阅读理解

　　A young man married a young woman from a village nearby. They lived with the man's big family - his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. the family kept an elephant. The young woman soon took great interest in it. Every day she gave nice food to the elephant.

　　Three months later the woman quarreled with her husband and went back to her parents' house. Soon the elephant didn't want to eat and work. It seemed to be ill and heartbroken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

　　It went to the woman's home. When it saw her, the elephant touched her with its long nose. The young woman was so moved that she returned to her husband's home.

1．The writer wrote the story in order to ________ .

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A．show that elephants are very clever

B．tell how a woman taught a wild animal

C．show that women like animals more than men do

D．tell how an animal reunited a husband and wife

2．The woman left her new home ________ .

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A．to visit her own parents

B．to see if the elephant would follow her

C．because she was angry with her husband

D．because she didn't like the large family

3．After the young woman left her husband's home, the elephant ________ .

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A．returned to the forest

B．was sad because it missed her

C．went to look for a new home

D．was ill because nobody gave any fond to it

4．The young woman went back to her husband because ________ .

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A．she knew he had sent the animal to her

B．the elephant had come to look for her

C．her parents asked her to

D．she missed her new home.

5．The story may be found in ________ .

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阅读理解训练

　　There are stock markets (股票市场) in large cities in many countries. Stock markets in Paris, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and New York are among the largest and most well-known. The stock market, also called stock exchange, is a place where people can buy or sell shares of a factory or a company. And each share means certain ownership of a factory or a company.

　　Different people go to stock markets. Some are rich, who want to get more money than they have. Others are not very rich, who buy stocks and try to become rich. Still others buy stocks as part of their plan to save money.

　　Of course, investing(投资) money in the stock market is not the safest way to make money. No one can tell exactly whether the shares will be doing well. The factory or company may do badly. Then the stocks will go down, and investors will lose money. The stock may go up or down for a number of untold reasons. Everyone wants the stock to go up, but sometimes even if a factory or a company does a good job, the stock may still go down.

　　No wonder going to the stock market is often compared to gambling(赌博). All are eager to make money by“gambling” in the stock market. Factories and companies that need money are pleased that so many people are willing to“gamble”.Indeed, the stock market is an attractive part of the business world.

1．If you are an investor, you ________ in the stock market.

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A．can always make money

B．can tell exactly when the stock goes up or down

C．may sometimes lose money

D．your gambling is always safe

2．The passage mainly wants to tell us ________.

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A．how to buy or sell shares

B．the stock market is like a gambling house

C．the ABC of stock markets

D．investing money in the stock market is not the safest way

3．Which of the following is not right?

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A．Going to the stock market is like gambling

B．The stock will always go up if a factory or company does a good job

C．People buy or sell stocks in the hope of making money

D．People who are not rich will probably become rich by buying or selling stocks

4．Factories and companies are pleased that so many people“gamble”, because ________.

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A．they can make them rich

B．they need more people to work for them

C．they need their money to do business

D．some people win and some lose

阅读理解

　　“We are more than half way now. It's only two miles farther to the inn (小旅店) ,”said the driver.

　　“I'm glad of that!”answered the stranger. He wanted to say more but the east wind blew right down his throat whenever he tried to speak.

　　“You don't feel the cold so much at twenty below zero out in the Western Country. There is none of this coldness,”he said, adding,“and wetness”.

　　“You'll have a cold drive going back,”he said anxiously, and put up his hand for the twentieth time to see if his coat collar was as close to the back of his neck as possible. He had wished a dozen times that he were in his warm old hunter's clothes which he had often worn in the worst of weather in the Northwest.

“I shall not lave to go back!”said the girl in a loud voice, with eager pleasantness. “I'm on my way home now. I drove over early just to meet you at the train. We had word that someone was coming to the inn”.

1．How far was the drive from the train to the inn? ________.

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2．The driver was ________.

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3．From the passage we know that the two speakers are facing ________.

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4．According to the stranger, in the West the winters are ________.

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5．After leaving the stranger at the inn, the driver ________.

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A．had to return to the railway station

B．was going home

C．was going to see the inn keeper

D．had to leave by train

阅读理解

　　It is possible that the weather of the world may be changing, Some scientists imagine that this could even mean the beginning of another ice age. The effects of such a change in weather on human population of the world would be frightening.

Recent research suggests that the warming trend(倾向)of the past hundred years or so may be coming to an end. During the past ten years. scientists tell us that the temperature of the world has dropped a little. This would have effects on wind and rain in the weather picture.

　　Scientists believe clouds may be an important factor (因素) in changing the amount of heat on the earth. Another possibility is that man's agriculture and industry ways may affect the natural weather.

1．The weather of the world seems to be getting ________.

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2．The temperature of the world in the past ten years has dropped a little ________.

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A．because wind and rain changed the weather

B．the drop in the temperature would have effects on wind and rain

C．because wind and rain did not change the weather

D．the drop in the temperature would not have effects on wind and rain

3．The main factor in changing the amount of heat on the earth is ________.

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A．man's agriculture and industry ways

B．natural weather

C．wind and rain

D．clouds

4．Scientists imagine such a change in weather on human population would be ________.

