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　A very big camel can hold more water than some cars can hold gasoline (汽油)． That's why the camel can go for many days without having to drink． It's a good thing that camel can do this, because it may have to in the great， dry desert．

　Nomads (游牧民) never keep their homes in one place very long． They're always moving． That's what Nomads are—people who wander around instead of living in one place．

　Every time the Arab Nomads set out across the hot, sandy desert，it is a new adventure． They must find food for the animals, or the animals will die．

1． The water the camel has drunk can be enough for ________．

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A． only one day．

B． some time．

C． about a month．

D． a moment．

2． People who move their homes here and there are called ________．

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A． Arabs．

B． Nomads．

C． camel drivers．

D． adventures．

3． Camels drink as much water as possible before going to another place because ________．

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A． they are thirsty．

B． the drivers will need water．

C． they will cross the great， waterless desert．

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    A tree frog (蛙) is less than an inch long, yet its loud and clear call can be heard almost a mile away. It is hard to find where this sound comes even though the creature may be sitting nearby. Probably more persons hear than ever see the tiny animal. Only the full-grown male can sing, and the performance is a surprising sight to watch. The tree frog sits on its hind legs, leans back and sings. With its　　 mouth closed, the frog makes four two-one notes. The sac (囊) under its chin (下巴) is then a bag of loose skin. To call again, it must take another breath. A spell of cool weather may make the frogs quiet for a while, but the next warm spring night, they will be singing again.

1. We can infer (推断) from the passage that the tree frog must sit down in order to ________.

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A. sing　　　　　　　　

B. avoid being seen　　

C. rest its hind legs　　

D. eats its food　　

2. What does the first sentence mean?

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A. The tree frog's song is not loud, but it can be heard a mile away.　　

B. Because it is small, the tree frog's song can't be heard a mile away.　　

C. Although the tree frog is small, its song can be heard a mile away.　　

D. When it is an inch long, the tree frog can be heard a mile away.

3. According to the author, the frog sings without ______.

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A. leaving its hiding place　　

B. making much noise　　

C. opening its mouth　　　　　　

D. singing the same songs again

4. In line 10, the word "spell" could be taken place of by _____.

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A. day　　

B. short period　　

C. season　　

D. month

5. It is clear from the passage that the tree frog is ___

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A. not easy to be noticed

B. not friendly to humans

C. easily seen in most woods

D. easily frightened by noise

阅读理解训练

　　Film stars may come and go, but Paul Newman's Career(事业) is longlasting. Newman has worked in films for 40 years. His most recent one opened in December.

　　The film is called“Nobody's Fool”. Newman plays a 60-year-old construction worker named Sully.

　　To some people, Sully seems to be a loser, But he has a lot of charm(魅力). His life changes when his son comes to town. Late in life, Sully learns to grow up.

　　“I've played a lot of characters and the character I play in ‘Nobody's Fool’ is closer to me than any other role I've done. ”says Newman.

　　Newman turned 70 years old on January 26, 1998. “Nobody's Fool”is his 52nd film. He has won two Oscars in his career.

　　Newman has found success in other aspects (方面) of life. He has been married 36 years. He took up car racing at the age of 47 and won prizes.

　　Twelve years ago, he started a food company called Newman's Own. He gives away all his money he has helping the poor.

1．The underlined sentence implies ___________.

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A． many film stars leave the screen after they've become successful

B． it is not easy for a film star to lose his or her charm

C． not all film stars can remain famous for a long time

D． film stars are successful not only on the screen

2．Newman likes the character of Sully because ___________.

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A． he finds a lot in the character that is new to him

B． he likes playing an ordinary person

C． he has never played such a wonderful role

D． he sees more of himself in Sully

3．Newman was born in ___________.

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4．The write of this passage mainly to ___________.

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A．prove that a person can be successful in many ways

B． show us a most recent film by Paul Newman

C． introduce a famous film star, Paul Newman

D． tell us about Sully, a moving character in a recent film

阅读理解

　　If you live in a country in northern Europe, you'll share your garden with all sorts of birds, animals and insects (昆虫). The swallows (燕子) will travel 8,000 kilometers or more to southern Africa. They'll come back in the spring.

　　In warm countries, where the winters are not very long or very cold, hibernation is not necessary. But in very cold parts of the world, like the far north of Russia, many animals hibernate; the ground is so hard that they cannot make a deep hole to spend the winter in. And animals in a large part of the northern hemisphere (北半球) spend every winter fast asleep.

