阅读理解

　　Whether the hair is long or short, it must he regularly brushed and regularly washed. For greasy hair, especially if the owner lives in a town , it may be necessary to wash the head every four to five days. Those with a dry hair can usually go a little longer, but this is a matter for different people to decide.

　　One thing should be remembered though, that is, whatever you apply to the head can have some effect （影响） upon the skin and therefore anything strong should be used with care. Or you may use milder products. As for style, this must be studied according to what is the latest fashion and also suit the individual at different times of her life.

　　Young people, who have spots or skin troubles on their faces, should take special care to make sure that the hair is both clean and does not came into contact with the affected （感染的） piece of skin. Hair is very difficult to keep completely clean and therefore anyone running their hands through their hair and afterwards touching their face, or letting their hair fall over their faces, might spread infection from one place to another. Good hair does a lot to the effect of a face , so if you want to look cool, please start with your hair.

1．According to the text , the most basic thing to do in hair care is ________.

[　　]

A．to go to hairdressers very often

B．to choose better milder products for the hair

C．to wash and brush the hair regularly

D．to keep the hair away from skin trouble

2．The thing you wash your hair with must be ________.

[　　]

A．used with care

B．very strong

C．extremely （极其地）mild

D．fashionable

3．To prevent the hair from infecting the skin , we'd better ________.

[　　]

A．keep the hair completely clean

B．wash the hair very often

C．have hair cut four times a year

D．avoid combing the hair with our hands

阅读理解

　　What do we think with? Only the brain? Hardly, the brain is like a telephone exchange. It is the switch-board （电话总机） , but not the whole system. Its function （功能） , is to receive incoming signals, make proper connections, and send the messages through to their destination （目的地） . For efficient （有效的） service, the body must function as a whole.

　　But where is the “mind” ? Is it in the brain? Or perhaps in the nervous system? After all , can we say that the mind is in any particular place? It is a function , an activity. Aristotle , twenty-three hundred years ago , observed that the mind was to the body that cutting was to the ax （斧） . When the ax is not in use, there is no cutting. So with the mind , “Mind , ” said Charles H. Woolbert , “is what the body is doing. ”

　　If this activity is necessary for thinking, it is also necessary for carrying thought from one person to another. Observe how people go about the business of ordinary conversation. If you have never done this painstakingly , you have a surprise in store , for good conversationalists are almost constantly in motion. Their heads are continually nodding and shaking sometimes so vigorously （有力的） that you wonder how their necks can stand the strain （拉紧）.

　　Even the legs and feet are active. As for the hands and arms , they are seldom still for more than a few seconds at a time.

　　These people, remember, are not making speeches. They are merely common folk trying to make others understand what they have in mind. They are not conscious of （意识到） movement. Their speech is not studied. They are just human creatures in a human environment, trying to adapt （适应） themselves to a social situation. Yet they talk , not only with oral language , but with visible actions that involve （包括） practically every muscle in the body.

　　In short, because people really think all over, a speaker must talk all over if he succeeds in making people think.

1．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

[　　]

A．Bodily Communication

B．Bodily Actions

C．Spoken Language

D．Conversations

2．Which of the following statements would the author agree with?

[　　]

A．Thinking is social phenomenon（现象）.

B．Thinking is only a brain function.

C．Thinking is a function of the nervous system.

D．Thinking is the sum total of bodily activity.

3．In communication , it is necessary not only to employ speech , but also ________.

[　　]

A．to speak directly to the other person

B．to employ a variety of bodily movements

C．to be certain that the other person is listening

D．to pay great attention to the other person's actions

4．It can be inferred from the passage that the basic function of bodily activity in speech is to ________.

[　　]

A．make the listener feel moved

B．make the speaker understood

C．emphasize .the speaker's spoken words

D．pass the speaker's implied meaning to the listener

5．Which of the following is TRUE?

[　　]

A．The brain is compared to a telephone exchange.

B．The mind is an activity of the nervous system.

C．Some people remain still while talking to others.

D．Many people move their bodies on purpose while talking.

阅读理解

　　“It hurts me mare than you. ” and “This is for your own good. ” These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin , clean my room , stay home and do homework.

　　That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to past our children to achieve their best in school.

