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Passage1scientist(科學家)
Whatmakesapersonascientist?Doeshehavewaysortoolsoflearningthat
aredifferentfromthoseofothers?Theansweris"no”.Itisnotthetoolsa
scientistusesbuthowheusesthesetoolsthatmakehimascientist.Youwill
probablyagreethatknowinghowtouseapowerisimportanttoacarpenterYou
willprobablyagree,too,thatknowinghowtoinvestigate,howtodiscover
information,isimportanttoeveryone.Thescientist,however,goesonestep
further,hemustbesurethathehasareasonableanswertohisquestionsand
thathisanswercanbeconfirmedbyotherpersons.Healsoworkstofitthe
answerhegetstomanyquestionsintoalargesetofideasabouthowtheworld
works.
是什么使一個普通人成為科學家?他有與從不同的學習方法和工具嗎?答
案是否定的。不是因為科學家使用的工具,而是因為他使用工具的方法使他成為
科學家。你也許認同怎么用力對一名木匠來說很重要。你也許也認同怎么研究調
查,發現信息對每個人來說都很重要。然而,科學家比這更進一步,他必須確定
他對自己的問題得出了一個合理的答案,并且他的答案通過別人也可以得到證實。
他同時把自己得出的許多答案歸結為一個系統的關于世界如何運作的觀點。
Thescientist'sknowledgemustbeexact.Thereisnoroomforhalfrightor
rightjusthalfthetime.Hemustbeasnearlyrightastheconditionspermit.What
worksunderonesetofconditionsatonetimemustworkunderthesame
conditionsatothertimes.Iftheconditionsaredifferent,anychangesthescientist
observesinademonstrationmustbeexplainedbythechangesintheconditions.
Thisisonereasonthatinvestigationsareimportantinscience.AlbertEinstein,
whodevelopedthetheoryofrelativity,arrivedatthistheorythrough
mathematics.Theaccuracyofthismathematicswaslatertestedthrough
investigations,Einstein'sideaswereshowntobecorrect.Ascientistusesmany
toolsformeasurements.Thenthemeasurementsareusedtomakemathematical
calculationsthatmaytesthisinvestigations.
科學家的知識必須很確切。不能給半錯半對或者只有一半機會對的情況留任
何空間。他必須在條件允許的情況下盡可能正確。在一種條件下成功一次的話必
須在同樣的條件下都能成功。如果條件不同,科學家在證明過程中觀察到的任何
變化都必須解釋他的條件是如何變化的。這是關于調查研究在科學研究中十分重
要的其中一個理由。愛因斯坦通過數學方法提出了相對論。他的數學運用的正確
性被后人通過調查研究的方法證實該理論是正確的。一個科學家會用很多工具來
測量。測量的結果用來進行數學計算,再進行調查研究的測試。
11.Whatmakesascientistaccordingtothepassage?根據這篇文章的觀點科學
家是如何來的?
A.Thetoolsheuses.B.Thewayheuseshistools.他使用工具的
方法
C.Hiswayoflearning.D.Thevarioustoolsheuses.
12.“Thescientist,however;goesonestepfurther...”.Theauthorsaysthisto
show.
“然而,科學家比這更進一步……”作者這么說是為了說明什么?
A.theimportanceofinformation
B.theiiiiporlaiiceofthinking
C.thedifferencebetweenscientistsandordinarypeople科學家與普通人的IX別
D.thedifferencebetweencarpentersandpeoplewithotherjobs
13.Asoundscientifictheoryshouldbeonethat.一項偉大的科學理論應該
是怎么樣的?
A.worksnotonlyunderonesetofconditionsatonetime,butalsounderthe
sameconditionsatothertimes不僅只在一種條件下一次可行,而是要在同樣的
條件下一直可行。
B.doesnotallowanychangesevenunderdifferentconditions
C.canbeusedformanypurposes
D.leavenoroomforimprovement
14.TheauthorquotesthecaseofAlbertEinsteintoillustrate.作者引用愛
因斯坦的例子是為了證明什么?
A.thatmeasurementsarekeystosuccessinscience
B.thataccuracyofmathematics
C.thattheinvestigationsareimportantinscience調查研究在科學領域十分重要。
D.thatthemathematicalcalculationsmaytesthisinvestigations
15.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?這篇文章的中心意思是什么?
A.Thetheoryofrelativity.
B.Exactnessisthecoreofscience.
C.Scientistsaredifferentfromordinarypeople.