　　A bear is a half-hibernating animal. A she-bear chooses her wintering place much more carefully because she is likely to have cubs(小熊) in it. It is nearly always a cave, and she covers the floor with grass or leaves to be sure of extra warmth. She hides as much food as possible in it. She sleeps until January, when the cubs are born. Even then she doesn't try to come out of hibernation. The cubs stay with her, drinking her milk and growing bigger and stronger week by week until spring arrives. To keep the milk supply going, the she-bear eats the food from her secret stores.

1． In northern Europe, people ___________all kinds of birds, animals and insects.

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2．The swallows travel very long distance from the north to the south, because ___________.

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A． they like travelling

B． they want to find their food there

C． they want to visit their friends there

D． the climate is warm in the south in winter

3．In warm places, animals ___________.

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A． need hibernating

B． don't need hibernating

C． never go out in winter

D． do much exercise

4． According to the passage, a she-bear has her babies in ___________.

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5． In the last sentence, “going”means ___________.

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　　Games can be both fun and difficult. Scrabble(拼字游戏) is a game I like most, but it is not an easy one. Henry, Tom and I are going to play Scrabble tonight. Henry cannot remember all the rules, so I will explain them. Do you want to learn? Listen carefully, and we will play later.

　　Each player takes seven letters. Your letters might be A, S, T, E, B, P and L. You can spell many words with these letters. You can spell TABLE with five of them, and you can spell LAP, LET, SAT, BAT and others with three of them. But you cannot use names of persons, countries, or cities.

　　You have to be careful. Some letters are worth more points than others. For example. A, E, L, S, and T have one point each, B and P have three points each. The number of points can be different for words with the same number of letters. SAT will give you only three points, and BAT will give you five. TABLE will give you seven points; three for B and four for the other four letters. Use TABLE. You will get more points, and you might win the game.

　　At the end of the game the players add up their points. The one with the most points wins. For example, you might have one hundred forty points. That is a good score. But I might have one hundred sixty points, and Henry might have one hundred seventy points. Then Henry wins. Shall we play?

1．When you play Scrabble, you ___________with seven letters.

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A． can spell AMERIKA

B． may spell LONDON

C． can spell many words

D． have to spell a three or five letter word

2． Which of the following is wrong?

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A． A word with seven letters is worth seven points.

B． Some letters are worth more points than others.

C． Different letters have different points.

D． E doesn't have so many points as B.

3． The word SLEPT Will give you ___________ points.

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4．The players add up their points when ___________.

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A． the game is over

B． they start to play the game

C． they are given seven letters

D． they have more than one hundred points

5． The one with ___________is the winner.

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A．170 points

B． a good score

C． the fewest points

D． the most points

阅读理解

　　I'm interested in the furnished cottage near Dedham which you made known in yesterday's newspaper, for my husband and I are coming to England in June and will stay at the cottage for three months. Would you please tell me exactly where it is and give me some information about bus and train service in the area? We need a cottage on a busy street. And I would also like to know about the shops there. Do the shops still supply? I know they did ten years ago.

　　I would also be thankful if you would tell me whether you supply sheets, etc, and whether a laundry (洗衣店) calls at the house. The rent you ask sounds reasonable for the size of the cottage. How do you like it paid? Weekly, monthly or in advance?

    I would be thankful for an early reply.

1．This passage must be taken from a ________.

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2．In the passage, “you” refers to ________.

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A．a friend of the writer's

B．the reader who reads the passage

C．some person who has cottages for hire

D．an unknown person living in England

3．According to the passage, which of the following is not true?

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A．“You” must have advertised in the newspaper.

B．The writer and her husband are to stay at Dedham.

C．The writer must have been to Dedham ten years ago.

D．The writer is interested in nothing but cottage.

4．Which of the following doesn't the writer wish to know further about?

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A．The postition of the cottage.

B．Things about the traffic.

C．The total rent for the cottage.

D．The shops and the supplies.

阅读理解

　　People often laugh at new and unusual things. They usually do this because they don't understand them. One of these things was bicycle. When these machines first began to appear on the streets, a crowd gathered to laugh at them. People thought they were ugly and useless objects. It is true that some of the earlier bicycles were rather unusual in appearance. Starley produced a most unusual looking bicycle (with three wheels ) in which the driver sat between two large wheels and a tiny wheel in front of him. Slowly, however, bicycles became more and more effective (有效的).

　　Starley invented different gears (齿轮) to make it easier to propel (推进) the wheels. Another inventor, Lawson, designed a chain which drove the back wheel round. By the end of the 19th century cycling was recognized as a way of getting about which was cheap and healthy.

1．The early bicycle looked ________.

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A．unusual

B．beautiful

C．ugly

D．like what it is today

2．Bicycle was invented and improved by ________.

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A．Starley

B．Starley and Lawson

C．Lawson

D．many people besides Starley and Lawson

3．From the passage we can infer that a new-born thing is usually ________ by most people.

