阅读理解

　　The first telegraph cable (电缆) was laid under the sea between England and France in 1850. Cables are very much thicker and heavier than telegraph wires. There are a number of reasons for this. One reason is that the salt water of the sea harms ordinary telegraph wires, and so they have to be protected. Another is that, because electricity passes easily through water, wires have to be covered to prevent electric signals which are passing through them from escaping and getting lost in the sea. A third reason is that cables have to be very strong or they will break while they are being laid on the bottom of the sea from a ship sailing on the surface.

1．People put the first cable on the bottom of the sea between England and France ________ .

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A．about half a century ago

B．in the Middle Ages

C．in the middle of the 18th century

D．in the middle of the 19th century

2．Ordinary telegraph wires have to be protected in the sea because________ .

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A．they are not thick enough

B．they are not strong enough

C．salt water of the sea is very harmful to them

D．they are made of metal

3．Electricity signals easily escape and get lost________ .

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4．Cables under the sea have to be made very strong, otherwise ________ .

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A．the sailing ship may break them

B．fishes may bite them

C．they may rise above the water

D．they may break when being laid down into the sea from a ship

5．The main idea of the passage is________ .

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A．Electricity passes easily through water

B．It is difficult to lay cables into the sea

C．Ordinary telegraph wires can't be kept long under the sea

D．The reasons why telegraph cables are much thicker and heavier than telegraph wires

阅读理解

　　Mr. Anderson lives in a big city in America. Last year he came to England to visit the small town which his father had come from.

　　There was a big, square garden in this town. One day, while Mr. Anderson was walking past, he stopped outside and looked in. There was beautiful grass in the middle of the garden. It was green and short and soft.

　　A gardener was watering it, and Mr. Anderson said to him, “Good morning. Is this your garden?”

　　“No”, answered the gardener, “It isn't mine, but I work here. ”

　　“How do people get such beautiful lawns?” Mr. Anderson asked, “Ours are never as good as this. ”

　　The gardener stopped his work and looked at Mr. Anderson. Then he said, “you come from America, don't you?”

　　Mr. Anderson answered, “Yes, but my father came from this town. ”

　　“Well,” the gardener said, “It's easy to grow lawns like this. ” He asked Mr. Anderson to come in , and said , “Let me tell you about it. ”

　　Mr. Anderson went into the garden. “My name's Anderson , ” he said to the gardener , “Joe Anderson. What's yours?”

　　“My name's Gray. ” the gardener answered. “Pete Gray. Now about the lawns. First we sow (plant) our seeds; then when the grass appears, we pull all the weeds out; after that, we cut the grass every week, we water it every day when the weather is very dry during the summer season, and we sometimes roll it (press it down with a special roller). ”

　　“Oh,” Mr. Anderson answered, “That's very interesting, Pete. And how long does it take before the lawn becomes like this?”

　　The gardener thought for a few moments and then answered, “Oh, about 400 years.”

1．Mr. Anderson left ________ for ________ last year.

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2．One day, Mr. Anderson stopped outside the garden because ________ .

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3．Mr. Anderson came into the garden because ________ .

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A．he found the beautiful lawns in it

B．his father had come from there

C．how to plant lawns was very interesting

D．the gardener asked him in

4．The gardeners water the grass ________ .

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5．Which is true?

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A．Both grass and weeds come up when they plant seeds.

B．Mr. Anderson thought it was hard to make such a beautiful garden.

C．Mr. Anderson told the gardener where he had come from, so he knew it.

D．It took a few years to make such beautiful lawns

阅读理解

　　And so back to our question: What's dictionary for, and how, in 1962, can it best do what it ought to do? The demands are simple. The common reader turns to a dictionary for information about the spelling, pronunciation, meaning, and right use of words. He wants to know what is current (现行的) and correct. But he wants—and has a right to—the truth, the full truth. And the full truth about any language, and especially American English today, is that there are many areas in which certainly is impossible and the implication is misleading.

