大学英语B统考真题系列卷 (185)

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   1、A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because it is haunted (闹鬼的). He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. James had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost (鬼) must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, he shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he gives it away.
1）、Mr. James was the owner of the public house.     
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答案：A
2）、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that night.
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答案：B
3）、Mr. James built the house.      
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答案：B
4）、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles.   
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答案：B
5）、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James' story.   
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答案：B
   2、Do you know something about tree rings（年轮）? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?
   A tree will grow well in a climate with lots of sunshine and rainfall（雨量）. And little sunshine or rainfall will limit（限制）the growth of a tree. We can see the change of climate by studying the tree rings. For example, to find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree from the outside to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we're sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year. If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad.
   Tree rings are important not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man. Many centuries ago there live a lot of people at a place in New Mexico. But now you can find only sand there － no trees and no people. What happened?
   A scientist studied the rings of dead trees there. He found that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings. As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move.

1）、Tree rings grow far from each other in good climate.
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答案：A
2）、The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because tree rings can tell whether people took good care of the tree or not.
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答案：B
3）、If you want to find out the weather of twenty years ago, you should study the twentieth ring of a tree from the outside to the inside.
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答案：A
4）、Trees can bring lots of sunshine and rain.
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答案：B
5）、The people had to leave the place in New Mexico because there was too much rain there.
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答案：B
   3、How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.
   The power of words, then, lies in their associations - the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something increases.
   Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.  
1）、The origin of language is _________.
A.a legend handed down from the past
B.a matter that is hidden or secret
C.a question difficult to answer
D.a problem not yet solved
答案：D
2）、What is true about words?
A.They are used to express feelings only.
B.They can not be written down.
C.They are simply sounds.
D.They are mysterious.
答案：C
3）、The real power of words consists in their ______.
A.properties
B.characteristics
C.peculiarity
D.representative function
答案：D
4）、By "association" in the last paragraph, the author means ______.
A.a special quality
B.a joining of ideas in the mind
C.an appearance which is puzzling
D.a strange feature
答案：B
5）、Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true?
A.He is no more than a master of words.
B.He can convey his ideas in words which sing like music.
C.He can move men to tears.
D.His style is always charming.
答案：A
   4、The dark smoke that comes out of stacks (大烟囱) or from a burning dump (垃圾) contains tiny bits of solid or liquid matter. The smoke also contains many gases, most of which cannot be seen. Altogether, they make up the serious problems of air pollution. In so many places it keeps us from seeing the sun, irritate (刺痛) our eyes, causes us to cough and makes us ill.
   Air pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had "black snow" from pollutants that have traveled through the air from other countries and have fallen with the snow. So air pollution is a global problem. It can kill babies, older people and those who have respiratory (呼吸) disease. In 1952, four thousands people die in one week as a result of a serious air pollution breakout in London. In 1948 in a small town of Pennsylvania, 20 people died in a four - day period of air pollution. As often found in cities, air pollution increases the risks of lung disease, such as bronchitis and asthma. Of course, smoking and other factors help to cause these illnesses, too, but these causes have increased greatly during recent years as air pollution has become worse.
1）、The "black snow" incident is a global problem.
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答案：B
2）、Those who suffer from respiratory illnesses can be killed by air pollution.
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答案：A
3）、4,000 people died of air pollution in Pennsylvania in 1948.
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4）、Bronchitis and asthma are lung diseases.
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答案：A
5）、According to the passage, air pollution increases people's chance of getting nervous breakdown.
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答案：B
   5、Many people like watching TV. Watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day. TV brings the outside closer to people's home. Some people say the world is smaller than before because of TV.
   What's going on in the other countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What's life in the deepest part of the sea?
   If you want to answer these and other kinds of questions, just turn on the TV. Turn it on and watch .You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio. But with TV they can learn better and more easily. Why? Because they can hear and watch, too.
   TV helps to open our eyes. TV also helps to open our minds (思想) . TV often gives us new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing something.
1）、Some people say the world is smaller than before because TV brings the outside world closer to people.
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答案：A
2）、We can answer many TV questions when we watch TV.
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答案：B
3）、People learn better through TV than through radio because people can not only hear but also watch.
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答案：A
4）、The sentence "TV also helps to open our minds" means something is wrong with our minds.
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答案：B
5）、This passage tells us not to watch TV any more.
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答案：B
   6、Language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes，the languages do not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small，limited vocabulary. Over the century，the grammar changed，and the vocabulary grew. For example，the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way，hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast，and language is changing fast too.
   There are several major (主要的) language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families，but other scientists divided them differently. The languages in each family are connected，and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3% of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families.
1）、The early language had difficult grammar but not many words.
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答案：A
2）、In the next few hundred years we can expect language to change only a little.
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答案：B
3）、This article shows that language changes fast.
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答案：B
4）、From this article we can know that language can change very slowly or very quickly.
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答案：A
5）、The first English and Spanish people arrived in America more than 300-400 years sago.
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答案：A
   7、The Great Wall of China is the longest wall in the world. It is more than 6000 kilometres long, about 7 metres high, 5 to 6 metres wide. It is known to be the only one of the structures（建筑物） built by men on Earth that can be seen from the moon.
   The Potala（布达拉宫） in Tibet, China, is the world's highest palace. It is over 3 kilometres above the sea level.
   The Great Pyramid（金字塔） in Egypt is the biggest burial（埋葬） place ever built. It is about 137 metres high, or about the height of 40－storey building. Each side of the Pyramid is about 230 metres long, or about as long as 2 city blocks.
   The Sears Tower in Chicago, U.S.A., reaches a height of 443 metres. It has 110 storeys and covers a total floor space of 420,000 square metres. It is the tallest office building in the world.
1）、The Great Wall of China is the longest wall in the world because it is over six thousand kilometers long.
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答案：A
2）、The biggest burial place that men ever built is in Tibet.
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答案：B
3）、The Sears Tower is about one hundred and thirty seven metres high, so it is the tallest office building in the world.
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答案：B
4）、The only one of the objects built by men on the earth that can be seen from the moon is the Great Wall.
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答案：A
5）、The Potala is in China.
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答案：A
   8、Careful and careless are different as fire and water. But it is strange that quite a few scientists have both these qualities. They are both careful and careless. Newton（牛顿）, the famous English scientist, was such a person.
   Once Newton invited a friend to dinner at home. When they were ready to eat, Newton left to get a bottle of wine. But after his friend had waited for a long time, Newton still didn't come back. At last his friend found Newton in his lab. When Newton was going to get the bottle of wine, he suddenly had a new idea for his experiment. So he quite forgot his friend and the dinner. Another time, Newton was leading a horse up a mountain, and held the rein（缰绳）in his hand. While he was walking, he kept thinking about problems. When he got to the top of the mountain, he found that the rein was not in his hand and that the horse was gone.
   Einstein（爱因斯坦）was another example. Once he was waiting for a friend at a bridge. While waiting, he became lost in thought. It started to rain. The rain kept on for some time. When he took out a piece of paper to write something down, the paper was wet and then he knew that it was raining. But after he put the paper into his pocket, he forgot he was standing in the rain again.