D.Exactnessandwaysofusingtoolsarethekeystothemakingofascientist.
確切性和使用工具的方法是成為科學家的重要因素。
KEY:BCACD
Passage2(書商)
Onedayabookseller(書商)letabigboxofbooksfallonhisfoot."Gotoseethe
doctor,nsaidhiswife."No",hesaid,aV11waituntilthedoctorcomesinto
theshopnexttime.ThenI'11askhimaboutmyfoot.IfIgotoseehim,I'11have
topayhim.”
Onthenextdaythedoctorcameintotheshopforsomebooks.Whenthe
booksellerwasgettinghimready,hetoldthedoctorabouthiswoundedfoot.The
doctorlookatit.
“YoumustputthatfootinhotwatereverynightThenyoumustputsomthing
onit,“saidthedeoctor.
Hetookoutapieceofpaperandwroteonit."Buythisandputitonthefoot
beforeyougotobedeverynight,“hesaid.
“Thankyou,"saidthebookseller."Andnow,sir,hereareyourbooks.”
“Howmuch?saidthedoctor.
“Twopounds.
“Good,"saidthedoctor."Ishallnothavetopayyouanything.
“Why?askedthebookseller.
“Itoldyouaboutyourfoot.Iwanttwopoundsforthat.Ifpeoplecometomy
house,Iaskthemtopayonepoundforasmallthinglikethat.Butwhen1goto
theirhouses,Iwanttwopounds.Andicamehere,didn’11?”
一天一位書商被一大箱書砸到了腳。他妻子說:“去看醫生吧。”他說“不,我要
等醫生下次到店里來,然后他幫我看腳。如果到他那里看,我就給付給他診金了。”
第二天醫生到書店里來買書。書商把書找齊,然后把腳傷告訴了醫生。醫生給他
看腳。
醫生說:“你每晚要用熱水泡腳,然后上藥。他拿出一張紙寫下藥方,說:“買這
種藥,然后每晚睡前涂在腳上」
書商說:“謝謝。那么,先生,這是您的書。”
醫生問:“多少錢?”
“2英鎊」
“太好了,”醫生說:“我就不用付您錢了。”
“為什么?”書商問道。
“我給你看了腳,收你兩英鎊。像那樣的小傷,如果到我那里看我只收一英鎊。
但是要我出診,就收兩英鎊.而我到你這里來給你看病了,不是嗎?”
1.Whathappenedtothebookselleroneday?有一天書商發生了什么事情?
A.Helostaboxofbooks.B.Hisfootwaswoundedbyabox
ofbooks.
C.Helentthedoctoraboxofbooks.D.Hesoldoutallhisbooks.
2.Thebookseller,swifeaskedhim.書商的妻子讓他.
A.togooutfosomemedecineB.Tosendsomebodyforadoctor
C.togotoseethedoctor去看醫生D.Towaitforthedoctortocome
3.Thebooksellerdidn'ttakehiswife?sadvicebecause.
書商沒有接受妻子的建議是因為.
A.HewasafraidofthedoctorB.Hedidn'ttaketotakemedicine
B.Hecouldn,twalkbyhimselfD.Hedidn'twanttopaythedoctor
他不想付錢給醫生
4.Thedoctorpaidforthebooks.醫生支付了買書。
A.onepoundB.twopoundsC.Nothing沒有D.Something
5.Thebooksellerpaidmoenyforseeingthedoctorintheend.
A.more更多B.LessC.ThesameamountofD.no
KEY:BCDCA
Passage3(牛頓市)
TodayNewtonisaverycleanplace.Manyyearsago,however;thereweremillions
ofratsinit.Theyattackedthecatsanddogs.Sometimesagreatnumberofthem
knockeddownamanorwomanwalkinghomeatnight.Theratswereverylarge
insizeandtheyharmedmanypeople.
Theygovermentorderedeverybodytokillrats.Mostpeoplewerelazysothey
didn'tkillmany.Thegovermentpromisedtopaysomemoneyforeachdeadrat.
Thatmadethepeopleveryhappy.Theykilledthousandsofratseveryday.A
govermentofficerputallthedeadratsinabigpile.Sometimesamanbrought
hundredsinoneday.
Aftertwoweekstherewerenotmanyratsinthecity,butpeoplestillbrought
manyratstothegovermentoffice,i'hegovermentofficerthoughtthatpeople
werestealingdeadratsfromthepile.Heorderedhismentodigadeepholeand
puttheratsinit.Soontherewerenomroerats,andthegovermentdidn'tpay
anymoremomey.