　　……

　　So with pronunciation. A citizen listening to his radio might notice that James B. Conant, Bernard Barnch, and D Wight D. Eisenhower pronounce economics as Eckuhnomiks, while A. Whitney Griswold, Adlai Stevenson and Herber Hoover pronounce it Edkuhnomiks. He turns to the dictionary to see which of the two pronunciations is “right” and finds that they are both acceptable.

1．The writer was probably________ .

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A．an Australian

B．an American

C．an Englishman

D．a person who often uses a dictionary

2．The passage mainly tells us ________ .

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A．how to use a dictionary

B．what a dictionary is for

C．the word “economics” has two pronunciations

D．language cannot always be absolute (绝对)

3．James B. Conant, Bernard Barnch, Dwight D. Eisehowever, A. Whiteney Griswold , Adlai Stevenson and Herbert Hoover ________ .

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A．are all famous people

B．are always pronouncing differently

C．are people who often use dictionaries

D．are citizens who often listen to the radio

4．A citizen listens to his radio in order to________ .

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A．notice the pronunciations of the word “economics”

B．notice the pronunciations of James B. Conant, Bernard Barnch, Dwight D. Eisenhower, A. Whiteney Griswold, Adlai Steveson and HerbertHoover

C．know the full truth about American English today

D．know news and other information

5．What do you turn to a dictionary for?

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A．You can know how to spell, pronounce, understand or use a word.

B．You can know what a dictionary is for.

C．You can know the full truth about any language.

D．You can know the two pronunciations of economics are both acceptable.

阅读理解。

　　Everybody knows that words can carry messages. People communicate (交流) with words. Books, magazines, TV and radio and films all help us to communicate with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

　　Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you put up your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask a question. You shake your head, and people know you are saying “No”, you nod and people know you are saying “Yes”.

　　Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many ways without words. For example, an artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the sea and many other things.

1．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．It is most popular way for man to communicate with words.

B．Words are the only way for man to communicate.

C．Using radio is one of the ways for man to communicate.

D．TV can help people to know the world better.

2．Besides words, ________ can not be used to express oneself.

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3．Which of the following signs is usually used to show you the direction?

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4．How does an artist often carry messages to people?

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5．We can communicate with others in many ways. Which of the following is right?

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阅读理解。

　　In the near future some parts of the world may soon have a new kind of television. It is called high definition television or H-D-T-V. The main difference between H-D-T-V and normal television is the picture. It is more clear and detailed (明细). This is because H-D-T-V has many more points and lines that make a television image (图像). Every colour television picture contains thousands of red, green and blue points, They all come together as an image in the eye of the person

watching. The points are organized in lines that go across the television screen. There are more than 500 lines in a normal television. H-D-T-V has two times as many. To get this clear picture, you must have a big screen. Experts say people using a small screen will see little difference.

　　H-D-T-V also has clear sound. It is like the sound on a compact disc player (激光电唱机), or CD. All these improvements make H-D-T-V very costly. One kind in Japan now sells for more than 20 000 dollars. In the future, the cost is expected to be about 2 000 dollars. A major problem with H-D-T-V is its broadcast signal. The signal is bigger than for normal, because it carries more electronic in formation.

1．The main difference between an H-D-T-V and a normal television is ________.

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A．that the picture of normal TV is normal

B．that H-D-T-V is new and good

C．that H-D-T-V is so new that not all parts of the world have got it at present

D．that the picture of an H-D-T-V is more clear and detailed

2．A colour TV image is ________.

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A．made up of thousands of red, green and blue points

B．formed by the above-mentioned red, green and blue points which are organized in lines that go across the TV screen

C．a black-and-white picture

D．both A and B

3．An H-D-T-V has ________ lines.

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4．If you want to get a clear and detailed picture from an H-D-T-V, you ________.

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A．must have the bigger signal for H-D-T-V

B．have to get a big screen

C．should have a compact disc player

D．both A and B

5．According to the passage, which of the following is right?

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A．The H-D-T-V sets are not popular now because they are too expensive for most people.

B．The signal for an H-D-T-V is not bigger than that for the normal TV.