1）、When Newton and his friend began to eat, Newton had a new idea for his experiment.
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答案：B
2）、Newton was riding his horse up to the mountain top.
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答案：B
3）、Einstein kept thinking in the rain.
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答案：A
4）、Newton and Einstein were careless about their lives, and careful in their studies.
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答案：A
5）、All scientists are both careful and careless like Newton and Einstein.
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答案：B
   9、Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.  
   One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own.  
   Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one's free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.  
   Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.  
1）、Which of the following statements is NOT true?_________
A.People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city.  
B.People who work in London prefer to live in the country.  
C.Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.  
D.Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city.  
答案：B
2）、With the same money ________, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country.
A.getting a small flat with a garden
B.having a small flat with a garden
C.renting a small flat without a garden
D.buying a small flat without a garden
答案：C
3）、When the garden is in blossom, it means that one ________ has been rewarded.
A.living in the country
B.having spent time working in the garden
C.having a garden of his own
D.having been digging, planting and watering
答案：B
4）、People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to live  outside London.  
A.their life was meaningless
B.their life was invaluable
C.they didn't deserve a happy life
D.they were not worthy of their happy life
答案：A
5）、The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to ________.
A.deal with
B.do away with
C.escape from
D.prevent from   
答案：C
   10、Long ago, there was a rich man. He had a very big house with a lot of treasures. He had many servants to look after it for a few days. One day, two silver saucers were stolen from the cupboard. After a few days, another two saucers were stolen again. The rich man was very angry. He thought, "Someone must have stolen them. I must catch the thief, or another two saucers would be stolen in a few days."
   Then he had an idea. He called in all his servants and said, "Some of my silver saucers have disappeared. Someone among you must have taken them. Who has taken them?"
   The servants looked at one another and kept quiet. The rich man said," I shall catch the thief myself. I am giving each of you a stick. Look, all the sticks are of the same length. Keep the sticks. Bring them back tomorrow. The thief's stick will grow two centimeters longer."
   That evening, Salleh, one of the servants, went home sadly. His wife asked him, "Why are you so sad this evening?"
   "This stick will grow two centimeters longer tomorrow because I have taken the silver saucers," he said.
   "Oh, don't worry. Cut off two centimeters from the stick," his wife said. "In other words, your stick will be of the same length as any of the other sticks."
   When Salleh heard this, he was very happy. At once, he cut off two centimeters from the stick with a knife.
   The next day, each of the servants brought back his stick. The rich man then measured each of the sticks. He found Salleh's stick shorter by two centimeters, Salleh was the thief. He was caught and put into prison. The rich man got back the stolen saucers.  

1）、The silver saucers were kept in a box.
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答案：B
2）、The rich man found six silver saucers were stolen.
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答案：B
3）、The rich man gave each of his servants a stick of the same length.
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答案：A
4）、The next day, the rich man knew that Salleh was the thief because Salleh's stick was shorter by two centimeters.
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答案：A
5）、Salleh did as what his wife told him.
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答案：A
   11、In the eighteenth century young ladies in Italy knew history and geography little.
   Once the French officer in Rome was giving a ball to which many important people were invited. The Italian Minister（大臣） came very late. A young lady, who knew him, saw him enter the ball-room and asked why he was so late.
   "Oh, nothing important," answered the Minister. " Our head forgot to take his letters with him and went back to his hotel to bring them. If he had left them in Brazil we should have had to wait at least six months for them."
   "Is Brazil so far from Rome?" asked the lady, who knew very little geography.
   "It is in the New World," said the Minister.
   "In the New World?" repeated the lady in great surprise.
   "Yes, in the New World, which was discovered by Christopher Columbus."
   When the young lady heard this, she rushed into the middle of the ball-room and shouted as loud as she could:
   "Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard the latest news? A new world has just been discovered by a certain Christopher Columbus."
1）、The head left his letters in the hotel.
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答案：A
2）、The minister left his letters in his office.
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答案：B
3）、The young lady shouted because she knew the Minister.
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答案：B
4）、Her shouting showed she was lack of knowledge.
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答案：A
5）、The best title for the passage is 'An Ignorant Italian Woman'.
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答案：A
   12、A film crew was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This was in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crew saw Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse for 50 dollars. "Hell," said Winfield, "for 50 bucks, I'll jump that damn horse over the moon!"
   To people in many countries, Winfield is just a familiar but nameless face, a simple cowboy with an advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is 55, a family man who's been married to the same woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7 grandchildren. Most surprisingly, he's a real, working cowboy who raises horses in his ranch in Wyoming.
   One of the most striking things about the Marlboro Man is that success hasn't changed him much. He says that complete strangers sometimes come up to him and say, "I've met you,know you from somewhere. "Whenever it happens, he says that he gets embarrassed.


1）、Marlboro commercials were allowed on television in America before 1868.
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答案：A
2）、The word "prohibited" in the first paragraph mean "forbidden".
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答案：A
3）、When they filmed the ad, Winfield was too drunk.  
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答案：B
4）、From the passage, we know that Winfield was a rich man.  
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答案：B
5）、When people recognized Winfield, he felt uncomfortable.
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答案：A
   13、Newspapers, along with reporting the news, educate, entertain, and give opinions. An important way of reading a large, big-city newspaper is to put it into different sections. Can you find these separate sections: world news, national and local news, sports, business, entertainment, opinions, ads? Does your newspaper have other sections?
   News stories give facts, not the reporters' opinions. Some newspaper editorials (社论) come out with the writer's name, but many newspapers only carry editorials without putting the writers' names on.
   You can be a better reader if you know what to expect in a newspaper. For example, you can expect headlines (新闻标题) to leave out unnecessary words. You can expect to find the most important facts in the lead paragraph (the first paragraph) of a news story. You can expect important news items to be on the front page. You can expect less important items to be on the inside pages.
   Most of all, the more you know about news of the present time, the more you will understand what is in the newspaper. Important stories are generally presented one day and followed up on following days. So, an important way to read newspapers is reading one frequently.
1）、Important news items are usually on the inside pages.
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答案：B
2）、A good way to read a newspaper is to find separate sections and read according to your needs.
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3）、Newspaper headlines contain no unnecessary words.
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4）、If you are reading for major facts in the news stories, you should read the headlines only.
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答案：B
5）、The writer suggests that we should read one newspaper frequently.
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   14、Large modern cities are too big to control. They impose their own living conditions on the people who live in them. City-dwellers（居住在城市的人）have to adopt an unnatural way of life. They lose touch with the land and the rhythm of nature so that they are hardly conscious of the seasons.
   A few flowers in a public park may remind people that it is spring or summer and a few leaves on the roadside may remind them that it is autumn. Beyond that, what is going on in nature seems totally unrelated to them. All the simple, good things of life, such as sunshine and fresh air are far away. Tall buildings blot out（把...遮住） the sun, and waste gases from cars pollute the air. Even the distinction between day and night is lost. In the night, it is almost as bright and noisy as it is in the day and people are busy with what they hope to deal with.
   The funny thing about it all is that city-dwellers pay dearly for living in the city. The prices for houses are so high that it is often impossible for ordinary people to buy a house of their own. High rents must be paid for small flats which even country hens would dislike to live in. Moreover, the cost of living is very high. Everything you buy is likely to be more expensive than it would be in the country.
1）、It can be seen from the passage that the author doesn't like living in the city.
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答案：A
2）、According to the 1stparagraph, city-dwellers don't have a natural way of life.

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3）、The phrase "the rhythm of nature"in the 1stparagraph refers to the change of seasons.