　　The schools and the educators made it easy for us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators （计算器） , turned on the television , left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.

　　Now teachers , having taught many children who have been developing at their own step for the past 15 years , are realizing we've made a terrible mistake. Sharon Klompus is such a teacher who thinks her students “so passive” and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them. She believes that television contribues to children's passivity. “We aren't training kids to work any more , ” says Klompus. “We're talking about a generation of kids who've never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying ‘go and look it up’, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say ‘no’ to a kid. ”

　　Yes , it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It's time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It's time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good. It's time to start telling them “no” again.

1．Children are becoming more inactive in study because ________.

[　　]

A．they watch TV too often

B．they have done too much homework

C．they have to fulfil too many duties

D．teachers are too strict with them

2．To such children as described in the passage ________.

[　　]

A．it is easier to say “no” than to say “yes”

B．neither is easy to say “yes” or to say “no”

C．it is easier to say “yes” than to say “no”

D．neither is difficult to say “yes” or to say “no”

3．We learn from the passage that the author's mother used to lay emphasis on ________.

[　　]

A．learning Latin

B．natural development

C．discipline

D．education at school

4．By “permissive period in education” the author means a time ________.

[　　]

A．when children are allowed to do what they wish to

B．when everything can be taught at school

C．when every child can be educated

D．when children are permitted to receive education

5．The main idea of the passage is that ________.

[　　]

A．parents should leave their children alone

B．kids should have more activities at school

C．it's time to be more strict with our kids

D．parents should always set a good example to their kids

阅读理解

　　In former generations, young people were under their parents' control; now the teenage children of the West's richest generation were ready for something to get excited about. The Beatles simply put a spark （火星） to a fuse （导火线） that was waiting to be lit.

　　Everything changed, and what changed for the Beatles was their lives and their working habits, in the middle of the crazy fans the band attracted of the demand of the fans to see them perform , they played in bigger and bigger places , especially in America.

　　But John, Paul, George and Ringo became increasingly unhappy that, because of the screaming of their fans, neither the band nor the audience （观众） could hear the music. Disappointed and tired of the pressures from their fans, they stopped playing concerts in 1966 and decided to devote themselves to recording.

　　It was from this point that the greatness of the Beatles really began to show itself: they would record some 200 songs. Never before nor since has any recording and writing group even developed and yet remained the same in the way the Beatles did.

　　Their songs never lost their attraction thanks to the warmth and timelessness of their music and words.

　　John and Paul were powerful singers with special styles. It became obvious that , in spite of the fact that the songwriter credits （声誉） were always attributed to （归因于） them , Paul and John wrote and sang their own songs. George also contributed two or three of his own compositions to each of the Beatles eleven albums （专辑） . Even Ringo wrote and sang the occasional song.

1．Which of the following is NOT true about the Beatles according to the passage?

[　　]

A．They made the young people of their time very excited.

B．They attracted lots of fans wherever they played.

C．They were always pleased with their popularity.

D．No other pop group had played more successfully.

2．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

[　　]

A．John and Paul were more gifted and did more for the band

B．John and Paul didn't like each other's style

C．George and Ringo never wrote or sang their own songs

D．The Beatles was so popular that no other group could compare

3．It is implied （暗示） in the third paragraph that ________.

[　　]

A．the Beatles had no desire for fame

B．the audience were unhappy about the sound effect

C．pop musicians get easily tired when under great pressures of life

D．the crazy fans prevented the Beatles performing happily

4．The Beatles' excellent qualities were really shown when ________.

[　　]

A．they devoted themselves to recording and composition

B．they played on the American continent

C．they played their own music on the stage

D．they sang on the stage pop songs they wrote themselves

阅读理解

　　When Mara jumped down there was a thickness of mud under her feet, but a hardness under that. The moonlight was so strong that it made big shadows from the rocks , and from the branches that were stuck in the mud, and sad shadows from the drowned animals lying about everywhere. The grasses dragged at their feet , but they went on , and then they reached the edge of the river.

　　The other side seemed a long way off. The man picked up one of the torn-off branches , held the leafy part and carefully stopped to the very edge of the water. He poked （插入） the branch in and it went right down. He went squelching （发出咯吱声） along the edge and tried again, and it went down. He did it farther along and this time the wood only went in to about the height of the children's knees.