C．In the future an H-D-T-V will cost 10 times as much as it costs now.

D．In the future an H-D-T-V will be cheaper only because 2 000 dollars will be just equal to 20 000 dollars.

阅读理解。

　　We may be very pleased with the rapid progress we have made in every field of study, but the way to test a student's knowledge and ability still remains as it was. We have almost done nothing to improve our examination system (制度).

　　It is well known that the examination system we are now using may be a good way of testing a student's memory, but it can tell you nothing about a student's ability. It does no good to students ability. It does no good to students and teachers.

　　As soon as a child begins school, he enters a world of examination that will decide his future or job.

　　In fact a good examination system should train a student to think himself, but it now does anything but that. So students are encouraged to remember what is taught. It doesn't enable them to gain more and more knowledge. The students who come out first in the examination often may not be the best in their studies.

　　Besides, the examinations often drive teachers to cram (填鸭式地教) all the time. They can't teach freely. They are forced to train students what to do with the coming examinations from time to time.

　　There must be some simpler and better way to test a student's true ability besides knowledge, and that is what we should do at once.

1．Now little has been done ________.

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A．to decide a student's job

B．to test a student's ability

C．to test what a student learns

D．to test a student's memory

2．According to the article, we know that examinations are very important to ________.

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3．The examination system we are now using can only make the students ________.

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A．remember what is taught

B．gain more and more knowledge

C．think by themselves

D．make rapid progress

4．In order to make students gain high marks in the coming examinations, teachers have to ________.

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A．develop their students' ability

B．teach freely

C．fill their students' mind with much information

D．teach their students how to study

5．This article tells us about the importance of ________.

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A．taking examinations

B．testing a student's knowledge

C．working hard

D．getting the examination system improved

阅读理解。

　　Late one evening a man was speeding south on a highway. He had had several drinks and it showed. Soon a police officer pulled him over. As the officer was coming towards him, an accident broke out some distance away, so the officer crossed the road to see if he could help.

　　At that moment, the driver went out of his car and began strolling. He was waiting impatiently. Finally he decided not to wait any longer and took off for home. He asked his wife to tell the police, if they called, that he had been home all night, and had not drunk at all.

　　The next morning the doorbell rang. The man answered the door and told the policemen standing before him as he had decided to the evening before. And his wife backed up his story.

　　Then the policemen asked if they could look in the garage. The man led them to the garage. There they saw a car with the word “POLICE” on it, its lights still flashing.

1．The police officer stopped the driver because ________.

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A．he smelled something wrong

B．the man was driving too fast

C．the man caused an accident nearby

D．he found the man drunk during his driving

2．The officer didn't deal with the driver immediately because ________.

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A．the driver refused to stop and sped away

B．the driver gave up his car and ran home

C．he had to look into an accident first

D．the man wasn't drunk at all

3．The words“backed up” in the third paragraph means ________.

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4．As suggested by the text, the man ________.

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A. had nothing to do with the police car

B．stole the police car

C．was so drunk that he drove the police car home

D．was in such a hurry that he got into the wrong car

5．The author mainly wants to tell us ________.

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A．the danger of careless driving

B．a car accident

C．a joke about a drunken man

D．a car thief

阅读理解。

　　There was ice on the road, and the doctor's car hit a tree and turned over three times. To his surprise, he was unhurt. He got out of the car and walked to the nearest house. He wanted to telephone the garage for help. The door was opened by one of his patients.

　　“Oh, Doctor”, she said, “I have just telephoned you. You must have fast car. You have got here very quickly indeed. There has been a very bad accident on the road outside. I saw it through the window. I am sure the driver will need your help. But I did not hope you came so quickly.”

1．The story took place in ________.

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2．Which of the following is right according to the passage?

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A．There were two accidents on the road that day.

B．The woman in the nearest house called up the doctor to come and help the wounded driver.

C．The doctor telephoned the garage to save the driver.

D．The doctor soon came to help the wounded driver.

3．The doctor came to his patient's only ________.