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4）、Thecost of living in large modern cities is very low.
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答案：B
5）、It can be inferred from the passage that the author loves nature and hopes to be close to it.
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答案：A
   15、No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and four thousand years ago. In time, the dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, may have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians. The Persians called their dish Sharbat, from which our word sherbet（冰冻果子露）comes.
   Marco Polo, an Italian who traveled widely in the thirteenth century, noted that he found the Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices became popular, first in Venice and then throughout Italy.
   In 1533, when Catherine de Medicis left Italy to marry the future King Henry Ⅱof France, she took her cooks with her. They made desserts the French had never tasted before. Among them was "ice cream". For each day of the wedding festivities(庆祝活动，庆典) Catherine's cooks prepared a different flavor of her favorite dessert-"ice cream."
   At first ice cream was a luxury(奢侈品) in France. Only rich people had money to buy it. Then, in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold ice cream at prices people could afford. Procopio's"ice-cream parlor(店堂)" became so popular that other shops were opened.
   About 1640, King Charles I introduced ice cream to England. He had heard it was popular in Italy and France. He served ice cream for dessert at a banquet(宴会). The surprise dish was a great success. The King ordered his cook to keep the recipe(制作方法) for ice cream a secret. Charles felt that only royalty(王室) should serve the dessert. But the secret soon leaked out. Ice cream quickly became popular in England too.
1）、This passage is mainly about the history of ice cream.

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2）、Marco Polo's remark shows that he traveled in India.
　

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3）、Ice cream was unknown in France until 1640.

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4）、Ice cream was introduced to England by King Charles I.
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5）、Development of ice cream in France and other countries is discussed in the passage.
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   16、She is a cute, quiet girl. As a daughter, she has no secrets from her mother, who is very pleased with her. But these days she has become not so open as before. She has a diary that she keeps under lock and key. Her mother cannot help worrying about her. "What will I do if she falls in love, which is too early for her age? After all she is reaching the dangerous time". These thoughts have caused trouble in the mother's mind.
   One weekend, the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmates and would return late. This was the first time her mother had agreed, and she couldn't help worrying because her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine. She decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that time, she heard the noise of a car parking. She went to the window and saw her daughter waving goodbye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat. When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, pretending nothing had happened. "Mum, I'm back." "Yeah." "Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?" "Yes. Oh, that...Who is that boy?" The daughter got a surprise. "Ah...He is my monitor. He gave me a lift on his way home. Mum, I'm going to bed." "All right. Go to sleep early."
   The next morning, when the mother went to the daughter's room to do some cleaning, she found her diary left on the bed. After a few minutes' thinking, she at last opened it to the page of the night before. It read: Mum, it is love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn't.  
1）、The mother worried because her daughter always went back home too late.
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答案：B
2）、The mother used to be pleased with her daughter.
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答案：A
3）、The daughter was surprised because her mother knew she stayed with a boy that night.
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4）、The mother found her daughter's diary because the girl forgot to lock her diary and left it on the bed.
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5）、The article tells parents that children need more understanding than love.
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答案：A
   17、"Joe, you are a very old dog," said policeman Fred. "Today is your birthday again. I remember that you were 14 years old last year. But you are still the best police dog in the world!"
   "ARF! ARF!" barked Joe.
   "You are welcome," said Fred. "Now let's get your birthday dinner. Show me where you want to eat."
   Joe led Fred down the street. Good smells came from all the eating places. But Joe walked on. At last he stopped at a small place. He smelled around the door. Then he pushed the door open.
   "Is this where you want to eat?" asked Fred. But Joe did not bark an answer. He put his nose to the floor and ran across the room. Then he jumped on a man at a table!
   "Good boy, Joe!" said Fred. Joe and Fred have looked for the robber for ten years. "And now you have found him!"
   Joe and Fred took the robber to the police station. Then Fred said, "All right, Joe, you have done your work. Well done! Congratulations. Now do you want that birthday dinner?" "ARF!" barked Joe, "ARF! ARF!" "Let's go," said Fred. "I'm hungry, too."
1）、The police and Joe have looked for the robber for 10 years.
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2）、Joe is fourteen this year.
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3）、In the story, Joe says "ARF! ARF!" twice. The first time he means "Thank you".
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4）、Fred wants to give Joe a dinner because today is Fred's birthday.
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5）、Joe is a great police dog.
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   18、The word "horsepower" was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world's first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power.
   Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.
   He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air on one minute. His engine could lift a 33-pound weight 100 feet in one minute.
   Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.
1）、The passage says that Watt made the first widely used steam engine.                  
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2）、Watt wanted to find a way to lift a 3300-pound weight.                           
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3）、He made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of a horse.      
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4）、One horsepower would equal the weight of one horse.                       
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5）、The possible title for this passage is The Origin of the Term "Horsepower".                        
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   19、The wheel was one of man's first invention and yet it has also proved one of the most useful. So wide and varied are the uses of wheels, in machines and vehicles of all kinds, that it is difficult to imagine what the world would be like without them. It is surprising to hear it said, therefore, that the wheel's importance will perhaps be greatly reduced by the end of the century by an invention so new as to be still unnamed.
   The invention is a machine that floats above any surface on a cushion (垫子) of air. The cushion is formed when air is blown into the bottom of the machine. This part is shaped like a saucer turned upside down. If air is blown into this saucer, the machine rises to a height that may vary from a few inches to a few feet.
   Industry is already using one form of the invention to deal with heavy loads. It can lift them with ease and since there are no wheels, and therefore no friction, they can be put into motion with the touch of a finger.
   The new invention, however, is having a great effect on transport. Not only does it make expensive road systems unnecessary, but it enables vehicles to travel equally well over land or water. This unique ability to reach most destinations has given rise to the prediction that wheeled vehicles may be as uncommon at the end of the century as airplanes were at the beginning.