如今牛頓市是一個非常干凈的地方。然而,很多年前,那里有上百萬只老鼠。它
們襲擊貓狗。走夜路回家的人中,無論男女,也經常有人被一大群老鼠撞到。那
些老鼠個頭很大,是很多人受傷。
政府下令每個人都要滅鼠。大多數人很懶,所以滅掉的不多。政府許諾會為每只
死老鼠付賞金,這讓人們很興奮。每天人們滅掉成千上萬只老鼠,一名政府工
作人員將死老鼠堆成一大堆。有時一個人一天就帶來百只死老鼠。
兩周后,城里就沒有很多老鼠了。但人們仍然將大量死老鼠帶到政府工作人員那
里。他認為有人在從老鼠堆里偷死老鼠,于是命令輸下挖一個深坑,將死老鼠丟
進坑里。很快那里就沒有老鼠了,政府也不用再芍賞金了。
1.Newtonisaplacewhich,牛頓市是一個的地方。
A.usedtobeverycleanB.IsnolongeracityCisveryclean很干凈D.
Willbeveryclean
2.whenthegovermentfirstorderedthepeopletokillrats,thepeople.
當政府初次下令市民滅鼠,人們.
A.AskedforsomemoneyforeachdeadratB.Stoledeadratsfromthe
pile
B.Weretoolazytokillmanyrats太懶所以沒有大量滅鼠D.Killednearly
alltheratsquickly
3.Thepeoplekilledrats.人們滅鼠.
A.Togetmoneyfromthegoverment為了從政府領到賞金
B.Tohelpthegovermentmakethecityclean
C.Tomakethegovermentofficerhappy
D.Toprotect(保護)theircatsanddogs
4.Adeepholewasdugsothat.挖深坑的目的是.
A.theratscouldn'tcomeouttoattackpeopleatnight.
B.peoplecouldtakeratsfromiteasily
C.peoplewouldkillmorerats
D.nobodycouldtakeanyratsfromthepile沒有人能從死老鼠堆里拿走老鼠
5.Whatisthebesttopicforthispassage?本文最佳標題是什么?
A.HowtoKillRatsB.Newton---ACityofRats
C.HowNewtonBecameaVeryCleanPlace牛頓市如何成為一個干凈的地方
D.HowNewtonBecameaFamousCity
KEY:CCADC
Passage4(湯姆)
Mr.TomFrosterlivedbyhimselfalongwayfromtown.Hehardlyeverlefthis
home,butonedayhewentintotowntobuysomethingsinthemarket.Afterhe
hadboughtthem,hev/entintoarestaurantandsatdownatatablebyhimself.
Whenhelookedaround,hesawseveraloldpeopleputglassesonbeforereading
theirnewspapers,soafterlunchhedecidedtogotoashoptobuyhimselfsome
glassestoo.Hewalkedalongtheroad,andsoonfoundashop.
Themanintheshopmadehimtryonalotofglasses,butTomalwayssaid,"No,i
can'treadwiththese.”
Themanbecamemoreandmorepuzzled(迷惑不解),untilfianllyhesaid,
“Excuseme,butcanyoureadatall?”
“No,ofcourseican't!"Tomsaidangrily."IfIwasalreadyabletoread,do
youthinkiwouldhavecomeheretobuyglasses?”
湯姆.福瑞斯特先生獨自一人住在離城鎮很遠的地方。他幾乎足不出戶,但有一
天,他到城里的市場上買點東西。買完后,他走進一家餐館,單獨坐在桌邊。環
顧四周,他看到兒位老人讀報紙前都先戴上眼鏡,所以午餐后,他決定到商店
去給自己也買副眼鏡。沿街走著,很快就找到一家店。
店員讓他試戴了好幾副眼鏡,單湯姆總是說:“不,我戴這副眼鏡無法閱讀。”
店員越來越感到迷惑不解,知道最后他問道:“恕我失禮,但請問您究竟會閱讀
嗎?”
“當然不會啦!”湯姆生氣地說:“如果我已經能夠閱讀的話,你以為我還會來這
兒買眼鏡嗎?”
1.Mr.Foresterlived.福瑞斯特先生居住.
A.WithhisfamilyinacityB.Withhisfamilyinthecountryside
B.AloneinacityD.Aloneinthecountryside獨自一人
在鄉村
2.Tomwentintotown.湯姆進城。
A.oftenB.alwaysC.almostnever幾乎從不D.Everyday
3.Theoldpeopleintherestaurantreadtheirnewspapers.