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5．The warming weather of the past hundred years may ________.

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阅读理解训练

　　Because plants cannot move or talk, most people believe that they have no feelings and that they cannot receive signals (信号) from outside. However, this may not be completely true.

　　People who studied plants have found out that plants carry a small electrical charge (电荷). It is possible to measure this charge with a small piece of equipment called“galvanometer”. The galvanometer is placed on a leaf of the plant, and it records any changes in the electrical field of the leaf. Humans have a similar field which can change when we are shocked or frightened.

　　A man called Backster used a galvanometer for his studies of plants and was very surprised at his results. He found that if he had two or more plants in a room and he began to destroy one of them-perhaps by pulling off leaves or by pulling it out of its pot?-then the galvanometer on the leaves of the other plants showed a change in the electrical field. It seemed as if the plants were signalling a feeling of shock. This happened not only when Backster started to destroy plants, but also when he destroyed other living things such as insects(昆虫).

　　Backster said that the plants also knew if someone had destroyed a living thing some distance away, because they signalled when a man who had just cut down a tree entered the room.

　　Another scientist, named Sauvin, achieved similar results to Backster's. He kept galvanometers fixed to his plants all the time and checked regularly to see what the plants were doing. If he was out of the office, he telephoned to find out about the signals the plants were sending. In this way, he found that the plants were sending out signals at the exact times when he felt strong pleasure or pain. In fact, Sauvin could cause a change in the electrical field of his plants over a distance of a few miles simply by thinking about them.

1．Most people believe that plants have no feelings because ________.

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A．they do not move or speak

B．they cannot receive signals from outside

C．this may not be completely true

D．this is unbelievable

2．Backster was surprised at the results of his studies because ________.

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A．he destroyed an insect

B．he destroyed a plant by pulling off its leaves

C．he found that plants could express feelings of shock

D．he found that plants could move and speak after all

3．The plants sent out signals ________.

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A．only when Backster started to destroy plants

B．when Backster destroyed plants or other living things

C．only when he destroyed things such as insects

D．only when Backster placed the galvanometer on the leaves of the plants

4．The scientist called Sauvin ________.

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A．did not agree with Backster's ideas

B．did not get the same sort of results as Backster did

C．got different results from Backster's

D．found out some of the same things that Backster did

5．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

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A．The electrical charge plants carry may shock or frighten us

B．A tree will signal when it has been cut down

C．Sauvin could make his plants send out signals some distance away

D．Plants have feelings because they can receive signals without moving

阅读理解

　　George had worked for the Bank of Ruritanis for ten years and was still only a clerk. He was not satisfied with the position(职位) and wanted to find something better. Yet he did not want to lose his position in the bank before he had got another one. So he prepared a letter about himself, with the words “HELP! I AM A PRISONER OF THE BANK OF RURITANIS!” in big letters across the top. Then he sent it to several other banks, asking them for a job.

　　A few days later, one of these letters came into the hands of George's boss at bank. Someone had given it to him at a party. the next morning, George's boss asked him to come into his room and said, “George, I have some very good news for you. The bank of Ruritanis is setting you free!”

1．From the first paragraph we know that ________.

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A．George was looking for a better job

B．he got a new jab

C．he wrote a letter to himself

D．he was a prisoner in Bank

2．George did not want to leave the Bank of Ruritanis immediately because ________.

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A．he liked the work there

B．he had not found a better job yet

C．he wished his boss to give him some good news

D．he was waiting for the bank to set him free

3．Which sentence is not true?

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A．He waited for some other bank to give him a job.

B．He thought the Bank of Ruritanis was not good to him.

C．In the letter he wrote, there were only the words “HELP! I AM A PRISONER OF THE BANK OF RURITANIS!”

D．He would go on working at the Bank until he found a better job.

4．A few days later, ________.

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A．George's boss found one of these letters in his office

B．George's boss was given a letter as he came into the bank

C．someone at the bank handed one of George's letters to his boss

D．George's boss went to a party and got one of George's letters

5．The boss asked George to come into this room as he decided to ________.

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A．tell him some very good news

B．set him free

C．fire him

D．help him

阅读理解

　　There were some people in the southern part of Greece called Spartans, who were famous for their simple habits and their bravery. The name of the area in which they lived was Laconia, and so they were also called Lacons. One of the strange rules which the Lacons had was that they should speak briefly, and never use more words than those needed. And so a short answer is often spoken of as a Laconic answer.

　　There was in the northern part of Greece a land called Macedon; and this land was once ruled over by a warlike king named Philip.

　　Philip wanted to become the master of all Greece. So he raised a great army, and made war upon the other states, until nearly all of them were forced to call him their king. Then he sent a letter to the Spartans in Laconia, saying, “If I go down into your country, I will level your great city to the ground.”

　　In a few days, an answer was brought back to him. When he opened the letter, he found there was only one word.

　　That word was “IF”.

1．The Spartans in southern part of Greece were well-known because ________.

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A．it was one of their habits to live a simple life

B．whenever they made an answer, it was short

C．they had simple habits in life and were brave in fighting

D．they lived in Spartans and they were called Lacons

2．What do you think the word “briefly”means ________?