　　“Here,” he said , and the woman lifted Mara up. The two big people stepped into the brown water , which was racing past , rippling （发潺潺声） and noisy , but not deep , not here. The man went ahead of Dann, poking the wood of the branch into the water at every step, and the woman, with Mara, was just behind. Mara thought, “Suppose the flood comes down now We'll be drowned.” And she was trembling with fear.

　　They were right in the middle now, and everything glistened （闪烁） and shone because of the moon , which was making a gold edge on every ripple. The mud on the other side of the water was a stretch of yellowish light. They were going so slowly , a step and then a step , while the man poked the water, and then another stop and a stop. It seemed to go on and on, and then they were out of the water and on the mud. Close by were some trees. They had had water quite high up their trunks, though usually they were on the edge of a waterhole. They seemed quite fresh and green. There were dark blotches （大块斑点） on the branches. Birds. They must have been sitting here safely all through the flood.

1．When the man said “Here ,” he wanted ________.

[　　]

A．the woman to pass Mara to him

B．to explain what had just happened

C．to set up camp for the night

D．to cross the river at that point

2．The best word to describe how Mara was feeling as she crossed the river is ________.

[　　]

3．The birds are described as “dark blotches” because ________.

[　　]

A．the people had become poor sense of direction

B．they couldn't be seen at first

C．they had died in the flood

D．they had gathered in one place

4．In describing the shadows as “sad” , the writer is using a technique called ________.

[　　]

阅读理解

　　Turn on your television set to CCTV-1 and what do you find? It's Shui Junyi, a well-known TV reporter, bringing you the latest news on the war in Iraq.

　　Shui left Baghdad on March 19, a day before the US-led war against Iraq broke out. But, he returned on March 26. Now , as things heat up , it is uncertain at this time just where he will be reporting from.

　　Shui was one of the reporters traveling alone in Iraq. These journalists are not among the more than 500 who are “embedded” （随军的） with US or British troops. The Pentagon （五角大楼，指美国国防部） in Washington has tried to discourage such risky reporting, saying it is too dangerous.

　　However, the journalists say “No” because they want to get a different side of the story. They say they especially hope to give a true report on what is in the mind of ordinary Iraqi people and the results of the shooting and bombing.

　　“If you are embedded, you are surrounded by troops. You can't talk to those ordinary people because they are running away from you ,” said John Donvan , an ABC （ Australian Broadcasting Corporation ） reporter.

　　But these reporters have to face many more dangers than the embedded journalists. For example, there is a greater risk of being attacked by Iraqis, being mistakenly fired upon by troops or getting caught in a crossfire.

　　Already, six journalists have been killed or are reported missing and believed killed in this war. All of them were non-embedded, including a 51-year-old British journalist and a 39-year-old Australian cameraman. Both died while working on March 22.

　　Reporters Without Borders , an organization that defends the interests of journalists around the world , was shocked to learn of the deaths. General secretary （秘书长） Robert Monard said these men have paid a high price for their willingness to report fully on the war in Iraq. The search for true news is a necessary battle to ensure that world reporting can be free of bias（偏见）.

　　During the 1991 Gulf War, four journalists were killed. German photographer Gad Gross was shot by the Iraqi army. And three British journalists covering the war for BBC were killed, possible by their Turkish （土耳其的） guide.

　　The latest deaths add to a long list of journalists killed while doing their job. Between 1992 and 2002, more than 500 journalists were killed throughout the world, almost half of them in wartorn areas.

1．The US-led war against Iraq broke out ________.

[　　]

2．Some war journalists hoped to work independently ________.

[　　]

A．to escape being attacked by Iraqis

B．to give a true report on what was going on in the war

C．because it was very risky to stay with the troops

D．because US or UK troops couldn't accept any more reporters

3．Which can be learned from the news?

[　　]

A．The Pentagon encouraged more reporters to cover the war.

B．Shui Junyi was among the more than 500 journalists embedded with the troops.

C．Few of the ordinary Iraqi people dared talk to US or UK soldiers.

D．The embedded journalists faced more dangers than those who worked alone.

4．Which is true about the journalists who were killed in the wars?

[　　]

A．Six embedded journalists are reported to have been killed or missing in the war.

