background music. (1)、Background music was first used in the factories, shops and
restaurants in the USA.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、An American marketing expert has found background music can increase sales or factory production.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、Slow music has no effect on sales.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Slow music is useless in factories in increasing sales.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、Restaurant owners are advised to play lively music to increase overall sales.A：TB：F答案：B 14、On February 14th many people in the world celebrate an unusual holiday, St. Valentine's Day, a special day for lovers. The origin of this holiday is uncertain but according to one story it gets its name from a Christian named Valentine who lived in Rome during the 3rd century A.D. His job was to perform marriages for Christian couples. Unfortunately, the Emperor of Rome didn't allow Christian marriages. So they had to be performed in secret. Finally Valentine was arrested and put into prison. (1)、The passage is mainly about a special holiday.A：TB：F答案：A
(2)、Valentine was put into prison because he sent a love letter to the daughter of the prison guard.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、It is because he refused to accept the Emperor's offer that Valentine was killed. A：TB：F答案：A (4)、Valentines are cards usually red, and
shaped like hearts with messages of love written in them.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、People send Valentines to each other nowadays to celebrate Valentine's birthday. A：TB：F答案：B 15、Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history had thought about the problem. One of them, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo Da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that would fly, but they were never built. (1)、Leonardo Da Vinci made designs for flying machines.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Eight hundred years ago an Englishman made a kind of flying machine.A：TB：F答案：B
(3)、In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly lost his life.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、The very first air passengers in the balloon were two Frenchmen.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The two Frenchmen rose above Paris in November 1783.A：TB：F答案：A 16、The fourth Thursday in November is calledThanksgiving Day. In the United States, it is an annual occasion to show thanks to God for his goodness. As a historical, national and religious holiday, Thanksgiving Day began with the English in Plymouth Colony. As far back as 1621, after a long bitter winter and the gathering of the first harvest, these early settlers shared a feast with the local Indians and offered prayers of thanksgiving. The first national
Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed（颁布） by President Washington on November 26, 1789. President Lincoln revived the custom in 1863. (1)、The passage is mainly about how Thanksgiving Day came into being.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated in 1621 by English settlers of the Plymouth Colony. A：TB：F答案：A (3)、President Washington set Thursday, November 26, 1789 as the First National Thanksgiving Day. A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Since 1863, the fourth Thursday of November has been set as an annual Thanksgiving Day, a nationwide holiday.
A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has not changed through the years. The basic traditional food on Thanksgiving Day is roast turkey. A：TB：F答案：A
17、A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man
wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold (1)、The story took place in the United States.A：TB：F答案：B (2)、The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed. A：TB：F答案：B (5)、On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him.A：TB：F答案：B
18、Our child's behavior is greatly influenced by the way we react to what he has done. Our reactions help to determine whether our child will repeat his behavior or whether he will do something different. This statement is a very important part of a principle of behavioral psychology. (1)、The lecture is mainly about Children's behavior and our
response.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、The lecture is based on the principle in behavioral psychology.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、The audience at this lecture might be social
workers.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、According to the lecture, the child was sent to his room as a kind of reward.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、People, places and things are elements of \：TB：F答案：A
19、After having lived for over twenty years in the same district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new neighborhood. He surprised his landlord by telling him that he was leaving because he could not afford to buy any more chocolate. (1)、Albert had been living in the same district for all his life.A：TB：F答案：B (2)、Albert decided to move because he was afraid of animals, especially dogs.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Bingo waited for Albert every afternoon at the gate because he liked Albert. A：TB：F答案：B (4)、We can tell from the story that Albert could afford to buy a large bar of chocolate for Bingo every day.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、Albert had to \chocolate.A：TB：F答案：A
20、 Americans, like many people elsewhere in the world, like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of food, drink and conversation. Formal dinners in fine homes and
hotels in the United States are much the same as formal dinners anywhere in the world. But as most people in the United States have no servants, their dinner (1)、Americans like to invite their friends over to dinner at their homes. A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Most Americans prefer informal parties because they cannot afford formal ones. A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Guests sit and eat at an informal dinner, in the dining room or in the living
room.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、According to the passage, people seldom have hot food at a picnic. A：TB：F答案：A (5)、The picnic is considered a more enjoyable form of meal because a dessert is always serveal. A：TB：F答案：B
21、 A guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person. Dogs chosen for such training must show good disposition, intelligence, physical fitness and sense of
responsibility. (1)、A guide dog is a dog trained to help the blind. A：TB：F答案：A (2)、A guide dog begins its training course at the age of fourteen months.
