阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　How would you like to teach yourself, rather than have teachers? According to the UK's Department of Education and Skills, students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. This means that there will be no more problems such as finding enough teachers.

　　Estelle Morris, the UK Education Secretary opened the 2002 Educational Technology Conference in London recently. She presented a video showing a computer-generated model of the school of tomorrow. Greater use of computer technology and classroom assistants will help students develop their own way of learning, Morris said. She added that this is a more exciting, as well as more interesting way of learning. At the same time, teachers will be “freed from their traditional role as the source of all knowledge.” Children of all abilities will “form the curriculum around their individual needs.” They will “learn in their own time, at their own speed and in their own environment”.

　　At home or at school, they will follow their learning programmes by looking at online libraries and watching lessons by world-class teachers and subject experts. Instead of going on field trips, students will use virtual reality. If they don't understand something, they can ask other students “take part in virtual communities with learners with similar needs. They will hand in their work electronically to be auto-market”.

　　The classroom of the future is fast becoming a reality. And the Department of Education will soon produce a guide to help schools adapt buildings for new technology. These ideas are based on the UK government's plan to create an education system that provides students to develop their individual skills at secondary school level.

　　Morris said that enabling students to follow study programmes to their own needs means that, in a class of 15-year-olds, some could be starting university learning while others were still learning to read and write.

　　A spokesman for the UK's National Association of Head Teachers said, “Nothing can change the fact that today's students need to be taught by a qualified, skilled and enthusiastic teaching force, and they need that now.”

1．According to the UK's Department of Education and Skills, the school of the future will ________.

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A．cause more problems such as not being able to find enough teachers

B．set no homework and no tests for students

C．make good use of computer technology and classroom assistants

D．enable students to learn by themselves without teachers' help

2．If students do not understand something, they can ________.

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A．go on a field trip

B．go to ask their teachers to help them

C．send e-mails to ask for teachers' help

D．have a look at other learners' homework

3．Which of the following is not mentioned in the article?

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A．The classroom of the future will become a reality soon.

B．Students can get higher marks by using computer technology.

C．Students can learn in their own way by following study programmes.

D．Students need a skilled and motivated teaching force.

4．The UK government plans to set an education system that ________.

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A．provides students with a basic knowledge from the beginning

B．gives students more knowledge at primary school level

C．enables 15-year-old students to go to university

D．helps students to learn to read and write at secondary school level

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Tom: I'm interested in gestures.

　　Ellen: Are you? Gestures differ from country to country.

　　Tom: Yes. Talking about gestures is a lot of fun.

　　Ellen: I've noticed that Japanese women often cover their mouths when they laugh.

　　Tom: They think it's impolite to show their teeth.

　　Ellen: I once talked to some students from India. They moved their heads up and down when they meant “No”, and from side to side for “Yes”. That looked strange to us.

　　Tom: Is that right? I thought nodding meant “Yes” in all parts of the world.

　　Ellen: No, not in some parts of India. But those students said their gestures were so natural to them that they couldn't change them.

　　Tom: This is one of the most popular comics in my country. Do people in American comics jump this way when they are surprised?

　　Ellen: Yes, they do. Comics always use big gestures, you know. (Ellen shows Tom a picture of a man.)

　　Tom: I've often seen this picture. He is shrugging his shoulders, isn't he?

　　Ellen: Yes, he is. It means I don't care or I give up. How do you gesture with your hand when you mean “Come here” in Japan?

　　Tom: We hold out our hands with the palms down, and move it up and down.

　　Ellen: That looks like “Sit down”, “Be quiet”, or “Get away” to us. When we mean “Come here”, we hold out our hands with the palms upward, and move our fingers toward our bodies.

1．The main idea of this dialogue is ________.

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A．Americans, Japanese and Indians have different languages of gestures

B．Americans, Japanese and Indians have one and the same language of gestures

C．Americans, Japanese have one and the same language of gestures

D．Indians and Chinese have one and the same language of gestures

2．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．Americans nod their heads to mean “No”.

B．Americans shrug their shoulders to show they are interested.

C．American women cover their mouths when they laugh.

D．Japanese women often cover their mouths when they laugh.

3．Which of the following best describes the writer's attitude?

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A．The Indian students' gestures are unlike the American ones.

B．The Indian students' gestures are quite like the American ones.

C．The Chinese students' gestures are quite like the American ones.

D．The Japanese gestures have something to do with Chinese gestures.

4．In some parts of India, nodding means ________.

[　　]

5．To Americans, shrugging the shoulders means ________.

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A．“I'm sorry, I don't care (or I give up).”

B．“I'm right.”

C．“Thank you very much.”

D．“That's all right.”

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　DAY 1 Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Meet your travelling companions and a tour leader. Find out about travelling in Vietnam.

　　DAY 2 Sightseeing in Ho Chi Minh City including Ben Thanh market and Cho Lon, the old Chinese sector. Our local guide will show you how to explore this city.

　　DAY 3 Visit the Cu Chi tunnels, a complex of 200 km of tunnels used as a center of strategic importance during the US/Vietnam War.

