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科目： 来源：0107 模拟题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

     Two hours from the tall buildings of Manhattan and Philadelphia live some of the world's largest black
bears. They are in northern Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, a home they share with an abundance of
other wildlife.
     The streams, lakes, meadows, mountain ridges and forests that make the Poconos an ideal place for
black bears,have also attracted more people to the region. Open spaces are threatened by plans for housing
estates and important habitats are endangered by highway construction. To protect the Poconos' natural
beauty from irresponsible development, the Nature Conservancy (大自然保护协会) named the area one
of America's "Last Great Places"
     Operating out of a century-old schoolhouse in the village of Long Pond, Pennsylvania, the
conservancy's bud Cook is working with local people and business leaders to balance economic growth
with environmental protection. By forging partnerships with people like Francis Altemose, the Conservancy
has been able to protect more than 14,000 acres of environmentally important land in the area.
      Altemose's family has farmed in the Pocono area for generations. Two years ago Francis worked with
the Conservancy to include his farm in a county farmland protection program. As a result, his family's land
can be protected from development and the Altemoses will be better able to provide a secure financial future
for their 7-year-old grandson. Cook attributes the Conservancy's success in the Poconos to having a local
presence and a commitment to working with local residents
      "The key to protecting these remarkable lands is connecting with the local community," Cook said. "The
people who live there respect the land. They value quite forests, clear streams and abundant wildlife. They are
eager to help with conservation effort. For more information on how you can help The Nature Conservancy
protect the Poconos and the world's other"Last Great Places," please call 1-888-564 6864, or visit us on the
World Wide Web at www.tnc.org.

1. The purpose in naming the Poconos as one of America's " Last Great Places" is to ________.

A. gain support from the local community
B. protect it from irresponsible development
C. make it a better home for black bears
D. provide financial security for future generations

2. We learn from the passage that _______.

A. the population in the Pocono area is growing
B. wildlife in the Pocono area is dying out rapidly
C. the security of the Pocono residents is being threatened
D. farmlands in the Pocono area are shrinking fast

3. What is important in protecting the Poconos according to Cook?

A. The setting up of an environmental protection website
B. Support from organizations like The Nature Conservancy
C. Cooperation with the local residents and business leaders
D. Inclusion of farmlands in the region's protection program

4. The passage most probably is ________.

A. an official document
B. a news story
C. an advertisement
D. a research report

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科目： 来源：江苏模拟题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

     The dream of getting into an American university is coming true for more and more Chinese students.
Last year almost forty thousand Chinese students were accepted into undergraduate programs in America. That was a fifty percent increase over the year before and four times the number of undergraduate
students just five years ago.
     More Chinese students want to go to American universities and more American universities want them
to come. For Chinese students it's a chance to get a good education and for American universities it's a
chance to, well, make a lot of money. American universities received $26 billion in tuition fees from
International students last year. It's an important part of their revenue. The tuition fees for foreign students
are far higher than for domestic students. For example, the State University of New York (SUNY)
charges local students less than $5,000 a year and foreign students more than $13,000 a year.
     Places like SUNY are easy to get into. They don't look too closely at your academic record and they
accept lower TOEFL and SAT*scores. But once you're in, it gets difficult. You have to take a lot of
courses, attend lectures, participate in seminars, write essays and give presentations-all in English! The
professors don't change their teaching styles and will not lower their standards to accommodate foreign
students.
     Many Chinese students struggle to keep up with the workload. Some drop out and about five percent
fail and have to come back home. It's not surprising because getting a degree from an American university
is difficult even for American students. Only slightly more than fifty percent of American students graduate
in four years from the university they enrolled in. Some will take five or six years to get the credits they
need to graduate. Chinese students work much harder than their American counterparts but language is a
big stumbling block for them. If you want to succeed at an American university, your English must be very, very good. At American universities, getting in is easy; getting out is hard.

1. About _________ Chinese students were accepted into undergraduate programs in
America five years ago.

A. 27,000
B. 8,000
C. 4,000
D. 10,000

2. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. American universities earn a lot of money by accepting foreign students.
B. Getting a degree from an American university isn't difficult for local students.
C. Professors in American universities will change their teaching style to make it easier for foreign students.
D. Though Chinese students work much harder, language is an obstacle anyway.

3. Which sentence can serve as the topic sentence of this passage?

A. The first sentence in Para.1.
B. The first sentence in Para. 2.
C. The last sentence in the last paragraph.
D. The third sentence in the last paragraph.

4. What's probably the purpose of this passage?

A. To warn that American universities are not so good as expected.
B. To warn that American universities charge foreign students too much money.
C. To warn that you won't learn anything in American universities.
D. To warn that it's not so easy to get a diploma from American universities.