1）、The phrase "with the touch of a finger" in the third paragraph means by hand.
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2）、The first paragraph tells us that a new invention may make wheels less important.
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3）、The passage tells us that the new invention makes it possible to travel without using roads.
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4）、At the end of the century, vehicles using the new invention will probably be rare.
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5）、According to the passage, the new invention can go almost anywhere.
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   20、No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon and part of it taken out. Today, however, we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep, and when he awakes, the operation is finished. But these happy conditions are fairly new. It is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain.
   Long ago, operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything. Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called "laughing gas". Laughing gas became known in America. Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing, but one man at a party, Horace Wells, noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas. He decided to make an experiment on himself. He asked a friend to help him.
   Wells took some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Well's teeth. Wells felt no pain at all.
   As he didn't know enough about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out.
   Wells tried again, but this time he gave too much of the gas, and the man died. Wells never forgot this terrible event.
1）、It is not long since a man felt all the pain while being operated.
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2）、Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he could feel nothing.
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3）、Using the laughing gas, the people seemed to feel pain during the operation.
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4）、If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he still felt pain.
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5）、One who took too much of the laughing gas would die.
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   21、Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant and its owner did not know what to do. The food in its restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seems to want to eat there. Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant was always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a beautiful menu. The menu looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the men gave the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine, while the menu that he gave to the lady gave a much higher price. So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was.
1）、The food in the White Rose Restaurant was that its quality had always been good and its price low.
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2）、The restaurant attracted so many people by showing men and women menus with different prices in them.
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3）、According to this passage, only the man would pay for the bills when a man and a woman ate at the restaurant.
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4）、The White Rose succeeded because men liked their women friends to be generous.
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5）、People who came to eat at this restaurant were often women and their best friends.
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   22、When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America's fastest growing businesses.
   What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples - people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.
   One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don't like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.
1）、Which of the following has become one of America's fastest growing businesses?
A.Selling home furnishings.
B.Renting furnished apartments.
C.Selling used furniture.
D.Renting home furnishings.
答案：D
2）、Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?
A.Because the furniture they get in this way is new.
B.Because it saves them a lot of money.
C.Because it saves them much trouble and money.
D.Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.
答案：C
3）、What can you infer from the passage?
A.The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.
B.Renting furniture is not popular in the couple's home town.
C.Only those who don't have enough money to rent furniture.
D.People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.
答案：B
4）、Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
A.Rent or Buy?
B.A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.
C.Furnished Apartments.
D.A New Idea.
答案：B
5）、Young people liked renting home furniture because_________.
A.they have less money
B.they don't want to buy old furniture
C.the new furniture is of good quality
D.they don't have much money and don't want to buy the cheap furniture
答案：D
   23、A dolphin（海豚）is always well-known as a clever and friendly animal. Recently another amazing（令人惊奇的） discovery made by the British marine（海洋的）biologist (生物学家) Alexis shows that dolphins, to our surprise, keep in touch with each other by calling each other's names among themselves something like human beings.
   Alexis recorded over 1700 different kinds of dolphins' calls and made a careful analysis of them. The analysis shows each dolphin has his own sound signal referring specially to himself and used all the time when he gets in touch with others. What's more, one dolphin is even able to imitate another's cry in more or less the same way as sometimes human beings do while talking with birds, which is believed to be an important step towards language from animals' calls.
1）、Alexis's new discovery about dolphins is that they are famous.
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2）、A dolphin is able to talk with birds.
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3）、Imagining others' cries is thought to be a step from animals' calls to language.
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4）、A dolphin is like a human being by speaking in a certain language.
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5）、The main idea of the text is a new discovery about the dolphin.
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   24、In the high mountain country outside the city of Toluker, there stands a prison. This prison is quite different from other prisons in the world. The guards, except for two at the main gate, are not armed. There are many remarkable things about Toluker prison. For example, of the 15,000 individuals who have been in prison at Toluker, less than two percent have got into trouble again with the law. Men in the open prison are free to find work outside, but go back to prison each night. On weekends they are allowed to go home. When most other prisons are still sending criminals back into society, Toluker is returning people who stand on their own feet and contribute to society. In 1974, a prisoner called Barb Crook moved to the open prison. A year later, he left Toluker for the last time. He was then nearly forty-six and had been in prison for fourteen years. He got a job as construction worker in the city, remarried and was regarded as a useful person of his community. If you ask Bob why Toluker works, he would say, "Because they believed in me when I was at my worst."
1）、Toluker prison stands in the high mountain country.
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2）、Toluker prison is called an open prison because it has no armed guards.
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3）、On weekends the prisoners in the open prison are allowed to go home.
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4）、Bob Crook stayed in the Toluker prison for thirteen years.
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5）、The speaker's attitude toward this type of prison is positive.
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   25、People show their love for their country when they honor the flag. The bright colors of the flag stand for the country, its people, and its ideas.
   The flag of the United States is red, white and blue. Red stands for courage. White stands for honor. And blue stands for justice（公正）. The flag has 13 stripes（星条） of red and white. These stripes stand for the first 13 states. The top left corner of the flag is blue with 50 white stars. The stars stand for the 50 states in the United States today. We sometimes give the US flag a name, the stars and the stripes.
   A person carrying the flag marches at the head of the parade（游行）. When your country's flag goes by, you should stand up and salute（敬礼）. A man removes his hat. He salutes by placing his hand over his heart. A woman doesn't need to remove her hat. She salutes by placing her hand over her heart, too.
   It is rude not to stand when the flag of any country goes by. It is rude not to salute the flag of your own country. It is rude for a man not to remove his hat for his country's flag.
   Most countries have rules for honoring the flag. Here are a few rules that many countries follow:
   1)        You may fly the flag in the daytime. If there is a light on the flag, you may fly it at night, too.
   2)        Do not fly the flag in the rain.
   3)        Do not let the flag touch the floor.
   4)        Do not throw away an old flag. Burn it with care.
   These rules will help you honor the flag and show love for your country.
1）、According to the passage, the colors of the flag of the United States are red, white and blue.
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2）、The stripes on the flag of the United States stand for the first 13 states.
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3）、When you see the flag of your country, you should not stand up and salute.
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4）、When you see the flag of other countries, you should applaud.
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5）、It is NOT rude to fly your country's flag in the rain.
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   26、One of the worst things that can happen on our earth is an earthquake. When earthquakes happen near large cities, many people may be killed and many buildings may be knocked down. Fires may start and do more damage than the quake itself.
   Earthquakes come from a shaking of the rocks under the surface of the earth. Forces within the earth push against the rocks until they break. Sometimes, the earth above the break will also split (裂开) open.
   We cannot tell when an earthquake is coming. But we do know the places on the earth where they happen most often. Much damage is stopped by building stronger buildings in these places.
   As many as a million earthquakes may happen in a year. But most of them do no damage, for they happen under the sea.
   The following is a car seller's experience of an earthquake.
   "While sitting in my office, discussing business with a friendly customer, I heard a loud noise and then began to feel the ground shake. I looked up and the customer was already out of the door. On the showroom (陈列室) floor, behind where he had been, was a Ford Thunderbird. The car jumped completely off the ground ... with all four wheels hanging in the air."
   "Frightened, I ran in the direction of the showroom floor, there was not a single human to be found inside the building. I was the last out ... but I made it."
1）、Most earthquakes happen under the sea.
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2）、The worst thing about an earthquake could be the shaking of rocks.
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3）、Knowing the places where earthquakes happen most often may provide information that is useful to the building of houses.
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4）、Ford Thunderbird is probably the name of the showroom.
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5）、The car seller was the last one to leave the showroom.
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   27、Hobbs was an orphan. He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work changed him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
   One day a lawyer said to him, "One thousand dollars, and here is the money." As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded（惊呆了的）. He didn't know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, "I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days, or I give up my work in the factory and do what I'd like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting the pictures. But it is too much for one and too little for the other."
   "Here is the reading of your uncle's will," said the lawyer, "telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it."
   "Yes, I see. I will do that," said the young man.
1）、Hobbswanted to borrow money because he wanted to learn to paint pictures.
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2）、With the money he got, Hobbs first thought he could live like a rich man for a few days.
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3）、What Hobbs was asked to do was nothing but to buy some pictures.
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4）、What Hobbs really loved to do was painting pictures.
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答案：A
5）、The best title for the passage is "The will can Make You Rich".
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   28、There are many misunderstandings about American Indian names. Crazy Horses, for example, was given to a man because he was courageous, not because he was mad.
   Indian families had no last names. The Sioux Indians give individuals three or four names. The first name was given at birth. It showed the order of a birth into the family. Wenonah, for instance, meant "firstborn daughter".
   The second name, the honor name, was given to the child by a medicine man. It usually referred to the fine character of good deeds of one of the child's ancestors. When he grew up, the person was expected to live up to this name. Otherwise, the person might not be called by it.
   The third name was the nickname. It usually referred to something odd that the person had done. It was hardly ever flattering（奉承）.
   The fourth name came the deed name. It was given by a war chief after the person accomplished some good or extraordinary bravery. The name might be that of a fear-inspiring animal such as Bear or Buffalo or that of a noble bird, such as Eagle, Hawk or Owl.
1）、The passage described the way American Indians are named.
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2）、An American Indian would be called by his second name only when he grew up.
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3）、The name of an animal was given to an American Indian usually because he was courageous.
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4）、A school teacher could also give a name to an American Indian.
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5）、Last name is not included in an American Indian name.
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   29、In the water around New York city is a very small island called Liberty Island. On Liberty Island there is a very special statue called the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the most famous sightsin the world.
   The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. The statue was made by a French sculptor named Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The inner support system was designed by Gustave Eiffel, the same man who made the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris.
   Liberty, of course, means freedom, and the Statue of Liberty was given to the United States to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of U.S independence from England. The statue was built in France, taken apart piece by piece, and then rebuilt in the United States. It was opened for the public on October 28, 1886.
   As you might expect, the statue is very big. Visitors can ride an elevator from the ground to the bottom of the statue. If they want, they can then walk up 168 steps to reach the head of the statue where they can look out and enjoy the beautiful sight of the city of New York.

