes remove the
waste gas of trucks and cars and keep the quality of air inside the
tunnel. The lighting is at the top of the tunnel, practically at its
highest point. There will also be electronic signs at frequent
intervals (間隔).
They show traffic conditions ahead, and can be seen clearly by
drivers. The wall is made up of four main elements, which include a
waterproofing covering and, on the inside of the tunnel, a concrete
lining(混凝土襯砌).
Each tunnel is roughly round and the lower part of the tunnel is somewhat flat. The surface of the road lies on the base, which is made of concrete and steel. The drainage system (排水系統), just below the road surface on one aide, removes any extra liquid, particularly water. In the event of fire, the fire main, which is made of steel, pipes water to many fire hydrant stations at regular intervals along the length of the tunnel. The fire main is at the side of the tunnel, and at the level of the road surface. Other systems in the tunnel will include emergency phones.
72. Each of the tunnels under construction is ___________.
A. eight kilometres long and twenty metres wide
B. eight kilometres long and six metres wide
C. four kilometres long and twenty metres wide
D. four kilometres long and six metres wide
73. Which part of the tunnel in the diagram is used to pipe out extra water?
A. 1. B. 3. C. 5. D. 6.
74. Driving in the tunnel, one can know the traffic conditions ahead through ________.
A. the lights B. the electronic signs C. the trucks and cars D. the emergency phones
75. The passage is mainly about _____________.
A. the construction of a road B. the design of a road
C. the construction of two tunnels D. the design of two tunnels
56. A 57. A 58. C 59. A 60. A 61. C 62. C 63. B 64. B 65. A
66. D 67. D 68. C 69. D 70. B 71. B 72. D 73. C 74. B 75. D
A
A NATIONWIDE BESTSELLER
It's likely that everything you learned about America's ancient history is wrong.
The
new book, 1491, completely changes our understanding of the Americas
before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
DID YOU KNOW?
When Columbus landed there were probably more people in the Americas than there were in Europe.
The peoples of North America had such healthy life-styles that as late as the 19th century they continued to be the tallest people on earth.
Facts have shown that the Americas were populated as long as 33,000 years ago.
4,000 years ago Mesoamerican farmers developed corn in a feat (技藝) of genetic engineering that still isn't completely understood.
COMMENTS ON 1491
"In the tradition of Jared Diamond & John McPhee, a totally new view of pie-Columbian America"
--Richard Rhodes
"Attractively written and really absorbing ... Charles C. Mann has produced a book that's part detective story, part epic (史詩) and part tragedy (悲劇). He has taken on a vast topic: thousands of years, two huge continents, and cultures."
-- Charles Matthews, San Jose Mercury News
"Powerful and challenging"
--Alan Taylor, Washington Post
"A pleasure to read as well as a wonderful education"
-- Howard Zinn
56. On the whole, 1491 is a book mainly about America's_______ .
A. life-styles B. population C. history D. agriculture
57. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the comments on the book 1491 ?
A. It is interesting and instructive. B. It is attractive and culturally related
C. It is challenging and revolutionary. D. It is humorous and persuasive.
58. From this passage, we can learn______ .
A. people settled in the Americas a little earlier than 1492
B. North Americans were the tallest in the 18th century in the world
C. Mesoamerican farmers knew genetic engineering 5,000 years ago
D. the population in the Americas was smaller than that in Europe in 1492
. B
For the first time in modem history, less than half of the U.S. adult population now reads literature, according to a recent survey. Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America presents a detailed review of the decline of reading's role in the nation's culture.
Reading at Risk is a survey of national fashion in adult literary reading. The data source for Reading at Risk is as reliable and objective (客觀的) as any such survey can be. The key results of the survey are presented in the "Summary", but the report can be further explained as: literary reading in America is not only declining rapidly among all groups, but the rate of decline has been speeded up, especially among the young. Reading at Risk merely shows a great cultural change that most Americans have already noted – our society's great turn to electronic media for entertainment and information.
Reading a book requires a degree of active attention and devotion. Indeed, reading itself is a progressive skill that depends on years of education and practice. On the contrary, most electronic media such as television, recordings, and radio make fewer demands on their audiences, and indeed often require no more than passive participation. While oral culture has a rich reality and electronic media offer the considerable advantages of variety, print culture affords irreplaceable forms of focused attention and thought that make various communications and views possible. The decline in reading, therefore, equals a larger retreat (減少) from participation in public and cultural life.
What is to be done? There is surely no single solution to the present problem, just as there is no single cause. The important thing now is to understand that America can no longer take active and devoted reading for granted.
Reading is not a timeless, common ability. As more Americans lose this ability, our nation becomes less informed, active, and independent minded. These are not qualities that a free, inventive, or productive society can afford to lose.
59. The main purpose of the survey is to_______.
A. focus on the role of electronic media and reading
B. show that American young people read less and less
C. give a report of the national fashion of literary reading
D. review that less than half of the population now reads literature
60. According to the passage, reading_______ .
A. requires less attention and devotion
B. demands no more than passive participation
C. limits various communications and views
D. means active participation in public and cultural life
61. The underlined phrase "cultural change" in Paragraph 2 refers to the change________.
A. from oral culture to electronic media B. from print culture to electronic media
C. from electronic media to oral culture D. from electronic media to print culture
62. The author of the passage_______ .
A. misunderstands oral culture
B. doubts the results of the survey
C. encourages the Americans to read more
D. agrees to the solution to the present problem in reading
C
The coyote (叢林狼), that clever animal of wide-open spaces, has come to the nation's capital. In fact, coyotes have spread to every comer of the United States, changing their behaviors to fit new environments and causing researchers to deal with a troublesome new kind of creature: the city coyote.
The coyote originally lived in the middle of the continent. One of its most obvious characters is its smartness, which has made the animal a notorious (臭名昭著的) pest. Hunters trapped, shot and poisoned more than a million coyotes in the 1900s. It's still one of America's most hunted animals. Yet the coyote has survived. How has the coyote shown this extraordinary ability? "I guess if you wanted to use one word, it'd be 'plasticity'," says Eric Gese, an expert at Utah State University. Coyotes can live alone, in pairs, or in large packs like wolves; hunt at night or during the day; occupy a small region or an area up to 40 square miles; and live on all sorts of food, from lizards and shoes, to ants and melons.