B．Compared to the past, more journalists were killed in wars in the recent years.

C．More than 250 journalists were killed in the wars around the world between 1992 and 2002.

D．Four journalists were killed during the 1991 Gulf War.

阅读理解

　　What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example , suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you. You say. “I wish I could help you but fm short of money myself.” In fact, you are not short of money but your friend is in the habit of not paying his debts and you don't want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this. Is this really a lie?

　　Professor Jerald Jellison of the University of Southern California has made a scientific study of lying. According to him, women are better liars than men, particularly when telling a “white lie” , such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it looks terrible. However, this is only one side of the story. Other researchers say that men are more likely to tell more serious lies , such as making a promise which they have no intention of carrying out. This is the kind of lie politicians and businessmen are supposed to be particularly skilled at: the lie from which the liar hopes to profit （获利） or gain in some way.

　　Research has also been done into the way people's behaviours changes in a number of small, apparently unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the time , they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual. To the trained observer they are saying , “I wish I were somewhere else now.” They also tend to touch certain parts of the face more often, in particular the nose. One explanation of this may be that lying causes a slight increase in blood pressure. The tip of the nose is very sensitive to such changes and the increased pressure makes it itch （痒）.

　　Another gesture （手式） which gives liars away is what the writer Desmond Morris in his book Man Watching calls “the mouth cover” . He says there are several typical forms of this , such as covering part of the mouth with the fingers, touching the upper-lip or putting a finger of the hand at one side of the mouth. Such a gesture can be understood as an unconscious （无意识的） attempt on the part of the liar to stop himself or herself from lying. Of course , such gestures as rubbing the nose or covering the mouth , or moving about in a chair cannot be taken as proof that the speaker is lying. They simply tend to occur more frequently in this situation: It is not one gesture alone that gives the liar away but a whole number of things , arid in particular the context （情境） in which the lie is told.

1．According to Professor Jellison, a “white lie” appears to be a lie ________.

[　　]

A．that are told to mean the opposite

B．that a liar tells unconsciously

C．that the teller tells to profit or gain some advantage from it

D．which is harmless and told so as not to hurt someone else

2．Research on lying suggests that women ________.

[　　]

A．are more skilled at telling less serious lies than men do

B．tell more lies than men do

C．like to flatter （奉承） people more often than men do

D．are better at telling lies at parties than men do

3．One reason why people sometimes cover their mounths while lying is that ________.

[　　]

A．they wish those words had not come out of their mouths

B．mouth is very sensitive to physical changes caused by lying

C．they are trying unconsciously to stop themselves from telling lies

D．they regret that their lies might hurt other people's feelings

4．We can realize from the passage that ________.

[　　]

A．certain gestures can be used as proof to judge whether a speaker is lying or not

B．politicians and businessmen lie more often than ordinary people

C．some gestures are proofs of lying only if they occur too often

D．there is no simple way to judge if people tell lies or not

阅读理解

　　Not long ago, Richard Denniston found himself suffering the same pain that million of other pet owners have faced.

　　His little Scottish dog had a brain tumour （瘤） and would soon die. Like others who faced the problem before him, Dennison just wanted to end his pet's suffering.

　　However, he took one step further.

　　Denniston, an expert who studies animals that have breasts to nurse their young, collected a tiny skin sample （样本） from the dog and took it to his laboratory at Louisiana State University. There he cultured （培育） it and froze it in liquid nitrogen （氮）.

　　From that idea, Denniston started a new technology. Dennistion's company will save pet's DNA for $500 , plus a monthly storage fee of $10 , until cloning （克隆） becomes a reality.

　　Thanks mostly to the contribution of a California multimillionaire , that day may not be so far off.

　　“It could happen extremely soon if everything went on well ,” says Mark Weshusin , a professor leading a dog cloning team. Most experts put successful dog cloning a year to five years down the road. The cost is bound （肯定的） to be expensive at first, but it would drop to a few thousand dollars.

　　Since Dolly, the sheep which was first cloned in 1997, cattle, goats, mice and monkeys have been cloned in labs. Pets are likely to be next.

　　“I really believe that the technology is going to become available （可用的） for many species in the near future,” Denniston says.