A：TB：F答案：A (3)、Learning not to guide its owner in the street is included in the
training course. A：TB：F答案：B (4)、The most important part of the training course is to teach the dog how to cooperate with its future owner. A：TB：F答案：A (5)、Guide dogs are not popular because it's hard to train a guide dog A：TB：F答案：B
22、 Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said: \Children's
Hospital are asking for money for children's toys. Some children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep the sick children happy and quiet. Money for them can be sent to the hospital. (1)、The first newspaper story was mainly about sick children in children's Hospital.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Let the class make some toys and give them to the children in the hospital was in Mrs. Weeks' mind.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、At first，the doctors in Children's Hospital wanted to get some money to buy toys for the sick children.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、From the passage we can learn that what Mrs. Weeks really wanted to do is to ask her class to save money for toys.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The author's tone in this passage is enthusiastic.A：TB：F答案：A
23、Computers can injure you. Most other injuries happen suddenly. For example，if you fall off a bike and break your arms，it happens very quickly. But computer injuries happen slowly. (1)、A computer screen may injure your eyes if your eyes are too close to it. A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Hand and wrist injuries are caused when you get plenty of
exercise.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Your eyes and hands will be safe if you often take rests from working.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、It is good for your back and neck if you sit in the right way.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、The best title for the text is \Eyes.\：TB：F答案：B
24、 Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future computers will be used in lots of aspects of everyday life. It is thought that we won't have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from
computers. The Internet will be used to play games，see films and buy food. Most telephone calls will be made by computers. (1)、In the first paragraph it is thought that people will use computers to play games，go shopping and make telephone calls.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Computerized books won't be very expensive is NOT mentioned in the
passage.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means people like to read paper books.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、The last paragraph tells us
internet shopping is a great pleasure.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The best title of this passage could be \：TB：F答案：B
Do you want to know something about the history of weather? Don't look at the sky.
Don't look for old weather reports. Looking at the tree rings is more important. Some weather reports go back only one century，but some trees can show us an exact record of the weather even further back. (1)、It is understood that in a favorable climate tree rings grow far from each other.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Trees brought lots of sunlight and
rainfall.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because they can tell whether the climate was favorable or not.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、Studying dead tree rings shows how the people left.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The people had to
leave the place of New Mexico because they had cut down all the trees.A：TB：F答案：A 26、 Have you ever listened to young children talking in the playground? They are always boasting. They say things like, \smarter than yours.\ (1)、According to the passage，the meaning of the word \：TB：F答案：A (2)、Harry boasted about the number of times his father had a bath every
week.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、Gavin boasted the most.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Ted's father often had a bath twice a day.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、\last paragraph means he was wrong.A：TB：F答案：A
27、 Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveller in India in the year 900 wrote that it was played 'long, long ago.' Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1400. The name 'chess' is
interesting. When one player is attacking the other's king, he says in English, 'check'. When the king has been caught and cannot move anywhere, he says 'check mate'. These words come from Persian 'Shah mat' means 'the king is dead'. That is when the game is over, and one player has won. (1)、Chess was played in India long before 900.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、One player has won the game when he attacks the other player's
king.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Chess is a game for all sorts of people.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、Only two people can play chess sitting at the same table.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、According to the old rules of the game, the king could not move anywhere.A：TB：F答案：B
28、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. (1)、This passage is mainly about the history of ice cream.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Marco Polo's remark shows that he traveled in India.A：TB：F答案：B
(3)、Ice cream was unknown in France until 1640.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Ice cream was introduced to England by King Charles I.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、Development of ice cream in France and other countries is discussed in the passage.A：TB：F答案：A 29、 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. (1)、It can be seen from the passage that the author doesn't like living in the city.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、According to the 1st paragraph, city-dwellers don't have a natural way of life.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、The phrase \of nature\：TB：F答案：A
(4)、The cost of living in large modern cities is very low.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、It can be inferred from the passage that the author loves nature and hopes to be close to it.ATBF答案：A
30、 Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communicate with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars (毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special smell--a signal causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty. (1)、It's implied that caterpillars do not feed on leaves that have an unpleasant taste.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、The willow tree described in the passage protects itself by growing more
branches.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、The willow tree was able to communicate with other trees by giving off a special smell.ATB：F答案：A (4)It can be inferred from the passage that bees communicate by making special movements.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、The author holds that the incident described in the passage must be checked more thoroughly.A：TB：F答案：B
The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small single-engined aeroplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter (高度表) failed and she didn't know how high she was flying. At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly plunged into the sea. (1)、Her engine went wrong when Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、When Amelia Earhart saw flames coming from the engine, she changed her direction and landed in Ireland.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、According to the passage, Amelia Earhart's reason for making her flights was to show that aviation was not just for
men.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、Amelia Earhart was the first woman who succeeded in flying across the Atlantic Ocean alone.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、\America to England\：TB：F答案：B
32、 Everyone knows what a needle is. Of course there are needles for sewing machines, needles for injection, you
name it. But few people think of the wonder a needle works in the hands of those who
practice acupuncture. (1)、The word ''name'' in the first paragraph means to give a name to the needles.A：TB：F答案：B (2)、The underlined phrase \second paragraph refers to the state of the man's health.A：TB：F答案：A
(3)、According to the passage，soon after the acupuncture, the man was completely recovered.A：TB：F答案：A (4)You are too late. It's killed. means that the pain was
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killed because the doctor came late.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The passage tells us that the effect of acupuncture on the patient was unbelievable.A：TB：F答案：A
33、There was once a man in South America who had a parrot(鹦鹉), a pet bird that could imitate(模拟) human speech. The parrot was unique. There was no other bird like him in the whole world. He could learn to say any word except one. He could not say the name of his native town, Cotano. The man did everything he could to teach the parrot to say \he never succeeded. At first he was very gentle (1)、The reason why the parrot couldn't say the name of his native town is not mentioned in the story.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、The man lost his temper at the fact that the bird failed to say the name of the town.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、The man in the kitchen killed the three
chickens.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、The bird managed to escape from the chicken
house.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The man loved his parrot very much and always treated it kindly.A：TB：F答案：B
34、One way that scientists learn about man is by studying animals, such as mice and monkeys. The scientists in this laboratory are experimenting on mice. They are studying the relationship between diet and health. At this time, over one hundred experiments are being done in this laboratory.