Unbelievably people helped coyotes increase when they killed most of the wolves in the United States. The spreading of coyotes into city areas, though, is recent. They travel at night, crossing sidewalks and bridges, running along roads and ducking into culverts (鑽入 涵洞) and underpasses. No one knows why coyotes are moving into cities., but experts explain that cleverer, more human-tolerant (不怕人的) coyotes are teaching urban survival skills to new generations.
Occasionally, coyotes might attack human beings. There have been about 160 attacks on people in recent years. Therefore, people have been consistently told not to feed coyotes or leave pet food unsecured. That, plus a large trapping program in the neighborhood, has cut down on the coyote population.
63. The underlined word "plasticity" in Paragraph 2 refers to______
A. the ability to fit the environment B. notorious smartness
C. hunting ability D. being human-tolerant
64. The aim of the passage is to______
A. tell people how to fight against coyotes
B. tell us why the coyote is the most hunted animal
C. supply the reason why the coyote is a kind of notorious pest
D. explain how the coyote has spread to and survived in cities
65. According to the passage, coyotes_______
A. originally lived in the west of the continent
B. sleep during the day but look for food at night
C. are teaching survival skills to their younger generations
D. suffered a population decrease because people killed wolves
66. According to the passage, to cut down on the coyote population, people are advised to_______
A. leave pet food secured B. keep coyotes in small regions
C. force coyotes to live alone D. avoid using trapping programs
D
The discovery of a dwarfed (矮個的) "human being" who lived in Flores, Indonesia, up to 18,000 years ago is changing the way we think about the human family. This "Flores Human" was three foot tall and her brain was smaller than that of the average chimp (黑猩猩), yet she and her relatives apparently lived fully human lives. They seem to have made tools, worked together to find food and cook it, and perhaps even buried their dead with ceremony.
It was a major surprise to find tools associated with the new human family member. The tools are like those formerly seen only with European fossils (化石) from our own species, Homo sapiens (智人), and the oldest of them were made 94,000 years ago. Homo sapiens is thought to have arrived in the island about 40,000 years ago, much too late to be responsible for the tools. If this tiny human made the tools, then the inside structure (結構) of its brain must have been more like our own than a chimp's, despite being just a third the size of ours.
This "'new human" was suspected to be a dwarfed branch of Homo erectus (直立人). When creatures are separated in regions with rare resources but few enemies, being big is a disadvantage, and evolution tends to shrink them, a process known as island dwarfing. Could natural selection make a human smaller while keeping -- even improving – mental ability? Quite possibly, believes Christopher Wills of the University of California.
Has the "Flores Human" even shown the ability of language? "I find it difficult to imagine that people ，could make tools, use fire, and kill large animals without fairly
advanced communication." Wills says. Did "Flores Human" possess the basic components
of human culture -- such as the burying of the dead with ceremony? Emiliano Bruner of the
Italian Institute points out that Indonesia's hot, wet environment is bad for fossilization. It is
reasonable to assume, he says, that the 18,000-year-old bones of the most complete Flores
woman were well-preserved because she was buried with special care.
67. According to the passage, "Flores Human"_____.
A. lived a partly human life B. was a branch of Homo sapiens
C. used tools before Homo sapiens arrived
D. had a brain as large as a common chimp's
68. The underlined part "this tiny human" in Paragraph 2 refers to
A. a chimp B. Flores Human C. Homo sapiens D. Homo erectus
69. This passage mainly talks about______.
A. the tools made by "Flores Human" B. the language used by "Flores Human"
C. the evolution of "Flores Human"
D. the major surprising findings about "Flores Human"
70. According to the passage, it is believed that "Flores Human"______.
A. was dwarfed by its enemies B. could use language
C. left a lot of fossils in the hot and wet environment
D. reached Flores 40,000 years ago
E
Susan Sontag (1933 -- 2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything -- to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American cultural life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.
Seriousness was one of Sontag's lifelong watchwords (格言), but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasures of pop culture. In "Notes on Camp", the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. "Notes on Camp", she wrote, represents "a victory of 'form' over 'content', 'beauty' over 'morals'".
By conviction (信念) she was a sensualist (感覺論者), but by nature she was a moralist (倫理學者), and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was the latter side of her that came forward. In Illness as Metaphor -- published in 1978, after she suffered cancer -- she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities (被壓抑的個性), a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.
In America, her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. "Sometimes," she once said, "I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending ... is the idea of seriousness, of tree seriousness." And in the end, she made us take it seriously too.
71. The underlined sentence in Paragraph I means Sontag _______.
A. was a symbol of American cultural life B. developed world literature, film and art
C. published many essays about world culture
D. kept pace with the newest development of world culture
72. She first won her name through_______.
A. her story of a Polish actress B. her book Illness as Metaphor
C. publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Review
D. her explanation of a set of difficult understandings
73. According to the passage, Susan Sontag____.
A. was a sensualist as well as a moralist B. looked down upon the pop culture
C. thought content was more important than form
D. blamed the victim of cancer for being repressed
74. As for Susan Sontag's lifelong habit, she______.
A. misunderstood the idea of seriousness B. re-examined old positions
C. argued for an openness to pop culture D. preferred morals to beauty
75. Susan Sontag's lasting fame was made upon _____ .
A. a tireless, all-purpose cultural view B. her lifelong watchword: seriousness
C. publishing books on morals
D. enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing
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A
The incident took place on Sunday，the 25th Of June．On that particular day，a south wind had been gusting(勁
吹) on and off all morning．It was not strong enough to cause us any concern，so we carried on our daily work
not suspecdng what was about to happon．
The storm gaveus very little warnning．Black clouds loomed over the distant horizon(地平線) so suddenly that
we were taken by surprise．Even then，we were not really worried，as the clouds seemed to be moving over our house
and towards the distant moountains．Then，just as the clouds had moved inland，the wind suddenly swung around in a
full circle and we were facing a major storm．
Instantly，we were busily preaparing for the worst． The whole family had experienced such a storm before and
evelyone remembered the damage it had caused to stock and crops．There was very little we could do about tbe corps.