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科目： 来源：山东省期末题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

      Every year, earthquakes are responsible for a large number of deaths and vast amounts of destruction(破坏) in various parts of the world. There are about a million quakes a year. Fortunately, however, not
all of them are destructive. The intensity (强度) of an earthquake is measured on the Richter Scale, which goes from zero upward. The highest magnitude recorded to date is 8.9Major damage generally occurs
from quakes ranging upwards from 6.0.
     The actual cause of earthquake itself is the breaking of rocks at or below the breaking of rocks or
below the earth's surface. This is produced by pressure which scientists believe may be due to a number
of reasons, two of which are the changed of the earth's crust (外壳) and continental drift(漂流).
     In order to minimize the damage and to decrease some of the pain resulting from earthquakes,
scientists are working on ways to improve accurate prediction. Two kinds of the instruments now in use
to achieve this goal are seismograph(地震仪) and tilt (倾斜) meter. The former records any shaking of
the earth. Seismologists ca accurately record the exact time, location and size of an earthquake. The latter, as the name suggests, is used to record any changes in the tilt of the land.

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?

A. The highest magnitude of earthquake recorded is 8.9
B. Major damage usually happens when the intensity of an earthquake is below 6.0
C. Scientists usually use seismographs and tilt meters to predict earthquakes now.
D. Continental drift may cause an earthquake.

2. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. Earthquakes can cause a lot of damage.
A.Scientists are working hard to predict the earthquakes.
B.The reason why earthquakes happen.
C.Introduce the earthquake and its prediction.

3. Where does the passage mot likely come from?

A. A newspaper.
B. A report
C. A science magazine.
D. A history book.

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科目： 来源：广东省期末题 题型：完形填空

完形填空

     Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are     1   . Everyone has imagination, but
most of us, once we become adults, forget how to     2     it. Creativity isn’t always     3    with great works
of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time      4     think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are
three techniques to help you.
    Making connections. This technique involves taking     5     ideas and trying to find links between them.
First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words 6 with candles: light, fire, matches, wax,
night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the    7    to the job you have to
do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original        8    ; you could buy him tickets to match or take him out for the night.
      NO limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t      9    . You have as much time /space / money, etc. as
you want. Think about your goal and the new    10   . If your goal is to learn to ski,      11     , you can now
practise skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now     12     this to reality. Maybe you can practise skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.
     Be someone else! Look at the situation from a    13   point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the     14   in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their     15   . The best fishermen think like fish!

(     )1. A. wrong
(     )2. A. put up with
(     )3. A. equipped
(     )4. A. skillfully
(     )5. A. familiar
(     )6. A. presented
(     )7. A. ideas
(     )8. A. experience
(     )9. A. work
(     )10. A. possibilities
(     )11. A. in fact
(     )12. A. devote
(     )13. A. private
(     )14. A. features
(     )15. A. positions

B. unbelievable
B. catch up with
B. compared
B. routinely
B. unrelated
B. marked
B. ambitions
B. service
B. last
B. limitations
B. in particular
B. adapt
B. global
B. themes
B. dreams

C. reasonable
C. make use of
C. covered
C. vividly
C. creative
C. lit
C. achievement
C. present
C. exist
C. tendency
C. as a whole
C. lead
C. different
C. creatures
C. images

D. realistic
D. keep track of
D. connected
D. deeply
D. imaginary
D. associated
D. technique
D. object
D. change
D. practice
D. for example
D. keep
D. practical
D. characters.
D. directions

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科目： 来源：同步题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解

     Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems.While scientists are finding ways to
make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger
and heavier than the devices themselves.University of Missouri(MU) researchers are developing a
nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.
    “To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density (密度) .”said
Jae Kwon，assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU.“The radioisotope
(放射性同位素)battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries.”
     Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery，presently the
size and thickness of a penny，intended to power various micro/nanoelectromechanical
systems(M/NEMS) .Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns，Kwon said they are safe.
    “People hear the word‘nuclear'and think of something very dangerous.”he said.“However, nuclear
power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pacemakers，space
satellites and underwater systems.”
     His new idea is not only in the battery's size, but also in its semiconductor(半导体) .Kwon's battery
uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.
    “The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation
energy can damage the lattice structure(晶体结构)of the solid semiconductor.”Kwon said.“By using a
liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem.”
     Together with J .David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research
Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery.In the future, they hope to increase the battery's
power，shrink its size and try with various other materials.Kwon said that the battery could be thinner
than the thickness of human hair.