(1)、The scientists in the laboratory are studying the relationship between the amount of always treated her as their favorite. (1)、Agnes parents treated her as their favorite, which too much about their appearance and actions. (2)、According to the writer, self-awareness made her brothers sad.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、The Millers moved back to Chicago in is __________.A：a good quality (3)、That shy people react to a compliment in such a way 1896.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Agnes studied mathematics when she was in is ___________.B：unreal (4)、Which of the following statements is true, according to college.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Agnes first came to realize that women were treated the passage? ________C：Shyness can block our chances for a rich life (5)、It can be unequally when she started her college life.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、An editor in New inferred from the passage that shy people ____B：should understand themselves in the right York liked both the ideas in her letters and her writing style.A：TB：F答案：A 40、The way 、 阅读理解 French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was 42、Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights badly run and people's lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national movement in the 1950s and 1960s. parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered his troops to Versailles. The (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old. 答案：A people thought that Louis intended to put down the Revolution by force. On July 14, 1789, (2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only.答案：B they stormed and took the Bastille, where political prisoners were kept. Ever since that day, (3)、Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.答案：A July 14 has been the French National Day. Louis tried to flee the country in 1792, to get (4)、The underlined word \support from Austria and (1)、What's this passage about?.C：The French Revolution. \答案：A (2)、Which did not happen in 1789?B：The national economy was developing rapidly. (5)、The best title for this passage is \答案：B (3)、Where were the political prisoners kept?D：In Bastille. (4)、What does the 43、A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to underlined word \ sell it because it is haunted (闹鬼的). (1)、Mr. James was the owner of the public house. mean?D：Ended (5)、What was NOT the effect of the Revolution?D：The king tried to 答案：A control the national parliament. 41、Britain and France are separated by the English (2)、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that night.答案：B(3)、Mr. James built the food and diet.A：TB：F答案：B (2)、The first two groups are receiving the most
food.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、The first group is the thinnest because they do not have a healthy diet.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Normal mice usually live for two
years.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、The text tells us that people who eat less and exercise more will live longer.A：TB：F答案：A
35、 Now, you'll be coming back here to brush up your English, so you'll want to make as much conversation as possible. Whatever you do, don't stay in a place full of overseas students, especially if they come from our country. This is fatal. Don't believe all the stories you hear about how unfriendly the English are. It's just that many of them are a little shy, and they have this idea about minding their own (1)、The writer suggests that they had better not stay in a place where there are a lot of young people.A：TB：F答案：B (2)、According to the passage, we should believe the English are mostly
friendly.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、We can talk about anything with English except their dogs.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、According to the passage, if you want to talk with the English, usually you have to talk to them first.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、The best place to talk to the English is in a restaurant.A：TB：F答案：B
36、There are many kinds of ants in the world that always live in companies. They are the most hard-working creatures and most of them make their nests under ground. The small black ants that we see running back and forth in the grass are the same ants that bother us by coming to our picnics uninvited. They are not trying to be harmful, but are only doing the house-keeping job they were made for.