　　DAY 4 Visit the Christina Noble Foundation, a center for street children. Afternoon free. Overnight train to Danang.

　　DAY 5 Arrive in Danang. Travel to Hoi An. Travel by local bus to the charming, historic Hoi An river port with a trading history going back to the 15th century. Many ports have not changed in centuries. Sightseeing Hoi An.

　　DAY 6 Free day in Hoi An. 5 km cycle or walk to the beach is optional.

　　DAY 7 Bus to historic Hue, for many years Vietnam's educational, cultural and religious center, stopping on the way to visit the Cham Museum in Danang.

　　DAY 8 Travel by boat along the Perfume Rivervisit the serene and beautiful mausoleums of the old kings of Vietnam.

　　DAY 9 Free day in Hue. Overnight train to Hanoi.

　　DAY 10 Arrive in Hanoi, an enchanting city of tree-lined boulevards, lakes, crafts and art galleries.

1．How does the tour group travel from Hue to Hanoi? It's by ________.

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2．According to the information, which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．The Cham Museum is in Hanoi.

B．Overnight travel to Danang is by bus.

C．The Cu Chi tunnel is 400 km long.

D．There is an old Chinese sector in Ho Chi Minh City.

3．According to the information, Vietnam Tours ________.

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A．will run this tour twice in 2003

B．charge more to travel in January than in April

C．have been running for many years

D．began operating in 2003

4．The correct order in which these places are visited is ________.

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A．Hoi An, Hanoi, Hue, Ho Chi Minh City

B．Saigon, Hue, Hanoi, Hoi An

C．Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An

D．Saigon, Hoi An, Hue, Hanoi

5．The purpose of this information is to ________.

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A．promote tourism in Vietnam

B．illustrate how important tourism is to Vietnam

C．outline the details of a tour to Vietnam

D．list the most popular tourist sites of Vietnam

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　You must have heard of Nobel Prize. But do you know where it comes from? The answer is: Alfred Nobel.

　　Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented the landmine and made a lot of money from government during the Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father's lab. He had never been to school or university but had studied privately, and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. But seldom happy, he was always searching for a meaning to life, he never married. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, and thus peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine. literature and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his death.

1．How old was Nobel when they moved to Russia?

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2．Who invented the landmine?

[　　]

3．Did Nobel learn all by himself before 20 years old?

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4．________ isn't in Nobel Prize.

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阅读理解

　　Our world is getting smaller and smaller. We can fly around the world in less than 50 hours. The newest planes go 600 miles an hour. Your can have breakfast in Beijing and supper in Paris.

　　But people had to take a lot longer before to go around the world. Magellan's men were the first to make that trip. It took them more than two years. They went by ship. On September 20,1519 , he left Spain (西班牙) with five ships and 240 men. He was killed on the Philippine (菲律宾) Islands. More than two years later, on December 21, 1521, one of the five ships with only 31 men returned to Spain.

　　Magellan's trip told people that the world was round and the people could go around the world.

1．It takes ________ to fly around the world now.

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2．Magellan and his men spent ________ in their trip around the world.

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3．The Philippine Islands are not very far from ________.

[　　]

4．How about Magellan himself?

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A．He returned to Spain after two years.

B．He died during his trip.

C．He told people that the earth was round after he came back to Spain.

D．The king of Spain made him a high officer when he was back.

5．Which of the four is the best title (题目)?

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阅读理解

　　In the doctor's waiting-room, many patients were sitting quietly and waiting for their turns. Tom, a school boy, was sitting there, too. They all looked very sad except Tom. He was reading an interesting book, and there was a smile on his face.

　　Just then a doctor came in and said he was ready for the next patient. Tom jumped up and ran into the doctor's room.

　　“Good morning, Doctor.”

　　“Good morning. What's your trouble, young man?” asked the doctor. Before Tom could say a word, the doctor made him lie down on a bed. “Now, let me listen to your heart.” Tom tried to speak, but the doctor told him not to say anything. “I'll take your temperature.” Tom tried to sit up, but the doctor stopped him. “Now open your mouth …. Mm, good.” After a moment, the doctor said, “Well, my boy, there is nothing wrong with you.”

　　“I know there isn't,” said the boy. “I just came here to get some medicine for my father.”

1．Who was in the doctor's waiting-room?

In the doctor's waiting-room were ________.

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2．What were the people waiting to do?

They were waiting ________.

[　　]

A．to read an interesting book

B．to get some medicine for others

C．to see the doctor

D．to see their friends.

3．How was Tom?

He ________.

[　　]

4．What did Tom come for?

He came ________.

[　　]

A．to see the doctor

B．to see his father

C．to read a book

D．to get some medicine for his father

5．What did the doctor say about Tom?

He said ________.

[　　]

A．Tom was not ill at all

B．Tom was wrong

C．Tom did something wrong

D．Tom was ill

阅读理解

　　Basketball is still a young game. It's a hundred years old. In the year of 1891, a certain college (某一大学) was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad. They had to stay indoors. As they could not take part in their usual outdoor sports, they were unhappy, and some of them even went into fights from time to time.