1 .Which of the following is true of Jae Kwon?________
    A. He teaches chemistry at MU.
    B .He developed a chemical battery.
    C .He is working on a nuclear energy source.
    D .He made a breakthrough in computer engineering.

2 .Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4________.
    A .to show chemical batteries are widely applied
    B .to indicate nuclear batteries can be safely used
    C .to describe a nuclearpowered system
    D .to introduce various energy sources

3 .Liquid semiconductor is used to________.
    A .get rid of the radioactive waste
    B .test the power of nuclear batteries
    C .decrease the size of nuclear batteries
    D .reduce the damage to lattice structure

4 .According to Jae Kwon，his nuclear battery________.
    A .uses a solid semiconductor
    B .will soon replace the present ones
    C .could be extremely thin
    D .has passed the final test

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科目： 来源：广东省期末题 题型：完形填空

完形填空
If you wear socks on your ears, you won’t be punished. Crossing a street against a red light is another matter - it’s against the law. Laws are __ 1____ rules made by governments. They keep peace and create order. ____ 2_____people break laws, their governments punish them. Long ago, people lived only in small tribal groups. They lived together, followed the same ____3____, and worshipped the same gods. There were no formal laws. ____4____, people were guided by their customs, morals, and religion. Over time, cities began to form. Laws became more formal and were written down in legal codes. In about 1750 BC, the king of Babylon ____5_____ one of the first legal codes, the Code of Hammurabi. It listed certain crimes and told how they should be punished. The ancient Romans helped shape our modern view of law. In the 600s BC, citizens of Rome wrote down all of their basic laws on twelve bronze tablets. The Romans declared that no citizen, ____6___ the ruler, was above the law. Modern law codes are root ed in the Roman system. Such law codes are statutory, meaning they are created and changed by legislatures, not by courts. Another system of law ___7___ later in England. Before the 12th century AD., each part of England had its own rules and customs. From the 12th century onward, England became a single nation. The courts of the land made sure people ___8___ a common set of customs-the English common law. Unlike the Roman system of law, the common law was never written down in one place. Instead, the courts made decisions about the law ___9___earlier court decisions. Those decisions are called examples. Each case must be decided in the same way as earlier cases. But if a case has some new aspects, the decision made will set a new example. That way, courts gradually change the law ___10___ society changes.
（）1. A. police （）2. A. Unless （）3. A. laws （）4. A. Instead （）5. A. imagined （）6. A. except for （）7. A. took effect （）8. A. formed （）9. A. set about （）10.A. before	B. political B. Until B. traditions B. Including B. assumed B. not even B. made up B. provided B. based on B. after	C. official C. Though C. action C. Besides C. created C. in addition to C. got over C. presented C. came to C. despite	D. officer D. When D. principles D. Moreover D. supposed D. besides D. picked up D. followed D. taken over D. as

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科目： 来源：湖北省期末题 题型：完形填空

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It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. _1 , it has been said that today children _2 their education to go to school. The _3 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.? Education is _4 , compared with schooling. Education knows no _5 . It can take place _6 , whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the _7 learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 8_ the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces _9 . A chance talk with a 10 may lead to a person to discover how 11 he knows of another country. People obtain education from 12 on. Education, 13 , is a very 14 and unlimited term. It is a lifelong experience that starts long 15 the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one's entire life. Schooling, on the other hand, is a 16 experience, whose style changes 17 from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 18 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, and 18 , and so on. Schooling has usually been 20 by the edges of the subjects being taught.?
( )1.A. Then ( )2.A. understand ( )3.A. difference ( )4.A. unexpected ( )5.A. answers ( )6.A. anywhere ( )7.A. part-time ( )8.A. If ( )9.A. pride ( )10.A. neighbour ( )11.A. wonderfully ( )12.A. babies ( )13.A. still ( )14.A. long ( )15.A. that ( )16.A. basic ( )17.A. unusually ( )18.A. large ( )19.A. take exams ( )20.A. changed	B. However B. need B. importance B. endless B. ways B. anywhere else B. public B. Because B. surprises B. friend B. well B. grown-ups B. next B. broad B. when B. strict B. differently B. new B. hold exams B. limited	C. Thus C. enjoy C. use C. countless C. edges C. somewhere C. standard C. So C. knowledge C. foreigner C. greatly C. women C. then C. narrow C. after C. final C. little C. fixed C. mark papers C. chosen	D. Therefore? D. interrupt? D. problem? D. simple? D. meanings? D. somewhere else? D. strict? D. Though? D. progress? D. teacher? D. little? D. men? D. yet? D. short? D. before? D. irregular? D. frequently? D. small? D. read papers? D. controlled?

