阅读理解

　　Millions of people pass through the gates of Disney's entertainment parks in California, Florida and Japan each year. What makes these places an almost universal attraction? What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney parks? Well, one reason is the way they're treated once they get there. The people at Disney go out of their way to serve their“guests”, as they prefer to call them, and to see that they enjoy themselves.

　　All new employees, from vice presidents to part-time workers, begin their employment by attending Disney University and taking “Traditions I”. Here, they learn about the company's history, how it is managed and why it is successful. They are shown how each department relates to the whole. All employees are shown how their part is important in making the part a success.

　　After passing“Traditions I”, the employees go on to more specialized training for their specific (具体的) jobs. No detail is missed. A simple job like taking tickets requires four eight-hour days of training. When one ticket taker was asked why it took so much training for such a simple ordinary job, he replied, “What happens if someone wants to know where the restrooms are, when the parade starts or what bus to take back to the campgrounds?... We need to know the answers or where to get them quickly. Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy party.”

　　Even Disney's managers get involved in the daily management of the park. Every year, the managers leave their desks and business suits and put on special service clothes. For a full week, the bosses sell hot dogs or ice cream, take tickets or drive the monorail(单轨车), and take up any of the 100 jobs that make the entertainment park come alive. The managers agree that this week helps them to see the company's goals more clearly.

　　All these efforts to serve the public well have made Walt Disney Productions famous. Disney is considered by many as the best mass service provided in America or the world. As one long-time business observer once said, “How Disney treats people, communicates with them, rewards them, is in my view the very reason for his fifty years of success ... I have watched, very carefully and with great respect and admiration, the theory and practice of selling satisfaction and serving millions of people on a daily basis, successfully. It is what Disney does best.”

(1)The first day they come to Disney parks, all new employees ________.

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A．begin by receiving on-the-job training

B．must learn several jobs

C．begin as ticket takers

D．have already attended Disney University

(2)The main objective of the Disney employees is to ________.

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A．learn all parts of the business

B．see that their guests enjoy themselves

C．be able to answer all kinds of questions

D．keep their important guests happy

(3)Each year, managers wear special service clothes and work in the park to ________.

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A．set a good example for employees

B．remind themselves of their beginning at Disney

C．gain a better view of the company's objectives

D．replace employees on holiday

(4)Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

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A．Tourists learn the history of Disney in its entertainment parks.

B．Disney attracts people almost from all over the world.

C．Parades are regularly held in Disney's entertainment parks.

D．Disney's managers are able to do almost all kinds of work in the Disney parks.

(5)This passage is mainly about ________.

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A．how Disney employees are trained

B．the history and traditions of the Disney enterprises

C．why Disney enterprises make a lot of money

D．the importance Disney places on serving people well

　　阅读理解

　　Two friends were eating at a small restaurant. On the table there was a cup of hot mustard (芥末). One of them thought it was sweet and took a spoonful of it into his month. Tears ran down from his eyes. Nevertheless wishing to have his friend caught in the same position, he said nothing. The other man, seeing that his friend was crying, asked,“What for, my dear friend?”

　　“I was thinking of my father, who was hanged 20 years ago,” he said.

　　Soon after, the other man took a spoonful of the mustard and as tears started running down from his eyes, his friend in his turn, asked, “Why are you crying, then?”

　　“To think that you were not hanged the same time your father was.”

1．The reason why the first man didn't tell the second man what had happened is that ________.

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A．tears ran down from his eyes

B．he wanted to play a trick on his friend

C．there was some mustard in his month

D．he was tasting the mustard

2．From the passage we know that ________.

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A．the first man was really thinking of his father

B．the first man's father was really hanged twenty years ago

C．the first man had deep sorry for his father's death

D．the first man was good at playing tricks

3．“To think that you were hanged the same time your father was”suggested that ________.

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A．the second man thought that the first man should have been hanged together with his father

B．the second man got to know the first man had played tricks on him

C．the second man did not get angry

D．the second man was sorry for the death of his friend's father

4．What does the writer of the story want to tell us?

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A．He wants to tell us a funny story .

B．He wants to tell us not to play tricks on others.

C．It doesn't matter to play tricks.

D．He wants to tell us that playing tricks can make life more interesting.

5．How many people are mentioned in the passage?