(1)、The ants that come to our picnics are having fun. F
(2)、According to this passage, the black ants' job is to clean up the grass. F答案：B (3)、As soon as an ant finds an injured insect, it carries it away and eats it. F答案：B (4)、More ants learn about the beetle from other ants.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、The ants clean the grass by carrying away everything but the shell.A：TB：F答案：A
37、The climate of any place is the kind of weather it usually has over a long period of time. The kind of homes we live in, the clothes we wear even, the food we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live. Climate is complicated; it is affected by many things. If you live near one of the poles, you live in a cold climate, (1)、Climate means the weather of a certain place over a long period of time.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、\we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live.\
according to the weather.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、People living near the poles tend to get more sunlight than those near the equator.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Rainfalls depend on many things except the winds.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The best title for the passage is Climate.A：TB：F答案：A
38、Two years ago, my husband bought me a bike. If you live in a town, it is often faster than a car and you don't have to worry about parking. You leave it anywhere. As it has a seat at the back and a basket at the front, I can take my little daughter to school, to the library, to the shops, to anywhere. (1)、The writer's husband bought her a new car two years ago.A：TB：F答案：B (2)、A bike is better than a car because it is much cheaper.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、The writer often uses her bike in
summer.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、You must be careful when you ride a bike, for there are some problems.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、Riding a bike is a good exercise and it can make you feel younger.A：TB：F答案：A
39、Agnes Miller was one of the earliest leaders of the women's liberation movement in the United States. She was born on a farm in Missouri in 1892. She had a very happy life as a child. She was the only daughter and the youngest child of five. Her parents and her brothers Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as few as 20 minutes. But the cultures of the house. 答案：B(4)、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles. 答案：B two countries sometimes seem to be miles apart. Last Thursday Britain and France (5)、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James' story. 答案：B celebrated the 100th anniversary (周年纪念) of the signing of a friendship agreement called 44、Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry. the Entente Cordiality. The agreement marked a new beginning for the countries following (1)、The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American families. centuries of wars and love-hate partnership. (1)、For centuries, the relationship between 答案：A Britain and France is___D：a mixture of love and hate (2)、The war in Iraq does ___ to (2)、Families of the past, the present and the future are described in the passage. the relationship between France and Britain.D：both good and harm (3)、The British are not 答案：A so friendly to ______ and the French are not so friendly to______.A：Germany; America (3)、People no longer want to have children. (4)、_____ are more interested in having holidays in _________.D：British people … 答案：B France (5)、What does the last sentence mean? ____C：France and Britain are near (4)、Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future. neighbors, and this will help balance the relationship between them 42、By definition, 答案：B heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage, (5)、Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society. achievements, and self-sacrifice made most for the benefits of others - they are people against 答案：A whom we measure others. They are men and women recognized for shaping our nation's 45、My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it and I consciousness and development as well as the lives of those who admire them. Yet, some washed a lot of things. people say that ours is an age where true heroes and heroines are hard to come by, where the Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband's socks missing. I looked everywhere very idea of heroism is something (1)、The passage mainly deals with ______.C：heroes for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere.(1)、The writer was a teacher.答案：A and icons (2)、Heroes and heroines are usually _________. D：all of the above (2)、When the writer turned around to write on the blackboard, the class began to laugh (3)、Which of the following statements is wrong? _____D：Heroes and heroines can only loudly.答案：A emerge in war times. (4)、Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine (3)She couldn't find one of her husband's socks, because her husband had taken it away.答B love________.C： just before her death (5)、What is more likely to set an icon's status? (4)、The teacher from the next room laughed, because he found a sock on the back of the ________ B：Tragic and early death. 43、 Places to stay in Britain are as varied as the writer's skirt.答案：A(5)、The students told her about the laughing.答案：B places you visit. Whatever your budget is the choice -from basic barn to small hotel, from 46、Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not tiny cottage to grand castle - is all part of fun. (1)、In this passage the author mainly leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing ____.A：tells us where to stay while visiting Britain (2)、________ are mainly built for in line, others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was young visitors.B：Youth Hotels (3)、If you travel alone and want to know better about trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around, but there was no place for him to sit. family life in Britain, you'd better stay in ________.D：B&Bs (4)、If you are interested in (1)、Tom went into the station cafe because Mike asked him to have a cup of tea.答案：B travelling with your friends but only with limited means, where is the better place for you to (2)、Tom and Mike talked while drinking.答案：A stay? _________.C：Hostels (5)、Which of the following is NOT true according to the last (3)、When Tom looked at the clock in the mirror, it's actually half past twelve.答案：A part of the passage? __________ B：all pubs and inns offer visitors bed and breakfast. 44、 (4)、From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find it's going In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If backward.答案：A you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the (5)、Tom arrived in Paris on time.