But we needcd to protect the animals in case the river flooded again．My older brother called his sheep-dog and began
driving our small flock of sheep to higher ground above river．If the river flooded，they should be safe there．
In the meantime，my father was mending a shed roof that had partly fallen down after many years of fine service．
If the tin flew off，it could damage the house． My younger brother began hurriedly carrying firewood under the
shelter．My job was to help Mum board up the windows．If the storm developde into a cyclone(旋風)，the boalds
would protect the glass.
Thc storm raged for four hours，pouring more rain on us than we had seen in the last five years． As expectcd，
the river borke its banks and came slowly up towards the house and the stock． ’
Then，jnst as we were beginning to lose hope，the storm stopped as suddenly as it had begun．The animals were
safe，and the roof was still nailed on． “All，s weU that ends well,"Said my mother.
56．When the black clouds appeared suddenly in the distance.
A．the family were surprised B．they were extremely worried
C. they were preparing fOr the worst D．they faced the storm bravely
57．“There was very little we could do about the crops" indicates that ．
A．little damage would be done to the crops B．they had everything ready for the crops
C．they felt unablet to protect the crops D．the crops should be safe enough there
58．The underlined word"stock" in the third paragraph refers to ．
A.money owned by the family B．goods for sale
C．suppplies for family use D．farm animals ．
59．It can be inferred from what the mother said that——·
A．they had no damage at all B．everything went beyond their expectation
C. everything was under control D．the family could have suffered a greater loss
Buster Brown waw a thief-and a good one，too，he thought． He’d never been
caught by the police because he never took chances． He was always Prepared for any
unforeseen event or emergency.
Confidently，he stood outside the house Of his intended victim(受害者)and read
the sign On the front gate of the house．“Don't worry about the dog—be aware of the
owner!”it said．Buster smiled and found his way in．
The house looked quite normal outside，but inside it was very exotic with
fascinatig objects on display．As he began putting them into his bag，a dog came into
the room．It stopped when it saw Buster，then wagged its tail madly adn went over to．
him，licking his outstretched hand． "Good boy，”Buater whispered． “What a great
guard dog you are—trying to lick me to death.”
Satisifed he'd made friends with the dog，Bluster bggan tO wander round the house，choosing items to put in his
bag．His skilled eye picked out only the best antiques(古董)：a pair of silver candleholders，a silver tea-and-coffee
service，etc．．His new friend，the dog，sat and watched，as if wondering what was happening．
“Well，boy，”Buster whispered，finally．“That might do．Any more and I won't be able to carry it!”He swung the
heavy bag onto his shoulders, just as the lights came on, nearly blinding him. He shielded his eyes with his hand.
"You're a very silly person," the figure in the doorway said, his voice dry em dust. As the man came closer,
Buster could see he was well dressed. His face seemed familiar, but Buster couldn't quite place where he had seen
him hafore.
"You should have taken more notice of the sign outside," the man rasped. "I knew about this attempted robbery
last week and I also know you will end up behind bars for 20 years. Fancy trying to rob the house of the world's
greatest fortune-teller!"
60. Why was Buster so confident?
A. He was not afraid of dogs. B. He knew the owner of the house lived alone]
C. He had never been caught by the police. D. The house had no security alarm.
61. Which of the definitions is closest in me&ting to the word "exotic" in the third paragraph?
A. Messy and untidy. B. Rich and expensive.
C. Comfortable and calming. D. Foreign and unusual.
62. How did Buster decide which objects tff take7
A. He took those that were easy to carry in his bag.
B. He took only the best antiques.
C. He took those that he knew he could sell easily.
D. He looked for silver objects.
63. What punishment waits for Buster Brown?
A. A prison sentence with hard labour. B. A long prison sentence.
C. A heavy fine. D. Community service for 20 years.
,C
Early people had very little effect on the environment. They lived in eaves in very small ' elan'groups. They
collected or killed only enough for the dan's survival. Early clans were nomadic, which means that they did not stay
in one place. Instead, they moved around, following the a.-gimale that were their main food source and seeking areas
where seasonal plants grew wild. Moving around seasonally helped to protect the environment. The land had time to
recover and animals had time to breed (繁殖) before the clan returned for the next season.
As time went by, these small family clans joined with others to form larger groups for protection. Joining with
other clans gave them more hunters and more women to help cut up the meat and share it between families.
Eventually, people tamed(馴養) wild animals such as dogs and horses. People settled around rivers and fertile plains
to share responsibilities and duties. Then, people began to plant crops instead of moving to areas where the plants
grew. This development changed the environment.
Traditional forms of work also changed. Some people were hatter at performing a particular task than other clan
members, so they began to specialize in things they were good at doing. This also meant that they began to exchange
their goods for things that others produced.
People began to communicate with distant tribes. Land was cleared for roads. Foreign plants and animals were
transported to places where they had not existed before. Specialization also gave people more free time. So art, dance
and music became important ways of expressing feelings and thoughts. This was how many great civilizations started.
Compared to the past, modern civilization has experienced many changes to become the highly developed society
that exists today. Populations have increased rapidly. Forests have been cleared for farms. Inventions and technology
have made work easier.
However, pollution and other serious problems have also resulted from human progress. As concerned citizerns,
it is up to us to learn from past mistakes and to help maintain and improve our environment.
64. Early tribes didn't have much effect on animal population because __
A. they kept animals for themselves B. they ate only vegetables
C. they killed only enough for food D. they loved animals
65. The main purpose for small clans to join together was --
A. to hunt animals B. to seek safety C. to share caves D. to protect environment
66. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A. Early people moved to new places looking for new sources of food.
B. Modem civilization began when people started to live together in big groups.
C. Modem advancements are always good for the environment.
D. People began to exchange goods because they didn't have enough money.
67. It can be concluded from the passage that --
A. human progress has brought civilization to the society
B. civilization has improved traditional forms of work
C. our environment has been affected by human progress
D. early people understood environmental protection
D An ichthyologist is a scientist who studies fish. Most people who do this job say they love their work because it is very rewarding and varied. They work not only inside a laboratory, but also out in the field. Fieldwork includes traveling to river?, oceans and lakes in order to collect information and specimens (~2~), Reading, writing and
speaking me also very important to the job, Fish scientists need to read the research of other scientists. They must he able to write up their own research clearly so that others can follow it. They also need to be able to give lectures about their findings, so that they can spread knowledge.