1．After his pet died, Richard Denniston ________.

[　　]

A．did something more than the ordinary pet owners

B．did as other pet owners

C．did nothing but feel very sad at heart

D．could not belp feeling lonely without his dear pet

2．Richard Denniston ________in liquid nitrogen.

[　　]

A．was a doctor and put his dog

B．was an animal specialist and put a piece of his dog's skin

C．was expert at collecting any skin samples and then put them

D．took great interest in freezing things

3．If you put your pet's DNA in Richard Denniston's company for six months, you'll have to pay ________.

[　　]

4．Most experts believe people will be able to clone a dog ________.

[　　]

A．in a year

B．in five years

C．in six years

D．in something between one to five years

5．Cloning will cost people ________.

[　　]

A．a lot of money in five years

B．much in the beginning and then will be reduced to hundreds of dollars

C．much and then will surely be reduced to thousands of dollars

D．much at first and then might be reduced to a few thousand dollars

阅读理解

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1．Which section can you get only on Wednesday?

[　　]

A．The Arts.

B．The Dining in, Dining out.

C．The Sports.

D．The House & Home

2．Convenient home delivery can be ordered at a reduced price by ________.

[　　]

A．going to the bookstore

B．calling the salesman

C．telephone only

D．using the order card

3．The main idea of this advertisement is ________.

[　　]

A．many opportunities will be provided just to those who order home delivery

B．several new sections have been printed separately from now on

C．readers can be well informed of the latest news and sports results

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阅读理解

　　The United States is the sole superpower in today's world , strong in various aspects （方面）. As some U. S. media have said, the Empire of Rome pales in compairson with today's United States , let alone the former British Empire. It can be foreseen that in the future no other country or group is strong enough to challenge the United States.

　　However, the experiences of history are worthy of being concerned. Former U. S. National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft said , the United States cannot achieve success when other countries hate it. He advised that the country should do its best not to be arrogant （傲慢的）. Some in the U. S. media have recently expressed worries that the current government policy may result in antagonism （对抗） in the rest of the world. They point out that the U. S. status of superpower would decline if Washington's unilateralism （单方面） went unrestrained （不受到限制的） . The United States recently established an office responsible for global propaganda, which reflects its sense of isolation（孤立）.

　　For over one year the United States has launched an anti-terrorism war in Afghanistan where it employed nearly all its advanced weapons and gained support from other countries. But it is still uncertain whether its enemies Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Omar are alive. Their remanent forces , if chance arises , might again cause trouble. In addition , terrorist organizations that have been found in dozens of countries might launch attacks at any time. Under such circumstances, if the United States adopts the doctrine （教条） of “preemptive （先发制人的） action” and risks launching an attack without international cooperation, the results will be unfavorable to the United States. How can 10 fingers catch 10 fleas （跳蚤）?

　　Americans are proud of their country, thinking it a liberal and safe land.

　　However, the September 11 incident shook their beliefs. Now, the American people are worried about their personal security. U. S. tourism authorities informed American citizens not to travel abroad frequently and to pretend to be citizens of other countries if they must go abroad. This reflects the weak soul of their society.

1．The first paragraph of the passage tells us ________.

[　　]

A．the Empire of Rome was stronger than the former British Empire

B．the former British Empire was stronger than the Empire of Rome

C．the United States is the strongest of all the countries in the world

D．the former British Empire was as strong as the former Empire of Rome

2．According to an American Security official , the United States will achieve success

________.

[　　]

A．if it stops launching wars on other countries.

B．if it stops antagonism

C．if it stops hating other countries

D．if it stops the current government policy

3．The United States established an office which is responsible for global propaganda. Why?

[　　]

A．To break away from its isolation.

B．To make its war on terrorism legal.

C．To awaken people to the danger of terrorism.

D．To get more countries to fight terrorism together with it.

4．The author lists the following dangers except that ________.

[　　]

A．probably Bin Laden and Omar are alive

B．their remanent forces might again launch attacks

C．terrorists have had nuclear bombs.

D．terrorist organizations have been found in many countries

5．The warning of U. S. tourism authorities reflects how American people ________.

[　　]

A．are now worried about their personal security

B．are still proud of their country

C．have to pretend to be citizens of other countries

D．have a very weak society