答案：B call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same 47、My Aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease. sleeping hours, he assumes it's a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call (1)、Aunt Edith stopped working as a secretary when she knew she had a very serious heart communicates its importance.In social life, time plays a very important part. (1)、What is disease.答案：B(2)、From the story we can see Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily. 答案：B the main idea of this passage? ________B：The role of time in social life over the world. (3)、In Aunt Edith's letter to the doctor, she showed she was warm, humorous and enjoying (2)、What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? living. 答案：A(4)、When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, she didn't expect the doctor would _______B：A matter of life or death. (3)、Which of the following time is proper if you give her a reply. 答案：A(5)、Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that her want to make an appointment with your friend in the U.S. A.?B：at 4:00 pm (4)、Which disease was so serious that he couldn't cure her.答案：B of the following statements is true according to the passage? ___D：Promptness is valued 48、People often say that the Englishman's home is his castle. They mean that the home is highly in American life. (5)、From the passage we can safely infer that _______ B：the very important and personal. he thought that he owned the whole table. I had been reading a meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. 45、 Shyness is the cause of book about nonverbal （非语言的）(1)、The home matters greatly to Englishmen.答案：A much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious; that is, (2)、The British can own private space like the house and the garden.答案：A they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. Worrisome thoughts (3)、According to Paragraph 2, if you spread your books around you in a library, it means are constantly occurring you want to tell others the space belongs to you. 答案：A in their minds: what kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? (4)、The man opposite to the writer showed that he owned the whole table by reading a book. Am I wearing unattractive clothes? (1)、 What does the author try to prove by citing 答案：B \ 1)___B：People's shyness made them care (5)、The writer tried to get back his space by moving the case off the table.答案：B
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49、A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée （未婚妻）. (1)、The story took place in the United States.答案：B
(2)、The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage.答案：A
(3)、The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl.答案：B (4)、The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed.答案：B(5)、On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him.答案：B
50、A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, \
(1)、The story doesn't tell us how the young woman got to the square.答案：A
(2)、The lady stopped the taxi because she was afraid of walking across the street.答案：B (3)、The young man at the other side of the square had probably been waiting for a long time.答案：A
(4)、The young lady was clever at making excuse.答案：A
(5)、The young lady was just pretending that she had tried.答案：A
51、Younger people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about life, work and play. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in peace. Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group..
(1)、The passage is mainly about how adults and teenagers live together in a special group.答案：A
(2)、The special program offered every winter in New York city.答案：B (3)、People will make more rules when someone breaks a rule.答案：B
(4)、To find a way to solve the generation gap is NOT stated directly in the passage as a purpose of the program.答案：A(5)、Some teenagers learn photography when they are free.答案：A
52、There was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back enough to buy his lunch in the office every day.(1)、The small man was allowed to keep just enough to buy his lunch in the office every day. 答案：A
(2)、The man won a lottery one day. 答案：A(3)、The woman is good-natured. 答案：B
(4)、The woman was pleased yet suspicious when her husband won a lottery. 答案：A
(5)、The man had to give almost all his money to his wife every week. 答案B
53、Ramon was very proud of his dog Blackie. Whenever he got a chance, he would ask his dog to amuse his friends with some tricks.
(1)、Frank's cold had worsened and he had no medicine at home. 答案：A (2)、Ramon called for a doctor. 答案：B
(3)、Ramon felt embarrassed when Blackie was late. 答案：A
(4)、Blackie barked at the bone outside the window because he wanted to have it. 答案：B
(5)、The story mainly implies dogs are after all dogs, however clever they are. 答案：A
54、Herman had worked for the bank of Ruritania for ten years and was still only a clerk. He was not satisfied with the position and wanted to find something better. Yet he did not want to lose his position in bank before he had got another one, so he prepared a letter about himself, with the words \big letters across the top. Then he sent it to several other banks, asking them for a job. (1)、Herman was not happy because he was in prison in the bank.答案：B
(2)、Herman did not want to leave the Bank of Ruritania immediately because he had not found a better job yet.答案：A(3)、He wished some other bank to give him a better job.答案：A
(4)、A few days later, Herman's boss found one of these letters in his office.答案：B (5)、The boss asked Herman to come into his room as he decided to fire him.答案：A 55、Computers can injure you. Most other injuries happen suddenly. For example，if you fall off a bike and break your arms，it happens very quickly. But computer injuries happen slowly.
You probably know how to ride a bike safely. Now learn to use a computer safely. (1)、A computer screen may injure your eyes if your eyes are too close to it.答案：A (2)、Hand and wrist injuries are caused when you get plenty of exercise.答案：B (3)、Your eyes and hands will be safe if you often take rests from working.答案：A (4)、It is good for your back and neck if you sit in the right way.答案：A (5)、The best title for the text is \答案：B
56、Do you want to know something about the history of weather? Don't look at the sky. Don't look for old weather reports. Looking at the tree rings is more important. Some weather reports go back only one century，but some trees can show us an exact record of the weather even further back.
(1)、It is understood that in a favorable climate tree rings grow far from each other. 答案：A (2)、Trees brought lots of sunlight and rainfall.答案：B
(3)、The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because they can tell whether the climate was favorable or not.答案：A(4)、Studying dead tree rings shows how the people left.答案：B
(5)、The people had to leave the place of New Mexico because they had cut down all the trees.答案：A
57、For several years，Americans have enjoyed teleshopping－watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In a number of European
countries，people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes，jewelry，food，toys，and many other things.