Ichthyologists who wish to specialize can choose any one of three areas of study. The first area is aqnaeuhure (水產養殖). This involves the study and practice of fish farming and management. Because it is a rather new study,there are very few job opportunities available. However, as there is so much to discover, many see it as an exciting area for a new ichthyologist to enter. The second area is fisheries science, which means working with a team of scientists to find out more about different fish species. The third area is about the protection of natural fish populations. This is very important today, given that many fish species are in danger of dying out because of the actions of humans.
To become a successful fish scientist, you need to have a curious mind and be able to work on your own. You also need to be able to handle equipment and perform experiments; but most importantly, you must love fish. To become an ichthyologist, you will need to train at a university to pass a Bachelor of Science degree. For this, you will need to be good at mathematics, physical science and biology. Then, you will need to study for another year to complete an henours degree in ichthyology. This honours degree contains eoursework about all aspects of fish. You also need to complete a research paper.
68. What makes the jobs of ichthyologists so varied?
A. They study fish habits and collect information.
B. They have to study science and mathematics.
C. They work in fields as well as in laboratories.
D. They read research papers written by others.
69. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. An ichthyologist has an interesting and varied profession.
B. Aquaculture is the study of fish protection.
C. The life of an ichthyologist can involve lots of travel.
D. A fish scientist needs to be independent and curious about things.
70. Who is most likely to become an ichthyologist?
A. Tom, because he likes fishing and outdoor sports.
B. Jack, because he likes to travel and read adventure books.
C. Jenny, because she likes science, mathematics and reading about dinosaurs.
D. Jane, because she likes mathematics, science, biology and searching rock-pools.
7l. The passage is probably written for --
A. university students B. science researchers
C. fisheries experts D, fish farmers
55. C56. A 57. C 58. D 59. D 60. C 61. D 62. B 63. B 64. C 65. B 66. A67. C 68. C 69. B 70. D 71. A 72. B 73. C 74. D 75. D
A
Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis Cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless, “he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits(成就).Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.
Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many peiole dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ‘You are completely crazy,’”Saunders says.
In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter(遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.
This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.
56. The turning point in Saunders’life came when _____
he started to play ball games
he got a mountain bike at age 15
he ran his first marathon at age 18
he started to receive Ridgway’s training
57. We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______.
dismissed Saunders’ dream as fantasy
built up his body together with Saunders
hired Saunders for his cold-water experience
won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic
58. What do we know about Saunders?
He once worked at a school in Scotland.
He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.
He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.
He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.
59. The underlined word “Intrigued” in the third paragraph probably means_____.
A. Excited B. Convinced C. Delighted D. Fascinated
60. It can be inferred tat Saunders’ journey to the North Pole ______.
was accompanied by his old playmates
set a record in the North Pole expedition
was supported by other Arctic explorers
made him well-known in the 1960s
B
November not only marks the publication of Toni Morrison’s eagerly anticipated(期待) eighth novel, Love, but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize for Literature. Morrison is the first black woman to receive a Nobel, and so honored before her in literature are only two black men:Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, in 1986; and Derek Walcott, the Caribbean-born poet, in 1992. But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel prizewinner for literature since 1962, the year novelist John steinbeck received the award.
Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story, revealing the personal and communal legacy() of an outstanding black family. As Morrison scholars will tell you, Love is the third volume of a literary master’s trilogy(三部曲)investigating the many complexities of love. This trilogy began with Beloved(1988), which deals with a black mother’s love under slavery and in freedom. Jazzy(1993), the second volume, tells a story of romantic love in 1920s Harlem. This latest novel looks back from the 1970s to the 1940s and 50s.
The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey, the former owner and host of the shabby Cosey’s Hotel and Resort in Silk, North Carolina, described in the novel as “the best and best-known vacation sport for colored folk on the East Coast.” We get to know Cosey through the memories of five women who survive and love him: his granddaughter, his widow, two former employees, and a homeless young girl.
The latest novel, Love, had been described in the promotional material from her publisher as “Morrison’s most accessible work since Song of Solomon.” This comparison to her third novel, published in 1977, was an effective selling point.
61. What would be the best title for the text?
Toni Morrison’s latest novels
Toni Morrison and her trilogy
Toni Morrison and her novel Love
Toni Morrison, the Nobel prizewinner
62. What can we learn about John Steinbeck?
He was a black writer.
He was born in America.
He received the Nobel Prize after Morrison
He was the first American novelist to win a Nobel
63. The similarity between Love and Song of Solomon is that they both _____.
belong to the same trilogy together with Beloved
concern families of more than one generation
deal with life of blacks under slavery
investigate life in 1920s Harlem
64. The novel Love mainly describes ______.
the best-known vacation spot for blacks
the life of an outstanding black family under slavery
the miserable experience of the five women in Harlem
the memories of five women about Bill Cosey
C
FILM DESCRIPTIONS
Back to the Future
With the help of a local inventor’s time machine, Marty travels back to the 1950s. There his 80s hipness stands out, and he inadvertently interferes with the fledgling romance of his parents-to-be. Can Marty keep them together? He’d better, or his own future will fade away. Featuring: Christopher Lloyd, Michael J.Fox. A universal Pictures release, 1 hr. 55 min.
Beethoven’s 2nd
In this sequel to the popular Beethoven, our canine hero falls for Missy, who soon has puppies. Missy’s greedy owner, Regina, who sees only money in the little purebreds, separates mom and pups from Beethoven. His owners rescue the puppies, but Regina still has Missy. Featuring: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt. A Universal Pictures release, 1 hr. 26 min.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Despite the popularity of his treats, candy maker Willy Wonka shuts himself inside his factory. But then Willy holds a contest, offering five lucky children the chance to see his company. Poor but pleasant Charlie Bucket finds a ticket, as do four less-deserving children. Featuring:
Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore. A Warner Bros. Release, 1 hr. 56 min.
Cinderella Man
Based on actual events, this film follows the life of Jim Braddock, a boxer in New York City during the Great Depression. After a series of losses, Braddock is forced into retirement. But he never gives up his boxing dream, and neither does his manager. Featuring: Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger. A Universal Pictures release, 2 hr. 14 min.
Liar Liar
Lawyer Fletcher Reede has never told the truth in his life. Then his son makes a birthday wish that his dad would stop lying for 24 hours. Suddenly, Fletcher’s mouth spouts everything he thinks. His compulsion brings disaster to courtroom, where he must defend a client whose case was built on lies. Featuring: Jim Carrey, Justin Cooper. A Universal Pictures release, 1 hr. 25 min.