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科目： 来源：广东省期末题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

        Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability. They feel
hopeless about it. Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?
        To be sure, people are different. You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people
do. If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would
be very poor; and many would be in between. But even the very poor players can become much better
players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of practice. It is the same with reading. Some
seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help. Others find reading a slow and tiring job.
In between, there are all degrees of reading ability.
        Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability. In
these experiments, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability. After some of the causes of their
reading were discovered, they were given special instruction and practice in reading. After a few months,
another test of the same kind was given. In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores.

1.With the example of basketball players, the author shows ________.

A. why certain people are poor readers
B. that there are differences in people’s abilities
C. why some people are good basketball players
D. that good basketball players can be good readers

2.To improve their reading ability, people should ________.

A. work long and hard
B. take different forms of tests
C. have special help and practice
D. try different reading materials

3.The experiments mentioned in the text show that ________.

A. good readers seem to enjoy reading
B. almost all poor readers can make progress
C. causes of poor reading were difficult to find out
D. tests help people improve their reading ability

4.What does the underlined sentence “many would be in between” mean?

A. It means that many are the best basket players.
B. It means that many are the worst basket players.
C. It means that many are standing in the middle of the line.
D. It means that there are several levels of players in many students.

5.What’s the purpose of the author’s writing this passage?

A. To encourage people to improve their reading ability.
B. To suggest that readers should do practice only in reading.
C. To tell us that readers can’t improve their reading ability without special help.
D. To tell us that to be a good reader, one should be guided in the right way.

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科目： 来源：广东省期末题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

        Everyone has got two personalities - the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret
and real．You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control your
behaviour，but when you're asleep， your sleeping position shows the real you．In a normal night，of
course，people frequently change their position．The important position is the one that you go to sleep
in．
        If you go to sleep on your back，you're a very open person．You normally trust people and you are
easily influenced by fashion or new ideas．You don't like to upset people，so you never express your real
feelings．You're quite shy and you aren't very confident．
        If you sleep on your stomach，you are a rather secretive（不坦率的）person．You worry a lot
and you're always easily upset．You're very stubborn（顽固的），but you aren't very ambitious．You
usually live for today not for tomorrow．This means that you enjoy having a good time．
        If you sleep curled up（卷曲），you are probably a very nervous person．You have a low opinion
of yourself and so you're often defensive．You're shy and you don't normally like meeting people．You
prefer to be on your own．You're easily hurt．
        If you sleep on your side，you have usually got a well-balanced personality．You know your
strengths and weaknesses．You're usually careful． You have a confident personality．You sometimes
feel anxious，but you don't often get depressed．You always say what you think even if it annoys
people．

1．According to the writer，you naturally show your secret and real personality __________.

A．only in a normal night
B．only when you go to sleep
C．only when you refuse to show yourself to the world
D．only when you change sleeping position

2．Which is NOT mentioned in the second paragraph about a person's personality？

A．He or she is always open with others．
B．He or she always likes new ideas earlier than others．
C．He or she is always easily upset．
D．He or she tends to believe in others．

3．Point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleeping on his or
her stomach？

A．He or she is careful not to offend others．
B．He or she doesn't want to stick to his or her opinion．
C．He or she can't be successful in any business．
D．He or she likes to bring others happiness．

4．Maybe you don't want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up．Why？

A．He or she would rather be alone than communicate with you．
B．He or she is rarely ready to help you．
C．He or she prefers staying at home to going out．
D．He or she wouldn't like to get help from you．

5．It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because _____ ．

A．he or she always shows sympathy for people
B．he or she is confident，but not stubborn
C．he or she has more strengths than weaknesses
D. he or she often considers annoying people

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科目： 来源：广东省期末题 题型：阅读理解

阅读理解。

        A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same
words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better
to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the
time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.
        A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad
thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have
read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think,
some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises(出现)
from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into
the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.
        There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true,
that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond
of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such
people, I must say so peculiar(奇怪的) that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were
sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or
covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend.
        No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believe
d that it was.

1. The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _______.

A. repeated without any change
B. treated as a joke
C. made some changes by the parent
D. set in the present

2. According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is _______.

A. in a realistic setting
B. heard for the first time
C. repeated too often
D. told in a different way h

3. The advantage claimed(提出) for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it _______.

A. makes them less fearful
B. develops their power of memory
C. makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of
D. encourages them not to have strange beliefs

4. The author’s mention of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest that _______.

A. fairy stories are still being made up
B. there is some misunderstanding about fairy tales
C. people try to modernize old fairy stories
D. there is more concern for children's fears nowadays

5. One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that _______.

A. they are full of imagination
B. they just make up the stories which are far from the truth
C. they are not interesting
D. they make teachers of history difficult to teach

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