餐館里的老人讀報紙。
A.withglasseson戴著眼鏡B.withglassesoff
C.WithglassesofbeerinfrontofthemD.withglassespipesintheir
mouths
4.TheshopTomwentintosold.湯姆走進的那家店賣.
A.drinkingglassesandcupsB.glassforwindowssandcolors
C.glassesforpeoplewhocouldnotread
D.glassesforpeoplewhocouldnotseewell眼鏡給視力不好的人
5.whatkindofmistakedidTommake?湯姆犯了什么錯誤?
A.Hewenttothewrongkindofshop.B.Hedidn'ttryonalltheglasses
intheshop
C.Hethoughtthatapersonwhohadnotlearnedtoreadwouldbeabletodoso
ifheworeglasses.
他認為不會閱讀的人戴上眼鏡就能閱讀了。
D.Helefthismoneyintherestaurant
KEY:DCADC
Passage5(英國畫家)
OnceJamesThornhill,afamousEnglishpainter;wasaskedtopaintsomepictures
onthewallsoftheking'spalaceinEngland.
Thenworkersweresentforandabigplatform(臺子)wasmade.
Withthehelpofaworker;Thornhillstartedpaintingontheplastform.They
workedforawholeyearandatlastthepictureswereready.
Thornhillwashappywhenhelookedatthepictures,fortheywerereally
beautiful.Helookedatthemforalongtime,andthentookonestepbackand
lookedagain.Nowthepictureswereevenmorebeautiful.Hetookanotherstep,
thenanother.Finallyhewasattheveryedgeoftheplatform,buthedidntt
knowitbecausehewasthinkingofhispicture.
Theworkersaweverything,“whatshouldido?”hethought.aThornhillwas
attheveryedgeoftheplatform.IfIcryout,hev/illtakeanotherstep,falloffin
andsurelybekilled."Sotheworkerquicklytooksomepaint(漆)andthrewitat
thepictures.
“whatareyoudoing??criedthepainter;runningquicklyforwardtohis
pictures.
詹姆斯.桑希爾是一名英國畫家。有一次,他奉命在皇宮的墻壁上作畫。
之后派來了一些工匠,支起一個平臺。
在一名工匠的幫助下,桑希爾開始在平臺上作畫。他們工作了一整你,油畫終
于完成。
桑希爾望著油畫很開心,因為那些油畫是很美麗。他看了很長時間,然后退一步
再看,現在感覺更美了。他又退一步,然后再退一步,最后已經很靠近平臺邊
緣了,但是并不知道,因為他只想著自己的畫。
工匠看到了一切。“我該怎么做呢?”他想到,“桑希爾已經在平臺的邊緣了,如
果大聲喊叫,他會再退一步,從平臺上掉下來,肯定會死。”于是工匠迅速拿油
漆潑向油畫。
“你在干嗎?”畫家喊道,飛快的向油畫跑來。
1.JamesThornhillwasanEnglish,詹姆斯.桑希爾是一名英國.
A.workerB.artist藝術家C.KingD.writer
2.Hewasorderedto.他奉命.
A.paintthewallofking'spalaceinEngland.
B.paintsomepicturesonthewallofthepalace.在英國皇宮的墻壁上作畫。
C.buildabigplatforminfrontofthepalace
D.putupsomenewpicturesontheoldwall.
3.Ittookthemtofinishthepictures.他們完成油畫用了。
A.amonthB.aweekC.tewelvemonths十二個月D.Halfa
month
4.JamesThornhillfeltthatthehewasfromthepictures,thetheywere.
詹姆斯?桑希爾覺得他距離畫,那些畫就.
A.nearer...morebeautifulB.father...moreugly
C.farther...morebeautiful越遠…越美麗D.Higherabove...more
good-looking
5.Theworkerthrewsomepaintatthepicturesinorderto.
工匠向油畫潑油漆的目的是.
A.saveJame,slife挽救詹姆斯的生命B.destorythepicture
C.makethepicturemorebeautifulD.makethekingangrey
KEY:BBCCA
Passage6(好商人)
MorganReeshasalwaysbeenagoodbusinessman.Heusedtoownthreepetrol
stationsandwasbusymostofthetime.Whenhewas65,thenormalretirement
age,hedecidedthathedidn'twanttostop,sohecarriedonworkingfor
anothertwoyears.Eventually,whenhewasnearly68,hiswife,Dolly,askedhim
toretirebecauseshewantedtoenjoytheiroldagetogether.Reluctantaly,he
handedoverthebusinesstohisson.