65. Which of the following is probably the name of a dog?
A. Marty. B. Missy. C. Fletcher. D. Charlie
66. Willy Wonka is _______.
a boxer who suffers a series of losses
a lawyer who has never told the truth
a man who runs a chocolate factory
a man who invents a time machine
67. Which film is about the life of a real person?
A. Beethoven’s 2nd B. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
C. Cinderella Man D. Liar Liar
D
Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors, by going online to diagnose their symptoms, order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies(藥店). Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially if they lack health insurance. Or they may stay because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits. Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of negative experiences in the past. But playing doctor can also be a deadly game.
Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet for medical answers – most of them aren’t nearly skeptical enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on health websites. They shouldn’t. Look up “headache”, and the chances of finding reliable and complete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain, are only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as “high quality”. Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warn that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous information exists on the Internet.
The problem is most people don’t know the safe way to surf the Web. “They use a search engine like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But that’s risky, because almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative(權威的), so it’d hard to know if what you’re reading is reasonable or not,” says Dr. Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute.
68. According to the text, an increasing number of American _____.
are suffering from mental disorders
turn to Internet pharmacies for help
like to play deadly games with doctors
are skeptical about surfing medical websites
69. Some Americans stay away from doctors because they _____.
find medical devices easy to operate
prefer to be diagnosed online by doctors
are afraid to face the truth of their health
are afraid to misuse their health insurance
70. According to the study of Brown Medical School, ______.
more than 6 million Americans distrust doctors
only 1/10 of medical websites aim to make a profit
about 1/10 of the websites surveyed are of high quality
72% of health websites offer incomplete and faulty facts
71. Which of the following is the author’s main argument?
It’s cheap to self-treat your own illness.
It’s embarrassing to discuss your bad habits.
It’s reasonable to put up a medical website.
It’s dangerous to be your own doctor.
E
PITTSBURGH – For most people, snakes seem unpleasant or even threatening. But Howie Choset sees in their delicate movements a way to save lives.
The 37-year-old Carnegie Mellon University professor has spent years developing snake-like robots he hopes will eventually slide through fallen buildings in search of victims trapped after natural disasters or other emergencies.
Dan Kara is president of Robotics Trends, a Northboro, Mass.-based company that publishes an online industry magazine and runs robotics trade shows. He said there are other snake-like robots being developed, mainly at universities, but didn’t know of one that could climb pipes.
The Carnegie Mellon machines are designed to carry cameras and electronic sensors and can be controlled with a joystick(操縱杆). They move smoothly with the help of small electric motors, or servos, commonly used by hobbyists in model airplanes.
Built from lightweight materials, the robots are about the size of a human arm or smaller.They can sense which way is up, but are only as good as their human operators, Choset added.
Sam Stover, a search term manager with the Federal Emergency Management Agency based in Indiana, said snake-type robots would offer greater mobility than equipment currently available, such as cameras attached to extendable roles.
“It just allows us to do something we’ve ot been able to do before,”Stover said, “We needed them yesterday.”
He said sniffer dogs are still the best search tool for rescue workers, but that they can only be used effectively when workers have access to damaged building.
Stover, among the rescue workers who handled the aftermath (後果) of Hurricane Katrina, said snake robots would have helped rescuers search flooded houses in that disaster.
Choset said the robots may not be ready for use for another five to ten years, depending on funding.
72. Which institution is responsible for the development of Choset’s robots?
A. Robotics Trends. B. Pittsburgh City Council.
C. Carnegie Mellon University. D. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
73. Choset believes that his invention ______.
can be attached to an electronic arm
can be used by hobbyists in model airplanes
can find victims more quickly than a sniffer dog
can sense its way no better than its operators
74. By saying “We needed them yesterday” (paragraph 7), Stover means that snake-like robots _____.
could help handle the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
would have been put to use in past rescue work
helped rescuers search flooded houses yesterday
were in greater need yesterday than today
75. What is the text mainly about?
Snake-like robots used in industries.
Snake-like robots made to aid in rescues.
The development of snake-like robots.
D，The working principles of snake-like robots.
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A
Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket--- anything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of adventure in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgway’s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, the decided that this would be his future.
In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled up and over rocky rice.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.
Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis.
41. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?
A. He became good at most sports. B. He began to build up his body.
C. He joined a sports team. D. He made friends with a runner.
42. The underlined word “exploits” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ______.
A. journeys B. researches C. adventures D. operations. W
43. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?
a. He ran his first marathon. b. He skied alone in the North Pole.
c. He rode his bike in a forest. d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole.
A. a c d b B. c d a b C a c b d D c a b d
44. What does the story mainly tell us abut Saunders?
A. He is a success in sports. B. He is the best British skier.
C. He is Ridgway’s best student. ` D. He is a good instructor at school.
B
It’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror, “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronic are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe that you are 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle-aged.
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear: “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appear on the counter as kitchen checks its food supplies.
“Ready for your trip to space. You ask your son and daughter.” In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space.— and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacation. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advices, vaccination shots are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video films rather than read it.
45. What changes the color of your shirt?
A. The mirror. B. The shirt itself. C. The counter. D. The medicine.
46. How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal?
A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl. B. By listening to the doctor’s advice.
C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen. D. By checking the nutrition details of the food.
47. The strawberries the children eat serve as ______.
A. breakfast B. lunch C. vaccines D. nutrition
48. How is the text organized?
A. In order of time B. In order of frequency.
C. In order of preference. D. In order of importance.
C
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Call for Native Speaker of English I am looking for native speakers of English to join in an experiment. This experiment is carried out over the Internet. You don’t need nay specific knowledge other than understanding and speaking English at a native level. The first task will take you around 15 minutes. After this task, you can decide whether you want to continue the experiment. The tasks involve reading texts and designing questions and answers. If you are willing to help me, then please email us: club3864@ hotmail.com |
49. Who is suitable to work as a Community Representative in YOUTH International?
A. One who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries.
B. One who hopes to take action in fighting against diseases.
C. One who has a strong desire to improve his or her English.
D. One who wants to earn some pocket money in the program.
50.Where will jack, a volunteer, receive the training before he is sent to work in Malawi?