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A．because he knew his patient would help him

B．by chance

C．because he did know that his patient was living there

D．because he was unhurt

4．The doctor came to the place where the accident happened very quickly because ________.

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A．he had a very fast car

B．he could drive his car well

C．he wanted to save the driver who was hurt in the accident as soon as possible

D．he was just the driver whom the woman who saw the accident referred to

5．In the accident ________.

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阅读理解。

　　In the past, when people had problems, they went to their families or friends to get advice. Today, it is possible to get advice from radio shows, TV programmes and telephone hot lines, too. A hot line is a telephone line that offers a direct way of getting in touch with advisers. Most hotlines are completely anonymous callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers. Most hot lines are usually free, too. Callers don't have to pay for the advice or the phone calls even if the calls are long distance. At some hot lines, the advisers are volunteers (自愿者). Other hot lines pay their advises for their work. Usually the advisers are professional (专业人员) with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line. All the advisers listen to people and help them to settle their problems.

1．What do you know about a hot line?

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A．It's a telephone line that is hot.

B．It's telephone line through which people get advice.

C．It's a telephone line whose number no one knows.

D．It's a telephone line through which callers take a short class.

2．When people call the hot line advisers, they ________.

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A．often give their names and telephone numbers first

B．generally have to pay for the long distance calls

C．usually pay nothing for most of the calls and advice

D．always try to get in touch with the volunteer advisers

3．The advisers working at hot lines ________.

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A．are not all paid

B．are all volunteers

C．are all well educated and experienced

D．have all been trained for a short time

4．What do the hot line advisers do?

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A．They do what the callers tell them to do.

B．They listen to the callers and take their advice.

C．They give the callers advice.

D．They go to the callers' to help them.

5．The writer of the passage seems to think that ________.

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A．with hot lines people won't get advice from their families or friends

B．hot lines are of great help to callers

C．people had better pay for the advice and phone calls

D．the hot line advisers can settle all of the callers' problems

阅读理解。

　　The girl died two hours later. The elder brother took a bag of gold from his pocket and offered it to me.

　　“Please excuse me.” I said. “At this moment, no.”

　　The two brothers looked at each other. I bowed to them and left without another word.

　　Early the next morning the bag of gold was left at my house. I had decided to write to the Minister telling him about this matter. Just as I had finished my letter I was told that a young lady wished to see me. In some way she had discovered the main facts of the story. Her husband was the younger brother. She did not know that the girl was dead, but hoped to help in some way. I told her all I knew. When I went with her to the door I saw in her carriage a boy aged about three.

　　“For my child's sake (缘故), Doctor,” she said,“I want to do all I can for this cruelly wronged family. If I do not, this will become a curse (灾祸) to him. I have a feeling that he may be forced to pay for these wrong someday, if nothing is done. I have some jewels; I shall order him on my deathbed give them to this family which his father has wronged.”

　　She had referred to her husband's name, thinking that I knew it, but I made no change in the letter and posted it myself that day.

1．Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

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A．The young lady was the younger brother's wife.

B．The three-year-old boy was the younger brother's son.

C．When the young lady visited “me”, the letter to the Minister had been written.

D．“I” accepted the bag of gold from the elder brother's hand.

2．“His father” in the sentence “…which his father has wronged”referred to ________.

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A．the peasant boy's father

B．the father whose daughter died

C．the young lady's husband

D．the elder brother's tenant

3．What the young lady told the writer suggested that ________.

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A．kindness was her motive (动机) for visiting “me” the next morning

B．she acted from selfish motives

C．she really meant to help the wronged family

D．she hated her husband to the bone and wanted him to answer for the wronged family

4．The young lady had a feeling that ________.

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A．her three-year-old child would suffer from a curse

B．her husband might be punished for his wrong doing

C．she would be forced to give her jewels to the wronged family

D．the wrongs done by her husband were not to be answered for

5．“I” in the passage, a just man, ________.

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A．took pity on the lady and would do everything for her

B．agreed to do something for the wronged family

C．didn't help the lady out of pity

D．thought what the lady said was reasonable and that her husband should be showed mercy to