1）、A good title for this selection is The Statue of Liberty.
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2）、The word "sights"in the first paragraph means the power of seeing.

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3）、The statue was built on Liberty Island.
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4）、We may conclude that the elevator does not go to the top.
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5）、The man who made the part of the statue that we can see on the outside was Bartholdi.

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   30、Hi, dear boys and girls! Do you know how to be a healthy kid? Here are some rules you should follow.
   First, eat different foods, especially fruit and vegetables. You may have a favourite food, but you'd better eat something different, if you eat different foods, you will probably get more nutrients (营养物质) your body needs.
   Second, drink water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water is the No. l choice. Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium (钙) your body needs to grow strong bones.
   Third, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full? When you are eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full. Eating too much will not make you feel comfortable and make you fat.
   Fourth, limit screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV, DVDs and videos, or using computers. It is good to take more exercise such as basketball, bike riding and swimming. You can't watch TV for more than two hours a day.
   Fifth, be active. One thing you'd like to do as a kid is to find out which activity you like best. Find ways to be active every day.
   Follow these rules and you can be a healthy kid.
1）、You should eat different foods especially fruit and vegetables.
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2）、Juice can give you more calcium.
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3）、According to the passage, you should follow five rules if you want to be healthy.
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4）、When you're eating, you don't have to notice how your body feels.
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5）、The best title for the passage is "How to be a healthy kid".
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   31、The undersea world is very beautiful. Now more and more people want to dive in the water to find the secrets there. Scuba（戴水肺） diving is a new sport today. It can take you into a wonderful undersea world.
   You will find many strange animals in the sea. Some are like a school bus. Many sea animals give out light in the dark and some have sharp teeth.
   During the day, there is enough light. Here, under the sea, everything is blue and green. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands. When you have bottles of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. However, you can't dive too deep. And you must be very careful when you dive in deep water.
   The deep sea is not an easy place to live in. It is cold, and it is dark, too. The deeper it is, the less sunlight there is. At about 3,000 feet, there is no light at all. It is very dark in the sea. Many fishes have no eyes. Some have big eyes. A few have eyes on one side.
   Besides the coldness and the darkness, deep-sea animals face a third danger - other animals.
   Animals eat! They must find food to eat. Many animals eat plants. However, some animals eat meat. This means these sea animals have two big jobs. They need to find animals as food, and they have to try not to become other animals' meal.  
1）、People want to dive in the sea because they want to find the secrets of the undersea world.
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2）、In the daytime, when you dive in the sea, you can see everything green and blue.
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3）、Animals will meet four types of danger under the deep sea.
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4）、When you do scuba diving, you can dive freely without any danger.
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5）、At the depth of 3,000 feet under the sea, all animals can find their way with the help of their eyes.
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   32、Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in England.
   Then workers were sent for and a big platform（台子）was made.
   With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.
   Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn't know it because he was thinking of his pictures.
   The worker saw everything. "What should I do?" he thought. "Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed. "So the worker quickly took some paint（漆）and threw it at the pictures.
   "What are you doing?" cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.
1）、James Thornhill was an English ______.
A.worker
B.artist
C.king
D.writer
答案：B
2）、He was ordered to ______.
A.paint the wall of the king's palace in England
B.paint some pictures on the wall of the palace
C.build a big platform in front of the palace
D.put up some new pictures on the old wall
答案：B
3）、It took them ______ to finish the pictures.
A.a month
B.a week
C.twelve months
D.half a month
答案：C
4）、James Thornhill felt that the ______ he was from the pictures, the  ______ they were.
A.nearer...more beautiful
B.farther...more ugly
C.farther...more beautiful
D.higher above...more good-looking
答案：C
5）、The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order to ______.
A.save James' life
B.destroy the picture
C.make the picture more beautiful
D.make the king angry
答案：A
   33、When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work during the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays, and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as they were issued (发行).
   On the day of the World Cup football final in London in 1966, we were very excited because England were playing West Germany in the final. When we were having lunch, my mother told us to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won, but she didn't tell us why. At 2 o'clock my mother went back to work as usual, while the rest of the family were watching the football on TV at home. Although she wasn't watching the match, she was listening to it on the radio.
   England won 4:2 and so my brothers and I ran to the post office. As we burst in, my mother was standing behind the counter. She was waiting to sell us a very special limited edition with ENGLAND WINNERS on each stamp. We were over the moon.
   We still have it today，and perhaps it is worth a lot of money.  
1）、This passage mainly tells us ______.
A.the author and her brother used to like stamps very much
B.the author had a very kind mother
C.the author and her brothers had an unforgettable experience in collecting stamps
D.their mother used to support them by working in the post office
答案：C
2）、According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ______.
A.during the week
B.on Saturdays
C.on Sundays
D.for six days
答案：B
3）、Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won, but she didn't tell them why. Why do you think she did that?
A.She wanted to give them a surprise.
B.She doubted if she would get the stamps.
C.She forgot to do that.
D.She thought it unnecessary to tell them the reason.
答案：A
4）、What does the sentence "We were over the moon." mean?  
A.We jumped high.
B.We were extremely happy about it.
C.We watched the moon for a long time.
D.We couldn't sleep the whole night.
答案：B
5）、What is the best title for this passage?
A.My Childhood
B.My Mother
C.A Precious Stamp
D.A Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps
答案：D
   34、Many people keep small fish as pets. They keep them in a tank of water. The tank is made of clear glass. People can look through it. They can see inside the tank and watch the fish.
   The fish need room. They must not be crowded. Fish need oxygen (氧气) to breathe. Fish get it from water in the tank. There must be enough water for all fish. So the size of the tank is important.
   In the tank many people put small plants that are good for fish. They give oxygen to the water. Plants help in other ways，too. Fish can nibble (轻咬) on the plants. They hide among the plants and sleep，lay eggs there.
   The plants need light. Most fish need light too. The tank may be put near a window. It will get light there. Another place might be better，though. A window may let cold air in. The water in the tank may get too cold. The fish may die because cold water can kill them. So can hot water. The temperature must be just right. The fish need food and they should be fed every day. Giving them too much food is bad. The extra (额外的) food will fall to the bottom and make the water dirty. However，the fish should get just enough food. They should finish the food in 10 minutes. Nothing should be left. When this happens，the amount (数量) of food is right.