A. In some local offices in the US. B. In an ESL organization in China.
C. In a preparation program in Demark. D. In an exchange student center in Africa.
51. If Mrs. Black in the US hopes to learn some Chinese at home, she may contact _______.
A. takeaction@betterworld.com B. ram3462@hotmail.com
C. club3864@hotmail.com D. staff@youth.org
52. What are volunteers for an experiment over the Internet supposed to do?
A. To interview people online. B. To do some house work.
C. To offer advice on Child Aid D. To provide language exercises.
D
Old Computers Make for Unhappy Workers --- Survey
LONDON (Reuters) ----- Dealing with the dissatisfaction of aging and unreliable office computers leads to workers’ unhappiness and more sick leave, a survey showed on Wednesday.
A survey carried out by caro4free.net of over 2,700 European office workers from the UK, France and Germany found that workplace dissatisfaction increased greatly with the age of the computer equipment.
“We do know that job satisfaction is falling in Britain and most advanced nations,” said Stephen White, a researcher from the Work Foundation. “The actual reasons for this are the subject of very heated discussion. It’s certainly one interesting theory that technology may be the cause of this in some way,” White added.
A quarter of these using outdated computers in Britain said they were “quite” or “ very dissatisfied “ with their everyday job compared to the percent of those who had enjoyed an advantage from up-to-date technology.
The survey also said that among workers dealing with outdated equipment, there was a 35 percent greater probability they would take six or more days of sick leave per year compared with the average worker. In France, where more workers use old computers, the probability jumped to 55 percent.
Results also showed that women in the three countries were more likely to be using outdated equipment. In the UK, where more workers have up-to-date computers than in the other countries surveyed, the number of women using old equipment doubled than of men.
White pointed out that there were tow sides to this problem, saying that continuously having to deal with new technology and equipment can also be a source of worry. “Old and faulty equipment is a major cause of office dissatisfaction. There is no question about it; but you also have to say that the frequent change of equipment is also, or could be, a main cause of dissatisfaction.”
53. The underlined word “this” (paragraph 3) refers to ______.
A. workplace dissatisfaction B. computer use in most jobs
C. the aging off office computers D. the survey by care4@ free. net
54. How many office workers use old computers in Britain expressed their dissatisfaction?
A. 16% B. 25% C. 35% D. 55%
55. According to White, why were the women surveyed more likely to use old computers?
A. Most office workers use old computers.
B. They do some of their work with computers.
C. Dealing with new equipment can cause anxiety.
D. They are easier to b satisfied with new technology.
56. What is the subject of the news story?
A. Poor working conditions in offices
B. Research work of the Work Foundation
C. Influence of technology in the workplace.
D. Different attitudes to old computers.
E
You are from a middle class family, and live in a normal size home without any showy possessions, but you are surrounded by surprising consumption. This contrast is beginning to bother your 6-year-old son. You are worried that he will want to live as they do, and wonder if you should move.
Sometimes big pocket money, joyful birthday parties, special playrooms and super-big houses tell you that your neighbors probably have more money than you do, and that they’re not as careful as you are with money, but you may find that they cook and dig in the garden with their children just as often as you do, talk with them as freely and read to them every night.
Or you may find that some of these parents stay in on wing of their big house while children play by himself, way off in a wing of his own. In that unfortunate case, he is basically growing up alone without being looked after properly, but this can happen to a child who lives in a normal-size house, too, if he has a TV. A computer and a few video games in his room. Even the most caring parent doesn’t walk in and out of it to see what show her child is watching, what Internet site he has found and if he’s playing that video game.
Too much uncontrolled screen then may lead to a certain loss of innocence (天真), and if it doesn’t, you might decide to move. Don’t judge your neighbor too harshly (嚴厲地), though. There some things that are right with almost any neighbor and some things that are wrong with the best of them. --- like those super-big houses. The wealth of their owners ---- and the way they throw money around---- may make your son feel sorry for himself, unless you help him understand that you and his dad save some of the money, give some to people who don’t have enough and use the rest to pay for whatever the family needs.
Children want ----- should be provided with---- explanations when their parents don’t give them what they want.
57. What is the problem with the worried parent in the text?
A. Her house isn’t as big as her rich neighbor’s.
B. Her son is left alone without anyone in charge.
C. She can’t provide her son with a special playroom.
D. She worries about the effect of her neighbor on her son.
58. In paragraphs 2 and 3, the author seems to agree that parents should _______.
A. spend more time with their children.
B. give their children more freedom.
C. work hard to live a richer life.
D. set an example for their children to follow
59. By saying “throw money round” (paragraph 5) the author means that rich people_____.
A. spend money carelessly B. save money for their children
C. help the poor people willingly D. leave money all around the house
60. What is the main idea the author aims to express in the text?
A. Children are unfortunate to have poor parents.
B. Children should enjoy their comfortable life.
C. Children need proper guidance form their parents.
D. Children feel ashamed of themselves in a rich neighborhood.
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A
Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do the results may range from the disastrous to the troubling. One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago. Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen.
The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country's bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated (交配) it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist's name, had a total success on his hands.
Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places.
But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings (叮) , began to attack its neighbours -- cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings.
This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them.
56. The results of the South American experiment .
A. have caused a serious trouble
B. have proved to be wrong
C. are not yet certain
D. are not important
57. The experiment mentioned in this passage was designed to .
A. increase the amount of honey in Brazil
B. make Brazilian bees more easy-going
C. increase the number of bees in Brazil
D. make African bees less active
58. Which of the following may be the cause of the new bees' attacking personalities?
A. Their production of honey.
B. Their hard work.
C. Their living environment.
D. Their bad temper.
59. The last paragraph implies that .
A. the bees have been driven to Central and North America
B. the bees may bring about trouble in more countries
C. the bees must be stopped from moving north
D. the bees prefer to live in Brazil
B
He's an old cobbler (修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I
took him my shoes, he at first told me: “I haven't time. Take them to the other fellow on the main
street ; he'll fix them for you right away.”
But I'd had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and
pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman (手藝人). “No,” I replied, “the other fel-
low can't do it well.”
“The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys “while-U-
wait” -- without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and
when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋帶) you might as well just throw away the
pair.