Buthewasunhappy.Hedidn'tknowwhattodowithhimself.Althoughheread
alotofbooksandhewentonholidaytointerestingplaceswithhiswife,hewas
boredandbegantogetdeperessedbecausehehatedbeingretired.
Thenonedayhesawanadvertisementinthenewspaperand,withouttellinghis
wife,heboughtasmallcrockery(陶器]factory.Thenextweekhetoldhisfamily.
Theywerehorrifiedandworried.Theythoughthewastoooldat71tostartwork
again.
Heisnow76andhehasexpandedthecompanyconsiderably.Hehasincreased
thenumberofstafffrom6to24andhehasfoundmanynewcustomersforthe
products.Hehasdevelopedtheexportmarketandhasimprovedprofitsby200%.
Hehasopenedanewdesignofficeandenpolyedthreeyoungdesigners.They
havebeenallovertheworldtogernewideas,andoneofthemhasgoneto
Francethisweektoamajortradefair.Mostimportantly,hehasn'tbeenbored
sincehebroughtthefactory.
摩根.里斯一直是一位不錯的生意人。他曾經有過3個加油站,而且一直都很忙。
當他65歲時,也就是正常退休的年齡時,他決定不想停止工作,所以他又接
著干了兩年。結果在他快68歲的時候,他妻子多麗讓他退休,希望能和他一起
共度晚年的時光。今天管他讀了很多的書,而且也和妻子一起去一些好玩的地方
去度假,但是他感到很無聊,并且由于討厭退休而開始變得壓抑沮喪。
在這之后的一天,他在報紙上看到了一則廣告,也沒有告訴他的妻子,他就買下
了一家小陶器廠。一周后他才告訴家里人。他們為此剛到驚訝,而且有些擔心。
大家認為他不能以71歲高齡再重新開始工作了。
現在他76歲,已經顯著地擴大了公司的規模。公司的員工人數從6人增加到
24人,而且他還開發了很多新客戶。他也開拓了出口市場,利潤增長200%。
他還開辦了一家新的設計室,并且聘用了三名年輕的設計師。他們一直世界各
地四處發掘新的信息,其中一位本周已經去了法國參加一次重大的商鋪交易會。
最為重要的是,自從他收購了這家工廠后,他便不再感到沒事可做。
1.ThetopicsentenceofPara.lis.第一段的主題句是?
A.MorganReeshasalwaysbeenagoodbusinessman摩根.里斯一直是以
為不錯的生意人。
B.Heusedtoownthreepetrolstationsasnwasbusymostofthetime
C.WhenMorgenReeswas65,hegotretired
D.Reluctantlyhehandedoverthebusinesstohisson
2.ThetopicsentenceofPara.2is.第二段主題句是?
A.hedidn,twhattodowithhimselfB.hewentonholidaytointeresting
placeswithhiswife
C.hewasunhappyafterhegotretired退休后他并不高興D.Noneofthem
3.Whichofthefollov/ingstatementscanbestexpressthemainideaofPara.3?
以下哪一項陳述能最好地表達第三段的中心思想?
A.Onedayhesawanadvertisementinthenewspaper
B.Heboughtasmallcrockeryfactoryinseceretandstartedworkagain.他偷
偷買下一家小陶器廠,并重新開始工作。
C.Hetoldhisfamilyheboughtasmallfactory.
D.Hisfamilywashorriedandworriedwhentheylearnedheboughtthesmall
factory.
4.Whatisthecentralideaofthelastparagraph?最后一段的中心思想
是?
A.MorganReeshasworkeduntilheis76.
B.MorganReeshasdevelopedtheexportmarketandimprovedtheprofitsby
200%
C.MorganReeshasn'tbeenboredsinceheboughtthefactory.
D.Sincehestartedworkingagain,MorganReeshasexpandedthecompany
considerably,whichhasenrichedhisretirelife.自從重新開始工作,摩根.里斯
顯著的擴大了公司的規模,這豐富了他的退休生活。
5.Thepassagemainlydealswith.這篇文章主要講的是?
A.whyMorganReesboughtasmallcrockeryfactory
B.howMorganReeslivedhisretiredlifemorehappybyturningtoworkagain.
摩根.里斯如何通過重新開始工作使他的退休生活更加快樂。
C.howMorganReesbecameagoodbusinessman
D.howMorganReesexpandedthecompanyconsiderably.