1）、A tank near the window may NOT be good for pet fish because cold air may make the water too cold.
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答案：A
2）、Water temperature is the least important to pet fish.
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答案：B
3）、A lot of water in the tank may cause pet fish to die.
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答案：B
4）、When the food is finished in 10 minutes, we know we give pet fish the right amount of food.
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答案：A
5）、This passage mainly talks about how people should keep their pet fish.
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答案：A
   35、Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from.
   Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham（火腿）? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, "We come from Hamburg." One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like those which the men from Hamburg ate. Then he put each between two pieces of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called "hamburgers". Today "hamburgers" are sold in many countries around the world.
   Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.
1）、According to the writer, English is not so old as Chinese.
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答案：A
2）、Hamburg is a city in Germany.
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答案：A
3）、According to the story, hamburgers are made only with beef.
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答案：B
4）、According to the writer, knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting.
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答案：A
5）、According to the story, the word "hamburger" comes from England because Germans don't speak good English.
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答案：B
   36、A million tourists go to Barcelona every year. They want to see Antonio Gaude's church. This unusual church has a strange history. Gaude was born in Spain in 1852. He had to work and study at the same time. He often missed classes because he had to work, but one day he designed a very unusual show-case for an exhibition in Paris. People began to give him work. He designed houses, offices and gardens. They were all very unusual. He was soon rich and famous. Then a rich bookseller said, "Will you build a church for the poor people of Barcelona? I will pay. I will build schools and workshops, too. They will help the people." "I will do it," said Gaudi. He worked for forty years, but he could not finish the church. It was too big. He needed $10,000,000. He gave all his money to the church. He was poor again when he died in 1926, and only the front of the church was finished. But architects, engineers and tourists from all over the world come to see it. It is very strange, very modern and very revolutionary.
1）、The title that A Poor Architect's Unusual Works best fits the passage.
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答案：A
2）、Gaudi devoted most of his life to the building of the church.
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答案：A
3）、Gaudi sometimes missed classes because he didn't like it.
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答案：B
4）、The church is unusual because it's finished.
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答案：B
5）、According to the passage, Gaude suffered a lot in his life.
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答案：B
   37、A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of taxies. He asked every taxi-driver his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel. "How much does it cost for the whole day?" the man asked. "100 dollars," said the taxi-driver. This was very expensive, but the man said it was OK.
   The taxi-driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening, they went back to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said, "What about tomorrow?" The taxi-driver looked at the man and said, "Tomorrow? It is another 100 dollars." But the man said, "That's OK! See you tomorrow." The taxi-driver was very pleased.
   The next day, the taxi-driver took the traveler everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums again. And in the evening, they went back to the hotel. The man gave the tax-driver 100 dollars again and said, "I'm going home tomorrow." The taxi-driver was very sorry because he liked the traveler and, above all, 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. "So you are going home. Where do you come from?" he asked. "I come from New York." "New York!" said the taxi-driver. "I have a sister in New York; her name is Susanna. Do you know her?"
   "Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!"
1）、The traveler came from America.
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答案：A
2）、The traveler took the third taxi, because the third taxi-driver was a kind-hearted man.
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答案：B
3）、Usually the cost of traveling one day by taxi may be less than $100.
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答案：A
4）、The traveler's sister asked the traveler to give the money to the taxi-driver.
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答案：B
5）、The driver was unhappy when he heard the traveler's last words.
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答案：A
   38、Winston Churchill was one of the great men of his age. To show their respect for him, the British lawmakers asked a fine artist, Graham Sutherland, to paint Winston Churchill's picture. When it was completed, it was presented to him, at a grand affair in the Westminster Hall, at the House of Commons (下议院).
   It was reported in the newspapers to show that Churchill accepted the gift. He described the painting as "a remarkable example of modern art", which drew loud laughter.
   In fact he was unhappy with the painting. Sutherland later reported that he asked whether it was to be painted in with a "happy" or "fierce" attitude. "Fierce," replied Churchill. At the time, Churchill was coming to the end of his political life and was unhappy that people wanted him to end his career.
   Some twenty years later it was revealed that Lady Churchill hated the painting so much that she had it destroyed. "It was preying on (折磨) his mind," she was reported as saying.
   A leading art critic was asked what he thought about the matter. He said he could understand Lady Churchill and had pity on her. Graham Sutherland is a very honest artist, who could only paint what he saw. At the time it was painted, Churchill was an old man, worried by the thought that he would have to end his political career soon. But Lady Churchill shouldn't have had the painting destroyed. It could have been stored away until after their deaths.
1）、The British lawmakers ask Graham Sutherland to paint a picture of Winston Churchill to show their respect for him.
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答案：A
2）、The painting was given to Winston Churchill in the Westminster Hall after it was finished.
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答案：A
3）、Churchill said the painting was not well painted.
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答案：B
4）、Churchill was actually unhappy at that time because he had to retire and put an end to his political life.
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答案：A
5）、The author's attitude towards the destruction of the painting is indifferent.
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答案：B
   39、"Cool" is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings. "Cool" can be used to convey feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, "It's cool." You may think, "He's so cool."when you see your favorite football player.
   We all maximize(最大化) the meaning of "Cool". You can use it instead of many words such as "new" or "surprising". Here's an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall they had visited. On one student's paper was just one sentence, "It's cool."Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and how he felt.
   But the story also shows a scarcity of words. Without "Cool", some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word "Cool"? I can. And I think they are also very cool.

1）、We know that the word "cool"has had many different meanings.
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答案：A
2）、The word "convey"(Para.1) means feel.
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答案：B
3）、If you are unhappy with something, you may say, "It's cool."
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答案：B
4）、The writer takes an example to show he is worried about the way the word is used.
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答案：A
5）、The writer suggests that the word "cool"may not be as cool as it seems.
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答案：A
   40、Jessie lived in the country, but one year she decided to visit the capital city to do some shopping and to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find. On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar.
   He was holding up a notice which said, "Blind from birth. Please give generously."
   Jessie felt sorry for the blind beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl.
   "Thank you," he said.
   On the third day, however, Jessie did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar's bowl.
   "What have I done wrong?" the beggar said, "Why are you so stingy (吝啬) today?" Jessie was very surprised by what the beggar said.
   "How do you know I haven't given you a dollar?" she said "If you are blind,you can't know what coin I put into your bowl."
   "Ah," explained the beggar," the truth is I'm not blind. I'm just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he's on holiday."
   "On holiday!" Jessie exclaimed. "And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?"
   "He goes into the country," the man said, "and takes photographs. He's a very good photographer."

1）、The beggar was sitting in the busiest part of the city.

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答案：B
2）、On the first day Jessie gave the blind man some money.
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答案：A
3）、On the third day, the blind man noticed that Jessie had only given him fifty cents.
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答案：A
4）、The regular beggar went on holiday to another country.
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答案：B
5）、The beggar Jessie gave money to is working for his beggar friends.
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答案：A
   41、Mr. Richards worked in a shop which sold, cleaned and repaired hearing-aids（助听器）. One day an old gentleman entered and put one down in front of him without saying a word.
   "What's the matter with it?" Mr. Richards said. The man did not answer. Of course Mr. Richards thought that the man must be deaf and that his hearing-aid must be faulty, so he said again, more loudly, 'What's wrong with your hearing-aid, sir?' again the man said nothing, so Mr. Richards shouted his question again as loudly as he could.
   The man then took a pen and a piece of paper and wrote: "It isn't necessary to shout when you're speaking to me. My ears are as good as yours. This hearing-aid is my wife's, not mine. I've just had a throat operation, and my problem is not that I can't hear, but that I can't speak."
1）、An old gentleman bring a hearing-aid to Mr. Richards one day.
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答案：A
2）、Mr. Richards thought the old man was a deaf.   
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答案：A
3）、The old man shouted as loudly as he could to make Mr. Richards understand what he wanted.  
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答案：B
4）、The old man was too angry to speak any more to Mr. Richards.  
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答案：B
5）、The story takes place in a hospital.
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答案：B
   42、Everyone knows what a needle is. Of course there are needles for sewing machines, needles for injection, you nameit. But few people think of the wonder a needle works in the hands of those who practice acupuncture.
   During the past ten years of so, I have been suffering from a terrible headache. It seems to be getting from bad to worsethese days. Last night I got a sudden pain in my head. It was so terrible that I could hardly bear it. Although I swallowed all kinds of pain-killers, I didn't feel any better. It seemed that there was nothing I could do but phone for a doctor.
   One of our neighbors happened to be with us. He was not a doctor, but he timidly offered his help, saying "Do you mind if I tried acupuncture on you? These needles may possibly do you some good."I agreed. In a moment, he had taken out a few needles from his purse. Without a moment's delay, he fixed a few needles into the skin on my head here and there. Before long, I felt thoroughly relieved.
   Just then, the doctor sped through my house and said,"Where is our patient?"
   "Sorry, Doctor, You are too late. It's killed!" I answered in delight.
   It's a miracle, isn't it?