My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled. He wiped his hands on his blue apron ( 圍
裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said,
“Come back in a week.”
I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.
“See what I can do?” he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of
work.. ”
When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something
out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange,
dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft.
These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any
old,way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing
consumption (消費) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period it is a rare
comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.
60. Which of the following is true about the old cobbler.'?
A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools.
B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais.
C. He was proud of his skills.
D. He was a native Parisian.
61. The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend.” ( paragraph 7 ) implies that
A. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him
B. it was difficult to communicate with this man
C. the man was very strange
D. the man was too old
62. According to the author, many people work just to .
A. realize their abilities
B. gain happiness
C. make money
D. gain respect
63. This story wants to tell us that .
A. craftsmen make a lot of money
B. whatever you do, do it well
C. craftsmen need self-respect
D. people are born equal
C
Members of the working class have blue-collar jobs. They are construction workers, truck
drivers, mechanics, steel workers, electricians, and the like. What makes this class differ from
the lower class is, first, longer periods of employment -- and therefore, more fixed incomes —
and, second, employment in skilled or semiskilled (半熟練的 ) occupations, not unskilled
ones. Although unemployment hits all levels of the American economy, including those of skilled
and semi-skilled workers, it is most common at the bottom of the class structure and increasingly
less common at each level upward. They consider themselves to be respectable and hard working
and they look down upon members of the "lower" class, whom they often consider to be lazy, dis-
honest, and too ready to exploit public assistance. -~
Most people in the working class have at least high school education. Many have some experi-
ence of college ( especially community college), though few are college graduates. Unionization
has helped the working class, but a rapidly changing economy and frequent periods of high unem-
ployment make it difficult for most of its members to be able to increase their savings great-
ly. Purchasing a house for people in this class is extremely difficult, although a certain percentage
may receive houses from their parents. (Home-owning rises with social class. )
A greater number of the members of the working class take relatively little satisfaction in their
jobs, because much of their work is ordinary and boring. As a result, many seek their main satis-
faction in recreational ( 娛樂的) activities. Many members of this class would like to earn enough
money to leave their jobs and start their own businesses, though few make it. Many place their
expectations on their children, hoping that they at least will rise in the ladder of success, Ameri-
can style.
64. Which of the following is true about the working class.?
A. They are often employed as skilled and semi-skilled workers.
B. They are often offered jobs with high incomes.
C. They are often considered lazy and dishonest.
D. They are often exploited by the public.
65. The underlined word “hit” (paragraph 1 ) roughly means .
A. strike with a blow B. have bad effects on
C. break up
66. Most people in the working class .
A. have difficulty increasing their savings greatly
B. have at least some experience of college
C. receive houses from their parents
D. buy houses by themselves
67. Many members from the working class are not satisfied with their jobs because .
A. they could not rise in the ladder of success
B. they are not interested in their jobs
C. they could not earn much money D. they are not their own bosses
D
How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time7 Far too many.
This is Life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal (排演) and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments.
We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to
do. Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life.
In America they have a saying much laughed at by the English：“Have a nice day” theyspeak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars. I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment: to value this very day. How often do we say to ourselves, "I'll take up horse-riding (or golf, or sailing) as soon as I get a higher position," only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position.
When I first became a reporter I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper. At the time I was astonished by what
appeared to me to be his completely abnormal (反常的) mental state. How could anyone turn his back on Fleet Street in central London for a small local area？I wanted to know.
Now I am a little older and possibly wiser, I see the sense in it. In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure. He lived in an unattractive London suburb and he spent much of his life sitting on Southern Region trains.
68. The first paragraph of the passage tells us that .
A. we always try to find some time to write a book
B. we always make plans but seldom fulfil them
C. we always enjoy many of life's best moments
D. we always do what we really want to do
69. The underlined phrase "turn his back on" (paragraph 6) most probably means .
A. leave for B. return to C. give up D. rely on
70. The man ( paragraph 6) left his first job partly because he was .
A. in an abnormal mental state B. under too much pressure
C. not well paid D. not respected
71. What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. Provide Homes For Our Family B. Take Up Horse-riding
C. Value This Very Day D. Stay Alive
E
72. Who is (are) the editor (s) of William Faulkner: Novels 1926-1929?
A. Noel Polk & Joseph Blotner.
B. Phillip Lopate.
C. Tony Kushner.
D, Leo Bersani.
73. How much do you pay for American Movie Critics?
A. US $45.
B. US $40.
C. US $35.
D. US $25.
74. Which book do you buy if you want to read the play "Death of a Salesman" ?
A. Arthur Miller: Collected Plays 1944 -1961.
B. William Faulkner: Novels 1926-1929.
C. Henry James: Novels 1901 -1902.
D. American Movie Critics.
75. Henry James' only book written in the first person is
A. The Wings of the Dove.
B. The Sacred Fount.
C. Soldiers'Pay.
D. Mosquitoes.
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A
For centuries, the only form of written correspondence(通信) was the letters were, and are, sent by some form of postal service, the history of which goes back a long way. Indeed, the Egyptians began sending letters from about 2000 BC, as did the Chinese a thousand years later.
Of course, modern postal services now are much more developed and faster. Depending as they do on cars and planes fore delivery. Yet they are still too slow for some people to send urgent documents and letters.
The invention of the fax machine increased the speed of delivering documents even more. When you send a fax you are sending a copy of a piece of correspondence to someone by telephone service. It was not until the early 1980s that such a service was developed enough for businesses to be able to fax documents to each other.
The fax service is still very much in use when copies of documents require to be sent, but, as a way of fast correspondence, it has been largely taken the place of by email, Email is used to describe messages sent form one computer user to another.
There are advantages and disadvantages with emails. If you send some one an email, then he will receive it extremely quickly .Normal postal services are rather slow as far as speed of delivery is concerned.
However, if you write something by email, which you might later regret, and send it immediately, there is no chance for second thoughts. At least, if you are have to address and seal(封) the envelope and take it to the post box..there is plenty of time to change your mind .The message is think before you email!
