1、精選優質文檔-傾情為你奉上05 Passage1 When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York from London for a 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 mor

2、e people are using. The renting of home furnishings (beds, 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? Many kinds of people: international businessmen, governme

3、nt officials, airline workers, young married couples-the people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city (or country) to another. They are saved the trouble and cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new home. Young

4、 people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they will soon grow to 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

5、 family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But they don't like to tell people about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their ne

6、ighbors might think.1. The passage is mainly about _.A  how some people buy their furnitureB  how some people buy their houseC  why some people move their furniture from place to placeD  why some people rent their furniture 2. What is the characteristic in common a

7、bout those who rent home furnishings?_A  They are wealthy.B  They are poor.C  They have to move frequently.D  They like to change their furniture frequently. 3. It can be concluded from the passage that young people _.A  like good and expensive furnitureB  lik

8、e to move aboutC  like furnished apartmentsD  like to buy used furniture 4. The family keeps renting the furniture because _.A  it is cheaper that wayB  they like the furniture very muchC  they cannot afford to buy better furnitureD  they will have to move soo

9、n 5. What people are not likely to rent furniture?_A  International businessmen.B  Government officials.C  Young married couples.D  Old couples.05 Passage2  Do you want to know something about the history of weather? Don't look at the sky. Don't look for ol

10、d weather reports. Looking at tree rings is more important. Correct weather reports date back only one century, but some trees can provide an exact record of the weather even further back.     It is natural that a tree would grow best in a climate with plenty of sunlight and rain

11、fall. It is also expected that little sunlight or rainfall would limit the growth of a tree. The change from a favorable to an unfavorable climate can be determined by reading the pattern of rings in a tree trunk. To find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree trunk from the out

12、side to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the other rings, then it is certain that plenty of sunny and rainy weather occurred. If the rings are close together, then the climate was bad for the tree.     Studying tree rings is important not only for the history of weather,

13、 but also for the history of man. In a region of New Mexico you can find only sand-no trees and no people. However, many centuries ago a large population lived there. They left suddenly. Why?     A scientist studied patterns of dead tree rings which had grown there. He decided th

14、at the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees. Trees were necessary to make fires and buildings. So, after the people destroyed the trees, they had to move.     In this instance studying tree rings uncovered an exciting fact about the history of man.6. I

15、t is understood that in a favorable climate _.A  tree rings grow close togetherB  tree rings grow far apartC  trees in New Mexico will grow big and tallD  people can cut down most of the trees in New Mexico 7. Why did ancient people usually live where there were plenty

16、of trees?_A  Trees provided them with shades.B  Trees indicated plenty of sunlight and rainfall.C  Trees were material for burning and building houses.D  Trees provided them with fruit and food. 8. The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because they can te

17、ll _.A  whether in that area the climate was favorable or not.B  whether a particular tree was healthy or not.C  whether people took good care of the trees or not.D  how old the trees were 9. Studying dead tree rings shows _.A  where the people had to goB  wha

18、t the people had to eatC  how the people leftD  why people had to leave 10. The people had to leave the region of New Mexico because _.A  they had cut down all the treesB  there were many trees thereC  they had no waterD  bad weather stopped the growth of tree

19、s.05 Passage3 Why are flowers different colors, animals different colors, and people different colors? Colors come from pigment (色素). Different kinds of pigment make things different colors.     The main kind of pigment in human eyes, hair, and skin is called melanin (黑色素). It ma

20、kes the cells in living things brown or black. Most people, even those with light coloring, have some melanin pigment in their eyes, hair, and skin. But not everyone has the same amount of melanin.     Some Negroes, for example, have a lot of melanin pigment. Their eyes, hair, an

21、d skin are black or dark brown. Some people, called albinos (白化病患者), have almost no melanin pigment. Their hair and skin are white, and their eyes are pink.     Other people have different amounts of melanin pigment. Japanese and Chinese people don't have yellow skin. Their s

22、kin is really brown, because it has melanin pigment in it. The American Indian doesn't have red skin. He, too, has brown skin. And the "white" man isn't really white. His skin also contains melanin. When he stays out in the summer sun, his skin turns brown. That is because sunshine

23、 produces more melanin in the skin.     Dark skin protects people from strong sunlight. This may be why most people in hot, sunny parts of world have dark skin. In northern countries, where there is less sun, most people have light skin.     Light-skinned and

24、dark-skinned people may move to different countries, but their skin color stays the same. And they usually pass on their skin color to their children. The color of your skin comes from your parents and from your ancestors who lived thousands of years ago.11. The best title for this selection is

25、 _.A  Eyes, Hair and SkinB  Melanin in FlowersC  How to make MelaninD  What Makes People Dark or Light? 12. _have almost no melanin.A  AlbinosB  Some white peopleC  People living in the NorthD  Japanese and Chinese people 13. The color of t

26、he skin is determined by the amount of _.A  melaninB  pigmentC  cellsD  albinos 14. Which of the following statements is NOT true?_A  Scientifically speaking, yellow people don't have yellow skin.B  American Indian doesn't have red skin. He has yellow

27、skin.C  Dark-skinned people live more comfortably than light-skinned people in hot areas.D  White-skinned people have less melanin than dark-skinned people. 15. In this selection, "ancestors" probably means _.A  relatives who lived long agoB  people from diffe

28、rent countriesC  people who live in your countryD  people of the same color as you05 Passage 4  Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble - and he was? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP (超感官知覺).    

29、 ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.     Here's an example: A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, "My father is

30、 dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!" Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father had died of a heart attack. He had died sitting in a chair.     There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what's behind these

31、 strange mental messages. Here's another example - one of hundreds of dreams that have come true:     A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, "There's room for one more". The man felt the driver was Death, so

32、 he ran away. The next day, the man was getting on a crowded bus. The bus driver said, "There's room for one more". Then the man saw that the driver's face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn't get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!     Some people say stories like these are lies or coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is