1）、The word ''name'' in the first paragraph means to give a name to the needles.
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答案：B
2）、The underlined phrase "from bad to worse"in the second paragraph refers to the state of the man's health.

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答案：A
3）、According to the passage，soon after the acupuncture, the man was completely recovered.

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答案：A
4）、"You are too late. It's killed." means that the pain was killed because the doctor came late.

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答案：B
5）、The passage tells us that the effect of acupuncture on the patient was unbelievable.

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   43、Is your job doing harm to your health? If you are like a lot of American workers today, you experience a significant amount of stress in work. Stress doesn't just make you unhappy at work. It can affect your health. Doctors say people under stress have higher blood pressure, even when they are away from work. And they are at a higher risk for death from any cause than those who are more relaxed.
   How do you know if your job could be a risk to your health? Some danger signs include difficulty getting to sleep or difficulty waking up in the morning, forgetfulness, aches and pains for no apparent reason, a desire to eat less or tendency to eat poorly, loss of interest in activities, etc. Everyone has bad days in which they feel many of these symptoms, but if you have noticed several of them, and you have experienced them for months, you may need to do something.
   If you notice these signs in yourself or your loved one, check with your doctor to eliminate other possibilities. If the cause does appear to be stress, experts say you should try to make time for yourself away from work. Try relaxing in a warm bubble bath, listening to music and shutting out the world for a while.
1）、According to the passage, almost all people know how to get rid of stress.
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答案：B
2）、Stress at work affects your life and makes you unhappy at work.
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答案：A
3）、Failing memory is a sign showing that your job is doing harm to your health.
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答案：A
4）、Stressed-out people have higher blood pressure only when they are at work.
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答案：B
5）、You should see a doctor and try to relax more if you've noticed some of the signs of stress.
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   44、When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable. Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn't breathe. Working in a bakery when you are allergic to（对......过敏）flour can be painful.
   But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years. He was a businessman and he helped them improve production. At last his health problems became too serious. He left and formed his own company.
   With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery. They tried new recipes, changing the kind and amount of flour used. This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain. The bread, made with unbleached（未漂白的）flour, was baked in a brick oven.
   They began by baking two dozen loaves. The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf. Winning customers to his unusual, old-fashioned bread took time. But Arnold, struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.

1）、"A Brick-oven Bread Baker"could be a good title for this passage.

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答案：A
2）、Dean wanted to make more money therefore he leftthe National Biscuit Company.

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答案：B
3）、Dean became successful in his business during his stay in the National Biscuit Company.
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答案：B
4）、Arnold's bread was of poor quality.

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答案：A
5）、Dean Arnold can be best describe as "unhealthy".

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   45、One day a bookseller（书商）let a big box of books fall on his foot. "Go to see the doctor," said his wife. "No, "he said. "I'll wait until the doctor comes into the shop next time. Then I'll ask him about my foot. If I go to see him, I'll have to pay him."
   On the next day the doctor came into the shop for some books. When the bookseller was getting them ready, he told the doctor about his bad foot. The doctor looked at it.
   "You must put that foot in hot water every night. Then you must put something on it," said the doctor.
   He took out a piece of paper and wrote on it. "Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night," he said.
   "Thank you," said the bookseller. "And now, sir, here are your books."
   "How much?" said the doctor.
   "Two pounds."
   "Good," said the doctor. "I shall not have to pay you anything."
   "Why?" asked the bookseller.
   "I told you about your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their houses, I want two pounds. And I came here, didn't I?"
1）、What happened to the bookseller one day?
A.He lost a box of books.
B.His foot was wounded by a box of books.
C.He lent the doctor a box of books.
D.He sold out all his books.
答案：B
2）、The bookseller's wife asked him ______.
A.to go out for some medicine
B.to send somebody for a doctor
C.to go to see the doctor
D.to wait for the doctor to come
答案：C
3）、The bookseller didn't take his wife's advice because ______.
A.he was afraid of the doctor
B.he didn't like to take medicine
C.he couldn't walk by himself
D.he didn't want to pay the doctor
答案：D
4）、The doctor paid ______ for the books.
A.one pound
B.two pounds
C.nothing
D.something
答案：C
5）、The bookseller paid ______ money for seeing the doctor in the end.
A.more
B.less
C.the same amount of
D.no
答案：A
   46、In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it's a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.
   In social life, time plays a very important part. In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U.S. no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. A person, who is 5 minutes late, will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.
1）、What is the main idea of this passage? ________
A.It is not customary to telephone someone in the morning and in sleeping hours in the U.S.
B.The role of time in social life over the world.
C.If people are late, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible in the U.S.
D.Not every country treats the concept of time as the same.
答案：B
2）、What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? _______
A.A matter of work.
B.A matter of life or death.
C.You want to see him or her.
D.You want to make an appointment with him or her.
答案：B
3）、Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend in the U.S. A.?
A.at 7:00 am
B.at 4:00 pm
C.at the midnight
D.at 4 am
答案：B
4）、Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ________
A.In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date.
B.No misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures about the concept of time.
C.It may be considered foolish to make an appointment well in advance in the U.S.A..
D.Promptness is valued highly in American life.
答案：D
5）、From the passage we can safely infer that _______
A.it's a matter of life or death if you call someone in day time.
B.the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world.
C.it makes no difference in the U.S. whether you are early or late for a business party.
D.if a person is late for a date, he needn't make some explanation.
答案：B
   47、Mr Brown was very good at fixing things around the house when they broke. One day he went to another city to do some work there, and his wife was alone in the house. While Mr Brown was away, one of the faucets（自来水龙头） on the bathtub broke. Mrs Brown didn't know much about fixing broken faucets, so she telephoned a plumber（管子工）.
   The plumber came to the house that afternoon and fixed the faucet in a few minutes. When he finished, he gave Mrs Brown his bill for the work.
   She looked at it for several seconds and then said, "Your prices are very high, aren't they? Do you know, the doctor costs less than this when he comes to the house?"
   "Yes, I know," answered the plumber, "I know that very well, because I was a doctor until I was lucky enough to find this job a few months ago."
1）、As one of her faucets broke, Mrs Brown asked a plumber to fix it.
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答案：A
2）、It took the plumber only a few minutes to finish the work because the plumber didn't do it carefully, but very quickly.
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答案：B
3）、In fact, the plumber's prices were even higher than a doctor's.
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答案：A
4）、The plumber knew that very well because he went to see a doctor a few months ago.
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答案：B
5）、The plumber thought he was lucky because he could get more money than before.
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答案：A
   48、Mark Twain was famous as a writer, but he was also famous as a public speaker and teller of funny stories. He often went from town to town giving lectures.
   One day he was walking along the street of a small town where he was going to give a lecture that evening. He met a young man who said, "Mr. Twain, I'd like to talk to you for a minute, please. I have an uncle that I'm fond of. The problem is he never laughs or smiles. Can you do anything?"
   "Bring your uncle to my lecture this evening, young man. I guarantee that he'll laugh and smile."
   That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the first row. Mark Twain spoke directly at them. He told some funny stories, but the old man never smiled. Then he told the funniest stories he knew, but the old man's face still remained blank（茫然的）. At last, Mark Twain left the platform almost exhausted.
   Later Mark Twain was talking with a friend about this.
   "Oh!" said the friend, "I know that old man. He has been deaf for years."
1）、Mark Twain often went form town to town because he was fond of traveling.
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答案：B
2）、The young man asked Mark Twain to do something to make his uncle laugh and smile.
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答案：A
3）、That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the first row.
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答案：A
4）、When Mark Twain told the funniest stories in the lecture, the young man and his uncle left halfway.
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答案：B
5）、The old man didn't laugh in the lecture because he had been unable to hear for years.
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   49、In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt and some of his friends went on a hunting trip to Mississippi. After hours of searching, Roosevelt and his group had not come across any wild animals. Finally, the group did track down and surrounded a helpless bear. One of the guides asked the president to shoot the bear so he could win a hunting trophy (奖励). The president raised his riffle first and then put down his gun, letting the poor bear go. News reporters throughout the country reported the story, spreading Roosevelt's kind act.
   Not long after this report, a famous cartoonist named Clifford Benyman drew a cartoon based on Roosevelt's rescue of the bear. When a store owner in Brooklyn saw the cartoon, he decided to make toy bears to sell in his shop. He asked the president Roosevelt for permission to use the name. "Teddy's Bear" for his toys, as a reminder of the bear Roosevelt had set free.
   Nowadays, everyone knows these toys as Teddy Bears, but few people know that they were named after President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.
1）、Roosevelt and his friends went to Mississippi for hunting in November 1902.
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2）、The reason that one guide asked Roosevelt to shoot the bear was the president could get the hunting prize.
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3）、The news reporters reported the story about Roosevelt for their own popularity.
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4）、Everyone knew how the toy was named Teddy's Bear.
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5）、According to the whole passage, the toy Teddy's Bear was named after President Roosevelt.
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   50、Now satellites are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere, because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.
   Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.
   So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead.
1）、Satellites travel above space.
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2）、We use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere because the weather forms there.
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3）、Meteorologists forecast the weather after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier ones.
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4）、Maybe we'll soon be able to forecast the weather for five days.
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5）、The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in weather forecasting.
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   51、Last summer, I took my first airplane flight from London to New York. I boarded the plane at Croydon Airfield and, from that moment on, my life was arranged for me on the trip. First, I was directed to my seat by the stewardess. Then, when the plane was ready to take off, the other passengers and I were told to fasten our seat belts. A few minutes after take-off, magazines and newspapers were passed out. Because my ears hurt, I was given some gum to chew. Next, we were given instructions on what to do in case of an emergency. We were given earphones to listen to music and told that a movie would be shown after dinner. Before dinner, we were asked if we wanted a cocktail. Dinner was served on a tray, but it was attractive and delicious. We were permitted to have a refill on any beverage. After dinner, we were shown a new Hollywood movie. When I felt cold, I was given a blanket and when I felt airsick, I was given a paper bag. Everything was done for the comfort of the passengers. When the plane landed, I was almost sorry to get off and have to start doing things for myself again.
1）、Before the take-off, the passengers were asked to chew some gum.
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2）、Chewing some gum could ease the passengers' earache caused by the change in the air pressure.