(1)、Teleshopping is cheap in Europe. 答案：B
(2)、People like teleshopping because it is easier.答案：A
(3)、Some Europeans don't like teleshopping because they don't watch TV.答案：B (4)、In Germany，teleshopping may have fewer buyers.答案：B
(5)、The best title of this passage is \答案：A
58、Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveller in India in the year 900 wrote that it was played 'long, long ago.' Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1400. (1)、Chess was played in India long before 900.答案：A
(2)、One player has won the game when he attacks the other player's king.答案：B (3)、Chess is a game for all sorts of people.答案：A
(4)、Only two people can play chess sitting at the same table.答案：B
(5)、According to the old rules of the game, the king could not move anywhere.答案：B 69、A poor boy, who had not enough money to buy a meal, stopped one hot summer at noon before an eating-house. The boss of the restaurant told him several times to go away， but the boy could not leave the wonderful smell. At last, the cook came out of the restaurant. Taking hold of his arm, he declared that the boy had been feeding upon the smell of their food. （鼻孔）(1)The cook asked the boy to give him some money for feeding on the smell of the food.答案：A
(2)、The boy reported what happened to the police in the police station.答案：B (3)、The police asked the boy to make noises with the two pence.答案：A (4)、The cook finally got some money.答案：B
(5)、The policeman was not satisfied with the solution.答案：B
70、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.
(1)、\答案：A
(2)、Dean wanted to make more money therefore he left the National Biscuit Company. 答案：B
(3)、Dean became successful in his business during his stay in the National Biscuit Company.答案：B
(4)、Arnold's bread was of poor quality.答案：A
(5)、Dean Arnold can be best describe as \答案：B
71、Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communicate with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars (毛虫)
(1)、It's implied that caterpillars do not feed on leaves that have an unpleasant taste.答案：A (2)、The willow tree described in the passage protects itself by growing more branches.答案：B
(3)、The willow tree was able to communicate with other trees by giving off a special smell.答案：A
(4)、It can be inferred from the passage that bees communicate by making special movements.答案：A
(5)、The author holds that the incident described in the passage must be checked more thoroughly.答案：B
72、A farmer had once made a purchase of a fine fat sheep, hoping to offer it up to the
Buddha. While he was leading it home, four thieves saw him and made up their minds to steal the sheep. They knew him to be an honest person and one who thought of no more harm in others than he had in himself. They dared not take the sheep away from him by force, for they were too near the city.
(1)、The farmer bought a sheep in the city.答案：B
(2)、The four thieves decided to play a trick to get the sleep because the farmer was honest and could be easily cheated by their tricks.答案：A (3)、The farmer began to have a doubt when the third thief called his sheep a dog.答案：A (4)、The four thieves knew about the farmer.答案：A (5)、The farmer was cheated by the four thieves.答案：A
73、When Li Chen got married, his wife's mother came to live with them. She was not an easy woman to live with. She was always complaining and never seemed to stop talking.
Li Chen loved his wife but her mother was making his life miserable. Unfortunately, his wife would not listen to any criticism of her mother. \her and so must you.\
(1)、His mother-in-law was making Li Chen's life miserable.答案：A
(2)、Li Chen's mother-in-law came to live with him and his wife after she got ill.答案：B (3)、Li Chen's wife was respectful towards her mother.答案：A
(4)、The mother-in-law continued complaining when she was ill.答案：A
(5)、Li Chen wanted to buy the thermometer because he saw this thing for the first time since his marriage.答案：B
74、One way that scientists learn about man is by studying animals, such as mice and
monkeys. The scientists in this laboratory are experimenting on mice. They are studying the relationship between diet and health. At this time, over one hundred experiments are being done in this laboratory.
In one of these experiments, the scientists are studying the relationship between the amount of food the mice eat and their health. The mice are in three groups.
(1)、The scientists in the laboratory are studying the relationship between the amount of food and diet.答案：B
(2)、The first two groups are receiving the most food.答案：B
(3)、The first group is the thinnest because they do not have a healthy diet.答案：B (4)、Normal mice usually live for two years.答案：A
(5)、The text tells us that people who eat less and exercise more will live longer.答案：A 75、After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethell Pepper could easily have decided to sit back and relax and enjoy a peaceful retirement. But that kind of life is not for Ethell Pepper. \sit down and look out of the window.\(1)、Ethell entered university when she was 68.答案：A
(2)、Ethell has been teaching minority students for 20 years.答案：A (3)、Ethell enjoyed staying with young people.答案：B
(4)、Elderly people bring a great deal of useful experience to the university.答案：A (5)、Ethell is learning how to teach minority students.答案：B
76、Do you forget to turn off the lights and heaters when you go out of a room? In 2040 it will not matter. They will turn themselves off and on again when you return. A sensor will detect the presence of a human and turn the systems on, and when the humans leave it will turn them off again.（非法闯入者）.