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3．Which title best gives the idea of the passage? ________

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4．Which of the following is correct according to the passage?________

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A．Philip wanted to rule southern part of Spartans.

B．Both Spartans and Macedon belonged to Greece.

C．The master of Macedon disliked the war but he had to fight.

D．All Greece was ruled over by Philip at one time.

5．“IF” in the letter of Lacons means:________

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A．If the war broke out, the Lacons, would fight to one to drive the enemies out of their state.

B．If the enemies came, the Lacons would level their cities to the ground and let enemies get nothing.

C．If the enemies brought the war to Spartans, Lacons would fight so that they could become masters of the whole Greece.

D．If the Lacons had not been famous, their enemies would have come earlier.

阅读理解训练

　　What comes into your mind when you think about robots? Do you imagine armies of evil metal monsters planning to take over the world? Or, perhaps of mechanical men who have been created as guards or soldiers by a mad genius? Or maybe you think of man-like robots who act, think, and look like human beings. In fact robots like these have more to do with science fiction films than with real life. In the real world robots are machines that do jobs which otherwise have to be done by people. Robots either operate by themselves or under the control of a person.

　　In a car factory, for example, robot machinery can put together and paint car bodies. On the sea bed remote-controlled under water machines with mechanical arms can perform tasks too difficult for divers. Robot spacecraft can explore the solar system and send back information about planets and stars.

　　Many robots have computer brains. Some robots are fitted with cameras, sensors, and microphones which enable them to see, to feel, and to hear. And some robots can even produce electronic speech.

　　All this does not mean that a robot can think and behave like a human being. Present day robots have to be programmed with a great deal of information before they can carry out even simple tasks.

1．Robots in real life ________.

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A．can behave like human beings

B．have the ability to control the world

C．can act as the evil guards of a tyrant

D．can help us with a lot of work

2．According to this article, which of the following is NOT TRUE about robots in the real world?

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A．Some robots are as creative as artists

B．Some robots can help manufacture cars

C．Some robots can see and hear

D．Some robots can explore outer space

3．Robots can perform many tasks for man because ________.

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A．they have intelligence

B．they are supplied with computer programs

C．they can imitate human beings

D．they have the ability to learn new things

4．The robots in science fiction films and those in real life differ mainly in ________.

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阅读理解

　　If you looked at the Pacific Ocean from a space capsule (宇宙密封小舱) , you might think that the world was all water. You would hardly be able to see any land at all. Water covers most of the earth's surface.

　　The sea contains a large number of substances, besides common salt. If you boiled away some seawater, you would find over forty different materials. For example, out of a cubic mile of water, you would get ninety-four tons of silver and three tons of gold! If it were possible to do this, it still wouldn't be worth the trouble. It would cost more to get these expensive metals than they are worth. But the sea provides us with a great many materials which we can get easily and which we use a lot. For example, We use huge quantities of sand in industry to make glass, detergent (清洁剂) and cement (水泥) .

　　Besides materials like salt and sand we get a great deal of food from the sea. One day, we may even have undersea farms. We have hardly begun to explore the sea. In some ways it is less familiar from outer space.

1．You would hardly be able to see any land at all because ________.

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A．the space capsule was too high from the earth

B．You only looked at the Pacific

C．water covers most of the land

D．your eyesight was weak

2．Besides 94 tons of silver and 3 tons of gold in a cubic mile of water, there are ________.

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A．3 tons of water

B．3 tons of salt

C．3 tons of metals

D．3 tons of salt, water and other substances

3．It is ________ to boil away a cubic mile of seawater to get a large number of substances.

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4．Which is right?

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A．We have had undersea farms.

B．We can have undersea farms in the future.

C．It is impossible to have under sea farms.

D．Having undersea farms is too difficult to do.

5.“In some ways it is less familiar than outer space”means

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A．the sea is too deep to explore.

B．man daren't explore the sea.

C．man has already began to explore the sea.

D．it is more easy to explore outer space than the sea.

阅读理解

　　James Anthony, who is considered to be the greatest living play writer of the American theater, was born in Bangor, Maine in 1921．He attended the public schools of Bangor and although he was the son of a poor European, he found a way to go to college, In 1939, he won a scholarship (奖学金) to the University of Maine, where he spent almost the next four years studying. I say almost because during his last term he joined the United States Army. He spent the next three years in the army and then left it in 1945, at the close of World War Ⅱ. In the army his job was to translate French papers into English, although his best foreign language was Italian. The army made him a French translator and for a year he was stationed in Paris.

1．According to this passage, how did Anthony gain his fame?

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A．By attending public school in Bangor, Maine.

B．While serving in the U. S. Army.

C．As a play writer in the American theater.

D．As a French translator while stationed in Paris.

2．How much time did Anthony spend in college?

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3．How many foreign languages did Anthony know?

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4．When did Anthony practise writing plays?

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5．The Army gave Anthony a job ________.

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A．which is unfit for him at all

B．according to his best skill

C．according to what the Army needed

D．according to where he was stationed