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　　阅读理解

　　One of the popular games is the Moccasin Game, often called the Shoe Game. The players, divided into two teams, sit facing each other. In front of each team are four shoes. A blanket is held up to prevent the opposing from discovering. Under one of the shoes a rock is hidden, when it is lowered, the guessing begins. One hundred and two sticks are used as counters. A specified number of sticks is lost to other side after two or three guesses by one player who has failed. When a successful guess is made, the rock changes sides. The game continues until one side has lost all the counters.

1．The Moccasin Game is ________.

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A．a game played with ball

B．an indoor game

C．a game played with four shoes

D．a shoe game

2．What do they do at the beginning of the game?

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A．They hide the shoes.

B．They start guessing.

C．They count the numbers of sticks.

D．They sit facing each other.

3．The word “counter” in the story means ________.

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A．a long table on which goods are shown

B．a piece of branch used for keeping count in games

C．a device for keeping count in machinery

D．a computer

4．Which statement is true?

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A．There is no mention of the number of players in the game.

B．Four players are divided into two teams in the game.

C．Eight pairs of shoes are used in the game.

D．One hundred and four sticks are used in the game.

5．How many times can each player guess?

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A．Less than five times.

B．Once.

C．Many times.

D．A few times

阅读理解

Nearly all American students in colleges and universities pay for their education. There are many costs. First of all, there is tuition (学费) . At some schools, the tuition is very high, ten thousand dollars a year or more. At other schools, it may be only a few thousand dollars a year. There are also other costs. Many students leave their homes to go to school in other cities. They may live in apartments, and they must pay for it. Finally, students must buy textbooks for their courses. Going to college or university can be a big expense. Some families start saving money for their children's education when the children are small. Many students work to save money for tuition. They can also get money borrowed from the government. They pay the money back after they begin to work.

1．Among the costs for college education in America, tuition is ________ .

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2．If a student wants to go to school in other cities he pays ________ .

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A．no money for his education

B．more money than he does in his home city

C．less money than he does in his home city

D．as much as he does in his home city

3．Some parents have to begin saving money very early for their children's education because ________ .

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A．their children are too young

B．their children have to work

C．their government takes no care of them

D．the costs are so big

4．After graduation, some students have to pay some money back to ________ .

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5．The article mainly tells us about ________ .

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A．the education in America

B．the colleges and universities in America

C．the students in America

D．some education costs in America

　　阅读理解

　　The date was like any other day in his life. After school Bill walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have a pair for his birthday.

　　He sadly walked away and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him anything if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, as he looked worried and he didn't want to make his mother worry about it. So he went to the park and there he sat on the grass. Then he saw a girl in a wheel chair (轮椅). He found that the girl moved the wheels with her hands, Bill looked at her carefully and he was surprised to see that the girl had no feet. He looked down at his own feet. “It is much better to be without shoes than without feet. ” he thought. It was not right for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was more lucky in life.

1．Bill was sorry that ________ at first.

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2．From the story we know that Bill's mother ________ .

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3．Bill didn't go home at once because ________ .

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4．In the park, Bill found the girl ________ .

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5．At last Bill ________ .

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A．bought a pair of shoes

B．left the park sadly

C．thought he was more lucky than the girl

D．didn't know what to do

　　阅读理解

　　We cannot feel speed. But our senses let us know that we are moving. We see things moving past us and feel that we are being shaken.

　　We can feel acceleration, an increase in speed but we notice it for only a short time. For example, we feel it during the takeoff (起飞) run of a plane.

　　We feel the plane's acceleration because our bodies do not gain speed as fast as the plane does. It seems that something is pushing us back against the seat. Actually, our bodies are trying to stay in the same place, while the plane is carrying us forward.

　　Soon the plane reaches a steady (不变的) speed. Then because there is no longer any change in speed, the feeling of forward motion stops.

1．We can tell that we are moving by ________ .

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A．feeling ourselves being shaken

B．feeling the speed

C．watching things move past

D．both A and C

2．Acceleration is the name for ________ .

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3．During the takeoff of a plane, we feel that we are being ________ .

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4．We feel the plane's acceleration because our bodies gain speed ________ .

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5．This feeling stops when ________ .

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A．the plane stops climbing

B．the plane lands

C．there is no longer any change in speed

D．we begin to feel speed

　　阅读理解

　　What is color? Why do some things look red, others green, others blue?

　　Color is caused by reflected light rays. We see color because objects reflect light. Something that is red reflects mostly red light. In the same way, a green object reflects green light, and white objects reflect all colors of light. Black objects do not reflect any light.