(1)、The author intends to tell the readers that in year 2040 there will be no switches for lights and heaters.答案：B
(2)、According to the passage, people will save much trouble with the help of advanced technology.答案：A
(3)、According to the author, in 2040, new technology will free us from the keys we use today.答案：A
(4)、Thanks to computers, in 2040 people will be controlled by computers.答案：B (5)、The best title for the passage is \Technology\答案：B
77、Today the official language of the United States and most of Canada is English. However, French almost became the official language because of a war.
The French and Indian War was fought between 1754 and 1763. The name of this war is not accurate because the war was actually between England and France. The Indians fought on the side of the French.
(1)、The best title for this passage is \答案：B
(2)、The word \答案：B (3)、We may conclude that George Washington preferred the English.答案：A (4)、General Wolfe died in Canada.答案：A
(5)、Washington won his battle at the fort on the Ohio River.答案：B
8、My wealthy uncle was dying. He wanted to leave me his entire fortune, which was about half a million dollars. There was, one condition: I must be married before he died. If not, I wouldn't receive a cent.
(1)、The writer wanted to marry because his uncle was dying.答案：B
(2)、His biggest problem in finding a wife was that he was forty and ugly.答案：A (3)、He burnt all the letters because there were no suitable persons.答案：B (4)、He went to the restaurant to get advice from his friend there.答案：A
(5)、The waiter at the restaurant recommended his own sister because she was a good looking girl.答案：B
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9、\that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings. \car in the street, maybe you will say, \seeWe all maximize(最大化)
(1)、We know that the word \答案：A (2)、The word \答案：B
(3)、If you are unhappy with something, you may say, \答案：B
(4)、The writer takes an example to show he is worried about the way the word is used.答案：A
(5)、The writer suggests that the word \答案：A
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) (1)、Roosevelt and his friends went to Mississippi for hunting in November 1902.答案：A (2)、The reason that one guide asked Roosevelt to shoot the bear was the president could get the hunting prize.答案：A
(3)、The news reporters reported the story about Roosevelt for their own popularity.答案：B (4)、Everyone knew how the toy was named Teddy's Bear.答案：B
(5)、According to the whole passage, the toy Teddy's Bear was named after President
Speedway racing is a type of motorcycle racing that is done on a track with a special motorcycle．It was introduced to Britain in l 928
1．You need a special motorcycle for fl speedway race． 2．Speedway races are held on the road．
3．Speedway races were held in Australia before they were held in Britain． 4．Jack Hill—Bailey organised the first races by himself． 5．There were not many people come to see the first race．
59、A foreigner's first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush - often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to complete their errands (任务). Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. (1)、Which of the following statements is wrong? D： Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.
(2)、In the fourth paragraph, \：a first concern (3)、Americans evaluate a business colleague ________.D：by learning about their past performance
(4)、This passage mainly talks about __________.A：how Americans treasure their time (5)、We can infer from the passage that the author's tone in writing is ________.C：praiseful
60、Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spoke English very well. (称).
(1)、Maria's story happened _______ D：when she arrived at the airport
(2)、You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story is to ______ at the airport.C：check people's luggage
(3)、 \not be _____. C：unhappy and worried
(4)、 \around felt ____.D：sorry for the man's manners
(5)、The author mentioned Maria's age at the beginning of the story in order to show that _____ .A：she was young but behaved properly
61、It has been reported that in colleges across the United States, the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera has suddenly become \pm, college television lounges are filled with soap opera fans who can't wait to see the next episode in the lives of their favorite characters.
(1)、What is soap opera?C：The daytime serial dramas on TV.
(2)、What can be the best title of the passage? 答案：C：Soap opera fans.
(3)、Which is NOT the reason why the soap opera has suddenly become \
American young people ?D：Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles.
(4)、What can we learn from the passage? _________C：young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now.
(5)、What message does the author want to convey to us? _________ B：The people's favorites to drama works change along with the times.
62、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.
(1)、Which of the following statements is NOT true?_________B：People who work in London prefer to live in the country.
(2)、With the same money ________, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country. C：renting a small flat without a garden
(3)、When the garden is in blossom, it means that one ________ has been rewarded. B： having spent time working in the garden
(4)、People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to live outside London. A：their life was meaningless
(5)、The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to ________. C：escape from
63、Places to stay in Britain are as varied as the places you visit. Whatever your budget is the choice -from basic barn to small hotel, from tiny cottage to grand castle - is all part of fun. Hostels(临时住房)
(1)、In this passage the author mainly _____.A：tells us where to stay while visiting Britain (2)、________ are mainly built for young visitors.B：Youth Hotels
(3)、If you travel alone and want to know better about family life in Britain, you'd better stay in ___D：B&Bs
(4)、If you are interested in travelling with your friends but only with limited means, where is the better place for you to stay? _________.C：Hostels
(5)、Which of the following is NOT true according to the last part of the passage? __________B：all pubs and inns offer visitors bed and breakfast.