　　Finally, some of the teachers at the college asked Dr Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play at. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors, and the court (场地) was not very large.

　　Dr Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. In order to make a score (为了得分), the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet above the floor. At each of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr Naismith had planned (计划) to have the ball thrown into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets.

　　Dr Naismith put two fruit baskets on the walls of both sides. There were nine players on each side. The players tried to throw the ball into the baskets. There were no holes in the bottom (底部) of the basket. When a ball went into the basket, it stayed there. The game had to stop. A player had to climb up to get the ball out. Later, net (网状) baskets were used. Their bottoms were cut out of the baskets.

　　At first, many people could play. Now only ten team members play the game. There are five players on each side. Basketball today is played in many countries.

1．The article (文章) tells us ________.

[　　]

A．what basketball was

B．the origin (起源) of basketball

C．why people like basketball

D．who played basketball

2．The word “indoors” means ________.

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3．When a student threw a ball into the basket ________.

[　　]

A．he made a score

B．he won the game

C．he lost the game

D．he made a hole in the bottom of the basket

4．The game got its name from ________.

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5．________ play the game today.

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A．Nine players on each side

B．Ten players on each side

C．Five players on both sides

D．Ten players on both sides

阅读理解

　　When Jimmy was a boy, he always liked watches and clocks very much. When he was eighteen years old, he went into the army, and after a year, he began to teach himself to mend watches. A lot of his friends brought their broken watches to mend.

　　Then his captain heard about this, and one day he brought him an old watch and said, “My watch has stopped. Can you mend it for me, please?”

　　Jimmy said, “Yes, sir, I can.” After a few days, he took the watch back to the captain.

　　“How much do I pay you?” the captain asked.

　　“One pound, sir.” Jimmy answered. Then he took a small box out of his pocket and gave it to the captain, saying, “Here are the three wheels (轮子) from your watch, I didn't find a place for them when I put everything back.”

1．When Jimmy was 18, he became ________.

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2．When he was ________ years old, he began to teach himself to mend watches.

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3．His old friends brought him broken watches, and he mended them for them. The first “them” in this sentence means ________.

[　　]

A．his friends

B．his friend's broken watches

C．Jimmy and his friends

B．his friends and their broken watches

4．The captain asked how much ________.

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5．Which one is true?

[　　]

A．Jimmy learned to mend watches from a teacher.

B．The captain bought a watch for Jimmy.

C．Jimmy was good at mending watches.

D．Jimmy wanted the captain to pay him one pound.

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　Mrs Smith worked in a big school in America. She had boys and girls in her class, and she always enjoyed teaching them, because they were quick and because they thought everything carefully. One day she said to the children, “People in a lot of countries in Asia (亚洲) wear white clothes at funerals (葬礼) , but people in America and in Europe wear white clothes when they are happy. What colour does a woman wear in this country when she marries?”

　　Mary said, “White, Miss, because she is happy.” “That's good, Mary,” Mrs Smith said. “You are quite right. She wears white because she is happy.”

　　But then one boy in the class put his hand up. “Yes, Dick!” Mrs Smith said, “Do you want to ask anything?”

　　“Yes, please, Miss,” Dick said. “Why do men wear black in this country when they marry, Miss?”

1．Mrs Smith worked in a big school in ________.

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2．There were ________ in the school.

[　　]

3．What was Mrs Smith?

[　　]

4．What colour does a woman in France wear when she marries?

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5．Why did Mrs Smith like the children?

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A．Because they worked very hard.

B．Because they could run very quickly.

C．Because they often talked in class.

D．Because they were clever and good at thinking.

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　John liked to wear his hair very long. Some of his friends thought that it looked like a girl's hair, but they never made jokes about it, because John was a big, tall young man, and didn't think jokes about his hair funny.

　　John always went to the barber's twice a month to have his hair cut and washed, and one day the barber said to him, “Now why don't you let me cut most of this off and make your head tidy? Nobody would recognize you if I did that, I'm sure.”

　　John said nothing for a few seconds, and then he said, “Perhaps you are right, but I am sure that nobody would recognize you either if you did that to my hair.”

1．John didn't like to ________.

[　　]

A．go to the barber's

B．keep his hair very short

C．have his hair cut and washed often

D．wear his hair unusually long

2．What kind of person was John?

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A．He was nice-looking like a girl.

B．He was a funny man.

C．He was a serious person who didn't like any jokes.

D．He was a rude person when he was angry.

3．What did the barber do to John one day?

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A．He made a joke about his hair.

B．He cut off John's hair.

C．He suggested that John should have his hair cut short.

D．He tried to make John's hair tidy.

4．What was his feeling when John heard the barber's words?

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A．He thought the barber's words had nothing to do with him.

B．He was too angry but kept silence just for a while.

C．He was too angry to say a word.

D．He couldn't understand what the barber said.

5．Why would nobody recognize the barber if he did as he had said? Because he ________.

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A．would be beaten up by John

B．was not a skillful barber

C．would be made to have his hair cut off

D．was out of his work