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4．Bicycle has been ________ since about one hundred years ago.

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　New Delhi-At least 17 people died after drinking home-made liquor（烈性酒）in western India, a newspaper said on Tuesday．It said more than 80 people fell ill on Monday after drinking home-made liquor in Sutrapada village in Gujarat State．Seven died immediately and 10 and more died on Tuesday．Eight others were seriously ill．Police said a bootlegger brought the liquor from outside Gujarat, a state where selling liquor is not allowed．

1．According to this passage, more than 10 persons died on ______．

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A．Thursday　　　B．March 22　　　C．March 20　　　D．Monday

2．Where is selling liquor not allowed?　　　

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A．India　　　B．Gujarat　　　C．New Delhi　　　D．Western India

3．Where did the accident happen?______　　　

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A．In China　　　　　　B．In a town

C．Outside Gujarat　　　D．In Sutrapada village

4．A“bootlegger”is ______．　　　

[　　]

A．a state where the accident happened

B．a person who makes, carries or sells liquor unlawfully

C．a kind of liquor which killed many people

D．a person who likes to drink liquor

5．This passage is ______．　　　

A．a piece of news in a Chinese newspaper

B．a piece of news in an Indian newspaper

C．a piece of news in New Delhi

D．take from a book about laws

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　　　I went to Scapli first in 1948． There were no local (当地的) planes in those days, so I made the trip by bus． The journey was a thousand kilometres and it took the bus twenty hours． Throughout this time I sat beside a man about my age, 24． He told me that his name was Castleton, John Castleton, but he told me hardly anything else． I had never met anybody with so little to say． I was glad when the conductor handed out pillows (枕头), which gave me an excuse to try to sleep． I shall never forget that silent, unpleasant trip．

　　　The next time I went to Scapli was in 1976, by air this time． The new town was being officially opened by the President, after many years of construction work． In the plane I had a long and interesting talk with a man who turned out to be chief engineer of the new town． When the plane landed, we exchanged names． To my great surprise, he was John Castleton, whom I felt sure I had met many years before．

1． The passage tells us ___________． 　　　

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A． Scapli's today and yesterday

B． the author's two trips to Scapli

C． how Scapli changed

D． how the author went to Scapli

2． The author sat beside a man, who ________． 　　　

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A． told him only his age, 24 years old

B． went to sleep during the whole journey

C． said nothing but his name

D． didn't say a single word to the author

3． The author __________． 　　　

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A． visited Scapli again after twenty-eight years

B． found many men were called John Castleton

C． went to Scapli again shortly after there was local planes

D． knew John Castleton was the President

4． Why did the author still remember the man's name after so many years? Because _________． 　　　

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A． they had a long and interesting talk

B． the man had few words, which made him unpleasant and lonely

C． the man's name was easy to remember

D． he was as old as the man beside him

5． During the two trips, the author ____________． 　　　

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A． met two men, who were all men of few words

B． found Castleton wasn't what he used to be

C． sat beside two men with the same name

D． came to know the truth that talking with another could make trips pleasant

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　　　People have smoked cigarettes (香烟) for a long time now． The tobacco which is used to make cigarettes was first grown in what is now part of the United States． Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw the Indians smoking． Soon the dried leaves were transported (输送) to Europe where smoking began to catch on． In the late 1800s, the Turks made cigarettes popular． Cigarette smoke contains at least two harmful substances (物质), tar and nicotine． Tar, which forms as the tobacco burns, damages the lungs and therefore affects breathing． Nicotine, which is found in the leaves, causes the heart to beat faster and increases the breathing rate (速度)．

　　　Smoking cigarettes is dangerous． The U． S． Public Health Service stated that cigarette smoking is the cause of lung cancer (癌) and several other deadly diseases (疾病)． The U． S． government now requires that each package of cigarettes bear a special warning about the dangers of smoking．

1． A good title for this selection is ________．　　　

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A． Cigarettes in the U． S． A． 　　　B． Smoking Cigarettes

C． How to Smoke Cigarettes　　　　　D． The Effect of Smoking on Your Health

2． The expression "catch on" means ______． 　　　

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A． cost a lot

B． slow down

C． become popular

D． understand and make use of something

3． Before Columbus discovered America, ________． 　　　

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A． Americans did not smoke cigarettes

B． Europeans did not smoke cigarettes

C． nicotine was not in tobacco

D． both B and C

4． In the nineteenth century, smoking became popular because of the people in _______． 　　　

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A． India 　　　B． America　　　C． Turkey　　　D． Europe

5． Breathing is affected by __________． 　　　

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A． tar　　　　　　　B． nicotine

C． both A and B 　　　D． neither A nor B