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3）、The man was sorry when the plane landed because he has to do things for himself again.
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4）、When the man felt airsick, he was given a paper bag.
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5）、The author took his first airplane flight from New York to Landon last summer.
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   52、In the USA, there are many types of restaurants. Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many countries around the world. You look at a menu above the counter, and say what you'd like to eat. You pay the person who serves you. You take your food and sit down or take it away. There's no need to leave a tip.
   In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table. You don't wait for the waitress to show you where to sit. She usually brings you coffee when you sit down. You tell her what you'd like to eat and she brings it to you. You pay the cashier as you leave.
   In a family restaurant the atmosphere is casual, but the waitress shows you where to sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you don't need to tell her yours. If you don't eat everything, your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take your food home. You add an extra fifteen percent to the bill as a tip.
   In top class restaurants, you need a reservation and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. If you have wine, he may ask you to taste it. You can only refuse it if it tastes bad, not if you don't like it. When you get your bill, check it and then add fifteen to twenty percent to it as a tip for the waiter.
1）、There are three types of restaurants mentioned here.
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2）、We should sit at a counter in a coffee shop.
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3）、In a coffee shop the waitress often tells you her name.
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4）、In a top class restaurant you need to add fifteen percent as a tip.
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5）、The writer takes Mcdonald's as fast food restaurant.
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   53、Peter arrived home and discovered that he had forgotten his door key. He rang the bell, but nobody came to open the door. He rang again, and waited, but still there was no answer. He walked around the house to see if he could find an open window. But they were all closed. It was beginning to rain and he did not know what to do. Dorothy, his wife, had obviously gone out, and he did not know where she had gone, or when she would return. He waited for half an hour. Still nobody came. Finally feeling wet and angry, he picked up a big stone and threw it through the kitchen window and was climbing through it. When he heard the front door open, his wife came back.
1）、Peter could not open the door with his key one day.
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2）、It was raining that day.
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3）、He threw a big stone through a window to get into his house.
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4）、His wife came back when he was walking around the house.
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5）、Peter walked around the house to see if he could find that somebody could help him.
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   54、Telephone books in the United States have white, blue and yellow pages.
   The white pages list people with phones by last name. The blue pages contain numbers of city services, government agencies, and public schools. Businesses and professional services are listed in a special section - the Yellow Pages.
   To make a long distance call, you need an area code. Each area in the U.S. has an area code. The area covered by one area code may be small or large. For example, New York City has one area code, but so does the whole state of Oregon. If you want to know the area code of a place, you can look it up in the area code map which is printed in the front of the white pages.
   There are a lot of public telephones in the U.S. They have their own numbers. If you are making a long distance call on a public telephone and run out of money, give the number on your phone to the person you're talking to. Then hang up the receiver and he can call you back. If you make a long distance call and get a wrong number, call the operator and explain what happened. This means that you can make the call again to the right number without having to pay more money.
1）、The topic of the passage is how to use the telephone books in the United States.
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2）、You can find businesses and professional services in the Blue Pages.
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3）、You can find the telephone number of a city council in the telephone book in the yellow pages.
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4）、You can find an area code map of the U.S. in the front of the white pages.
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5）、You should tell the operator what has happened when you get a wrong number in making a long distance call.
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   55、Johnny lived with his mother and father in a small town in the mountains.
   One day there was an earthquake near the town. Many houses were broken. Everyone thought that there would soon be another earthquake.
   They were worried that the second earthquake would be worse than the first. "We must send Johnny to a safe place," Johnny's mother said to her husband. "Many of our friends are sending their children to relatives in other towns." "We'll send him to my brother, Peter," Johnny's father said. "He lives a long way away. Johnny will be safe with him."
   He telephoned Johnny's uncle Peter and asked him if he would let Johnny live with him. "He is a good boy," he said. "He won't give you any trouble." "All right," Johnny's uncle Peter said. "But I'm not used to children. I live a very quiet and peaceful life." "You won't know Johnny's in the house," his father told him. So Johnny, who was eight, went to live with his uncle.
   Two days later, his mother and father received a telegram from Peter. It said, "A returning child. Please send earthquake."
1）、Johnny and his parents lived in the mountains.
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2）、Johnny's parents sent him away because they did not want him to get hurt.
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3）、Uncle Peter liked to live with Johnny very much.
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4）、Uncle Peter sent Johnny back home because there was an earthquake in his town.
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5）、Johnny certainly made some trouble in his uncle's house.
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