　　What happens to the colors of light that are not reflected? They are absorbed (吸收) by the object. The darker the color is, the less light is reflected and the more light is taken in. Light that is absorbed is turned into heat. For this reason, dark-colored clothes are warmer in the sunlight than light-colored clothes.

1．Color is caused by ________.

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A．the object itself

B．your sense of sight

C．the light around the object

D．reflected light

2．The more light an object reflects, the ________ the object's color is.

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3．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Red objects reflect red light.

B．Green objects reflect green light.

C．White objects reflect green light.

D．Black objects reflect black light.

4．Which of the following gets hot slowest if put in the sunlight?

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5．If you want to be warm, you should not ________.

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A．wear black clothes

B．wear more clothes

C．wear white clothes

D．put on dark coats

　　阅读理解

　　An English traveller found himself in a northern European country with a little money to buy the ticket for the travel back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he found that he would be all right without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. He closed his ears to the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he refused to go to the dining hall, saying that he was not feeling well. The next morning he didn't go to breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. At dinnertime he was so hungry that he could not stand it any, longer. “I'm going to eat,” he said, “even if they throw me into the sea.” At dinner he ate everything in front of him at table, and felt for the coming trouble. “Bring me the bill. ” he said, “There isn't any, bill. ” was the answer. “On the ship the money for the ticket includes meals. ” The traveller was sad when he heard this.

1．The English traveller knew he would ________ in two days.

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A．be back home

B．buy some food to eat

C．travel everywhere in Europe

D．enjoy himself in the ship

2．The first day he ________ to have lunch and dinner.

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3．He didn't go to the dining hall because

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4．The next day he decided to ________ at last.

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5．The English traveller ________ that he had no meal on the first day.

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　　阅读理解

　　A store manager heard his shop assistant tell a customer, “No, madam, we haven't had any for a while and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting any soon. ”

　　Surprised, the manager came running over to the customer and said in a loud voice, “Of course, we'll have some soon. We placed an order last week. ” Then the manager drew the assistant aside. “Never,” he said, “never, never, never say we're out of anything ----say we've got it an order and it's coming. Now what was she wanted?”

　　“Rain,” replied calmly the assistant.

1．The manager was surprised because he thought ________.

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A．it was foolish of his assistant to tell a customer they were out of some goods

B．it was not polite of his assistant to say “No” to a customer in his store

C．the customer was sure to get angry with the assistant in their talk about goods

D．it was not right for his assistant to tell a lie to any of the customers

2．When he heard what the assistant said, the manager was ________.

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3．From the passage we are sure that ________.

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A．something must have been wrong with the manager's ear

B．the manager was a man who was very honest to his customers

C．the manager must have mistaken what they talked of

D．the manager must have got better ways to please the customers

4．In fact, the assistant and the customer ________.

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A． were quarrelling about the price of the goods

B．were talking about some goods called rain

C．were talking about the weather they were having

D．were discussing what to buy

5．Most probably the customer in the passage ________.

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A．came to ask for something like rain

B．was an old friend of the shop assistant

C．often did some shopping in the store

D．came to do some shopping in the store

　　阅读理解

　　A professor's grandson asked his grandfather, “Grandpa, why did you say that all the false things are ugly (丑的)?” “That is certainly true. Couldn't you give me an opposite (相反的) example?”

　　“Oh, yes. ” the grandson, climbing on his grandfather's knee, said proudly, “Look at yourself, when you put on your false teeth, you look younger and lively; when you get them off , your mouth looks empty and shriveled. That's really ugly. Isn't it an opposite example?”

　　The professor could find no answer.

1．The best title for this passage would be “________.”

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2．The question by the grandson in the first sentence showed that ________ .

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A．he didn't think all the false things were ugly

B．he believed what his grandfather had said

C．he believed that all the false things were ugly

D．he thought his grandfather could find no answer

3．When the professor said “Couldn't you give me an opposite example?”, he was sure ________ .

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A．he himself couldn't find any example

B．his grandson could give an opposite example

C．his grandson could agree with him

D．what he had said was a certain truth

4．In the sentence “Your mouth looks empty and shriveled,” the word “shriveled” may mean ________ .

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5．The last sentence of the passage shows that ________ .

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A．the professor insisted on what he had thought

B．the professor was puzzled (迷惑不解的) with the question

C．the professor had no knowledge of the problem

D．the professor was foolish enough