KEY;ACBDB
Passage7(24號居民)
Theresidentsof24AcaciaGroveweredissatisfiedwiththeconditionofthe
property,soJohnPrestoncalledameetingtodiscussthingslastweek.Atthe
meetingJohnsuggestedsettinguparesidents,committee.Everyonewasso
worriedandangryabouttheagent'sinactivitythattheyagreed,andtheyelected
Johnaschairmanofthecommittee.Manyresidentssaidthattheyweretiredof
telephoningtheagentandtiredofcomplainingabouttheflats.Althoughthe
agentwasresponsiblefortheflats,theythoughtthathedidn'tdoenough.
ThereforeJohnwasaskedtowritetotheagentandsaythattheywere
disappointedwiththemanagementoftheflats.
Thenextservicepaymentwasdueattheendofthemonth.Howevertheyagreed
nottopayituntiltheywerehappywiththeplanstoimprovetheproperty.They
decidedtotelltheagentthathemuststarttheworkwithinonemonth.Theyall
wentawayverypleasedwiththemselves.
阿卡西亞格拉芙街24號的居民對公寓情況不滿意,因此上周約翰.普雷斯頓召開
會議進行討論。在會上約翰建議成立居民委員會,對房東代理的無所作為,大家
既擔心又氣憤,所以,他們都同意成立委員會。他們選舉約約翰為委員會主席。
許多居民說,他們憎惡在給房東代理打電話,向他們抱怨公寓的狀況。盡管房東
代理有責任管理公寓。但是他們認為房東代理做得不夠。因此居民要求約翰寫信
給房東代理說明他們走公寓的管理很失望。
下期付費應該在月底,但是他們一致決定直到房東代理制定出令人滿意的改善計
劃,他們才付服務費。他們決定告訴房東代理必須在一個月內開始工作。然后
他們都十分滿意的離開了。
1.WhydidJohnPrestoncallameetinglastweek?上周約翰.普雷斯特為什么
召開會議?
A.Becausetheresidentsweredissatisfiedwiththepresents'committee.
B.Becausetheresidentsweredissatisfiedwiththebadmanagementofthe
flats.因為居民們對公寓的管理不滿意。
C.Becausesomeresidentsrequestedtochangethepresentresidents'
committee.
E.Becausehewantedtobecomechairmanofthecommittee.
2.WhoelectedJohnaschairmanofthecommittee?誰推選約翰為委員會主
席?
A.TheagentB.theresidents居民們C.thecommitteeD.
AcaciaGrove
3.WhatdoestheworduinactivityvmeaninthethridsentenceinPara.l?第
一段第三句中的“inactivity”一詞是什么意思?
A.weaknessB.ProgressC.StateD.Lackofactions
(缺乏行動)
4.Whatdoestheword“due"meaninthefirstsentenceinPara.2?第二段
第一句中的“due”一詞是什么意思?
A.tobepaid到期支付B.ProperC.OwedD.large
5.Whendidtheyagreetopaythenextservicepayment?他們一直同意什么
時候付下一期的服務費?
A.attheendofthemonthB.Withinonemonth
C.Whentheywerehappywiththeplanstoimprovetheproperty.直至ij房東代理
制定出令人滿意的改善計劃時
D.Theagentwouldtellthem.
KEY:BBDAC
Passage8(集郵)
WhenIwasalittlegirl,mybrothersandicollectedstampsformanyyears.My
motherdidn'tusetoworkduringtheweek,butsheworkedinthepostoffice
nearourhouseonSaturdaysandsheusedtobringhomeallthenewstampsas
soonastheywereissued(發行).
OnthedayofWorldCupfootballfinalinLondonin1966,wewereveryexcited
becauseEnglandwereplayingWestGermanyinthefinal.Whenwewerehaving
lunch,mymothertoldustogotothepostofficestraightwayafterthematchif
Englandwon,butshedidn'ttelluswhy.At20'clockmymotherwentback
toworkasusual,whiletherestofthefamilywerewatchingthefootballonTVat
home.Althoughshewasn'twatchingthematch,shewaslisteningtoitonthe
radio.
Englandwon4:2andsomybrothersandIrantothepostoffice.Asweburstin,
mymotherwasstandingbehindthecounter.Shewaswaitingtosellusavery
speciallimitededitionwithENGLANDWINNDERSoneachstamp.Wewereover
themoon.
Westillhaveittoday,andperhapsitisworthalotofmoney.