64、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.
(1)、What is the main idea of this passage? B：The role of time in social life over the world. (2)、What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? ______ B：A matter of life or death.
(3)、Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend in the U.S. A.?B：at 4:00 pm
(4)、Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ________ D：Promptness is valued highly in American life.
(5)、From the passage we can safely infer that _______
B：the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world.
65、There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals.
Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or possibly, months. It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation, (1)、Our long-term goals mean a lot ____答案： B：if we complete the short-term goals (2)、New short-term goals are built upon______.D：the goals that have been completed (3)、When we complete each step of our goals, ________.C：we will build up our confidence to achieve success
(4)、What is the main idea of this passage? _______C：Different kinds of goals in life. (5)、Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage? _______ C：Life is a static thing, thus never allowing a long-term goal to limit us.
66、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.
(1)、The origin of language is _________.D：a problem not yet solved (2)、What is true about words? _______C：They are simply sounds
(3)、The real power of words consists in their ______. D：representative function
(4)、By \： a joining of ideas in the mind
(5)、Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? _________A：He is no more than a master of words.
67、Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: what kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?
(1)、What does the author try to prove by citing \(Para. 1)_B：People's shyness made them care too much about their appearance and actions. (2)、According to the writer, self-awareness is __________.A：a good quality (3)、That shy people react to a compliment in such a way is ___________.B：unreal (4)、Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage? _________ C：Shyness can block our chances for a rich life
(5)、It can be inferred from the passage that shy people ________. B：should understand themselves in the right way
68、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.
(1)、Which of the following has become one of America's fastest growing businesses? _ D：Renting home furnishings.
(2)、Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?_C：Because it saves them much trouble and money.
(3)、What can you infer from the passage?B：Renting furniture is not popular in the couple's home town.
(4)、Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?B：A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.
(5)、Young people liked renting home furniture in that___________D：They don't have much money and don't want to buy the cheap furniture.
A survey has shown that people have stopped believing both the media and politicians．
A similar survey carried out 5 years ago showed that 50％of people thought that what politicians said was usually not true，What can our politicians and journalists do?The only answer is to be more honest
1．The number of people believing politicians and journalists has C．decreased 2．Experts think this problem—————————． B．will not get better soon 3．Stories say businessmen give money to--- B．politicians and journalists 4．Mr Smith thinks politicians make laws——— A．to help their friends 5．People can now check stories using——————C．the Internet About television关于电视
We cannot imagine what life would be like without television．First，we can learn all kinds of knowledge through television．We can even be watching what is happening in other parts of the world．Second，television has made our life more colourful．We can enjoy a concert or watch a film at home．We can meet all kinds of interesting people without going out．But to protect our eyesight．we should not spend long hours watching TV. Nor should we forget that we do not live to watch TV——there are many more important things for us to do. About Tv ads 关于电视广告
Nowadays advertisements are very common. Whenever you turn on TV, you are likely to see ads. These ads inform you of the many different sorts of up-to-date products on the market. But it often occurs while you are absorbed in watching a wonderful film on TV, these ads interrupt you from time to time, making you quite annoyed.
As for me, I am in favor of TV ads because most of them are interesting and informative. But there is no denying that some TV ads are tedious and boring. So I feel TV stations control the quality of ads and make them attractive and more enjoyable. A discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of
advertisement关于“广告的利弊”的讨论。Recently our class held a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of advertisement. Daily life needs advertisements because they can often information on goods,services,culture,employment and so on.With
advertisements,customers can save a lot of time in shopping.Advertisements also help factories or service providers find their market.In a word,advertisements have many advantages. However,we also find advertisements a waste of time when we don?t need them,for example,when watching TV programs.To make things worse,some advertisements are misleading and cheating.Furthermore,huge advertising expenses are shared by customers,which seems to be unfair. About Newspaper关于报纸
I like newspapers．I read newspapers every day．We can learn not only international and national events but also many other things in the newspapers．For example,we can learn
what is on TV or in the cinema.We can learn how to invest．We can learn how to save money by shopping in cheap places．We can learn where to travel．We can enjoy wonderful
literature．We can even learn how to cook delicious food．Newspapers have become part of our life．
A Day to Remember值得纪念的日子
On Sunday，6th April，2008，we went to visit our primary school teacher，Ms Chen．She taught us 10 years ago．From time to time，we would go to see her，but this was the first time that we took our own families to see our dear teacher．We recalled the days when we were naughty boys and girls．the teacher was so excited because we still remembered her
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