41. We can learn from the text that__________.
email is less popular than the fax service
the postal service has over the years become faster
the postal service has over the years become slower
the fax service has a history as long as the postal service does
42. It can be inferred from the text that_________.
the fax service had been fully developed by the 1980s
letters have been used in China for about 1, 000 years
the fax machine was invented after the 1980s
letters have been used in Egypt for about 2, 000 years
43. In the last paragraph, the writer mentions “think before you email” to show that________.
A. you may regret if you don’t seal your envelope
B. you may regret before you send something by email
C. you’d better not send your email in a hurry
D. you regret before you on time to send an email
44. The text mainly deal with_________.
A. the progress in correspondence
B. the advantage of fax machines
C. the advantage of emails
D. the invention of fax machines
B
LONDON Thursday Just Read—Eddy missed his girlfriend so made he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose(求婚) to her. The problem is she did the same in the opposite direction.
He and Anna even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.
Anna, heartbroken, when she arrived at Eddy’s Sydney flat find he had flow to London, told times, “It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on. ”
“He is the most romantic person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(衝動的) people. We are always trying to surprise each other.”
After an 11,000-mile flight across globe, she was greeted by Eddy’s astonished roommate asking what she was doing.
Eddy, a 27-year-old engineer taken year off to travel round Australia he was missing Anna, a 26-year secretary, so much he got a job on a Sydney building site (工地) and started saving for a surprise.
He then flew home to Britain and went to her flat armed with engagement(訂婚) ring, wine and flowers.
“I really missed Anna and I’d been thinking about her all the come I was so excited when she phoned me from Australia.” he said.
Eddy then asked Anna to marry him on the phone. “I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted.” she said.
Anna was given a tour of Sydney by Eddy’s friends before going back home. Eddy had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket.
45. What does the last sentence of the first paragraph tell us?
A. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to marry him.
B. Anna flew to Australia from Britain to marry him.
C. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to propose to him.
D. Anna flew to Australia from Britain to propose to him.
46. The underlined word “miss” in paragraph 2 most probably means_______.
A. escape from B. fail to understand
C. fail to meet B. long to see
47. Eddy got a job on a Sydney building site because he________.
A. wanted to travel round Australia
B. needed money to pay his daily cost
C. was an engineer at this building site
D. hoped to make money from this job
48. Which of the following is TRUE about Eddy and Anna according to the text?
A. Eddy proposed to Anna on the phone and Anna accepted.
B. Anna stayed in Australia waiting for Eddy’s arrival.
C. Anna bad a good time touring Sydney with Eddy.
D. Eddy met Anna in the airport waiting room by chance.
C
If you’re like most students, you probably read both at home and outside your home: perhaps somewhere on your schoolyard and maybe even at work during your breaks. Your reading environment can have a great effect on your understanding, so give some thought to how you can create or choose the right reading environments. The right environment allows you to stay alert(專注的) and to keep all of your attention on the text, especially when it is both interesting and difficult.
When you’re at home, you can usually create effective conditions for reading. You might want to choose a particular place-a desk or table, for example-where you always read. Make sure the place you choose is well lighted, and sit in a chair that requires you to sit straight. Reading in a chair that’s too soft and comfortable is likely to make you sleepy! Keep your active reading tools (pens, markers, notebooks or paper) and a dictionary close at hand.
Before you sit down for a reading period, try to reduce all possible interruptions. Turn off your phone, the television, and the radio. Tell your family members or roommates that you’ll be busy for a while. If necessary, put a “Do not disturb” sign on your door! The more interruptions you must deal with while you read, the harder it will be to keep your attention on the task at hand.
49. The author believes that the right reading environment_________.
helps readers a little in their reading tasks
helps readers a lot in their readers a lot in their reading tasks
can only be created at one’s home
can only be created outside one’s home
50. Which type of the following interruptions is mentioned in the text?
A. Dictionaries. B. Paper. C. Phone calls. D. Notebooks.
51. What would be the best title for the text?
How to Read Fast
Creating an Effective Reading Environment
The Ways to Reduce Possible Interruptions
What to Read
D
In many countries the standard of living enjoyed by their people has increased rapidly in recent years. Sadly, not everyone in these countries is so fortunate and many people in rich countries are homeless.
The reasons for homelessness are various, but poverty（貧窮）is undoubtedly one of the main causes. The homeless people may have become jobless and then been unable to pay their rent and so no longer have a roof over their heads. Often, the fact that unemployed people get help from the government prevents this from happening, but not always.
Some homeless people are mentally ill and have no one to look after them. Some are young people who, for one reason or another, have left home and have nowhere to live. Many of them have had a serious disagreement with their parents and have left home, choosing to go to a city and live on the streets. Sometimes they have taken such action because they have been unable to get on with a step-parent.
Many homeless people get into the habit of begging to get enough money to stay alive, but many of the general public refuse to give anything to beggars. Often they are moved on by the police, being accused（指控），whether rightly or wrongly, of forceful begging . There are many who disrespect homeless people.
Some cynics（憤世嫉俗的人）declare that homeless people choose to live the life which they lead. But who would willingly choose to live in z shop doorway, under a bridge or in a cardboard box?
52. According to the text, what causes some people to be homeless?
A. Lack of money. B. The increased standard of living.
C. No government help. D. Agreement with their parents.
53. It can be inferred from the text that________.
the homeless are willing to live under a bridge or in a cardboard box
you will not find homeless people in countries with a high standard of living
the mentally ill live on the stress because they want the company of other homeless people
the unemployed who receive help may still be among the homeless
54. In paragraph 2, “a roof over their needs” most probably means _________.
A. a cap B. a car C. a home D. a covering
E
Among rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.
In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words they have decided to “spend” a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.
Longer hours do of course increase the GDP (國內生產總值). So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.
It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in interest. It is too early to explain the different trends（趨勢）in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance (平衡) ?
56. From the text we know that the author .
A. believes that longer working hours is better
B. prefers shorter working hours to longer ones
C. says nothing certain about which pattern is better
D. thinks neither of the patterns is good
57. Which of the following countries has more of its people at work?
A. Spain. B. France. C. Germany. D. America.
58. In the last paragraph, the underlined word “which” refers to_______.
A. family life B. situations C. other values D. trends
59. What message can we get from the text?
A. The GDP of Europe is higher than that of America.
B. Two possible reasons are given for working longer hours in the US.
C. People all over the world choose to work less when they are richer.
D. Americans are happier than Europeans.
60. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Americans and Europeans B. Staying at Home
C. Work and Productivity D. Work and Happiness
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