當我還是個小女孩,我的哥哥們和我收集郵票多年。我母親通常周一至周五不
工作,但周六在我們家附近的郵局上班。而且只要一發行最新的郵票,她就把它
們都帶回家。
1966年倫敦世界杯足球決賽那一天,我們都非常興奮,因為在決賽中英格蘭
隊對陣西德隊。吃午飯時,母親告訴我們比賽后如果英格蘭隊獲勝就直接去郵
局,但她沒告訴我們為什么。兩點整母親像往常一樣去上班,而家里其他成員
都在電視上收看比賽。母親雖然沒有看,但是她從收音機里收聽了比賽。
英格蘭隊以4比2獲勝,于是我和哥哥就跑去郵局。當我們跑進去時,母親正
站在柜臺后面。她正等著賣給我們特別限量版的郵票,每一枚郵票上都印著“英
格蘭獲勝”的字樣。我們欣喜若狂。
我們直到今天還一直保存著它,或許現在她很值線了。
1.Thispassagemainlytellus.這篇文章主要告訴我們?
A.Theautherandherbrotherusedtolikestampsverymuhch
B.Theautherhadaverykindmother
C.Theautherandherbrothershadanunforgetableexperienceincollecting
stamps
作者和她的兄弟一次難忘的集郵精力
D.theirmotherusedtosupportthembyworkinginthepostoffice.
2.Accordintothepassage,hermotherworkedinthepostoffice.根據文章的
內容,作者的母親在郵局工作.
A.DuringtheweekB.onSaturdays在周六C.OnSundays
D.Forsixdays
3.Theirmothertoldthemtogotothepostofficestraightawayafterthematch
ifEnglandwon,butshedidn'ttellthemwhy.Whydoyouthinkshedid
that?母親告訴他們比賽結束后如果英格蘭隊獲勝了就直接去郵局但是
她沒告訴他們為什么。你認為母親為什么那樣做?
A.Shewantedtogivethemasurprise.她想給他們一個驚喜。
B.Shedoubtedifshewouldgetthestamps
C.Sheforgottodothat.D.Shethoughtisunneccessarytotell
themthereason.
4.WhatdoesthesentenceuWewereoverthemoonnmean?本文中的“We
wereoverthemoon”是什么意思?
A.wejumpedhighB.Wewereextremlyhappyaboutit.我們欣喜若狂
C.WewatchedthemoonofalongtimeD.Wecouldn'tsleepthewhole
night
5.Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?本文的最佳標題是什么?
A.MychildhoodB.MymotherC.ApreciousStamp
D.AmemorableExperienceinCollectingStamps一次難忘的集郵經歷
KEY:CBABD
Passage9(約翰和維多利亞)
WhenJohnandVictoriaFallsarrivedinNewYorkCityforone-yearstay,theydid
notbringverymanythingswiththem.Theyhadplannedeithertoliveina
furnishedapartmentortobuyusedfurniture.Buttheysoonlearnedaboutanew
systemthatmoreandmorepeopleareusing.Therentingofhomefurnishings
(bed,tables,dishes,andsoon)hasbecomeoneofAmerica'sfastestgrowing
businesses.
當John和VictoriaFalls到達紐約開始他們的一年生活時,他們沒有隨身帶很多
東西。他們計劃要么住在裝修好的公寓里,要么買些舊家具。但是他們很快了解
到越來越多的人正在采用的一種新的方式。租用家具(如窗,桌子,盤子等等)
已經成為美國發展最快的行業之一。
Whatkindsofpeoplerenttheirhomefurnishingsinsteadofbuyingthem?People
whoareinternationalbusinessmenorgovernmentofficials,foreignstudents,
airlineworkers,youngmarriedcouple-peoplewhosejoborbusinessmayforce
themtomovefrequentlyfromonecitytoanother.Theysavealotoftroubleand
thecostofmovingtheirfurnitureeachtime.Theysimplyrentnewfurniture
whentheyreachtheirnewhomes.Youngpeoplewithlittlemoneydonotwantto
buycheapfurniturethattheymaysoondislike.Theyprefertowaituntilthey
haveenoughmoneytobuyfurniturethattheyreallylike.Meanwhile,theyfind
theycanrentbetterqualityfurniturethantheycouldaffordtobuy.
什么樣的人是租用家具而不是買家具的呢?從事國際商務的人,政府官員,外國
學生,航空公司工作人員,剛結婚的年輕夫婦--那些由于工作而被迫頻繁來往
不同的城市的人。他們可以省去每次搬家具的麻煩和費用。他們到一個新家的時
候,只需租新的家具就好了。收入少的年輕人不想買那些他們可能很快就不喜歡
的便宜家具。他們寧愿等到有錢時買他們真正喜歡的家具。同時,他們發現他們
可以租比他們買得起的質量更好的家具。
Onefamily,whonowhavealarge,beautifulhomeoftheirown,likedtheirrented
furnituresomuchthattheydecidedtokeeprentingitinsteadofbuyingnew
things.Butusuallypeopledon'tliketotellothersaboutit.Theideaofrenting
homefurnishingsisstillquitenew,andtheyarenotsurewhattheirneighbors
mightthink.(248words)
有個家庭,他們有屬于自己的大而漂亮的房子,可是他們太喜歡租來的家具了以
至于他們決定繼續租用而不買新的家具。但是人們通常不喜歡告訴別人這些。租
家具的想法還是很新的,他們不能確定鄰居們對此會怎么想。
6.WhichofthefollowinghasbecomeoneofAmerica'sfastestgrowing
businesses?
以下哪個行業已成為美國發展最快的行業之一?
A.Sellinghomefurnishings.B.Rentingfurnishedapartments.
C.Sellingusedfurniture.D.Rentinghomefurnishings.租用家具。
7.Whydosomepeopleprefertorentfurniture?
為什么人們更喜歡租用家具?
A.Becausethefurnituretheygetinthiswayisnew.
B.Becauseitsavesthemalotofmoney.
C.Becauseitsavesthemmuchtroubleandmoney.因為這樣可以省去很多麻煩和
錢。
D.Becausetheycanalwaysgetbetterqualityfurnitureinthisway.
8.Whatcanyouinferfromthepassage?
從段落中你能推斷出什么?
A.Theideaofrentingfurnitureisnotacceptable.
B.Rentingfurnitureisnotpopularinthecouple'shometown.
在這對夫婦的家鄉,租用家具并不流行。
C.Onlythosewhodon'thaveenoughmoneytorentfurniture.
D.Peopleusuallygrowtolikethefurnituretheyhaverented.
9.Whichofthefollov/ingcanbestserveasthetitleofthepassage?
下面哪個作為本段的題目最好?
A.RentorBuy?B.ANewWayofGettingHomeFurnishings.一種新的獲得
家具的方法。
C.FurnishedApartments.D.ANewIdea.
10.Youngpeoplelikedrentinghomefurnitureinthat.
年輕人喜歡租用家具是由于什么?他們沒有錢而且不想買便宜的家具。
A.Theyhavelessmoney
B.Theydon'twanttobuyoldfurniture
C.Thenewfurnitureisofgoodquality
D.Theydon'thavemuchmoneyanddon'twanttobuythecheapfurniture
KEY:DCBBD
Passage10(美國文化特點)
AcharacteristicofAmericanculturethathasbecomealmostatraditionisto
respecttheself-mademan—themanwhohasrisentothetopthroughhisown
efforts,usuallybeginningbyworkingwithhishands.Whiletheleaderin
businessorindustryorthecollegeprofessoroccupiesahighersocialposition
andcommandsgreaterrespectinthecommunitythanthecommonlaboreror
eventheskilledfactoryworker;hemaytakepainstopointoutthathisfather
startedlifeinAmericaasafarmerorlaborerofsomesort.
美國文化的一個特點,并且幾乎成為美國的一項傳統的是對自我奮斗的人的
尊敬一一通過自己的努力到達頂峰,通常是白手起家。然而公司,企業的領導,
社會地位很高,在社區中獲得比一般工人或工廠技術人員更多的尊敬的大學教授,
都不愿說出自己的父親在美國是從一個農民,工人這類人開始奮斗的。
Thisattitudetowardmanual(體力的)laborisnowstillseenmanyaspectsof
Americanlife.Oneisinvitedtodinneratahomethatisnotonlycomfortablybut
evenluxuriously(豪華地)furnishedandinwhichthereiseveryevidenceofthe
factthefamilyhasbeenabletoaffordforeigntravel,expensivehobbies,and
collegeeducationforthechildren;yetthehostessprobablywillcookthedinner
herself,willserveitherselfandwillwashdishesafterward,furthermorethe
dinnerwillnotconsistmerelyofsomethingquicklyandeasilyassembledfrom
contentsofvariouscansandacakeorapieboughtatthenearbybakery.Onthe
contrary,thehostessusuallytakesprideincarefulpreparationofs
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